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*''System => Boot CD/DVD (full)'': If you press this the emulator will run the image you have selected in your CDVD plugin (or internal ISO selector) or will ask you to find an image if you haven't selected one in the CDVD plugins' configuration. If you are using the Gigaherz CDVD plugin this will instantly run the CD/DVD of the selected drive. The 'full' mode first goes through the BIOS intro just like on a real PS2 console. Use it for games that have different language translations or games with copy protection.

*''System => Boot CD/DVD (fast)'': As above but this option '''skips the BIOS intro''' and runs the game instantly. Helps booting some games while using newer BIOS files compared to Full Boot by skipping region checks.

*''System => Run ELF...'': You can use this to run demos which are almost always in .elf format.

*''System => Pause/Resume'': You can use this to Pause or Resume emulation at any time.

*''System => Load State/Save State'': Here you can load/save states while running a game. In Load state, with "Backup" you can load a backup save state created with the "Backup before save" option for the selected slot.

*''System => Check/Uncheck Backup before save'': When this is checked, PCSX2 will create a backup of your saved state each time you save it. Very useful in case your state got damaged or corrupt in some way. You can find the backup states in the sstates folder, they have a .backup text at the end of the filename. You can load them from the GUI with the menu described above.

*''System => Check/Uncheck Automatic Gamefixes'': This will enable/disable game fixes. These fixes can have various uses, from skipping game videos which are not properly emulated yet and can stop the emulator from progressing to more advanced ones. Checking this will also enable some special configurations and game fixes for some games known to need them.

*''System => Check/Uncheck Enable Cheats'': This will enable/disable game cheats. Cheats work with the same system as patches but are loaded from the Cheats folder of PCSX2. Check [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Post-your-PCSX2-patches-here various guides] on our forum on how to create cheat files for PCSX2.

*''System => Check/Uncheck Enable Widescreen patches'': Starting from version 1.2.0 and thanks to our great community we added support for custom wide screen patches for games. If there is a patch for your game, enabling this will force it to render in true 16:9 ratio, without stretching the display but properly increasing the field of view and in some cases even the fonts and HUDs! Note that you also have to set Aspect ratio to 16:9 on Emulation settings-> GS Window. For more information and the latest patches, visit our forum thread [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-PCSX2-Widescreen-Game-Patches?pid=271674#pid271674 here]..

*''System => Check/Uncheck Enable Host Filesystem'': This will enable/disable the Host Filesystem of PCSX2. Used mainly by demos and homebrew.

*''System => Shutdown'': This will shut down the current game you are playing and reset PCSX2.

*''System => Exit'': Closes the emulator

 

'''CDVD menu:'''

#''Iso Selector'': This is the internal ISO loader of PCSX2, which does not use a CDVD plugin. You can choose any disc image PCSX2 supports by clicking Browse and run it. For your convenience, this menu entry also keeps a list of your recently used game images. '''This will only work if Iso is selected in the menu below!'''.

 

'''Config menu'''

*''Emulation Settings'': Will open the Emulation Settings screen which we described in the [[#Core_configuration|Core Settings]] section of this guide.

*''Memory cards'': Will open the memcard manager:

**By clicking browse you can specify a custom folder from which PCSX2 will try loading its memory cards.

**Select any one memcard from the list to have the Duplicate,Rename,Delete and Eject buttons available. Duplicate creates a copy of the selected memcard, Rename changes its filename, delete deletes it and **Eject removes it from the assigned slot.

**Select any empty port to have the Create button enabled. By clicking it you will see the create new memcard dialog, where you can type the filename and select between 8, 16, 32 and 64mb for the memcard's size. As the notes say, the larger the memcard size the more chances there are of failing to work with various games so be aware that '''some games will NOT be able to save in large memcards'''. Check "Enable NTFS compression when creating this card" to use NTFS compression on the file, saving you some hard disk space. Highly recommended to have this checked.

**Select any memcard in the -Unused- list to enable the Insert button, which will bring out a dialog for you to choose in which port you want to insert the selected memcard.

**Auto-Eject Memcards when loading save states: Description is in the GUI, recommended to be checked.

*''Plugin/BIOS selector''

Will open the Plugin/BIOS selector screen where you can change plugins, BIOS used and folders which we described at the start of this guide.

*''Plugins submenus'''

Will open the configuration screen for the selected plugin (listed here) respectively (Video/Audio/Pad/Dev9/USB/Firewire):

**Multitap 1: Will enable Multitap 1. You also have to enable multitap in the Lilypad input plugin for it to work. Does not work with all games yet, but most should be fine.

**Multitap 2: Will enable Multitap 2. You also have to enable multitap in the Lilypad input plugin for it to work. Does not work with all games yet, but most should be fine.

**Clear all Settings: Will clear all saved settings restoring them to defaults and opens the First Time Configuration Wizard.

*'''Misc'''

**''Check/Uncheck Show Console'': This will enable/disable a second window that will appear behind the PCSX2 display and is mainly used for debugging. There you will be able to see various messages that can help you identify a problem or when running a game what is being done each moment by the emulator. Red messages are errors and yellow messages are warnings.

***'' Console Window'':

#''Log->Save/Clear'': Saves or Clears the output in the console window.

#''Appearance'': Changes how the console window looks.

#''Sources'': Check the various items here to add more PS2 components that will have their behavior logged in the console window.