** WARNING - WRITING INTERNAL STORAGE ALWAYS CARRIES SOME RISK **
** ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY **
** THIS IS NOT A BEGINNERS GUIDE, IT ASSUMES A MEDIUM LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY **
You will need,
Bleemsync 1.0: https://github.com/pathartl/BleemSync/releases (+compatible USB stick)
Database editor: https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/
FTP client: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
A text editor that respects proper line endings: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.3.html
A microUSB data cable to power the PSC from your PC USB port.
Tekken3 NTSC bin and cue.
Follow the instructions on the Bleemsync site to get through the initial install. We only need this to get the FTP server, so once the installation is successful you can stop following the instructions. We are only concerned with running the PSC stock, so won't actually be using Bleemsync or a USB stick after initial install.
Remove the USB stick and start the PSC. Everything should be working exactly as stock. Leave it sitting at the menu.
Provided your microUSB cable supports data, and not just power, you can now access the FTP server running on the PSC through this same USB connection that is powering the console.
Now fire up the FTP client on your PC. Use the following settings to make a connection:
HOST: 169.254.215.100
USERNAME: root
PORT: 21
NOTE - no password is required.
If successful, you should see a directory listing of the internal storage of the PSC. If it doesn't work, then you either didn't get Bleemsync installed properly or you have some other PC issues that are beyond the scope of this guide.
The folder we are interested in is "/gaadata". This contains all the stock games and the database and bios files. Ideally, backup the entire folder to PC to keep safe in case of problems. It's about 14GB, but the USB speed should be pretty good.
In our specific example, we will be replacing the PAL version of Tekken3 with the NTSC version. Therefore it is assumed you have the necessary CUE/BIN files already and named correctly (SLUS-00402)
Browse to "/gaadata/17". The Tekken3 files are in this folder named SCES-01237.bin, SCES-01237.cue etc, along with the pcsx.cfg file. Because we are replacing with the same game, we can just rename the image and license files to match the new serial instead of uploading new ones. Delete the PAL BIN/CUE files first, then upload your NTSC ones.
The folder should now look like this: pcsx.cfg, SLUS-00402.bin, SLUS-00402.cue, SLUS-00402.lic, SLUS-00402.png.
Re-download the pcsx.cfg (keep your backups from before untouched) and open it in Notepad++. Edit the line "psx_clock = 39" to "psx_clock = 54". Save and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. This will help with game performance. I've used the 54 setting with all games without issue.
Ok, now we need to edit the database to reflect our changed filenames. Re-download a copy of "/gaadata/databases/regional.db" and open it in DB Browser. Click on the "Browse Data" tab.
You will see the list of all 20 games. The one we want is GAME_ID 17 (the same as the folder name). Edit the BASENAME cell from "SCES-01237" to "SLUS-00402". Click on "Write Changes" and close the app. There are other things that need to be edited if you are changing the game, but in our case we don't need to do anything else.
Upload/overwrite the regional.db file.
At this point we are basically done. One last thing that I would further recommend involves the BIOS files. A lot of people have issues with certain games not starting because the wrong BIOS file is trying to boot it. A simple way to fix this is to make sure that both BIOS files are actually the same file. Go into the "/gaadata/system/bios" folder. The "good" bios is the romw.bin. It's actually the same one the PSP used and has high compatibility with all regions. Download this file, rename it to romJP.bin and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. Now both are just romw.bin with different names.
That's it. When you now restart the PSC, everything will look the same still, but when you start Tekken3 it will be the NTSC version running at the proper speed instead of PAL slow-motion.
NOTE - Previous savestates and memory cards will probably cause issues with this. If anyone needs instructions for deleting the previous appdata then let me know. For confident users, use FTP to browse to "/data/AppData/sony/pcsx/17/.pcsx/" and delete everything in there except the symlink to pcsx.cfg.
** ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY **
** THIS IS NOT A BEGINNERS GUIDE, IT ASSUMES A MEDIUM LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY **
You will need,
Bleemsync 1.0: https://github.com/pathartl/BleemSync/releases (+compatible USB stick)
Database editor: https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/
FTP client: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
A text editor that respects proper line endings: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.3.html
A microUSB data cable to power the PSC from your PC USB port.
Tekken3 NTSC bin and cue.
Follow the instructions on the Bleemsync site to get through the initial install. We only need this to get the FTP server, so once the installation is successful you can stop following the instructions. We are only concerned with running the PSC stock, so won't actually be using Bleemsync or a USB stick after initial install.
Remove the USB stick and start the PSC. Everything should be working exactly as stock. Leave it sitting at the menu.
Provided your microUSB cable supports data, and not just power, you can now access the FTP server running on the PSC through this same USB connection that is powering the console.
Now fire up the FTP client on your PC. Use the following settings to make a connection:
HOST: 169.254.215.100
USERNAME: root
PORT: 21
NOTE - no password is required.
If successful, you should see a directory listing of the internal storage of the PSC. If it doesn't work, then you either didn't get Bleemsync installed properly or you have some other PC issues that are beyond the scope of this guide.
The folder we are interested in is "/gaadata". This contains all the stock games and the database and bios files. Ideally, backup the entire folder to PC to keep safe in case of problems. It's about 14GB, but the USB speed should be pretty good.
In our specific example, we will be replacing the PAL version of Tekken3 with the NTSC version. Therefore it is assumed you have the necessary CUE/BIN files already and named correctly (SLUS-00402)
Browse to "/gaadata/17". The Tekken3 files are in this folder named SCES-01237.bin, SCES-01237.cue etc, along with the pcsx.cfg file. Because we are replacing with the same game, we can just rename the image and license files to match the new serial instead of uploading new ones. Delete the PAL BIN/CUE files first, then upload your NTSC ones.
The folder should now look like this: pcsx.cfg, SLUS-00402.bin, SLUS-00402.cue, SLUS-00402.lic, SLUS-00402.png.
Re-download the pcsx.cfg (keep your backups from before untouched) and open it in Notepad++. Edit the line "psx_clock = 39" to "psx_clock = 54". Save and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. This will help with game performance. I've used the 54 setting with all games without issue.
Ok, now we need to edit the database to reflect our changed filenames. Re-download a copy of "/gaadata/databases/regional.db" and open it in DB Browser. Click on the "Browse Data" tab.
You will see the list of all 20 games. The one we want is GAME_ID 17 (the same as the folder name). Edit the BASENAME cell from "SCES-01237" to "SLUS-00402". Click on "Write Changes" and close the app. There are other things that need to be edited if you are changing the game, but in our case we don't need to do anything else.
Upload/overwrite the regional.db file.
At this point we are basically done. One last thing that I would further recommend involves the BIOS files. A lot of people have issues with certain games not starting because the wrong BIOS file is trying to boot it. A simple way to fix this is to make sure that both BIOS files are actually the same file. Go into the "/gaadata/system/bios" folder. The "good" bios is the romw.bin. It's actually the same one the PSP used and has high compatibility with all regions. Download this file, rename it to romJP.bin and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. Now both are just romw.bin with different names.
That's it. When you now restart the PSC, everything will look the same still, but when you start Tekken3 it will be the NTSC version running at the proper speed instead of PAL slow-motion.
NOTE - Previous savestates and memory cards will probably cause issues with this. If anyone needs instructions for deleting the previous appdata then let me know. For confident users, use FTP to browse to "/data/AppData/sony/pcsx/17/.pcsx/" and delete everything in there except the symlink to pcsx.cfg.
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