psx4all - Games Not Showing Up

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Hiya folks,

I've used a number of ZodTTD emulators over the years but I'm having some fuss with psx4all on my iPhone 4. I read that it supports .bin and .iso, among other formats, and I've tried adding ROM files (/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/PSX/ - 777 according to Transmit) manually, or by downloading them through the emulator's built-in downloader. I've tried expanding the ECM files and leaving them intact. I've tried both ISO and BIN. No matter what I do there are no games showing up in my titles list.

My first thought was that this is a permissions problem, but psx4all created the PSX folder itself, and its permissions are wide open.

Any thoughts on this from some folks who have experience with it?

Amusing sidenote: I actually own all the original titles for the games I've been trying to play (Final Fantasy VII in this case). I should probably have sold all the NES, SNES, PSX games over the years, but for some reason I kept them all.

 

[phixionalninja]

Silly question, but I assume you have the BIOS in the same folder and with the same permissions? I have FFVII running using psx4all, here are the files in my /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/PSX/:

- Final Fantasy VII (Disc 1).cue
- Final Fantasy VII (Disc 2).cue
- Final Fantasy VII (Disc 3).cue
- Final Fantasy VII (E) (Disc 1) [SCES-00867].bin
- Final Fantasy VII (E) (Disc 2) [SCES-10867].bin
- Final Fantasy VII (E) (Disc 3) [SCES-20867].bin
- scph1001.bin

Permissions on all of those is 755, though I don't know if that's necessary for the .cue files. You definitely need to expand the ECMs.

EDIT: There are also some save files, but those shouldn't matter to you.

 

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Thanks for replying! I finally got it. I probably had the right combination set up a few times, but failed to notice it because psx4all does not actively monitor the PSX directory for changes (it seems). I had to end the psx4all process (via the iOS 4 task manager thing) and when I re-launched it the game appeared properly.

Another note of value is that the downloader does not decompress 'ecm' files. I haven't checked again to see if it can read them, but that might be a source of frustration for some people who expect the built-in downloader to do the trick.

Final Fantasy VII runs better on the iPhone 4 than I expected it would. Motion is actually quite smooth. Sound, not so much.

 

[phixionalninja]

I'm pretty sure it can't read ECMs, it is kind of a pain in the neck, but oh well.

I've actually found sound to be surprisingly good. Here's a gameplay video I took with sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzYgjIGng3w. It lags slightly every once in a while, but otherwise seems fine. Occasionally there's an odd bug where it just won't work at all, on any save file. If I boot up the disk image directly and start a new game it comes back though, and then I can load any save I have and the sound still works. Very odd.

Amusing anecdote: I didn't realize at first that the ECM utility had two .exes in the folder, ecm and unecm. I used the first one, and thirty minutes later ended up with a .bin.ecm.ecm. Not so useful.

 

[Drakdaddy]

Dont know if this applies for everyone, but I always have to respring in order for new games to show up. Also, it does read ECM. I was playing Megan Man X4, which was an ECM file.

 

[SingBlueSilver]

I seem to be having trouble. My games are showing up but I can't get them to work.
I have in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/PSX/:

Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].bin
Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].cue
scph1001.bin

I set all the permissions to 755, but I still can't seem to get it to work. The .bin file at first was .bin.ecm tried that out and that didn't work either. So I tried just deleting the .ecm to see if that would work and still no luck.

Any help?

EDIT: Nevermind, got it!

 

[apennismightier]

I made an image from the original FF7 Disc using Alcohol 120% using the Playstation profile. It works every time with ePSXe and I have the right BIOS, SCHP1001, which also works fine on my PC. It worked when I had an iPhone 3Gs on a previous version of PSX4ALL, but now, with PSX4ALL v4.0.10 on an iPhone 4S, it does the same thing as listed above.

SCEA pops up, then goes to black.

I realized that I had to change the names of the files to ALL lowercase, otherwise the images won't work, even the extensions need to be lowercase, including the BIOS file.

 

[Freezeter14]

I was downloading a game psx4all it won't show up on saved games.how do I delete it