Quake 2 Port To PSP Wip

[wraggster]

McZonk has released some great screenshots of his WIP Port of Quake 2 to the PSP, heres those shots:

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/quake2-shot1.jpg

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/quake2-shot2.jpg

More shots at our page here --> http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/quake2psp.shtml

[Mourningstar]

THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!

Please, please, please put sound in it!


Looks like Im gonna have to get a bigger MS when this is released....

[scherzo]

I

LOVE

Q2!!!!

Man, if this port eventually has multiplayer, I know I can convince a friend of mine to invest in a PSP.

[bill00000]

THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!

Please, please, please put sound in it!


Looks like Im gonna have to get a bigger MS when this is released....
Maybe he should put graphics in it first... I'm hoping we can get a good control scheme happining here. like Analog for look around, and the buttons for forward/back/strafe. That's the best fps controls I've come across on the PSP so far. This should be great if it runs smooth!

[ace3093]

Yes. I cant wait. I love quake 2!

[xuphorz]

anyone know if the multiplayer option will work?

[*o*]

i seriously doubt it...

[RedKing14CA]

DAMN, why cant we use wi-fi in homebrew yet?... :(.... i noticed we cant use the parental control thing either....

i know i'm dumb, but i'm just wondering...

if the PSP can handle the awsome graphics of Burnout and NFSU etc. why can't it handle the graphics of quake 2? i mean, couldnt some one make a UMD ISO game with PSP graphics and have it run smooth??

like i said, im stupid, and tired... good night, lol..

[Zaibach333]

you'know, I kinda like where RedKing14CA is going. the UMDEmulator is the smoothest emulator out there cause all it really emulates is where to read the data. do you think somebody could figure out how to make some working <b>homebrewed</b> ISOs?

I doubt this has much to do with networking advancements for Quake II but it's a thought for future smooth fun games on the go without draining your battery.

[Hevyduty]

DAMN, why cant we use wi-fi in homebrew yet?... :(This is my biggest question too. At this point, we'll have WiFi homebrew on the DS before we do on the PSP, and I would've thought the opposite.

Actually, doesn't PSP Weather and PSP Radio use WiFi?

So what we don't seem to have is WiFi multiplayer in hombrew/ports. If anyone has an explanation for why this hasn't been done yet, I'd be interested to know the answer. I'm sure there's a good reason, but I've been wondering what it is.

[bill00000]

All the homebrew programs I know of work in infrastructure mode, and communicate with the internet, or your PC. I can't think of one homebrew app/game that has been able to send information from PSP to PSP, and I think this is why we haven't seen multiplayer.

As per RedKing's comment, I think it may be the fact that HB developers are left to figure out how to implement the PSPs functions by themselves, without Sony made dev kits. Also, games like Burnout take full teams of developers months upon months to develop.

Your ISO idea is great, though. I think that would be ideal for a shell like system like PSIX. If the UMD emulator could be changed so the PSP was tricked into thinking the ISO was the UMD even after shutting the system down, the system would boot straight to the ISO, and bypass the initial menu loading.

[asterothjames]

yumy quake on the psp i cant wait

[creoleplane]

I know we have a Quake 1 port, but it sucks, this guy should be working towards that, screw Q2 it was by far the worst in the series.

[Tomppa]

Oooh! Wonder if it is possible to play Quake 2 mods like Action Quake? :D Damn that mod is funny...

[watoto]

actually,if you look close in the screenshot,it says "sound initialization",so it may have sound

[Fly On]

Oh ho ho ho ho! This is great!

[J sims]

I vaguely remember a tool called Umd Gen which can make UMD ISOs that run on an iso loader for for psp, but i don't think I could post where to get it on these forums. Just search google to find it.

[RedKing14CA]

Quake 3 was the worst.... quake 2 and quake 4 own!!!

But anyways, i do know they have a PSP ISO maker at Psp-Hacks.com that you can use to create HB ISO's for the PSP...

But what i was thinking about using an actual PSP ISO to run homebrew was you could get those sweet graphics and speed without having to emulate....

wi-fi does not work using ISO's...

I know they've used IR multiplayer, but i think it would be too slow for quake 2...

the thing i'm wondering is how he got quake 2 to run smoothly enough to announce/play if doom and quake 1 run slow on the PSP sometimes...

How much is an official sony devkit i wonder.....?

[Zephyroth_drgs]

This is my biggest question too. At this point, we'll have WiFi homebrew on the DS before we do on the PSP, and I would've thought the opposite.

Actually, doesn't PSP Weather and PSP Radio use WiFi?

So what we don't seem to have is WiFi multiplayer in hombrew/ports. If anyone has an explanation for why this hasn't been done yet, I'd be interested to know the answer. I'm sure there's a good reason, but I've been wondering what it is.

in deed...

[F9zDark]

The problem is just as bill00000 said it. The homebrewers are left to figure things out for themselves. But what also slows this process down is the fact that many people are just trying to pop out ports of games made for the PC, rather than trying to figure out these problems and make their own games from scratch using the full potential of PSP's graphics.

All a port requires is rewriting the engine or graphics handling code to be kosher with that of the PSP. Yes there are many hurtles to jump over, but its far easier to rewrite an already made engine to work with another system than it is to try and write an engine from scratch.

But then again, if half the people working on ports pooled their time and resources together, they could in essense create a PSP game engine that could handle many different types of games and utilize the PSP to its fullest potential.

[Hevyduty]

Well, not long after inquiring about WiFi earlier in this thread, I ran across the news posted yesterday at PS2Dev:

http://ps2dev.org/

It sounds like the WiFi stuff is being worked on, so that's good. There's also work going on for an implementation of OpenGL for the PSP, which is something you also think about when discussing Quake ports. I can't tell if this is something that could be applied to Quake ports, or just new homebrew graphics engines, but regardless it's welcome news.

[Zaibach333]

redKing14CA: wi-fi does not work using ISO's...

I don't know why you would say that, the whole reason I looked into that sort of emulation was to play multiplayer with one umd. and after a dump I confirmed the tenchi browser workes aswell.

f9zDark, I would definatly have to agree, speaking of that - I havent seen any in the past few weeks but lately there have been more 3d developments comming out of homebrew.

hevyduty, OpenGL would be spactacular! I would probably hop on the psp game programming wagen with that capability.

[McZonk]

Lots of funny discussion about Quake 2. But here are some facts about the first version I will release in I hope 2 or 3 weeks.

Hardwarepowered Graphics
The engine don't uses any software rendering. It's complettly done in the Hardware. The currently finished 2d stuff is done and the 3d stuff will be. That's why it takes so long.
Perhaps the engine will not support all kinds of effect (particles) in the first release.

No Sound
Yes it's right, the console said: Sound Init, but the sound implementation has a dead end. The Sound Init is the result of init the null-imp sound interface correct. So no error occour if the engine try to play some sound. But I will recode the sound in a later version. Because I love the sound. I will also add a music player (the original Quake 2 defines Audio CD playing, so I can use it for mp3).

No Multiplayer
The first release will have no multiplayer support. As soon as possible I will support playing over internet and ad-hoc.

Mods
You can use any mod for Quake 2 if you have the source code for it and compile it on the psp. You have to make a .prx file after the original Quake 2 Game-API 3 (1 method that shares structs of function pointers). I already have an Interface to load the game library, but perhaps it will not be supported in the first release. Loading own prx files still makes problems on the psp.

Control
The A-nub is used for looking around. Start and Select are hardcoded for console and menu. The other keys are free for be configured. In my config the XO[]/\ are for movement RL for jump and fire, D-pad for weapon and inventory.

Other stuff
It will be possible to save games, load games, even from the pc. It will not be laggy (I hope). I will release it with the Quake 2 Demo. But if you own the original Quake 2, you can place the pak file in the directory play full version.

NO, I CANNOT SAY WHEN IT IS DONE!

[wraggster]

awesome thanks for the Update :)

[creoleplane]

I agree, Q3 was crap, but Q2 was even worse. Q2 has the easiest movement and the easiest to use weapons, Q2 will always bee the noobs Quake.

[pspfr33k]

Be glad someone will make it :mad:
He has put alotta time in it, that's a fact. If I'm right Quake 1 was already released for psp, right?!
Keep on working....maybe a Q3 will come with those funny mods :)

[vincesecuricor2005]

i cant wait but i dont own q2...........what am i gonna do?

[Zaibach333]

i cant wait but i dont own q2...........what am i gonna do?

nobody here can give you a link to a copy of it. I would suggest going elsewhere to find it, just do some searches or buy the game.

[vincesecuricor2005]

i didnt want a link to it, in fact i dont want it illegally but on wat format would i need it i.e. pc or whatever i dont agree with piracy sorry if anyone got the wrong idea cheers.

[Zaibach333]

hmmmm, I am assuming its the one for pc but you'll probably find out sometime from McZonk

[McZonk]

I'll ship the PSP Quake 2 with the Demo Files from Quake 2 (some single player and some multiplayer levels) enough to play and check it out. You can also use the full version of Quake 2 if you have it and play on the psp. I'm not 100% sure if the Mission Packs will work too, but I hope so.

[PPP(PROWD PSP OWNER)]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
i got banned of psp hacks !!!!
Whooooo i had 160posts :confused: :( ;) :( :cool: :D :p
IM PISSED :(

[PPP(PROWD PSP OWNER)]

pissed pissed

[vincesecuricor2005]

how did you get banned?

[Sharkey]

so when will it be released?













im kidding, i dont mind waiting at all,
ive played through the original quake (the best although im having fun with quake 4),
both mission packs and quite a few mods.

i didnt really like how they changed quake from a dungeon like theme to the science fiction premise of quake 2 but i still love the game and will be PATIENTLY waiting for the release.

thanx you mczonk for taking the time to share. ;)
ill be happy with any playable version, even without sound, wifi and the other bells and whistles.

[vincesecuricor2005]

not to be pushy but is there an eta?

[pspfr33k]

no there isn't a beta yet! at least not that I know, and I look every single day ;)

[vincesecuricor2005]

im just impatient (apologies)

[Zaibach333]

I'm still curious as to why ppp was banned

[vincesecuricor2005]

me too come on ppp be good and share fella

[McZonk]

I will release prreview versions of quake 2 the next days to some special people.
Here is my milestone plan.

http://www.psp-arena.net/user/mczonk/q2-milestones.png

[iball]

By "draw" you mean port over to hardware optimizations on the PSP?
I think that's what you mean. But hey, you've got a PLAN there.
That shows that you know the steps that have to be done to port something over.
I would be down with a little quiet beta-testing...I live in Frankfurt, Germany of course, so we'll be in the same time-zone. Currently sitting at home on vacation all week.
;)

[Zaibach333]

this reminds me, I really want to look into making some homebrew. would this be the place to randomly ask about what any sdk's or libraries I would need to get started compiling? just wondering

[iball]

ps2dev.org would probably be your best bet for asking questions.

[vincesecuricor2005]

liking the sound of multiplayer fella

[creoleplane]

Q2 was the easiest to learn in the series Q1 had the most complex movement, and rail wrecked quake forever.

[vincesecuricor2005]

but theyd all be pretty cool on psp huh?

[McZonk]

As you can see on the milestone plan. The next step is done. I can play intros on the psp. This is very important, because Quake Movies are handled like maps and it shows that the engine is working.

http://www.psp-arena.net/user/mczonk/q2-intro.mov

[Putin]

Multiplayer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're able to do that I consider you holy ;)

[Zaibach333]

sweet, keep up the good work

[Zaibach333]

ps2dev.org would probably be your best bet for asking questions.
thanks a bunch

[Sharkey]

thanx for the update mczonk. ;)
right now this is the only homebrew game im looking forward to.
i come here almost everyday just to see how its going,
ill have to check the .mov you posted.

its getting closer, im all giddy like a school girl lol. :D

[Zaibach333]

this is out of context but where the heck did you get that signature gif of a spinning psp. that is really cool looking

[vincesecuricor2005]

where is it i want it (gos off sobbing to mummy) but seriously i cant wait to try it

[McZonk]

The next point on the not ending list is done: Render a player preview in the player setup menu. Seems not to be a big step at first, but it shows that all 3d setup is done. Next step will be render the demo.

Pics and Video I will release this evening.

[MGFox]

This is excellent news McZonk, I'm sure we all eagerly await the Video :D

You're doing a fantastic job, Good Work!

Cheers,
Fox

[pspfr33k]

You have to say: I'm still waiting to play this on my PSP :D
No, just kidding ;)
Great to see it's still in progress.... :cool:

[McZonk]

http://www.psp-arena.net/user/mczonk/quake2-shots14.jpg
http://www.psp-arena.net/user/mczonk/quake2-shots15.jpg
http://www.psp-arena.net/user/mczonk/quake2-shots16.jpg

[pspfr33k]

Make some screenies of action ingame please :D
It's looking good though!

[Porl]

Excellent work McZonk !! !! !

Im really holding my breath for this release. It should be awesome! keep up the good work dude! :)

Porl''

[*o*]

i cant wait for this re-lease

[Sharkey]

Excellent work McZonk !! !! !

Im really holding my breath for this release. It should be awesome! keep up the good work dude! :)

Porl''
took the words out of my mouth,
thanx for the screens man. :)

[CrazyTuner]

you have more screens from the game??

[oninotsume]

Really nice!! This is going to be so sweet once you're done. Keep up the good work! :)

[gacnuw]

is this for v1.0 or v1.5 or v2.0 tell me please. :confused:

[Tomppa]

I'm pretty sure it is gonna be for 1.0. Then you can use KXploit or Sei-tool or whatever to convert it into 1.5. And later maybe fanjita adds Quake 2 support to 2.0 eBoot loader. So pretty much for all three I suppose, but maybe the author knows better. Well anyways I'm still hoping for the "x-mas" release mentioned somewhere :)

[gacnuw]

Thanks but where can I get KXploit or Seitool.

[McZonk]

Quake 2 will run on 1.0 and 1.5 at the moment. 2.0 is not supported, because I don't have a 2.0 to test and I'm no fan of up- and downgrading.

I don't think that Quake 2 will run on 2.0, because you cannot load prx files on 2.0 at the moment. I use 3 prx files at the moment: game-engine (important for mods), graphic-engine (my graphic port) and network-engine (not used, but I think it will become when I have to switch between adhoc and infrastructre wifi).

If I would get the money for a 2.0 PSP, I would care about a solution for 2.0, perhaps one without prx files.

Sorry, that the video is not availible, but my cam is broken.
I will deliver Quake for 1.0 and 1.5. So you don't need Kxploit or Seitool.
Release is 27. December on the TuM in Karlsruhe.

[Tomppa]

Ah great to see you answering our questions... :) So is the graphic-engine ready already or are you still working on it, I mean ready for the WIP release if thats what you call it?

[one winged angel]

Is the core written in ASM

[McZonk]

The graphic port is not completly finished. But more than the released images show :D

No these is no assembler code? Why I should use some? It's fast enough. But not all effects are implemmented at the moment.

What's the meaning of WIP? Never heard that.

[MGFox]

Looking forward to some more images :D

How is the performance, compared to the Quake 1 port we already have?

WIP = Work In Progress

Cheers,
Fox

[RedKing14CA]

Sweet, i hope to see this up and running, to bad you arn't getting paid... :(

[MGFox]

RedKing14CA: Why do we have an English essay about Teach and Maynard?

It was a fairly interesting read...but all the while I couldn't help thinking "Damn, Monkey Island was a cool game!"

Cheers,
Fox

[Tomppa]

OMG... Must.. Not.. Laugh.. Pirates.. What-the-hell..

Now I managed to stop laughing, so I have to ask what that has to do with Quake2? It sure was a waste of time (in a good way), but, a little.. off-topic?

[RedKing14CA]

It was the quickest way to host a file while i was at school... we can't use e-mail...

sorry if i wasted anyones time... i really am interested in this port of quake 2 though.. heheh...

[one winged angel]

mczonk what is the proggres

[one winged angel]

sorry for my bad english

[Sharkey]

mczonk what is the proggres

he said it would be released towards the end of the year, be patient.

[McZonk]

Another step is done: render objects and particles.

View blog for more screenshots: http://teamemergencyexit.blogspot.com

[*o*]

thats amazing!!!!!