Power button can now be pressed to shut down the PS2 within OPL’s GUI, when the network adaptor is in use.Textures: Add bmp support (from gsKit).Toolchain, fixes for the new toolchain.Also increased priority of USBD in-game to 2 & 3. PS2 Logo, shows the PS2 logo when launching a game, it will be properly displayed only.Skip videos improved, now not only skips PSS videos, also.IGS new function, support for take in game screenshots, (non functional).SMB updates, numerous patches and changes in SMSTCPIP.GSM, numerous improvements, changes and fixes.Default to memory card, if no config file could be loaded. If config could not be loaded, try all supported devices. If config could be loaded, try the device that OPL was booted from (supported devices only). Changed how devices are selected for loading/storing config files.Lang support from all devices (USB, HDD & SMB), new folder “LNG” created for storing all the language files in each device.
Unless the user manually refreshes the list or renames/deletes a game. In the case of the HDD the cache is always used,
If you’re like me, and totally missed on this update back when it first got released, make sure to check the links below and update your PS2 homebrew setup for a much improved experience. I still think the PS2 is in dying need of a proper Optical Drive Emulator (ODE) but OPL continues to act as a fantastic solution for perfectly running most titles from the PS2’s gigantic catalogue. The GUI received a fresh coat of paint as well as new features such as Hi-resolution video modes and Improved VMC functionality. The latest update, which was released in January 2021, introduces A TON of fixes and improvements to the core and addresses pertinent compatibility issues for games like Metal Gear Solid 3 and God of War II. Although that version was still considered a robust solution for booting up images from USB mass storage devices and/or IDE drives, it left a lot to be desired in terms of stability and compatibility. Version 1.0 of OPL appeared almost 5 years after the what-we-thought-could-be-the final-update, version 0.93. The team behind the infamous open-source PS2/PS3 game and application launcher Open PS2 Loader has released a comprehensive update that addresses a huge amount of issues. (AttributeText) and (AttributeImage) can be used now in the main menu of themes.While this bit of news is a few months old at the time of writing this post, I believe it still holds a big relevance for PS2 enthusiasts. (Hint strings) The information texts have the unified positions in x and y, themes now they have the option of “aligned=1” to align the screen texts to the center of the main and info pages. (ItemsList) Allow itemsList to be centered. On PS3, you need an original SwapMagic 3.6+ or 3.8 disc (at the moment there aren’t any other options). To launch OPL, you can use any of the existing methods for loading an executable elf. Moved the functions of delete and rename inside the new Game Menu. Moved the games settings inside a submenu – “Game Menu”. If the per game configuration is chosen, it will have priority over the global one. The global configuration is the default and supports GSM, PS2RD and PADEMU.
Which is the default configuration for PS2 Loader? It now supports *.ISO images on HDD, Ethernet SMB shares, and USB while also maintaining compatibility with USB Advance/Extreme format.
Open PS2 Loader (OPL) is a 100% Open source game and application loader for the PS2 and PS3 units.