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Setup guides and complete references for RiptOPL, the Open PS2 Loader fork. Start with your storage device, choose the right game core, and keep the detailed settings and troubleshooting guides close by.

New installation: Getting started → Installation and first boot → Controls.

Already running: Settings · Per-game settings · Troubleshooting · Releases.

The documentation website, repository documentation, and this wiki offer complementary ways to read the project guides. The wiki includes the website's task guides and unique repository references. Overlapping source references are linked as section indexes, so each subject has one main wiki reading page. Language support and translation maintenance are covered under Languages.

Choose a starting point

I want to…	Start here
Run my first PS2 game	Getting started
Use USB, MX4SIO or iLink storage	USB, MX4SIO and iLink
Use an SD2PSX or compatible MMCE device	MMCE
Test a supplied preview or diagnose a failed save card	Test builds · VMC recovery
Use experimental special hardware	DESR DVR · PC CARD CF
Use an internal HDD	APA and exFAT HDD · Disk safety and code 402
Share games from a PC or NAS	SMB · UDPFS / UDPBD · HTTP
Choose between OPL and Neutrino	Neutrino · Per-game settings
Play PS1 games	POPStarter and Ember · Full PS1 reference
Adjust startup and menu behavior	Autolaunch · Settings · Interface behaviors
Customize the interface	Coverflow · Themes · Theme authoring reference
Build or contribute	Repository guide · Language maintenance · Credits

Compatibility and validation

Support depends on the device, game core, and build. Read the status and limitations on each feature page before treating a setting as available for every launch path. The HTTP and RetroAchievements guides explicitly distinguish implementation and host tests from PS2 hardware validation. This wiki preserves those qualifications; publishing a guide does not establish hardware compatibility.

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Start here

• Getting started
• Installation and first boot
• Releases and packages

Storage and networking

• USB, MX4SIO and iLink
• MMCE
• Internal HDD: APA and exFAT
• PSX DESR DVR (experimental)
• PC CARD CompactFlash (experimental)
• SMB shares
• Network boot: UDPFS and UDPBD
• HTTP
• NBD server

Games and features

• Neutrino core
• PS1: POPStarter and Ember
• Per-game settings
• Virtual memory cards
• GSM video modes
• In-game reset
• Cheats
• PADEMU
• RetroAchievements
• Apps

Interface and customization

• Settings reference
• Controls
• Coverflow
• Favorites
• Theme engine
• Languages
• Japanese / Unicode game titles

Help and reference

• Troubleshooting
• ZSO format
• Backward-compatible PS3
• Credits and sources
• Features in other forks
• Project overview

Detailed repository references

• Documentation index
• Test builds and diagnostics
• VMC creation and recovery
• PC CARD CF implementation reference
• DESR DVR implementation reference
• Per-game parental lock
• SIO2MAN hook compatibility
• Fresh-start defaults and saved settings
• APA hard disk safety and code 402
• Autolaunch and global settings
• Folders, parental lock and audio
• Language maintenance
• HTTP server conformance tools
• APA recovery tool

For documentation corrections and rebuilding this wiki, see Wiki maintenance.