Hi. FFIX unleahed mod for epsxe, patch instructions help.

[Derpyderpderp]

How ?
Can I just add the ppf files to the epsxe patches folder and it will auto run ?

I went through a tutorial using ppf-o-matic but get an error message saying the software cant open the specified image file. Which has DEAMON tools logo on it and is called a CCD, or, the disc image file which just shows the picture of a disc on a page.

Want to play FF9 tonight as it doesn't look like I'll be sleeping and wanted to give this mod a go, thanks for the help .

Do I have to create an ISO image ?

The epsxe emulator runs the DEAMON tools image for FF9 when I select it through play ISO options, so I figured it already was an iso.

[MaslowK]

I went through a tutorial using ppf-o-matic but get an error message saying the software cant open the specified image file. Which has DEAMON tools logo on it and is called a CCD

What this means is that .CCD files are associated with Daemon Tools; that's the only reason it's showing that logo. The reason you're getting that error is because the .CCD file isn't actually the disc image, but just a descriptor file, and the actual image file is most likely a .IMG file that came with it. Some programs like ePSXe can look at the CCD and know to continue loading the IMG file, but programs that directly edit your disc image will sometimes need to load the main file directly. The easiest way to tell which is which is that the less important CCD file will be only a few kilobytes, while the main image file will be several hundred megabytes.

Now, all that said you should be able to just stick your PPF patch file in the "patches" folder in your ePSXe folder and have it work automatically, yes. You may need to rename it to the same name as your disc image, so say your image is called "FinalFantasy8.ccd", you would change your PPF to "FinalFantasy8.ppf".

Do I have to create an ISO image ?

As long as your emulator can run your game normally by selecting the .cue/.img file through "Run ISO", you shouldn't need to convert it.

If you have any other questions or concerns feel free to let us know here

[Derpyderpderp]

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Will give it a shot, thanks for the help.

Also just to be sure, the image file is just called FF9 CD1. (highlight, right click properties, name).

There is no abbreviated reference to the file in the name. And there is also a sub file with around 30,000kb of data in the folder with the ccd and DiscImageFile. It's called FF9 CD1.sub.

Should I still include the .ppf if I am to rename the patch FF9 CD1, to make it FF9 CD1.ppf

[MaslowK]

Should I still include the .ppf if I am to rename the patch FF9 CD1, to make it FF9 CD1.ppf

That sounds right, go ahead and try that. Also for future reference .sub files are usually extra bits of data which are, to my understanding, mostly used for copy protection purposes. It shouldn't be important unless you plan on burning the game to a disc.

[Zorlon]

You opened the wrong file for ppf-o-matic that is all, you need to be patching either a *.IMG file or a *.BIN file

To get auto patching working in ePSXe you need to know what the main exec file is for the game e.g. for the Fininl Fantasy IX [NTSC][U] CD1 that is SLUS_012.51 so you rename the *.ppf file for CD1 to SLUS_012.51 note that this does not have the ppf file ext on the end any more, drop that file in to the patches folder and make sure the auto patch option is enabled for ePSXe

the other CD main exec's are

SLUS_012.95 (For CD2)
SLUS_012.96 (For CD3)
SLUS_012.97 (For CD4)

CCD and CUE files (There are more formats) are just descriptor files that tell software that reads them what tracks are in the main Binary
IMG and BIN files are the main Binary images for the disc and contain the actual game data and CDDA tracks
SUB files contain sub data that is stored on a retail disc that can as far as PSX games go act as part of copy protection Lib Crypt, generally this is not helpful as most burner can't read that and the software that creates that fakes it on drives that are not capable of reading it to start with.
SBI also contain sub data but can be used with ePSXe if the game has copy protection, it's mostly PAL E games that used this but there are a small number of NTSC U games that also have this all *.SBI files so far are valid dumps of sub data and can be trusted unlike *.SUB files