inf1 from PSX-Scene has posted a tutorial on how to play PS3 game dumps containing 4gb+ files via external HDD. Many PS3 games use a type of compression known as .PSARC, an archived format for PS3, similar to WinRAR or WinZIP. The logical thing to do is simply extract them, and copy them over in smaller size 
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There games that do not have PSARC compression so this method would obviously not work. Reply back with games you have, and found that have these file formats and we will try to keep a list here of all the games this works with.
1) Download PSARC Extractor
2) Extract zlib.net.dll and PSARC.exe to any folder.
3) Find any files more than 4Gb for example PS3_GAMEUSRDIRbuildmainpak22.psarc (5 596 444 529 byte)
4) Copy pak22.psarc into zlib.net.dll and PSARC.exe directory.
5) Extract pak22.psarc (just drag-n-drop pak22.psarc to PSARC.exe)
6) Now copy pak22 folder with extracted files to gamefolder PS3_GAMEUSRDIRbuildmain
7) Now you can delete pak22.psarc.
8.) copy PS3_GAME folder with game to your external fat32 usb hdd GAMEZUncharted2
9) use backup manager to load game, should work fine.
Thanks to lewenberg for news tip.
09-26-2010
09:24 PM
Hope This Works For Modern Warfare 2 :D.
Thanx For The Tip!
09-26-2010
09:26 PM
now thats great.didn't think it would be that simple though.
09-26-2010
09:28 PM
haha something so simple
.psarc
playstation archive
hopefully this works for anyone it effects
cant test since i dont have a +4 game
although hopefully the ps3 works that way by looking for the folder rather than the .psarc file
09-26-2010
09:32 PM
Resonance of Fate
didnt work, ROF.bin is 7.5gb
09-26-2010
09:37 PM
unless the .bin is in the .psarc, then there still needs to be another work around
09-26-2010
09:54 PM
Do the games still require HDD installation when the psarc files are extracted to the external hdd?
09-26-2010
09:55 PM
09-26-2010
10:06 PM
I'm wondering what type of file format the .bin's are in
09-26-2010
10:18 PM
this ain't a solution at all, imo. cause we're going to modify some files. and it could mean alot of files. hope the devs will patch the manager or psgroove to recognize ntfs hdd.
09-26-2010
10:18 PM
EXCELLENT!
Now can we have this tutorial in Linux? ^^ that would be rly nice
09-26-2010
10:22 PM
09-26-2010
10:24 PM
great for the games that it works with.
just like $n!pR, i would like to know what the .bin files are
09-26-2010
10:24 PM
so i assume you make a iso of the game the use (PS3 ISO2JB 0.5) on pc, then use this (PSARC.exe) to split those files, i havent backed up a game via pc bluray drive yet, but i shall try with metal gear.
09-26-2010
11:01 PM
This was right on time as my Teensy board shipped , and I was just about ready to blow 100 bucks on a 640 gig hdd for my PS3. Now I can take the money and get a 2 terabyte external instead. Thanks for keeping us informed on the latest developments. Keep up the good work guys.
09-26-2010
11:16 PM
I get the following error for the Motorstorm Pacific Rift PSARC:
Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Non-negative number required.
Parameter name: count
Anyone know a way around this?
09-26-2010
11:20 PM
Brilliant. :'3
09-26-2010
11:24 PM
09-26-2010
11:31 PM
lmao star oceans 22 gb bin file comes to mind lmao
09-26-2010
11:32 PM
Ummm proggie does not work for me on Windows 7 x64. Is it even compatible?
09-26-2010
11:43 PM
now if its as easy ass splitting the .psarc into multiple files then what if we split the .bin into multiple files??? there has to be a way to check what the specific compression used is cause if im not mistaken isnt there only like 6 different compression choices with .bin files????
09-26-2010
11:46 PM
also wont work for me on windows 7
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im playing around with the bin file >.< tried 7 zip to extract it wldnt let me -_- tried daemon tools to mount it -_- nothing in there also daemon tools didnt see it as a file type supported
next up isobuster :| then magic partition :|
09-27-2010
12:14 AM
the does not work on resistance psarc extracted properly game load to disc but it hangs once you launch it
09-27-2010
12:41 AM
Hopefully Backup Manager will get an update to support NTFS....
09-27-2010
12:52 AM
@makots
The PS3 operating system is just incapable of reading ntfs. Maybe if they get PlayOS (which is starting to look like a hoax) working on the PS3 we might be able to read our NTFS external hard drives. But I don't think we will ever see the PS3 natively reading NTFS without some sort of hardware modification.
09-27-2010
01:31 AM
Zinn - 09-27-2010 02:32 AM
Resonance of Fate
didnt work, ROF.bin is 7.5gb
Dude thats the iso. File u got there. Convert it to the PS3 format and then look for the psarc. File.
09-27-2010
01:35 AM
@Klaxxon who told you that you need a HW modification to get NTFS working? You only need to write the proper drivers for lv2 and lv1 to get it to work. $ony could've done it easily but they don't want to license it from M$.
09-27-2010
01:44 AM
09-27-2010
02:02 AM
I'm using it right now on Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium so it will work. I am trying Killzone 2 right now. I will report back if it works.
09-27-2010
02:19 AM
hmm let me retry i use windows 7 ultimate 64-bit >.<
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ok guys im back after playing with iso buster i tried it with star ocean international because the bin file is 22 gb it takes awhile to read the sectors and decode whats inside the bin but this is what i get -_-
i replace the main file that is 22 gb with these files -_- i then put it onto my external and it shows up but when i actually try to load it from the xmb it freezes -_-
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dont no if this matters but i first extracted these files as raw data -_- next im gonna extract them as raw data but converted to user data -_- might lead to more nothing but o well
09-27-2010
03:39 AM
it's because the names of files are incorrect.
09-27-2010
04:01 AM
yes i figured this to but i dont no how i would go about getting the original names of the files -_-
09-27-2010
04:54 AM
has anyone tried to use congenie awesome filesplitter to run these games? i got god of war collection running this way on external.
09-27-2010
05:04 AM
I keep getting the error 'Unable to find a runtime version to run this application'.
I have MS .NET Framwork 1.1, 2.0 and 4.0 installed, which could it be?
09-27-2010
05:15 AM
Killzone 2 = BCES00081\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\data_ps3.psarc = 6.51GB
Uncharted 2 = BCES00509\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\build\main\pak22.psarc = 5.21GB
will test soon
09-27-2010
05:33 AM
i believe this is like pc game splitting where we have to split DL discs to SL ones have have to edit the installer to look for the files else where. there should be a ps3 files that tells the console where to look for the install files. if we can find that we should be able to create separate .psarc files for the same game right?
testing tekken 6 right now with this method, congenie only worked for GOW collection
09-27-2010
05:42 AM
I tried using tar and gunzip for linux with no joy, has anyone else managed it?
Cheers
09-27-2010
05:54 AM
ok so i extracted killzone 2 file (data_ps3.psarc), do i then make a folder labeled data_ps3 and put the extracted files in it?
09-27-2010
05:58 AM
Hi all,
Do you need the ps3 ftp server to do this?
Thanks
Sam
09-27-2010
06:30 AM
for me it extracts killzone 2 data_ps3.psarc as 4 folders.
data_ps3
data_ps3intarface
and two more ( dont remember exact names)
tried putting these 4 folders into USRDIR, as well as renaming three of them (removing data_ps3 prefix) and moving them into data_ps3 folder
both ways result in black screen and ps3 freeze.
09-27-2010
06:44 AM
It is compatible with Windows 7. I just needed .NET framework installed. I installed framework 4, and it worked. I was tired at the time I thought it was not compatible. XD djhazardous, you try reinstalling .NET framework.
09-27-2010
06:48 AM
Hi,
Can anyone put a video on youtube on how to do this?
Would be a big help! How are you guys doing what you are doing? are you using ps3 FTP server with a ps3 game thats over 4gb? if not what are you doing?
Thanks
09-27-2010
07:08 AM
yes , if it has any file that is over 4gb will need to send it via FTp to the internal HDD
09-27-2010
07:09 AM
So I am assuming you will need a blueray drive on your pc then?
09-27-2010
07:46 AM
Whats the filesystem on the internal ps3 drive? can't we replicate that on the external?
09-27-2010
09:08 AM
09-27-2010
09:09 AM
Sounds useful but I just transfer whatever files i can directly to the external and if the .psarc is too big I just hook up the external to the PS3 and ftp it from my pc to the proper folder. Got God of War Collection working that way that way. Just ftp'ed the .psarc's to the proper folder and it works great.
09-27-2010
10:18 AM
Really???
When a game have a file large than 4 gigas i pass all the full game to my internal drive!! Exemple: Red Dead Redemption as a file with 6,84 GB (7.348.420.608 bytes), name : rdr2_layer0.rpf.
Are you saying that i can just transfer the files bigger than 4 gigas and put the rest in the external??
Make the path to the file in this case , PS3_GAME\USRDIR , put that file in the internal and all the rest of the gamer in the external?
This works?
09-27-2010
10:24 AM
09-27-2010
10:56 AM
PS2: PFS w/DNAS/MagicGate
PS3: PFS w/whatever encryption they used this time around.
09-27-2010
10:56 AM
I'm getting this error when I tried extract the psarc of Motorstorm Pacific Rift:
D:\>PSARC.exe ms2.psarc
Unhandled exception: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Non-negative number
necessary.
Parameter Name: count
at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadBytes(Int32 count)
at PSARC.psARC.readNames(Stream stream, List`1 entries)
at PSARC.psARC.readHeader(String fileName)
at PSARC.Extract.Main(String[] args)
09-27-2010
11:13 AM
Hi huys I have just got the ps3key and updated to the latest firmware v2 from its respective site and still kept the 1st backup manager, know I tried pro evo 11, modnation racers and infamous. The strange thing is that somehow I got to play these files (all over 4gb!) and played well on my simpletech 1TB external hdd (http://www.simpletech.com/products/storage/simpledrive) the hdd is partioned in 2, drive 1 is in NTFS and the other was formatted to FAT32. The FAT32 drive is only partioned at 20GB.
What could have happened that made the games play succesfully?
Thanks
09-27-2010
11:19 AM
09-27-2010
11:40 AM
got killzone2 working, the screenshot explains it better than words
09-27-2010
11:55 AM
Aren’t there any segmenting tools in Windows? Or what kind of magic does this ftp thing do?
09-27-2010
12:14 PM
killzone2 runs, but stuck at level loading screen
quiting game result in ps3 reboot
09-27-2010
03:37 PM
IMPORTANT
@All people who keep asking for NTFS:
It's not a backup manager or PSGroove issue, its a playstation one. The playstation doesn't support NTFS so it can not read the HDD if it is formatted in NTFS. It can not be easily be fixed. Only way to fix it is with custom firmware. And even if we have CF it will probably never happen as NTFS is very hard to implement. Only windows can use it and Linux can read it partially. If it was easy to implement then Linux would support it completely.
If anyone with more technical knowledge then me needs to correct me then please do, all who don't know anything about file systems please keep your comments to yourself as this will confuse people more.
09-27-2010
03:45 PM
why so a difficult process, you can use ftp server to put files above 4gb on your fat (external) hdd. just put it in the ps3 usb and you can send files to it with filezilla.
09-27-2010
03:55 PM
no you can't, FAT-32 has a single file size limitation of 4gb.
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NTFS support is unlikely, you really should be pushing for some linux file-systems like ext3 or ext2 which the PS3 seems to run in its internal drive or at least some variation of it.
09-27-2010
04:21 PM
hawx2 install.psarc can be unpacked, wonder if it can be used tho.
09-27-2010
04:59 PM
Did not work for me. Tried putting it like this both on internal and external. No dice. :/
09-27-2010
05:03 PM
I use the faster method, just split the files in to two or three, depending on size on my NTFS laptop hard drive with HJ-Split, rename them <original file>.<original ext> the second part, <original file>.<original ext>.1.part then the third part <original file>.<original ext>.2.part, delete the original file which I have splitted, copy everything on to ext hdd, use comgenies awsome filemanager to copy in to internal hdd, and comgenies file manager merges the .part files in to a single over 4GB file on the internal ps3 hd. WAY FASTER THEN FTP, i get like 24mb/s from laptop to hdd and same from hdd to ps3. ftp is like 2mb/s
09-27-2010
07:10 PM
Well i tried to install op flashpoint to my external the other day and it gave me a f write error! This is pointed out on the PS Jailbreak Compatibility list https://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?k...wsperpage=1000
I've just copied flashpoint from my ps3 hardrive to en exteranl using Awsome File Manager and it works 100%
09-27-2010
08:04 PM
can anyone help me out!!!! for some reason my computer wont even run the extractor. I try to open it and it runs for like half a second and closes. Any explanation or any way to get the extractor working???
ps im running vista...is this only a windows 7 thing???
09-28-2010
03:11 AM
it doesn't work on god of war collection psarc files.
the game loads from backup manager but once you choose either of the god of war 1 or 2. the console freezes. hopefully there will be something else to work 100%
09-28-2010
03:43 AM
09-28-2010
05:21 AM
we have now the .PSARC extractor.
Is there no way to create a new .PSARC file after deleting other languages and so on?
no way to zip or rar... them and rename to .PSARC.
Which programm will be original used to create this file.
The fileextension is also used by Skype addons and SunOS 4.
09-28-2010
07:09 AM
lol yea im a tard it was right in front of my eyes lol...but i have another question...when i try to do the uncharted 2 pak22.psarc file i get to the 260th file and it stops working everytime on 2 different computers about 10 different tries combined. Can anyone help me with this??? it only amounts to 2.62gb so i know its not done yet and im so angry
lol could i have a bad rip? I did my actual owned game via backup manager. it also says my uncharted 2 is only 17.1 gb wtf lol
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09-28-2010
11:41 AM
same thing happens to me but it crashes on 589, even so i put the file in the game, game starts but theres no platform in the game to jump to so drake keeps dieing when jumping of the train.
09-29-2010
02:38 AM
yea i got killzone2 to load but it freezes soon after..
09-30-2010
06:32 PM
Didn't work with GOW Collection. Exit with a error.
10-04-2010
09:00 AM
I can run a cygwin and PS2 dev environment and can't run a simple psarc.exe file.
Not sure the issue.
10-04-2010
10:52 AM
This is only for Uncharted 2. Not more. All other games don't run :thefinger:
10-08-2010
08:36 AM
am trying gow collection will post results soon
uncharted 2 works! another confirmation
for ppl trying to save internal hdd space install heavy rain off internal and then run it off external runs fine, just my 2 cents
10-11-2010
05:16 PM
To those who say GoW Collection doesn't work, it does! I've tried this myself today, played each game for a few minutes and everything was running fine.
I got the same issue as you guys at first though, and that's because rather than moving the files inside the "gow1" and "gow2" folders that appear once extracted, you're moving the folder themselves into the game folder. Open up those two folders and just move the files inside them into the appropriate game folders to get it to work, if that makes sense...
10-13-2010
05:08 PM
Problems here also.Backup manager aknowledges Resistance 1,Kill Zone 2 and Uncharted 1 and will show the chosen games intro thingy but when i got to start any of the games it crashes,as in no response,as in restart console.
I think Kill zone may have not crashed but it still only booted to a black screen.
Hermes v3,Minimus AVR,BM noBD,
Installed in "GAMEZ" folder in game id folder.Psarc "game" folder replacing Psarc original although have tried pasting files directly to there individual genres ie "built","Movies" etc,etc.
10-13-2010
10:36 PM
When i didi it for the psarc file on unchartes 2 , the psarc program extractes a folder that had 25 mb and the original had 5 gb how is that posible?obviusly it did not work
10-14-2010
09:43 AM
Is there anywhere or anyone that can show the exact file structures necessary for it to work?
I know it should be obvious but nothing ive tried works unless its my choice of games???
Its easier to put the "game" folder containing the other folders etc back where psarc was rather than pasting in the actual folders extracted as they share names with already existing folders ie "Built" folder is also created.How do i merge show i dont paste over the old ones.Some folders have like 20 folders of movies etc,loads of files,it would take forever to paste them into the individulal twinned folders.
ISO ftw!
10-14-2010
09:30 PM
Someone managed to extract the god of war collection ...
10-15-2010
07:34 PM
Not sure if this has been asked before, but could you instead use a large USB memory stick instead of a HDD?
10-15-2010
09:46 PM
yes however, you will be way limited (storage size wise)
10-17-2010
09:55 AM
I copied Uncharted 2 to my EXT HDD and its says its non bootable. I connected the ext HDD to my laptop and there is no extractable psarc file within the game folder on the HDD. The psarc files are already in 1gb files but when the HDD is connected to the PS3 its not able to load up the game.
Is there something not right here?
10-20-2010
03:03 AM
I've downloaded Red Dead Redemption, and PSARC Extractor can't handle the file bigger than 4GB, its a .rpf file, how can I extract it?
10-24-2010
02:32 PM
Tried this with Tekken 6 and although the program does extract the psarc file in to seperate files, the size of all the seperate files are not correct I think. Where the Tekken.psarc file is almost 5 gb the seperate files are less the 1 mb.
So is the program not working properly? Any tips would be helpful, runnning this on Windows 7 and I did install .net framework 4. I dont get any errors when trying to extract.
Found another extractor called open split which is java based but it just cuts the psarc into smaller files, but after that it will not run from ext hdd, you can only put it on the ext hdd and then transfer it to the int hdd.
**Edit, I just had to wait til the extraction was complete, but with Tekken 6 the extracted content is around 9gb and I put it on my ext hdd and started the game up, after the autosavee notification the game just hangs at a black screen. Is it known which games work when extrating the psarc file?
11-14-2010
11:50 PM
does not work with red dead redemption.. plz hellp..
11-15-2010
01:51 AM
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11-27-2010
07:02 AM
i had this UC2 pak22.psarc splitted into 6 files :
pak22.psarc.66600
pak22.psarc.66601
pak22.psarc.66602
pak22.psarc.66603
pak22.psarc.66604
pak22.psarc.66605
how do i merged those file to become 1 single file pak22.psarc on my PC with NTFS formatted HDD before i use psarc extractor?
01-13-2011
08:10 PM
cheers guyzz
01-13-2011
08:14 PM
split backup onto fat32 by using ps3splitter, connect fat32 to ps3, use gaia to move split files onto internal hd, files joined automatically = WIN
01-18-2011
05:01 PM
01-19-2011
08:44 PM
01-19-2011
09:05 PM
01-20-2011
05:47 AM
01-20-2011
06:17 AM
Can someone tell me where I can find a tutorial on how to back up and save game on a external hdd plz. I found a 500gig hdd but not sure how to back up and play my legal games. Thanks in advance
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01-20-2011
06:31 AM
its on the front page^ anyone got GOW collection to work on external guys?
01-20-2011
06:39 AM
Thanks I'm a noob, don't kno if im ready for this yet! Thanks for the quick response tho.
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01-20-2011
06:42 AM
I was a noob too i mean i still am lol but a noob with a cfw and backup manager
01-20-2011
06:42 AM
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01-20-2011
06:44 AM
its piss easy and sure they must be around use google
01-20-2011
06:46 AM
Thanks, will any external hdd work?
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01-20-2011
06:49 AM
What's the best back up manager I'm using rodruger sorry about the spelling just got it today and can't really remember the name
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01-20-2011
06:50 AM
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01-20-2011
07:17 AM
You have to use FAT32 if urs is ntsc format it to FAT32 and use GAIA V2.01 thats what i am using and works like a charm just some games u have to install internally
01-23-2011
10:41 AM
trying to split tekken 6 (i'm using win xp)...
doing as the tutorial says but when PSARC.exe finish the extraction i can't find any splitted folder... only the tekken.psarc original file
anyone can help me?
01-23-2011
11:02 AM
psarc isn't a splitter, it's an extraction tool for psarc files.
01-23-2011
11:09 AM
01-23-2011
09:56 PM
I read somewhere that if you use PS3splitter to split bigger files, then is managers like Gaia able to load it? Is this true?
01-25-2011
01:37 AM
There is no need to split any files. Use an FTP third-party application and transfer it onto your external.
01-25-2011
04:55 AM
01-25-2011
09:23 PM
Sorry if this had already been posted
Here is another method to play files over 4gb off external hdd
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f187/how...2/index13.html
01-26-2011
01:12 AM
01-30-2011
05:10 PM
01-30-2011
06:10 PM
01-31-2011
05:07 PM
Now, Did you mean actually backing up the whole game folder to internal harddrive or just the split files. if just the spit files, how do you back up just the split files with Gaia?
02-05-2011
11:23 AM
Guys,
Can someone please tell me how to join split files on WinXP? Gaia automatically split my files and I need to rejoin them so I can then run this tool to extract!
Please don't tell me to have Gaia copy to my internal drive and then FTP. My internal drive is already full and it takes like 4 hours to transfer 22 GB over 100BaseTX ethernet.
I want to plug my USB drive into my laptop, join the split files and put back on USB.
Thanks!
--AssChin79
02-05-2011
02:18 PM
02-07-2011
07:42 PM
I placed the psarc and zlb.net.dll into a file located on my desktop and then copied the file from killzone 2 into that then drug that file into the psarc ap and after about 45 minutes and several thousand files later it stopped...........and no file. Looking at my local disk I appear to be about 6 gig short so I assume the file is somewhere?? Where is it? What is it named so I can search for it?
02-07-2011
11:54 PM
wow now i know why my dam uncharted 2 dont work,,,been getting that SPLIT screen error dam!!!
02-10-2011
12:24 AM
thanks
02-13-2011
10:46 AM
there should be a folder named TEKKEN. thats it. the extracted files are in there
02-13-2011
06:45 PM
02-16-2011
05:50 AM
how did you guys manage to extract killzone 3 with psarc? i keep getting this error at one point:
i'm on windows 7 x64 home premium sp1
installed net framework 4
02-16-2011
10:49 AM
LoL thats the same issue that I get at 8.61GB extracted.It seems that Windows doesnt let file paths to be longer than 260 characters.Would be awesome if someone would have a fix.↲↲P.S.Using Windows 7 32bit.
02-17-2011
12:18 AM
hey, how to get this working?
i extracted a psarcfile! now i got 6 folders. do i have to copy this 6 folders to the folder, where the psarc file was? or do i have to creat a new one and insert on there the 6 folders?
eg: game/userdir/abc.psarc
after extract got 2 folders, abc1 and abc2
now i have to copy them to game/userdir/abc1
and game/userdir/abc2 ???
OR
game/userdir/abc/abc1
and
game/userdir/abc/abc2
???
:D sry for my bad english...
have a nice day...
02-17-2011
03:27 PM
To apoklyps3 and JeNeL : your path is too long. Move the BCES01007 in D:/, and you'll be able to extract kz3 psarc without error.
But... the game won't work from external drive lol.
Reading from external hdd seems, like a few other games, very very VERY slow. It crashes after 5 minutes of loading...
02-21-2011
02:28 AM
Finally after reading these forums all day!! And trying every fix possible, I got one working which is a combination of all of the above! I am running on 3.55 kmeaw and I have installed MultiMan 1.16.01. So here goes:
Step 1: Download and install MultiMan Backup Manager (find on google, couldnt upload it for some reason), new version is 1.16.01
Step 2: Use PS3Splitter (download link below) with the file data_ps3.psarc
Step 3: Rename output files:
1.) data_ps3.psarc
2.) data_ps3.psarc.1.part
3.) data_ps3.psarc.2.part
etc until you have all of them renamed. And yes you are naming the first one as just the default name with no .part after it. To do this you are going to have to make sure you have "hide extensions for known file types" unchecked in windows. In windows 7 you open a folder, click organize, then folder and search options, then the view tab, then uncheck it. So you have 10 parts with the last ending in 9.part.
Step 4: I deleted the original data_ps3.psarc from the folder (probably just move it or back it up to a different folder or drive, and copied these parts in exactaly where that was. Now I transfered the entire folder, which for me is BCES01007 over to your external, or possibly internal drive using whatever method works best for you. Right now I am running it off my external, but going to copy those parts over to my internal and I will update from there.
Step 5: Turn on your PS3 (making sure you have a BD Game in) and run your L2 Patcher, then open Multiman.
Step 6: Choose the Killzone 3 game and choose to not automatically launch the game, you want to go back to your XMB.
Step 7: Scroll to whatever game you have in your drive and it should now say "Killzone 3".
Now after the sony move screen my ps3 would go black and freeze until I did these steps, your screen should flash and then start loading! Here is my youtube video for proof. I did it quick with my iphone because I was excited lol. I showed the into trailer, and my ps3, and then I hit the PS button and showed that I was running the game and not just a clip! If you have any questions comment, I am going to spread this post across the forums, good luck!!!
YouTube - KillZone 3 from external
02-21-2011
05:57 PM
did what you said and it does play the movie but freezes and wont load when I try to play the campaign mode?
02-22-2011
12:43 AM
for those having trouble extracting the fie, extract the file in the root of your hard drive when the program freezes is because a the name in the file is too long >>too long to explain just extract everything in the root of your hard drive and you are good to go
03-03-2011
01:36 PM
for some reason the psarc files only comes up for a sec and the disappears and the zlib wont open either
03-05-2011
01:26 PM
same thing happens to mine
03-06-2011
06:05 PM
thx for the killzone tutorial..
everythings working.
but when i started the game, after the trailer and after the screen where i selected "rookie" blabla i got a black screen.
the ps3 wasnt working anymore, so i had to switch it off and restart..
i tried again. same story, black screen..
any idea?
03-07-2011
04:07 PM
do i have to rename the tekken.psarc to pakk22.parsc? because its not giving me any folders.
03-08-2011
11:48 PM
Killzone 3 works on the internal without the movies folder so it becomes only 10GBs
03-13-2011
10:38 PM
03-15-2011
02:38 AM
First of all I installed on internal and played off it. But I needed space on my internal as it is only 120GB. So I had to find some way to install and run it off external. After hours of digging, I found it on some forum, that we have to use psarc.exe but not the usual way, it is somewhat different and that's what I am going to share here.
Follow all the procedures mentioned in the above tutorial upto the point where it says about extracting the .psarc archives (4+GB files).
Now if you place the extracted folders, which in this case are:
- GOW1 and GOW2 in their respective locations and remove the GOW1.psarc and GOW2.psarc files, this won't work. The game would freeze on the warning message as it does while playing off external anyway.
But surprisingly, this method works for UNCHARTED 2 AMONG THIEVES!
So in order to play, you have to move the folders located inside the GOW1 and GOW2 folders, to the location where you had the GOW1.psarc and GOW2.psarc files respectively.
Here it goes: (I is my external HDD's drive letter, yours may be different)
Before Extraction:
- I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW1\exec\GOW1.PSARC
- I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW2\exec\GOW2.PSARC
After Extraction:
- I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW1\exec\GOW1(extracted folder having _movies, vfs and wad folders inside it)
- I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW2\exec\GOW2(extracted folder having _movies and wad folders inside it)
So now, you just have to move the folders:
- _movies, vfs and wad from GOW1 to this directory:
I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW1\exec
and delete the empty folder GOW1.
So, now the folders should be this way:
I:\GAMEZ\BCUS-98229\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\GOW1\exec
Same would go for the GOW2 folder.
I hope this helps.
03-19-2011
12:12 AM
Gaia manager splits the files over 4gb automatic when transfering to external drive. Never had a problem with it or multiMan or Rogero as far as playback.
03-20-2011
12:23 PM
03-20-2011
12:34 PM
to all the people who seem to think they can play split games off the external hdd without problems:
when the game requires data not present on the first split, your ps3 will freeze/crash the game/spit out an error/have audio issues etc
just like splitting a video into multiple parts, it will play for a while.
the ps3 will not magically follow the file sequence from part 1 to 2 etc.
04-10-2011
10:13 AM
I extract the files of Killzone3 with that program.her I have to put the files?
P.S: Sorry by my bad english...I am portuguese...
05-20-2011
04:16 AM
This doesnt work...ive tried with GOW collection and Tekken 6
GOW started up fine, but froze when you go into the game
Tekken started up aswell but played EXTREMELY slooooooow!
someone please find a solution for this
05-20-2011
08:10 AM
Iris Manager will cache split files to the hdd making them one big file like it is supposed to be. Also the latest multiman has the hermes syscall and will allow the same thing but I couldnt get it to work.
05-21-2011
07:04 PM
I tried running KZ3, MOD:MW2 and Crysis 2 ripped from a friends disc using Multiman(Latest) with BDMEU2, it just doesnt go beyond the move screen or freezes.
On testing it thru MM it shows no split files. Is it neccesary to run thru spliting it even if i want to run it through my internal.
Any help will be appreciated
05-24-2011
02:11 AM
Tried this....but as soon as game gets its first cut scene, it freezes up
HELP!