Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD NPEB00645 NPUB30554 BLUS-31620 v2.xx won't boot

[Buzbee]

Quick summary

wont boot in 2.xx versions

Details

v1.xx boots but they made changes in v2.xx : changed bik videos to mp4 and changed several data folders into edat files (which makes the pkg size about half the size of v1.xx).

files and folders in v1.xx \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\global" \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_00 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_01 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_02 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_02a \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_03 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_04 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_05 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\region_06 \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\data\bundles\utility

now in 2.xx

the data\global and data\bundles\region_0x directories etc. are gone and replaced with edats with a similar subdirectory name

\dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\global.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_0.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_1.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_2.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_2a.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_3.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_4.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_5.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_6.psarc.edat \dev_hdd0\game\NPUB30554\USRDIR\region_u.psarc.edat

in the EBOOT.BIN directory.

Note that v2.00 & v2.01 NPEB00645 NPUB30554 have the label 2.00.

BLUS-31620 is the disc version of v2.01 NPUB30554 which just installs install.pkg from disc with no rap needed.

No game compatibility entries on website for NPUB30554 or BLUS-31620. Stereoscopic 3D was added in v1.02 patch (EUR only) and 2.00 (USA). PS3 version is only version to be able to play in Stereoscopic 3D.

Attach a log file

RPCS3.log RPCS3.log.gz

Attach capture files for visual issues

I want to see if issue #6270 is resolved in v2.xx version.

System configuration

RPCS3 v0.0.37-18159-6fe6c4e0 Alpha AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor
32 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Operating system: Windows 11 25H2

Other details

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[Buzbee]

Game runs sometimes and does not freeze when video output is disabled. Audio continues to play at the main menu and after starting a new game. With Vulkan I have gotten the two intro/splash screens (mp4 files) and a warning message to display sometimes by messing with the advanced GPU settings like disable vertex cache on/off. Game halts though when the main menu should be displayed. A background mp4 should loop with the main menu on top.

I used TrueAncestor_EDAT_Rebuilder_v1.65 to decrypt the edats and then psarc.exe to decompress the lzh dat files. I then copied them over to the game's USRDIR. With today's build it will boot about 1/20th of the time to the intro/splash screens but freeze at the menu screen. Only ONCE did I make it in-game and play. Seems to be a timing issue.

[FlexBy420]

Same issue as #15371

[Buzbee]

I actually think the problem is rpcs3 is trying to continue before decrypting and decompressing the edat files.