PCSX2 Documentation/The return of the Commandline!

Originally written by Jake Stine

After its absence for many moons, the Commandline functionality will finally be restored to PCSX2. Third-party frontend and config-manager authors rejoice! ... and hopefully stop hating my guts, too.

To paraphrase Darth Vader: "Witness the power of this fully armed and operational Command line-driven battlestation." (we all know a command line-driven death star would have been way cooler than some click-and-drag crap.)

The new PCSX2 command line should be functional in our next beta release, which should be out pretty soon, and it will work as follows:

Syntax: pcsx2 [IsoFile] --toggle --option=value ... etc

IsoFile - optional ISO image to load and run on startup; uses the PCSX2 internal ISO loader.

General Options :

• --cfg=[file] {specify a custom configuration file to use instead of PCSX2.ini (does not affect plugins)}
• --cfgpath=[dir] {specifies the config folder; applies to pcsx2 + plugins}
• --help {display this help text}
• --forcewiz {forces running of the First-time Wizard (selection of docs folders and what-not)}

Auto-Run Options :

• --elf=[file] {executes an ELF image}
• --nogui {disables display of the gui on exit (program auto-exits)}
• --nodisc {boots with an empty dvd tray; use this to boot into the PS2 system menu}
• --usecd {uses the configured CDVD plugin instead of IsoFile}

Compatibility Options:

• --nohacks {disables all speedhacks}
• --gamefixes=[fix,fix] {Enable specific gamefixes for this session. Valid fixes in 0.9.7 are: VuAddSub, VuClipFlag, FpuCompare, FpuNegDiv, XGKick, IpuWait, EETiming, SkipMpeg }
• --fullboot {disables the quick boot feature, forcing you to sit through the PS2 startup splash screens}

Plugin Overrides (specified dlls will be used in place of configured dlls):

• --cdvd=[dllpath] {override for the CDVD plugin}
• --gs=[dllpath] {override for the GS plugin}
• --spu=[dllpath] {override for the SPU2 plugin}
• --pad=[dllpath] {override for the PAD plugin only}
• --dev9=[dllpath] {override for the DEV9 plugin}
• --usb=[dllpath] {override for the USB plugin only}