From 0304915fd20a3a00920cf93c4fc7c83a3521a897 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mat=C3=ADas=20Israelson?=
 <57065102+israpps@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 12:52:21 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] avoid formatting SoulCalibur2 Conquest Card images

---
 mymcplusplus/ps2mc.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mymcplusplus/ps2mc.py b/mymcplusplus/ps2mc.py
index 1367527..e1f716a 100644
--- a/mymcplusplus/ps2mc.py
+++ b/mymcplusplus/ps2mc.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from .save import ps2save
 
 PS2MC_MAGIC = b"Sony PS2 Memory Card Format "
+SC2MC_MAGIC = b"Memory Card for SoulCaliburII"
 PS2MC_FAT_ALLOCATED_BIT = 0x80000000
 PS2MC_FAT_CHAIN_END = 0xFFFFFFFF
 PS2MC_FAT_CHAIN_END_UNALLOC = 0x7FFFFFFF
@@ -616,6 +617,8 @@ def __init__(self, f, ignore_ecc = False, params = None):
         
         f.seek(0)
         s = f.read(0x154)
+        if s.startswith(SC2MC_MAGIC):
+            raise error("SoulCalibur II Conquest Card for SYSTEM246 detected\nSkipping format to protect the file")
         if len(s) != 0x154 or not s.startswith(PS2MC_MAGIC):
             if (params == None):
                 raise corrupt("Not a PS2 memory card image",