05-30-2010, 12:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-31-2010, 10:19 AM by evil cabbage.)
I am not sure if this is considered an illegal discussion - the rules say no warez, but I am not sure if this is or not, read the post and make up your own mind. If it is, feel free to lock this topic.
How to Boot Up your PS2 Games like Windows Applications
Right! This is something I discovered the other day that I thought people may find useful. It turns out that providing you have PCSX2-r1888 (and of course, your BIOS) you can (with a bit of work) use PCSX2 as a stub and get your PS2 games to run like Windows Apps. This will allow you to organize your PS2 games better by simply having desktop shortcuts to them instead of having to first launch PCSX2 and select the ISO of the game you want to play.
You Will Need:
-PCSX2 r-1888 (specifically this version, I don't think any other versions work with this)
-A BIOS, dumped from YOUR PS2
-A Program that can create ISOs
-My Bootup Utility (See Bottom of Post)
-Resource Hacker (Optional)
-Linuz CDVD ISO CDROM 0.90 Plugin *Not essential, but this is the only plugin that I can confirm works with this tutorial.
1.) First, playtest your game normally in PCSX2. Adjust the settings so that they are just right for that particular game.
2.) Once you are sure you have your settings right, create a new folder where you will store your game and copy/paste everything in the PCSX2 folder into the folder you just created (or at least everything that is going to be used).
3.) Make an ISO of your game and rename it to "data.iso" and drop it into the folder you created, alongside the main PCSX2 executable.
4.) Download my Bootup Utility and drop the exe file in the same directory as the ISO and the main PCSX2 exe.
5.) Optional - Change the icon of the bootup utility with resource hacker to something more appropriate for the game in question.
6.) Create a desktop shortcut to the bootup utility in your game folder.
7.) Double click on the shortcut, and your game should launch immediately in your graphics plugin - just as if it were a normal application.
NOTES:
-Feel free to copy this guide and repost it, but you must credit me as the original author of the post and the bootup utility
-You can of course create your own bootup utility if you want to change the name of the ISO. Basically, the launcher you make will have to launch PCSX2 with the commandline containing the name of the ISO to launch and close itself afterwards.
-If you are getting an error saying "Cannot Open CDDVD Plugin", it may be because the ISO was named incorrectly or your CDDVD plugin may be incompatible with this process (in which case, change to Linuz CDVD ISO CDROM 0.90)
BOOTUP UTILITY:
DOWNLOAD HERE - NEW LINK
How to Boot Up your PS2 Games like Windows Applications
Right! This is something I discovered the other day that I thought people may find useful. It turns out that providing you have PCSX2-r1888 (and of course, your BIOS) you can (with a bit of work) use PCSX2 as a stub and get your PS2 games to run like Windows Apps. This will allow you to organize your PS2 games better by simply having desktop shortcuts to them instead of having to first launch PCSX2 and select the ISO of the game you want to play.
You Will Need:
-PCSX2 r-1888 (specifically this version, I don't think any other versions work with this)
-A BIOS, dumped from YOUR PS2
-A Program that can create ISOs
-My Bootup Utility (See Bottom of Post)
-Resource Hacker (Optional)
-Linuz CDVD ISO CDROM 0.90 Plugin *Not essential, but this is the only plugin that I can confirm works with this tutorial.
1.) First, playtest your game normally in PCSX2. Adjust the settings so that they are just right for that particular game.
2.) Once you are sure you have your settings right, create a new folder where you will store your game and copy/paste everything in the PCSX2 folder into the folder you just created (or at least everything that is going to be used).
3.) Make an ISO of your game and rename it to "data.iso" and drop it into the folder you created, alongside the main PCSX2 executable.
4.) Download my Bootup Utility and drop the exe file in the same directory as the ISO and the main PCSX2 exe.
5.) Optional - Change the icon of the bootup utility with resource hacker to something more appropriate for the game in question.
6.) Create a desktop shortcut to the bootup utility in your game folder.
7.) Double click on the shortcut, and your game should launch immediately in your graphics plugin - just as if it were a normal application.
NOTES:
-Feel free to copy this guide and repost it, but you must credit me as the original author of the post and the bootup utility
-You can of course create your own bootup utility if you want to change the name of the ISO. Basically, the launcher you make will have to launch PCSX2 with the commandline containing the name of the ISO to launch and close itself afterwards.
-If you are getting an error saying "Cannot Open CDDVD Plugin", it may be because the ISO was named incorrectly or your CDDVD plugin may be incompatible with this process (in which case, change to Linuz CDVD ISO CDROM 0.90)
BOOTUP UTILITY:
DOWNLOAD HERE - NEW LINK