PARAM.HIS

Description

This file is used to display the changelog texts of a HDD game (category HG), game patches (category GD with APP_VER), and gamedata (category GD without APP_VER). Texts are displayed under the option "Update History" when pressing triangle over his icon.

PARAM.HIP files are the "source" file, contained in the root of a Install_Package.pkg. When the package is installed the system adds at the beggining of the "source" file 10 bytes containing his timestamp (date and time when is installed), and copyes it in the install folder as PARAM.HIS.

PARAM.HIS files can be updated by consecutive installations of more .HIP files over the same old .HIS file, this adds the same structure severall times separated by his timestamps and a blank row when displayed in XMB.

Severall PARAM_xx.HIP files can be included in a .pkg for different languages by adding a number to the end of the filename (e.g. PARAM_16.HIP for polish language), the system will install only the one that matches the language settings of the user, or the default PARAM.HIP if no other is applicable.

• Game examples
  • HATSUNE MIKU Project Diva (NPJB00047) - patch 1.01
  • Catherine (BLJM60215) - patch 1.01

Internal Structures

PARAM.HIP

This structure is repeated several times inside the file, one time for each text row, the controll byte "0A" displaces text to the next row.

Description	Lenght	Example	Conversion	Example Converted	Notes
Text Line	variable	52 6F 77 20 31	utf-8	Row 1
Line Feed	1 byte	0A			Control byte to break the text line

PARAM.HIS

This structure is repeated severall times inside the file, one time for each PARAM.HIP included in the file.

Description	Lenght	Example	Conversion	Example Converted	Notes
Timestamp Mark	1 byte	01			Marks the start point of a Timestamp
Timestamp	8 bytes	00 00 00 00 4E F6 59 70	Decimal ---> Unix time	1324767600 ---> 2011/12/25 00:00
PARAM.HIP Mark	1 byte	02			Marks the start point of a PARAM.HIP
PARAM.HIP	variable				Raw PARAM.HIP

Hexadecimal to Decimal online [conversor]

Decimal to Unix Timestamp online [conversor]

Example of a "hand made" [PARAM.HIS] that simulates 3 patches with 3 text rows each, installed in 3 different years, usefull to copy-paste it inside an installed patch folder (GD category) or a game (HG category) to understand how the .HIP's are cummulated inside a .HIS