GT4 confirmed working off HDD

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There's already a tutorial out to patch GT4 to work off the HDD. And it has already been confirmed by many people who patched to be working 100%. Though I haven't really have any confirmation whether it load as fast as GT3 off the HDD. Which is pretty much what everyone is hoping for.

For those who don't know, loading GT3 off an HDD eliminate the loading time between race (black screen w/flashing square on right top). That would be a nice feature on GT4 for those who are sick at looking at that loading clock.

NOTE: I did not add a link because even though I searched, I don't know if we're allowed to post it. Although I found the old HDD thread still alive. So plz let me know.
 
This is great news. I was already considering getting an HDD for GTA:San Andreas (which is reads the disc almost non-stop, which kinda worries me as an early model PS2 owner), but if GT4 can now work with the HDD this may finally make the decision for me.
 
Discussion of using the HDD for games you legally own is perfectly fine. Discussing using the HDD to collect pirated games is not allowed. That should hopefully clarify your question about your link.
 
Duke
Discussion of using the HDD for games you legally own is perfectly fine. Discussing using the HDD to collect pirated games is not allowed. That should hopefully clarify your question about your link.
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Well, I'll go ahead then & post it. you'll have to register to view, but it is at :

http://www.ps2nfo.com/

If you look through the whole thread, "toolboy" has gotten his patch for every version to work. USA, PAL, JPN, KOREA., etc.....

I will be giving it a go tonight & I too am anxious to see if the load times are as fast as GT3. If so, it will make the game so much more enjoyable.

Next on the to do list...... HYBRIDS!!!...can't wait
 
civicgsir
ps2nfo.com
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If they actually want people to register, they should not restrict Yahoo, Hotmail or gmail addresses!

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Cheers,

MasterGT
 
You ungrateful bastards...

Anyway - I'll probably get in trouble for this, but here's the How to as well as the tools needed.. .Bandwidth is limited - Deal with it....

Right Click, Save As - All credits to toolboy for making this happen.. Haven't tried it myself yet... Too busy with the final license to care...
 
I hate to type in all caps but.

IF ANYONE COULD POST THE GUIDE HERE IT WOULD BE MUCH APRICIATED. ALTHOUGH THOSE FORUMS SEEM TO BE DOWN AT THE MOMENT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GT4 ON MY HDD.

EDIT: FLERB I LOVE YOU MORE THAN JESPER GRONKJAER.
 
what up
well guys, i have a modded ps2 which will NOT allow the use of the SONY broadband adapter and i'am unsuccessful with online play. because of this predicament, i have always assumed the hard drive will not work? any suggestions on this? anyone know of a 3rd party broadband adapter that works with a modded ps2? not only works with ps2, but also allows use of the hdd. thanx
 
Wait, so you can put GT4 on the PS2 HDD? So you still need the Disc to run it, but it won't be read as much while playing GT4?

And how do you go about patching GT4 to run off the HDD? You download a file using your PS2 online? OR from your computer, then onto your HDD?

(By the way, I don't have a HDD for the PS2, I'll think about getting one in this case.)
 
Well I followed the tutorial last night and rebuilt the iso for my PAL GT4 and transferred it with WinHIIP.It runs flawlessly from my hdd.Did the opening fmv loops for 2 hrs, played the Arcade Mode as well as the GT4 mode.The loading time is much better than using the disc.Well done to toolboy for his patch. 👍
 
Saves work and everything?

I assume saves still go on the mem cars???

How big is the GT4 file? The only games I play on PS2 are the GT series and I'd llike to do the hard drive thing for the faster loads and to save wear and tear, but I would only put GT games on the drive. How small of a drive could I get away with?
 
Fooled around with it when i got home & have been playing flawlessly from my HDD for a good 5hrs now.

You dont need your disc to run it. It is no diffeent than any other game played from the HDD.

The load times are alot quicker between screens, but the load times for tracks are only slightly quicker.

It is a bit tricky to get it to work, but if you have done any bittorent or DVD reproduction stuff, you shouldn't have any problems. His instructions are pretty straight forward & everything you need is included or can be downloaded for free. If you are the least bit computer savy, then you should be able to pull it off.
 
ROAD_DOGG33J
Crap, Apache doesn't want to switch layers, must be my DVD drive.
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You must first extract the iso from the disc using DVDDecrypter than you can extract all the file into a folder using Apache 2.
 
civicgsir
..... His instructions are pretty straight forward & everything you need is included or can be downloaded for free. If you are the least bit computer savy, then you should be able to pull it off.
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I got all the way through this, but at the 4th bullet under Step 6: Final Step - Build the new ISO, it indicates that after run IML2ISO.exe, and you see the dialogue boxes, that once you "hit start, it could take anywhere from 15 mins. to 30 mins. to create the image."

A file named gt4_hdd.iso (1,161,353 bytes) was created in the same directory in less than five seconds. Double clicking on this file launches Apache 2 again, and it appears to link to about 5 GB worth of files including the two huge VOL files. I realize that you need to use winhiip or something similar to transfer the image to the PS2 since the ultimate image will be more that can fit on one single layer DVD, but it still doesn't seem like I did this correctly.
 
tot31
You must first extract the iso from the disc using DVDDecrypter than you can extract all the file into a folder using Apache 2.
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Thanks, I overlooked that part
 
Just done this tonight and works perfectly on my PAL PS2 HDD (Which is also modded to allow me to play imports). Great, I was starting to get ticked off waiting for it to load off the DVD.
It's now much faster to load, although you'll still see the clock now and again as the PS2 processes stuff. Well done toolboy and everyone else for getting it to work. Very pleased
 
I am going to try that as well ... maybe few days later
good to hear the loading time improved

for those who are new to HDL, your ps2 will read the HD Advance disk to load the menu thing, but after you load your game from HD, your reading lens will not read anything for your game, only the HD will do the job. That's why using HD can protect your lens being wear out
 
TigJackson
I got all the way through this, but at the 4th bullet under Step 6: Final Step - Build the new ISO, it indicates that after run IML2ISO.exe, and you see the dialogue boxes, that once you "hit start, it could take anywhere from 15 mins. to 30 mins. to create the image."

A file named gt4_hdd.iso (1,161,353 bytes) was created in the same directory in less than five seconds. Double clicking on this file launches Apache 2 again, and it appears to link to about 5 GB worth of files including the two huge VOL files. I realize that you need to use winhiip or something similar to transfer the image to the PS2 since the ultimate image will be more that can fit on one single layer DVD, but it still doesn't seem like I did this correctly.
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Yeah well, that's something that needs a little work. You didn't use the directory "c:\test", did you? Neither did I, because I didn't have as much space on my C drive. The thing is that the tutorial and the files are set to only work when using "c:\test".

But you can work around this easily. Just before you do the step with IML2ISO.EXE, open the *.iml file that came with the patch with a simple text editor like the editor that comes with windows. The file contains paths to the files that will go into the final ISO image. You will find a lot of paths that say "c:\test\ ...". Now, what happens when you don't use that directory is that IML2ISO can't find those files and just leaves them out of the ISO image. You will notice this by IMS2ISO finishing the procedure within seconds presenting you an ISO file in the low MB range, just like yours.

Ok, so what you have to do is change the paths to link the the files on your harddisk. The editor that comes with windows has a function called "replace". Open it, and enter:

search for: c:\test
replace with: <your directory>

Then klick on "replace all", and there you go. All the paths should now be correct. You should check that they are, and that no backslash or anything was forgotten.

Example:
- the directory your files are at is e:\ps2games\gt4\granturismo4\*.*
- so, you must enter "e:\ps2games\gt4" into the "replace with" field
- after that, the paths in the *.iml file should say:"e:\ps2games\gt4\granturismo4\..."

Save the *.iml file, open IML2ISO again and have a go. Now, the process should take some minutes and output an ISO above 5GB.

Good luck! :)
the Interceptor
 
the Interceptor
Yeah well, that's something that needs a little work. You didn't use the directory "c:\test", did you? Neither did I, because I didn't have as much space on my C drive. The thing is that the tutorial and the files are set to only work when using "c:\test".
Good luck! :)
the Interceptor
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I'll look into doing that, and you are absolutely correct.... I did everything described in the tutorial, but in a folder that I named 'GT4TEST' so that I could find it more easily....lol. Thanks for the heads up!

Since I had started in C:\GT4TEST, I simply renamed it to C:\test, ran the same executable, and ended up with this.

4.90 GB (5,272,002,560 bytes)

Again, Thanks for the tip!
 
I've got a question about using Apache to extract the 2 layers.

I extracted the 1st layer containing GT4.VOL and the other folders into:

C:\test\GRANTURISMO4\

My question is this:

Do I extract the other layer containing GT4L1.VOL into C:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ or do I extract it into C:\test\ ?

The reason I ask this is because if I extract GT4L1.VOL into c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ , Apache will create another folder named GRANTURISMO4 within that directory.

Does GT4L1.VOL belong in the main directory:
( c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ )
or should it just be in the seperate directory
(c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\GRANTURISMO4\ ) ?

Thanks
 
"GT4L1.VOL" is supposed to be in the same directory as the rest of the files. So, when you extract the second layer, you must extract it to "c:\test", as the folder "GRANTURISMO4" will automatically be created. If the folder already exists, the file will be dumped into that folder.

So when you're done with Apache, you should have the folder "c:\test\GRANTURISMO4" with all files in it, and without a folder named "GRANTURISMO4" inside.

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
deeznuts420
I've got a question about using Apache to extract the 2 layers.

I extracted the 1st layer containing GT4.VOL and the other folders into:

C:\test\GRANTURISMO4\

My question is this:

Do I extract the other layer containing GT4L1.VOL into C:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ or do I extract it into C:\test\ ?

The reason I ask this is because if I extract GT4L1.VOL into c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ , Apache will create another folder named GRANTURISMO4 within that directory.

Does GT4L1.VOL belong in the main directory:
( c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\ )
or should it just be in the seperate directory
(c:\test\GRANTURISMO4\GRANTURISMO4\ ) ?

Thanks
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Yeah, I ran into this issue as well. What Interceptor is saying is correct.
i had only one of the two .VOL file in the GRANTURISMO4 folder. it was creating only a 2.xx something .iso file.
I noticed that i had another GRANTURISMO4 folder within the first folder Apache made & so i took a look. low and behold, another .VOL file.
so i dropped the 2nd layer (GT4L1.VOL) into the original folder with the first layer & it worked like a champ.
 
Race Idiot
Oh god, I need a hex editor to do this.
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Yeah, the hex editor. To make sure that I get everything right, I downloaded the hex editor that was used in the tutorial. It's only a 35 day trial, but that's enough for us, right? :sly:

You can get it here: Hex Workshop v4.23

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
tot31
You must first extract the iso from the disc using DVDDecrypter.
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everytime i do this, the iso is 4.94 gig

is it supposed to be that size?



cause when i use that ISO along with the instructions, it builds a 4.9gig iso, and it's supposed to be over 5 gigs
 

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