Fixing unplayable games

[EvilLurker]

Hi, I heard there's a patch for superman returns, any idea where can I get it? Would greatly appreciate it.

[CK1]

patch=1,EE,0044bae4,word,000002ff

Paste that in a file named after your game's CRC and enable cheats. SPU2 needs asynx mix as well

[kozarovv]

Hi, I heard there's a patch for superman returns, any idea where can I get it? Would greatly appreciate it.

https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Fixing-u...#pid600063

patch=1,EE,0044bae4,word,000002ff

Paste that in a file named after your game's CRC and enable cheats. SPU2 needs asynx mix as well

Don't mix up super heroes  That's for Spiderman 3

[machop]

Hey prafull, is there a fix for MLB 2k8? I manage to get to a third splash screen then it doesn't load to menu? a fix would be very appreciated by me and a few friends!

[kozarovv]

2 experimental patches for adjust m-bit timing little bit. Games still have issues with that, anyway is worth to post here. Patches need to be applied before launching game. Screenshot for MTHB isn't perfect because fighter moved. 
To make patches work you need recent 'm-bit improvements' pcsx2 version available here: https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/3181 

My Street (US)
CRC = 23e24e93

Code:

patch=1,EE,002ab7bc,word,01f9c97c
patch=1,EE,002ab7cc,word,200002ff

       

Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing (US)
CRC = 61737929

Code:

//M-bit
patch=1,EE,002c2e9c,word,01c291bc
patch=1,EE,002c2e8c,word,21c150bd
patch=1,EE,002c2d1c,word,01c691bc
patch=1,EE,002c2d0c,word,21c550bd

//Color
patch=1,EE,002c2ac8,word,c3000000

Without patch
   

With m-bit patch
   

With m-bit, and color patch. Fix for color is actually just breaking problematic layer that is not rendered correctly. But looks better anyway. 
   

[PeiXBL]

Hello everyone. As some of you may have noticed, I have been pretty active on the forums last few weeks or months I should say. Firstly I was checking PCSX2's netplay capabilities. I had good success with playing games over hamachi and also with other xlink kai players (although lag was horrible).

After that I decided to recheck my collection of games to see how many unplayable games are still there. After lots of hard work I have found fixes for some of these unplayable games.



Neo Contra [SLUS 20961] (U)

Requires new patch attached below. This patch seems to work very well and sorts almost all issues with the game.

Neo Contra [SLES 52510] (E)

Requires new patch attached below. This patch seems to work very well and sorts almost all issues with the game.

ESPN NFL Football [SLUS 20727] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=58693

F1 2002 [SLUS 20455] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=59042

NHL 2K5 [SLUS 20921] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=59121

ESPN NFL 2K5 [SLES 52943] (E)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=59253

CRASHED [SLES 50843] (E)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=59522

F1 Racing Championship [SLES 50047] (E)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=59811

Major League Baseball 2K5 [SLUS 21035] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60060

Major League Baseball 2K5 - World Series Edition (SLUS-21324)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60547


F1 Racing Championship (J)(SLPS-20042)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60548

Incredibles, The - Rise of the Underminer (K)(SLKA-25316)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60549

Mr. Incredible - Kyouteki Underminer Toujou (J)(SLPM-66248)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60550

Mr. Incredible (J)(SLPM-65759)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60551

Neo Contra (J)(SLPM-65752)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60595

Harvest Moon - A Wonderful Life [SLUS 21171] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=60802

Mafia [SLUS 20671] (U)
http://forums.pcsx2.net/attachment.php?aid=61010

[prafull]

Fix for Netsu Chu! Pro Baseball 2003 (NTSC-J) [SLPS-20273]

[prafull]

Patch for Major League Baseball 2K8 (NTSC-U) [SLUS-21729]

[kozarovv]

Another Krome Studios game that seems to react for previous fixes just fine. Fix for game hud, subtitles, etc. 
Good if anyone else can test it, i don't own that game. I was porting patch on shared save state from game, and fix was tested only by one person. Although seems to work fine. 

Note: Issue with FMVs (incl. first one, where issue start at half of intro) are not caused by that patch. 

Star Wars - The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes
CRC = 71BA3429

Code:

patch=1,EE,00173328,word,3464fffd

[kozarovv]

One of most interesting hacks i ever found for pcsx2  So.. What is going on is described here: https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/14...-523188140

24 - The Game (SLUS_212.68)
CRC = f1c7201e

Fix loop that cause 10 fps even on decent hardware. Additionally game require full vu clamping to fix minimap (read edit2). Please note that game is still demanding i3 4130 + GTX 1050 run it 45-60 fps with speedhacks.

Code:

patch=1,EE,0053d5d4,word,21c828bd
patch=1,EE,0053d62c,word,21c821bc

What fix is doing? Add M-bit before problematic loop to get out of it. I can't explain why that work, because that fix was found by "let's try something stupid" method. But it seems to work really fine. There was probably some interlock issue, or something similar caused by callmsr --> QMTC2 --> CTC2, and waiting for vi05 to be 0. 

To make patches work you need recent 'm-bit improvements' pcsx2 version available here: https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/3181 
Edit: Since is patch for VU code, we need to apply pnach at boot, enabling it in game will do nothing.

Edit2: Like user @someother1ne noticed in his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClM5ileB...e=emb_logo
Setting extra clamping affect fps, i didn't saw that earlier because my PC is not really able to run game at full speed all the time. Anyway now when i tested it properly, it seems that setting clamping mode to Extra + Preserve sign fix minimap, and won't affect game speed.