I probably should have been getting artemis from github. The other user here said the link to on ps3 brewology wasn't working, but then right after I posted I downloaded the webman modified version and switched the plugin to r5 and no sorting. When I restarted it, it extracted the local files...
Weird shortly after I posted this I got it working. I just downloaded the updated webman version and switched the plugin to r5, it unzipped the local cheats and started working properly.
Yes thank you. I used cex pex without any issues related to the cfw. I am having issues with artemis however and am not sure if I need to switch to dex or if there is just some confliction between the two. I've seen one person having the same issue as me here but noone has responded to them yet.