PS4 CFW and Hacks

Proceeding the AppendumPS4 v1.0 release, this weekend PlayStation 4 developer @DeathRGH shared via Twitter a preview of the AppendumPS4 v2.00 mod menu in development on his YouTube Channel.

Download: Ghosts_120_OffHost_v201.elf (102.88 KB)

Check out AppendumPS4 2.00 preview for PS4 5.05 jailbroken consoles below alongside further details from the video's description, to quote:

Going back to the roots of Appendum... AppendumPS4 v2 in the making!

It is still missing a few features that were added after it was backported to Xbox360.

Let me know in the comments if you are excited for a v2 and maybe some coding livestreams.

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AppendumPS4 v2.00 - Preview | PS4 5.05
AppendumPS4 v2.00 - Ghosts 1.20 Preview | PS4 5.05
Appendum v2.00 Ghosts Preview By DeathRGH PS4 5.05
AppendumPS4 2.0 | Ghosts 1.20

Following his Free PS4 SaveData Decrypting Tools release PlayStation 4 scene developer charlyzard announced on Twitter that he's added a PS4OfflineAccountActivator to his Github repository which allows users to export PS4 save data among other things to USB.

Download: PS4OfflineAccountActivator-master.zip / GIT / PS4 Offline Account Activator Edit.zip (Compiled Edit via @MODDEDWARFARE) / ps4debug 1.5.bin via @Coco Jones / PS4 Offline Account Activator GUI & Latest Versions

From the README.md: PS4OfflineAccountActivator

Activates PSN account on jailbroken PS4 allowing you to export save data to USB among other things. The offsets are for 5.05 fw version.

Requires ps4debug to compile.

Notes & Warnings

It's better to use this program on a new account. If you use it on an old account (with saves and trophies) you'll encounter these problems:

1. You won't be able to use your old save files easily (the ones created before activation). They'll show as broken. Maybe you can recover them with Playstation-4-Save-Mounter.
2. You'll have to delete your trophies (via FTP) because they will be signed with the unactivated account and all the games you try to launch will error out.

I repeat, I recommend to use a fresh console account for the activation, but do as...

While not actually playable yet, developer Inori (InoriAsuka on Twitter) announced the GPCS4 PS4 emulator for PC now supports the commercial PSN game We Are Doomed which boots and runs noting that there's currently no optimizations at all and the FPS is very low at the moment.

Download: GPCS4 (Latest Build) / GPCS4-master.zip / GIT

This comes following the Nucleus PS3 / PS4 PC Emulator, Orbital PS4 Emulator, Spine PS4 Emulator and a PS4 Compatibility Layer Uplift for Orbis on Windows.

Below are some demonstration videos from Asuka Langley's YouTube Channel, with a dedicated GPCS4 Discord Channel for continued development and from the ReadMe.md: GPCS4

A PlayStation 4 emulator just begin.
A project for fun, and technical research.

The only reason I start this project is learning 3D graphics, nothing serious.

Latest progress

First commercial game support, We are Doomed. Thanks for our developers. It's not playable now, since the FPS is very low, because there's no optimizations at all currently.

GPCS4 will recompile all shaders, untiling all textures and upload all buffers every frame, making it less efficient. Besides, there're still some problems on game pad emulation. Will improve these things step by step.

First correct image rendered, although this is a 2D image demo, it's actuall rendered in 3D pipeline. There're still some hardcode test code, but with more design, and most important, this time with our shader translator, no hand...

Those seeking to get more exercise in 2020 have to look no further than Electrical Engineer Allen Pan's YouTube Channel (Patreon Page) as he recently created a low budget walking simulator VR rig turning a treadmill into a PS4 controller to play Death Stranding!

Check out the awesome video below, and to quote from VG247.com on the feat:

"While he still has to use the right stick on the controller to turn the camera, the left stick was removed and wired into the treadmill to control walking and running. That’s the short version, but the video goes into the engineering aspect of it from hooking up relays to connecting the controller.

Once he was finished, he played Death Stranding using his new controller, and considering all of the walking you do in the game, he got a great workout. Pan even enlisted his friends to give his invention a try and they were all sweating within a minute."

Turning a Treadmill Into a PS4 Controller So I Exercise

Proceeding the Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 Tool, Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Tool, Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 Save Editor (aka KH3SaveEditor) and PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.1 update awhile back @iddaemon made available a Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 Tool that supports static and skeletal models, maps and textures can be extracted with umodel. 🖌

Download: kh3.rar (15.2 KB - kh3.exe) / OpenKh Project (Sony Server KH3 PKG Links)

To quote from daemon1 on the original release: Kingdom Hearts 3 (PS4)

Kingdom Hearts 3 (PS4) tool. Supports static & skeletal models, maps. Textures can be extracted with umodel.

➡ Fast forward to yesterday, and @Xeeynamo shared on Twitter the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind PKG decryption key for game modders... noting the PKG's are available directly from Sony's Server Links, the passcode works for both retail and updates (US and EU, JP not working and HK is untested working) and can decrypt Re:Mind DLC data too!

Spoiler: Passcode

Also of note for those curious about PS4 CFW, in the Tweets below PS4 scene dev @zecoxao inquires about locating the UE4 paks index key and mentions finding the delimiter for uareq1 and uareq2 in...