RPCS3 now boots up .iso files

[fromlostdays]

On 1/11/2026 at 4:25 AM, zugswang said:

Totally grinds my PC to a halt using all the ram, so I literally have to do it when not using the PC overnight.

Like you say .. it's a project ... but I have done much worse over the years, like converting all PS2 (2,700) from gz to iso then to chd for example !!

This feel, I know it, except the added step of converting from iso to gz, THEN back to iso, THEN to CHD. Worth. 

[zugswang]

7 hours ago, fromlostdays said:

This feel, I know it, except the added step of converting from iso to gz, THEN back to iso, THEN to CHD. Worth. 

I should have also mentioned .... I did it one at a time, hence why it took forever !!  🤯

[SiriusVI]

19 hours ago, Suhrvivor said:

The thing is that digital HDD games are usually smaller than disc games, in the cases where the game has a lot of updates, the dumped files or iso has the full game v1.0 , the DLCs and the updates are separated in the emulator's update folder, cluterring your setup. Digital game have all the needed file in one folder without outdated and unused files (like the PS3UPDAT.PUP firmware files). Also, some disc games need to install some files in the PS3's HDD to function properly (Last of Us, Metal Gera Solid 4, Drakengard 3, etc), which ends up having duplicate files.

I'm switching to Iso only on some selected titles.

The definitive solution would be a custom compressed file format that would include the base game, the DLCs, and the updates all in one file. Something like the WUA format for the digital and disc Wii U games.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. For now, my go to method was to use HDD games as a default and only use disc games if an HDD versions was unavailable. I'm converting those disc game folders to .iso as we speak. I will decide later if I will switch to .iso files for the rest of my games, too, but most likely I will stick to HDD games until - eventaully - there will be a new file format that allows merging games with title updates and dlc, like you said.