Christmas package!
December 20th, 2008
I’ve had some time recently and it seems like quite a lot of people are having problems with installing all the necessary libs, compiling fontconfig, whatever, so i’ve made a .pkg. I’ve tried to test it but it was rather limited testing so I need you to tell me if it really works as it should 
The package will install all necessary libs in correct locations and pcsx2/mac itself would be in Applications/pcsx2
This package also includes the spu plugin, ported by rayan from macscene forums. Thanks go to him for his good work.
Well, nothing much to say, grab it here - http://pcsx2-mac.quant0r.com/files/pcsx2.pkg
Thanks for the release! Tried the .pkg, seems to install correctly though I didn’t remove the old libs.
Still had to manually change plugin file permissions.
chmod 777 bin/plugins/*
Sound plugin is working. I bit stuttery but I’m on a slower macbook pro.
Comment by backward — December 20, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
ah, ok, yes, i seem to have reset the permissions when copying for packaging. Reuploaded, should be fixed now…
Comment by zedr0n — December 20, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
The sound plugin is a bit stuttery for me too, on my mbp, even on svn which is faster, will take a look when i have time
Comment by zedr0n — December 20, 2008 @ 11:18 pm
Pleease I need help!
I downloaded this package installed CG Framework and the X11 thing but still I get this message:
Could Not Load GS Plugin ‘/Applications/pcsx2/plugins/’:dlopen(/Applications/pcsx2/plugins/,2): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Applications/pcsx2/plugins/: not a file
/usr/local/lib/: not a file
/usr/lib/: not a file __________
| OK |
|__________|
That’s it please Zedr0n I read your guide 2 times and still I don’t know what I am doing wrong! Actually I just read it to make sure that I don’t need to download any extra files. I downloaded those two: CG Framework and the X11 thing I used plugins and bios from my friends computer but whatever I do I get this message, then I click ok and it takes me at the configuration window.
I beg you help me
Comment by The Keybademaster — December 22, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Been following this since you first posted the idea on the PCSX2 forums!
I dont have Leopard, but i hope to get it for X-Mas, i have a 40 GB PS3 and have the MGS Essential collection, so i want to play it
Will check this out ON X-MAS when i get leopard.
Normally all i do on X-Mas is try out new games that I got but im so excited about this i will try out PCSX2 for Mac before my PS3 games
Comment by Nick Cook — December 22, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
i keep getting this message:
** (:2412): WARNING **: Couldn’t find pixmap file: pcsxAbout.bmp
Bus error
logout
i checked the bin folder for the “.pixmaps” directory and its content “pcsxabout.bmp”. …everythings’ where it should be.
and i got no idea what “Bus error”s about.
Comment by Bender — December 23, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
Come on Zedr0n we really need you
Comment by The Keybademaster — December 23, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
Here’s another error which I get when trying to start pcsx2 via the terminal or finder:
$ ./pcsx2
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/Cg.framework/Cg
Referenced from: /Applications/pcsx2/bin/./pcsx2
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap
Do I have to install other libs? Best wishes & Happy christmas
Comment by coin3d — December 24, 2008 @ 11:47 am
@ keybademaster:
you need to select the plugins folder in “pcsx2/bin/” not the one in the “pcsx2″ folder.
Comment by Bender — December 24, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
Same error here:
$ ./pcsx2
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/Cg.framework/Cg
Referenced from: /Applications/pcsx2/bin/./pcsx2
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap
where i have to go to change the config? Because i see only the pcsx2 executable…
Comment by GTOnizuka — December 25, 2008 @ 10:24 am
ok, sorry for the reply but i’ve try to change the config (that is absolutely correct) and did non change anything.
After analyzing the error i’ve deducted that the error is that is missing the Cg.framework package (that must be included into the pkg) so please could you provide it? Thanks for all
Comment by GTOnizuka — December 25, 2008 @ 10:34 am
anyone but me getting that “bus error” and/or “pixmap” problem and knows how to solve it? btw. merry christmas everybody!
Comment by Bender — December 25, 2008 @ 11:58 am
CG framework won’t be provided as part of package, it’s much too big and should be installed separately as well as xquartz
Comment by zedr0n — December 25, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
I have installed the XQuartz package (as the project logo tell that is a xquartz port) but i don’t know where can i download the Cg package (compiled as binary, not to download sources and to compile them by myself). Could anyone please tell me where to find them? Thanks for all
Comment by GTOnizuka — December 25, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
It’s just a .pkg
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_toolkit.html#downloads
Comment by zedr0n — December 25, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
@bender
Im getting a bus error as well
When I try to run something I get a white screen for a few seconds then it quits itself
Comment by Jholar — December 26, 2008 @ 4:13 am
You’ve got a lot of feedback already but I thought you might want to know that I started with a completely fresh Mac and installed your package, NVidia CG, xquartz, and the two lib bundles below and got everything to work fine with very little effort. Looks like you are getting very close to a distributable program.
Comment by Tenethor — December 26, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
you should run it from x11 program, not from normal terminal or by clicking on executable in Finder - it wouldn’t work
Comment by zedr0n — December 27, 2008 @ 12:13 am
@zedr0n
What file are you supposed to open specifically in X11? The finder app doesn’t work (obviously) and my untrained eyes don’t see anything else that could be opened
Comment by Jholar — December 27, 2008 @ 6:08 am
Yeah but can anybody answer… MY QUESTION???????????????
Comment by The Keybademaster — December 28, 2008 @ 12:33 am
I get a white screen when running any game, just a heads up, does this require nvidia gpus or will a Radeon HD do also ?
Comment by JaS — December 28, 2008 @ 1:29 am
where is libcairo.2.dylib? x11 gives me an error
Comment by beastLife — December 28, 2008 @ 5:06 am
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libcairo.2.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/pcsx2/bin/./pcsx2
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap
Comment by beastLife — December 28, 2008 @ 5:25 am
Hi,
I’m having this problem for few days and have been trying to reinstall, install, reinstall, resetting the permission and all, but still getting this error: Could Not Load GS Plugin, screenshot as below:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3142851123_9ff2b27de8.jpg?v=0
And my configuration panel is just EMPTY, no plugin what so ever even if I have selected the plugins folder with logs of different type of plugins downloaded. What am I doing wrong?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3143680454_cc1162ae10.jpg?v=0
Comment by Aaoh — December 28, 2008 @ 7:35 am
beastlife - you need to install latest xquartz
Comment by zedr0n — December 28, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Aaoh, you need to launch pcsx2 from X11 application(Applications/Utilities/X11.app). Then xterm will automatically open and you have to type
cd /Applications/pcsx2/bin
./pcsx2
Comment by zedr0n — December 28, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
I was just curious about whether or not other graphics plugins besides Zerogs could be used in the mac pcsx2. I ask because I prefer gsdx and no other plugins seem to be recognized other than the stock plugins.
Comment by Ace — December 29, 2008 @ 12:46 am
@thekeyblademaster
I think you have the wrong plugins folder selected, then you select a plugins folder choose the once in the same place as the pcsx2 application (the one with 15 items)
Comment by Jholar — December 29, 2008 @ 12:58 am
im on a macbook 2.4 core2duo osx leopoard etc………i have final fantasy xii sitting inside my macbook and i try and load it from pcsx2 but it wont load..im guessing its the graphics plugin?
hellpp me im a newwb and terminal illiterate
** (:745): WARNING **: Couldn’t find pixmap file: pcsxAbout.bmp
ZeroGS: creating
ZeroGS: 41 : 16
ZeroGS: Got Doublebuffered Visual!
ZeroGS: glX-Version 1.2
Xlib: extension “XFree86-VidModeExtension” missing on display “/tmp/launch-PuZJYJ/:0″.
ZeroGS: Depth 24
ZeroGS: you have Direct Rendering!
ZeroGS: ******
ZeroGS: GS WARNING: Floating point render targets not supported, switching to 32bit
ZeroGS: *********
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
Bus error
logout
[Process completed]
Comment by bobby — December 29, 2008 @ 3:46 am
Each time I launch the executable, it says I need to configure all of my settings again. When I do this and click ok, the window disappears and I can’t do anything else. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
Comment by Dame — December 29, 2008 @ 7:27 am
Hello! If someone could give me some help, would be great to know how to proceed after having this message… I have been trying to open from ISO file. Thanks!
Macbook Pro 10.5.6
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4G
—————–
offset = 0
blockofs = 0
blocksize = 2352
blocks = 173150
type = 3
ZeroGS: creating
ZeroGS: 41 : 16
ZeroGS: Got Doublebuffered Visual!
ZeroGS: glX-Version 1.2
Xlib: extension “XFree86-VidModeExtension” missing on display “/tmp/launch-hpOSkc/:0″.
ZeroGS: Depth 24
ZeroGS: you have Direct Rendering!
ZeroGS: ******
ZeroGS: GS WARNING: Floating point render targets not supported, switching to 32bit
ZeroGS: *********
ZeroGS: Failed to find ../../plugins/gs/zerogs/opengl/ps2hw.fx, try compiling a non-devbuild
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
—————-
Comment by RD — December 29, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
I tried to launch a game today and got a white screen after these errors:
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
ZeroGS: Creating effects
ZeroGS: Creating extra effects
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
ZeroGS: Cg error: CG ERROR : The compile returned an error.
last listing: (0) : warning C6503: Profile option ‘MaxDrawBuffers’ value (8) too large; clamped to 4
(0) : warning C6503: Profile option ‘MaxDrawBuffers’ value (8) too large; clamped to 4
/Applications/pcsx2/bin/../plugins/gs/zerogs/opengl/ps2hw.fx(719) : error C5210: assignment among incompatible concrete types
(865) : fatal error C9999: unable to generate code, no legal types for program.
ZeroGS: Failed to load ps CRTCTargInterPS:
(0) : warning C6503: Profile option ‘MaxDrawBuffers’ value (8) too large; clamped to 4
(0) : warning C6503: Profile option ‘MaxDrawBuffers’ value (8) too large; clamped to 4
/Applications/pcsx2/bin/../plugins/gs/zerogs/opengl/ps2hw.fx(719) : error C5210: assignment among incompatible concrete types
(865) : fatal error C9999: unable to generate code, no legal types for program.
ZeroGS: zerogs.cpp:1687: LoadExtraEffects()
Any idea what’s up and how to fix it?
Comment by Dame — December 30, 2008 @ 6:59 am
Hi Zero, thanks for the reply earlier on, now my pcsx.bin works fine.
Now I’m having yet, another problem which is regarding the ZeroGS Error, similiar to username Dame (above post). I tried following the guide at http://quant0r.com/trac/trac.cgi/wiki/runningPcsx2 to change the lines at ps2hw.fx shader , but I have no knowledge on editing in terminal. Is it possible you could attach the file of the changed lines in your site?
Thanks again.
Comment by Aaoh — December 30, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
@aaoh
For instant gratification you can change the file from a .fx to a .txt in the finder, open it in text edit then find and change the appropiate line. Then change the file back to a .fx (you may have to do it from the ‘get info’ box) and it should work fine
And to boot: Always keep a back-up of the original file just in case
Comment by Jholar — December 30, 2008 @ 8:56 pm
Finally got games to render. Two problems I’m now having:
1) Shadow of the Colossus runs, but it only shows the top left quadrant of the screen, blown up to the size of the whole screen, and I get a repeating error message of “dest alpha blending! manipulate alpha here” any idea what’s up with that?
2) Regardless of which game I launch, there is no sound. When I click on the configure button for the sound plugin, I get a popup that says “nothing to be configured”. Any idea how to fix this? I’d love to play through FFX and it renders beautifully, but I can’t get through it without sound.
Comment by Dame — December 31, 2008 @ 1:45 am
@Dame
Look at the plug-in that the sound function is using: If its SPU2null 0.7.1 then you will need to change it using the drop-down list. The null plug-in obviously plays no sound and it only a proxy; it’s probably there for debugging/stability issues. (Getting rid of all the bugs in the graphics before compounding them by bugs in the sound)
No stability promises, but you should have another option in the drop down menu if you installed with the xmas package
Comment by Jholar — December 31, 2008 @ 4:20 am
Wow, thank you Jholar, I feel like an idiot, lol. So problem solved on the sound thing.
Has anyone tried kingdom hearts: chain of memories? I get the opening music, but the screen stays black the entire time.
Comment by Dame — December 31, 2008 @ 4:57 am
Dame, Shadow of Colossus isn’t on the compatibility list for the official pcsx2 even, i think. The problem of being blown up is the same which would happen in kingdom hearts - there’s smth wrong with antialiasing, try switching it off and see if it helps
Comment by zedr0n — December 31, 2008 @ 7:40 am
Should i create a forum for discussion instead of using comments sections for everything?
Comment by zedr0n — December 31, 2008 @ 7:47 am
Thanks Zedr0n. The new kingdom hearts game won’t display, even with AA turned off. I can move the cursor around and select menu items in the game’s opening screen (I know it’s there, but the screen itself is still totally black).
A discussion forum would be amazing.
Thank you again for all of your hard work. Things are really coming together.
Comment by Dame — December 31, 2008 @ 8:41 am
@Johlar - Thanks, I got the pcsx2 to load without that GS login error now.
I have YET ANOTHER error:
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
_openfile /Applications/pcsx2/fundub.iso 0
detected blocksize = 2048
isoOpen: /Applications/pcsx2/fundub.iso ok
offset = 0
blockofs = 24
blocksize = 2048
blocks = 157552
type = 2
ZeroGS: creating
ZeroGS: 41 : 16
ZeroGS: Got Doublebuffered Visual!
ZeroGS: glX-Version 1.2
Xlib: extension “XFree86-VidModeExtension” missing on display “/tmp/launch-vVJp
qD/:0″.
ZeroGS: Depth 24
ZeroGS: you have Direct Rendering!
ZeroGS: ******
ZeroGS: GS WARNING: Floating point render targets not supported, switching to 32
bit
ZeroGS: *********
Launching PeopsSPU2_SDL.
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
ZeroGS: Creating effects
ZeroGS: Creating extra effects
ZeroGS: Disabling MRT depth writing
ZeroGS: using accurate shaders
ZeroGS: initialization successful
ZeroGS: dummy transfer
ZeroGS: dummy transfer
Segmentation fault
Sorry for this long report, what is wrong with the above message? thanks in advance.
Comment by Aaoh — December 31, 2008 @ 3:32 pm