Emulation (console)

Emulation

The console versions of Star Wars Battlefront 2 have been confirmed to work well on the following emulators (so long as your PC/android device is decent):

1. PPSSPP
2. PCSX2
3. xemu

Building an image to use in emulation

When modding, we'll end up modifying the game files under _LVL_XBOX,_LVL_PSP, or _LVL_PS2 (unless you are doing an XBOX DLC mod). And if we want to play the game with these changes, we'll (usually) need to build an image for the emulator to play.

xemu

When using xemu, it is necessary to use the 'XDVDMulleter' program to create a playable ISO in the emulator. There are several options when using the XDVDMulleter program. The following steps have been confirmed to work for creating a playable ISO for the emulator.

1. Click Build/Rebuild an ISO
2. Select 'Local Folder', input folder path
3. Create Standard XBOX 1 ISO (no XBE checks)
4. Optimise for Disk size (DVD5), select 'Qwix Style Opt'
5. Make ISO

PCSX2

An ISO program such as 'ImgBurn' can be used to make an ISO file playable on the emulator.

1. Open ImgBurn, select 'Create image file from files/folders'
2. Drag & drop the contents of the 'StarrWarsBattlefront2' PS2 game folder onto the 'Source' list box.
3. Fill in destination
4. Select 'Build'

PPSSPP

PPSSPP is awesome enough to be able to play SWBF2 if you simply drag and drop the 'StarWarsBattlefront2' Game folder into PPSSPP. You can also use a program called 'UMDGen' to create an .iso or .cso file for use with PPSSPP (you'll need an .iso to play on real [modded] PSP hardware).

1. Open UMDGen
2. Drag in your game's 'PSP_GAME' folder & 'UMD_DATA.BIN' into the right side of UMDGen's explorer window.
3. Select 'Save' (use .iso format)
4. Choose a filename, click 'Save' again on the Save file dialog.