PS3 [Update] Apollo Save Tool v1.8.4 released

aldostools · Dec 24, 2020

bucanero said:
maybe I'll just change the behavior and encrypt "my_file_name.ISO" to "/dev_hdd0/PS2ISO/my_file_name.BIN.ENC"

IMHO it would be more convenient to use "my_file_name" + " [title id]" + ".BIN.ENC"
Example: /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO/FFXII [SLUS_209.63].BIN.ENC

This format would be more user friendly and would include the title id needed by webMAN MOD to find the CONFIG in the database.

The title id can be obtained automatically reading the root directory of the ISO.

If the file name already contains a title id, the output file name could be "my_file_name.BIN.ENC"

RealWelder · Dec 31, 2020

I could've been doing something wrong, but I tried the latest 2 version of Apollo and it doesn't seem to make the saves work for the game. I then downloaded an older version from the beginning of 2020 with the old blue background. It worked like a charm. I'm not sure why the newer versions don't work, but I wanted to bring it to your attention.

bucanero · Dec 31, 2020

RealWelder said:
I could've been doing something wrong, but I tried the latest 2 version of Apollo and it doesn't seem to make the saves work for the game. I then downloaded an older version from the beginning of 2020 with the old blue background. It worked like a charm. I'm not sure why the newer versions don't work, but I wanted to bring it to your attention.

could you specify what were you trying to do? resign a save-game? applying cheats?

also, are you using HEN, CFW, are you spoofing IDs,... there are a lot of variables, so it's hard to guess, but if you can share more details I can take a look

RealWelder · Dec 31, 2020

My daughter started a game called Sniper Elite 3 on my login so I was trying to transfer it over to her login. When I would remove or fake the account id and then resign, the game would say not the owner of the save file. However when I downgraded to the old blue version, all I had to do was click apply patches and resign and it worked. I'm on 4.84 DEX with my original CID. (Spoofed to CEX via webman)

nasin · Jan 2, 2021

my ps3 system is rebug 4.85.1 lite and it stuck at loading screen when i choose ''HDD save game'' (i'm using the latest Apollo version)

bucanero · Jan 3, 2021

RealWelder said:
My daughter started a game called Sniper Elite 3 on my login so I was trying to transfer it over to her login. When I would remove or fake the account id and then resign, the game would say not the owner of the save file. However when I downgraded to the old blue version, all I had to do was click apply patches and resign and it worked. I'm on 4.84 DEX with my original CID. (Spoofed to CEX via webman)

I see an issue there:

The "change account" option is an advanced option, it must not be used unless you know what you want to achieve (the same goes for the Remove Console ID option).
So for regular resigning, you shouldn't select anything, just open the save-game and select "apply changes + resign"

I'm pretty sure your issue is related to it.

Also, keep in mind that if your PS3 has 2 account ("A", and "B"), to resign a save for user "B", first you need to log in with the "B" account, and then run Apollo in that account.

if you run Apollo in the "A" account, saves will be resigned for "A", so if you then move the file to the "B" account it won't work, because it was resigned for "A" (not B)

bucanero · Jan 3, 2021

nasin said:
my ps3 system is rebug 4.85.1 lite and it stuck at loading screen when i choose ''HDD save game'' (i'm using the latest Apollo version)

hard to guess, so you need to provide more information

Open Apollo, go to "settings", and click on "enable debug log". After enabling logs, try to open the HDD saves option.
If it gets stuck again, get the log file from /dev_hdd0/tmp/apollo.log and send it over so I can review the issue.

Rambo9000 · Jan 9, 2021

APOLLO MİNECRAFT PLAYSTAİON EDİTON NPEB01899 LVL 255 TTURN WOODEN PİCKAXE TO DİAMOND HAS NOT BEEN İN CREATİVE
WHICH VERSION DO THESE CHEATS WORK ON? 1.00 NOT WORKING

Kevstah2004 · Jan 10, 2021

Can you add a progress meter / percentage bar or readout for the transfers?

bucanero · Jan 10, 2021

Rambo9000 said:
APOLLO MİNECRAFT PLAYSTAİON EDİTON NPEB01899 LVL 255 TTURN WOODEN PİCKAXE TO DİAMOND HAS NOT BEEN İN CREATİVE
WHICH VERSION DO THESE CHEATS WORK ON? 1.00 NOT WORKING

I've reviewed the patches, and the checksum check in this save-game is an "odd case" not currently supported by Apollo.
You should be able to mod this Minecraft savegame using Bruteforce Savedata in your computer.

The problem here is that the CRC32 hash is calculated on one file, but saved on another different file. I missed this case and Apollo can't handle this right now, so until I fix it the only option is Bruteforce savedata.

ConsolemanDE · Jan 11, 2021

Has someone managed to change the region of a savegame?
Tried with 10 different ones to swap from BLES to BLUS or vice versa.... none worked.

bucanero · Jan 11, 2021

ConsolemanDE said:
Has someone managed to change the region of a savegame?
Tried with 10 different ones to swap from BLES to BLUS or vice versa.... none worked.

just to be sure, you select a new Title ID in the Apollo menu, and then click "apply changes and resign", right?

I remember trying it with Lollipop Chainsaw, as I had both versions EU / US... but again, maybe other games need some additional changes.

ConsolemanDE · Jan 11, 2021

bucanero said:
just to be sure, you select a new Title ID in the Apollo menu, and then click "apply changes and resign", right?

I remember trying it with Lollipop Chainsaw, as I had both versions EU / US... but again, maybe other games need some additional changes.

yes. Exactly this way.
Doesn't work for me with now 15+ tested games

nasin · Jan 28, 2021

bucanero said:
hard to guess, so you need to provide more information

Open Apollo, go to "settings", and click on "enable debug log". After enabling logs, try to open the HDD saves option.
If it gets stuck again, get the log file from /dev_hdd0/tmp/apollo.log and send it over so I can review the issue.

sorry for the late reply, here the log file, i waited 30 minutes and it still loading..

bucanero · Jan 28, 2021

nasin said:
sorry for the late reply, here the log file, i waited 30 minutes and it still loading..

no, for sure after that long it's not loading, the app crashed internally and you only see the "loading..." screen.

So I reviewed the log, and Apollo is crashing when trying to load this weird save-game:

Code:

[2021-01-28 01:09:34] Reading /dev_hdd0/home/00000001/savedata/Alisson/PARAM.SFO...

That folder "Alisson" seems really strange, as any original save-game uses the BLUS12345etc , NPEB12345etc name structure.
I assume that maybe it's a file from some homebrew? honestly I've no idea.

My guess is that the PARAM.SFO from that folder is different or has some missing information, so Apollo can't process it properly and fails silently.

Anyways, for a quick fix, just try to move that "Alisson" folder away from the /savedata/ folder and try loading Apollo again. It should work fine, unless you have more weird folders in you HDD.

bucanero · Jan 28, 2021

ConsolemanDE said:
yes. Exactly this way.
Doesn't work for me with now 15+ tested games

I was reviewing the source code and I think that I made a mistake while replacing the data in the PARAM.SFO file.
As I don't have many duplicate games between regions, it would be helpful if you could test a "beta" build once I add a fix in my code.

Let me know if you could test it

nasin · Jan 29, 2021

bucanero said:
no, for sure after that long it's not loading, the app crashed internally and you only see the "loading..." screen.

So I reviewed the log, and Apollo is crashing when trying to load this weird save-game:

Code:

[2021-01-28 01:09:34] Reading /dev_hdd0/home/00000001/savedata/Alisson/PARAM.SFO...

That folder "Alisson" seems really strange, as any original save-game uses the BLUS12345etc , NPEB12345etc name structure.
I assume that maybe it's a file from some homebrew? honestly I've no idea.

My guess is that the PARAM.SFO from that folder is different or has some missing information, so Apollo can't process it properly and fails silently.

Anyways, for a quick fix, just try to move that "Alisson" folder away from the /savedata/ folder and try loading Apollo again. It should work fine, unless you have more weird folders in you HDD.

it working now, thank you so much for helping me

bucanero · Jan 31, 2021

Apollo Save Tool v1.5.0 is out
https://github.com/bucanero/apollo-ps3/releases/tag/v1.5.0

Notes: the v1.5.x ("Lollipop Chainsaw") release branch is mainly focused in adding Trophy management support.
This first version adds a new "Trophies" menu and allows to list, backup, and resign trophy sets.
Future versions might add more trophy-related features and bug-fixes (as time allows)

Changelog:
Added

Added Trophy Set management
- List trophies
- Resign trophy sets
- Backup trophies to Zip
Added custom encryption support (DmC, GTA5, Diablo 3, NFS Rivals)
- Algorithms: Blowfish, AES, DES
Added "Import decrypted save file" option
Added PS2/PS1 .PSV saves to the Online Database
Improved user messages
Added BSD global variable support
Added BSD search next command support
Added GameGenie code type 88 relative search

Fixed

Fixed .RAP uppercase issue

Paperjoe · Feb 15, 2021

Hey, downloaded your tool the other day, it's great! Easy to use and all in one place. Only problem I'm having is that it isn't working with my game save - because even if I change nothing and simply resign a save (even if it's the same save on my system), it zeroes out the account ID and the save is no longer recognised by the game. Fake save owner doesn't work either.

Viewing the original save file data shows no numbers or letters where "Account ID", is, it's just blank. I wanted to try resigning data that's already on my system before I do it to my other save data, but I've tried multiple programs and nothing's worked. Removing the zeros in a hex editor corrupts the save, despite it being identical to the original in every way, as far as I can tell. Any idea how I could get my save to work?

bucanero · Feb 15, 2021

Do you have an account ID in your system? Only users logged to the official network have those accounts.

so just to be sure, do you have an account or it's a fully offline user?

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