I’m trying to inject a different system preferences file in Horizon, but I keep getting this error, and I have been unable to find any direct support for how to fix this. Unfortunately, this is quite literally the only save file I can find for Ninja Gaiden 2 mission mode (niche game to begin with, DLC even more so, it’s not for the Sigma 2 version), there isn’t anything else I could try. I’ve had no other issues in injecting other game files into Horizon, it just happens to be this one. Quick Fix isn’t working either, I get the “Not a valid CON STFS package” error. The package manager method is also telling me “a device attached to the system is not functioning”. https://www.thetechgame.com/Downloads/id=49945/ninja-gaiden-2-dlc-achievements.html
Using this save file here for Gold survival medals, mentor & MN of missions, all 3 of these are giving me the same error.
It’s worth mentioning that I’m a novice when it comes to Horizon, so I’m not sure if I’m doing anything wrong.
I tried the package manager already, and it gave me the “a device attached to the system is not functioning” error. I’ve tried out multiple USBs to see if that would change, but nothing did
Ninja Gaiden 2 is an Xbox 360 exclusive (it’s not possible to have files from a different platform), and the files I downloaded match up to be identical formats for what I already had on my save.
Going on from point 2, I’ve had a quick look at the save files and it seems both the Gamesave.Dat is named exactly the same as the extracted data from the gamesave. It seems likely that what you’re trying to open in Horizon is this data. Open a gamesave.dat and overwrite/inject this file into the gamesave using the package manager as Chris mentioned. Save/Rehash/Resign and copy back to your usb device.
If I’m following you correctly, the actual save data doesn’t matter at all to me (I’ve beaten everything for that legitimately beforehand), it’s the system preference file that I need (Ninja Gaiden 2 is identical to Ninja Gaiden 3 in this regard, where the optional missions are tied to the system preferences file while the story is separate from that. I have successfully injected new NG3 save slots and system preferences before). Files with names like ng2stryd07 are saves only for the story of the game, the DLC missions are saved to the ng2sysd.dat file, which isn’t wanting to inject, and package manager isn’t even wanting to work for me. I’ve tried multiple USBs for it but I keep getting the error “a device attached to the system is not functioning”.
6, 9, and 10 are the only ones I need from this: NG2 DLC saves.zip (54.6 KB)
I get the same error about the device even thought im loading it directly from the desktop, so there definitely is an issue somewhere. Just rehash/resign with you profile/console id and give it a test lad
Well, these are at least injecting properly without any issue, and I have no issues putting in the console ID and other things and rehashing. However when I boot it up on my 360, it’s telling me “System Preferences: This saved game is damaged.” I’ve tried quick fix as well for these, but still the same issue. Normally when this happened to me, it’s because it hasn’t rehashed properly (I ctrl + a and ctrl + v everything), but I’ve done 6 and 9 multiple times, but it’s still the same.
Sorry for necro’ing this, but I figured out how to get the files to work and unlock the associated achievement(s), if you are still in need of the achievements. In short, the files you are trying to use are just broken.
I found a working ng2sysd.dat file that had a few of the DLC missions complete and that successfully injected in Horizon (automatically popped the 4 and 8 complete missions achievements). I opened both files in Visual Studio and amongst all of the NULL values, I found a timestamp on the working file which wasn’t present in the file from techgame download.
I then opened both files in a text editor that would show actual values instead of a bunch of NULLs (I personally use Sublime Text) and noticed that the techgame download was showing basically all zeroes in the first 36 lines, apart from a few values that were consistent between both. So I simply copy/pasted the first 36 lines from my working file into the techgame download, injected it into Horizon, changed the Device, Console, and Profile ID’s, then Rehashed/Resigned and saved it to my thumbdrive.
So far I’ve gotten the Acolyte, Bronze medal, and Silver medal achievements to pop. I’m still working through the rest of the files and testing them on an offline 360 account to see if everything else pops. Assuming everything works out, I’ll zip em up and throw them in here in case you still need those last few achievements, and for anyone else who may run into this in the future.
Can confirm that the everything works - managed to pop all DLC achievements on my test account.
If you run into any issues, I recommend getting a backup of your own System Preferences file onto a separate drive, desktop folder, etc. and deleting the original from your console, Cloud, or wherever it’s saved (again, make sure you have a backup so you don’t lose everything); I never tested this myself since all my testing was done on a fresh offline test account, but I have my unmodified System Preferences file for my main account sitting in Cloud Saves, so I’m wondering if there’s some kind of conflict between that and the modified file when loading up the game on my main account, even when selecting the memory unit as my save location.
Simply unzip, drag one of the files into Horizon, modify the Device ID, Profile ID, and Console ID so it aligns with your own, save it to your thumb drive, and rehash/resign. Once you start the game up and load in your thumb drive, achievement should pop. Repeat for as many achievements as you need.
Wow, I had completely forgot that I made this before lol. Thanks for looking into this and providing the files, I’ll see if these work for me. In the year since I had originally posted this, I got one of the three I was in need of (as well as making some pretty good progress on the other two), hopefully the remaining two will work
If these do work, you are the real MVP, as this would be, to my knowledge, the only functioning mission mode save file out there!
Can confirm that one of the two I needed worked, and the other one likely will as well. You are my hero! For anyone else who stumbles across this save in the future, I got the achievement as soon as I chose to load the save from the USB.
Also, for ease of access for others in the future, below I’m going to type out some keywords that would appear in a search result on Google or such for finding this, and hopefully will bring it up.
Ninja Gaiden 2 Mission Mode DLC Xbox 360 Full Save Achievement Save File 100%, NG2, Gold Survival, Master Ninja of Missions
