PS5 Exploit Guide

HS2005 · 2026-09-14T12:50:22+0100

ViRGE said:
A few more thoughts from playing around with FPKGs today.

For those who were asking about backports, testing a larger number of games I and finding things to be fairly dodgy. Backported games that work as folders bomb as FPKGs. It's not everything, but it's more than a few things. Games that were released after my firmware (9.60) seem to be worse than games released before it and require a higher firmware because of a patch. It may be an SDK thing, since the all-critical fakelibs only truly become necessary once a game is built against a higher SDK and are expecting newer libraries.

In addition to your findings:

Also check this if you are on these specific FW's:

Link: https://gofile.io/d/2PyFFsta

Post automatically merged: Today at 12:54 PM

KiiWii said:
If anyone updates to 14.XX at this point in time they’re absolutely daft.

Let’s take guesses on how long it will be after 14.00 releases fully that someone’s dog accidentally updated their console?

I dunno... I've been known not to be sane at some times. :wacko:

dr0b1 · 2026-09-14T14:56:45+0100

Now he need almost all of the system versions.

Like i said fpkg is in early stage right now. But Drakmor is like a soldier. He will go trough all of the problems.

I remember when he popped up i think last year. He often was asking other devs in r&d discord about problems he had, and often nobody was helping. Now he is one of the best devs that we have.

AlphaBravo · 2026-09-14T15:45:14+0100

dr0b1 said:
Now he need almost all of the system versions.
View attachment 590646
Like i said fpkg is in early stage right now. But Drakmor is like a soldier. He will go trough all of the problems.

I remember when he popped up i think last year. He often was asking other devs in r&d discord about problems he had, and often nobody was helping. Now he is one of the best devs that we have.

Drakmor & Jordy have been two of biggest surprises in recent weeks. Jordy has also had some criticisms from dev like Zeco.
I guess Viktorious gets some credit to but mostly for building and updating a very user friendly bluray JB disc.
Ark Sama could be next Dev to hit the scene if able to finish of a few of their ongoing projects.

zorusgb · 2026-09-14T16:28:03+0100

ViRGE said:
A few more thoughts from playing around with FPKGs today.

For those who were asking about backports, testing a larger number of games I and finding things to be fairly dodgy. Backported games that work as folders bomb as FPKGs. It's not everything, but it's more than a few things. Games that were released after my firmware (9.60) seem to be worse than games released before it and require a higher firmware because of a patch. It may be an SDK thing, since the all-critical fakelibs only truly become necessary once a game is built against a higher SDK and are expecting newer libraries.

These are still early days, of course, but it may be that packing a game and a traditional backport together may not be a viable strategy. Though I haven't found a specific pattern to what is failing; in fact I've tried a couple of games that come with ampr_emu, and they didn't immediately blow up. Conversely, I've pulled ampr_emu out of a couple of SDK 9.x games and those have been as happy as a clam as well. Still, I wouldn't be too surprised if some games will need to start from whistle-clean dumps for their backports.

Meanwhile, DLC compatibility is also going to be an issue. I mentioned before that dlc_emu works great. However older games where DLC was distributed in PKG form aren't so lucky. Small entitlement packages work fine; those are basially just a license to begin with. However DLC packages where there is significant content inside of them have repeatedly failed. This seems like it may be an eboot/binary problem where the executable content within a DLC package is clashing with the FPKG. Given that PS5 FPKGs were not a thing when this content was dumped, I doubt anyone was planning that far ahead.

On the plus side, I've also been testing game compatibiltiy for internal storage versus an M.2 SSD. I've yet to find a game that works on one but not the other; either everything works, or nothing does. Hopefully this is applicable to all games, as it means that fast M.2 storage will rise to being a first class citizen in the FPKG world (if only to avoid corruption risks to the internal storage).

DLC may need to be install prior to converting to fpkg. I did an experiment where I installed a single DLC in pkg format to a folder backup which was mounted from an external USB and the DLC was accessible. I then took that folder backup and converted and installed as fpkg. The DLC was still accessible. Installing additional DLC pkg's though do not show.

TheBeardedGamer · 2026-09-14T16:47:57+0100

I don’t know if this is irrelevant now, but I know a few pages back someone was having issues with avatar’s dlc not working.

I was having the same trouble with the dlc and trophies but after using np fake sign in, even though my account was already activated. It worked and my trophies that were missed along with the data popped and displayed upon load up.

HS2005 · 2026-09-14T16:56:11+0100

PSVIETHOA FPKG Builder 2.1.7

Fixes the "application error" when a game starts

A PS5 dump ships sce_sys/playgo* files that describe the chunk layout of the original package. An FPKG is a single unified image, so the console looks for chunks that do not exist and throws an application error the moment you press play. Per Drakmor, dropping those files clears it.

From 2.1.7 every build does this by default:

drops every sce_sys/playgo* file of the dump, so the library generates a PlayGo set that matches the image;
clears versionFileUri in param.json;
sets attribute3 to 0.

Each step has its own toggle in the advanced options, or --keep-playgo, --keep-version-uri, --keep-attribute3 on the command line. Works for app folders, .exfat and .ffpfsc images and .gp5 projects alike.

Note: a game that plays the intro and then goes to a black screen without an error (Stellar Blade, Ghost of Yōtei) has a different, kernel-side problem that packaging cannot fix.

Many new changes since my last version 2.1.3 post

Link: https://github.com/thanhsondev/PSVIETHOA-FPKG-Builder/releases/tag/v2.1.7

littlemisskittn · 2026-09-14T17:18:19+0100

dr0b1 said:
Now he need almost all of the system versions.
View attachment 590646
Like i said fpkg is in early stage right now. But Drakmor is like a soldier. He will go trough all of the problems.

I remember when he popped up i think last year. He often was asking other devs in r&d discord about problems he had, and often nobody was helping. Now he is one of the best devs that we have.

How do I give him ones for 12.40 and 12.00 but without having to deal with the idiots on his Discord?

Firestarter · 2026-09-14T17:20:00+0100

Fingers crossed we get 12+ for FKPG, or is this a pipe dream?

PS5 Hack Status:

Preparing Your Console:

Select Your Jailbreak:

Additional Information:

Warnings:

Archived Information

The destroyer of worlds

Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

The destroyer of worlds

PSVIETHOA FPKG Builder 2.1.7​

Fixes the "application error" when a game starts​

NO GODS. NO KINGS. ONLY MAN.

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Popular threads in this forum

PSVIETHOA FPKG Builder 2.1.7

Fixes the "application error" when a game starts