Playstation classic

[the_randomizer]

Was going to finally do my full setup but seeing that a BleemSync mega update is coming I'll wait it out.

And what is this major update?

 

[yadspi]

And what is this major update?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Playstatio...leemsync_07_tentative_release_notes_ahead_of/

 

[the_randomizer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Playstatio...leemsync_07_tentative_release_notes_ahead_of/

Hmm, good to see this hacking scene so active, I may pick one up in the near future

 

[Futurdreamz]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Playstatio...leemsync_07_tentative_release_notes_ahead_of/

I'm waiting for this. I got my PSC wired into my tv system but I'm waiting to hack it.

 

[kublai]

Sounds like a major update.

 

[notimp]

RegEx for creating your Game.ini files from a .csv exported from the Game datasheet within the the .db database file.

Your text editor needs to support RegEx (Regular Expressions).

Search:

\"(\d*)\",\"([^\n]+)\",\"([^\n]+)\",\"([^\n]+)\",\"([^\n]+)\",\"CERO_A\",\"QR_Code_GM\",\"\"

Replace all with:

\1\n\n[Game]\nDiscs=\nTitle=\2\nPublisher=\3\nPlayers=\5\nYear=\4\n

The Game IDs will still be missing, but you can import them from the disc datasheet later. On the disc datasheet .csv replace all " with nothing is all you need, then you can copy them "together".

This will format them underneath each other in a file, from there you can use -

cd 21
cd .. && cd 22

from the game folder and

touch Game.ini && nano Game.ini

to create the individual files in nano for example. (ctrl+x > y > enter to save and exit nano. nano is a Linux, MacOS, unix command line texteditor.)

This is for people that might have used a different hack than BleemSync and/or have always edited their database file manually, and now would want to create Game.ini files - prior to the bigger next BleemSync release - which probably most people will want to switch to.

edit: Also here is the Game.ini file data for the original 20 games, should you need it in the future:

1

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94200
Title=Battle Arena Toshinden™
Publisher=Takara Co., Ltd.
Players=2
Year=1995

2

[Game]
Discs=SCES-00992
Title=Cool Boarders 2 
Publisher=UEP Systems/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=2
Year=1998

3

[Game]
Discs=SCES-00008
Title=Destruction Derby
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=1
Year=1995

4

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94163,SCUS-94164,SCUS-94165
Title=Final Fantasy® VII
Publisher=Square Enix 
Players=1
Year=1997

5

[Game]
Discs=SLES-00032
Title=Grand Theft Auto™
Publisher=Rockstar Games
Players=1
Year=1997

6

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94181
Title=Intelligent Qube
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=2
Year=1997

7

[Game]
Discs=SCES-00003
Title=Jumping Flash! 
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=1
Year=1995

8

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00594,SLUS-00776
Title=METAL GEAR SOLID
Publisher=KONAMI
Players=1
Year=1998

9

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-01111
Title=Mr. Driller 
Publisher=BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Players=1
Year=1999

10

[Game]
Discs=SLES-00664
Title=Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Publisher=Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc
Players=1
Year=1997

11

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00005
Title=Rayman 
Publisher=UBISOFT
Players=1
Year=1995

12

[Game]
Discs=SLES-00969
Title=Resident Evil™ Director's Cut
Publisher=Capcom
Players=1
Year=1997

13

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00339
Title=Revelations: Persona
Publisher=ATLUS U.S.A., Inc.
Players=1
Year=1996

14

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00797
Title=R4 RIDGE RACER TYPE 4
Publisher=BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Players=2
Year=1998

15

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00418
Title=Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo™
Publisher=Capcom
Players=2
Year=1996

16

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94240
Title=Syphon Filter
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=1
Year=1999

17

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-00402
Title=Tekken 3
Publisher=BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Players=2
Year=1997

18

[Game]
Discs=SLES-01136
Title=TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX 
Publisher=UBISOFT
Players=1
Year=2000

19

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94304
Title=Twisted Metal 
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=2
Year=1995

20

[Game]
Discs=SCUS-94608
Title=Wild Arms
Publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment
Players=1
Year=1998

 

[subcon959]

I have a particular game (Rapid Reload) that doesn't boot as it's trying to use the wrong bios. Is it possible to set which bios is used for a particular game in pcsx.cfg?

I noticed in the first line it says

Bios = SET_BY_PCSX

But can you specify which one to use? I know you can change it in the SELECT+TRIANGLE menu and restart the game, but that's not ideal to do every time.

EDIT: Tried it myself and you can just put the filename of the bios instead

Bios = romw.bin

 

[notimp]

Saw people talking that Wipeout XL and 3 may only booting with a different bios as well. Should be useful. Thank you.

 

[KiiWii]

Is there a way to batch/auto alphabetise the games in bleemsync?

 

[yadspi]

Is there a way to batch/auto alphabetise the games in bleemsync?

If you're not desperate I would advise to wait for the BleemSync update that's coming any day now.

 

[KiiWii]

If you're not desperate I would advise to wait for the BleemSync update that's coming any day now.

Cool I can wait. Thanks

 

[subcon959]

Saw people talking that Wipeout XL and 3 may only booting with a different bios as well. Should be useful. Thank you.

I spoke too soon, after rebooting it still loads the japanese bios even though world bios set in all the pcsx.cfg files.

 

[VirgileVILE]

I do not know if it's the console, or the sd card that is involved, but everything has been corrupted by trying to load a control point (I use bleemsync). I lost irretrievably all the isos I had dumped, all the new saves I had started on my games, totally unreadable and unrecoverable. I have never been so disgusted.
I would like to know if this is a problem that can happen because of the choice of my SD, or the console itself. It doesn't want to start all over again this kind of brutal surprise.

 

[DjoeN]

Someone should make a full tutorial in a new post
- Setup Bleemsynch
- Rip your own PSX CD (win10 comp. cd ripper programm to bin/cue, etc...)
- Prepare your USB stick / Compatible usb sticks / Compatible external HDD / Do USB 3.0 HDD's / Sticks work? etc...
- Use compatible USB Hub for 2 player
- Get compatible Covers / Make your own covers
- Can i mix PAL/NTSC on the stick or not?
- Do emudiscs work (like pnes with roms)

Something like that... ?

Ok, i know it's only 34 pages, still gong through them all is a pain to do (and yes, i'm lazy)

 

[Baggins]

I decided to pick one up from Amazon, since they are $40 off right now. Seems a better price than $100....

 

[BL4Z3D247]

https://twitter.com/nuagedan100/status/1079427094147420161?s=21

Has anyone got any dual analog controllers working on PSX games yet? Not Retroarch.

I do. They don't quite work in the PSC's UI, only the D-pad/left analog are functioning. You have to bind the buttons in the PCSX Menu under "Controllers" to get them working in games.

 

[Rocky5]

I spoke too soon, after rebooting it still loads the japanese bios even though world bios set in all the pcsx.cfg files.

You reload the game via the PCSX menu after switching the bios to romw.bin

Alternatively just copy and rename romw.bin to romjp.bin there is zero need for the romjp.bin and no one ( including the bleemsync folk ) know why it’s there.

It’s region locked and doesn’t work with all games. Romw.bin isn’t and works with nearly every single game. ( it’s the 6.60 PSP PSX bios )

 

[subcon959]

You reload the game via the PCSX menu after switching the bios to romw.bin

Alternatively just copy and rename romw.bin to romjp.bin there is zero need for the romjp.bin and no one ( including the bleemsync folk ) know why it’s there.

It’s region locked and doesn’t work with all games. Romw.bin isn’t and works with nearly every single game. ( it’s the 6.60 PSP PSX bios )

Yeah, I did some hash checking and figured out that it was just the one from PSP. The really weird part is that I couldn't match the JP one to any of the dumped bioses from Japanese consoles, so I have no idea what that is doing on there either.

 

[Baggins]

I tried to load Granstream Saga onto it (Bleemsync 0.4.1). Does the same thing it does on RASPI that is it crashes back to the menu without loading. Unfortunate. I wish I knew why it doesn't work with this particular emulator (ReARMed).

 

[dcuk7]

Someone should make a full tutorial in a new post
- Setup Bleemsynch
- Rip your own PSX CD (win10 comp. cd ripper programm to bin/cue, etc...)
- Prepare your USB stick / Compatible usb sticks / Compatible external HDD / Do USB 3.0 HDD's / Sticks work? etc...
- Use compatible USB Hub for 2 player
- Get compatible Covers / Make your own covers
- Can i mix PAL/NTSC on the stick or not?
- Do emudiscs work (like pnes with roms)

Something like that... ?

Ok, i know it's only 34 pages, still gong through them all is a pain to do (and yes, i'm lazy)

Check out the videos the guys at TheGamesShed have done. They have really easy to follow videos on most of those subjects, and are taking requests for any tutorial videos they haven't done yet. Here is one example: