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Softmodding an Xbox Tutorial
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skullsold
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28. June 2005 @ 08:24 |
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Hi,
I need some help regarding the backup...I clicked backup and it went to this weird screen and it started to act like my tv wasn't working. Then my xbox froze and it was yellow around the eject button.
I shut my xbox off and then went back to the Ltools, and clicked backup again and it said it already existed... but i'm not too sure if it did it correctly. Any insight?
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spartini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:02 |
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lol ya same here that happened to me... you must of done it right cause mine was like that... also the tut that jonbitrin or whatever gave us is for v2... i can only find v1.8 what do i do!!!! i almost destroyed my xbox... i couldnt get on xbox live because i couldnt trouble shoot anything.....
its true...... squirrels are taking over the world
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skullsold
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28. June 2005 @ 09:09 |
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Did your mod work when you did the backup? Cause I really don't want to move forward without a backup in case something goes wrong.
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spartini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:09 |
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lol also ummm im asking ppl on xbl for help on softmodding... some of them tell me to go to sites where there are like krazie installer for MA v2.7 and stuff like that.... i have no idea wth to do... jon if you know how to install v1.8 or atleast tell me how to find v2 that would be sweet... also if anyone can send me to a site with patches or gamhacks that will let me superjump and run really fast whenver then can u plz tell me thanks!
its true...... squirrels are taking over the world
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spartini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:12 |
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i did the back up and it told me to turn my xbox off so i did... then when i booted it back up it went to the MXM men or whatever itools and i tried following the tut ut this version had UXE and like i couldnt find evox wasnt in this version and i was getting confused so i installed uxe.... well then i thought my mod was ready so i tried getting on xbox live... it seems it changed the ip addressed from auto to manual and i couldnt get to the ttrouble shooter it would go to itools so i started pannicking and uninstalling everything and trying to back to my hard drive to the original state and that worked.... but im so scared to try again without a proper v1.8 tut for itools
its true...... squirrels are taking over the world
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:14 |
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@Medan - No no, it sounds like you've got everything working beautifully. To backup your games, you have to download a program called DVD2XBOX, which is available in Xbins in the Xbox/apps folder somewhere. FTP that to your Xbox and you can use it to backup your games.
@Skullsold - I've said it once, i've said it a million times, if you guys would read the tutorial carefully and thoroughly, just about ALL your questions are answered. The screen going garbed and messed up is normal, this means you probably have a 1.6 Xbox, and the video does this on the newer Xboxes for some reason. When the lights are flashing yellow DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR XBOX!!! When the lights are flashing green THEN you may turn it off.
@spartini - The tutorial i gave is for the use of ltools packages 1.7.5 so i don't know what you're talking about with all this v2 or v1.8 stuff....
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:15 |
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@Skullsold - If you don't feel comfortable that the Backup was complete in Evox, just FTP into your Xbox, and look for the "BiosLD" folder. Copy the files in that folder to a safe place on your PC Harddrive. This info contains your eeprom, and harddisk info should anything go wrong.
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spartini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:20 |
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lol i was using v1.8r MA or whatever.... lol i thoguht you were talking about v2... my bad
its true...... squirrels are taking over the world
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slyfox1
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28. June 2005 @ 09:50 |
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@jon, I followed everything to the T but it doesn't seem to be working. I get the blue green orange black screen thats all jumbled, and I resart my xbox when you say you should and I get weird errors on a screen that looks like its from the matrix ( errors 13 and 21) I tried both the old version 1.75 and the newer version of Ltools 1.8 something. But its still not working. When using the newer version my xbox loads like a normal xbox does but I can't seem to load the linux OS to mod the code. Am I missing something?
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 09:52 |
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@slyfox - make sure you are using the PROPER VERSION OF UDE when installing. If your xbox is 1.0 - 1.5 use UDE 1 and the options i gave in the tut, and if your xbox is a 1.6, use UDE 2 and the options i gave in the tut...
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slyfox1
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28. June 2005 @ 10:04 |
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@jon, I believe I am using all of the correct selections. I checked all of the infomation that I would need before running the programs. The xbox won't load the new dash board for the mod. Any info? just to make sure I have the correct info where do I find it?
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:08 |
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@slyfox - well if you're getting an error 13, that is an error pertaining to a dashboard fail, which means you deleted something that had to do with the dashboard. Either that or your cut your Xbox off when the screen was garbled, before it was finished copying the files....if you an boot into Ltools, then rerun the installer and select UDE1 if you selected UDE2 the first time, and vice versa....
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slyfox1
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28. June 2005 @ 10:16 |
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@jon, Alright good news the dash board loads up but mini-linux doesn't run and I still get error 21 sometimes. Any suggestions?
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:18 |
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@slyfox - What are you messing with mini-linux for? NOBODY SHOULD MESS WITH MINI-LINUX OR LTOOLS on the Evox Menu. These are STRICTLY FOR ADVANCED USERS. Most of you don't sound like you know too much about modding, so I would NOT mess with these until you learn how to use them!
Intel Core2 Duo, 400GB HD, 2GB RAM
Softmodded 1.6 XBox w/ 120 GIG HD
V4 PS2 w/ HD Loader, 80 GB HD
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slyfox1
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28. June 2005 @ 10:19 |
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@jon, gotcha....so how would I edit a file on the xbox hard drive without it?
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:21 |
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@slyfox - what file are you looking to edit?
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slyfox1
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28. June 2005 @ 10:25 |
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@jon, map files
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:26 |
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If you're referring to map files for Halo 2, you need to go to www.halomods.com and read there how to edit and patch map files/weapons/etc.
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:34 |
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Okay people, 2 new tuts for you users who have your Xbox modded successfully...enjoy!
If you haven't already done so, make the following folders on your E, F, and (if available) G partitions: Apps, Games, Emulators. Use the following tutorial on editing Evox.ini on how to get it to recognize the Emulators folder.
Xbox Programs
Installing Software:
Go to Xbins and download applications and unzip/unrar them.
Connect your xbox to you computer via FTP
Upload the folder containing the default.xbe (you may need to rename a .xbe file to default.xbe) to the E, F, or G partition/folder.
NOTE: EvoX will automatically detect any new programs on the E F or G drive in Games and Apps folder.
Example: Say you downloaded XBMC, unzipped it, and opened the folder they were unzipped to. Create a folder on E:\Apps called XBMC. Then transfer all the files in the folder you unzipped your XBMC files to on your computer to E:\Apps\XBMC. To make sure you did it right, there should be a file called default.xbe in the E:\Apps\XBMC folder.
Some of my favorite programs:
Apps
XboxMediaCenter - is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player that can be used to play and view most video/audio/picture formats. It also has a built in dvd player so you don't need that $30 dvd dongle.
DVD2Xbox - My personal favorite when it comes to ripping games onto your xbox's hard drive. Very easy to use.
DVDx2 - You can edit your evox.ini file with a text editor so that when you click "Launch DVD" it will play the movie that is currently in the drive.
If you have any apps you would like me to add let me know.
Emulators
Gameboy Color/Gameboy Advance - XboyAdvance
Great GBA emulator that also emulates GBC games. Plays games fullscreen, and has good speed, outside the graphically intensive games like Tony Hawk, and Ecks vs. Sever. GBC games are flawless. Quite recommended.
Genesis/Sega CD - either Xenesis or NeoGenesis
Both of these are excellent. NeoGenesis uses Xport's rediculously configurable menu, and has great compatibility. Xenesis also runs most Genesis and Sega CD games wonderfully, and some people view Carcharius' menu as being easier to use than Xports.
Nintendo Entertainment System - FCE Ultra
Using a lovely Super Mario Bros 2 theme for the menu, this is one of the best NES emulators out there, for either PC or console. It has much better compatibility than Nester, and supports MANY features like savestates, and screenshots. Other than a lack of lightgun support, this is as close as you're going to get without getting the original console.
Nintendo 64 - Surreal 64
Surreal 64 combines UltraHLE, Project 64 and 1964 into one emulator. It is currently the best solution to Nintendo 64 emulation on the xbox.
Playstation - PCSXbox
The only Playstation emulator available on Xbox.
Super Nintendo - xSNES9x
One of the original emus on the system, and still one of the best. With a high level of compatibility, gorgeous GUI, and pending update, Its the SNES emu of choice. Just don't play it on a Progressive scan TV...
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jonbtrini
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28. June 2005 @ 10:39 |
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Here's the 2nd Tutorial on editing Evox.ini
The Menu:
I think this deserves a section of its own, because it is very involved. Here is the default menu:
[Menu]
Section "Root"
{
Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
# Item "Flash Evox BIOS","c:\bios\d6.bin",ID_Flash_Bios_File
Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Settings",ID_Settings
Item "Flash BIOS",ID_Flash_Bios
Item "Backup",ID_Backup
Item "Skins",ID_Skins
}
Section "Launch Menu"
{
Section "Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
SortAll
}
Section "Apps"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
SortAll
}
}
}
Notice that the root of the menu is held in a section called Root. This brings up the first part of the menu. All things are divided into sections.
Submenus
A section is structured in this matter:
Section "Root"
{
}
Between the two brackets, { and }, there is more information. Here is where you can add other sections, which function as "folders". When you click on them with the A button, they display information contained within them. Heres an example of using other sections.
Section "Root"
{
Section "My Games"
{
}
Section "My Applications"
{
}
}
It is very important that every { has a corresponding }. Also note that I indented the menus. This is not needed, but I like to do this for organization.
Items
Now that you know how to make different sections, you need to put things in that section. There are several ways this can be acheived.
First, you can either AutoAdd items, or manually add them.
The AutoAddItem function automaticly searches immediate subdirectories for a default.xbe file, and adds it to the menu. For most people this is a very good thing. Here's an example of the use of AutoAddItem.
Section "Root"
{
Section "My Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games"
AutoAddItem "f:\games"
}
Section "My Applications"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\apps"
AutoAddItem "f:\apps"
}
Section "My Emulators"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\emulators"
AutoAddItem "f:\emulators"
}
}
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jason0011
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28. June 2005 @ 12:36 |
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hey i have my xbox connected to the PC through FlashFXP and want to transfer a file called insolence(map editor) to my xbox. How would I go about doing this and running this? Also, it says I can't connect to xbox live because I have a modded xbox. So is there a way to connect 2 xboxs to transfer my friends backup(i could make a copy of his in itools? And does it matter what files you dl depending on which game you used
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Heretic1
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28. June 2005 @ 13:19 |
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jason howd u fix ur problem in page 4 "jon what exactly do you change on the menu to be able to connect to XBL "
^Heretic^
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heretic12
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28. June 2005 @ 14:02 |
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i got a different file and loaded it with mech and the screen turned black and after 5 min it is still black what do i do!!!!!!!!!
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Andvarion
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28. June 2005 @ 15:25 |
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Jonbtrini, great tutorials man. Many thanks! I haven't tried FTPing anything over to the Xbox yet because I need to pick up an ethernet crossover cable, but it doesn't look like it's gonna be too tough to do.
Question though, could you post a tutorial on how to properly set the Xbox up for FTPing and/or connecting to Xbox live? Aren't we supposed to set some things in the Network area of the Settings menu of Evolution X?
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Heretic1
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28. June 2005 @ 16:12 |
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OMG! ok took me 3 days just to find out how to get on Xbl with itools or evox what ever it is. OK i finally got it.
Now to connetct my xbox and computer togeter i use ftp, but what screen does my xbox need to be on? ON evox menu it says IP "192.168.254.3" is this what i need to put for the addres on smart Ftp because i tried it and it didnt work and iwas on evox menu.
ok, for people who wanted to know how i did it:(start it without disk first)
on evox menu click static ip to no. Then save and exit at the bottom.
then put the disc in that u want to play then go down to Reboot and it will auto load the CD and will be able to sign on LIVE!!!
i think this has already been posted but posting just incase.
And also my IP still remaind the same, thought it was suppose to change?
^Heretic^
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