You can now boot Uncharted 3 on custom firmware v3.55–using this patch. The tutorial is available below. It’s important to note that the game will freeze if you attempt to access ‘Drake’s Journal’.
How-to install:
(1) Install Uncharted 3 onto the PS3
(2) delete camera.txt from dev_hdd0/GAMES/BCES01175/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/build/main/movies1/
(3) Replace the EBOOT.BIN in dev_hdd0/GAMES/BCES01175/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/ with the one included in the RAR
(4) Launch Game
GOING TO DRAKE’S JOURNAL FREEZES GAME. UPDATE 1.01 FIXES THIS BUG, BUT IS ENCRYPTED. DO NOT UPDATE THE GAME, IT WILL BECOME UNPLAYABLE ON 3.55.
Update #1: A patch for custom firmware v3.41 / jailbroken PS3 running v3.41 is now available. The process of getting it to work on v3.41 is the same as v3.55.
Cheers to RenegadeRampage for this news tip!
Update #2 (11/1/2011): A new patch for Uncharted 3 has been released. This patch does not cause the game to freeze when accessing the journal. It has been tested to work for Kmeaw’s custom firmware v3.55. Credit goes to violentcris for posting this tutorial.
1. Move PSARC.EXE + zlib.net.dll to \USRDIR\build\main\ of your UNCHARTED 3 GAME DATA folder (not the one included with this package)
2. Extract ALL *.psarc’s into the folder they are already in (\USRDIR\build\main\) on your HDD by dragging each .PSARC file onto PSARC.EXE (delete the .PSARC files after you have extracted them to folders)
When you’re done it should look like this:
..\USRDIR\build\main\actor33\
..\USRDIR\build\main\animstream4\
..\USRDIR\build\main\bin\dc1\
..\USRDIR\build\main\pak23\
..\USRDIR\build\main\text1\
**IMPORTANT: When you unpack bin.psarc it creates two folders – empty bin folder and one bindc1 folder with files. Rename folder bindc1 to dc1 and put it in the \main\bin\ folder so it looks like this: \main\bin\dc1\
3. Now, merge included USRDIR folder with the existing one where you extracted your psarcs. OVERWRITE all files when prompted.
4. Transfer to your PS3, load in Multiman, launch from XMB.
sources tortuga-cove, ps3iso
There’s also a fix for 3.41. Not sure it’s the original fix or a seperate one.
Thanks for this news tip! Updated.
Thanks for the Updat. I got it to work!!! Also does anyone know if you need to use Drakes Journal or can you play without it??? Next Up BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY..
people are reporting that in the first chapter the journal automatically open and then freezes and your stuck in that spot until a fix is found so the game doesn’t freezes when opening the journal.
So the game is still not completely playable that sucks.
NO the Came is Completely Playable I test it !!!!
Came = Game Sorry
You need the Journal but now with the latest update they say its 100% working
Great news. I’m looking for Dark Souls too.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing the news. I have been looking forward to this game all summer, and now I can play it early!
Is it is true and freezes why not just get a gamesave that is beyond that point and pop it on your ps3, Problem solved.
There a save for the chapter 9 level that people been reporting that the game freezes there ( not the journal) but it still not good because in chapter 11 the journal auto opens and freezes the game.
There a save for the chapter 9 level that people been reporting that the game freezes there ( not the journal) but it still not good because in chapter 11 the journal auto opens and freezes the game.
There is another fix out that supposldly fix the journal freezing and and makes the game 100% playable.
we are waiting for Thor game how they can make this game work and can’t for Thor game
what about lantern green
Confirmed working on my canadian version of the game. Thanks
Does anyone found a solution mac yet? since unpacking of the psarc files won’t work with an .exe file…. thx
The only solution I can think of at the moment is using a virtual machine or bootcamp on your Mac.
F*CK TRUE BLUE
the RAR is downlaod right??