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)

 

[Lush78]

@Abhimanyu yadav use ftp payload and browse to /user/app/cusaxxxxx/ you will find your fpkg files here. Simply copy them back to your PC

@StarOcean3 yes, this is normal. orbis-pub-gen is just seeing the files decrypted

@PSXHAX would it be possible to have my posting restrictions removed? It's hard to provide support when I can only post in between such long intervals... I am thinking about providing higher quality tutorials in the future and the support to go with them. This was just something quick reacting to a request...

 

[aukejannes]

So I am trying to get my retail Final Fantasy XV day on edition ripped with update. But fake pkg generator gives me the error that it can't find EP0082-CUSA01615_00-FINALFANTASYXV00-A0100-V0100.pkg.. I do have EP0082-CUSA01615_00-FINALFANTASYXV00-A0100-V0102.pkg in the same folder as the gp4 patch file. That is what i got from following all the steps.

 

[Lush78]

@aukejannes Rename your base to EP0082-CUSA01615_00-FINALFANTASYXV00-A0100-V0100.pkg

The base must always use A0100-V0100

 

[PSXHAX]

@Lush78 The time between posts is currently set to 20 minutes and varies based on the server load, as soon as things slow down from the 5.05 stuff we'll drop it back down to 5 or even 1 minute intervals.

A work-around is temporarily adding you to the VIP group if you if you have a bunch of guides in the pipeline requiring support let me know and I'll get ya added.

 

[kathir10395]

gonna dump more games hereafter, wow there is load of information here

 

[abumaya]

i updated the last of us then when i dumped the game it game me two files app and patch now if i want to make fpkg patch should i follow the old method

 

[Antsec3]

thanks for the tutorial

 

[AdiBan30]

Whenever i click on build everything goes fine till 5% then in the logs i always see this error

(Format of the elf file is not valid.)

Is this normal? Cuz i have 190 gb free in my C

I have done a full format to make it work but still i have no progress!

Can someone help please!!

 

[bharken03]

I'm getting errors when trying to convert DA Inquisition into a FPKG.

[Warn]    Format of the elf file is not valid. (Warning) (eboot.bin, already stripped, which must not be stripped)
[Error]    Could not open or write compressed file. (C:\Users\bharken03\AppData\Local\Temp\ps4pub\build000033d85b42089d\00000158.tpfs)
[Error]    Could not create compressed file. (C:\Users\bharken03\AppData\Local\Temp\ps4pub\build000033d85b42089d\00000158.tpfs)
[Debug]    Original file path = Data/Gen4b/da3/layouts/thewesternapproach/ada_adamantfortress/ada_adamantfortress.sb.
[Debug]    Original file size = 998999792.
[Debug]    Disk Free Space (C:) = 0.
[Error]    2018-07-08 20:56:01 Create image Process finished with error(s).

Any advice, please? Should I change the Temp folder? If so, how? Should I create a mklink?

 

[Migg22]

@Lush78

"1. Extract the fpkg update with orbis-pub-chk using all zeroes for the passcode"

I keep getting the following error when trying to extract using all zeros:

"[Error] Passcode mismatch."