I love how gentlemanly and intelligent you all are. Thank you, I get rejection anxiety even around faceless internet people, ha. It's surreal to have such a motivated, kind, and adept team.
Tests on problematic multi-disc games:
- Golden Nugget (NTSC-U |
SLUS-00319
& SLUS-00555
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked!
- GTA + GTA London Expansion (NTSC-U |
SLUS-00106
& SLUS-00846
)
- PSP & Vita: Apply "standalone" ppf to GTA London (SLUS-00846): https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4798/
- I didn't see this GameID in pop-fe's `ppf` folder at a glance, so I assume that means there isn't a ppf for this game already?
- GTA + GTA London Expansion (PAL |
SLES-00032
& SLES-01714
)
- Vita: BD13 configs worked!
- PSP: BD13 configs enabled disc swap, but get "Incorrect Disc Error".
- But it's OK: On PSP, just use the official standalone GTA London PAL release (SLES-03389)
- This is just a tangent/wishful thinking/stretch goal for the UI, but in theory we could have a warning message appear when someone adds a
SLES-01714
ISO telling them it won't work on PSP and suggesting to use the standalone SLES-03389
instead...I guess we could have similar warning messages one day for any other ISOs with GameIDs with known incompatibilities
- The Hive [Wars] (NTSC-U & NTSC-J)
- PSP & Vita: (JAP-injected) SLPS-01222/SLPS-01223 fixes crashes, but disc swap doesn't work. And when I apply the BD13 config, it seems to overwrite the fixes that come from SLPS-01222/SLPS-01223, which makes sense. But because of the crashes, I can't tell if it fixes the disc-swap issue.
- Can one of you marvelous geniuses combine the BD13 configs with the SLPS-01222/SLPS-01223 configs to simultaneously both fix compatibility and enable disc-swap?
- In Cold Blood (NTSC-U |
SLUS-01294
& SLUS-01314
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic) - You may (or may not) have to completely exit then re-enter the PSP settings over and over until the disc switch works.
- Here is another example of a game that could benefit from a message in the pop-fe UI alerting the user of the selected game's quirk(s).
- In Cold Blood (PAL-E |
SCES-02149
& SCES-12149
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic)
- In Cold Blood ("De Sang Froid") (PAL-F |
SCES-02150
& SCES-12150
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic)
- In Cold Blood ("Cold Blood") (PAL-G |
SCES-02151
& SCES-12151
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic)
- In Cold Blood ("A Sangue Freddo") (PAL-I |
SCES-02152
& SCES-12152
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic)
- In Cold Blood ("A Sangre Fria") (PAL-S |
SCES-02153
& SCES-12153
)
- PSP & Vita: BD13 configs worked (Sporadic)
- Fear Effect (NTSC-U |
SLUS-00920
& SLUS-01056
& SLUS-01057
& SLUS-01058
)
- PSP: "Unknown disc format" even with BD13 configs
- Vita: Works fine
- Fear Effect (PAL-E |
SLES-02166
& SLES-12166
& SLES-22166
& SLES-32166
)
- PSP: "Unknown disc format" even with BD13 configs
- Vita: Works fine
- Fear Effect 2 (NTSC-U |
SLUS-00920
& SLUS-01056
& SLUS-01057
& SLUS-01058
- PSP: "Unknown disc format" even with BD13 configs
- Vita: Works fine
- Psychic Detective (NTSC-U |
SLUS-00165
& SLUS-00166
& SLUS-00167
)
- PSP: Crashes after PS logo
- Vita: Anti-piracy message/Softlock ("U R NOT 3L!T3 3NUF 2 P13RAT D!Z CD")
- BUT works fine built w/ PSX2PSP Compression 1 (I don't believe I needed to use the PAL GameID's as suggested in the compatibility list)
- (Dang...I wonder how many other regressions there are)
- Psychic Detective (PAL |
SLES-00070
& SLES-10070
& SLES-20070
)
- PSP: Crashes after PS logo
- Vita: Anti-piracy message/Softlock ("U R NOT 3L!T3 3NUF 2 P13RAT D!Z CD")
- BUT works fine built w/ PSX2PSP Compression 1
After the proposed PPF is added (if not already added--Sorry, didn't test, just glanced at the games listed on Github) and the BD13 configs are added to pop-fe I'll update the compatibility list. (I know I should probably make a Github issue to make these requests official but it's 5am and i should go to bed)
I have a different project to work on for a while but then will be back to focusing on this.
Regarding the general direction I should take for updating the compatibility list: Should I replay all the NTSC-U games to verify same compatibility between PSX2PSP builds & pop-fe builds, or start chipping away at the PAL games?
My guess is we have several years ahead of us, boys.
P.S. What's the best link/way to learn how to make my own configs? Maybe somebody could chat/message me a mini tutorial if it's not too much trouble? (Just want to learn to be a bit more independently helpful if possible.) Thank you in advance