Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

[MuzzUK]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

https://discord.gg/rHZaTsB2

The discords a bit quiet but I guess until I have some serious news theres not much more to say

[nikethebike]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

https://discord.gg/rHZaTsB2

The discords a bit quiet but I guess until I have some serious news theres not much more to say

So I guess not much has been accomplished?
Or do you have any progress?

[s_mkheidze]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

these things seldom ever pay off. I would not count on much. If we get anything, consider it a bonus.

[MuzzUK]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

https://discord.gg/rHZaTsB2

The discords a bit quiet but I guess until I have some serious news theres not much more to say

Slow progress but we'll get there project is very much alive patience everyone!

[MuzzUK]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

these things seldom ever pay off. I would not count on much. If we get anything, consider it a bonus.

I'm a bit more determined than your average person. If we don't achieve anything it will be because its not possible not that we haven't tried of gotten bored. The encryption and file structure is the main hurdle but I've got someone good on this.... time is the main thing at the moment its a case of when not if.

[s_mkheidze]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

I'm a bit more determined than your average person. If we don't achieve anything it will be because its not possible not that we haven't tried of gotten bored. The encryption and file structure is the main hurdle but I've got someone good on this.... time is the main thing at the moment its a case of when not if.

I certainly hope that this all works out and would be more than ecstatic to have it all come together. In the past these types of endeavors always tended to fizzle out sadly. I hope that this does not happen here. This game is amazing and having the ability to mod it would take it to the next level for sure.


good luck to you and all involved.

[joeschmoefromtoronto]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

I'm a bit more determined than your average person. If we don't achieve anything it will be because its not possible not that we haven't tried of gotten bored. The encryption and file structure is the main hurdle but I've got someone good on this.... time is the main thing at the moment its a case of when not if.

Interested here and I may have something for you, but the discord links keep coming up with invalid invites.

Tested with Parsec briefly online and even online play potentially works! It's just a matter of getting the game to run in-game smoothly with the right settings (probably don't want to worry about super high resolutions).

[Jlnhlfan]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

Interested here and I may have something for you, but the discord links keep coming up with invalid invites.

Tested with Parsec briefly online and even online play potentially works! It's just a matter of getting the game to run in-game smoothly with the right settings (probably don't want to worry about super high resolutions).

Mind if I send an invite?

[MuzzUK]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

Mind if I send an invite?

Yeah I am happy for anyone to join the discord its quiet at the moment but I've just had a call with a US software coming to discuss the encryption/decryption stuff. Will update when I know more.

[Jlnhlfan]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

Interested here and I may have something for you, but the discord links keep coming up with invalid invites.

Tested with Parsec briefly online and even online play potentially works! It's just a matter of getting the game to run in-game smoothly with the right settings (probably don't want to worry about super high resolutions).

https://discord.gg/f4d8xSPF

Can't send a PM, so here is the link.

[MuzzUK]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

For those who are not in the discord channel.

Hi all. Thought it was time I'd update you all as to where I am with this project!

At this current time I cannot continue to work on this project alone so I will be sharing all my work with the community here and via my discord.
I believe modding NHL 2k10 will be possible in the future but at this current time it is not, but I do believe we are close it just needs more expertise than
I have. I thought we had a solution end of last year only to have a setback. I have however had a massive breakthrough on modding EA NHL titles
namely NHL 12 so I am putting my focus into that for now. I will still be working on NHL 2K10 but it won't be my primary focus and taking a bit of time off the
project to find my passion for it again. NHL 2K10 is still one of the best hockey games ever made.
Over the last 18 months I have recruited help from people in the UK and Brazil. The UK people that were helping me are now asking for money to continue which is fair enough (I've also engaged with a gaming company too)
they've done a lot of free stuff with two guys working in their own time to help, but from their point of view this needs to be professionally funded if they are to continue
and I don't have that sort of money. The Brazilian aspect of the project have moved onto their own work in game development so this has left me
on my own. In terms of what we have in 18 months we've managed to decrypt the game files and find a way to decompile the SDAT files
into smaller files. This was a big piece of work and took a lot of time to figure out.

If you search for an app called QuickBMS you will find a script that is able to decompile my decrypted version of NHL 2K10 that has
no protection. This gives you lots of .DAT files which contains all the game data, configs, sounds, music, photos and graphics assets.
Unfortuntantly this needs someone to develop an application or find a way to make these files readable on PC
as plain english to allow modding to continue. At the moment you just get coded files unreadable when you open them.
Once this happens we can in theory mod NHL 2K10 as long as there's no more security issues to over come. I do know some
game companies put CRC security in games to stop mods but my Brazilian team believed this wasn't the case. We had one guy who was able to change some player names and
add a photo of Connor McDavid to the game but he vanished and didn't leave any of his knowledge behind. I have a screenshot of this!

The other issue we have is that the QuickBMS script for NHL 2K10 cannot recompile the game properly. So we can extract files and one day work on them but we'll need someone
with a bit of coding or compiling knowledge to finish this off. The creator of QuickBMS may or may not be able to help but he's a hard guy to speak too and work with so I've
not engaged too much with him the Brazilians did and obtained the half working script.
So as you can see there are two hurdles to overcome before an NHL 2K10 mod is possible. I've put a lot of time into this project so not giving up but
other things are a bit more promising so going to focus on those.

I am happy to share all my work with everyone here and will post up some links to the decrypted game files along with links to QuickBMS and the script. Hopefully after a small break I can come back to this either crack on myself with more help or someone would have solved it.

[nikethebike]

Re: Decompiling and modding NHL2K10 PS3

For those who are not in the discord channel.

Hi all. Thought it was time I'd update you all as to where I am with this project!

At this current time I cannot continue to work on this project alone so I will be sharing all my work with the community here and via my discord.
I believe modding NHL 2k10 will be possible in the future but at this current time it is not, but I do believe we are close it just needs more expertise than
I have. I thought we had a solution end of last year only to have a setback. I have however had a massive breakthrough on modding EA NHL titles
namely NHL 12 so I am putting my focus into that for now. I will still be working on NHL 2K10 but it won't be my primary focus and taking a bit of time off the
project to find my passion for it again. NHL 2K10 is still one of the best hockey games ever made.
Over the last 18 months I have recruited help from people in the UK and Brazil. The UK people that were helping me are now asking for money to continue which is fair enough (I've also engaged with a gaming company too)
they've done a lot of free stuff with two guys working in their own time to help, but from their point of view this needs to be professionally funded if they are to continue
and I don't have that sort of money. The Brazilian aspect of the project have moved onto their own work in game development so this has left me
on my own. In terms of what we have in 18 months we've managed to decrypt the game files and find a way to decompile the SDAT files
into smaller files. This was a big piece of work and took a lot of time to figure out.

If you search for an app called QuickBMS you will find a script that is able to decompile my decrypted version of NHL 2K10 that has
no protection. This gives you lots of .DAT files which contains all the game data, configs, sounds, music, photos and graphics assets.
Unfortuntantly this needs someone to develop an application or find a way to make these files readable on PC
as plain english to allow modding to continue. At the moment you just get coded files unreadable when you open them.
Once this happens we can in theory mod NHL 2K10 as long as there's no more security issues to over come. I do know some
game companies put CRC security in games to stop mods but my Brazilian team believed this wasn't the case. We had one guy who was able to change some player names and
add a photo of Connor McDavid to the game but he vanished and didn't leave any of his knowledge behind. I have a screenshot of this!

The other issue we have is that the QuickBMS script for NHL 2K10 cannot recompile the game properly. So we can extract files and one day work on them but we'll need someone
with a bit of coding or compiling knowledge to finish this off. The creator of QuickBMS may or may not be able to help but he's a hard guy to speak too and work with so I've
not engaged too much with him the Brazilians did and obtained the half working script.
So as you can see there are two hurdles to overcome before an NHL 2K10 mod is possible. I've put a lot of time into this project so not giving up but
other things are a bit more promising so going to focus on those.

I am happy to share all my work with everyone here and will post up some links to the decrypted game files along with links to QuickBMS and the script. Hopefully after a small break I can come back to this either crack on myself with more help or someone would have solved it.

That'd be really interesting. Perhaps PM the info?