Backup and rip game with updates already installed (Gran Turismo 6 in particular)

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Petrus

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Hello, I have Gran Turismo 6 and the update process is very very very inconvenient. It takes to many hours, and the only way I was able to do it was to download and install each and every single one updates manually one by one, and run the game after each update, wait till it finishes the ingame installation.... it is really bad...

So having said that, I have the Gran Turismo6 [BCES01893] in iso already backed up.

How can i make a backup or iso of the game with all updates already installed?

When i format my system I dont want to go through all this updating work and time for gt6.... it is litterally days of work...

Thank you
 
You need to create a single PKG with all the contents of dev_hdd0/game/BCES01893/
Ask @jcorrea about it, he made it and was explaining it in the forum time ago
 
You can combine all update packages easily enough, or include them as is on the root of the ISO. Then when you mount the ISO on a new system, before booting it you can go to package manager and install the updates from there.

Also yes if installing game data is really slow you can get it all installed and updated once, then dump the games folder from dev_hdd0/game/BCES01893/ and make a pkg out of that. This combined pkg can also be included on the root of the ISO if you want to speed up future installs..
 
Do the following:
1- Download all the updates to a folder in the PC (keep them in sequential order, it's very important)
2- Extract all to an individual folder
3- Merge the folders in a single folder, copying the files and replacing them in sequential.
If you don't follow the order the game may not work.
4- Once all folders are merged, create a single package
5- Extract the ISO and put the PKG in the root of the ISO or use Create PS3_EXTRA to create a PS3_EXTRA structure.
6- Rebuild the ISO

The advantage of the PS3_EXTRA is that it appears as a separated folder with all the packages, so it's easy to know when you have packages that you need to install. Copying the PKG to the root also works, but you only know that the pkg exists if you go first to the Package Manager.

That is the way I configure my games, so I don't have to download the updates every time I delete them from the system.

Alternatively you can create a second ISO or phisical data disc with only the updates copied to the root of the disc.
Name the ISO something like "GT6 Update Disc", so you first install the updates then you mount the primary disc to play the game.

The advantage of this method is that don't need to rebuild the ISO of your game. Also you can install all the PKG files using the option "Install All Packages" without having to merge them. Just make sure that the were created in the disc in sequential order.
 
There is another way to include PKG's inside a ISO, using the path dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/INSDIR/
With this method when the game boots for first time is going to display a warning screen with a YES/NO confirmation to install the PKG's from INSDIR
If you select YES all the PKG installations are made automatically, if you select NO the game kicks you back to XMB
At the next boots the game checks if the PKG installation was performed previouslly, and incase it was it doesnt displays the warning

This method is officially used in Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition
 
Problem with GT6 is that using internal patching system. Which means that patches downloaded and installed from Sony servers doesn't contain data for game installation replacement like almost always but delta patches which GT6 patching by itself. It is quite special case. And this f*g junk doing it around 8 hours... No kidding here. On top of that, GT6 put ~10GiB of cache but not at once but when it's needed.

So it is very reasonable to make backup of this whole GameID folder because it is extremely time consuming and frustrating for the end user

BTW: PKG format is cancer. I recommending just packing contents which was send by FTP, into LZMA archive (i.e 7zip). By this way You will safe a lot of space on compression which is not possible with PKG. Or make PKG and put it as PKGDIR or PS3_EXTRA with game in disc burned to BD-R HTL.
 
sandungas said:
You need to create a single PKG with all the contents of dev_hdd0/game/BCES01893/
Ask @jcorrea about it, he made it and was explaining it in the forum time ago
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The best way is, before install updates, go to the options and uncheck install to hard drive option. Then, install all PKG, open the game, let the game "install" the updates and copy all game data from game folder. I used PS3 HDD reader on windows to copy all the files and used True Ancestor to create a pkg.
 
sandungas said:
There is another way to include PKG's inside a ISO, using the path dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/INSDIR/
With this method when the game boots for first time is going to display a warning screen with a YES/NO confirmation to install the PKG's from INSDIR
If you select YES all the PKG installations are made automatically, if you select NO the game kicks you back to XMB
At the next boots the game checks if the PKG installation was performed previouslly, and incase it was it doesnt displays the warning

This method is officially used in Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition
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do the pkgs need a certain naming scheme or are they installed alphabetically?
 
They are installed based on file creation order, oldest to newest. So if you have them arranged correctly on PC, by name or number for example, then select them all and drag the first one over to copy them all, they should all copy in the correct order for installation.

Or just copy them to the device you will use to install them from one by one, starting with the one you want to install first.
 
Coro said:
do the pkgs need a certain naming scheme or are they installed alphabetically?
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Are installed based in his name, starting with DATA000.PKG

And is needed to create a PARAM.SFO under INSDIR with CATEGORY=AR, and APP_VER with the value of the bigger patch
 
@DeViL303 You probably mislead this with PS3_EXTRA. Order of packages there are displaying in XMB, based on file creation date. On Windows You can manipulate them via Ant Renamer (if I'm not mistaken ;]).
 
Berion said:
@DeViL303 You probably mislead this with PS3_EXTRA. Order of packages there are displaying in XMB, based on file creation date. On Windows You can manipulate them via Ant Renamer (if I'm not mistaken ;]).
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SetFileDate 2.0 is good too, but of course Ant Renamer does much more.
 
aldostools said:
Alternatively you can create a second ISO or phisical data disc with only the updates copied to the root of the disc.
Name the ISO something like "GT6 Update Disc", so you first install the updates then you mount the primary disc to play the game.
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Came across this thread, searching for how to 'backup' games updates.
Please how do you create (what tool do you use for) a second iso with pkgs?
 
jesus...just proxy the pkg files. it's not hard to do.

or do this:
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I don't get it. I have already downloaded all the files for game of My Choice (Mafia 2 Essentials). Then I moved it to the computer via FTP. Now I would like to create an iso in a manner, that @aldostools mentions.
 
If You want make all in one package with all updates, then instead of PS3_EXTRA, use PKGDIR. Because it will be automatically installed during first game launch.
 
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