PS2 Open PS2 Loader (Ripto fork) Attempt 3

[jolek]

Open PS2 Loader (OPL) is a 100% Open source game and application loader for the PS2 and PS3 units. Major capabilities include GSM video mode fixes, Virtual Memory Cards (VMC), PS2RD cheats, DS3/DS4 pad emulation, themes, and homebrew app launching.

It supports six categories of devices:

1. USB mass storage devices;
2. MMCE (Memory Card Mass Storage protocol devices);
3. MX4SIO (SD card connected to memory card port via adapter);
4. iLink (SBP2 compliant storage devices via IEEE 1394);
5. SMBv1 shares;
6. ATA/IDE HDDs, including internal exFAT configurations (MBR/GPT).

What's Changed

• Remove MMCE one-at-a-time blocking throttle in art loader by @Copilot in #11
• Merge Upstream by @NathanNeurotic in #12
• Upstream by @NathanNeurotic in #13
• Incebtion round four by @NathanNeurotic in #14
• Resolve pr 16 conflicts by @NathanNeurotic in #17
• Upstream by @NathanNeurotic in #16
• docs: add Quick Start section to README by @NathanNeurotic in #18
• docs: normalize README naming, headings, and grammar by @NathanNeurotic in #19
• docs: update README badges and neutralize NBD version guidance by @NathanNeurotic in #20
• docs: add Contents section with anchor links to major README topics by @NathanNeurotic in #21
• docs: expand Frequent Issues entries with recovery and verification steps by @NathanNeurotic in #22
• docs: add Major Features Overview and clarify MX4SIO guidance by @NathanNeurotic in #23
• docs: clarify README introduction and release type descriptions by @NathanNeurotic in #24
• docs: add concise per-game settings note in How to use by @NathanNeurotic in #25
• docs: clarify VMC as core per-game save capability by @NathanNeurotic in #26
• docs: clarify APPS setup choices and case-sensitive paths by @NathanNeurotic in #27
• docs: clarify GSM as video/scaling compatibility tooling and link recovery path by @NathanNeurotic in #28
• docs: improve README feature coverage discoverability by @NathanNeurotic in #29
• themes: only enqueue MMCE decorator art on selection transitions by @NathanNeurotic in #30
• Debounce MMCE interactive art enqueue and coalesce pending targets by @NathanNeurotic in #31
• Add forward declaration for cacheDropQueuedRequestLocked by @NathanNeurotic in #32
• docs: clarify README device support and remove outdated compatibility claim by @NathanNeurotic in #33
• ci: add ps2dev latest migration probe workflow by @NathanNeurotic in #34
• Add ps2dev:latest workflow jobs and CI probe to capture build diagnostics by @NathanNeurotic in #35
• Add ps2dev:latest CI probe and ps2dev-latest build jobs to compilation workflow by @NathanNeurotic in #36
• Fallback to alternate storage when configReadMulti returns empty by @NathanNeurotic in #37
• Add MMCE probing and config.path redirect; abort stale image loads; add downloader retries by @NathanNeurotic in #38
• Upstream by @NathanNeurotic in #39

Full Changelog: incebtion-2...incebtion-3

Source: https://github.com/NathanNeurotic/Open-PS2-Loader.

 

[Ripto]

I NEEED TESTERS AND REPORTS!


RiptOPL — full list of additions over official OPL

Interface

• <Coverflow> theme (built-in & default) — cover-art carousel with reflection, animation, live tuning. OPL has no built-in coverflow.
• Favourites tab — R3 stars a game; a virtual Favourites page gathers your stars from every device. Imports existing uOPL/wOPL favourites.
• Device Settings hub — one page for per-device options, cache sizes, Block-Device (BDM) & MMCE settings.

VCD — PS1 games via POPSTARTER

• Per-device VCD view — press L3 on a device to flip its list to the PS1 *.VCD games in that device's POPS folder (USB / MX4SIO / iLink / MMCE / SMB), with cover art. Boots through POPSTARTER.
• Editable POPSTARTER.ELF path — custom path, falls back to the device POPS folder.
• BDMA exFAT equip — installs your own exFAT block-device driver (USB / MX4SIO / MMCE, or FAT32 = none) onto the card for POPSTARTER, free-space-gated so it can't brick the card.
• POPSTARTER network config — writes IPCONFIG.DAT / SMBCONFIG.DAT for VCD-over-SMB.

Neutrino external core (per game)

• Loader Core selector — hand a game to an external neutrino.elf instead of OPL's core.
• Editable Neutrino path, global + per-game launch args (a $ prefix disables a flag without deleting it).
• Core-aware settings — the per-game screen adapts to the chosen core, greying what it ignores.
• Neutrino Video picker (240p / 480p / 1080i → -gsm), Mode 7 (-gc=7 IOP fix), per-game VMC → Neutrino.

Network boot

• UDPBD — stream games from a PC over the LAN as a network drive, launched via Neutrino. Off by default, shares the NIC with SMB, needs a static IP. (UDPFS in progress.)

Hardware & misc

• Launch PS2 Disc — boot the physical disc in the drive straight from the start menu.
• DualSense / DualShock 5 (USB) — beyond OPL's DS3/DS4.
• Private config, shared data — saves as conf_riptopl.cfg, coexists with official OPL/wOPL on one card; artwork, themes, VMCs & favourites stay shared.
• Ready-to-use defaults — boots with sensible options already on.
• https://github.com/NathanNeurotic/Open-PS2-Loader/releases/tag/rolling