[Tutorial] How to Play GTA IV Online W/ Mods

So here is a simple Tutorial which I hope will be of help to many of you guys having trouble.



- PS3 with Custom Firmware (3.55/3.41)
- Fresh Backup of GTA IV (BLES00229 or BLUS30127)
- Comgenie's Awesome File Manager
- PC
- Modified PARAM.SFO BLES Version or BLUS Version
- Ofcourse, the Mods, Direct links: common.rpf & ps3.rpf


Copy the Modified PARAM.SFO and Comgenie's File Manager.pkg to the root of either a USB Stick or USB HDD.



Connect your USB Stick/HDD to your PS3.



Install Comgenie's File Manager and Run it.



You'll be greeted with a nice Blue screen... now press Select to turn it Red and you're now in Advanced Mode.

Now the Layout is pretty simple:

Browse and select a file on the Left and then browse for the destination
folder on the Right, then Press O from the Left side to copy it over to
where you chose on the Right side.


You get meh?



On the Left side, navigate to either 'dev_usb000' or 'dev_usb001'.

Press X

You should see the PARAM.SFO you downloaded earlier in the list of files.



Press Right to switch to the other side of the File Manager.

'EU' owners navigate to: 'dev_hdd0/GAMES/BLES00229/PS3_GAME/'

'US' owners navigate to: 'dev_hdd0/GAMES/BLUS30127/PS3_GAME/


Now press Left to go back to the Left side again.

Hover over the PARAM.SFO.

(Make sure you've got Advanced mode enabled! Press Select until your screen is Red)

Press O on PARAM.SFO and press Start to confirm, your new PARAM.SFO has now replaced the original.

Done. Quit the File Manager.



Once back on the XMB, go to your favourite Backup Manager (I highly recommend MultiMan 1.15.02)

Run GTA IV and if you did everything correctly, you will have no prompt to update to 1.06.

Go to your in-game Phone and select Multiplayer... Success!

(Note: As this is a bypass hack, you can only play online with other
bypassed players, but they're increasing so it will get populated
quickly even on modded online games!)



I hope this has been of help!




Credits:
Blackb0x Team for the PS3 FTP Server,
Comgenie from PS3Hax for his Awesome File Manager,
Kmeaw, Geohot and Waninkoko for their Custom Firmware(s),
tim008 from Se7ensins for creating the Mods in the first place,
STRATEGIZER from PSX-Scene for converting the mods to the PS3 GTA IV,
and ofcourse... Rockstar, for creating Grand Theft Auto in the first place.

Nice Work Bro

Nice Work Bro