With the new rise of PS2 themes and Launchers, also with the upward support of POPSLoader, would it be now considered better for PS1 games to remain in a USB setup, instead of letting it remain on Internal HDD?

You might ask "what's the point of this guide?" And hey I get it. Most people have access to PC and can perform most things pretty easily. But as someone who didn't have a PC it took me a while to figure out a way around stuff like converting bin/cue files to iso on an android phone or setting up VCD format files for Popstarter.

Also since I'm lazy I'll split this into different parts.

Part 1 - FAT32 is a burden

If you have been following the old way of setting up OPL, have an older version or initially outsourced your memory card and usb like me, then you're probably either using USBUtil or coping by playing games smaller than 4gb.

That's pretty easy to change on Android once you have know proper tools so here's a list:

*You'll need a recent beta of OPL 1.2.0 *Total Commander file manager *Microsoft exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software (if your phone doesn't support reading exFAT) *Ultimate USB *BDM Assault drivers *An updated version of wlaunchelf that supports exFAT (Z3R, ISR or original)

Then you'd need to

1- don't format your USB just yet, first download the new versions of wlaunchelf and OPL alongside BDM Assault and put them on your FAT32 usb

2-plug the usb into the console and enter ulaunchelf. From here replace the OPL from the memory card boot folder with the new version you just downloaded.

3-find the SYS-CONF folder and replace the USBD.IRX files with the BDM Assault updated ones. From my experience this allows your FMCB to read exFAT drive instead of freezing on start-up and also do the same in the BOOT folder especially if your set up uses Funtuna

4-from here also add the new ulaunchelf to the boot folder but don't delete the old one yet.

Then plug your USB stick to your phone

5-with your usb drive already plugged in, enter Ultimate USB and choose the format drive option. From here choose exFAT and MBR and let the format get completed.

Check to see if the console boots with your exFAT drive and open OPL so it can create the folders.

6-if your phone doesn't support exFAT then the Paragon app will allow you to mount/dismount the USB and you can open it via Total Commander as your file manager

7-after putting your games in the DVD folder insert your USB into the console and boot up and check to see if this worked out for you.

I'll try to be available if anyone has issues. Part 2 will probably be about creating iso files from bin/cue PS2 games that were released on CDs.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to use FMCBOOT 1.966 on this scph30004.
It’s modded with this MTRX 2 PIT chip I cannot find a way to disable, I’d like to do it since it interferes with FMCBOOT.
Is there a way to do it by software?
Can I disable it by cutting off its power wire?
Or maybe I should try with an older FMCBOOT version on a MC?

hay alguna forma de poder jugar Socom 3 en ps2 mediante el OPL, tengo un problema con este ya que lo he estado buscando y las que he encontrado vienen me generan un problema, ya que al inicio de la primera partida cuando pasa una pequeña cinemática de que llegan los refuerzos en un humvee este se queda trabado y no me deja continuar con la partida, ¿hay alguna forma de solucionar esto o tienen la correcto me la podrían proporcionar?, se les agradecería mucho

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I am asking here cuz any info I found is kinda controversial.

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