PS3 [Update] Apollo Save Tool v1.8.4 released

Algol · Feb 18, 2021

Ok, mais je n'ai aucun compte chez "mediafire" ni chez "mega.nz". Je devrais vous les faire parvenir par votre adresse personnelle obligatoirement (ou une adresse chez gmail si vous en avez une).
Je possède une adresse chez "Gmail.com" que je pourrai vous fournir si besoin.

Ok, but I don't have an account with "mediafire" or "mega.nz". I should send them to you by your personal address (or a gmail address if you have one).
I have an address at "Gmail.com" that I can provide you if necessary.

bucanero · Feb 18, 2021

Algol said:
Ok, but I don't have an account with "mediafire" or "mega.nz". I should send them to you by your personal address (or a gmail address if you have one).
I have an address at "Gmail.com" that I can provide you if necessary.

mediafire.com allows to upload files without registration or an account, but no worries I'll ping you with a PM so I can get the .zip file

thanks!

bucanero · Feb 18, 2021

Well, thanks to @Algol I've got a few save-games created with the "fake data owner" from DEX, and the mystery is solved. :encouragement:

Neither 0xFF hex or 0x46 hex (ASCII "F" uppercase) are correct, the actual value is 0x66 hex (ASCII "f" lowercase)

I'll address these 2 account-id issues (offline user, fake owner user) in the next version.

for the record, here's the hexdump from a PARAM.SFO:

Code:

000000c0  f0 08 00 00 41 43 43 4f  55 4e 54 5f 49 44 00 41  |....ACCOUNT_ID.A|
000000d0  54 54 52 49 42 55 54 45  00 43 41 54 45 47 4f 52  |TTRIBUTE.CATEGOR|
000000e0  59 00 44 45 54 41 49 4c  00 50 41 52 41 4d 53 00  |Y.DETAIL.PARAMS.|
000000f0  50 41 52 41 4d 53 32 00  50 41 52 45 4e 54 41 4c  |PARAMS2.PARENTAL|
00000100  5f 4c 45 56 45 4c 00 53  41 56 45 44 41 54 41 5f  |_LEVEL.SAVEDATA_|
00000110  44 49 52 45 43 54 4f 52  59 00 53 41 56 45 44 41  |DIRECTORY.SAVEDA|
00000120  54 41 5f 4c 49 53 54 5f  50 41 52 41 4d 00 53 55  |TA_LIST_PARAM.SU|
00000130  42 5f 54 49 54 4c 45 00  54 49 54 4c 45 00 00 00  |B_TITLE.TITLE...|
00000140  66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66  66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66  |ffffffffffffffff|
00000150  00 00 00 00 53 44 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....SD..........|
00000160  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

Paperjoe · Feb 18, 2021

bucanero said:
Well, thanks to @Algol I've got a few save-games created with the "fake data owner" from DEX, and the mystery is solved.

Neither 0xFF hex or 0x46 hex (ASCII "F" uppercase) are correct, the actual value is 0x66 hex (ASCII "f" lowercase)

I'll address these 2 account-id issues (offline user, fake owner user) in the next version.

for the record, here's the hexdump from a PARAM.SFO:

Code:

000000c0 f0 08 00 00 41 43 43 4f 55 4e 54 5f 49 44 00 41 |....ACCOUNT_ID.A| 000000d0 54 54 52 49 42 55 54 45 00 43 41 54 45 47 4f 52 |TTRIBUTE.CATEGOR| 000000e0 59 00 44 45 54 41 49 4c 00 50 41 52 41 4d 53 00 |Y.DETAIL.PARAMS.| 000000f0 50 41 52 41 4d 53 32 00 50 41 52 45 4e 54 41 4c |PARAMS2.PARENTAL| 00000100 5f 4c 45 56 45 4c 00 53 41 56 45 44 41 54 41 5f |_LEVEL.SAVEDATA_| 00000110 44 49 52 45 43 54 4f 52 59 00 53 41 56 45 44 41 |DIRECTORY.SAVEDA| 00000120 54 41 5f 4c 49 53 54 5f 50 41 52 41 4d 00 53 55 |TA_LIST_PARAM.SU| 00000130 42 5f 54 49 54 4c 45 00 54 49 54 4c 45 00 00 00 |B_TITLE.TITLE...| 00000140 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 |ffffffffffffffff| 00000150 00 00 00 00 53 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....SD..........| 00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

Awesome, thanks @Algol for sending a save!

aldostools · Feb 18, 2021

bucanero said:
Well, thanks to @Algol I've got a few save-games created with the "fake data owner" from DEX, and the mystery is solved.

Neither 0xFF hex or 0x46 hex (ASCII "F" uppercase) are correct, the actual value is 0x66 hex (ASCII "f" lowercase)

I'll address these 2 account-id issues (offline user, fake owner user) in the next version.

for the record, here's the hexdump from a PARAM.SFO:

Code:

000000c0 f0 08 00 00 41 43 43 4f 55 4e 54 5f 49 44 00 41 |....ACCOUNT_ID.A| 000000d0 54 54 52 49 42 55 54 45 00 43 41 54 45 47 4f 52 |TTRIBUTE.CATEGOR| 000000e0 59 00 44 45 54 41 49 4c 00 50 41 52 41 4d 53 00 |Y.DETAIL.PARAMS.| 000000f0 50 41 52 41 4d 53 32 00 50 41 52 45 4e 54 41 4c |PARAMS2.PARENTAL| 00000100 5f 4c 45 56 45 4c 00 53 41 56 45 44 41 54 41 5f |_LEVEL.SAVEDATA_| 00000110 44 49 52 45 43 54 4f 52 59 00 53 41 56 45 44 41 |DIRECTORY.SAVEDA| 00000120 54 41 5f 4c 49 53 54 5f 50 41 52 41 4d 00 53 55 |TA_LIST_PARAM.SU| 00000130 42 5f 54 49 54 4c 45 00 54 49 54 4c 45 00 00 00 |B_TITLE.TITLE...| 00000140 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 |ffffffffffffffff| 00000150 00 00 00 00 53 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....SD..........| 00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

So it was wrong in BSD. Here is a fixed executable. It includes the latest game.conf that I have.

Install the program, then replace the files in this .rar

I added a link to Apollo Save Data download page.

bucanero · Feb 19, 2021

aldostools said:
I added a link to Apollo Save Data download page.

oh, thanks Aldo! that's an honor!

I guess we can say that after a lot of work, Apollo reached code-maturity level

aldostools · Feb 19, 2021

bucanero said:
oh, thanks Aldo! that's an honor!

I guess we can say that after a lot of work, Apollo reached code-maturity level

Apollo Save Tool is what I wanted BSD be, but at the moment that I created it I didn't have the tools and the knowledge to develop it for the PS3.

Apollo Save Tool is like the next level of BSD.

FarhanCncer · Feb 27, 2021

I have a bit of a problem.. My screen became black after appearing bucanero ?? I could hear the music..

bucanero · Mar 1, 2021

FarhanCncer said:
I have a bit of a problem.. My screen became black after appearing bucanero ?? I could hear the music..

that looks like an issue with the update-check network connection... is your PS3 online, connected to the internet? if you're offline, that might be an issue...

if the ps3 has network access, maybe there's an issue with the github.com URL... try to wait a bit and see if the network call timeout

bucanero · Mar 17, 2021

A new version is out!
A lot of under-the-hood changes in the latest Apollo Save Tool v1.5.5:

https://github.com/bucanero/apollo-ps3/releases/tag/v1.5.5

Added

Added BSD qwadd, right, left commands support
Added adler16, sdbm, dwadd_le hash methods
Added dev_usb006 scan for USB saves
Added custom decryption support
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
- Resident Evil 0 (Zero) (Blowfish)
- Resident Evil HD Remaster (Blowfish)
- Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Blowfish)
- Need for Speed: Undercover
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (3-DES CBC)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II (3-DES CBC)
- Silent Hill 3 HD
New save-game cheats
- Persona 5
- Resident Evil: Revelations 2
- Yakuza 0
- 99 Vidas
- Lost Dimension
- RAGE
- The Last of Us
- BlazBlue
- BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- Resident Evil 0 (Zero)
- Resident Evil 4 HD
- Resident Evil 5
- Resident Evil 6
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki
- Devil May Cry 3 HD
- Guilty Gear Xrd - Rev. 2 -
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
- Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul
- Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness
- Kamen Rider Battride War Sousei/Genesis
- Rainbow Skies
Added custom checksum support
- Dead Space 2
- Dead Space 3
- Final Fantasy X HD
- Final Fantasy X-2 HD
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
- Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Prototype
- Prototype 2
Added simple icons for trophies
Improved custom CRC32 method

Fixed

Fixed bulk resign and bulk copy
Fixed Fake owner account (ffffffffffffffff)

Berion · Mar 17, 2021

bucanero said:
that looks like an issue with the update-check network connection... is your PS3 online, connected to the internet? if you're offline, that might be an issue...

So it means that the Apollo will not work offline? There are plenty of peoples which do not want connect console to the internet (i.e me, I download updates on PC).

I guess we can say that after a lot of work, Apollo reached code-maturity level

Well, then what would be next? Trophies resigning? ^^" That would be awesome if it doesn't need to run every games again to update index.

- - -
And of course excellent "Pokemon job".

I wonder how many games left which using additional encryption and/or validation layer.

Paperjoe · Mar 18, 2021

Update is awesome, thanks! Unfortunately it still doesn't work with Undisputed 3, not sure why, tried the fake owner option but still no dice. Weird, guess some games just don't play nice with it.

Would it help at all if I provide a save of the game for you to check out if you've got time?

bucanero · Mar 18, 2021

Berion said:
So it means that the Apollo will not work offline? There are plenty of peoples which do not want connect console to the internet (i.e me, I download updates on PC).

Apollo works offline just fine, no need for any connection at all.

(I have tested it with "network = disabled" and no wi-fi/ethernet link, the app runs alright. The "online DB" option will be useless though)

I was only replying to that user, as he didn't give much details about his problem.

Well, then what would be next? Trophies resigning? ^^" That would be awesome if it doesn't need to run every games again to update index.

Yes, complete resigning/updating account_id's for trophies is in the list.
I also want to add a few extra things to trophies, basically the stuff that the PC app TrophyIsGood can do, but directly on the PS3. The app is open-source, so no need to reverse or do guess-work.

And of course excellent "Pokemon job". I wonder how many games left which using additional encryption and/or validation layer.

probably many save-games remain with unknown custom encryption /checksum, but since PS3 days are over, I guess that nobody still tries to dig into those files.
Just as an example, "Tales of Berseria" has a 2nd layer encryption, and AFAIK there's no decryptor around. (only owners of the japanese cyber-save editor can edit those Berseria files)

bucanero · Mar 19, 2021

Paperjoe said:
Update is awesome, thanks! Unfortunately it still doesn't work with Undisputed 3, not sure why, tried the fake owner option but still no dice. Weird, guess some games just don't play nice with it.

Would it help at all if I provide a save of the game for you to check out if you've got time?

I don't own that game so I can't really check much beyond the regular signature validation that can be done with Bruteforce savedata or pfd-tools.

btw, I don't really recommend using the fake save owner ID even if your CFW supports it. (Just my personal preference)

rocknard · Mar 20, 2021

Thank you, Bucanero.

I was crazy because needed to unlock 100% of a game with PS3TrophyIsGood and then checked with bruteforce savedata, but after "rebuilding database", i was getting the 80022D55 (after messing, i got other error ***74c or so) and coudn't do anything more. But your tool save me quickly. Only resign on -SFO Patches- > "Account ID" > "Remove ID/Offline" and... done (well, i resigned the trophies too with the tool). The only tedious step is the "rebuilding database" (delicated step to redo too many times).

Don't know what i do wrong and why your tool do the trick.

** Bucanero, any posibility to backup the savegame to the HD internal? i was doing save-scumm with diablo 3 and doing backup-restore with the usb and so was a little tedious. Maybe a "manager" per game to select quickly and restore saves from the same ID (sorted by time, a "note" or etc). Only a observation. Saludos.

bucanero · Mar 21, 2021

rocknard said:
** Bucanero, any posibility to backup the savegame to the HD internal? i was doing save-scumm with diablo 3 and doing backup-restore with the usb and so was a little tedious. Maybe a "manager" per game to select quickly and restore saves from the same ID (sorted by time, a "note" or etc). Only a observation. Saludos.

to quickly backup a save-game to HDD, just use the "Zip save-game" option. This will let you create a .Zip with the save-game to HDD (also to USB). You can create as many as needed, and the .zips will be created on /dev_hdd0/tmp/apollo/

specially if you're going to apply cheats or modifications, you can create a zip backup in your HDD, and if something goes wrong you can always recover from the .zip file.

rowjack1993 · Mar 21, 2021

Thank you for this amazing tool, Bruteforce would not work for Ratchet and Clank a Crack in Time, but this did

jcorrea · Mar 21, 2021

@bucanero There is an issue (not sure if it's just visual or can impact on signature process). If the Account ID starts with "0", the Apollo shows that the current user is not the owner (being the owner):

If you need some help testing or more info about this, I'm glad to help.

bucanero · Mar 21, 2021

jcorrea said:
@bucanero There is an issue (not sure if it's just visual or can impact on signature process). If the Account ID starts with "0", the Apollo shows that the current user is not the owner (being the owner):

View attachment 32293

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If you need some help testing or more info about this, I'm glad to help.

oh good catch, from a quick source code review, it should only be a visual mistake and the resigning should be done with the correct account value

Have you tested it already , to know if it breaks the save game?
I'll fix it in the next update

jcorrea · Mar 21, 2021

bucanero said:
oh good catch, from a quick source code review, it should only be a visual mistake and the resigning should be done with the correct account value

Have you tested it already , to know if it breaks the save game?
I'll fix it in the next update

Tried it right now. It worked.

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