Documentation for OPL Manager

In this page you will find help and/or guides to better use OPL Manager

Fix SSL connection problems Windows XP/Vista/7

If you are using a old windows version XP/Vista/7, you need to update the SSL certificates manually.

⚠️Please consider updating to a more recent and supported windows version, like Windows 10/11!

  1. Download the certificate from: https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.der or from here
  2. Double click the downloaded file
  3. Click Install the Certificate
  4. Click Next
  5. Select Place all certificates in the following store and then click browse
  6. Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities and click OK
  7. Click Next
  8. Click Finish
  9. Reboot the PC

Convert ISO filenames to the old format

If you need to convert your iso filenames to the old format follow this steps.

Since OPLM V19.1 it's required to use the old file names again. The new format can cause problems in OPL. More info here.

ART quality guidelines

All the ART should follow this rules otherwise it will be deleted from the server.

Please note that some sizes are different for PS1 and PS2

Tip: Mouse over the "Full Name" to see a example

PS2 / PS1

Full NameShort NameWidth Height Format 
Disc ICO6464PNG
Screenshot SCR / SCR2250188JPG
Background BG640480JPG
Logo LGO300125PNG

PS2

Full NameShort NameWidth Height Format 
Front Cover COV140200JPG
Spine LAB18240JPG
Back Cover COV2242344JPG

PS1

Full NameShort NameWidth Height Format 
Front Cover COV200200JPG
Spine LAB12200JPG
Back Cover COV2222200JPG

OPL Simulator Themes

OPL Manager now supports a mode called OPL Simulator that tries to simulate the usage of OPL in the PS2. It can be used to launch games for pcsx2 or just as a pretty game browser.

Availabe themes

Currently only one port of a Jay-Jay theme thm_to_stone_pal exists. Let him know if you want more!!

Installing themes

The themes are installed by placing the theme folder inside the folderopl_simulator_themes.

Creating Themes

The themes are described by a XML file. OPL themes can be ported with some work.

A sample theme by Jay-Jay is included with the OPL Manager download. Use it as a guide!

XML file structure

Basic theme structure

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ThemeConfig><!-- Begin of the theme -->
  <Name><!-- The theme name (currently not used) --></Name>
  <Author><!-- The theme author (currently not used) --></Author>
  <HasInfoPage><!-- Boolean (true,false) Indicates if a info page exists --></HasInfoPage>
  <Width><!-- The theme native Width (Horizontal Resolution) --></Width>
  <Height><!-- The theme native Height (Vertical Resolution) --></Height>
  <Debug><!-- Boolean (true,false) It toggles the drawing of a bounding box arround the elements --></Debug>

  <!-- Start of the main page structure -->
  <MainPage>
    <BgColor><!-- The background color (HTML Color) of this page.  Ex:#000000 for Black --></BgColor>
    <Elements>
      <!-- The interface elements for the main  page go here -->
      <!-- Explanation of the possible elements bellow. -->
    </Elements>
  </MainPage>
  <!-- End of the main page structure -->

  <!-- Start of the info page structure, if no info page is needed this can be safetly ommited. -->
  <InfoPage>
    <BgColor><!-- The background color (HTML Color) of this page.  Ex:#000000 for Black --></BgColor>
    <Elements>
      <!-- The interface elements for the info page go here -->
      <!-- Explanation of the possible elements bellow. -->
    </Elements>
  </InfoPage>
  <!-- End of the info page structure -->

</ThemeConfig><!-- End of the theme -->

Availabe Theme Elements

  • Image Displays a image
  • Text Displays some text
  • GameList Displays the game list

Image

<Image type="<!-- One of the following: ICO, COV, COV2, LAB, BG, SCR, SCR2, FILE, CFG, OPLM -->">
  <x><!-- Position in the X axis (Required) --></x>
  <y><!-- Position in the Y axis (Required) --></y>
  <widthX><!-- The image display width (If ommited, the original image width is used) --></widthX>
  <heightY><!-- The image display height (If ommited, the original image height is used) --></heightY>
  <source><!-- The image source (Only applies to type FILE and CFG) --></source>
  <fallback><!-- The fallback image. Relative to the theme folder root.(optional) --></fallback>
  <origin><!-- The place where is the image origin. (TopLeft, TopRight, BottomLeft, BottomRight, MiddleTop, MiddleBottom, MiddleLeft, MiddleRight, Center) --></origin>
</Image>

A more extensive explanation of some parameters:

  • <source>

    If image type is FILE, this element should contain a file/path to a image inside the theme folder. Ex: folder/img.jpg

    If the image type is CFG, this element should contain the CFG element to read. Ex: Aspect

  • <fallback>

    A fallback image in case the required image is not found. Ex: placeholder_cov.jpg

    For example, if you have the image type set to COV and the game doesn't have a front cover, this image will show instead.

  • <origin>

    This setting allow to set where is the origin of the image. This helps you to position it better.

    This changes the way the x and y position works.


Text

<Text>
  <x><!-- Position in the X axis (Required) --></x>
  <y><!-- Position in the Y axis (Required) --></y>
  <maxWidth><!-- Max width the text can use. If it uses more it's cut. --></maxWidth>
  <maxHeight><!-- Max height the text can use. If it uses more it's cut. --></maxHeight>
  <fontSize><!-- The font size. In Pixels --></fontSize>
  <color><!-- The text color (HTML Color). Ex:#000000 for Black --></color>
  <text><!-- The text to show --></text>
</Text>

A more extensive explanation of some parameters:

  • <text>

    This can contain normal text as well as special codes inserted between { }.

    Ex: Title: {CFG:Title} GameID: {OPLM:GameID} Outputs: Title: Burnout Revenge GameID: SLUS_212.42

    Available special codes:

    • OPLM:GameIDPrints the gameID
    • OPLM:MediaTypePrints CD or DVD
    • OPLM:SizePrints the game size (formated in the best unit MB/GB)
    • OPLM:HelpPrints help text
    • CFG:ElementNamePrints the value found in the CFG

GameList

<GameList>
  <x><!-- Position in the X axis (Required) --></x>
  <y><!-- Position in the Y axis (Required) --></y>
  <maxWidth><!-- Max width the list can use. If it uses more it's cut. --></maxWidth>
  <maxHeight><!-- Max height the list can use. If it uses more it's cut. --></maxHeight>
  <fontSize><!-- The font size. In Pixels --></fontSize>
  <color><!-- The game list text color (In HTML Color format) --></color>
  <colorSelected><!-- The selected game text color (In HTML Color format) --></colorSelected>
  <align><!-- The list text align (Left, Center, Right)</align>
</GameList>

Missing MSVCR100.dll

If you get a error saying Missing MSVCR100.dll you need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package.

Install the x86 first, if it doesn't work install the x64 also.

Download x86(32bit) | Download x64(64 bit)