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______ _______ ______ _______ _____ _____ _______ _/ _ )__ _/ _ /_\ \ _/ _ /_ _/ \_ / _/_ _/ _ /__ \ _/ \\ -\___\ \\ \\ -\___\ \\ _\ \--\___ \\ -\___\ \ / \ . _/ . . _/ . \ . :/ . _/ _\ ./_____:\_____/____________\ \________/____:\_____\_______/___________\ /______/ _______ _______ _____ _____\ \ __________ _____ / __ )__\ \\ \\ \ / _ / / _/____ PS4 Scene Rules 2018 / /_ \ \ \ \\ -\____\---\___ \ [28 June 2018] / \ . \ . . _/ . :/ \ \______:\______\___________\ \___________\___________/. ----------------+ . /_______/ . ³ ³ ³ ³ PS4 Release Standards v1.1 2018 ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ ³ ³ 1) Packing: ³ ³ 1.1) Releases must be packed in RAR. SFV and NFO must be included. ³ ³ 1.2) Rars must be in multiples of 50.000.000 bytes but no larger than ³ ³ 500.000.000 bytes. ³ ³ 1.3) Rars must be RAR4 compressed with M1 (fastest) or better. ³ ³ 1.4) Rars must use "Old Style volume names". ³ ³ 1.5) Password protected archives are not allowed. ³ ³ ³ ³ 2) NFO: ³ ³ 2.1) The release must include a .NFO. The file must be a plain-text ³ ³ document and at least include the name of the title. ³ ³ 2.2) NFO must include GAMEID and version. ³ ³ 2.3) The required firmware must be included in the nfo. ³ ³ 2.4) Patchlevel/Installed updates must be included in the nfo. ³ ³ 2.5) All game languages is encouraged to be included in nfo. ³ ³ 2.6) A short description of release is encouraged to be in the nfo. ³ ³ ³ ³ 3) Image format: ³ ³ 3.1) Only PKG Format releases are acceptable. ³ ³ 3.2) PKG trumps ISO releases. ³ ³ 3.3) The game dump needs to be a full working "dump". ³ ³ 3.4) All groups are encouraged to patch the PKG to the highest ³ ³ compatible patchlevel. This is not mandatory. ³ ³ 3.5) Source of game disc origin must be included in nfo. ³ ³ 3.6) All previous ISO File Format releases can be re-released as PKG. ³ ³ ³ ³ 4) Proof: ³ ³ 4.1) The groups are encouraged to include a proof picture with disc ³ ³ and a group tag, for "new" groups which pred less then 50 "working" ³ ³ releases this is mandatory. ³ ³ 4.2) You have 24 hours AFTER NUKE to release a Prooffix. ³ ³ After this 24 hours grace period, any other group is allowed to ³ ³ release a PROPER with scans/photos. ³ ³ 4.3) Proof picture can be scanned and must be in JPEG format. ³ ³ 4.4) Proof picture must not be blurry. Disc/Cart Code must be clearly ³ ³ visible. ³ ³ 4.5) If the medium or cover/booklet contain anything that may expose ³ ³ your identity, then that part of the image can be blurred or ³ ³ blackened. Additional scans may be added but these DO NOT count ³ ³ as sufficient proof! ³ ³ 4.6) PSN releases will be exempt from proof requirements as they are ³ ³ downloadable. ³ ³ ³ ³ NOTE: We STRONGLY recommend the removal of all Exif data! Uniquely ³ ³ identifying information such as the camera serial number and GPS ³ ³ coordinates can pose a security threat if not removed. ³ ³ Use tools such as jhead, PureJPG, EXIF Cleaner... ³ ³ ³ ³ 5) Updates Patches DLC: ³ ³ 5.1) Updates/DLC for releases must also be in PKG format. ³ ³ 5.2) Update/patch/DLC must say in nfo what release it is intended for. ³ ³ 5.3) If Update/patch/DLC is for an iNTERNAL release, ³ ³ Update/patch/DLC must be tagged iNTERNAL too. ³ ³ 5.4) Suggested directory format (if the Update/patch/DLC is pred alone): ³ ³ GAME.NAME.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.UPDATE.v1.00.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ Game_Name_<PROPER/READ_NFO/REPACK>_v1.00_PATCH_PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ Game.Name.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.DLC.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ ³ ³ 6) Region and Languages: ³ ³ 6.1) If a game does not include the English language, this must be ³ ³ specified in the dir name (with use of language tag). ³ ³ - If the game has only one foreign language an appropriate tag ³ ³ should be used in the directory for example JPN/KOR/etc. ³ ³ - If the game includes multiple languages MULTI tag should be ³ ³ used, and the nfo must specify which languages are included. ³ ³ 6.2) If a game is re-released for having additional foreign languages, ³ ³ the release must be tagged as MULTI and the nfo must specify ³ ³ which additional languages are included. ³ ³ 6.3) Due to releases being region free, region tag EURO, USA and ASIA ³ ³ is NOT ALLOWED. ³ ³ ³ ³ 7) Other: ³ ³ 7.1) The dirname must only contain the game name, allowed tags, ³ ³ platform name and groupname. ³ ³ 7.2) the 'online only' games must state in nfo that game is for online ³ ³ only, as those cant be played with the currently known methods. ³ ³ 7.3) Homebrew software, emulators will not be released unless its ³ ³ official retail or from PSN. ³ ³ 7.4) Virtual Reality releases must be tagged 'VR'. ³ ³ 7.5) If the release is an unlocker or trainer compatible with more than ³ ³ one version/update of a game, the highest compatible version number ³ ³ must be included in the dirname. ³ ³ ³ ³ 8) Only these characters are allowed in dirname and filenames: ³ ³ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.-_ ³ ³ ³ ³ 9) Suggested directory formats: ³ ³ GAME.NAME.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ Game_Name_LANGUAGE_<PROPER/READ_NFO/REPACK>_PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ Game.Name.MULTI.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ ³ ³ Game.Name.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.VR.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ Game.Name.LANGUAGE.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>.VR.PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ GAME.NAME_MULTI_<PROPER/READ_NFO/REPACK>_VR_PS4-GRPNAME ³ ³ ³ ³ NOTE: To nukers/nukenets if something is unclear, ask your resident ³ ³ groupadmin that signed rules for interpretation and implementing ³ ³ of above rules. ³ ³ ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ Signed: ³ ³ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ³ ³ ú DarKmooN ú DUPLEX ú Googlecus ú LaKiTu ú LiGHTFORCE ú PACT ú ³ ³ ú Playable ú PROTOCOL ú RESPAWN ú TRSI ú UNLiMiTED ú WaLMaRT ú ³ ³ ³ ³ Refused to Sign: ³ ³ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ³ ³ ú GCMR ú ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ Compliance with this document is mandatory as of 2018-07-02 00:00:01 UTC ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
"make good releases. break all rules - we are pirates afterall"
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