Last edited by Zorlon; 7th-November-2012 at 14:42.
STUFF NEEDED
- A way to boot elf files (see Getting Started for more information and methods)
- A Playstation 2 (RGB mode for install only after if you like switch back to Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr mode)
- A Playstation 2 memory card with apx 4MB free
- A USB storage device formated as FAT
If you do not have any part of the above or do not feel you can do this alone we do have an install service [ADD LINK HERE]
FILES NEEDED
To Install
Download the correct region file for your console
PAL-E files (English) NTSC-U files NTSC-J files
The above can be extracted directly to the root of the USB storage device you are using, make sure the path structure is kept
To create ESR DVD's
ESR DVD Patcher ... More tools to come please wait
GETTING STARTED
First thing we need is a way of booting elf files on the PS2
Over the years there have been many methods of doing this, I will outline these here
- Mod chip that can boot elf files from USB
Spoiler warning:- Mod chip that can only boot CD-R's & DVD+/-R's
Spoiler warning:- Swapmagic 3.2+ or higher/Game Injected with SwapMagic Elf
Spoiler warning:- Swapmagic CD or DVD/Game Injected with SwapMagic Elf
Spoiler warning:- Action Replay 2 v2 (Game Shark 2 v2) Cog Swop, Flip Lid or other PS2 CD swapping method
Spoiler warning:
More methods to come (not all are listed already) [LINK IN GUIDES OR WRITE THEM]- Action Replay Max Evo info not there yet
Spoiler warning:- Code Breaker 8.1 + info not there yet
Spoiler warning:- Memor32 card info not there yet
Spoiler warning:
Pre-built uLaunch CD & DVD can be found at http://sksapps.com/index.php?page=launchers.html [UPLOAD DIRECTLY AT SOME POINT]
[LINK UP GUIDE FOR CREATING A SWAPMAGIC DISC FROM A RETAIL OWNED GAME]
Last edited by Zorlon; 1st-October-2012 at 19:56.
INSTALLING FREEMCBOOT & ESR
Now that you can run uLaunch you can get on with installing MC_BOOT and ESR to your PS2 memory card
Make sure both the memory card and usb device are both inserted into the PS2 before starting
1. run uLaunch with whatever method you use and press O once uLaunch loads
2. hit down until mass:/ is highlighted in red and press O
3. hit down until FREE_MCBOOT.ELF is highlighted in red and press O
4. MC_BOOT loads for the first time
5. Make sure Normal Install is highlighted and hit X (Multi-Version=works on all PS2's in the region your PS2 is made)
6. Wait for the install to complete
7. hit right until fmcb configurator is highlighted and hit X
8. hit X and press down on the D-pad until Configure ESR path... is selected and hit X
9. hit X and go to mc0:/APPS/ (navigating with the D-Pad hitting X to open the paths) and then highlight ESR.ELF and hit X
10. hit down until Return is highlighted and hit X
11. hit up on the D-pad until Configure OSDSYS options... is selected and hit X
12. make sure uLaunch.elf is setup correctly on path1: if not.. do much the same as you did for ESR but for uLaunch.elf (path should be mc0:/APPS/ULAUNCH.ELF)
13. once done hit down on the D-pad until Return is highlighted and hit X
14. hit down until Return is highlighted and hit X
15. hit down until Save CNF to MC0 is selected and hit X
16. hit down until PS2 Browser (FMCB Restart) is selected and hit X
17. once the PS2 has booted select uLaunchELF and hit X
18. Hit O and on the next screen Hit O again
19. Press down till you get to B?EXEC-SYSTEM is highlighted red and press O
20. Press down once to highlight osdmain.elf and hit R1
21. Press down until Rename is selected and hit O
22. Rename file to dvdplayer.elf using the d-pad to navigate and O to select, X will delete what is behind the curser, once done hit O over OK
23. Hit R1 again and select Copy and hit O
24. Hit Triangle twice
25. Hit down until mass:/ is highlighted and hit O
26. Hit down until B?EXEC-DVDPLAYER/ is highlighted and hit O
27. Hit R1 and select Paste and hit O then hit triangle
28. (B?EXEC-DVDPLAYER/ should still be highlighted, if not make sure it is) hit R1
29. select Copy and hit O then hit triangle
30. select mc0:/ and hit O
31. hit R1 and select Paste and hit O
32. power off and power on the PS2, your mod is completed
Last edited by Zorlon; 24th-September-2012 at 11:05.
ESR DVD PATCHING - BURNING & MEDIA GUIDES
- CD media games, converted to DVD5 Media
Spoiler warning:- DVD5 media games (Create, Patch & Burn)
Spoiler warning:- DVD9 media games, (Create, Patch, Burn & Convert)
Spoiler warning:- Online Games [DNAS]
Spoiler warning:- Good Quality Media Guide
Spoiler warning:
Last edited by Zorlon; 13th-February-2014 at 13:04.
CREDITS
OFFICIAL PAGES
- sksapps Home Page (FREEMCBOOT host)
- ESR forums
- More to add later
CREDITS
- Guide created by Zorlon
- ESR created by ffgriever
- MC BOOT created by xxxxx
- Toxic DL Patcher created by Team Toxic
- CDGenPS2 created by xxxxx
- ImgBurn created by xxxxxx
- uLaunch created by xxxxxx
- Playstation 2 created by Sony
PARTIAL INFORMATION ORIGINS
- ESR Information written by xxxxxx
- Action Replay Max Evo Tutorial & CD install Method written by JNABK
- Action Replay (non Evo)/Indep. Exploit Tutorial Written by pepsi_max2k
- Codebreaker and Swapmagic Tutorials written by bootlegninja
- FMCB User Guides written by JNABK & bootlegninja
- Gameshark / Sharkport Tutorial written by Shadow147
- Gameshark Swaptrick Tutorial written by creaper
Last edited by Zorlon; 26th-February-2014 at 09:03.
PS2 CHEAT SYSTEM
The only cheat system that will fully work with ESR patched games (will also work with original games) is Codebreaker version 9.2, 9.3 & 10
CODEBREAKER ELF FILES
Codebreaker 9.2 [MD5] [f279f8412cafe80f326bb945d7dc480f]
Codebreaker 9.2 unpacked [MD5] [7ccd8c03952838dc3a4ae9367b0c78a2] [Half way through the patching (this one is kinda complex to patch)]
Codebreaker 9.3 [MD5] [1c57469f0d7b923d8e8b72ebccedda3f]
Codebreaker 10 [MD5] [6e4d4c2723d0f83120cd06d2d0a6c8ed]
MD5 info is provided to show those are the correct version for patching
CODEBREAKER PATCHES
Patch codebreaker so it will boot up ESR instead of looking directly at the CD/DVD rom drive
Codebreaker 9.2 pre-patched [Because there is no options for patching I will give you this one pre-patched]
Codebreaker 9.3 Patch (You can use your own custom paths)
Codebreaker 10 Patch (You can use your own custom paths)
I will not include the patch for 9.2 and have instead provided that one pre-patched, see spoiler for what the patch does and the paths it looks for
RUNNING CODEBREAKER ON YOUR PS2Spoiler warning:
- Patch Codebreaker to look for ESR on your Memory Card
- Put the patched Codebreaker.elf onto a USB storage device
- Insert the USB storage device into the first USB slot of the PS2
- Boot your PS2 up normaly and then goto the Free McBoot Configurator
- Go to Configure ESR Path...
- Change Path2: to be your usual ESR path
- Change Path1: to be your Codebreaker elf file stored on that USB storage device (listed as mass:)
- Go to Return then go to Save CNF to MC0
- Go to PS2 Browser (FMCB Restart)
The above will let you boot Codebreaker when the USB storage is inserted and just boot ESR when the USB storage is not plugged in
CODEBREAKER DIFFERENCES
- Codebreaker 9.2 [after patching] Works with both official & custom 1day code files [before patching] only official day1 code files
- Codebreaker 9.3 Works with both official & custom 1day code files
- Codebreaker 10 Only works with official day1 code files
CREATING YOUR OWN DAY1 FILES FOR V9.2 & V9.3
cbcMaker PS2 XP 2007
The above will let you make your own day 1 cbc code files, this does not work with version 10 of the Codebreaker and for version 9.3 you are required to have the update.bin also on the root of the USB storage device
If you want to update your codes in the later versions and do not want to do it on the PS2 with a control pad you can do this on your PC using this guide (this also includes information for converting other code types to Codebreaker format)
HOW TO BACKUP SAVES WITH CODEBREAKER
Method 1. A PS2 Codebreaker and a USB storage device that works with Codebreaker
- Boot Codebreaker by whatever method works for you
- Tap right twice on your D-Pad to the Device Manager and Hit X (You will know at this point if your USB device is being recognised by CodeBreaker)
- Hit X again to select Memory Card 1
- Select the saves that you wish to backup via the D-Pad and X
- Hit Triangle to chose an action
- You want Copy at this time so just hit X
- You now want to select the destination of the save data with the D-Pad and then hit X (if there is only one device you only need hit X, as the D-Pad has no use)
That was simple eh now you can move that save to a PC with ease via USB (Files are named easy enough for you to recognis and they are in cbs format)
Method 2. A PS2 Codebreaker and a USB storage device that does not work with Codebreaker and uLaunch.elf
- Boot Codebreaker by whatever method works for you
- Tap right twice on your D-Pad to the Device Manager and Hit X (You will know at this point if your USB device is being recognised by CodeBreaker)
- Hit X again to select Memory Card 1
- Select the saves that you wish to backup via the D-Pad and X
- Hit Triangle to chose an action
- You want Compress at this time so tap down twice on the D-Pad & hit X
- You now want to select the destination of the save data with the D-Pad and then hit X (if there is only one device you only need hit X, as the D-Pad has no use)
- Next boot up uLaunch by whatever method you like
- Hit O
- D-Pad to the Memory Card you Compressed the data to mc0 or mc1 & Hit X
- D-Pad down to CBDM and Hit X (this folder has all the Compressed saves in it)
- D-Pad to the saves you want and Hit O to highlight them (they start with BESLES-#####/BESLUS-##### and vaious other codes #=numbers)
- Once you have every save you want highlighted Hit R1
- I would use the copy option here so just hit X (just think if you use move instead and something does go wrong you will of lost your save data)
- D-Pad to ../ and Hit X and again D-Pad to ../ (../ is at the very top) and Hit X
- D-Pad down to mass:/ (this is your USB device) and Hit X
- (Skip this if you want to just use the root folder of your USB device) D-Pad to the folder you want the save to be stored and Hit X
- Hit R1 (Paste should already be selected) and Hit X (Do make sure Paste is selected)
Slightly more complicated but it still works just fine and now the saves can be moved to your PC from USB for backup, these do not have a file extentions and are named by the games code.. e.g. SLUS15552 for Tomb Raider Anniversay NTSC version, might be an idea to store those in a folder named the same as the game the saves are from
Copy PSone-PSX-PS1-Playstation Saves
- Boot the PS2 normally with no game inserted
- Hit X on Browser
- Hit the D-Pad to select the PS1 memory card (the gray one) and Hit X
- Hit the D-Pad until you have selected the save you want and Hit X
- Hit X again to select the Copy option, and X again to select the Memory Card (PS2)
Easy enough then all you do is one of the above methods to backup the PSone save data ;)
Last edited by Zorlon; 17th-February-2016 at 08:50. Reason: disable smillies
Mod projects - XBOX
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 - online quests in offline mode packs [COMPLETE]
[Quest Packs Collection]
GTA San Andreas - Hot Coffee [COMPLETE]
[Mod ready] & [Full ISO ready]
GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
Please can all ESR users post your results here to help with the project and others wanting to use ESR
The compat list has now been seperated from this main guide and can be found at
http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?80824
Mod projects - XBOX
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 - online quests in offline mode packs [COMPLETE]
[Quest Packs Collection]
GTA San Andreas - Hot Coffee [COMPLETE]
[Mod ready] & [Full ISO ready]
GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
Please can all ESR users post your results here to help with the project and others wanting to use ESR