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OpenCE PS4: FAQ
Answers to the questions and problems players run into. If yours isn't here, open an issue.
Installing and updating
What do I need? A jailbroken PS4 with GoldHEN, an FTP connection to it (GoldHEN's FTP server on port 2121, with an FTP client such as FileZilla), and your own copy of Halo: Combat Evolved for the original Xbox.
Where's the download? There isn't one. The package is built from this repository (Building), and a package with the maps inside can't be shared.
How do I install it?
Copy OpenCE-vXX.YY.pkg to the PS4 (a USB drive, or FTP to /data/pkg), install it with GoldHEN's
Package Installer, then start Halo: Combat Evolved from the home screen.
How do I update?
Install the newer package on top of the old one. Everything in /data/OpenCE/ stays.
The game's files
Which version of the game? The original Xbox release. The retail NTSC 1.0 maps (build 01.10.12.2276) are the ones tested.
Where do the maps go?
Either inside the package (the build script does it), or the 24 .map files in
/data/OpenCE/maps/, or your disc image (.iso / .xiso) in /data/OpenCE/, which the game
extracts at its first start.
I put the maps in a package and also in /data/OpenCE/maps.
The package's maps are used; the copy in /data can be deleted to free 1.8 GB.
Where are my saves?
In /data/OpenCE/save. Back them up over FTP if you like.
Speed and stutter
It hitches the first time I play a level.
Shaders are compiled the first time they're needed, then kept in /data/OpenCE/mesa. The next
time is smoother.
It slows down in big fights. Busy scenes cost the PS4's CPU most. On a PS4 Pro, turn on Boost Mode in the PS4's settings.
It hitches at checkpoints.
v00.04 writes checkpoints in the background. If it still hitches, send opence.log: slow: lines
show the file operations that took long.
Crashes, freezes and bug reports
The game closes.
Look for /data/OpenCE/crash.log and attach it to an issue with opence.log, boot-trace.log and
debug.txt.
How do I report a bug? Open an issue with those logs, the version, where in the game it happened, your PS4 model and firmware.