Phantasy Star Online Xbox
Item Loss Prevention Patch
Patcher by: Aleron Ives
Patch by: Fuzziqer
http://psopalace.funurl.com

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Introduction:
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Welcome to the Item Loss Prevention Patch for PSOX. The purpose of this patch is to address a longstanding problem with PSO: if you fail to quit and save normally for any reason in online mode, the game deletes your unequipped items and Meseta. This is completely unfair, as the main reason for being unable to quit and save is that the game crashed, so you get punished for something that was out of your control. This patch fixes the problem by preventing the game from deleting your unequipped items and Meseta when you don't quit and save normally in online mode. The summary of how the patch works is this:

If you crash, your save file will revert to the state it was in the last time you talked to the bank, talked to the shop, or teleported to a different area.

As such, any items you had in your pack the last time the game saved will be preserved, instead of being deleted. If you find a new item while playing, you can save it in your item pack by teleporting to the next area or by using a Telepipe to return to Pioneer 2. Once the game saves with the item in your pack, you won't lose it if your game crashes. You can also still put items into the Check Room to save them, of course, although it's no longer necessary to do that with this patch.

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Installation:
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After downloading and unzipping the PSO_Xbox_Item_Loss_Prevention_Patch.zip archive, you should have this README.txt file, as well as six different patching programs. Each patching program is meant for one of the six possible PSOX releases that you might have:

NTSC-J Disc
NTSC-J Title Update
NTSC-U Disc
NTSC-U Title Update
PAL Disc
PAL Title Update

The "Disc" patches will allow you to patch the base game that you've extracted to your Xbox hard drive. The "TU" patches will allow you to patch the PSOX Title Update, if you have it installed.

To check whether you are using the PSOX Title Update, navigate to:

E:\TDATA\4d53004a\$u\

and check the contents of this folder. If you have the PSOX Title Update, you should see a file named "default.xbe" in this folder. If you don't have this file, then you should navigate to where you have PSO installed on your Xbox hard drive, e.g.:

E:\games\PSO\

and look for "default.xbe" in that folder.

Note that if you're using the PSOX Title Update, patching the "default.xbe" file that came from your PSO disc will have no effect; when the PSOX Title Update is installed, your Xbox will ignore the original "default.xbe" in favour of the one that came with the Title Update. You only need to patch the original "default.xbe" if you don't have the Title Update.

Always be sure to keep a clean backup copy of your game files, so that you don't have to dump your game again if you make a mistake!

Once you've determined whether you need to patch the base game or the Title Update, copy "default.xbe" from your Xbox hard drive to your PC's C:\ drive. Run the patching program that matches the region (JP, US, or EU) and version (Disc or TU) of the PSOX release you're using, and then click the "..." button. A window will open asking you to select the "default.xbe" file you want to patch. Navigate to C:\, and you should see the "default.xbe" file you just copied from your Xbox hard drive. Select it, then click the "Open" button. Now press the "Start" button, and you should get confirmation that the file was successfully patched. When you close this message, the patching program will automatically close, too. You have now applied the patch.

Before you copy "default.xbe" back to your Xbox, you may want to apply other patches, first. Once you've applied all of the patches you want to use, you can copy the updated "default.xbe" back to your Xbox, replacing the original file.

That's it! You can now play the game with the patch.

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Troubleshooting:
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If the patching program gives an error that says:

"default.xbe - File size/version missmatch!"

then that means you tried to use a patching program that doesn't match your PSO version. Double check which region of PSOX you have and whether the Title Update is installed on your Xbox, and then select the patching program that matches your game version.

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Credits:
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Huge thanks go out to Ralf for making this patch for GC, as it took us over two months of work to get it right. Thanks also go out to Fuzziqer for porting the patch to Xbox, as well as to Gen6Gamer for testing the patch.

That's the end of this README; I hope everyone enjoys being able to play the game without worrying that their items will suddenly get deleted. Don't forget to visit PSO Palace, the home of this patch.

http://psopalace.funurl.com