Editing XMB Manuals

[[Category:Software]]
=MANUAL in Game=
MANUAL can be use as a guide, read me, extra artwork & infos etc... and load them in game, without having to quit the hdd app/homebrew/PS3 PSN game.

==Structure tree & infos==

The icon of software manual will appear on XMB in Game by pressing {{padps}} on [[XMB|XMB]] in game (Game Column regardless of the SFO category) with this directorie "MANUAL" (not working on 3.55, working on 4.21 and above).

Press {{padsquare}} to zoom in/zoom out, {{padcross}} or {{padps}} buttons to close it.

 '''NP***12345/MANUAL/'''001.DDS, 002.DDS    //XMB in English (United Kingdom & English United States)
 '''NP***12345/MANUAL/02/'''001.DDS, 002.DDS //XMB in French
 '''NP***12345/MANUAL/03'''/001.DDS, 002.DDS //XMB in Spanish
 ...

*The images, DDS format, need to be compressed as DXT1 (resolution as 1920x1080 work on HDTV and SDTV).

*For add multiple languages, it seems to follow theses [[Content_Information_Files#Languages| Languages code]]

*only for HDD Contents (on fw 4.30 Disc Game was not working)? up to only 999 pages?

==Links & Tutorials==

*[http://rghost.net/48647164 Here is a example of MANUAL] in game, for PS Seismograph (7 pages). 

*[http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=668763 here is a example of MANUAL] in game, for FB Alpha Retro Loader by '''CaptainCPS-X''' (24 pages).

*[https://github.com/CaptainCPS/FBAlphaRL/commit/d876617722270acf9161afd83e6cd73014210dc5 git of CaptainCPS with infos for pkg.py to create propers pkg including MANUAL]


=Manual (Digital)=
Named as Digimanual or Manual (Digital), they are stand alone pkg PS3 hdd games included in disc (PKGDIR for example) or available online.

See also [[PlayView|PLayView]] for other PS3 stand alone digital manual or .
===Structure tree===


 NPUO30***/ (only from few US example)
     |
     |-ICON0.PNG (See[[Content_Information_Files#HDD_Game| Content Information files for HDD Game]])
     |
     |-PARAM.SFO (SFO category HG)
     |
     |-PS3LOGO.DAT
     |
     |-USRDIR/
           |
           |-digiman.sdat
           |
           |-digiman_content.sdat
           |
           |-digiman_content_en.sdat (can also have others languages as digiman_content_es.sdat..)
           |
           |-EBOOT.BIN
           |
           |-assets/
                 |
                 |-image/ (can contain sub-directory such "screenshots", "modals"...)
                 |    |
                 |    |-.jpg and .png
                 |
                 |-sound/
                 |    |
                 |    |-.wav
                 |    
                 |-video/
                      |
                      |-.usm