Where to find updated OPL compatibility lists?

[Windows_10_User]

Does anyone know where to find updated OPL compatibility lists? I already went here but here's what I have to say:

Algol's OPL compatibility list regards OPL's 0.9.3 version which was out in 2016 so it's obsolete and some of the games that work in that version may not work in the latest stable (and/or Beta) version and vice-versa, the "comments" are mostly in french and I can't find "rev" versions in the official OPL GitHub repository;

I can't access El_isra's compatibility list;

OPL-CL's compatibility list regarding OPL's 1.0.0 version is empty;

OPL ZSO's compatibility list has very few entries;

PS2-Home's OPL compatibility list mentions some OPL versions that aren't mentioned in the official OPL GitHub repository (those which start with "r" or end with "_db") and they're most likely obsolete, too;

The last two compatibility lists are obsolete according to PSX-Place itself (even more than the other ones, I guess) and I can't access the last one.

 

[Windows_10_User]

Search for utilities that prevent Windows from sleeping.
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/dont-sleep-prevent-windows-from-standby-shutdown-hibernate-and-restart/
Something like Caffeine.
https://zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/index.html
Launch it when needed.
By the way "Turning off the screen" preventing here is not important at all.

What for the external HDD itself - you may have to find the manufacturer's utility (if any) and disable "Spins Down for Inactivity" in the drive firmware. Or find another software way to prevent it.

MX4SIO
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/m...d-sd-driver-for-the-ps2-sio2-interface.29210/
in short: compatibility is not better and speeds are not faster (yet (work still in progress)), list of tested is short and outdated (because people are lazy to report results), slims are supported.
Device is capricious in relation to SD cards. But it's pretty decent. OPL must be BDM4 or last betas.

I thought if I disabled energy settings in Windows' Control Panel/Settings I wouldn't need a program and it would go for the external HDD too.

According to PSX-Place, MX4SIO wasn't compatible with my PS2 and what's BDM4?

 

[Windows_10_User]

Using GitHub's comparison feature, the changes include:

- More accurate/complete OPL language translations
- Improvements to NBD code (for managing internal drives over the network)
- The introduction of PADMACRO, a controller turbo/macro plugin
- The introduction of ZSO format support, which can reduce game size and loading times but also reduce compatibility
- MX4SIO is now able to use VMC
- PADEMU is compatible with more games from external drives and SMB
- Games do not need to be perfectly defragmented on USB drives
- Better game compatibility in general, and VMC/PADEMU/other plugins supported on more games
- Some cheats fixed

Most of the compatibility lists around the internet were made with ancient versions or less-compatible forks. Sometimes they specify the version tested, sometimes not. This is how I use them:

- If a game was compatible then, it's almost definitely still compatible now.
- If a mode was required then, it may or may not be required now, I'll test it myself.
- If a game was not compatible at all then, it may or may not be compatible now, I'll test it myself.
- If a game is compatible as ZSO, it will definitely boot as ISO, though the performance may be different.
- If a game is not compatible as ZSO, that doesn't tell you if it's compatible as ISO, and I'll look at a different list or just test.

Here is a somewhat recent list of problematic games, and you can even see that compatibility with these games improved significantly within the past few years. A few still marked as incompatible there may even work now.

Do you know if this list is also obsolete and might most incompatible PS2 games actually work on the PS3 if installing the latest PS2CONFIG? Also, what about this list? Is there PS1CONFIG files as well to improve PS1 game compatibility on the PS3?

 

[Fishaman P]

This thread started asking about PS2 OPL, and now you're asking questions about PS1 compatibility on PS3, which is an entirely different beast. You will probably get better answers asking in the PS3 section, or with a more accurate thread title.

I think you might also find better results by doing, rather than asking question upon question.

 

[Windows_10_User]

This thread started asking about PS2 OPL, and now you're asking questions about PS1 compatibility on PS3, which is an entirely different beast. You will probably get better answers asking in the PS3 section, or with a more accurate thread title.

I think you might also find better results by doing, rather than asking question upon question.

I already did.

 

[nubie]

There some games that unplayable with OPL external HDD like xenosaga 1 and dinasty warrior gundam 2

 

[Windows_10_User]

There some games that unplayable with OPL external HDD like xenosaga 1 and dinasty warrior gundam 2

Via SMB or USB? I use an external HDD connected to the PC and run OPL via SMB.

 

[nubie]

Usb , I know that ps2 only have 1.1 usb slot

 

[Windows_10_User]

Usb , I know that ps2 only have 1.1 usb slot

But I wanted to know via SMB, which is what I use.

 

[Windows_10_User]

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[CoolMe]

Honestly, with internal hdd OPL plays any ps2 game i throw at it. If i ever encounter something like a black screen or white screen, i'd know that the game was either corrupt or didn't transfer correctly for some reason (which is rarely the case with HDLDump)..

 

[Windows_10_User]

Honestly, with internal hdd OPL plays any ps2 game i throw at it. If i ever encounter something like a black screen or white screen, i'd know that the game was either corrupt or didn't transfer correctly for some reason (which is rarely the case with HDLDump)..

My PS2 is Slim like I already said.

EDIT: I have a new laptop and there's a manufacturer tool whose settings makes the laptop only charge until 80% or 60% if the battery is below 50%, so that way it won't fully discharge and charge and the battery won't be damaged (I guess) and I may disable sleep and hibernation in this PC.

EDIT 2: PAL's The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer's first level's last FMV and second level's first FMV have a loud buzz-like noise when played from an external HDD connected to the laptop's USB port without enabling any OPL mode but the game's first level's last FMV has no issues but the game's second level's first FMV still has a loud buzz-like noise when played on OPL via SMB from the laptop's HDD without enabling any OPL mode. (so it does have an effect on how well SMB works unlike what @Fishaman P said).

EDIT 3: PAL's The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer's first level's last FMV and second level's first FMV have a loud buzz-like noise when played from an from the new laptop's SDD without enabling any OPL mode but the game's first level's last FMV has no issues but the game's second level's first FMV still has a loud buzz-like noise when played on OPL via SMB from the laptop's HDD without enabling any OPL mode so it's exactly like before when playing this game from my previous laptop's HDD.

EDIT 4: I have a new router and this time I enabled OPL's Mode 1, Mode 2 and Mode 3 one at a time for this game and I still have the previous issue when playing PAL's The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer on OPL via SMB from the new laptop's SDD so it's exactly like before.

EDIT 5: I found this compatibility list which is more updated than the others even though it mostly regards the OPL 1.0.0 version, not 1.1.0's or 1.2.0 Beta's. What are "CDVDSTM.IRX" and "DEV9.IRX"?

EDIT 6: It seems searching games here returns more recent results than said OPL compatibility lists.