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 ====== Installing No Man's Sky v1.09 on the PS4 ====== ====== Installing No Man's Sky v1.09 on the PS4 ======
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 The PS4 and I have never been friends. The console was mostly for my son. But when I discovered No Man's Sky I started putting some hours into it myself. That was the v1.00 disc version. The PS4 and I have never been friends. The console was mostly for my son. But when I discovered No Man's Sky I started putting some hours into it myself. That was the v1.00 disc version.
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 In the first place the PS4 was always kept offline. The main reason for this is that when we first bought the PS4, I installed a purchased ''Marvel'' disc, and downloaded ''Bound'' for my kids from the PS4 Online Store. In the first place the PS4 was always kept offline. The main reason for this is that when we first bought the PS4, I installed a purchased ''Marvel'' disc, and downloaded ''Bound'' for my kids from the PS4 Online Store.
  
-Being a house with only ADSL 1 at the time, the entire Christmas day was taken up waiting for the second game to download, while the first game performed sneaky updates in the background.+Being a house with only ADSL 1 at the time (Not everyone lives in Metropolis), the entire Christmas day was taken up waiting for the second game to download, while the first game performed sneaky updates in the background.
  
 Not happy, Jan. Not happy, Jan.
  
 From that day on, the PS4 was locked off from the outside world, and I wasn't sorry about that. Problem is, the PS4 was now aware that it had been online once in it's miserable life. And from that day continued to prompt me to put it online... every... single... time. From that day on, the PS4 was locked off from the outside world, and I wasn't sorry about that. Problem is, the PS4 was now aware that it had been online once in it's miserable life. And from that day continued to prompt me to put it online... every... single... time.
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-Oh by the way, yes our house was on ADSL 1 for the last ten years and not by choice. Not everyone lives in metropolis. Even hick yokels like to play the odd game now and then. 
  
 So back to the point... could I get a specific No Man's Sky update downloaded on a computer and install it via USB? So back to the point... could I get a specific No Man's Sky update downloaded on a computer and install it via USB?
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 Ok, can you do it by hack/rooting the PS4? Apparently so. Great I'll do that. Ok, can you do it by hack/rooting the PS4? Apparently so. Great I'll do that.
  
-Found the PSXHAX site with all the details of what to do. But this was not going to be easy. I'm going to be frank here. Gamers are not known for their ability to curate or produce documentation with much clarity. If you can stick it out and gain an understanding of some of the concepts, you're a better man than me. There's no easy way of entry here.+Found the [[https://www.psxhax.com/|PSXHAX site]] with all the details of what to do. But this was not going to be easy. I'm going to be frank here. Gamers are known for their "leet skillz", but not for their ability to curate or produce documentation with much clarity. If you can stick it out and gain an understanding of some of the concepts, you're a better man than me.
  
-But what I did work out eventually was that my PS4 with a firmware of 6.20 was no good. Only PlayStation 4's with lower firmware versions could be rooted. Mine could not.+But what I did come to understand was that my PS4 with a firmware of 6.20 was no good. Only PlayStation 4's with lower firmware versions could be rooted. Mine could not.
  
 So I'll just have to live without. End of article. So I'll just have to live without. End of article.
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 ===== Exploiting the PS4 to allow a game update offline ===== ===== Exploiting the PS4 to allow a game update offline =====
  
-As I said before, if I relied on trying to read through hundreds of posts and guides with varying accuracy on PsxHax I was never going to get there. Or I would possibly run the risk of killing the console.+As I said before, if I relied on trying to read through hundreds of posts and guides with varying accuracy on [[https://www.psxhax.com|PSXHAX]] I was never going to get there. Or I would possibly run the risk of messing up the console.
  
 Therefore I found this most excellent guide from Mario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs4zXG2Jda0 clearly and professionally explaining how to download and install the firmware. In addition, it explains how to cache the exploit so that the PS4 can remain offline - yet still be activated whenever required. Therefore I found this most excellent guide from Mario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs4zXG2Jda0 clearly and professionally explaining how to download and install the firmware. In addition, it explains how to cache the exploit so that the PS4 can remain offline - yet still be activated whenever required.
  
-The only time the PS4 needs to be online is to add the DNS entries which causes the PS4 Help Page to call out to the exploit online.+The only time the PS4 needs to be online is to initially add the DNS entries which causes the PS4 Help Page to call out to the exploit online.
  
 But Mario clearly covers all this. But Mario clearly covers all this.
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 And that's exactly how it should be. And that's exactly how it should be.
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