Help needed - ppf says image incorrect size...

MunkyBoy · June 7th, 2004

Some of the games I own have protection on them, such as CTR, Crash Bash, Speed Freaks, Formula One 99, Vagrant Story etc...

Now, I downloaded ppf's for these games so I could run the iso's, but whenever I try to patch them it says that the image file size is incorrect! In the ppf description it says it's for the english PAL version of the game, which is exactly what I have. It gives you the option to patch it anyway, but when I do, the games still freeze in the same places...

I'm using Blindread to make my iso's, but I've tried it with other programs like CloneCD etc.

Please help...

Vanit · June 7th, 2004

Freezing isn't caused by copy protection issues. I'd say you have a case of bad isos on your hands.

MunkyBoy · June 7th, 2004

Isn't it a bit strange that the only games of mine that freeze are protected? Isn't that why they make ppf's? To stop the protection causing the game to freeze and cause errors?

All of my non-protected games work fine (except X-Men). And besides, I've tried ripping CTR from my CD and two of my friends' CD's, and it freezes in the same spot everytime even though I've made iso's from 4 different programs and tried countless plug-in combinations and configurations...

Something tells me it's the protection... But if it isn't, then it is amazingly uncanny that my CD and my two friends' CD's have the exact same fault...

**I-Chan** · June 7th, 2004

Try making your own patches with peops cd-r plugin. There are detailed instructions in the readme, but don't hesitate to ask if you have any doubt

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MunkyBoy · June 7th, 2004

Wow! I didn't know you could make them! I tried it out but it only makes sbi and m3s files, and the patching program only recognises ppf files. I tried renaming it to a ppf but it didn't work. How do I do I make a patch for an iso?

Thanks for your help =o)

**I-Chan** · June 7th, 2004

mmmm... well, this patches are supposed to be used with peops itself :P , it will load them just fine. You can't patch the isos with them, sorry. Anyways, you can use them to test if the game works fine, so you can discard the possibility of having faulty isos.

PhysicienXS · June 7th, 2004

You must rename the ppf files into SLES thing orSCES... which depends of your game and you must replace the renamed files into epsxe's root > patches

June 7th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
MunkyBoy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 23	Help needed - ppf says image incorrect size... Some of the games I own have protection on them, such as CTR, Crash Bash, Speed Freaks, Formula One 99, Vagrant Story etc... Now, I downloaded ppf's for these games so I could run the iso's, but whenever I try to patch them it says that the image file size is incorrect! In the ppf description it says it's for the english PAL version of the game, which is exactly what I have. It gives you the option to patch it anyway, but when I do, the games still freeze in the same places... I'm using Blindread to make my iso's, but I've tried it with other programs like CloneCD etc. Please help...

June 7th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,701	Freezing isn't caused by copy protection issues. I'd say you have a case of bad isos on your hands. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

June 7th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Try making your own patches with peops cd-r plugin. There are detailed instructions in the readme, but don't hesitate to ask if you have any doubt . __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

June 7th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	mmmm... well, this patches are supposed to be used with peops itself :P , it will load them just fine. You can't patch the isos with them, sorry. Anyways, you can use them to test if the game works fine, so you can discard the possibility of having faulty isos. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

June 7th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
PhysicienXS Posteur du dimanche Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: France Posts: 233	You must rename the ppf files into SLES thing orSCES... which depends of your game and you must replace the renamed files into epsxe's root > patches __________________ Asus A8V Deluxe Wifi Edition Athlon64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz Geforce 6800GS 256 MB 250 GB HDD 1 GB Dual-Channel DDR400 2x Philips 220WS 20'' Widescreen LCD Windows XP Pro SP2 & Ubuntu 8.04 ADSL 1024/256

June 7th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
MunkyBoy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 23	Isn't it a bit strange that the only games of mine that freeze are protected? Isn't that why they make ppf's? To stop the protection causing the game to freeze and cause errors? All of my non-protected games work fine (except X-Men). And besides, I've tried ripping CTR from my CD and two of my friends' CD's, and it freezes in the same spot everytime even though I've made iso's from 4 different programs and tried countless plug-in combinations and configurations... Something tells me it's the protection... But if it isn't, then it is amazingly uncanny that my CD and my two friends' CD's have the exact same fault...

June 7th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
MunkyBoy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 23	Wow! I didn't know you could make them! I tried it out but it only makes sbi and m3s files, and the patching program only recognises ppf files. I tried renaming it to a ppf but it didn't work. How do I do I make a patch for an iso? Thanks for your help =o)

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