How to Properly Dump / Build PS4 Game & Separate Update FPKG

I was asked in another thread for a tutorial on dumping PS4 games. Mods are welcome to pin this if they feel it will help establish a standard and for those new to the process...

Here is my method of dumping games...

1. Obtain disc (or use your legit PSN install) and install on PS4 (wait for it to complete install, you will hear the disc stop spinning)

2. Find the latest retail update that works on current exploit (5.05 as of this writing)

This step requires a little work. PS4 5.05 OFW was released on March 8, 2018, so any update before that date will work. Google is your friend here. Here are a couple of links for retail updates:

Spoiler

3. Run HEN payload and install the retail update pkg with package installer in debug settings

4. Reboot and start Dumper payload (make sure that you are using split=3 option in the dumper.cfg on the root of USB drive)

5. Start game and get to title screen

6. Press PS button and wait in system OS for dumping to complete and PS4 to shut down

7. Move dumped files over to PC

8. Open CUSAXXXXX-app and CUSAXXXXX-patch folders with gengp4 and build/save gp4 files

9. Open each gp4 file with orbis-pub-gen from Fake Package Tools and build fpkg files

10. Run HEN payload and install fpkg base game and separate patch on PS4 with package installer in debug settings.

11. Enjoy!

How To Repackage a FPKG Update

How to Install Older PS4 Game Updates on Any PS4 7.02/7.50

Backing up Retail Games to Fake Pkg's (6.72 or Lower)

 

[ronhero]

thanks for the info

 

[TickW]

fake pkg generator giving me this:
[Error] Format of the project file is not valid. (element <scenarios_info> is missing)

 

[techguyj]

Thank you very much for providing this guide. It's very helpful when dumping games.

 

[trcown]

@Lush78

Trying to repack Uncharted 4 1.32 update and I keep getting this error

Format of the elf file is not valid. (sce_module/libc.prx. already converted from elf file to self file)

Any thoughts?

 

[Iron88]

Is fantastic how advance the scene. I hope one day to dump original pkg.

 

[droeboy17]

Ok, thanks for letting me know man! Have a nice day.

 

[sky19]

thank you , but how to merge update & the game in one FPKG ?

 

[chrishomer]

video tutorial plz.. i have update 15gb de shadow of war pkg no install

 

[K4PS3]

The dumper work with defaults without "dumper.cfg" file in the root of the USB.
If you put "dumper.cfg" in root of USB, you will 3 options :

notify=xx, the xx value is in seconds indicates how long it take to popup message with the percentage of progress.

shutdown=X, when X=0 the console will not shutdown after dumping, when X=1 it will shutdown to indicate the end of dumping, and the option 1 is good for the long running dumping.

The important option is split=X, where X value indicate "what to dump", 0 will dump full game merged with update in single folder.

3 will dump the game and the update in separated folder, and this option is the best, because you make two packages, one for the game and one for the update, and most users will need just the update package.

option 1 will just dump the game, and the option 2 will just dump the update .

The option 2 useful in case new update released you can put game disc and install retail update of the game and just dump that new update and make fpkg of the update.

 

[khaled4real]

@Lush78 Thank You