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MiLØ wrote: That Sakura Wars game is made by Sega Wow Overworks, who used CVM container for all their PS2 games.
And just like in other cases some of them are encrypted while others are not. Shinobi (PS2) for example was non-encrypted and can be oped with Ultra iso, while its sequel Kunoichi was encrypted.

Thanks for the information, i did try UltraISO and a few other ISO programs on this but since it doesn't have a TOC none of them worked, but it can be extracted using the method posted by ameneko (i was just doing it wrong last time) which was useful for some files, but some of the files i extract appear to be encrypted some how, for example the movies are in a SFC format which appears to be a encrypted version of SFD video format so i now need to work out how to decode these encrypted files (which i have no idea how to do since i can't find any info on this format anywhere so it may have only been used on this game)

ddkram wrote:Thanks for the information, i did try UltraISO and a few other ISO programs on this but since it doesn't have a TOC none of them worked, but it can be extracted using the method posted by ameneko (i was just doing it wrong last time) which was useful for some files, but some of the files i extract appear to be encrypted some how, for example the movies are in a SFC format which appears to be a encrypted version of SFD video format so i now need to work out how to decode these encrypted files (which i have no idea how to do since i can't find any info on this format anywhere so it may have only been used on this game)

Oh I actually didn't get it myself what was the method that ameneko used.

Is there some kind of guide on how to dump PS2 games ram?

MiLØ wrote: Oh I actually didn't get it myself what was the method that ameneko used.

Is there some kind of guide on how to dump PS2 games ram?

There isn't any sort of guide, all you have to do is run the game in a emulator called PCSX2 which can be gotten from www.pcsx2.net and while the game is running make a Save State (basicly a memory dump) and then close Pcsx2 and then open the save state file in any program that can open zip files and extract eeMemory.bin and if you look inside eeMemory.bin with a hex editor you will see the TOC for where the files are inside the CVM (you then need to multiply it by 0x800 then add 0x1800 in hex to get the exact location).

ddkram wrote:There isn't any sort of guide, all you have to do is run the game in a emulator called PCSX2 which can be gotten from http://www.pcsx2.net and while the game is running make a Save State (basicly a memory dump) and then close Pcsx2 and then open the save state file in any program that can open zip files and extract eeMemory.bin and if you look inside eeMemory.bin with a hex editor you will see the TOC for where the files are inside the CVM (you then need to multiply it by 0x800 then add 0x1800 in hex to get the exact location).

That's what I was hoping it it would not involve - working with the hex editor. This type of stuff is just too hardcore and I got no necessary skills or knowledge.
But thanks for explanation.

its very simple
just copy paste thats all then its a normal iso file you can read with anything.

chrrox wrote:its very simple
just copy paste thats all then its a normal iso file you can read with anything.

On a normal CVM that works fine but a encrypted CVM is different, it has a encrypted TOC so no program (released publicly to date) can read it.

that's why you paste in the toc from the save state.

chrrox wrote:that's why you paste in the toc from the save state.

I have tried to paste the TOC from the save state but not had much luck (i could be doing something wrong though), can you show me any examples on how to do it ? because everytime i try i get a corrupt ISO (meaning it shows a few files with gibberish names and wrong filesize's) but to me it looks like the start of the TOC is missing from the savestate (again this could just be me) which includes the folder information and disc label.

just pm me the encryptesd header of the cvm and the save state
and ill send you the proper iso header

chrrox wrote:just pm me the encryptesd header of the cvm and the save state
and ill send you the proper iso header

I desperately need your help.
Could you please check PM.

here is the quickbms to extract the file you sent me.
I assume its naruto?

so this is virtual on

chrrox wrote:just pm me the encryptesd header of the cvm and the save state
and ill send you the proper iso header

Ok i am uploading now and i will send you a PM with a link in a moment, the zip i am sending will have the first 17MB (the number of MB was just random number) of the encrypted CVM and a pcsx2 save state. Any help is very much appreciated.

what game are you sending?

chrrox wrote:what game are you sending?

well i made the zip i sent the same name of the game but the games full name is "Sakura Wars 5 So Long, My Love"

chrrox wrote:here is the quickbms to extract the file you sent me.
I assume its naruto?

No,
I'm sure it's Virtual-On.