ManaGunZ

PS3 ManaGunZ - PS3 Backup Manager by Zar v1.41

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Hello PSX-Place! Thanks a lot @Zar and all your people! I'll try ManaGunz 2.0 on my Ferrox STANDARD. And i think the copy disc games option will be wonderful. Even more wonderful if that option let me choice between internal or External HDD!!!!!

Thanks @sandungas for your support in spanish language
 
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marronnes said:
Hello PSX-Place! Thanks a lot @Zar and all your people! I'll try ManaGunz 2.0 on my Ferrox STANDARD. And i think the copy disc games option will be wonderful. Even more wonderful if that option let me choice between internal or External HDD!!!!!

Thanks @sandungas for your support in spanish language
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The v2.0 was just a joke, is just @Zar made it look realistic (he cheated me for some minutes too) :)
But try the v1.35 it should solve the problems you was having of compatibility with firmware 4.84 no-cobra
 
Good News @sandungas @Zar . After digging around the settings folder of Managunz, I finally get it working!!

I first removed every entry but PS3ISO in the scan_dir.txt and managunz stopped freezing when I access menu. Then, I tried to add each entry back, and just after I added video back to scan_dir, the problem came back. I opened the video folder in hdd0, and found a mkv file with unicode characters in its file name, which I used to test 1080p playback in Movian several months ago. I renamed the file to only include ascii characters, and the problem disappeared. I can open any menu without freezing.

So in short, a mkv file named with unicode characters in video folder caused managunz to freeze, as soon as I try to access the menu, or scroll down in setting screen. Really strange issue.

Moreover, can you confirm if managunz have unicode support? I have some isos with japanese characters in their filenames, which aren't displayed properly in filemanager (none ascii characters are not shown), but the japanese game titles are shown correctly in the main screen, and they all mount and play just fine.
 
xxxmarioxxx said:
Good News @sandungas @Zar . After digging around the settings folder of Managunz, I finally get it working!!

I first removed every entry but PS3ISO in the scan_dir.txt and managunz stopped freezing when I access menu. Then, I tried to add each entry back, and just after I added video back to scan_dir, the problem came back. I opened the video folder in hdd0, and found a mkv file with unicode characters in its file name, which I used to test 1080p playback in Movian several months ago. I renamed the file to only include ascii characters, and the problem disappeared. I can open any menu without freezing.

So in short, a mkv file named with unicode characters in video folder caused managunz to freeze, as soon as I try to access the menu, or scroll down in setting screen. Really strange issue.

Moreover, can you confirm if managunz have unicode support? I have some isos with japanese characters in their filenames, which aren't displayed properly in filemanager (none ascii characters are not shown), but the japanese game titles are shown correctly in the main screen, and they all mount and play just fine.
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Thank you for your investigation !

Can you copy/past the name of the mkv with the unicode char ? I'll try to fix this issue.

In the file manager, I'm using a 'custom' function to display '...' at the end of the string if the window box is too short... but when I created it, I completly forgot to support unicode ! -_-
 
Zar said:
Thank you for your investigation !

Can you copy/past the name of the mkv with the unicode char ? I'll try to fix this issue.

In the file manager, I'm using a 'custom' function to display '...' at the end of the string if the window box is too short... but when I created it, I completly forgot to support unicode ! -_-
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Sorry but I forgot the original file name. The file was converted from a 4K Japanese movie trailer by myself to test 1080p playback in Movian, and I marked as much information in its filename as I can, such as codec info/frame rate, etc. Therefore, its filename was pretty long with unicode characters.

Anyway, I managed to trigger the bug again by creating a file with very long filename, such as
"12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890.txt"
or
"字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字字.txt"

It's that Managunz runs just fine until I press triangle to access menu, maybe the long filename caused a buffer overflow and messed up the rest of the program...
 
sandungas said:
He realized about the problem with the "widescreen" option, but he was enabling/disabling the others too
So maybe the bug is trigged (only) by a combination of applying/removing the widescreen patch + the other patches
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Bug here as well: When I enable Widescreen patch I can't disable it again. It worked before 1.34, I think. It worked with Champions of Norrath (enable/disable) but couldn't revert back to default on Nightshade (pal), Shinobi, Altered Beast (pal) and Gradius V.

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Hello again! Well, the ManaGunz 1.35 still doesn't work on my CFW 4.83 FERROX STANDARD. When it mount a ISO the bullet appears on the wallpaper blue and move a little bit and then all is freeze. Maybe you have to check this because MONSTER MANAGER 1.05 works on my CFW. But I don't like MONSTER MANAGER. What do you think? i have to upgrade to 4.84 ferrox? the STANDARD version is the problem? Thanks for all your advice.
 
marronnes said:
Hello again! Well, the ManaGunz 1.35 still doesn't work on my CFW 4.83 FERROX STANDARD. When it mount a ISO the bullet appears on the wallpaper blue and move a little bit and then all is freeze. Maybe you have to check this because MONSTER MANAGER 1.05 works on my CFW. But I don't like MONSTER MANAGER. What do you think? i have to upgrade to 4.84 ferrox? the STANDARD version is the problem? Thanks for all your advice.
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Have you tried ferrox COBRA?
 
@Zar Hello I'm curious have a CECHA01 60GB ps3 and I wonder when I use managunz 1.35 to launch a back up copy will managunz be mounting the game using the full hardware based emulator or will managunz be using the software emulator?

Thanks
 
BigBenisNibba said:
@Zar Hello I'm curious have a CECHA01 60GB ps3 and I wonder when I use managunz 1.35 to launch a back up copy will managunz be mounting the game using the full hardware based emulator or will managunz be using the software emulator?

Thanks
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I think Cobra decides whether to use selfemu/softemu or netemu for PS2 emulation, but you can change this in game's profile. By default on CECHA, it's definitely using selfemu. I was playing valkyrie profile 2 the other day and 1080i works perfectly fine, no slowdowns, no visual glitches, everything was perfect. On netemu however, valkyrie profile 2 would play around 30% slower even on 480p and there would be a lot of visual glitches if you enable smoothing filter.
 
xxxmarioxxx said:
I think Cobra decides whether to use selfemu/softemu or netemu for PS2 emulation, but you can change this in game's profile. By default on CECHA, it's definitely using selfemu. I was playing valkyrie profile 2 the other day and 1080i works perfectly fine, no slowdowns, no visual glitches, everything was perfect. On netemu however, valkyrie profile 2 would play around 30% slower even on 480p and there would be a lot of visual glitches if you enable smoothing filter.
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I just tested with tales of legendia and there seem to be no color glitches so I think it's using full emu. Do you know if we have PS/PS2 upscaling to OFF will the TV be doing the upscaling instead? I actually prefer the 1080p upscaled to the 480p progressive scans in msot games.
 
BigBenisNibba said:
I just tested with tales of legendia and there seem to be no color glitches so I think it's using full emu. Do you know if we have PS/PS2 upscaling to OFF will the TV be doing the upscaling instead? I actually prefer the 1080p upscaled to the 480p progressive scans in msot games.
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If you turn upscaling off, the ps3 will send 480p signal instead and how it is displayed completely relies on your TV. I play most of my PS2 games on CECHA in 1080p upscaled mode with filter smoothing filter enabled.
 
xxxmarioxxx said:
If you turn upscaling off, the ps3 will send 480p signal instead and how it is displayed completely relies on your TV. I play most of my PS2 games on CECHA in 1080p upscaled mode with filter smoothing filter enabled.
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I have a LG C7 OLED and i tried upscaling on PS3 off and let the TV handle and tbh idk which I would prefer. It's less jagged with tv upscaling but I notice input lag comapred to letting the ps3 upscale the games
 
I have a 6.48GB iso of Rogue Galaxy SCUS-97490 for my Rebug 4.84 PS3
I have the 0643F90C.pnach placed inside the ManaGunz_v.1.35 correct foler. The game plays fine as it should but when I changed the PS3 settings to full screen the widescreen patch did not 'apply' because the image was stretched. I then went into the ManaGunze iso settings before startng the game again and enabled the widescreen change thing but still no look. Some new files have been created inside the PS2 settings folder: 0643F90C.pnachrest and 0643F90C.ws
What happened do you think?
BTW not a BC model.
The MD5 is 86170ff39c8e02c82bc043c9fe42baaf - redump
 
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