Project Artemis

[misfire]

FYI, usbd.irx and usb_mass.irx are now (r340) included and loaded by default.

USB support can still be disabled completely (for whatever reason) by setting the new option loader.usb_support to false.

I'd like to include this in the next major release (0.5). If that's not fast enough, I could also create a 0.4.1 version in the next days. Your decision.

[misfire]

Hm, you're right, it's in the ps2dev.org repo. I must have mixed up the modules. IIRC, people used to copy usbd.irx from game discs.

Anyway, I'll include USB support by default in the next release. Thank you.

[LiquidManZero]

Isn't usb_mass.irx open source?

[misfire]

I have an explanation for this. When you run artemis.elf from USB using a loader like uLE, the USB modules are already properly initialized. Then Artemis reads the config file and resets the IOP if loader.iop_reset is true. This removes the USB modules, and unless you have compiled Artemis with USB support, the modules aren't reloaded again. You can try to set loader.iop_reset to false, but I can't guarantee that it will work without side effects.

Sorry for the trouble, but for legal reasons, I can't include usb_mass.irx directly.

[LiquidManZero]

Then why are both Viper and myself having it refuse to load the cheats file off USB mass storage, when it has no problems with loading the config file from such a location? If it doesn't have the USB drivers then how is it capable of loading one of the two files but not both?

[Lazy Bastard]

I just used the pre-compiled binary release, without any IRXs.

[LiquidManZero]

Did you compile Artemis yourself with USB support enabled AND included the separately compiled usbd.irx/usb_mass.irx? For that matter... Is that actually required or am I misunderstanding the issue here?

[Lazy Bastard]

Hmm...I always have Artemis and the cheats file on a USB flash drive, and I've never had those problems loading it.

[Viper187]

This probably isn't any help, but I oddly found that the cheats file will not load unless both it and Artemis are on a memory card. Though this was with 0.3 and I don't know if it had the USB mass drivers or not.

Wouldn't surprise me if that's the issue. I run off the USB stick cause that's more convenient. I can't just stick the memory card in the PC and throw new versions directly on it.

[LiquidManZero]

This probably isn't any help, but I oddly found that the cheats file will not load unless both it and Artemis are on a memory card. Though this was with 0.3 and I don't know if it had the USB mass drivers or not.

[misfire]

Done. It's only on BountySource so far though. I don't have Mercurial setup on here yet. TortoiseHG on Ubuntu demands mercurial 1.3, but apt-get only find 1.1x. I'm downloading the windows version to try.

btw, I still can't get it to load the goddamn cheats file.

On Ubuntu, I'm using the hg client on the command line or the NetBeans IDE which includes a decent Mercurial plugin.

[Viper187]

Viper187: Have you modified the cheats file at all? If you have, take care to do so in a Unix-friendly editor (I use Crimson Editor, but there are others).

Textpad keeps it in unix too. I had the same problem with the default file on the last version as well.

[Lazy Bastard]

Viper187: Have you modified the cheats file at all? If you have, take care to do so in a Unix-friendly editor (I use Crimson Editor, but there are others).

[Viper187]

Viper, for the upcoming Artemis release, the NTPB protocol has changed a bit.

You need to apply this patch to ps2cc to allow dumping:
https://bitbucket.org/misfire/artemi...tpb-dump.patch

Done. It's only on BountySource so far though. I don't have Mercurial setup on here yet. TortoiseHG on Ubuntu demands mercurial 1.3, but apt-get only find 1.1x. I'm downloading the windows version to try.

btw, I still can't get it to load the goddamn cheats file.

[Lazy Bastard]

Being bored at work, I believe I've finished my portion of the History of Project Artemis: http://gshi.org/wiki/History_of_Project_Artemis

If anyone else has anything they'd like to add, feel free. I'm sure there's plenty of detail I've left out.