Ever tried to cheat on your HDD games but for some reason it wont
work?
This guide explains how to combine your ARMAX disc with a ps2
.ISO file to be installed onto a ps2 Hard Drive.
I wrote this guide because of the lack of information on this topic.

What you need:
- Action Replay MAX
- a hex editor (any hex editor will do)
- Daemon Tools (if you are using a game iso)
- ISOBuster
- about 6-8GB HD Space max (PC)


1.Extract ARMAX
Insert your ARMAX cd into your pc, open up isobuster, and select
the drive its in. Highlight everything apart from BIG.DAT,
BIG2.DAT and DUMMY.zip. Right click one of the files and click
extract, somewhere where you can easily find it like C:\ARMAX.
Also right click the red iso icon and select "Copy Tree-Info to
file -> LBA, Full Path" and save the text file somewhere.

2.Modify AR's SLES/SLUS file
Run your Hex Editor. Open ARMAX's SLES/SLUS (SLES_500.09,
SLUS_20x.xx) file and search for SYSTEM.CNF. Change it to
SYSTE1.CNF. Search a few more times and change all the results,
different versions have different amounts of SYSTEM.CNF mine had
4-5.

3.Extract Your Game Files
Load isobuster either with your game in the drive or select file,
open image. Extract the contents just like you did with ARMAX to
a folder C:\GAMENAME. "Copy Tree-Info to file -> LBA, Full Path"
once more, now close isobuster.

4.Rename games SYSTEM.CNF
Fairly self explanatory go to the folder where you extracted your
games contents to and rename its SYSTEM.CNF to SYSTE1.CNF.

5.Order Game files
Start up CD/DVD-Generator Version 1.50 Patched, Create New
Project -> DVD-ROM Master Disc. Open the text file created by
isobuster for the game and drag the game files in order to the
DIRECTORY window.

Open up the ARMAX text file and add the ARMAX
files in order also. Select Volume tab, enter your SL*S number
with no "." into disc name and change license area to wherever
you are.


Now just Select File -> Export IML FILE.


6.Create ISO
Open up IML2DVD, IML2ISO or Apache.
IML2DVD: browse click the [...] Button and select the IML you
just created, choose an output iso file name then click start.
Not sure about IML2ISO.
Apache: Click File -> Import IML File, then File -> Build ISO.
Heres my created ISO in ISOBuster



6.Transfering The ISO To The Hard Drive
With the PS2 Hard Drive connected to your Computer load up
WINHIIP. Select your drive then click Add Image and browse to you
ISO. Make sure you set the boot file as your AR SLES and click
install.
Now load up HDloader/HDadvance and select your game, ARMAX should
load.

Note:This needs to be done to each game you want to cheat on. Seems not worth it, but once you've done it once its really easy.

Credit for this guide go's to chevyuk who I think first
descovered this method http://chevyuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk but
has been modified alot for greater compatibility.

Ok here are download links to all files that are needed, links should be permanent so post if they dont work.
ARMAX can be obtained from http://cryptbreaker.hyperboards.com/ ,no direct links as it gets regular updates.
ISOBuster
HHD free hex editor : http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Products/home/hex-editor-free.html

CD/DVD Generator 1.20 (unsure if patched, but should be) http://sksapps.com/index.php?page=mis.html

Or if you dont want to have to hex edit anything:
Edited SLUS_200.90 : (link needs updating)
Edited SLES_500.09 : (link needs updating)

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Here`s my Screenshot with the progress
If The image loading to long here my Screenshot in Zip http://rapidshare.de/files/11324502/ScreenShot.zip.html

First I Extract game & Armax by Right Click the red iso then the Filelist.txt -> FullPath

Then hexing the SLES_500.09 and I found 2 String


And Order filelist of my RE4(PAL)


Add ARmax to DIRECTORY


Edited the VOLUME & Export it to .iml


Using DVDiml2iso


Rebuilding iso


Using WinHiip


Got Error with WinHiip


Then i Mountimage using Alcohol 100% to add Iso to WinHiip


This is my Last progress


After i Load my HDLoader using KIYO_HDLOADER_PATCHED I choose the RE4 that I make then i got BlackScreen and Hang.
I sent you a PM about the link. Which one?

Thx

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Ok this time i`m using Winhiip 1.7.5 and got the same Error.
I think my problem is my IML2ISO







But Strange I try MountImage with Alcohol20% i can pass the WinHiip Error.

I`ll try other`s 2 IML2DVD and APACHE but don`t have it right now.
Download First........ @_@
Hmm your IsoBuster version 1.9 ,
i`m using 1.3 ,better download latest....

Post Again later after i try IML2DVD and APACHE.

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