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shatta · 04-24-2008, 03:29 PM

What happen when u download an "add on"...i never did that since i got my PS3....
im gonna get the COD4 map pack...when i download it ,,would it be in a separate folder...invisible..i wont wanna to to delete it...and even if i do..would i have to pay for it again?

BStecke · 04-24-2008, 03:30 PM

I think it goes in the Game Data Utility folder. That may not be the exact name for it, but it's something close. It's under the game section of the XMB.

tonyb71 · 04-24-2008, 03:32 PM

Once you download and install it that's it. You won't see any special folder under games. I've only downloaded a couple of add-ons with the most recent being last week's control pack for Lair but this has been my experience.

ckenisell · 04-24-2008, 03:34 PM

Yeah, I've downloaded several things (games, add-ons, etc.) and I would like to know what happens when I try to install a larger hard drive or if the current hard drive crashes. Can I re-download using my account? If so, how?

shatta · 04-24-2008, 03:45 PM

so what happens?.u download, it installs auto.,,can u access it from the XMB....? or it only gets access when ur about to play a certain game

so for COD4...i will access the maps once i use the disc? is that it.....

can someone check their add on to see how it works...?

Rapstah · 04-24-2008, 03:48 PM

They add into the game, obviously. You just launch it like usually.

Shin-Ra · 04-24-2008, 03:52 PM

You download the expansion, it's added as a file in your list of games under 'Game' and you select it to install it. It installs to the Game Data Utility folder, if there's already content in that folder to do with the game usually it merges into one file.

When you play the game it automatically integrates any content from the Game Data Utility folder.

DeathByAsh'aman · 04-24-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ckenisell

Yeah, I've downloaded several things (games, add-ons, etc.) and I would like to know what happens when I try to install a larger hard drive or if the current hard drive crashes. Can I re-download using my account? If so, how?

Theres 2 ways to do it. When you back up your current drive before you install the new one you can either delete stuff off of your drive to cut down the time of putting it all back on the new one (use the backup utility function under system in the xmb) or you can just back everything up and everything will be put back on the new drive (use a fat32 formatted drive for backup). I would go the latter route and back everything up. It results in a longer wait when you restore everything, but if you have a lot of downloaded content it will be much faster then redownloading everything.

If you do decide to redownload everything when youre in the PS store at the top by your cart there is a little link that says downloads. It will have a list of stuff by date and you can just click on the dates to see what it was you downloaded. From there you can redownload stuff.

I put a 320 gb drive in my ps3 a few months ago and everything went flawlessly.

I used this thread and it contains all the information you should need.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37467

04-24-2008, 03:29 PM	#1
shatta Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:New York	what happens when What happen when u download an "add on"...i never did that since i got my PS3.... im gonna get the COD4 map pack...when i download it ,,would it be in a separate folder...invisible..i wont wanna to to delete it...and even if i do..would i have to pay for it again?

04-24-2008, 03:30 PM	#2
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	I think it goes in the Game Data Utility folder. That may not be the exact name for it, but it's something close. It's under the game section of the XMB.

04-24-2008, 03:32 PM	#3
tonyb71 Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	Once you download and install it that's it. You won't see any special folder under games. I've only downloaded a couple of add-ons with the most recent being last week's control pack for Lair but this has been my experience.

04-24-2008, 03:34 PM	#4
ckenisell Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Round Rock, TX Blu-ray collection:368 Blu-ray reviews:3	Yeah, I've downloaded several things (games, add-ons, etc.) and I would like to know what happens when I try to install a larger hard drive or if the current hard drive crashes. Can I re-download using my account? If so, how?

04-24-2008, 03:45 PM	#5
shatta Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:New York	so what happens?.u download, it installs auto.,,can u access it from the XMB....? or it only gets access when ur about to play a certain game so for COD4...i will access the maps once i use the disc? is that it..... can someone check their add on to see how it works...?

04-24-2008, 03:48 PM	#6
Rapstah Active Member Member since:Mar 2008	They add into the game, obviously. You just launch it like usually.

04-24-2008, 03:52 PM	#7
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	You download the expansion, it's added as a file in your list of games under 'Game' and you select it to install it. It installs to the Game Data Utility folder, if there's already content in that folder to do with the game usually it merges into one file. When you play the game it automatically integrates any content from the Game Data Utility folder.

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