EBOOT.bin repository

[Belmondo]

***There is no More need to request Modded EBOOT.BIN's as now anyone can do it.. just download deank's tool and read rogero's instructions.. then you are good to go!!***

UPDATED FINAL#5: Here is an updated version of the tools. They now handle properly SPRX files. (thanks to belmondo for the hints!)

There are few important fixes (about path with spaces and wrong byte change which may cause crashes and also fixed PARAM.SFO in RETAIL to be DG type). Don't use previous versions I posted. This package also includes multiMAN 01.16.11 (TEST UPDATE#5) which handles properly SPRX files during SHADOW COPY.

ebootFIX now produces TWO separate folders:

One is [NPDRM] - to be used as PSN-styled game to launch from XMB (to be used with multiMAN's shadow copy)
The other one is [RETAIL] - it will generate the full game structure with all subfolders + all EBOOT.BIN / *.self / *.sprx files.

[NPDRM] has a PKG file to be used with multiMAN's shadow copy.
[RETAIL] can be used to directly replace the files in your original game BACKUP.

Let me know if it works properly for you.

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Short readme for ebootMOD and ebootFIX:
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ebootFIX:

Drag and drop a PS3 game folder to ebootFIX.exe.

For example drag&drop 

	X:\GAMES\MY_GAME\PS3_GAME

	or

	X:\GAMES\MY_GAME\PS3_GAME\USRDIR

	or

	X:\GAMES\MY_GAME


to ebootFIX.exe.

ebootFIX processes whole game folders and produces two output folders:

--> [NPDRM] - folder - content ready to be installed as PSN-style XMB game:
You will find two PKG files in the folder. The tool will decrypt and sign
all executables (EBOOT.BIN and other .self / .sprx files) to make them compatible
with lower firmware versions. Follow the generated INSTRUCTIONS in
[NPDRM] folder.

--> [RETAIL] - folder - all files which you can replace in your original
backup copy to play the game via a Game Manager.

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ebootMOD:

Drag & drop a file (EBOOT.BIN, .self or .sprx) to ebootMOD.exe. It will decrypt and
sign the file to make it compatible with lower firmware versions. The generated file
will be saved in the same folder with the original, prefixed with "MODIFIED_".

More options available via command-line.
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Hi,
I have written this small tutorial on how this package should be used, this was tested a lot in the last few days and is working fine with games that requires FW 3.56 where the "eboot.bin/self/sprx" files needs to be properly patched for the games to run on FW <= 3.55
( and for future versions like FW 3.60 the required keys can be added to the package and EbootFIX.exe will work fine too )

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To use this tutorial you will need a Windows PC and PS3 with multiMAN 01.16.12 (or newer).
Please follow these steps exactly in this order! Do not skip or reverse the steps.
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( This will work for any 3.56 game and not only "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" )

1- Get a copy of the game with original/untouched files on your external USB HDD or on your computer HDD.
Note: you can always keep an untouched copy of your game as a backup in case something goes wrong.

2- install the latest EbootFix package with latest multiMAN from here:

3- extract the downloaded package content on your PC and install the included multiMAN update on your PS3.
( multiMAN 01.16.12 or newer is required )

4- from the game folder on your USB HDD/PC, drag and drop the [PS3_GAME] folder onto the EbootFIX.exe
(carefull here, not on EbootMOD.exe but on EbootFIX.exe) it should start scanning and processing the needed files.
It takes about 4 ~ 5 minutes for "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" to finish.
once finished, you will have 2 new folders in the same folder of EbootFIX.exe :
"[BLES01195] [NPDRM] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)"
and
"[BLES01195] [RETAIL] The Tomb Raider Trilogy"

5- (optional) If you want to play the game in retail mode using any backup manager, copy the content of the folder
"[BLES01195] [RETAIL] The Tomb Raider Trilogy"
and overwrite the original games files, now it have the patched files & you can play it from any backup manager like a normal game.
Note: "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" is a "Black Screen Game" and it needs to be on external drive + launched with "Select+x"

6- Copy the game to your PS3 internal HDD.

7- [PS3] Delete all GAME DATA you may have on you PS3 system for "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" game!

8- [PC] from this folder "[BLES01195] [NPDRM] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)"
Copy the generated PKG file to the root folder of USB stick or USB HDD:
--> for firmwares 01.90-03.41: "[BLES01195] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD).pkg"
--> for firmwares 03.55- : "[BLES01195] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)-FW_355.pkg"

9- [PS3] Install the PKG file from [* Install package files] menu on your PS3

10-[PS3] Open multiMAN 01.16.12 (or newer) in file manager mode on your PS3 system (press SELECT+START)

11-[PS3] Browse to your game (on internal HDD) and press [R3] while PS3_GAME folder is selected
This operation will create SHADOW copy of "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" to:
--> /dev_hdd0/G/E01195 and
--> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES01195

12-[PS3] Exit multiMAN

13-[PS3] Launch the game directly from "The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)" icon on the [GAME] column in XMB

14-[PS3] If prompted to update the game to newer version - cancel the update

15-say Thanks to Dean and Belmondo for their efforts & enjoy your game.

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TUTORIAL On how to modify Eboot.bin yourself to try to make it works !
Originally Posted by Veritas?
I've actually written this a few times and promptly lost it due to browser instability. Oops.

Anyway, this guide requires you to have some knowledge of how the SELF and ELF file formats are laid out. I don't have a quick tool to do this for me, but it takes maybe 5 minutes of my time to do it by hand.

1. Open EBOOT.BIN in a hex editor of your preference.
2. In EBOOT.BIN, look at the SELF control info, if you see anything resembling the game titleid, it's an NPDRM SELF and this guide won't work, give up.
3. Use readself on EBOOT.BIN to get information about the encrypted metadata sections.
4. unself EBOOT.BIN eboot.elf
5. Open eboot.elf in a hex editor of your preference.
6. In eboot.elf, go to every encrypted metadata section (now decrypted), copy its data, and replace the encrypted data in EBOOT.BIN.
7. In EBOOT.BIN, change SELF header to indicate it's FSELF.
8. In EBOOT.BIN, change SELF section headers that are marked as encrypted to say they are not encrypted.
9. If the game is a newer SDK version (like GT5, which is 3.50), in EBOOT.BIN, find the .sys_proc_param segment and change the SDK version to something earlier, such as 3.41. This will probably cause crashes in games that actually use newer SDK features that are not available in earlier SDK versions.
10. Save EBOOT.BIN
11. Cross fingers, run game, hope it works.

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[regspy]

It would be nice if you can also enter

payload:
param.sfo: 3.41
Backup Manager:

[JigWeeD]

- Splatterhouse EBOOT.bin "nomatterofregion" Anyone ?!?!

[wishmaster86]

- Splatterhouse EBOOT.bin "nomatterofregion" Anyone ?!?!

would be nice to get that one!

[mskiller]

I did not test it myself, i'm waiting to get back home for that, i did wait for many people that confirmed it working thou...if you get error please post here then we might try figure it out and stop using news thread as garbage...and off topic...

[TempHK01]

I confirm that NFS:HP EUR version now work on 3.41 with Hermes v4b + 3.55 Spoofing
thanks
Now I'm waiting for a working Eboot.bin for the EUR version of GT5 too XD

[mskiller]

i did not have a chance to test it yet, i saw it's confirmed working on several post so i decide to merge all info here....i will try to find out into all multiple post i read in news section wich payload is in use

[hiddenknife93]

I've heard that eboot.bin works for some who got EUR version

[fofo]

now i can confirm NFS-HP working EUR version ..... thanksssssss

[bombarde]

why we can´t update the game? because the update was made with SDK3.50 too?