Either I'm losing my mind, or I simply cannot create USB installers anymore :-(

My hardware looks a bit like this... currently running Mojave 10.14.6 latest update (for 32 bit support). All features supported and working:

i7-8700

16 GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM (2x8GB)

Radeon RX 580 8GB

Generic Broadcom BCM943602CS (all features supported)

2 x Intel 660p NVME SSD 500GB each (Win 10 + macOS 10.14.6)

28" Samsung 4K display (HDMI 2.0) in 1080p HiDPI mode.

I was originally using a reasonably recent Clover, but upgraded to OpenCore + FakeSMC. I avoided VirtualSMC because the sensor info just wasn't there in the early days...

My latest fully working OpenCore is 0.8.3 (from memory) with VirtualSMC, and the latest kexts that were available back then. I have also upgraded from USBInjectAll to USBToolbox + UTBMap kext.

I do not know if it is whether I am creating the boot media/OC EFI from within Mojave that it simply doesn't work. For my Mojave EFI, I used no special fixes except for broadcomFixup kext...

I have managed to test Big Sur with a patched installer for NVIDIA GTX 770... which worked fine with this OC EFI folder, slightly updated... Nothing I do with Ventura installer seems to work. I either get no boot to OC at all, or a text-only version of OC appears, with no bootable media.

I have followed the dortania guide to the letter, and no amount of NVRAM clearing seems to help.

EDIT: Still unsure of csr-active-config value, and whether it needs NVRAM injection (as well as just being set in OC config.plist)??

Any advice or help would certainly be appreciated. Thanks.

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