Evilnat 4.89.2 - Why PS2 emulation only from HDD?

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NiQ

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Why does Evilnat 4.89.2 PS2 emulation support only HDD and not physical discs? Is it just not implemented or really impossible?

Thanks.
 
$ony did not implement any physical disc support in ps2_netemu because they had no intention of letting people using their own discs/games with it. They just wanted to resell games on the PS Store for an additional profit. Physical media and peripheral support was planned for ps2_softemu, the precursor to netemu, but they changed their plans before softemu was in a usable condition and abandoned it for netemu.
 
mrjaredbeta said:
$ony did not implement any physical disc support in ps2_netemu because they had no intention of letting people using their own discs/games with it. They just wanted to resell games on the PS Store for an additional profit. Physical media and peripheral support was planned for ps2_softemu, the precursor to netemu, but they changed their plans before softemu was in a usable condition and abandoned it for netemu.
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Then how can Evilnat's FW load PS2 games from HDD without repackaging them?
 
To say it again a different way, ps2_netemu has support for ps2 emulation from the HDD. It does not have support for physical disk emulation. The built in emulator supports one but not the other.
 
puddii said:
To say it again a different way, ps2_netemu has support for ps2 emulation from the HDD. It does not have support for physical disk emulation. The built in emulator supports one but not the other.
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Does this mean the hardware emulation on original CECHA01's isn't implemented when using CFW?
 
everfang said:
Does this mean the hardware emulation on original CECHA01's isn't implemented when using CFW?
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NiQ said:
I have a CECHA00 lying around, last time I tired mounting PS2 using WebMan I'm pretty sure it was using the hardware emulator.
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depends on the media. disc or iso should use hardware. if you install a ps2 game from psn or homemade pkg, then it will use software. (software also if you mount encrypted bin with webmam).
 
Coro said:
depends on the media. disc or iso should use hardware. if you install a ps2 game from psn or homemade pkg, then it will use software. (software also if you mount encrypted bin with webmam).
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Wasn't there a toggle in Rebug Toolbox that makes it always use software?
 
NiQ said:
Wasn't there a toggle in Rebug Toolbox that makes it always use software?
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Yeah but why would you? It would turn your system into effectively a slim as it removes disc support and compatibility. And CECHA/B use hardware not emulation. CECHA/E used partial hardware and software but has less compatibility.
 
atreyu187 said:
Yeah but why would you? It would turn your system into effectively a slim as it removes disc support and compatibility. And CECHA/B use hardware not emulation. CECHA/E used partial hardware and software but has less compatibility.
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Actually I was asking myself as well why that toggle even exists.
 
NiQ said:
Actually I was asking myself as well why that toggle even exists.
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Like many features it is there mainly for curiosity. I have used it to try out a CONFIG file I made for a buddy of mine with a slim despite me having BC model systems. That option is how I did it. Not common place but it is there. I do know for the PS1 EMU there are a few games that will only run with only one or the other. Since they made it able to swap those the one for PS2 was added as well just because it may be useful to some.
 
atreyu187 said:
Like many features it is there mainly for curiosity. I have used it to try out a CONFIG file I made for a buddy of mine with a slim despite me having BC model systems. That option is how I did it. Not common place but it is there. I do know for the PS1 EMU there are a few games that will only run with only one or the other. Since they made it able to swap those the one for PS2 was added as well just because it may be useful to some.
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Wait, that toggle also works for PS1 games? I could use it for Final Fantasy II then (Disc / ISO crashes after ~30 mins of game play)
 
It should be stated, especially for CECHC/E models, the custom netemu configs fix dozens of games that are incompatible with gxemu. As for CECHA/B models, the video output is a bit cleaner in netemu than with ps2_emu. Obviously there are no compatibility issues with CECHA/B, but the option is still there to switch over to software emulation because…why not? It's an insanely impressive and badass emulator and still kinda crazy that it exists in the first place.

For PS1, netemu fixes a ton of problems with the default ps1_emu. I have never had any sort of problems when launching my games with netemu. It does seems like ps1_emu might have a slight edge in performance and it does look cleaner (blockier), but I still prefer using netemu for every game. There is a toggle in WebMAN MOD that allows you to switch which emulator to use (emu or netemu).
 
NiQ said:
Wait, that toggle also works for PS1 games? I could use it for Final Fantasy II then (Disc / ISO crashes after ~30 mins of game play)
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X-Men Mutant Academy was the only PS1 game I had to swap EMU's with but you can do it via webMAN easily to test.


mrjaredbeta said:
It should be stated, especially for CECHC/E models, the custom netemu configs fix dozens of games that are incompatible with gxemu. As for CECHA/B models, the video output is a bit cleaner in netemu than with ps2_emu. Obviously there are no compatibility issues with CECHA/B, but the option is still there to switch over to software emulation because…why not? It's an insanely impressive and badass emulator and still kinda crazy that it exists in the first place.

For PS1, netemu fixes a ton of problems with the default ps1_emu. I have never had any sort of problems when launching my games with netemu. It does seems like ps1_emu might have a slight edge in performance and it does look cleaner (blockier), but I still prefer using netemu for every game. There is a toggle in WebMAN MOD that allows you to switch which emulator to use (emu or netemu).
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Mostly true but there are some games that do not work in full BC models but the same can be said for the PS2 itself. Some models had a few games that would not work with that particular model. Truthfully there is no PS2 or PS3 that doesn't have a game or two that just will not work.
 
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