Tutorial - Run the game with no arc files

[LordBarker]

Great. Thanks for the clarification mate

[UndertakerWLF]

np, let me know how you get on.

[kim666]

I had some fun trying stuff on 2K14

I overwrote the complete "pac/ch/" folder in the eboot with 00s.

Now i can delete the "ch" folder from my "game" folder and the game still works.

it loads now from my "games" folder and i can now replace every wrestler and don't have to keep the original file.

[UndertakerWLF]

Awesome find!

 

I will try this out, it will certainly make modding a little more quicker as no messing about with the arc either just drag and drop and play.

[kim666]

I overwrote the rest of the "pac" folders with 00s. Now i can play the game without the "pac" folder in "game".
Of course i still have the folder in "games". But this saves 2GB space.

Here is a pic from my "game" folder:

Edited April 21, 2015 by kim666

[gamingfan]

Thanks for the tutorial mate.

 

Tried this on xbox 360 WWE 13 with update and I got incompatible version error.

 

Then I tried removing the update and it worked perfectly.

 

Then I tried the same method with update on WWE 2k15 and I got fatal crash error.

 

I used xextool to decrypt and encrypt the default.xex file.

[UndertakerWLF]

I think the updates work differently on the PS3 compared to the 360 version, unfortunatley I do not have a modded 360 to keep testing this on so it's up to you 360 chaps to work out the XEX stuff

 

Onto the PS3 side though I'm wondering what else the Eboot controls? maybe how many superstars are allowed in the ring? rope colour perhaps? I did see entrys for the Red/Blue ropes in the Eboot however have not got round to removing them yet for testing.

[Andy]

 

If anyone can hit me up with a PSN link for 2K15 I will download and test.

 

I can only give you the PSN link for the ps4 version of 2k15 ^^

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 0;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_0.pkg

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 1;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_1.pkg

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 2;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_2.pkg

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 3;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_3.pkg

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 4;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_4.pkg

CUSA00781;WWE 2K15 - 5;PS4;US;http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/gs2/appkgo/prod/CUSA00781_00/4/f_f627c615cd72adf43422f96519eba756a8afd787c326b8df233edb52c1a8bd1e/f/UP1001-CUSA00781_00-WWE2K15MAINSKU01_5.pkg

I hope someone can sniff the dl link for the ps3 version

 

Ps3 2k15 - NPUB31546

http://zeus.dl.playstation.net/cdn/UP1001/NPUB31546_00/ryoOkuVKvTkDzZdBBqURJauflrXIrigUMJIbwhMLRZokmIgptZmXRwmLjxvRdnWr.pkg  

than install all updates and all dlc + dlc fix.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Andy

[UndertakerWLF]

Thankyou very much Andy!!

[bugsyboy]

That is some crazy shit !!! I hope nerds like Rooster take a look at this for xbox

[N'Jadaka]

Do you think this can lead to us being able to use dlc in story editor?

[trh2]

Damn Taker great work! Can't wait to see where this goes!

In regards to installing content, does it differ much from the old methods? Like you mentioned you could install dlc. Do you still need to play with the string and misc files?

Edited April 23, 2015 by trh2

[UndertakerWLF]

Same methods will apply, I am currently trying to get older dlc packs to work but as of yet no luck.

[Koolgus]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but taker does this fix the error with the 2k15 models not working on 2k14 ps3 or did you find out the problem

[N'Jadaka]

Man, the fix has been posted on this site, it just takes a bit of work.

[red'']

any updates on xbox? i'm so frustrated at modding atm

 

 

 

decrypted the 2k14 default.xex and replaced arc entries with 00s, but without the plist360.arc i get fatal crash...no tu activated, savegame or dlc installed.

Edited May 19, 2015 by red''

[kim666]

No, it seems it does not work on 360

 

[gamingfan]

It worked on WWE 13 without TU, but it is not working when I add TU

 

It also gave me fatal crash error when I tried this method on 14 and 15 without TU and with TU.

[bugsyboy]

Interesting that its working on 13 , you nerds better figure it out , i got a lot more mods to shit out

[El Guapo]

Apologies if this is a n00b-ish question, but what is it that specifies that the arc must not exceed 188kb?

 

Is that in the xex?

 

Was just thinking that even if it wasn't possible to do away with the arc entirely, if size was no longer an issue it would still open up many more possibilities

[red'']

Too Bad...but 13 would be a great Base when you able to add the 15 or maybe 16 universe and some of the great Features...

[Red Rooster]

Apologies if this is a n00b-ish question, but what is it that specifies that the arc must not exceed 188kb?

 

Is that in the xex?

 

Was just thinking that even if it wasn't possible to do away with the arc entirely, if size was no longer an issue it would still open up many more possibilities

 

Yeah I thought the same thing, while i was modding the xex trying to remove the arc i also had a look for anything that might be controlling the size of the arc but I couldnt see anything.

 

I did a few tests but nothing seemed to help.

[LordBarker]

I assume there's still the issue with Bugsy's Hogan menu not working on ps3 when the arc is not used? Haven't had a chance to test it myself.

[Def Dave]

Thank you so much for the work you put into discovering this, Taker.  I installed my first wrestler without an .arc file last night.  

[cparker33]

Alright, after a long hiatus I'm finally back and excited with all the new discoveries since I have been gone.

My question is do I delete the arc files in both the game and games folder?!?

I did that and got the blank renders on the selection screen. And blank screen with the wwe icon...

Awesome find Taker! Thanks!