They can be CRC specific, or just based on the game serial.
Examples:
[patches]
// This patch is loaded regardless of crc
patch=0,EE,002aa040,word,24020001
[/patches]
[patches = 84993903]
// Patches go here
// This is only loaded if crc = 84993903
patch=0,EE,002bc040,word,24020341
[/patches]
notes:
- pcsx2 only loads the first [patches] block that matches the game.
- The [patches] block based on crc takes priority when pcsx2 searches for patches...
- Everything in-between the patches block gets fed to pcsx2's old patch parser; so currently the patch syntax is the same as before...
- A lot of patches weren't added to the database since they didn't include serial codes in their *.pnach files :/
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3007 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Fixes an issue where they could not access their config files in restrained PCSX2 installs.
Fixes issue 686.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3005 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Added some brevity info to the Bios Selector screen during first time wizard.
* NSIS: Added IsUserAdmin script; not used quite yet (see diff comments)
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3004 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
32-bit depth buffers for D3D9 users if available. Lots of code shuffling for reasons I don't even remember. Stuff. Pretty much just the 32-bit depth buffers. That's good though, you don't have to envy D3D10 users half as much now.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3002 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Added DX11 support. DX11 enabled cards now give a +~40% speedup
* New SSE-X instructions we invented for PCSX2. Give a +200% speedup even on old CPUs.
* Full 64bit support. If you have 64 bit windows, be prepared for a 300% speed up.
* Implemented new DMAC, so far we have ~15 games that show improvements.
* Added support for USB-enabled vibrators. Feel the full pleasure of gaming, now also with PCSX2!
* SPU2-X now decodes Dolby Digital 7.1!
* Please test to find any bugs in the 24-thread code, it's a bit complex so some tiny bugs might have crept in.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3000 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Fixed issues with start menu links
* Added an option for desktop shortcut!
* capitalization consistency (PCSX2 instead of pcsx2 for all user-displayed names)
* improved the uninstaller logic slightly.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2997 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
There shouldn't be a reason to add more categories to the current list, and we will have a 'notes' field for additional information....
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2994 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
- Games now display their compatibility status on the console title-bar ^^
- Modifications to DataBase_Loader to write to the database and save changes
Note to pcsx2 team:
The compatibility info is numerically based.
000 ~ 099 = Unknown Compatibility status
100 ~ 199 = Nothing
200 ~ 299 = Intro
300 ~ 399 = Menu
400 ~ 499 = In-game
500 ~ 599 = Playable
600+ = Perfect
(Currently no game has the perfect status since the pcsx2.net compatibility list didn't have that as an option)
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2992 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Fixed a startup crash by moving the game database initialization to cpuReset(). This is a temporary measure until we sort out a better system for it. This is needed because initializing complex classes in C++ as globals is VERY dangerous and unpredictable. The databse was being loaded before any wxWidgets/UI objects were being created themselves, so any errors, exceptions, or console logs generated by the database were likely to cause unpredictable behavior.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2989 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
- Some work on the database_loader class... now loads all game data into memory, and you can switch the game who's data is being read by calling setGame().
- Made the database_loader class a global "GameDB" so that it can be referred to throughout pcsx2 code...
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2983 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
doesn't really matter though, it just looks up the game in the database and prints the name and serial to console.
i also fixed some bugs in the database file.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2979 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Details: Console logger now freezes updates for 100ms after every update. This means it responds quickly to most logs, but limits series of log spams to 10 updates per second.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2978 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Currently only has game serial/name/region info, but we can use this to load game-specific gamefixes and stuff in the future (and get rid of the pnaches system).
The file is DataBase.dbf, but can be opened and modified as a normal text-file.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2977 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Console Log doesn't force itself into the focus anymore when it opens
* Suspend/Resume menu item updates more reliably.
* Changing plugin settings while suspended works nicer; less likely to crash/hang/etc (ironically, changing plugin settings while running was more reliable).
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2976 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
This is now a multi purpose hack, which could potentially fix / break a lot of games.
It mostly affects FMV and PATH3 masking issues, but also stops games from booting, or makes them boot.
Use with caution :)
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2965 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
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