Recent content by Acid_Snake

I just used mkisofs on Linux, though I'm not sure if you can add more OPL files since ISO9660 has restrictions to file names. I wasn't able to add homebrew like CheatDevice since it would truncate file names. I think you need to use L2+R2+Start+Select, if not then just press PS button and reset...

Wait, netemu supports USB? Does it blacklist/disallow devices based on their Vendor/Device ID? If it implements the entire PS2 USB interface but only simply rejects devices based on their IDs we might just be able to use Cobra to patch out that limitation, that should allow PS2-side homebrew to...

I beg to differ on the "reliability" part, there's games that refuse to boot as ISO but work just fine as ZSO, one prime example of this is MGS2 Substance on USB (at least on a PS3, which is what I mostly use these days). Also on HDD, ZSOs perform well and have great compatibility. In any case...

I've updated the main post to include some instructions for gxemu users. On gxemu (perhaps also on full ps2_emu), the emulator has built-in configuration that it uses to fix games depending on their ID. One example of this is MGS3 (any version), where the game fails to load or has huge graphical...

There isn't a lot of information about this lately so I decided to create a tutorial and gather the resources necessary to make this easy for the average user. There is (currently) no way to play PS2 games on a USB using Cobra and CFW, but it is possible to do so via OPL, however it is a bit...

Didn't you already open an issue thread in ARK's github page for this? https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/issues/237 I've said it already and I'll say it again, do NOT ask the same question on multiple websites. It doesn't improve your chances of getting help, it only annoys us developers.

Guys I have great news for Vita users, installing ARK on PS Vita is now easier than ever with the new and improved `FasterARK` installer VPK. For more information, I've made a re-release of the latest version containing this new installation method...

New release here with many fixes and a few new features: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/releases/tag/r42064 Yeah you don't need a battery to install this. Only the official Sony updater has this limitation.

But it is mentioned in the readme: Compatible with all PSP models on firmwares 6.60 and 6.61. I believe you do need a battery to update, but there might be software to bypass it, I'm not sure.

If you're already on 6.60 or 6.61 you don't need to update, unless you want to install it from zero then you can use chronoswitch to install OFW from scratch. If you already have Infinity installed, you can update it with the version bundled with ARK.

Because this is thread is about exFAT for USB devices (and MX4SIO), not for Internal HDD, you still need the other custom build for that. Support for exFAT on internal HDD has not yet been merged into the main project until it matures properly (which is well on its way, just give it time, smart...

Support for exFAT has already been integrated into the main OPL repository. There's no "custom" build anymore, any of the latest beta will have it.

New release packed with loads of fixes and improvements, including a `Classic Recovery Menu` for full installtions on PSP devices. https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/releases/tag/r42063

New release: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/releases/tag/r42062 This one includes a new `cIPL` installer for `DTP-1000` devkits and a new option `Advanced VSH Menu` to switch between the `new` and `classic` design.

15-27 is too much bro, the ZSO reader is optimized to do at most 2 unaligned IO calls, though each of those calls can derive to 3 aligned IO calls, so at most the ZSO layer will call the IO layer 6 times per data request (as opposed to 1 done by ISO), this is considering the caches to be...