Documentation Index

RiptOPL documentation

Current comparison: Full ecosystem fork-gap refresh - October 29, 2026 (301 provenance records; 152 stable families). Source/branch/release evidence and console acceptance are recorded separately.

Start with installation and first boot and your first game. The website provides searchable task guides. Use the references below for implementation details, exact limits and contributor workflows.

• October 29 ecosystem fork-gap reconciliation — current refs/releases, merged and pending work, and every stable record.

Installation and troubleshooting

Task	Reference
Choose an edition, configuration or package	Release reference · Build configurations
Test a PR artifact or collect freeze diagnostics	Test builds
Understand defaults and saved settings	Fresh-start defaults
Diagnose setup or a failed launch	Setup questions · Troubleshooting
Separate package, core, transport and launch-stage failures	Launch diagnostics
Recover a failed VMC creation	VMC creation and recovery · Automatic VMC
Copy, move or delete files, back up saves as PSU	File Manager
Diagnose an APA disk without formatting it	APA safety · Recovery tool

Sources and game cores

Topic	Reference
Game image formats	ISO, ZSO, CHD, CSO and server decoding · Compressed images
USB, MX4SIO and iLink	Device setup · MX4SIO launch notes
MMCE	MMCE setup
Internal HDD	APA/exFAT guide · exFAT and APA-Jail
SMB / UDPFS / UDPBD	SMB · Network boot
HTTP	HTTP profile and limits · Host conformance tools
Neutrino	Installation, core selection, arguments, cheats and VMC
PS1	POPSTARTER and Ember, including POPS UDPFS and device/core restrictions
RetroAchievements	RA setup and runtime limits; requires its separate kit
Experimental hardware	PC CARD CF · PSX DESR DVR

Settings and customization

• Controls, in-game reset, GSM video and PADEMU.
• Interface, folders and audio, theme authoring, languages, Unicode game titles and CFG titles.
• Game library: All Games, Recent, Sort Games, Random Game, Hide Game, Delete and JPG art.
• Favorites storage, per-game parental locks and autolaunch/global settings.
• SIO2MAN compatibility for contributors investigating VMC/pad hooks.
• Notes for ps2sdk: the ps2sdk defects behind every IOP module RiptOPL builds or patches, with patches for ps2sdk.

Migration and history

ps2build migration, the C++ conversion plan and the parity ledger record how RiptOPL tracks Open-PS2-Loader. Fork-gap status: 2026-10-28 is the current summary: parity with the legacy edition, fixes landed in both, the RIPPS2 audit and port plan, and the open hardware checks. Learning across PS2 loader projects says what evidence a candidate from another fork needs before it is ported, and Maintaining documentation says where each page of the website, wiki and these references is edited and how the wiki is rebuilt.

Integration plans, dated audits and community-report handoffs are engineering history. Their old DONE/pending states, branches and package names describe that baseline; they are not current installation instructions. Historical records: gap ledger, community reports, contributor roadmap, Ember plan, HTTP plan, RA plan, VMC audit and legacy changelog.

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Source: docs/README.md @ 6bab0a0257c0.