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    Playstation games with more than one disc (multi-disc)

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    • soggypeteS
      soggypete
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      So I have Final Fantasy VIII (and wanting to add more games) on my Playstation emulator. Currently in my library it lists Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy VIII as it is spread over 3 discs. Any idea how to condense it in to one file or make it a little smoother?

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      • FloobF
        Floob
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        Here are some options:
        http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/best-way-for-psx-multidisc-games/

        Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
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          PetroRie
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          Why would you like to have them into one file? I place all my multi disk games into one folder and when I want to change them U just do it trough the emulator. Works fine, even with Metal Gear. In game saves work great but I prefer the emulators save states.

          I used to convert many PSX games for my PSP with PSX2PSP. You need to keep in mind that the compression affects the loading times.

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            ajhorst
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            Condensing the games to one file is a little complicated. Just have multiple files, and when you need to move to the next disk, copy the save file from the earlier disk and re-name it to the filename of the following disk.

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              PetroRie @ajhorst
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              @ajhorst said in Playstation games with more than one disc (multi-disc):

              Condensing the games to one file is a little complicated. Just have multiple files, and when you need to move to the next disk, copy the save file from the earlier disk and re-name it to the filename of the following disk.

              Didn't they solve that problem already? I have beaten Metal Gear Solid and the saves did work normally without any tweaks. I used savestates and the normal in-game save.

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                shadowlead @PetroRie
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                @PetroRie so are you saying that when I finish disc 1 of final fantasy IX i can just start the disc 2 file and my save game will be there?

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                  PetroRie @shadowlead
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                  @shadowlead Yes, when the game prompts to insert the second disk, you can load it via the RGUI menu. Your save game will be there, beside you will save your game on the new disk too, so yeah it will work. It works fine now I'm playing Fear Effect, I'm currently on disk 3 now. So far everything worked fine. In game saves and save states work fine, don't worry about this. this used to be an issue which has been solved already.

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                  • mviarsM
                    mviars @PetroRie
                    last edited by mviars

                    @PetroRie said in Playstation games with more than one disc (multi-disc):

                    Why would you like to have them into one file? I place all my multi disk games into one folder and when I want to change them U just do it trough the emulator. Works fine, even with Metal Gear. In game saves work great but I prefer the emulators save states.

                    I used to convert many PSX games for my PSP with PSX2PSP. You need to keep in mind that the compression affects the loading times.

                    @PetroRie
                    I like the idea of a folder containing the disc files but then you lose the meta data from the main games because it just shows it as a selection not a game. Is there a way to show game info tagged to a folder?

                    Pi3b
                    RetroPie 4.1

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @mviars
                      last edited by mediamogul

                      @mviars said in Playstation games with more than one disc (multi-disc):

                      Is there a way to show game info tagged to a folder?

                      You can just highlight the folder, press 'select' and then set or scrape the meta data like any other entry.

                      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                      • mviarsM
                        mviars @mediamogul
                        last edited by

                        @mediamogul Thanks for the reply but when I do that it tries to scrape entire systems not the folder like it would do if i were to select it using a file.

                        Pi3b
                        RetroPie 4.1

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @mviars
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                          @mviars

                          You might be selecting the wrong menu entry. If you highlight the folder in Emulation Station and press 'select', the last option in the resulting menu will only alter/add meta data for that particular item.

                          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                          • mviarsM
                            mviars
                            last edited by mviars

                            Gees your right I was using my keyboard instead of my remote that I usually use for selecting options so I was hitting menu instead of options. Thanks for the help this makes things a lot better.

                            Pi3b
                            RetroPie 4.1

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                            • mediamogulM
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @mviars
                              last edited by

                              @mviars

                              Glad it works. I use the same method and it really does keep things looking nice and professional.

                              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                j.miller @mediamogul
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                                @PetroRie @mviars I have a multi disc game in a folder within my psx roms folder, so it shows just once in the main psx menu and i scraped the metadata successfully on the folder, so thanks for the tips on that.

                                In the "core disk options" when i go to swap discs i have to navigate to the disc image through "disk image append". I'm unable to toggle discs on "disk index"

                                however, once i navigate via "disk image append" I am able to toggle disc images through "disk index". So it seems that by default it doesn't know where to look for the disc images. any ideas on how to fix this so I dont have to navigate via "disk image append"?

                                thanks!

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                                  j.miller @j.miller
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                                  @j.miller

                                  Update

                                  the way to get the toggling to work by default is to create a .m3u playlist of the .cue files for the multi-disc games, then launch the game via the .m3u file instead of any of the specific discs.

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                                    nooryani84
                                    last edited by nooryani84

                                    So just been getting into retropie again and wanted to give my two cents here in case anyone stumbles across this issue:

                                    https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/issues/314#issuecomment-68180219

                                    "So I've been trying a few things now in order to eliminate these extra folders.

                                    Firstly, I keep the all my roms in one directory since they're going to be sorted via the scraper. To eliminate the M3U and the an additional cue file for each disc showing up I found the following workaround:

                                    Remove the .cue extension on the multi-disc files so that es_systems.cfg won't list them.
                                    Remove the .cue extension you reference them in the M3U.
                                    My M3U for chrono cross looks like this for example:
                                    Chrono Cross CD1
                                    Chrono Cross CD2

                                    Not entirely sure if this is what you were looking for, but it solved my issue. Now I just have one single entry for the game that will allow me to switch disks."

                                    Edit: I updated the Wiki if it's alright. https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Playstation-1#m3u-playlist-for-multi-disc-games

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                                      sleepunknot
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                                      PetroRie

                                      Can you upload your psxpsp fear effect game because all versions I tested has problems unknown disc format or can't change to disc 2...

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                                      • herb_fargusH
                                        herb_fargus administrators @sleepunknot
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                                        @sleepunknot read the forum rules!

                                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                          PetroRie @sleepunknot
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                                          @sleepunknot I cannot do that because it's not allowed on the forum. I just got my copies from the internet. I'm using the NTSC version of the game.

                                          When the game asks you to switch disk, just do it via the RGUI menu. You can browse the folders and select the image file, it works like a charm. I've tried this also with Metal Gear Solid and it worked. The file extensions are .BIN

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                                            stevep
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                                            When I go into the pcx roms folder it tells me no files found. How do I get it to read .bin ,.cue files? I am using retropie 4.2

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