Playstation Vita (PS Vita) Guide

Table of Contents

Compatibility

• Supported
• Verified

Extracting saves from the PS Vita (to port to another console)

• Tools
• Guide

Encrypt and copy the save file to PS Vita (from another console)

• Tools
• Guide

Compatibility

Supported

This is the list of implemented save conversions, so far.

Supported	PS Vita
Nintendo Switch	YES
Steam	YES
PS3	YES
PS4	NO
Xbox One	NO

Verified

'Verified' means that I tried going to/from the console to confirm it worked.

Supported	PS Vita
Nintendo Switch	NO
Steam	NO
PS3	NO
PS4	NO
Xbox One	NO

Extracting saves from the PS Vita (to port to another console)

Tools

• Custom Firmware on your PS Vita (See vita.hacks.guide for more details)
  • Vita Shell (You likely already installed this as part of the guide above, but otherwise the VPK can be downloaded here.)

Guide

NOTE: This requires Custom Firmware (CFW) running on the Vita.

1. Open Vita Shell and navigate to 'ux0:user/00/savedata/'.

2. Press Triangle over the PCSE00293/ folder and select Open decrypted.

3. Move the cursor to the save file that you want to extract and press Triangle and Copy the file.

   • (The save files are numbered from 0000 to 0999. The ormat is dataXXXX.bin, where XXXX is one of the numbers. For example, data0001.bin corresponds to the second game save.)

4. Navigate somewhere outside of the current folder, which as the root of ux0: and press Triangle to paste the (now decrypted) save.

5. Using FTP (from Vita Shell) or by plugging your console in to your computer using USB, copy this (decrypted) save file to your PC.

   • (Note: It's important to follow steps 2-4 to create a decrypted copy of the save. Trying to move the original file directly to your computer will move the encrypted version, which cannot be converted between consoles.)

This save file can now be used as the input to the program, since it's already decrypted.

Encrypt and copy the save file to PS Vita (from another console)

Tools

• Custom Firmware on your PS Vita (See https://vita.hacks.guide/ for more details)
  • Vita Shell (You likely already installed this as part of the guide above, but otherwise the VPK can be downloaded here.)

Guide

0. Pre-work: The PS Vita requires you to overwrite an existing save file. If you have existing saves, just load one of them and save it to a new saveslot to act as the dummy save we will overwrite. Otherwise play the game for the first few minutes until you can make a save, to have a dummy save to overwrite.

1. Rename the file from dataXXXX.bin by replacing the XXXX with a number from 0000-0999 that DOES collide with an existing save slot. (Such as the save we made in step 0.)

2. Copy this file to your PS Vita, such as over FTP (from Vita Shell) or by plugging your console in to your computer using USB, copy this (decrypted) save file to your vita.

   • (The file location does not matter much. I would just put it at the root of ux0:).

3. Use Vita Shell and locate the new save file. Press Triangle and Copy the new save file.

   • (Note: Move did not work correctly for me. So be sure to use Copy.)

4. Navigate to ux0:user/00/savedata/.

5. Press Triangle over the PCSE00293/ folder and select Open decrypted.

6. Then press Triangle and Paste.

7. Load this save file on your PS Vita by launching the game.

   • (Note: it may still resemble the previous save file that was there, but this is normal).

8. Use an in-game save point to save the currently running game. This will correct the save file.

And now you're done!