PS2 DAT files now available

[bungiefan]

I probably cannot pick this up until summer, but I must ask: "How does my FFXI experience change when using this?". So far, it looks like dat modding only. Are either of the two websites you posted a good place to ask about whether it works for PS3?

This is just a rip of the files installed to the PS2 hard drive. Nobody has done any DAT modifications for them yet, I released them the day I posted this. I'm trying to get them out to people that maybe can figure out how to modify them like has been doable for the PC version for years. I thought I made this clear in my initial post.

Right now it changes nothing for your playing experience, it just gives you the tools to extract and replace files inside the partition on the PS2's drive. I know nothing about running homebrew on a PS3, so I can't tell you if this will work on one. If anyone does figure out the file formats, then you should be able to replace sounds and graphics in the game just like PC users can.

The sites I posted are just torrent trackers to host my download links. PSX-Scene would be the place to go to ask about PS3 homebrew.

[Kriz]

I've always wanted to have the updated Map DATs available on the PS2. My PS2 is modded, I will download this and play around, but I only have a minor idea about what to do. Thanks, though.

[bungiefan]

http://www.psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64056

There's some discussion about the program used to read/write the HDD.

[Stromgarde]

I've tried fonts, map files, and models; So far, none of them have been compatible with existing utilities.

[Fottiti]

Would it be possible using these files to emulate ps2 PoL on a computer to allow PC users to avoid the 3-D secure check on credit cards?

[Pikarya]

Would it be possible using these files to emulate ps2 PoL on a computer to allow PC users to avoid the 3-D secure check on credit cards?

Its not possible through emulation due to DNAS.

[bungiefan]

I've tried fonts, map files, and models; So far, none of them have been compatible with existing utilities.

The layout may not even be the same for the directories. PC has many more files in some of the directories, and many less. Some directories don't even exist on the PS2 version. Right now the biggest task is figuring out what data is in what files, and then trying to understand from there.

[Stromgarde]

Yeah, I had noticed that while looking for a map file. Worse yet, it's probable that the PS2 files use a different image format; I doubt that they would use DTX3 textures on a platform that doesn't even use DirectX. If this is the case, then further progress would be well outside what I'm able to do... I'm good at using the existing tools, but I have no idea how to go about making a new one, which is what would probably be required.