PS4 CFW and Hacks

Proceeding the PS4 DevKit / TestKit Memory Tool Preview & Game Mod Demos by data miner @Speclizer, the latest findings from his YouTube Channel via Twitter include a variety of unused The Last of Us Part II Multiplayer Asset Files featuring level 3 armour with a stealth backpack, helmet models, dogs, maps and hints of a TLOU2 Battle Royale Mode possibly planned for Factions 2 before being postponed and eventually discarded by Naughty Dog developers.

Check out all the Hidden TLOU 2 Assets recovered from the PlayStation 4 game through data mining in the video below, and be sure to drop by Speclizer's Discord Modding Channel to offer support through his Patreon Page if you enjoy @Speclizer's continued efforts in the PS4Scene!

Download: t2ModelEditor_v102_u2.rar (259.83 KB - includes T2 Model Editor.exe)

From the included README.txt: The Last of Us Part II Model Editor - v1.02 By Speclizer

1. characters.bin needs to be in the same folder as the tool. So extract characters.bin from bin.psarc under bin\dc1\look2\ and place it in the same folder as the tool.
2. Rename characters.bin to characters_clean.bin. This makes it so a fresh unmodded copy is automatically loaded into the tool on boot.
3. Search for an actor you want to replace. This will add the model to the drop down menus. An example of an actor is "ellie-santabarbara" or "joel-t1-hospital".
4. Press "Write Data" when you have selected your model to replace and when you're done, build the file.
5. Rename the created file to "characters.bin".
6. Create a patch4.psarc archive with the path: \build\ps4\main\bin\dc1\look2\characters.bin and place patch4.psarc in your root game folder.
7. Add the model assets to pak68.txt

Other Features:

• characters.txt is used to pre-load actors into the tool without having to add them manually through the...

Building upon Swaqq's PS4PRX Tool that was previously released and proceeding his PS4 Trophy Unlocker PRX Demo & PS4 Game Patches Repo, today PlayStation 4 Scene developer @Backporter (Kernel_Panic___ on Twitter) updated PRX_505 adding PS4 ELF Injection via PS4Debug alongside a 'Refresh' button to his Github repository.

Download: PRX_505 (Latest Version) (PRX Loader - includes PRX_505.exe, libdebug.dll, INIFileParser.dll and INIFileParser.xml) / GIT

He also can be found on his GamerSixVideos YouTube Channel and Official PS4 Game Modding Server Discord Channel for related help and tech support.

Changelog:

PRX_505 v2.0:

• Added ELF injection via PS4debug
• Added A Refresh Button

PRX_505 v1.0:

• Initial Release, needs testers.

Following the Persona 5 / Persona 5 Royal PS4 Game Patches, recently ooa113y's Github repository was updated with a Umineko Catbox (UCE) English PS4 Translation Patch that is a work-in-progress (WIP) and has not been tested with the pricey region-free Japanese PS4 game currently selling for $63.23 on eBay used, $89.27 on eBay new and up to $121.74 on Amazon.

Download: patch.zip (includes patch.rom) / GIT

Based on a rough translation from entergram_info, an Official Site for the PS4 / Nintendo Switch version of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saki - Cat Box and Dream Symphony game is online for those interested with the following description:

The last answer cannot be seen without love. Mass murder in a Western-style building on an isolated island October 4, 1986. On that day, 'sacrifice' was arranged on the island.

If anyone in the PS4 Scene has access to this title, feel free to test out the work-in-progress Umineko Catbox (UCE) English PS4 Patch above and share your results... or better yet, a pre-patched PS4 FPKG once Verified.

From the README.md: English patch for Umineko Catbox (UCE)

Project description

This is an English patch for Umineko When They Cry: The Symphony of Catbox and Dreams, the console version of Umineko on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

This patch is meant to be used on the actual console releases of the game. It is not a standalone application...

Proceeding the PS4 PKG Integrity Checker, LibOrbisPKG: Library for PS4 PKGs, PS4PKGVerifier 1.4 GUI App and his PS4 SFO Reader / Editor recently PS4Scene developer Hippie68 added PKGCheck on Github which is currently a work-in-progress (WIP) with the aim being to verify PS4 FPKGs for checksum errors and fix them on demand.

Download: pkgcheck-main.zip / GIT / pkgcheck.zip (1.3 MB - compiled by @mailwl, includes pkgcheck.exe and libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll)

From the README.md: PKGCheck

Work-in-progress command line program that not only verifies an FPKG's checksums, but also fixes them.

This program is almost fully functional yet still incomplete, and I might need your help to complete it. My idea was to fix checksums on-the-fly, without extracting the PKG. And it does work for the most part, however now I'm stuck right before the finish line where it comes to the entry keys.

The only documentation I can find about them and their checksums is PKG Information, but it is not clear to me how exactly those RSA checksums are calculated and how to proceed. If you think you can do it and want to collaborate, please let me know. It would be great if it could be done with the OpenSSL API.

The missing code is about to begin at line 633.

Other useful links that helped me get as far:

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Today PlayStation 4 Scene developer @Markus95 (aka @Kus00095) made available GameMakerPKGBuilder v1.0 for PS4 via Twitter with help from Red-J, which is used to convert GameMaker PC Games made in GameMaker Studio to PS4 PKGs for use on Jailbroken PlayStation 4 consoles complete with a demo video from his YouTube Channel below!

Download: GameMakerPKGBuilder.rar (21.48 MB - includes GameMakerPKGBuilder.exe) / Hydronaut.pkg (18.5 MB) / Resurgent.pkg (23.06 MB) / GameMakerVPKBuilder.rar (71.28 MB) / List of GameMaker Games

This comes proceeding the initial GameMakerPS4.pkg release, GameMaker Studio 1.4 PS4 Port of GameMaker Studio, GM8 Street Racing Game PS4 Port PKG, ShepHard (Shep Hard) PS4 Homebrew Game Port PKG, Ball Blaster: Homebrew PS4 Breakout-style Game PKG...