MUST SEE! Reduce Your CPS-2 Game File Size By 50%+

[donne]

As figured.. It didn't work for me.. But I loved the way NJ warned me, thought.. Perhaps that's what Legionnare meant with "Must see.."

[V3N0M]

Well it would be removing file that are un-used so it wouldn't effect the game play. But anyways thank you tsurumaru for the info. I've been currentaly learning about the cps2, so i can have a better understanding of it. That way i'll be able to help people with problems so far every problem i've ran into cuncerning the emu i've fixed or answered. i was not as familar with cps2 earler today and have a way better understanding of it now thanx to a couple buddys of mine and reasearch of cource lol. Funny i ran into a game machine that i was not to familar with. I did know it was an arcade machine as well but thought it might have been a home console to because i know many of the games have been remade for other home consoles. But anyways thanx for the info.

[ACID]

Does this method make much of a difference though when in-game?

...and is it still reading from the memory card every time you do a special move for the first time (making it a bit choppy and slugish)??

Or is this purely for saving space???

The games play the exact same way as without removing any files the difference is the files are less then half of what they where.
For the people that cant get it to work you have to make the cache file first , then from the Roms folder remove the files with the numbers 13 and higher. It works great when i first did this i lost almost 250mb of extra memory i was using. If you need any help let me know.

[Napalm-Death]

It works the same for me as well. =D

[Baboon]

Nice tip.

Thanks for the info.

[Legionnare]

Either way it works i have 15 roms now that i've done this trick on and they all work. My ROM folder went down from 300+ MEG to about 150MEG. The only thing i would say is Super Puzzle fighters doesn't work because you don't need cache in that game, and Progear can still be done, but the files are labeled differently. Load it up a few times write down what files don't load, before it loads the cache and delete them.

About the stuttering... Well it still happens on Marvel Vs Capcom. I don't know why? It must be something to do with the intensity of the graphics on that game or something?

Its up to you guys it works. If you want your CPS-2 ROMS to take up half the space do it, if you don't well don't bother. I think its an excellent find, personally.

[kando]

AWSOME TRICK!!!

get the FULL file, run the CONVERTER and get the FULL CACHE, copy both to your memory card, and then EDIT the ROM ZIP file (not the cache) on your memory card and erase all files .13 and up....saves a TON of memory!

great trick!

[Napalm-Death]

Thanks for rephrasing it!

[kando]

its the least i can do to repay this awsome community =)

[donne]

Still can't get it work.. Maybe my rom incomplete ? Please check :

ROM in Zip before delete : 23528 KB
Cached-ROM : 10168 KB
ROM in Zip after deleting file 13 up : 8672 KB

Have I the right ROM ? I got it from a relatively well-known site..