{"id":8,"date":"2008-06-07T13:37:55","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T05:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/?p=8"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T01:21:30","slug":"convert-us-eur-monster-hunter-freedom-2-saves-to-jpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/2008\/06\/07\/convert-us-eur-monster-hunter-freedom-2-saves-to-jpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert US EUR monster hunter freedom 2 saves to JPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the files you’ll need – Download<\/a><\/p>\n

Things to know before you start off<\/p>\n

It took me several hours a day for several days to piece the whole procedure together, with the help of several friends. I’m doing this because I want to share my experiences\/knowledge with the rest of the hunters in the world, nothing more. I expect the number of people visiting this site to increase over the course of this month as 2G is coming out, so if anyone feels helpful, do help out in any way you can in the comments. Like most people, I hate registration, floating adverts and rapidshare, so I’ll try to make this site as accessible as possible. If you have problems understanding my phrasing, do tell me so I can do amendments.<\/p>\n

Japanese Monster Hunter Portable 2 = English Monster Hunter Freedom 2
\n.lbc files are actually text files which contain instructions and gamekeys to decrypt psp saves<\/p>\n

There are a few reasons why someone would want to convert their hard earned US\/EUR saves to the JPN version, or would even want to read this. If you have no tastes for theory, just skip all the way down to the practical part.<\/p>\n

JPN version of monster hunter portable 2<\/p>\n

– has more blood (technically I believe if you hurt a weak point, lots of blood will be spilling out. There might be a cwcheat for this, if anyone has it do tell me)
\n– it’s way cooler to play in japanese : D
\n– there’s an english patch available for the japanese version, it’s not 100% but you’ll get by
\n– last I checked, statistically, 25% of everyone who owns a psp in Japan has monster hunter, there should be more players on xlink kai<\/p>\n

Okay, here we go~
\nGames which require firmware 2.0 and above most likely have the savegames encrypted, I would think there are 2 kinds of encryptions used, one which tells the psp to do the encryption, and the encrypts the savegame by game itself. For save games, there should be 3 different kinds of encrytion used, firmware 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 above.<\/p>\n

Monster Hunter Portable\/Freedom 2 JPN\/EUR\/US uses 2.0 encryption, that can be decrypyed using a file containing the appropriate Gamekey.<\/p>\n

Laboko is a japanese software, and they have most of the gamekeys for japanese games stored in Laboko’s boot.pbp file. The problem comes in when you need a gamekey for a US or EUR game like monster hunter freedom 2. You have to put the ULUS10266.lbc OR ULES00851.lbc into ms:\/laboko\/code\/ (I would assume the extension means LaBoko Code or something, it’s not a usual extension that can be found)<\/p>\n

We’re going to use Laboko to load save games from the memory stick and then convert an encrypted .bin to an unencrypted .bin file. With this .bin file, you can use a hex editor to modifiy your save games. THEN RENAME YOUR FILE TO ULJM05156.BIN. Afterwhich you use Laboko to convert your plain .bin back to the encrypted .bin. Since Laboko already contains the JPN gamekey, you can use Laboko to save your plain .bin to an encrypted JPN .bin!<\/p>\n

Practical part
\nLaboko 101 – Download
\nULUS10266.lbc – Download
\nULES00851.lbc – Download
\nYou will also need a JPN game save from somewhere online. Probably gamefaqs, I won\u2019t be posting any JPN save files, cos they\u2019re not mine and my own is just to embarrassing to show : D<\/p>\n

If you have firmware 1.0 or 1.5, you should be able to run Laboko without any problems.<\/p>\n

1.5 Kernel addon for M33 3.71 FAT PSP ONLY – Download
\n1.5 Kernel addon for M33 3.8 FAT PSP ONLY – Download
\n1.5 Kernel addon for M33 3.9 FAT PSP ONLY – Download<\/p>\n

If you have custom firmware from M33, or you have problems getting Laboko to start, you\u2019ll need to install the 150 kernel addon. A word of advice, if you’ve never flashed your PSP or are afraid of bricking your psp, you are better off asking for help in other places, sorry. Then again, you shouldn’t have any problems as I was on M33 3.71 R4, I merely followed instructions in the text file and viola, I can run Laboko : D<\/p>\n

TAKE NOTE FOR THE SLIM:
\nIf you are using the slim, you will need to use the TimeMachine \/w Pandora to load your slim into 1.5 kernel.<\/p>\n

Also, you should try to have less than 5 saves on in your PSP’s save directory. From lurking I have heard that laboko doesn’t play well with more than 5 saves. So this might be one of the things choking up laboko.<\/p>\n

After you run Laboko in the first time, a laboko directory will be created. Quit Laboko, and put the appropiate .lbc file into ms:\/laboko\/code and run Laboko again. I made the mistake of using the inbuilt usb in Laboko and I couldn’t convert the first time round.<\/p>\n

You only need the correct one, so just download one.
\nULUS10266.lbc << US Gamekey
\nULES00851.lbc<< EU Gamekey<\/p>\n

Follow the instructions which I ripped all over the internet and you’ll be on your way.<\/p>\n

To convert your ENCRYPTED .bin to DECRYPTED .bin
\n> Menu 2 > Choose the US\/EUR gamesave file > Menu 4 > Wait a few seconds > Viola<\/p>\n

lbo05.png<\/p>\n

lbo02.png<\/p>\n

lbo03.png<\/p>\n

This shot here is actually wrong. It should show Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd on the left but the option is selected. This option does the decryption.<\/p>\n

An decrypted .bin file should show up in the root directory of your memory stick.
\nRENAME THAT FILE FROM:
\n– ULUS10266.BIN TO ULJM05156.BIN
\nOR
\n– ULES00851.BIN TO ULJM05156.BIN<\/p>\n

Yes I was a dolt, and I left this step out. Sorry. I assumed everyone knew how to read that part which says it\u2019s missing the ULJM05156.BIN<\/p>\n

To convert your DECRYPTED ULJM05156.bin to ENCRYPTED .bin
\n> Menu 2 > Choose the JPN gamesave file > Menu 5 > Wait a few seconds > Viola<\/p>\n

lbo01.png<\/p>\n

lbo06.png<\/p>\n

lbo07.png<\/p>\n

You can now delete that ULJM05156.BIN you have in your root, or leave it there.<\/p>\n

Load your JPN Monster Hunter Portable 2, see your savefile and ENJOY THE BLOOD!<\/p>\n

In the next guide, I’ll teach you how to apply the english patch to MHP2 so you can have english menus!<\/p>\n

Many many thanks to Auslander, my Korean friend for providing me with BOTH the lbc files with the Gamekeys.<\/p>\n

Updated 27 March 2009. I see many people are still trying to convert their files, I’m sorry I can’t be clearer with my english, but you can get help from the guys here.<\/p>\n

J_G_ has written a guide? – Save Game Conversion Laboko, Phat or Slim with Time Machine
\nhttp:\/\/forums.minegarde.com\/index.php?showtopic=4529<\/p>\n

icyisamu has also a guide – Save Game Conversion Save Game Deemer, Phat and Slims
\nhttp:\/\/forums.minegarde.com\/index.php?showtopic=2224<\/p>\n

The people at Minegarde would be happy to help you guys convert your saves : )<\/p>\n

Instructions to prep your save file is here:
\nhttp:\/\/forums.minegarde.com\/index.php?showtopic=567<\/p>\n

This is where you should upload to (I think, it doesn’t hurt to read a little first):
\nhttp:\/\/forums.minegarde.com\/index.php?showforum=43<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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