Ok heres my contribution to the Xbox-Scene Forums. A special thanks to Jsrlepage for his Splinter Cell Exploit Tutorial which I first used to mod my box. Please read this whole tutorial before attempting anything. WARNING - Neither I nor Xbox-Scene.com are responsible for possible damages to your Xbox. Ok here we go!!
EDIT: No longer uses Mech/Catfish Fonts as I believe the Ultimate Dashboard Exploit is better.
1) What you need
- The original Splinter Cell game (I have heard that the Platinum Edition does not work so try to find an original if possible) I woould recommend buying the game as you might need it if you run into problems. Gamestop is selling it for $9.99
- A memory card (I have heard the peepz have problems with Madcatz and Action Replay Memory Cards so just try to get an official M$ Memory Card. you can also you a usb storage device instead of a memory card but you need a special cable to be able to use that. you could also hotswap your Hdd instead of using a memory card or usb device. I am only going to explain how to use a memory card. you can find hotswapping info and USB storage device info in other tutorials.) If you are going to use a memory card you will need to construct an Xbox to usb adapter so that you can plug your Xbox controller into your PC. you will also need to get the Action Replay Software which is located at
http://us.codejunkies.com/support.asp?c=us...=$&r=0&l=1 - You will also need a PC (of course) and a network where you can hook your PC and Xbox together. If you hook your Xbox and PC directly together you just need a crossover cable but if you hook your Xbox and PC into a router or hub you will need a patch or straight through cable.
- You will need to learn how to use Xbins. Here's a tutorial
http://Xbox-scene.co...icles/xbins.php. Once you get access to xbins you will need to obtain the Splinter Cell Exploit with Evox and PBL 1.4.1 by Gueux. You will also want to download a dashboard of your choice. I use Unleashx but its your preference.
- You will also need slayer's easy auto installer 2.5 just search for it on google and you will find a link for a torrent file.
- And finally you will need to decode the text file here
http://forums.Xbox-s....php?showtopic= 217686&view=findpost&p=1436310 that will contain the new (update) font you need to exploit your box.
2) Ok now to start (You may skip steps 2-4 if you already have the exploit on a memory card) You will need to follow this guide from Xbox-linux.org
http://www.Xbox-linu...cs/howtoar.html. Stop after step 2 because they are using mechassualt not Splinter Cell. Ok got that. good. Lets move on.
3) You will need to open the Splinter Cell Exploit with Evox with a zip program. The way the save comes you can't just use it. You will have to follow this procedure to get it onto the memory card using the Action Replay Software.
Quote from themuffin "take one of the directories from the uDATA dir and put it in its own uDATA folder (if this confuses u, when this is done, you should have two folders called uDATA each with only one folder inside, but those folders are different, one contains the actual SC save and the other has evox) (i had to do this, don't know if its needed) poke around the other saves that came with your AR, look for a file called datelinfo or such, and put that in both of your udata folders. now this is the MOST I amPORTANT STEP, make sure that when you zip the files (there should be two seperate zips) inside of the zip there is still the uDATA folder, because sometI ames the zip prog will only zip the files inside and ignore the directory they are in, I use power archiever so it might be different in another case, but its never paranoid to double check. copy over to your mem card using the included software(cross your fingers that it doesn't say " invald Xbox save")" End quote from themuffin (Thanks!)
4) Ok now you can go into the Action Replay Software and drag the 2 zip files one at a time into the middle window called PC database. Then drag the files into the window called Memory Card. Copy the files one at a time.
5) The files should now be on your memory card. If you have problems with this next part try this awesome tutorial by mkjones on copying a gamesave to your Hdd here
http://forums.Xbox-s...howtopic=207373Now boot up your Xbox. Then go into the Memory option. Connect your controller with the memory card and you should see the memory card on one of the sides of the Hdd picture. Now use the D-Pad to select the memory card. Now go into the memory card. Then find the Linux Profile and select that and tell it to copy it to the Hdd. Do the same for the Splinter Cell gamesave. VERY IMPORTANT - DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER Splinter Cell gamesaves on your Xbox. You can go into the Hdd and delete these if necessary. Ok now boot up your original copy of Splinter Cell. Push start and then load the Profile Linux and then say Checkpoints. You won't/shouldn't see any Checkpoints but just click the one without a name. The Evolutionx (Evox) dashboard should now load. Ok now find out the ip of your box. I believe you need your Xbox connected with a cable at this time or your box will not get an Ip Address. If you are connected to a router it is probably assigning your box a dynamic Ip using DHCP. This is ok for now. You may need to assign it a static ip like 192.168.0.100 or 192.168.1.100 and use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 I don't think you need a Gateway but if you do need one it is your router's Ip Address.
6) Ok now you can FTP intoyourbox. I recommend using FlashFXP. That seems to be the choice of most modders here. Here is a tutorial on using FlashFXP to FTP into your box
http://dwl.Xbox-scen...ng_the_Xbox.pdf7) Ok now you will need to obtain the M$ Dashboard Version 4920 so you can use the font exploit. first copy all the files on your Xbox C drive to a folder on your PC just as a backup in case you ever want an unmodded Xbox back. Then delete all the files from your Xbox C drive. Ok now extract slayers 2.5 iso into a folder on you rPC. (i believe you need an xiso I amage extracter like Craxtion or xISO xFEr). Then goto SYSTEM\ALL\c\ and upload all those files to your empty Xbox C drive.
Now you will need to copy C:\xodash\update.xbe to C:\ and rename it C:\Xboxdash.xbe. Just delete or overwrite your original Xboxdash.xbe. Then you will need to decode this text file to get the new font so you can exploit update.xbe which you renamed to Xboxdash.xbe. go here for the encoded text file
http://forums.Xbox-s...dpost&p=1436310 That is the offical ultimate Dashboard Exploit Thread. Then you will need to rename the folder C:\fonts to C:\f0nts notice you replaced the letter "o" in font to a zero. If you need more help using the ultI amate dashboard font please visit the pinned thread above.
9) Then put Phoenix Bios Loader 1.4.1 by Gueux in E:\ Make sure you signed the default.xbe using Xbedump with the habibi signature. To sign the default.xbe open a Command Prompt and navigate to the folder which has Xbedump and PBL in it. Then say "xbedump default.xbe -habibi" without the quotes. Now to make PBL boot fast and skip the screen where you can select your bios, change the 5 in the boot.cfg to a 0 so its a bunch of zereos so that it will boot fast. Then go into your bioses folder on your E drive and rename the X2 Bios or whatever Bios you wanna use (has to be an M7 Bios) to Xboxrom.bin and delete the other Bioses that your not using.
10) Now put whatever Dashboard you wanna use in C:\ and name it evoxdash.xbe to make sure it boots. It may work with other file names but I know that name works.
11) Now reboot your box. It should boot your Dashboard after going quickly through the Gueux PBL. (You may need to change yourip settings again)
Thats it. You have just softmodded your Xbox using the Splinter Cell Exploit with Evox and using the Ultimate Dashboard Exploit. I hope you enjoy.
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