Persona 4 Arena region lock

[Evilnat]

I have updated the patches on my last comment, now they are more accurate

BETA 8 is available

 

[Zwei]

I have updated the patches on my last comment, now they are more accurate

BETA 8 is available

boy you are amazing

 

[qawsed]

I have updated the patches on my last comment, now they are more accurate

BETA 8 is available

@Evilnat Good job as ever

PS dont forget to update ps3dev wiki with your findings !

 

[Daniel36895]

@Joonie @haxxxen Here are the patches to bypass the region lock in PS3 games like Persona 4 Arena (it is not tested with PS1 game disc):

File: game_ext_plugin.sprx (4.90)
Offset: 0x69A8 | Patch: 0x38000000 (li %r0, 0)
Offset: 0x69BC | Patch: 0x38600000 (li %r3, 0)

File: game_ext_plugin.sprx (4.84 DEX)
Offset: 0x6964 | Patch: 0x38000000 (li %r0, 0)
Offset: 0x6978 | Patch: 0x38600000 (li %r3, 0)

hey, um, could you tell me how to patch the game_ext_plugins.sprx file or maybe send a link to a guide because ive never done things like this and really want to play P4A?

Thanks in advance ^^

 

[NiQ]

hey, um, could you tell me how to patch the game_ext_plugins.sprx file or maybe send a link to a guide because ive never done things like this and really want to play P4A?

Thanks in advance ^^

Better not mess with it if you don't know what you're doing.
If you don't want to wait until 4.90.2 is released (which will have the patch bundled in) you can download my patched PARAMS.SFO (available on this thread on the first page). Extract it, rename to PARAMS.SFO and overwrite the original file in the game directory. It'll make the game itself region free.

 

[Daniel36895]

Better not mess with it if you don't know what you're doing.
If you don't want to wait until 4.90.2 is released (which will have the patch bundled in) you can download my patched PARAMS.SFO (available on this thread on the first page). Extract it, rename to PARAMS.SFO and overwrite the original file in the game directory. It'll make the game itself region free.

Oh, ok, Also will this work on an ISO version?

 

[NiQ]

Oh, ok, Also will this work on an ISO version?

Only in theory, because there's no existing software that would allow you to replace the PARAMS.SFO file in an existing ISO image. You could extract the ISO, replace the file and then create a new ISO using PS3 ISO Tools, but it won't retain the original order of the files, which is pretty much the only advantage that ISO has over an extracted game folder.
ISO is only truly needed if you intend to burn a backup to BD-R.

 

[Daniel36895]

Only in theory, because there's no existing software that would allow you to replace the PARAMS.SFO file in an existing ISO image. You could extract the ISO, replace the file and then create a new ISO using PS3 ISO Tools, but it won't retain the original order of the files, which is pretty much the only advantage that ISO has over an extracted game folder.
ISO is only truly needed if you intend to burn a backup to BD-R.

Thank you, I'll try just that