Transfer region locked Borderlands save file on PS3

PIC1.PNG from save file

While most people are playing Borderlands 2 which released last week, I'm still stucked with the first game.  Ming and I were having a gaming marathon last weekend, finally killed the last boss at Level 34 soldier class, sweeeeet!! Next thing to do is to finish the DLCs, another 10 hours to spend?!

Case:

- Own an Asia version of Borderlands GOTY game
- Wish to play in Australia server
- Create a new PSN ID using Australia address and sign in
- Copy Borderlands save file from Asia's PSN profile to Australia's PSN profile
- Load save file in Australia's PSN profile, able to see the save file (when you choose "Existing Character") but fail to load

Solution:

Step Description
01 Remove Borderlands game save file (NOT the profile data) under Australia's PSN profile.
02 Copy the original save file under Asia's PSN profile and transfer it to computer. You will notice this folder structure: "PS3 > SAVEDATA > BLExxx-SAVE-SAVE0001", you will find 5 files, which consists of:
  • SAVE00001.SAV
  • ICON0.PNG
  • PIC1.PNG
  • PARAM.PFD
  • PARAM.SFO
Remove save file from thumbdrive and pop it back to PS3.
03 Run Borderlands game on Australia's PSN profile, start a new game and level up once. Then, press "Start", choose "Exit". This will create a new save game file, copy it to the thumbdrive.
04 Here's the important part!! Copy ONLY the "SAVE00001.SAV" in step 02 (Asia profile) and overwrite the one in thumbdrive (Australia profile).
05 Remove the new save file under Australia PSN profile. Then, copy the modified save file from thumbdrive to PS3.
06 Run the game again, choose "Existing character" to load the modified save file. You may notice the game character info is not updated (Level 2 in this case) but it's totally fine. Once it's loaded, your game character is carried forward from previous account. Hit "Exit" to save necessary bits to this profile. Enjoy!

As the filenames indicate, PARAM.* files are storing values for validation and summary purpose while SAVExxx.SAV contains the main saved game data.

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