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  • Dead Island DEV_MENU - Unlocked for PS3 and Xbox360

    Long time member and developer Szalay dropped by tonight with a developer menu unlock for Dead Island for both the PS3 and the XBox 360. This will give you guys access to play your game the way that you want to play it. This is also an excellent example of what is still left to be done on the PS3 if people take a little time and look through their games.


    You might be asking yourself "What can I do with this?" I think the bigger question is "What can't I do with this?" Thankfully Szalay was kind enough to give us screenshots showing the full potential of these developer menus.

    Pictures (click images to view full/increased size):

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    Installation Instructions:

    Copy the debugconf.def to the appropriate folder for the version you want to play. Instructions below.
    Simple Installation the DebugConf.def

    XBOX360
    /Hdd1/games/Dead_Island/di/Data/

    PS3
    dev_hdd0/GAMES/BLES00749-[Dead Island]/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/DI/DATA/
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    Article by BahumanLord
    Edits/PIC by tthousand


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    Comments 44 Comments
    1. garyopa's Avatar
      garyopa -
      Quote Originally Posted by steff657 View Post
      Yes Westwood this mod is pretty old.
      I know because I post this on a different site about six months ago.

      google "ps3crunch dead island developer"

      minus the ""
      Yes, I agree since you started the thread, here is the link:

      TB Dead Island Developer Menu Mod

      Dated 12-30-2011

      Personally, I was there was 'dislike' button, I think this one should be pulled from the contest, as it is nothing unique, all the OP did was follow those steps, and supply the file, which is already there inside the original PAK.

      Thanks.
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      I understand the concerns and I know the feeling when somebody tries to claim your work as their own. I had conversations with Szalay for many days before about how it works and it was actually based loosely (but with additions) off of the Call Of Juarez dev menu from last month.

      Like I said, these menus are programmed into the games themselves. The code would be the same no matter how many times and how many people put it up somewhere.

      If you can show that he actually viewed that page before it was brought to our attention than I will pull it. If you would like garyopa, I could also share with you the PMs and other conversations that he and I had about it if that would help alleviate any concerns. If I honestly thought he didn't do this on his own than I would pull it in a heartbeat. My PMs are open to everyone if you want to pursue the issue
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      Found this. Maybe it will help. The following conversations were through PMs and in the private area, but this was where we first started talking about it.

      http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/....html#comments
    1. jujunana2012's Avatar
      jujunana2012 -
      looks cool...cant wait to play
    1. thejason40's Avatar
      thejason40 -
      Quote Originally Posted by garyopa View Post
      Yes, I agree since you started the thread, here is the link:

      TB Dead Island Developer Menu Mod

      Dated 12-30-2011

      Personally, I was there was 'dislike' button, I think this one should be pulled from the contest, as it is nothing unique, all the OP did was follow those steps, and supply the file, which is already there inside the original PAK.

      Thanks.
      I agree completely with Gary. I've been using the dev menu for months and I don't this deserves to be entered into the contest.
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      Then it's simple. Don't vote for it. I have proof of his thought process while working this out and have offered to share it with garyopa. Normally I wouldn't do that because it involves PMs but I only offered because of who garyopa is and to put this issue to rest.

      Nobody has shown any proof that this was stolen from crunch. A dupe maybe, but he's also provided more info on it showing that it works for the 360 as well and for retail discs if you have file manager access on 4.11.

      The internet is a big place and people are bound to work out the same thing at different times in different ways. Seeing that these menus are built into the game itself by the game's developers and not hand coded by anyone here or at crunch then I'm not seeing the issue.

      I've made my stance about it clear. I have documentation to prove what I'm saying and am more than willing to show garyopa, tthousand, dsapsx or any other person "in charge" and until I see documentation proving otherwise the entry stands as far as I'm concerned.

      I have a lot of respect for garyopa. I'm sure if he really thinks it's an issue and can show that szalay visited that page (through an ip check), then he can contact tthousand or dsapsx and we'll get this sorted out. Until then, I don't know what kind of answer you're looking for
    1. Goku1992's Avatar
      Goku1992 -
      Whats the problem here it's not like he is "actually" getting paid for it anyway. The only people making any type of "money" on these forum sites such as Crunch/PSX-Scene is the people who made the forum site to begin with.
    1. DEREKTROTTER's Avatar
      DEREKTROTTER -
      could someone upload me a clean Data0.pak file?

      i messed mine up and cant recover without re-downloading game

      much appreciated
    1. aienma's Avatar
      aienma -
      Quote Originally Posted by BahumatLord View Post
      I'm sorry, but no. You'll still need the TB. These are developer menus that were used in the creation stages of the game for easy testing for the original coders/debuggers. This gives you full access to everything the devs used
      Thanks, it cleared thing up for me
    1. LilGrim's Avatar
      LilGrim -
      I'm digging this thanks, this is keeping the game alive to tho's that don't know of this menu.
    1. merchantman1's Avatar
      merchantman1 -
      Very very very old. I've had this literally since the game came out. It's pointless as you can only use it with a true blue and backup.
    1. steplay29's Avatar
      steplay29 -
      does anyone know how to get out of ai mode>just asking as a few times the kids had loaded dead island and tried to put on the cheat menu and in doing so have went into the ai mode,and all i get after is a list of the achivements of the screen and i can not get rid of the text from the screen.
    1. XeviouSV1910's Avatar
      XeviouSV1910 -
      does this work with ofw?
    1. SlowGrind's Avatar
      SlowGrind -
      Quote Originally Posted by XeviouSV1910 View Post
      does this work with ofw?
      I would like to know the same thing. I have two PS3's, one with the current OFW and one on 3.55 CFW and would like to do a file transfer to see if it would work on the OFW?
    1. SlowGrind's Avatar
      SlowGrind -
      Just wanted to give an update to people wanting to do this with OFW... You must have a CFW 3.55 PS3 and you have to download the full game from the UK psn store then transfer and mod the game and transfer back. Then you can bring the dev menu online.
    1. unkfree's Avatar
      unkfree -
      ah doont get it . i need tutorial for it
    1. someone111's Avatar
      someone111 -
      how do u install
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      locate the data folder of your game backup. debugconf.scr goes there. Boot your game and pause it and you'll see a bunch of menus with new cheat options.
    1. 5aldov's Avatar
      5aldov -
      hey guys ..
      i can't backup the file from my ps3 ..
      when i press triangle button on the dead island save it just can copy it to online storage ( ps plus ) ..
      what is the solution ..?
    1. exnxvxy's Avatar
      exnxvxy -
      Quote Originally Posted by 5aldov View Post
      hey guys ..
      i can't backup the file from my ps3 ..
      when i press triangle button on the dead island save it just can copy it to online storage ( ps plus ) ..
      what is the solution ..?
      you need a jb ps3 and they arnt doing anything to the save game like your trying to do