does mercenaries 2: world in flames need to be rebuild?

does anyone know if Mercenaries 2: World in Flames need to be rebuild or u can just rip and burn? because i know for sure the first one needed to rebuild in order to play the backup version. so i was wondering has anyone try the backup version of it.

 

I haven't had time to play it yet, but it loaded fine using ESR beta r9a.
I burned it(4.37GB) too Sony DVD-R with imgburn at 4x. Played fine on my V7

I may play some of it tonight yet so can tell more later.

 

ok, thanks

 

Well I played it for almost an hour and no problems.

Remember this is patched also to use with ESR.

I also patched the First one with ESR disc patcher and play it just fine using ESR 9a.

If you have Swap Magic, then you can use the ESR.elf.

 

so ur saying i have to patched the game in order to play it perfectly. can i just imgburn to rip and then burn it? because i am using swap magic.
where do u get this ESR 9a?

 

In order to play it with ESR you would need to patch it with ESR disc patcher GUI v0.24a which is found in the ESR thread here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/freevast/58441-esr-public-beta.html

To play it with Swap Magic, you most likely would have to rebuild it too work.

Also seeing you have Swap Magic, you can install the fmcb 1.6
You wouldn't have to swap disks anymore if you didn't want to.
The only thing is to play with ESR.elf, you need to patch the ISO images before burning them.

Read about it here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/freevast/58292-official-free-mc-boot-releases.html
Its guide is in that link- make sure to read that thoroughly if you do install.

Tutorial to install using Swap Magic: http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/

 

thanks

 

I've tried all of that. ESR boots the game but it still freeze.

Even with a copy of the original game.

Please help!

 

Well I can't help much more than that. I use ESR r9a dvdv direct.elf

Backed up with Imgburn. Burned on Sony DVD-R 4x speed with Imgburn

Works on my V7 and V14.

 

it took me quite sometime to figure everything out. but i finally got it working late last night on my ps2 v.15. thanks

 

Your welcome xlilx

My reply above was meant for seguini

 

Thanks for the reply. What I've noticed is that it works fine when I lunch ESR from my USB thumb drive with uLaunchElf with SwapMagic. But when I start ESR from mc boot exploit I see the ESR splash screen and then nothing "black screen". I have a slim pstwo with the switches blocked for SwapMagic 3.6. Any Idea?

 

Are you using fmcb 1.6? Its default setup is using R2 on the controller to start ESR with Disc in PS2

I have better luck myself to load it that way than from the Sony Browser.

 

Ok Thanks I'll try that.

 

Thanks for your support Smokyrain "by the way". R2 seems to have fixed it, now it will run with ESR, but the game freezes after the scenematic, I guess it's my copy that is corrupted. Thanks again for the support, I now can play backups without SwapMagic wich is greate.

 

Your welcome seguini

It is great to play backups without swapping..

Yeah all I can tell you is the way I burned it in above posts and the size of my ISO.
I haven't played it yet on my V14 but think it would be the same.

 

can someone please help? I would like to back up Mercenaries 2, but I really have not been able to follow the posts. They far exceed my technical level. Would anyone be willing to walk me through the process and direct me to the needed programs? I would really appreciate it. I have a flip top with swap magic 3.8 I have DVD decryptor and iso buster. Once again Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.

 

If you are meaning to play mercenaries 2 using the ESR elf, you can read the last few posts of this thread.
I sort of outlined between 2 tutorials on how to install fmcb 1.6 and ESR
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/696692

You would then not have to swap disks if you don't want too, but you still can use Swap Magic for those disks already done.

If you need more help let me know

 

thanx for the quick response, but at the risk of sounding like a total doof, I dont know what ESR elf or fmcb 1.6 is nor what it's used for. The most I've done is use decryptor, which was preaty straight forward then burn the iso. I did back up Mercenaries 1, by using some patch that some one made and following the tutorial, but even then I ended up with a few coasters. But I hope to learn with help form folks like you. So your help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thats no problem, and your questions are fine. We all need to learn somewhere.

Free MC Boot is an 'exploit' that allows a user to install it on official 8MB Sony MC's as well as 3rd party cards. A new hack puts Free McBoot right in your consoles main screen

From there you can launch any elf files.

ESR is an elf file that loads your backups that are patched with a disc patcher so no need for swapping discs.

Thats about the best I can explain it.

You can read more about it in topics on the freevast section of psx-scene forums.