Apollo Command-line Tools Reference¶

CLI Tools¶

Apollo command-line tools are useful for code creators and developers, to test SW codes and BSD scripts locally on a computer.

dumper
patcher
patcher-bigendian

patcher¶

The patcher command-line tool reads a .savepatch file and a comma-separated list of patches, and apply the selected cheat codes to the target file.

Apollo Cheat Patcher v2.0.4 - (c) 2022-2026 by Bucanero

Patching:
 USAGE: ./patcher file.savepatch 1,2,7-10,18 [data-file.bin]

  file.savepatch: The cheat patch file to apply
  1,2,7-10,18:    The list of codes to apply
  data-file.bin:  The target file to patch

Listing:
 USAGE: ./patcher file.savepatch [-c 1,2,7-10,18]

  file.savepatch: The cheat patch file to list
  -c:             Display code details (Optional)
  1,2,7-10,18:    The list of codes to display (Optional)

patcher-bigendian¶

patcher-bigendian is provided to apply patches on PS3 (big-endian) save-game data files.

Apollo Cheat Patcher v2.0.4 PS3/big-endian - (c) 2022-2026 by Bucanero

USAGE: ./patcher-bigendian file.savepatch 1,2,7-10,18 [data-file.bin]

  file.savepatch: The cheat patch file to apply
  1,2,7-10,18:    The list of codes to apply
  data-file.bin:  The target file to patch

dumper¶

The dumper command-line tool reads a binary file and generates a .savepatch file with a SW code that writes the raw content of the binary data.

Apollo binary file SW dumper v1.4.0 - (c) 2023-2025 by Bucanero

USAGE: ./dumper filename.ext