09.10.03 tHc at XboxDash presents... XboxDash-Hacked 10027100 v1.1-THC.rar XboxDash-Hacked 1012a700 v1.1-THC.rar This latest updater for the original Microsoft Dashboard now covers both 10027100 and 1012a700 versions of the dash. All known bugs from previous versions have been eliminated except for the memory card issue and the 8gb stock HD issue. First and most importantly - they are NOT compatable with memory cards. If you have a memory card in your controller when you go to the memory menu - it will tell you it has just formatted your card. And it does. Seeing as how you needed a chip and ftp access to your xbox to even put the dash on in the first place - this shouldn't really be an issue. Saves can be ftp'd on to your box - and if you need to take a save on the go to a friends house - put the card in - it'll be formatted for you - but you can still save to it afterwards. The other known issue is with a stock 8gb HD with no F partition. There's a simple fix for this one though thankfully. If you happen to be stuck with the stock 8gb HD - simply edit default.xip/default.xap - scroll down into the auto fill function and replace all the checks on Partition6 with Partition4 or 5. Simply replacing them all with Partition1 will result in multiples of all listed titles - so go with an existing, non-utilized partition :) There are 9 patchers included in each dash versions patcher kit. Usage is simple... 1 - Put your dash files (xboxdashdata folder and the xbe) in a folder. 2 - Run the Base Model Patcher for your correct version of dash. When prompted to choose install directory, select the path to the folder containing your dash files. Patcher will now tel you that install directory already exists - do you wish to install to anyway ? Yes - you do, select yes. When patching is complete program will tell you the patch was successfully applied. Click Finish - you're done with that patcher. 3 - Here is where you have choices. After you have run the Base Model Patcher you will have a stock looking modified dash including the following tweaks/mods... a) Background Music from soundtracks - X Button turns on background music and skips to next random track. Y Button turns off background music and returns you to the standard Ambient Sounds. This function may also be enabled in the config.xap to start up background music on boot. b) AutoFill from Game Saves - the closest you can get now to an autofill setup. It will detect and place your launchables in the right menus as per the following rules... 1 - the save name and game/app/emu/dash folder name must be THE SAME. i.e., you have a save named "Halo" and your game is in a folder named "Halo" = good. On the other hand, you have a save named "Xbox Media Player" and your app is in a folder called XBMP = not good. 2 - If you don't have any items for a category such as app/emus etc... don't have the menu enabled in the config.xap - it will only reset your system when you try to enter a menu with no contents. If you are not sure whether you titles were found, at the main menu press down on the Right Thumbstic kand the results of the autofill search will be displayed. 3 - The xbe's MUST be named default.xbe. So if you have gotten creatively name happy - change em back. 4 - Use XTech's Dummy Save Manager to create any/all needed saves so your menus will reflect the true contents of your HD. Not all emus and apps create save files - so this will ensure they make it to your menus. c) config.xap located in default.xip - this is where you can customize your dashboard's settings. Take your time going through these options the first time, as once it is done correctly you need not do it again unless you decide to change the setup. Be sure to set the correct folder names towards the bottom of the config.xap in the Storage section, if you do not put the right name here - you won't have anything in your menus, if you don't have anything in your menus then it'll reset when you enter the menu, if it resets when you enter the menu we get complaints of things not working, we get complaints then we have to tell you to check your settings for correct folder name, you finally check your settings and realize you never did it in the first place and you've just wasted alot of people's time and effort, including your own. So do everyone a favor and take you r time to make sure all your settings are correct. Your Options... the following patchers can be applied to the files you patched with the Base Model Patcher. The names are pretty self explanatory, but here are the descriptions never-the-less... _______________ _______________ Blue-CellWall-Orbs 10027100.exe & Blue-CellWall-Orbs 1012a700.exe Blue dash with the CellWall effect in background and our custom orbs. _______________ _______________ Blue-CellWall-Orbs-Panels 10027100.exe & Blue-CellWall-Orbs-Panels 1012a700.exe Blue dash with the CellWall effect in background, custom orbs, and panels.xbx used to give menu panels their color/texture. Replacing panels.xbx in... (can be any desired size image - currently 256x256) default.xip mainmenu5.xip memory_files2.xip Message.xip music2.xip Music_PlayEdit2.xip settings3.xip ...will change the look of ALL the panels in your dash. Usefull in skinning if you want to use textures/colors not available through presets you can alter with HeXbe. _______________ _______________ Blue-NoCellWall-Orbs 10027100.exe & Blue-NoCellWall-Orbs 1012a700.exe Blue dash without the CellWall effect in background and our custom orbs. The lack of a CellWall effect makes it easier to see your custom backgrounds. _______________ _______________ Blue-NoCellWall-Orbs-Panels 10027100.exe & Blue-NoCellWall-Orbs-Panels 1012a700.exe Blue dash without the CellWall effect in background, custom orbs, and panels.xbx used to give menu panels their color/texture. _______________ _______________ Green-CellWall-Orbs 10027100.exe & Green-CellWall-Orbs 1012a700.exe Green dash with the CellWall effect in background and our custom orbs. _______________ _______________ Green-CellWall-Orbs-Panels 10027100.exe & Green-CellWall-Orbs-Panels 1012a700.exe Green dash with the CellWall effect in background, custom orbs, and panels.xbx used to give menu panels their color/texture. _______________ _______________ Green-NoCellWall-Orbs 10027100.exe & Green-NoCellWall-Orbs 1012a700.exe Green dash without the CellWall effect in background and our custom orbs. _______________ _______________ Green-NoCellWall-Orbs-Panels 10027100.exe & Green-NoCellWall-Orbs-Panels 1012a700.exe Green dash without the CellWall effect in background, custom orbs, and panels.xbx used to give menu panels their color/texture. _______________ _______________ Standard button activated Features... Main Menu _____________________________ Right ThumbStick Press will show results of autofill checks X Button will start/skip to next song of background music Y Button will turn off background music and return to ambient sounds B Button prompts for power off Left Trigger, Right Trigger, White Button and Black Button are all user definable hot keys to launch titles directly from main menu with a single button press. Memory Menu _____________________________ Left Trigger will show you the name of the folder the save is stored in. In the case of a duplicate save from XTech's Dummy Save Manager - look at the path shown in the pop up box. If the folder name is dsm_** it is a dummy and if you have a duplicate - that is the one you should delete. As stated when completing a patch - there is no need to resign. Both kits use no xip hacked xbe's to accomodate the 21 xips which make up their xboxdashdata folders. The only time you will need to resign your xbe is if you add/remove files from a xip. Once again included in the release is XTech's Dummy Save Manager. Although the config now allows you to define your storage folders with whatever names you choose - this version of Dummy Save Manager does not support all possible names. If you experience an issue of the tool not finding all your titles on your HD - temporarily rename the folder to a common name like apps or games, then run the tool to create your dummy saves - then name them back to they way you have them defined in your config.xap. Thanks and props go out to all in the scene who not only got us into it in the first place - but keep us here :) Thanks for choosing to use our dash mod - and as always... KEEP A CLEAN COPY OF YOUR FILES AS BACKUP !!! Till next time... pEAcE (JbOnE, Gcue) tHc at XboxDash |