| | | | According to Managunz when ripping, VT3 (disc) is 4.47 GB in 12 files (VT4 is 3.3 GB in 11 files. 'p') |
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| | | RPCS3 can't run the dump, reporting that PS3_GAME/EBOOT.BIN is "Invalid or unsupported file format." Game runs from the disc on PS3, was able to start Exhibition match fine. There's one small scratch, right at the edge. Tried copying just EBOOT.BIN over again, three times, then the whole thing; no errors during copy, but always the same error from RPCS3. Also, Managunz kept locking up while this Blu-ray was in the drive, at seemingly random times--sometimes while browsing directories on the USB drive.
Guess I'll have to try another disc. Plunking out for a sealed copy this time. : p |
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| | | Fortunately, like all the PS3 games I've bought off eBay so far, this game isn't pricey. The problematic one was "Very Good," $7.52 total. Sealed one $29.67 total.
There are a few very light other scratches on the disc whose dump wouldn't work; the short one near the edge is distinct, with grainy flecks around it. "Very Good" was a bit optimistic, considering there were old game store stickers on both sides of the case. But the price was about right. : P Still, maybe I should've taken the optimistic rating as a warning sign. And when it arrived, the disc had a multitude of very distinct, somewhat thin, frenetic smudges on the data side--dog's nose? Seller apologized. Anyhoo, it seems to run on PS3 so I can't really blame them for the dump not running. EBOOT.BIN is apparently the "exe" for PS3 games... Does seem odd that it runs from disc but not from the dump; I suppose RPCS3 could be fussier somehow. RPCS3's compat info rates it compatible and says no known issues with the game. If the sealed one doesn't run either, then maybe that's just incorrect, or it busted recently.
(Hm that got me checking RPCS3's Github issues and none show up for VT3, but found out VF4's World Tour Mode crashes, starting in versions two years ago: https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/12892 ; older version runs it fine. That version still won't boot this VT3 dump. ; ) |
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| | | | (The "Very Good" condition copy, in addition to the old store stickers on both sides of the case, also had one on the spine!! 'ppp') |
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| | | | (Yeah I gotta pay more attention to a poorly judged rating like that when perusing auctions in the future, that seller was kind of a disaster, ah well.) |
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| | | | I wonder if the PS3's software does error checking and correction/retries when reading from Blu-ray, and the homebrew (Managunz) doesn't have those same routines. |
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| | | Managunz does have settings pertaining to read errors...
The sealed copy still failed at first:
1) Attempt 1: a lockup while copying with Managunz (while copying I switched my screen output away from the PS3, so maybe that's why?)
2) Attempt 2: Complete re-dumped went okay, but in RPCS3 still got a failed boot with the same EBOOT.BIN error message as with the scratched disc dump from before
3) Attempt 3: I re-copied all the files EXCEPT the 4.2 GB file, and then it got through the initial boot, but ended on a black screen, with no error reported in RPCS3, and RPCS3 still running, and reporting various updating framerates--just on a black screen : P
4) Attempt 4: Did a complete re-dump--and it just worked
One of the game files is 4.2 GB, so I wonder if that was just a tough one to copy over correctly. |
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