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This site's codes usually are AR-MAX codes. These look a lot different from codebreaker or raw codes and are therefore easily recognized.
This site's codes usually are AR-MAX codes. These look a lot different from codebreaker or raw codes and are therefore easily recognized.


An example code, taking a code from [[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time|Star Ocean 3]]
An example code, taking a code from the game [[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time|Star Ocean 3]]


[Max Money When Item Is Sold]
[Max Money When Item Is Sold]

Revision as of 16:55, 22 November 2014

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Introduction

This guide will explain how to convert various codes to raw codes for use with pnach files. A lot of people don't seem to know how to create a proper cheat code from existing codes and they'll usually end up asking the same question on the Forum: "How to get xx code to work, please help!" With this guide you'll not only learn how to convert the codes, but you'll also know how to recognize most codes so that you know which code type you're actually dealing with. There will also be a section later explaining how the RAW codes work in PCSX2, and how you can recognize those as well.


Different types of codes

There are various types of codes such as Codebreaker, AR-MAX, GS, XPloder, etc. PCSX2 makes use of raw codes that are placed inside a .pnach file. Most of the codes found on the web are not always in raw format, so you'll have to convert them first. But what do each codes look like? Let's take a look.

Codebreaker


This is one of the most common codes you'll find. Sites like Codetwink use these codes and are usually in V1.0+ format. (Sometimes you can also find them in V7+ format).

An example code of the game Silent Hill 4 and an Infinite Health Code:

2A73077A 447A0000


If you were to convert that to a proper raw code, it'd become:

2045A548 447A0000

AR-MAX


Another major website for codes are:

This site's codes usually are AR-MAX codes. These look a lot different from codebreaker or raw codes and are therefore easily recognized.

An example code, taking a code from the game Star Ocean 3

[Max Money When Item Is Sold]

P2QP-VA71-PVXBD
ET8B-MYX4-HMZJ6
E0WD-34UU-WG7GR

Converted it would be:

D02F9E92 00004402
202F9E8C 00000000

XPloder


GS


Raw


Raw code types


Condensed raw Codes


Converting the codes to proper format for use with PNACH files

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