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│                       PS4 Release Standards v1.0 2018                       │
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│ 1.1) Releases must be packed in RAR. SFV and NFO must be included.          │
│ 1.2) Rars must be in multiples of 50 000 000 bytes but no larger than       │
│      500 000 000 bytes.                                                     │
│ 1.3) Only PKG Format releases are acceptable.                               │
│    1.3.1) PKG trumps ISO releases.                                          │
│    1.3.2) PKG must be compressed with RAR4 using m1 compression.            │
│    1.3.3) All groups are encouraged to patch the PKG to the highest         │
│           compatible patchlevel. This is not mandatory.                     │
│ 1.4) All releases can include a proof picture with disc and a group tag     │
│    1.4.1) Proof picture can be scanned and must be in JPEG format.          │
│    1.4.2) Proof picture must not be blurry. Disc/Cart Code must be clearly  │
│           visible.                                                          │
│    1.4.3) If a release is suspicious, a proof can be requested and has to   │
│           be done within 24hrs.                                             │
│ 1.5) PSN releases must also be in PKG format.                               │
│ 1.6) If a game is re-released for having additional foreign languages, the  │
│      release must be tagged as MULTI and the nfo must specify which         │
│      additional languages are included.                                     │
│ 1.7) All previous ISO File Format releases can be re-released as PKG.       │
│ 1.8) The dirname should only contain the game name and tags.                │
│    1.8.1) The source region should be included in the nfo.                  │
│    1.8.2) The required firmware must be included in the nfo.                │
│    1.8.3) Patchlevel / Installed updates should be included in the nfo.     │
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│                                   Signed                                    │
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│    BlaZe, DUPLEX, GCMR, KOTF, LaKiTu, LiGHTFORCE,  PACT, PROTOCOL, TRSI     │
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│  Compliance with this document is mandatory as of 2018-02-22 00:00:01 UTC   │
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