Tutorial
Updated
Maidumps: How to convert to working .vpk & how to pre-patch your .vpk.
In this guide I will go over how to convert games dumped with MaiDumpTool to working vpk files that you can simply install with VitaShell.
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What you will need:
- VitaOrganizer 0.4+ LINK
- Archive tool. Winrar/7-zip or whatever program you prefere. I'm currently using 7-zip myself. LINK
- FTP client. I'm currently using Filezilla since it's easy to use. LINK
- QCMA LINK
- Games dumped with Maidumptool v233.* (Remember, game dump links isn't allowed on this website, don't ask for game dumps here!)
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If the game version doesn't change in VitaOrganizer, try close the program, delete the Vitaorganizer folder and start the program again.(the folder should be in the same location as the .exe file) If it still doesn't change the displayed the latest version of the game in VitaOrganizer you need to download this param.sfo editor: LINK
Extract the param.sfo from the .vpk. It should be located in "gameid.vpk\sce_sys\param.sfo"
Open the SFO editor, load the extracted param.sfo file, click the top most string which says "APP_VER"; then you simple change that value from 1.00 to what ever version is the latest of the game (for example 1.02)
Copy the edited param.sfo file back into the same place in the .vpk file; try refresh in vitaorganizer and it should be updated, if not, delete the VitaOrganizer folder again and re-launch the program. Now go back to step 10 of the convert guide.
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Known issues:
You can't view the changelog on the dumped game by clicking /\ on your bubble on psvita.
Instead you have to open VitaShell, navigate to ux0:app/gameid/sce_sys/changeinfo and open changeinfo.xml
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What you will need:
- VitaOrganizer 0.4+ LINK
- Archive tool. Winrar/7-zip or whatever program you prefere. I'm currently using 7-zip myself. LINK
- FTP client. I'm currently using Filezilla since it's easy to use. LINK
- QCMA LINK
- Games dumped with Maidumptool v233.* (Remember, game dump links isn't allowed on this website, don't ask for game dumps here!)
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How to Convert game folder to .vpk
- First, you need to dump the desired game, the output will be in ux0:mai/GameID
- Open VitaShell on your vita and press SELECT to start the built in FTP and to see your PSVita's IP address.
- Open Filezilla on your PC, enter your PSVita ip address in "host".(192.168.1.192 for example). The port should be 1337 by default; press quick connect.
- Navigate to ux0:mai/ and copy the "gameid_of_your_dumped_game" folder to your pc.
- Now you need to your archive tool to zip the folder and then change the file extension from .zip to .vpk, remember that once zipped the name of the zip/vpk file should be the same as the "gameid_of_your_dumped_game". And inside that folder it should look something similar to this:
- Now open VitaOrganizer version 0.4 or above.
- Press select folder and navigate to the folder where you have your zip that you renamed to a .vpk
- Now the game should automatically show up in VitaOrganizer; when you click the game a little menu pop's up, select the third option: Repack: Compression 9 + Remove duplicates + Make it safe.
- Once the program is finshed, the vpk should be safe and be possible to install on you vita trough VitaShell.
- To easiest and fastest way to transfer the vpk file to your vita is to change the file extension from .vpk to .mp4, put it into your video folder on your computer and transfer it over using QCMA and the PSVita content manager. Once the mp4 is on your PSVita, navigate to "ux0:video/##/gameid.mp4" and change the extension back again by renaming it from .mp4 to .vpk.(WAIT WITH THIS WHOLE STEP UNTIL LATER IF YOU WANT TO PRE-PATCH THE GAME)
Got a dumped update folder? Here is how to pre-patch your vpk so you don't need to keep a ton of update dumps around.
- First off, you need a follow the above guide to make a completely working .vpk and have it on your PC.
- Copy the "gameid_Patch" from the ux0:mai/ folder from your vita to your pc the same way we copied the game folder in the convert guide.
- Open the .vpk from the convert guide; now copy all the files/folders in the "gameid_patch" folder and paste them into the .vpk, overwrite all files if the prompt shows up.
- In VitaOrganizer, press refresh, click the game and select the third option as described at step 8 in the convert guide above.
- Once done the vpk will now be a fully patched version of the game, no more nagging from the livearea screen on your vita that you need to update.(If it does follow the extra step below if you want to get rid of the nagging, the game is update and all but the vita system doesn't know it is, I had this problem only with killzone out of all my dumped games.)
If the game version doesn't change in VitaOrganizer, try close the program, delete the Vitaorganizer folder and start the program again.(the folder should be in the same location as the .exe file) If it still doesn't change the displayed the latest version of the game in VitaOrganizer you need to download this param.sfo editor: LINK
Extract the param.sfo from the .vpk. It should be located in "gameid.vpk\sce_sys\param.sfo"
Open the SFO editor, load the extracted param.sfo file, click the top most string which says "APP_VER"; then you simple change that value from 1.00 to what ever version is the latest of the game (for example 1.02)
Copy the edited param.sfo file back into the same place in the .vpk file; try refresh in vitaorganizer and it should be updated, if not, delete the VitaOrganizer folder again and re-launch the program. Now go back to step 10 of the convert guide.
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Known issues:
You can't view the changelog on the dumped game by clicking /\ on your bubble on psvita.
Instead you have to open VitaShell, navigate to ux0:app/gameid/sce_sys/changeinfo and open changeinfo.xml
Last edited by CrimzonEyed,
, Reason: Fixed version error on vitaorganizer