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[protomank]

My question is:
In windows or linux I can load files form a relative path (./ or cimple empty path). So, if I run the program from c:\appXX it will look for files inside that folder.

I want to do the same for playstation 2, because my project will use graphics from anyone (users will be able to use their own graphics), but how do I do that?

Should I check the complete path somehow and see the unit (mass:, cdfs:, mc0:) and load the apropriate IRX, or there is a simpler method for this?

Thanks in advancem and sorry if this question was already answered or is dumb :)

[ragnarok2040]

Yeah, you should check the path it was executed from, and load the appropriate module or modules. I think uLaunchElf's main() function checks for every known launching method, so you could look in its source for the list of devices.

[protomank]

Just a quick question. I was looking at the forum for answers, but did not something more clear about running from CD. Is there a way to access cdrom: like I do for mass:?

I found some dvd libs and methods, but those require to use xio file handling functions. As my code is meant to be portable, I want to keep using the regular fopen/fread/fwrite to not include a lot of IFDEFs or messing with the SDL code (that have some file handling in too)....

I am using ps2doom v1041 source as base (it is an easy one to understand, uLE is more complicated), but is seems to lack "run from cdrom" capabilities.

[cosmito]

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You saved my sanity! I was looking for cdvd.irx for more than a hour now :)

EDIT: Funny enought, if I run my elf from mass, and force all files to load from cdfs, it works. If I just boot the same elf from the cdrom, it freezes in the loading of files.
Looks like I'll have to buy a lot of CDs tomorow... :-P

[cosmito]

[protomank]

PCSXE2 does not run on my computer, my onboard video card is not enought and the motherboard do not have a pci express slot.

But I fixed it, added some loading information (good for the user also) and I believe the problem was that some SDL calls I was using did not released the file handler, so when I changed it, the program ran from the cdrom, thanks to your code :)

Now I am just missing HDD support, that I still need more information, because I do not have one (I own a PS2 slim) and a friend of mine that have one, told me each game is a partition and the filesystem is kind of strange.

[dlanor]

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Thanks for your explanation dlenor, it surely will help.