desperately need help

[paddyknight]

hi, im getting really annoyed, ive wasted 4 cds already.
I have an edited version of the WE-UK, WE6:FE game. I am trying to edit this slightly by updating a kit and some sponsor boards. I extract the files using cdrwin, then i use cd mage to get the filedata.afs. So i then have a .cue .bin and filedata.afs in a folder.

I then go into wemod, put in my boards and kits and then come out of that. And then i go back into cdmage and i press refresh to try and put the edited filedata.afs in (because the tutorials say to import the edited one but i cant see how). Then i go into cdrwin click load cuesheet- load up the .cue file from the folder with the edited filedata.afs in, and then record disc.

Once it is recorded I look at the disc on properties/explore and its empty, but if i go to extract using cdrwin it has the necessary files. I put it into my (chipped)PS2 and it does nothing. Where am i going wrong? please help. The problem cannot be with the edited filedata.afs bit because if it didnt update and put the edited one in the computer should still make a copy of my original game? Also, i am burning on 2x speed, because thats the slowest my cd drive will go.
Thanks to anyone who can help

 

[paddyknight]

i also just tried- copying all the files off the cd into a folder. Then pasting my filedata.afs into that folder, and then writing it all to cd, but this came up saying there was an error whilst putting it on the cd, so i couldnt do it. please help.

 

[larsson]

After you have finished the editing of the Filedata you have to regenerate it with the AFS Explorer. Then import it simply to the image with CD Mage.

 

[paddyknight]

i dont understand atall. I have no import option with cd mage, and i think my filedata.afs has saved in the right folder anyway. When i write everything to the cd- their is nothing, it just stays in the PS2 browser, and if i go to my computer>cd drive and look at the cd it just comes up with an empty cd.
and how do i regenerate in afs explorer? and will this make the cd playable?
thanks for any help

 

[Zygalski]

You should get a version of CDMage that does let you Import stuff. I use version 1.02.01 and it does let you do it.

 

[paddyknight]

ok, i'll download a new version because i dont have import in mine. But does this solve the problem of the cd not doing anything, because surely if i do not import it, then it will just write the game but with the original filedata.afs?
sorry about all this! and thanks for the help!
(have you got a link to a cdmage with an import function)

 

[Zygalski]

I looked in Google and found this link:
http://home.tiscali.be/silvio/archives/2001/News - 07 juillet 2001.htm

where you can click on
http://home.tiscali.be/silvio/archives/2001/News - 07 juillet 2001.htm
to get the CDMage 1.02.1 program. Hopefully it will be the right one.

 

[paddyknight]

right i did all that, used the new version, imported the edited filedata.ads. Then checked it for corruptions-it was fine. Then went into cdrwin, found the cue file i had been using in cdmage, pressed record disc, when it had finished i stuck it in my ps2 and it just went to the browser and stayed there and didnt load (and yes i'd pressed reset, and yes its certainly chipped!) i left it in for a couple of minutes to double check (and probably wreck the laser) and it still didnt work.
Can anyone think where i might be going wrong, please help. I am using a patched cd of WE6:Fe, and just trying to edit a few things, could this be the problem, thats its not the original cd? i cant see why this would be a problem.
please help
thanks

 

[paddyknight]

hi, i just read a post from a while ago on issextreme, saying something about lbas defining how the game loads, have you heard of this? I've seen a list of the lbas for WE6:fe so im gonna edit mine to that and hope for the best, probably wont work again but might be worth a try....if i can find a cd!