CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Hi everyone got a question im trying to sort out my games within my PlayStation 2 system I need to unzip them and if I do I don't have enough space on drive.im sure I read somewere that I could leave them zipped up if I also installed rocket-launcher.though can't find any info .so thinking I'm wrong .could someone let me know if I can leave them zipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 You could try going to Tools>Manage Emulators edit you PS2 emulator and check the checkbox for extract rom archives before running and see if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 thanks dos76 ill give this a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 If you want to ditch archives, there is an alternative, but Derek's suggestion should work: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Wait no. Rocketlauncher won't let you leave them zipped. It will just unzip them for you, but launchbox has that functionality now too, I think. The only way you can leave them zipped is if the emulator supports it. There are a few compression methods that work for ps1 gamecube etc, but I'm not sure about ps2.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks everyone for letting me know. I'll give this a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 12 hours ago, fromlostdays said: Wait no. Rocketlauncher won't let you leave them zipped. It will just unzip them for you, but launchbox has that functionality now too, I think. The only way you can leave them zipped is if the emulator supports it. There are a few compression methods that work for ps1 gamecube etc, but I'm not sure about ps2. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk CSO's for PS2 work great. I showed it off in the video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Thanks brad I'll check out the video.last night I moved all the ps2 zips to my nas .though when I goto tools ,import roms .it can see all the game though when I say import to Launchbox game folder .nothing shows up.so just copying and pasted them directly into Launchbox folder .need to take wife out for meal so once I'm free I'll check the video.fancy sending me a link if you have it to hand thanks again Edited February 14, 2017 by CALLSTANLEY247 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 You don't need to copy the games to the LB directory if you don't want to, they'll load from anywhere. If everything (LaunchBox, emulators, games) are all on the same drive, then it's easier if you need to move things to a new drive (it would need to be all of it), but otherwise you can import your games from anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks brad I have an external drive within there it was Launchbox,hyper spin that I couldn't get running .a folder with systems roms .so moved the roms to Launchbox game folders and placed the folder with all system games onto my nas.the ps2 video was great .brad can I ask .when I unzip a game and within the game folder I always have the zipped file that all the folder came from .do I leave this there or should I move it out.also noticed that in my ps2 platform on Launchbox shows a .bin file and a bios file in the gallery .do I place these some were else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 You shouldn't have BIOS files imported, but bin files should be fine if they're the game. It sounds like you're importing the folder and not selecting the files you need. Personally, I never keep ANYTHING like roms inside of Archives, especially larger discs. I personally CSO'd all my PS2 games to save space, but not use an archive. If you have the space, I would try to re-order your library and just import the files you need. Using "Add Files" and the Windows Search function (regardless of if you want to stay with archives), should sort out your extra files problem. If you're using LB to unzip your files, then it creates a cache that should be removed each time you close it back down, and it keeps the archive so that you still have your game. Again, I would skip the archive all together if you can spare the space, and if you can't looking in to CSO's might be a way better compromise. Save some space, don't have to deal with the archives. If you are curious: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks I did Watch this one . I think it was last week I'll need to watch again as its very detailed .i thought that as I was downloading one game at a time .all these files were needed.have you done any videos about multiple disc games and how to set these game up. Thanks for your reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 If you import multi-disc games, as long as the verbiage is right LB automatically combines them, then you just do a save state and save load trick to load the next disc. There are tons of files related to emulation (depending on the emulator), that can be crucial, but that doesn't mean it all needs to be imported. BIOS for example don't need to be imported, the Emulator just needs to know where they are. I am doing a tutorial this week about the new combining features though, if you want more of an explanation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALLSTANLEY247 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks I sub to your channel so I'll catch that video once it's up .thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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