Yarexe

Yarexe is a single program which converts Net Yaroze executables to a single psx.exe file use the Net Yaroze siocons loading script file, often called auto or batch.

yarexe.exe is a win32 executable (compiled with TinyCC).

yarexe.c & yarexe.inc source files.

Compiling for Linux etc:

gcc -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -static -O3 yarexe.c -o yarexe

Note: Yarexe is programmed for windows, it will throw a lot of warnings, ignore them.

Note: Yarexe does NOT handle case differences and it will not find directories or files for you.

Syntax

yarexe siocons_batch_file [-v]

siocons_batch_file

This your siocons auto batch script, only dload, load and go are used, see: https://archive.org/details/net-yaroze-documents/020-1997-userguide/page/206/mode/1up

The last line of the script must be a single go statement.

-v

Optional verbose mode, helpful for finding script or executable problems.

Output

psx.exe, which is ready to run! - if it didn't create it, something went wrong in combine or eco2exe. Temporary files are combine.tmp and combEco.exe which are a siocon's script combined file and ecoff to exe applied.

Tips:

Programs requiring the Net Yaroze CDROM (typically for music), may or may not work depending on the coding. The work around is to put the psx.exe on a NY cdrom image, see: How to convert Net Yaroze games (siocons script with exe and assets) into PS1 ISO that runs in emulators: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Ki7JnamIQ

Standard PS-X elf executables (ie Net Yaroze ecoff files patched with eco2elf) can be used but they have to use the CodeWarrior .pxe extension.

To run on the no$psx emulator [http://problemkaputt.de/psx.htm <- tip the man!] it MUST be a .exe file!

Create a runpsx.bat like:

C:\no$PSX\NO$PSX.EXE psx.exe

Save it in your bin path then it

To run no$PSX in the background in winXP+ use:

START /B C:\no$PSX\NO$PSX.EXE psx.exe

Change log

v5 - Jun 2023

Bug fixes

yarexe4.c Jan 2023 (https://github.com/gwald/Yarexe/releases/tag/v4)

Improved CodeWarrior support
contains all previous versions (exe and code)

yarexe3.c Aug 6th 2022

CodeWarrior PXE support with included Libps.exe

yarexe235.c March 10th 2021

Better error handling

yarexe234.c Jan 26th 2021

added -v for verbose switching

*nix CC - compiles with: gcc yarexeXXX.c -o yarexe

Attached win32 version compiled with: tcc yarexe.c -o yarexe.exe

Original sources and credits

Thanks to @SCPH-1002 for the combine code!! and of cause the guys that wrote the programs required!

Originally posted: http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=917

// Yarexe is a poor hack job of the following:

// combine.exe // Yaroze PS-X EXE builder v2.10 // Copyright (C) Barubary 1998. All rights not expressly granted reserved. // Yaroze and PS-X are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.

// THIS SOURCE CODE MAY ONLY BE MODIFIED FOR PERSONAL USE. YOU MAY NOT // DISTRIBUTE MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS SOURCE CODE OR THE PROGRAM COMPILED // FROM MODIFIED SOURCE CODE, BUT YOU MAY MODIFY IT FOR PERSONAL USE.

// THIS PROGRAM AND ITS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO ANYONE, PROVIDED // IT IS NOT MODIFIED NOR ANY CHARGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRIBUTION. // NO WARRANTY.

eco2exe.c v0.01 Andrew Kieschnick andrewk@mail.utexas.edu
converts MIPSEL-LE ecoff to PS-X EXE
THIS SOURCE WAS MODIFIED (SLIGHTLY) TO WORK UNDER DOS
IF YOU USE UNIX, GET THE THE UNMODIFIED SOURCE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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exefixup.c v0.02 Andrew Kieschnick andrewk@mail.utexas.edu
displays PS-X EXE header information
offers to fix incorrect t_size
offers to pad to 2048-byte boundary for cd-rom use
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

// CodeWarrior PS-X EXE File Patcher By ~imilco (Peter Armstrong)

// ecoff a.out format from siocon src /*

// Copyright is of the respective owners, wherever they are! We thank you!

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