Topic: Changing "xbox" (Read 421 times)

crazy8 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2006, 07:57:00 PM »

Myabe someone might want to post this in a sticky or something.But I just found out in order to decrease the number of verticies or keep from having to many is to do the "optimise modifier" I did it and it works.Took me down to 107. Thought I would let you all know.

r1sky · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2006, 09:01:00 PM »

in 3ds ?

crazy8 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2006, 12:19:00 PM »

Yes it is in 3ds.

r1sky · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2006, 06:05:00 PM »

so basically that will be on the modifier list then clicking on Optimize and save it. heh, it seemed to work on my side. are you using deep exploration? if so what version?, im using 2.0/2.1. i inverted the face orientation but the text didnt come out so i tried again w/o inverting the face orientation and the text came out upside down and appeared on the bottom where the "MS" logo usually appears. well im almost there, i need to mess around with my setting some more i guess.

crazy8 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2006, 09:23:00 PM »

Yea I have been havin some issues to.As far as the number of invertices I have where they should be.The count I have is 107.Yes I am using deep exploration.Im using whatever the newest version is right now.The one issu I am having is similar to yours so if you are able to corect it please share.My issue is that after doing my text in 3ds max everything appears to be strait and perfect but one brought into deep exploration its like diaganal for some reason.Well even with this flaw i thought i would try to imbed it into the BIOS anyway and give it a shot just to see what would happen and as expected I saw no change what so ever in my "xbox" text.Ill play with it when i get back home from the weekend and if you find something or a way to fix it and get it working it would be greatly appreciated what your finding are.Also after we get all this together i will make an updated tutorial on this in reguards tot hese lil setbacks and how to fix these things.

Thank you much keep me / us posted

r1sky · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2006, 02:15:00 AM »

i saw a tut a while ago about using blender to make the directx file. anyways im using deep exploration 2.1, originally, mines were coming out diagonally as well till i read a post about using deep exploration 2.0 and this is how mines show up:

crazy8 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2006, 11:00:00 AM »

well looks like me next step is to get deep exploration 2.0 then.I will try to find out how to correct this in the newest version also.Once I find that out I will post my findings.

Thanks for the info.

r1sky · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2006, 04:29:00 PM »

heres 2.0 if you need it.

http://rapidshare.de..._12112.exe.html

crazy8 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 25, 2006, 05:23:00 PM »

Thank you.I will DL it when i get home moday or tuesday.

Havent figured anything yet how to fix the diaganal text issues yet.I am waiting on an e-mail that might hopefully help.

crazy8 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2006, 11:51:00 PM »

Ok finaly got it all figured out and working only now i have a few questions.

1) Can I do the same thing but using iND-BIOS? If so how?cuz what im doing isnt working.

2) Considering to my knowledge all that works is a xecuter BIOS, but for some reason I cant change the color of my "X" or my "XBOX" text so how would I do this.

3) How do I go about now maiking a custom "X"?Like if I wanted it to be tux or some other image instead of the "X"?

4) I have found custom "MS" images.How do I go about getting one to work? what do I need to do?

Think thats all for now thanks alot for all the help everyone.

r1sky · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:03:00 AM »

i couldnt tell you. im only testing with indbios. as for the x logo. might need to do some digging on how its done or even having a template to work off of but i doubt that. seems its gotta be done by scratch.

crazy8 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:16:00 PM »

Ok well since you are using the iND Bios maybe you can help me with that since imhaving issues.What settings do I need checked in the iND Bios config maker app? Are you using the FTT tool to combine th .x file into the iND bios?

Everytime I do this with the iND bios just as I have with the X2 bios it never works.Only the X2 bios so far has worked.Minus the few issues there with tryiong to change color and stuff.

r1sky · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2006, 03:47:00 PM »

i dont use the FTT tool. once i have the .x with the lowest vertices i just sent the .x over to my xbox. indbios reads the files from C:\ as text.x. thats how i got the one i posted earlier to work to some extent. i only use the inbios configurator app to make it show up. these are the settings i use, the ind-bios logo shows up by default but if you add your text.x to it, your custom one shows up.

crazy8 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 06, 2006, 11:06:00 PM »

Ok here is what I have so far.As I said before once I have everything together I will peice together a nice tutorial.It will be directed twords iND-Bios users but will have little bits that will aply to Xecuter bios users also.I will also add in some of the obsticals that I/we have come across to. So for anyone who may have some of the same questions I have done som reasearch and have tested this on both X2 bios and iND-BIOS. So here it is.

IPB Image

Your setting should be as shown above in the iND-BIOS configuration app.

IPB Image

Now for those of you who want to give this screen a whole revamp here is what you needed

Custom "X": To replace this with a different image you will name your file "xlogo.x" and place it in C: on your xbox.You can also find these .x models online.Either way the file needs to be re-named as "xlogo.x".If you choose to creat your own you should beable to just fallow the tutorial that come with the KernelBasher program for the most part.

Custom "xbox": To replace this is pretty much what we have gone through in this post.The steps for this can be fallowed in the PDF document that comes with KernelBasher.I will compile some of that info into my tutorial.But for iND-BIOS users you will just name the .x file you made/downloaded "text.x" and place it into the root of your C:

Custom Logo: Now im sure some of you wonder why I call this "logo" and that will be answered in this description. To replace this your options are pretty much limitless. You make an image that is 200 X 34 pixles and that image can be anything you like.But the image must be saved as a 24 bit BMP, 32bit will not work.When you are done creating the image save it as "mslogo.bmp" and again place this in the root of your C:

Now I didnt mention it above in all 3 of the descriptions but all of you images that you use to do these mods have to obide to the size of the "stock" images that you are replacing.They can not be bigger and if they are some "squishing" will accure.
Even though this is just a simple lil deal right now this should answer some questions to those who are looking to do this and use the iND-BIOS.I will try to peice together a tut when I have time that will cover everything.Any thoughts/opinions/prases on this would be greatly apreciated.Thank you to those who have contributed to this post and helped me on this.

r1sky · « **Reply #29 on:** March 07, 2006, 02:28:00 AM »

great. looking forward to the tutoriall if you successfully get it working. if you want me to test any .x's with indbios, just pm me them and ill test them out for you.

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