Playstation 2 Disc Dumper (PS2DCDMP) version 0.98C README file - 2011/03/21
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PS2DCDMP.exe -> Command line version
PS2DCDMP-GUI.exe -> A version of PS2DCDMP with a GUI.

PS2DCDMP-GUI does not accept any command line options.

Command line syntax for PS2DCDMP.exe
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USEAGE: ps2dcdmp <MODE> <USB drive letter> <OPTIONS> <Disc image file/Source drive letter> "TITLE" <DISCTYPE>

Modes of operation: /i - installation, /d - delete, /l list installed games

Supported disc types are PS2CD and PS2DVD.

Examples:
	ps2dcdmp /i H <OPTIONS> DISCIMAGE.ISO "The game's name" PS2CD
	ps2dcdmp /i H /c=32 E "Otome Hao Anesama ni Koishiteru" PS2DVD
	ps2dcdmp /i E /c=32 C:\Exelica.iso" "Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced" PS2CD
	ps2dcdmp /d H 6- Delete the 6th game installed on drive H.
	ps2dcdmp /l H\t- Lists all games installed on drive H.
	ps2dcdmp /e H /c=8 3- Sets a cache size of 8 for game #3 on drive H.

When editing a game's settings, the game ID is specified at the end of the syntax.

Options: 
	/c=<cache size>- DMA cache size in 2048-byte sectors.
				Recommended values: 8/16/32
	/unhook		- Enables syscall unhooking.
	/FSync		- Forces the game to synchronize reading.
	/clrFlags	- Clears all active compatibility mode flags.
	/n=<new game title>- New title for the specified game.
	/dnas=<dnas key> - DNAS key in this format: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.
	/cdkey=<cd/dvd key> - 16 groups of 2 hexadecimal digits CD/DVD key in this format: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.

Please take note that the maximum length of any game title is 40 characters, regardless of the character set used.

Features:
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-1.74 GB disc image slices.
-Disc image files are stored in a sub-directory (Under /PS2ESDL).
-Compatibility modes and cache size settings can be set at install time.
-SHIFT-JIS (Japanese) title support for the games list.
-Supports DVD9 DVD discs.
-Supports installation of games from both an optical drive and supported disc image file formats.
-No chance of having a game not working due to your game installer installing the game in a different way from the game installer used by the developers (PS2DCDMP is the only game installer using the PS2ESDL v1.20 format).
-Compatibility modes and the cache size setting can be set at startup, making the need to hold buttons and/or triggers everytime you launch a game unnecessary.

Notes on SHIFT-JIS support:
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By setting your system locale to codepage 937 (Japanese), it is possible to enter Japanese characters as game titles.
However, the limit to the length of the title is still 40 characters.

Tested scripts: Full-width katakana, hiragana and kanji.

Known issues:
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-Support for Playstation 2 CD-ROM games is not very good. Some games can't be installed directly from the CD-ROM, and an error will be encountered.
	In order to install such a game, the user must first make a proper disc image of the game, and then install the game from the disc image.

Errata in the README file of the v0.98 release:
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Previously, it was stated that there was a bug in PS2ESDL v0.800 that caused it to ignore any compatibility mode options set in PS2DCDMP.
>>>That isn't true, and no such bug ever existed.

Changelog:
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v0.98C 2010/03/20:
	-Fixed a bug that might cause a crash/truncation of game titles if a SHIFT-JIS (Japanese) title was entered, and was longer than 20 double-byte characters long.
	-Improved the system used for SYSTEM.CNF parsing. Now games that fail to get installed with the "Error: Unable to find BOOT2 parameter in SYSTEM.CNF" error message are installable.
	-PS2DCDMP now no longer locks the source drive/disc image, so error messages about not being able to open the source drive/disc image should not appear.

v0.98B 2010/12/20:
	-Fixed the bug that caused PS2DCDMP to not install games properly if the game was installed from a disc image that was larger than 2GB.

v0.98A 2010/12/11:
	-Written v0.98A based off the sources of v0.97 (The sources of v0.98 were lost).
	-DVD9 DVD disc support fixed.

Happy gaming!
-SP193
2010/12/20