Editing PS3 EBOOT to allow for custom paths of any size!!!!

**STRATEGIZER** · 01-13-2011,07:37 PM

Originally Posted by iLLNESS

in your eboot you are using hdd0/STR/GTA4/USRDIR.
if you are using this directory because there is no more empty space after this data, im saying you can insert some extra bytes to allow hdd0/game/GrandTheftAutoFour/USRDIR as long as you remove (empty data) the same amoutn of inserted bytes elsewhere in the eboot.

I see what your saying but adding more bytes is not needed because PS3_GAME gives you 8 (or 4?) bytes to make a new directory which is more than enough.

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/GTA4DISC/USRDIR

Or this which doesnt add more bytes.

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/STR/GTA4/USRDIR

Your adding more bytes like this..

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/GRANDTHEFTAUTOFOUR/USRDIR

No need to add more bytes only to have to remove them after when you have 8 (or 4?) bytes to use = PS3_GAME. Your trying to hard

**NChief** · 01-13-2011,07:43 PM

Someone should try this with GT5!

**Jassbag** · 01-13-2011,08:51 PM

Originally Posted by NChief

Someone should try this with GT5!

GT5 doesn't have this problem. Actually i think that GT5 would work with the change of the GAMEID within SFO and conf method. Noone tried it yet?

**eisbaer** · 01-13-2011,09:06 PM

tested GT5 but does not seems to work

**Jassbag** · 01-13-2011,09:29 PM

Originally Posted by eisbaer

tested GT5 but does not seems to work

http://psx-scene.com/forums/677521-post8.html ([SOLVED] Solution to XMB EBOOTs game installation problems.)

**NChief** · 01-13-2011,09:36 PM

GT5 not GTA4.. And I have tried editing the gameid in SFO.. no luck

**Jassbag** · 01-13-2011,10:57 PM

Originally Posted by NChief

GT5 not GTA4.. And I have tried editing the gameid in SFO.. no luck

You're right (need-for-sleep-state)

You sure you succesfuly installed the pkg of GT5 you created into a hdd0/game/game-id-other-than-the-original folder?

Remember that we're just trying to install the psn pkg of the game and its EBOOT etc in a folder other than the original GAMEID because the game wants that correct GAMEID folder inside hdd0/game/ to be GD (game data, not to be confused with disk game - DG) so it can read/write its stuff and cache to it.

**iLLNESS** · 01-13-2011,11:03 PM

Originally Posted by STRATEGIZER

I see what your saying but adding more bytes is not needed because PS3_GAME gives you 8 (or 4?) bytes to make a new directory which is more than enough.

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/GTA4DISC/USRDIR

Or this which doesnt add more bytes.

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/STR/GTA4/USRDIR

Your adding more bytes like this..

Code:

bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR = hdd0/GRANDTHEFTAUTOFOUR/USRDIR

No need to add more bytes only to have to remove them after when you have 8 (or 4?) bytes to use = PS3_GAME. Your trying to hard

not really. this allows people to use a uniform naming system. rather then having 50 eboots all with different directories or random packages with no info on where the data goes etc this allows us to use the full path and install some games directly to game using the conventional ps3 naming system.

you can avoid this technique if you'd like and continue to use whatever naming system you want but the fact is, having all your games installed to the game folder using the original titleids (or in some cases a slight variation of it) lets us easily see which specific title the package is for. there is absolutely nothing wrong with a clean way to organize the contents of our drives :P

again, im not forcing anyone to use this info, i simply put it out there so people can see it is possible to shift data around in the eboot. fact remains, its easier to not do this at all and just use jailbreak, so why are we trying so hard to make these games work without jailbreak?

**totalv** · 01-17-2011,01:35 AM

iLLNESS, I think your method is widely adapted at this stage. For Split Second, which is a game that didn't work on JB. I tried to do the simple change on the eboot just replacing the main folder and bdvd, but it didn't work. Then I found the one that works and it is using the method u suggested here. I wonder if there's some other trick specific for this game? May be u can give me some pointers.

**york_daro** · 01-17-2011,05:06 AM

Originally Posted by iLLNESS

As normal, i edited the param.sfo to use the titleid of BGUS98167, had my .conf use BGUS98167. Any reference to BCUS98167 was changed to BGUS98167.

I'm sorry, but I think I have missed something.... why did You change the title ID ? What for?

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