So does this mean that it is no longer possible to play PS2 games and that this will probably never change?
have you tried updating the core lately?
How am I supposed to update a core that doesn’t even exist? Or what do you think?
Drop the attitude.
You can add any core to Steam, whether it’s available as DLC or not:
To add non-Steam cores to a Steam installation, you need to download the core from here: http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/ then download the info files from here: http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/frontend/info.zip. Put the core(s) in your ‘cores’ directory and the info files in your ‘core info’ directory. You can find the locations for each in settings > directory
Hey Hunter… I hate to add to a potentially touchy topic, but I had been wondering if there were any known major changes to this core since it first started floating about? Sometimes I can’t pick them out. Thanks.
it’s still under heavy development but it’s already in much better shape than it was, yes.
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Thanks… I’ll keep an eye on it. I admit I haven’t updated in a bit.
Now I just get a black screen when I try to load the ISO.
Maybe my log file will help you. But I couldn’t see anything in it.
There doesn’t seem to be an update function in the Steam version.
[libretro ERROR] Failed to read resource file to string 'GameIndex.yaml'
You need to download this file: https://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/system/LRPS2.zip and take the GameIndex.yaml file out of it and put it into [system]/pcsx2/resources directory.
Unfortunately, inserting this file didn’t help.
You can just get it through the online downloader in Retroarch. All the steps you need to do are listed here, in the original blog entry, from when LRPS2 was released.
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/lrps2-the-new-playstation2-core-with-a-brand-new-lle-renderer/
The Steam version of RetroArch has no online updater.
Oh right… Steam. lol. I promise not to jump in this thread any more if you put “Steam” in the thread subject.
aside from the GameIndex file, I dunno, but a log of it crashing may tell us more.
Here is the log file again after I inserted the GameIndex.yaml.
hmm, i don’t see any errors in there, and it looks like it’s shutting down properly there at the end, rather than crashing.
Have you tried the NTSC version (assuming there is one) to see if it acts the same?
I downloaded Dog’s Life (USA).iso because I read that the USA uses NTSC. Unfortunately, the same problem. I’m attaching a log, but I don’t think there’s anything in there. ´
Weird. No crashes with that game on my end, even with the same PAL BIOS.
But how can that be? You saw my configuration in the log file, and since we’re working through the steps together, it should be almost the same. Is there anything else we can try?