Auto launching NHDDL results in black screen

[xlfdll]

I am using SCPH-70000 with PS2BBL mod, and I configured NTPS2 to auto run during boot, save NTP time, then redirect to NHDDL ELF using the following in NTPS2.txt:

1,mc1:APPS/nhddl.elf

(I put mod ELFs in memory card inserted in Slot 2, hence mc1)
(Also nhddl.elf file is all in lowercase. I checked this)

For some reason, this does not work well, and after NTPS2 finishes its work, it tries to exit to the specific ELF above, then just stays in black screen.
I'm not sure if ELF has been successfully executed or not, but I don't see any NHDDL screen showing up, so I guess it might fail somewhere.

I tested the following:

• I am sure my NHDDL setup works, as I can launch it from LaunchELF's file browser manually
• Previously I set NTPS2 to auto-launch OPL, and it works, so I know NTPS2 setup is also OK (I only changed NTPS2.txt when I decided to use NHDDL)

Maybe there is something wrong during the exit ELF execution, or I did anything incorrectly?

[ShyavanS]

I'll look into this and see if I can re-create the issue. I do know of a similar bug that occurs when setting it to auto-launch uLaunchELF which I am still figuring out. It may be the same case, but essentially it succeeds in launching the app (there's no error when exiting), but it fails to load the visuals for the ELF. It may be a while before I get around to fixing this though. Please feel free to update this with any further information you find on the bug in the meantime.

[znam1980]

Hello,
I decided not to create a new thread and instead post about my issue here.

First of all, thank you very much for this utility — it helps me a lot, since I’m simply too lazy to open up my console and replace the battery, especially because I have a fat model SCPH-5000.

Now about the problem:

Autostart works fine for me, but very often on the first launch the program sets the wrong date and time — it’s almost always the year 2036 :)
When I launch it a second time, the date and time are already correct.
If possible, please try to fix this issue.

Also, I would really like the utility to automatically save the date and time during autostart and then reboot the console by itself.
Thanks again in advance for your help, and once more thank you for this excellent utility.

[znam1980]

Sorry, I just noticed that there is already a version of the utility with an auto-exit feature.

When I downloaded it, there was only one version available.

I’ll test the latest version and report back — maybe the date will be set correctly on the first launch there.

[ShyavanS]

@znam1980 I have created a new issue referencing your comment, please continue this conversation there so I can keep track of these individually. Please do test and let me know if the latest version works for you. If it does not, if you could provide what region your PS2 is I can troubleshoot this further. Also, if you could provide a video clip of what appears on the first boot when the time is 2036, that would be appreicated.