PS3 Apollo save tool (development thread)

[Rambo9000]

no we can't. @bucanero already explained situation - key table is different

If we convert the rap file for hen to rif with fake act.dat and send it to exdata, the games open, but if we use this program, the games do not open PS3xploit-resigner-master gives an error

ben bu tavuk gibi kullanıyorum 4.88.1 games pop up

english:
i like this chicken

 

[Coro]

PS3xploit-resigner-master gives an error

you don't need that. Apollo Save Tool can make a fake act.dat. HEN will convert rap to rif. put rap in exdata folder on usb or ps3 hdd. HEN will make rif when game is launched for first time.

 

[Rambo9000]

you don't need that. Apollo Save Tool can make a fake act.dat. HEN will convert rap to rif. put rap in exdata folder on usb or ps3 hdd. HEN will make rif when game is launched for first time.

i know thank you

 

[bucanero]

A friendly user at the BSD forums shared the original DW8XL decrypter tool, so I was finally able to reverse it and add the "Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends" decrypter to my toolset:
https://github.com/bucanero/ps3-save-decrypters/tree/master/dw8xl-decrypter

credits to chaoszage for the original decrypter

as usual, the custom decrypter will be included in the next Apollo release so cheats can be applied directly on the ps3.

 

[aldostools]

A friendly user at the BSD forums shared the original DW8XL decrypter tool, so I was finally able to reverse it and add the "Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends" decrypter to my toolset:
https://github.com/bucanero/ps3-save-decrypters/tree/master/dw8xl-decrypter

credits to chaoszage for the original decrypter

as usual, the custom decrypter will be included in the next Apollo release so cheats can be applied directly on the ps3.

I see that Apollo Save Tool still has not a decrypter for Payday 2. Maybe this link could be useful:
https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/payday-2/97728-payday-2-saves.html

 

[bucanero]

I see that Apollo Save Tool still has not a decrypter for Payday 2. Maybe this link could be useful:
https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/payday-2/97728-payday-2-saves.html

thanks for the link @aldostools !
I don't have the Payday2 game, so I was checking some PS3 save-games I downloaded. I opened the saves with Bruteforce savedata and the files don't seem encrypted at all (everything in plaintext there). Maybe that encryption is only for PC savegames?

I also checked Red-eye32's Payday 2 ps3 save editor, and there's no 2nd-layer decryption code there, just the regular pfd-tool decryption.

I'm assuming that the encryption is only for PC version? or if you have seen encrypted ps3 saves, then maybe was added to the PS3 after some game update?

 

[aldostools]

thanks for the link @aldostools !
I don't have the Payday2 game, so I was checking some PS3 save-games I downloaded. I opened the saves with Bruteforce savedata and the files don't seem encrypted at all (everything in plaintext there). Maybe that encryption is only for PC savegames?

I also checked Red-eye32's Payday 2 ps3 save editor, and there's no 2nd-layer decryption code there, just the regular pfd-tool decryption.

I'm assuming that the encryption is only for PC version? or if you have seen encrypted ps3 saves, then maybe was added to the PS3 after some game update?

In Bruteforce Savedata I included Red-eye32's Payday 2 tool, but as his source code was not public I couldn't analyze what it did in detail. As I found references about the save encryption in various sites, I thought it applied to PS3 version of Payday 2 too.

Thank you for the explanation.

 

[bucanero]

In Bruteforce Savedata I included Red-eye32's Payday 2 tool, but as his source code was not public I couldn't analyze what it did in detail. As I found references about the save encryption in various sites, I thought it applied to PS3 version of Payday 2 too.

Thank you for the explanation.

oh no worries my friend! I wasn't sure either, at least until I de-obfuscated/decompiled the Payday 2 tool from red-eye32. Most of these tools never had any open-source release so it's hard to know what's happening unless you really spend some time.

I guess it's a lucky case that they didn't encrypt the PS3 saves. (game devs sometimes use the same encryption in different platforms PS3/Xbox/PC, and just change the key or something like that)

 

[Rambo9000]

I see that Apollo Save Tool still has not a decrypter for Payday 2. Maybe this link could be useful:
https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/payday-2/97728-payday-2-saves.html

artemis use
Memory Unknown Code 1
0
jgduff1
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0 1424F108 00000076
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0 14E40D54 1AEB6080
0 14EA01C0 180DF620
0 14EA1CC0 181F3000
0 14F1D900 42540000
0 14F1E508 42540000
0 14F679D8 00761700
#
Infinite Ammo
0
jgduff1
0 00536724 38A50000
#
Memory Unknown Code 2
0
jgduff1
0 13DAD9A0 41900000
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0 1492D264 BF7905A7
0 1492D268 BD9890D3
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#

 

[aldostools]

artemis use
Memory Unknown Code 1
0
jgduff1
0 13DAC320 42540000
0 1424F108 00000076
0 1424F198 00000076
0 1424F228 00000076
0 1424F2B8 00000076
0 142E8D04 0000007A
0 142E8D08 0000007F
0 142E8D10 30313500
0 142E8D84 0000007A
0 142E8D88 0000007F
0 142E8D90 30313500
0 142E8E54 0000007A
0 142E8E58 0000007A
0 142E9004 00000077
0 142E9008 0000007C
0 142E9010 30383300
0 142E9084 00000077
0 142E9088 0000007C
0 142E9090 30383300
0 142E9154 00000077
0 142E9158 0000007C
0 1482E158 0000007C
0 1482E238 0000007C
0 1494123C 45879AE7
0 14941240 467DB860
0 14941244 C4EAABF6
0 14941260 3E868A4F
0 14941264 3F75A44D
0 14941268 BDCF3426
0 14AF51F0 00000035
0 14AF5C70 00000033
0 14D0CAA0 42540000
0 14D78664 00800244
0 14E40D54 1AEB6080
0 14EA01C0 180DF620
0 14EA1CC0 181F3000
0 14F1D900 42540000
0 14F1E508 42540000
0 14F679D8 00761700
#
Infinite Ammo
0
jgduff1
0 00536724 38A50000
#
Memory Unknown Code 2
0
jgduff1
0 13DAD9A0 41900000
0 142CB1B0 43A561D7
0 142E2204 00000030
0 142E2208 00000035
0 142E2210 30313600
0 142E2284 00000030
0 142E2288 00000035
0 142E2290 30313600
0 142E2354 00000030
0 142E2358 00000035
0 142E2504 0000002F
0 142E2508 00000034
0 142E2510 31313800
0 142E2584 0000002F
0 142E2588 00000034
0 142E2590 31313800
0 142E2654 0000002F
0 142E2658 00000034
0 14378640 18D19780
0 14379678 18D19800
0 1492D23C C52F577A
0 1492D240 C665178E
0 1492D244 C4A21D4A
0 1492D260 BE60DDEF
0 1492D264 BF7905A7
0 1492D268 BD9890D3
0 14C6DB38 00000032
0 14C6DC18 00000032
#

Thank you for the codes, but I don't use cheats nor play that game.

I only suggested it to Damian because that "decrypter" was one of the included in BSD that still was not available in Apollo Save Tool.

 

[Rambo9000]

oh no worries my friend! I wasn't sure either, at least until I de-obfuscated/decompiled the Payday 2 tool from red-eye32. Most of these tools never had any open-source release so it's hard to know what's happening unless you really spend some time.

I guess it's a lucky case that they didn't encrypt the PS3 saves. (game devs sometimes use the same encryption in different platforms PS3/Xbox/PC, and just change the key or something like that)

wepman mod setup memory 320 min How much memory do we make, does artemis work better, min 320?

 

[Zwei]

@bucanero
A suggestion.
it would be interesting to add the option to delete trophies

 

[aldostools]

wepman mod setup memory 320 min How much memory do we make, does artemis work better, min 320?

That setting is the amount of memory allocated by webMAN for scanning games or listing files in the file manager. After these operations are completed, all the available memory can be used by the other processes.

 

[bucanero]

@bucanero
A suggestion.
it would be interesting to add the option to delete trophies

As we don't know how to modify the ps3 internal database, deleting a trophy-set folder will end up in some broken links in the XMB.
Rebuilding the database might fix it, but it's not a real feature (you can remove a trophy folder with a file manager or ftp)

note: I think that some CFW like Rebug has the option to remove trophy-sets properly from the XMB. You need to press triangle on the trophy-set

btw, if you want to "lock" an unlocked trophy, Apollo can do it as long as you haven't sync'ed that trophy online.

 

[Zwei]

As we don't know how to modify the ps3 internal database, deleting a trophy-set folder will end up in some broken links in the XMB.
Rebuilding the database might fix it, but it's not a real feature (you can remove a trophy folder with a file manager or ftp)

note: I think that some CFW like Rebug has the option to remove trophy-sets properly from the XMB. You need to press triangle on the trophy-set

btw, if you want to "lock" an unlocked trophy, Apollo can do it as long as you haven't sync'ed that trophy online.

Exactly the CFW REBUG REX does this.
My suggestion would be to just delete the trophy from the game.

 

[jcorrea]

@bucanero, Is Apollo EBOOT.BIN signed in a different way than other homebrews? I was able to launch Apollo even after remove syscalls with webMAN MOD... Other homebrews like Managunz, multiman, irisman, fm_psx throws 8001003A when I try to execute them after remove syscalls...

 

[aldostools]

@bucanero, Is Apollo EBOOT.BIN signed in a different way than other homebrews? I was able to launch Apollo even after remove syscalls with webMAN MOD... Other homebrews like Managunz, multiman, irisman, fm_psx throws 8001003A when I try to execute them after remove syscalls...

The error 8001003A is produced by the homebrew blocker in Cobra payload.
If the CFW syscalls are disabled, the payload prevents the load of any homebrew that don't match with NP*, BL*S, BC*S, etc.

As the title id is NP0APOLLO, the homebrew blocker thinks that it is an official game.

You can include that title id in /dev_hdd0/tmp/blacklist.cfg to prevent that it load.

 

[Rambo9000]

That setting is the amount of memory allocated by webMAN for scanning games or listing files in the file manager. After these operations are completed, all the available memory can be used by the other processes.

If I choose 2000 mb, I cheat on artemis, the game freezes, I bought 320, now it's very good

 

[bucanero]

Here's one custom checksum fixer tool that wasn't available for the PS3

Tales of Zestiria:
https://github.com/bucanero/ps3-save-decrypters/tree/master/toz-checksum-fixer

There was a save editor for PC, and luckily the custom 'SHA1 cascade' checksum was actually the same between the PC save and the PS3 save. (only difference was the offset). So by comparing the PC and PS3 saves, and reversing the save editor I was able to build this ps3 checksum fixer.

Credits to Vulnavia for reversing the sha1 checksum, and sharing crypto notes about it.

 

[bucanero]

Regarding the fake act.dat restore on HEN, I've submitted a pull request to add this feature directly on the HEN plugin:
https://github.com/PS3Xploit/PS3HEN/pull/35

I can't say if it will get merged or not, but at least it's a possible solution for those who don't have webman mod to restore the act.dat file on boot.