The Official GT4 Thread

@ hhu23214

The DMS4 is a modchip, and yes, we are waiting for a crack even for those with certain modchips. I myself am confused about which modchips GT4 has or has not been cracked for. However, it looks as if it is just a matter of time before it can be burned onto DL+R media. I apologize if any of this information is incorrect; this is just what I have comprehended from this thread so far.

and @ BaSsLiNe

How would that be able to work with the 3.6? Is there a new feature in 3.6 that allows you to flash to your memory card or something? If so, I need to go out and get myself a 3.6.

 

back @ joe33333 - im gonna check around on the forums where the hdd patch was originally posted (ps2hd.com) and see if this problem has already come up and been solved. if i find an answer i'll post it. if you figure out the problem, please post the solution. if ANYBODY ELSE knows how to solve the problem of the iso being created so small, PLEASE POST. I will return with good or bad news!

[bold]EDIT:[/bold] no sooner do I actually try to solve the problem myself do I find the solution! ok joe, this is how it breaks down:

my guess is you made exactly the same mistake I made - you didn't use your drive C: for this task. in order for this to work, the folder that you are working out of must be C:\test\GRANTURISMO4, can't be on a drive D, E, F, or any other drive. it has to be C. my drive C partition is only 2gb so unfortunately for me I can't do the procedure there. well, here is the solution:

unless you can do this on drive C (you need about 12gb of space or soemthing) you can go to this thread: http://www.ps2hd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1032&page=4&pp=10
and there, in the first post on page 4, is a download for an IML file. download and rename this file to gt4_hdd.iml and replace the old IML file with this one. everything should be peachy! if this doesnt fix your problem (if you ARE using drive C and still have the problem) well try this file anyway and if it doesnt work, come back for help. i'll see if i can be of assistance. peace!

 

the reason y ur iso was so small and u cudnt get the second layer is because magic ISO doesnt read dual layer disc...only single layer. Apache is the only one that i know of that can extract files from dual layer discs

 

no man thats not the problem. i finally got apache 2 working and used that. the original iso was fine, it's after the patch is applied and the iso is rebuilt that the problem happens. the file comes out to be 1.2 mb or something. by the way joe i tried that patched IML file and it didnt help, so im just doing the whole procedure on a different computer that has enough space on it's c drive. i don't know why this shit isn't working for us! anyone who has beaten this problem before, please help us out!

 

use this guide to rebuild it urself:

u dont av to use the iml to iso program tho, its up2 u to save u time trying to download the app, u kan follow these steps:

4) MERGE THE .000 AND .001 FILES INTO A SINGLE ISO IMAGE.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MERGE THE FILES IS FROM A COMMAND SCREEN.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO INSTALL AN EXTRA PROGRAM THAT MAY NEED
EXTRA FILES TO WORK AND COME ON, ADMIT IT, DOS IS SO MUCH FUN!!
a)CLICK THE WINDOWS START BUTTON AND CLICK ON RUN.
b)TYPE CMD IN THE BOX AND HIT ENTER.
c)CHANGE THE DIRECTORY TO MATCH WHERE YOUR STAR.000 AND STAR.001
FILES ARE STORED.
EXAMPLE- IF THEY ARE ON THE C DRIVE, TYPE CD C:\ AND HIT ENTER.
IF THEY ARE ON ANOTHER DRIVE, TYPE THE DRIVE LETTER WITH A COLON AND HIT ENTER.
d)ONCE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT DIRECTORY-
TYPE COPY/B STAR.000 + STAR.001 STAR.ISO AND THEN HIT ENTER.
e)WHEN IT'S FINISHED YOU WILL HAVE A NEW ISO IMAGE NAMED STAR.ISO THAT YOU CAN NOW BURN IN STEP 5.

5) BURN THE NEW ISO IMAGE ONTO A BLANK DVD.
USE YOUR FAVORITE DVD BURNING UTILITY TO BURN IT AT THE
SLOWEST SPEED.

 

thanks kingade, actually i successfully rebuilt it on a different computer. just tested it on my ps2 and it works great! what an awesome game. now i just need to quit life for about a month and play it non-stop! oh wait, the load times are so friggin fast that i can do it in half that time! haha well thanks everybody for your help, i really appreciate it. i will be sure to try and help people out if they have problems with the patch the same way they helped me. gracias!

 

did u patch it to run of ur hard drive?

 

What a waste of time, go out and spend £30 on the game and enjoy the original like i am now. Its as easy as that.

 

the majority of people on this forum HAVE spent the £30 on it (or £50 to be more realistic) but discs get scratched, lasers burn out etc. I don't mind paying £30/50 once but theres no way i'm paying it twice so for that reason, and i think a lot of people will agree, its NOT a waste of time!

 

Yes ok, thats why im subscribed to this forum and ive never ever ever burnt out a ps2 or messed a game up by scratching it, what do you do, go in the garden and play frisbee with it??? Get real!!! You back it up to save the original but why? Ok fair coment you dont want to ruin the original, but answer me this, how many back ups have you messed up through playing frisbee or chucking them around the room, the answer is probably none!!!!! The reason is because people dont even like wasting one or more disc in doing a shit backup, so they wouldn't treat a backup any worse than an original!!! Im not saying dont back up, because i do it all the time, what i am saying is you know the real reason and i know the real reason so stop kidding a kidder ok...................... the answer is probably about £30 or $40 dollars depending on where you live. Backups save you money, if you own a backup then look after it just like you would an original anyway! (this message probably excludes anyone with children under 15 as i know what they are like for messing up expensive games), make that 18!!!!!

 

you hit the nail on the head with that last sentence mate, it's not only me who uses this game, 2 of my younger brothers do too. i have every game backed up, some on disc, some on hard drive. also, with the races in this game lasting anywere up to 22 hours, i give the lasers about 2 months before they start popping! someone said earlier on this thread that they actually thot this game's sole purpose is to burn out the ps2's to co-incide with the release of the ps3... wouldn't surprise me tbh! and finally, i'm from the UK, so you are actually looking at £40/50 still. i don't mean to be patronising, but we ain't all into the 'other' uses of backing up games, some of us do have legit reasons for these patches.

 

How long!!!!!! 22 hours, not got that far yet and dont think i wont to. Lol

 

yea there is a 24 hour endurance race.
btw, does anyone know what a TOC-DVD is, can you give an example.

 

its a game with a higher TOC (Table Of Contents) than the one you want to play, basically the TOC on the swap disc ain't big enough so you need to 'expand' it with an original game and a few patches/tools... i'm sure some of the more knowledgable ppl here can recommend 1

 

If your looking for a large TOC game...check this out...

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/178418

 

OK....can some one help me please ....i'm brain fagged *L*..iv'e used toolboys kits,iv'e managed to create the 2 ISO's...i followed ,sorry iv'e forgotten the original posters handle on this subject,merging the 2 ISO's,how do i do it? the 2 ISO's are in my c:\test\granturismo4 folder with the name of 'realdvd9_layer0' & 'realdvd9_layer1'.i just want to test this on a D/L disc for a non HDD PS2..if that fails,i'm just in the proccess of making another ISO using the GT4_dvd9dl_all regions kit,the original kit didn't work for me,so i borrowed some 'ppf3 files from toolboys other kits,i get the message patching succesful,i just want to try both these options and would be appreciative if some one could help me merge the 2 ISO's as previously stated

 

Hey samuels...to quote part of kingade's post on the previous page...

4) MERGE THE .000 AND .001 FILES INTO A SINGLE ISO IMAGE.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MERGE THE FILES IS FROM A COMMAND SCREEN.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO INSTALL AN EXTRA PROGRAM THAT MAY NEED
EXTRA FILES TO WORK AND COME ON, ADMIT IT, DOS IS SO MUCH FUN!!
a)CLICK THE WINDOWS START BUTTON AND CLICK ON RUN.
b)TYPE CMD IN THE BOX AND HIT ENTER.
c)CHANGE THE DIRECTORY TO MATCH WHERE YOUR STAR.000 AND STAR.001
FILES ARE STORED.
EXAMPLE- IF THEY ARE ON THE C DRIVE, TYPE CD C:\ AND HIT ENTER.
IF THEY ARE ON ANOTHER DRIVE, TYPE THE DRIVE LETTER WITH A COLON AND HIT ENTER.
d)ONCE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT DIRECTORY-
TYPE COPY/B STAR.000 + STAR.001 STAR.ISO AND THEN HIT ENTER.
e)WHEN IT'S FINISHED YOU WILL HAVE A NEW ISO IMAGE NAMED STAR.ISO THAT YOU CAN NOW BURN.

I'm not sure what the names of the files are that you are trying to merge, but in step d, replace STAR.000 and STAR.001 with the names of the two ISOs, and STAR.ISO with whatever name you want for the combined ISO.

 

I am really lost in what you guys are talking about? Were the lost few post and pages talking about makeing a working backup for a ps2's or just for certain chips and hdd methods?

 

hahaha
I agree, I've done my share of endurance races in GT3 and GT4, yet the laser seems just fine (v4)... I swap discs quite frequently, yet I see no scratches... and while I admit playing off HDD is quite handy, I can live without it...

some may have legitimate issues concerning backups, like the poster above (having little kids playing the same PS2), but let's be frank, people like to have things in possession, whether it's material, or immaterial, and want to pay as little as possible, if not free.

otherwise, we will all be subsribers to services such as gamefly.

 

I'm not sure what the names of the files are that you are trying to merge, but in step d, replace STAR.000 and STAR.001 with the names of the two ISOs, and STAR.ISO with whatever name you want for the combined ISO.