How to patch PS2 games (WE/PES included
) - By AnaMorph0s|s
(Html version -
http://home.no.net/ddebris/patching/)
Before you start this operation, make sure you are in possesion of the following:
- A modded/chipped PS2
- A burner and CDRs
- A harddrive with about 800mb of space
- CDRWin (You can download a trial of this at www.goldenhawk.com)
- PPF O Matic (You can download this here:
http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_ppf.shtml#PPF-O-Matic)
Now to the actual operation.
- Step 1 - Creating the image of your game
- Step 2 - Patching the game
- Steo 3 - Burning the patched image
Step 1 - Creating the image of your game
In order to patch a game you will need an image of your game on your harddrive. Here's how to do it:
- Open CDRWin.
- Put your original game in the CD-Rom of your PC.
- Select Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors.
You will now be presented with a screen that looks like this:
Now, make sure the box right next to "RAW" is ticked, as it is on this picture. Now press the box next to "Image Filename" and you will be presented to a box as if you are to load a file, but you are actually just setting the path to where your CD image will eventually be saved. Type in any name you want, it does not really matter, and choose whichever path you want, it doesn't matter as long as you remember it yourself. Here's my example:
- Press Start
Depending on the speed of your CD-Rom you will have the image of your game in a few minutes. The image will be saved as one .cue file and one .bin file, the .cue file is supposed to be really small and the .bin file is supposed to be really big.
Before you proceed, make sure you got the patch you would want to apply to your game. This file is a .ppf file (right-click and check the properties of the file if you are in doubt). Make sure you have unzipped your file from any WinRAR or Winzip archive, if you have a .ppf file, don't worry about this, it should be fine.
Step 2 - Patching the game
- Open PPF O Matic.
- Click the disc image right next to where it says "ISO File" and find the .bin file you created in the first part of the operation.
- Click the disc image right next to where it says "Patch" and find the .ppf file (the patch) you want to apply to your image.
It can look something like this:
- Press "Apply".
Wait (depending on the size of the patch, this could take anything from 2 seconds to a couple of minutes) until you get the message "Operation Successfully Completed". If you get this message you can proceed to the next part, the burning of this patched image.
Step 3 - Burning the patched image
There are various ways of burning a patched image file, this will explain how to burn it with CDRWin.
- Open CDRWin.
- Select "Record Disc".
- Press "load cuesheet" and find the .cue file you created in Step 1.
Having loaded the cuesheet (.cue file) you should be presented to a screen that looks something like this:
Make sure you select your burner under "CDROM Recorder" (see picture above). Some people prefer to burn games at 1x, if you have a decent burner and decent CDRs you should do fine with burning at max speed though. Choose whatever you wish under "Speed", in my example the speed is set to "MAX".
- Insert a CDR (important that this is not a CDRW) disc in your burner.
- Press start.
Wait for the burning to finish (could take anything from a minute to an hour depending on your burner and the speed you set). When you get the message "Operation Successfully Completed" you can safely eject your CD from your burner.
Now boot up the game and enjoy.
- AnaMorph0s|s, January 2003.
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