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Swap Magic Freeze
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DJ313
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16. March 2008 @ 15:25 |
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I'm very new to this website, so I apologize if there has been a thread like this one. I've been googling my problem, and I can't seem to find help.
I have Swap Magic 3 Plus, a slide tool, a FAT PS2 and I'm trying to back up my PS2 games. I backed up Burnout Revenge with no problems at all. It plays just fine on my PS2 and doesn't freeze at any point in the game. I have also created two of my own Guitar Hero II discs, and those work perfectly.
I seem to be having a problem when backing up God of War II and DDR Extreme. Both of the games freeze. God of War II actually starts up, but when I reach a movie, it freezes. DDR Extreme boots up, but freezes first thing.
Here's what I do to rip the games:
I open up my DVD drive and copy the files from the discs on to my desktop into a new folder. Next, I use CD/DVD Rom Generator v1.20 to create an .iml file. After that, I use Apache 3 to create an ISO file from the .iml file. Finally, I use Nero 7 Ultra to burn the disc at a speed of 2X. I even tried burning it with DVD Decrypter, but I still had no luck.
I've heard of patches, but I'm not sure where to obtain them. I've also heard of shrinking... and I've also tried shrinking the ISO files with Gnie's ExPert tool. I've maybe wasted about 10 DVDs lol. I thought maybe I'd be able to fix this problem myself, but I guess not XD.
I would appreciate it if anyone can help me and/or link me to solutions =)
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HG27
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17. March 2008 @ 13:43 |
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Here are two guides for rebuilding (shrinking) games down to DVD5. This will only need to be done for God of War.
-Link 1
-Link 2
As for DDR extreme, I would try burning at 4X with Imgburn.
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DJ313
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17. March 2008 @ 21:09 |
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Thank you so much for linking me. I really, really appreciate it =) <333
I will definitely try that as well =)!
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DJ313
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17. March 2008 @ 21:34 |
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I just tried the DDR Extreme on imgburn... no luck =(
Gah! Lol it's ok. Thank you for the suggestion, though.
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HG27
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18. March 2008 @ 11:08 |
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Try opening DDR Extreme (original game) the .iso image using your PC. I remember when I was backing up Bloodrayne 2.
It would not work with normal techniques, so I looked at the files and found like 3 or 4 that were labeled GARBAGE1, GARBAGE2,etc. I deleted those, rebuilt the image, burned and it worked. Sometimes they put in 'dummy data' to take up space.
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DJ313
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18. March 2008 @ 16:36 |
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Ahhh, thank you so much. Yes, I found an actual file labeled "Dummy" Lol XD. I wish I had caught this earlier... I would have deleted it right away. Ok, I'm going to try and burn a new copy and test it out right now. Thank you =D!
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DJ313
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18. March 2008 @ 20:36 |
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Ok, so I made progress, and I'm actually happy ^_^
Now that I've deleted the "Dummy" file... the game freezes after a few more seconds! Lol... it's ok though, it makes me happy to know that I'm getting somewhere...
I was looking through the original game's data... and there doesn't seem to be any other suspicious looking files... so... I'm not sure what else is disrupting it.
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HG27
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19. March 2008 @ 11:14 |
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DJ313
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19. March 2008 @ 18:55 |
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I haven't been able to try that yet. I let a friend borrow it -_- Lol. But, he knows that I need to back it up so I'll probably get it real soon.
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HG27
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20. March 2008 @ 12:43 |
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Could you post a list of the files in DDR Extreme? That way I can look through them and possibly find other unnecessary files.
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DJ313
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20. March 2008 @ 15:46 |
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Ok so the main folder contains:
DATA
IRX
SLUS_209.16
SYSTEM
DATA contains:
SOUND (folder)
DATA00
DATA01
DATA02
DATA03
DATA04
DATA05
DATA06
DATA07
DATA08
DATA09
DATA10
DUMMY -Deleted-
FILEDATA
SOUND contains:
SD
IRX contains:
EYETOY.IRX
IOPRP303 (img file)
LIBSD.IRX
LIBSMF2.IRX
MCMAN.IRX
MCSERV.IRX
PADMAN.IRX
SD_CALL.IRX
SDRDRV.IRX
SDSTR3.IRX
SIO2MAN.IRX
USBD.IRX
That's it. I appreciate this so much!
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HG27
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21. March 2008 @ 14:06 |
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Those files look pretty important to me so I would leave them alone. I read that you copied the files from the drive to the desktop into a new folder. That method should work but it is much easier to rip the game as an .iso file using DVD Decrypter. Try ripping it with DVD Decrypter as an .iso and then burn it with Imgburn at 4X.
I did some searching as well and found out that there is a rip kit for this game. It is called 'Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Ntsc BY DARTHI8NT' I could not find it though, googled it and everything.
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DJ313
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21. March 2008 @ 18:24 |
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Ok, I'll try to rip the .iso
Thanx for looking it up for me! I'll try to find the ripkit somehow
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DJ313
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21. March 2008 @ 18:46 |
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YAY!
That worked!
Oh thank you sooo much =D!
Now all I have to do is try the GoWII thingy when I get it back from my buddy.
Yay, I'm so happy!
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hussain78
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22. March 2008 @ 11:50 |
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I have swap magic v3.6 plus and I brought this item from a website called Menmtech solutions. The way I use it is I firstly start of by putting in the swap magic disk in the console. Once the programme loads I swap the disks around but it sais not a valid ps2 disk. I bought this game from India. Is it because of the game or am I doing something wrong. My playstation is slimline and the version is V14. The model numberis SCPH 75003.The two swap magic disks came with a slide card but I dont know how to use this. Have I bought the wrong swap magic or not.
Please could any of you out there help me out. I would be very gratefull as i really want to start using my copied games.
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HG27
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23. March 2008 @ 12:23 |
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Originally posted by DJ313:
YAY!
That worked!
Oh thank you sooo much =D!
Now all I have to do is try the GoWII thingy when I get it back from my buddy.
Yay, I'm so happy!
Glad you got it working.
@hussain78
When you swap the discs are you sure you have the sensors blocked (3 total). For slimlines slidecards will not work. You need to use magic keys II, a fliptop, or some other method.
I would recommend trying a cheap solution first. That way you don't have to buy more stuff.Here is a link to Ace's cardboard and straw mod.
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DJ313
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5. April 2008 @ 07:38 |
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Reporting Back!
Sorry it took so long -_-
Ok so I tried the first method...
My friend gave me back the game... scratched =_=''' I was about to freak out on his ass XD But I love him and it's ok cuz I made it work after wiping it down really, really good... and hopefully everything ripped right... I'm pretty sure it did =D
CUZ IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!
EVERYTHING!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I'm so happy ^_^
Thank you so much to all that have helped me <33333333 especially HG27
Much love <3
I will return if I have anymore kweshunz =P
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 5. April 2008 @ 07:59
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HG27
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5. April 2008 @ 15:26 |
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Glad to be of assistance. :)
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