Corrupt game save file after upgrade to 5.50 Gen A

senbonzakurak5 · 10-01-2009, 05:19 PM

Hey guys, my first time posting here so I apologize if I messed up on any posting protocols.

Yesterday I upgraded my psp from 4.01M33 to 5.50 Gen A. Everything seemed to work smoothly until I tried to play Dissidia, when I tried to load my saved game file it says 'Load failed. The Data is corrupted." A new saved file will still load and work, but not the one I had.

Thanks and any help will be appreciated.

senbonzakurak5 · 10-01-2009, 10:50 PM

Alright so I figured out the cause after doing some research. Apparently I wasn't supposed to play Dissidia on 4.01M33-2 since the game was designed for 5.50 (or something), but because i played it on 4.01 and saved it the file won't be read by any other cfw aside from the one i saved it under, which is 4.01

Well, that solves one mystery. I downgraded back to 4.01 for the time being. Does anyone know how I might be able to upgrade my cfw to 5.50 Gen-B and still be able to load and play my old save file from Dissidia though?

Geek9 · 10-02-2009, 02:29 AM

MaxConsole Forums - View Single Post - Corrupt Saved Game on MHP2G after firmware upgrade.

senbonzakurak5 · 10-02-2009, 03:06 AM

woo thanks Geek9, that totally worked =D

Matt300 · 10-14-2009, 10:57 AM

Haven't had my PSP for very long, so I'm still a little new to all this. Sorry if I end up making a noob mistake!

I can't get this to work. I go to my Recovery screen, but I don't have an option for GAME150 in the plugins menu. I have G:/seplugins/GAME150. In that file, I typed in ms0:/FreeCheat/fc_3xx.prx

Unless I missed something... I just upgraded to 5.50 GEN-A yesterday, and my load files for Dissidia and Rock Band are coming up corrupt.

I'm using a PSP-1001 for this, good ol' fatboy - if that makes any difference.

Matt300 · 10-15-2009, 03:57 AM

Ah-hah! Got it!

Ok, so I didn't get the GAME150 to come up on the plugin loader, but it works just as fine for the purpose of recovering the corrupt save file.

And this thing worked like gangbusters.

The instructions seem simple enough AFTER you've done it, but the first time through leaves a little guesswork.

1) Correct the directory paths in the .readme.
It says to put in ms0: / Freecheat/fc_3xx.prx . What you should do is:

ms0:/FreeCheat/fc_3xx.prx

without the spaces.

2) When swapping the corrupt data and new data on steps 4,7,8, & 10 (from the instructions on the link provided by Geek9), don't just create a copy of the save file. Actually remove the data from the stick. Sometimes when you save in different save slots, the folder name changes.

Ex: FF Dissidia
If you save in slot one, the name is ULUS10437GameData00. If you save in slot two, it becomes ULUS10437GameData01. If you're not creating new data in that SAME spot, it's going to have trouble patching. So when it says backup or move back to the card, replace the file in question.

PROtip: Create a seperate backup of your save data anyways.

I managed to get confused at one point and ended up putting the wrong file in the wrong spot and the wrong time....long story short, I ended up replacing my Dissidia file with 188 hrs. of playtime and 98% completion.

BUT, I did learn from the mistake and managed to recover the data in slot two, so my g/f's play data is working just fine now! Guess I can just make a copy of hers, change the player name, and rebuild from there. Oh well, fun game anyways.

Back to the main point - I wouldn't have been screwed if I'd just kept another copy of my original data. Live and learn.

I hope this helps clarify things. If anyone needs help on this, I'd be glad to try to help. Either PM or send me an email, and I'll see what I can do. There's prolly a lot of people on here who get this, but I'd like to help out since you guys provided the info to do this!

Lorathal · 10-19-2009, 12:56 AM

i tried it and it didnt work. my question is like:
Step 9: you put the corrupted one inside the paste
Step 10: you put the newly created one inside it as well? or remove it? cause they have the same names and all ;(

senbonzakurak5 · 10-19-2009, 01:37 AM

wow it's been a while since i did this, kinda fuzzy on the process now. But keep in mind that whether it's the "new save data" or the "corrupt data" that you're trying to save, both of them CANNOT be in the "savedata" folder at the same time since they have the same name. It's one or the other. So give it another shot, back up your original game and the new game you created on the computer, and swap them onto your psp one at a time according to the directions.

Good luck, if you still have problems I'll see if I can remember more about it and help you

Lorathal · 10-19-2009, 11:09 PM

got it done and heres the problem and advice for future peeps who try to do this.

Corrupted save= lets say it is named Sasuke and it has 250 hours Play Time
New save = lets say it is named Sharingan and it has 2 min play Time,

when u look to the same from inside the game it says its Sharingan (the one you created in order to rescue the corrupted) , but once u actually try the save its ur old save that u want to restore.

so when u think it didnt work try actually starting the game with it if you have doubts .

tgwwh · 10-19-2009, 11:45 PM

Hi. I'm running 5.50 GENB on a pspPhat. i tried the Free cheats + SED method in attempting to recover my corrupted saved Dissidia file (100+ hours of gameplay, swirling down the drain)...

I got as far as installing both programs on my psp, and I was able to get to renaming the .key file generated by FreeCheats to a .bin file, and pasting it in SED's gamekey directory.

i get as far as running SED, with all the chinese or japanese menus and everything, and the list of saved games.

Now, here's where everything goes wonky.

SED won't make a .bin file on the root of my memory stick...I did what the instructions said, and pressed triangle on top of my corrupted game, selected yes, pressed circle... but no .bin file. It keeps displaying a message in chinese or japanese (can't read either, so I don't know)...

Please, help. Will SED work on 5.50 genB firmware? I'm this close to begging someone out if I could email them my saved game file, and if they could fiddle around with it to get it working on my 5.50genB...

Lorathal · 10-20-2009, 12:06 AM

No worries man i can do it for u or teach u everything ur call

tgwwh · 10-20-2009, 12:41 AM

Thank you! Could I email the saved game file to you? What's your email add?

tgwwh · 10-20-2009, 05:10 AM

...and I'd really appreciate any help you could give me, like a tutorial, on how to make Free Cheats + SED work for my 5.50 Gen B.

It's SED NOT creating a .bin file that halts my progress completely... I reread all the steps, and I'm sure I followed all of them, but...nada. No .bin file from SED.

Is this something that happens with 5.50 GenB? I'm actually willing to downgrade as far down as 5.00m33 if I can just recover my saved games

Dissidia...please come back to me...

Help, please...

Prablo · 10-22-2009, 01:16 AM

Hi guys i have the same problem.. i have a couple of save games i want to put on but it doesnt load up says it corrupt.. running 5.03 MHU... I did all the .txt files.. copied freecheat in the root of the stick and added ms0:/FreeCheat/fc_3xx.prx to each txt file.. and when i go in to recovery and plugins says no plugins detected.. tried so many times, different ways, search for threads/forums etc havent found not.. Hope someone can help its a psp 3003

Thanks

Prablo · 10-22-2009, 10:20 AM

Anyone ? would appreciate it

Becuase i tried everythink above but i cnt seem to get it to work :|... does this even work on psp 3003 ? running 5.03 MHU ?