PGEN v1.1 Released

[psx_paul]

Sjeep has just released the latest version of his excellent PGEN software.

http://pgen.gamebase.ca/

[psx_paul]

Posted by Sjeep
PGEN v1.1 is out! The highlight this release is support for the PS2 HDD. You may now load ROMS from a HDD, as well as save and load saved states to and from a HDD. Here is the full list of changes since the last release:
Just about all PS2 specific code re-written

Started using gsLib for graphics
Added scroll bar to romlist and Save Manager
Added support for loading ROM's from the memory cards
Added HDD support. Now possible to save/load states and options to the HDD, and load ROM's from the HDD
CD refresh obsolete, removed
Added support for zipped roms
Filtering now available for rendering (hardware linear filtering)
Saved states now use zlib for compression. Old saves are incompatible.
Killed support for OLD JAP consoles (sorry )
Fixed bug with FIFO empty (VDP control port) emulation. Fixes games such as Wonderboy 5 and Splatterhouse 2.
Added multitap support for use in 4 player games
No longer load modules from cdrom, making it possible to boot from a memory card via the PS2 Independence exploit
Many other misc changes

[colburn2769]

awesome, cant wait to get my dms3 installed, one ? about the HDD thing. Would the only way to do this is to have an external HDD going through the usb ports or can you hook up an internal IDE HDD from a PC to the ps2?

[ottoman]

Haven't tried it but allegedly any old 40Gb ide hraddrive is fine as long as u have a network adapter and that it will plug into the network adapter okay. Then u download a util that allows u to format the drive correctly an yr off.

I haven't actually tried this but have read a lot about it.

[colburn2769]

Yea i just found that info on the dms site. If im not mistaken though, you cant copy ps2 games directly to the HDD and play them on the ps2, but that would be cool if you could. Im hoping they will come up with a way for that to work pretty soon, anyone else know anymore about that issue?

[psx_paul]

hold fire with making your disc, as there are some bugs that have been found. sjeep is working on them at present, so expect a fixed version shortly :)

[snake2]

Originally posted by psx_paul
hold fire with making your disc, as there are some bugs that have been found. sjeep is working on them at present, so expect a fixed version shortly :) yeah well i have to wait anyway i dont have any cd-rs and im STILL waiting to get my chip in:(