need tutorial for reactPSN

[PatrickBatman]

Thanks PatrickBatman - after following your instructions I was able to use rap2rif to make rif files. I didn't have an act.dat and I never found a tutorial explaining how to get one. However, after running reactpsn numerous times with several button combos something worked and I got an act.dat for my "aa" reactpsn account.

Now when I run ME3 with DLC installed it seems to work (i.e. no error message), but when I go to Eden Prime there isn't an option to land. I'm guessing that means that something is still wrong?

@MrDorit - what did you do to get rap2rif working? Your previous post says that you missed some files for the PS3 environment. Was it the /.ps3 hidden folder? At first I missed that one too since the hidden files weren't visible.

Yeah something is still wrong with the rip, DLC will install no matter what but that doesnt meant it'll work. Did you 2) Copy the contents of "UserName" (from the download) to "c:/cygwin/home/YourUsername".3) Copy the "bin" folder to "c:/cygwin" (Overwrite any/all existing files/folders)? Also when installing Cygwin do it get files from the net?

Was "act.dat" file in "c:/cygwin/home/YourUsername/.ps3/exdata" before you made the .rip file? Is there still an act.dat in dev_hdd0/home/00000X/exdata? If you still have reactPSN installed does the account say reactPSN X rif X edat not aa?

[xfcrowman]

Yeah something is still wrong with the rip, DLC will install no matter what but that doesnt meant it'll work. Did you 2) Copy the contents of "UserName" (from the download) to "c:/cygwin/home/YourUsername".3) Copy the "bin" folder to "c:/cygwin" (Overwrite any/all existing files/folders)? Also when installing Cygwin do it get files from the net?

Was "act.dat" file in "c:/cygwin/home/YourUsername/.ps3/exdata" before you made the .rip file? Is there still an act.dat in dev_hdd0/home/00000X/exdata? If you still have reactPSN installed does the account say reactPSN X rif X edat not aa?

I'll confirm all this when I get home, but I'm pretty sure these are the answers to the questions:

-contents were copied to c:/cygwin/home/username, including hidden .ps3 folder
-bin was copied to correct directory, 3 or so files were overwritten
-cygwin was installed from the net.
-act.dat, ipds & raps were in correct directories
-There still is an act.dat in dev_hdd0/home/00000X/exdata (my react psn account)
-The reactpsn account says reactPSN X rif X edat

I'm guessing there might be something wrong with my act.dat, since I didn't have one originally and I generated one by pure luck (random button pressing on reactpsn with dongle out). What's the correct way to obtain an act.dat with reactpsn?

Also, I've found an act.dat in a huge collection of raps I downloaded from ps3iso - but I can't use this because the act.dat is console-specific, correct?

Thanks again for the help!

[MrDorit]

Thanks PatrickBatman - after following your instructions I was able to use rap2rif to make rif files. I didn't have an act.dat and I never found a tutorial explaining how to get one. However, after running reactpsn numerous times with several button combos something worked and I got an act.dat for my "aa" reactpsn account.

Now when I run ME3 with DLC installed it seems to work (i.e. no error message), but when I go to Eden Prime there isn't an option to land. I'm guessing that means that something is still wrong?

@MrDorit - what did you do to get rap2rif working? Your previous post says that you missed some files for the PS3 environment. Was it the /.ps3 hidden folder? At first I missed that one too since the hidden files weren't visible.

My problem was that I'd tried to get Rap2Rif to work before PatrickBatman made his tutorial and I downloaded the files needed from another place. After confirming that my rif's didn't work, I tried to compare the files I had in my \.ps3 folder with the ones that were provided with PatrickBatman's download, and there were missing a couple in mine - so I replaced them all with the ones from PB's package. After that , I got it to work.

PS I also didn't have a act.dat when I started, and used the one generated with ReactPSN. So that should work.

[BahumatLord]

well does the psnReact account say 1 rip 0 exdata in the account name, that is if you only have the batman rip in there, also i dont know if reactPSN was made to work with discs maybe just hard drive games.

Yes ReActPSN works with both discs and disc backups. Some DLC requires that you play from the original disc. These include but not limited to God Of War 3, Disgaea 3, and about half of the DLC for Little Big Planet 1 and 2.

Side note - What's up man? You and I should probably get together to get it all documented 100% so it works for everyone. You know where to find me

Edit: It's funny seeing Junior Member under my name. It just seems so out of place

[PatrickBatman]

Yes ReActPSN works with both discs and disc backups. Some DLC requires that you play from the original disc. These include but not limited to God Of War 3, Disgaea 3, and about half of the DLC for Little Big Planet 1 and 2.

Side note - What's up man? You and I should probably get together to get it all documented 100% so it works for everyone. You know where to find me

Edit: It's funny seeing Junior Member under my name. It just seems so out of place

Well now I sound stupid because obviously it works for discs thats what they hope you're using on OFW, I meant like true blue disc on JB, but that's good to know it works for those as well. Anyway I use rap2rif now for good cause react is real screwy with one usb port

[xfcrowman]

OK - I checked into what PatrickBatman mentioned earlier and it looks like I did set up everything correctly.

I made a fresh act.dat with reactpsn (holding no buttons) and re-created rifs for ME3 and Batman using rap2rif. The Catwoman DLC is now working!! I still have to check ME3, but it's probably working given that the Batman DLC is activated now.

Thanks PatBat and Mr.Dorit for your help!

[BahumatLord]

Well now I sound stupid because obviously it works for discs thats what they hope you're using on OFW, I meant like true blue disc on JB, but that's good to know it works for those as well. Anyway I use rap2rif now for good cause react is real screwy with one usb port

So the RAP2RIF worked out for you? That's good to hear it worked for your 1 USB port problem. Did you have to rescan your user accounts' exdata folder with ReActPSN?

[PatrickBatman]

So the RAP2RIF worked out for you? That's good to hear it worked for your 1 USB port problem. Did you have to rescan your user accounts' exdata folder with ReActPSN?

I really dont remember, I ran reactPSN with and without R1 so many times.

[PatrickBatman]

Just a heads up sometimes I type .rip instead of .rif used to typing rip way more.

[Bartholomy]

Great thead, congrats. I would suggest if you want to add here the rap2rif method.