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PS5SX2 2.20 (build vk-285-182)

Everything from the test builds since 2.15 (178 to 181) plus the fixes from your reports, in one version.

New

Updates inside the app. Square on the shelf > All games > PS5SX2 > System update: press Cross to check, Cross again to install. PS5SX2 closes, installs the new version and starts again by itself.
Nothing to load by hand. PS5SX2 now starts its own disc helper and installer. You only need your jailbreak (with its ELF loader), kstuff and ShadowMount+.
Open-source BIOS built in. No PS2 BIOS? Before a game starts, PS5SX2 asks: use OpenPS2BIOS (experimental, by Tamariba Devs, MIT licence: some games don't work yet) or put your own BIOS in /data/PCSX2/bios. Your own BIOS always wins. The open BIOS can't start PS1 discs, audio CDs or DVD video.
BIOS check before every start (shelf, discs, tiles): most failed starts were a missing BIOS, now you're told what to do.
PS5SX2 and PS5SX3 work side by side. A PS2 disc goes to PS5SX2, any other disc is left to PS5SX3 (use PS5SX3 TB19.1 or newer).
Game database built in. If /data/PCSX2/resources is missing (store installs, eboot copied by hand), the app uses its own copy, so games keep their fixes (Black, Need for Speed: Carbon, Burnout Revenge and many more were running without them).
Game tiles on by default.

Faster

Texture packs install much faster: big packs no longer crawl at 2-3 MB/s after the first ~2 GB.
Big CHD libraries: no more long black screen before the shelf. CHDs are read only as far as needed, results are remembered, and new games show a "Looking at new games" screen. Covers for games on USB drives download after the shelf opens (the empty file flags/prefetchusb brings back the old way).
PS5 drive: tries 8x first when playing or copying a disc, falls back to 3.2x.

Fixed

Google Drive texture packs: when Google's download limit is used up you get a clear message (try later or pick the archive.org pack) instead of a download stuck for good.
L1 + R1 + touch pad always brings you back to the shelf (the home screen shows for a moment).
PS2 disc tile: never asks any more. It starts your dump of that game if you have one, otherwise the disc.
Back from a disc game the shelf lands on that disc or its dump.
Disc games use their own per-game settings.
RetroAchievements: "Could not read or protect account storage" fixed; you stay signed in.
Online (DEV9): the emulation no longer freezes when a game server is slow to take data (Killzone dropped out of matches); a manual DNS is applied and DNS2 is read.
Samurai Shodown Anthology / ADK Tamashii: no crash when you pick a game from the menu. Tales of Destiny 2: no crash with the Software renderer. Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Recommended now picks 4x.
Session logs stay quiet while the console shuts down. Session logs are on (they help us fix games); Square > All games > PS5SX2 > Session logs turns them off.

Download

PS5SX2-vk-285-182.zip: the app (eboot and files). The installer installs it for you.
SHA-256: 739c652acab11fc4eb79a7e20a67d22183ee97ea5292d3b8330bf5dbca412076
PS5SX2Installer.elf: the installer (1.5). Send it once and it installs this build; after that, use System update in the app.
SHA-256: efdec4f8d968ef4a7c1880e75d26b96d212a042a6c208de46f0a859609f6224c
PS5SXHelper.elf: disc helper 171k with the /data mount (only for ShadowMount+ 1.7beta3).
SHA-256: fece3ee9c7e035c51319af018ae6865f0bf5db182074dafd0502c3bb2d5ee7d2
PS5SXHelper-no-data-mount.elf: the same without the /data mount, for ShadowMount+ 1.7-beta5fix1 or newer (the app starts this one itself).
SHA-256: 6b100126a11055c935fb88a733aa525413668a825f5d341d0f1d022d6a103ba7