Topic: Usb Flash Drive As Memory Unit (Read 4495 times)

nateh90 · « **Reply #165 on:** January 30, 2006, 08:27:00 PM »

QUOTE(Druggedpolak @ Jan 31 2006, 01:58 AM)

so im guessing this will be used soon or already is used for arcade game piracy?
man the public knows how to bring any company to their knees lol

No, unless people have figured out how to crack the encryption, if the arcade game was transfered it would only be the trial version, the full version is signed to a specific user.

Angerwound · « **Reply #166 on:** January 31, 2006, 06:21:00 AM »

QUOTE(nateh90 @ Jan 30 2006, 09:34 PM)

No, unless people have figured out how to crack the encryption, if the arcade game was transfered it would only be the trial version, the full version is signed to a specific user.

I dont support the piracy of arcade content, however your right and wrong. They are tied to profiles but can be 'untied'

nateh90 · « **Reply #167 on:** January 31, 2006, 09:00:00 AM »

QUOTE(Angerwound @ Jan 31 2006, 02:28 PM)

I dont support the piracy of arcade content, however your right and wrong. They are tied to profiles but can be 'untied'

Hmm I am very interested in this concept and I would be willing to help in the effort to break/manipulate the "ties", as long as there was no piracy of DLC or XBLA games, only sharing gamesaves. Thanks - Nate

rusty stucco · « **Reply #168 on:** January 31, 2006, 03:17:00 PM »

Angerwound, I was reading the 360saves site and noticed that achievments wont be achievable through gamesaves. But for veteran on single player couldn't someone go to the last save on the last checkpoint of the last level of each mission. Then have someone else get that save and have him beat that last part. Would that not entitle the reciever of the gamesave a beaten mission? Or does the actual game keep track of each check point and load screen so you would need to go back and beat those? Just wondering about all that. Thank you!

nateh90 · « **Reply #169 on:** January 31, 2006, 05:09:00 PM »

Well, this is just a guess but since the saves arent "tied" to a certain profile, earning an acheivement with the downloaded gamesave would not earn the acheivement for the host player's profile. Just a guess though, I would check with angerwound, this is just what i have implied based on my reasearch of the gamesaves. - Nate

rusty stucco · « **Reply #170 on:** January 31, 2006, 05:26:00 PM »

What I was trying to say is theoretically you are still earning the Achievment. You are going to beat that last part of the mission and should unlock the achievment for beating that mission. You arent just getting the save for that last checkpoint where it says next mission but one where you still have to fight. For example go all the way through D-day and stop before you go up to silo. Then give that game save for offer on website and have people try it out and finish the mission then see if they get rewarded the Achievment.

nateh90 · « **Reply #171 on:** January 31, 2006, 05:34:00 PM »

QUOTE(rusty stucco @ Feb 1 2006, 12:57 AM)

What I was trying to say is theoretically you are still earning the Achievment. You are going to beat that last part of the mission and should unlock the achievment for beating that mission. You arent just getting the save for that last checkpoint where it says next mission but one where you still have to fight. For example go all the way through D-day and stop before you go up to silo. Then give that game save for offer on website and have people try it out and finish the mission then see if they get rewarded the Achievment.

Well, if you were rewarded the acheivement for doing that, that would be unfair to those who earned the acheivement by beating the entire mission. This would defeat the purpose of the acheivement and gamerscore system, because the playing field would no longer be level. - Nate

Drunkn_Munky · « **Reply #172 on:** February 01, 2006, 08:28:00 AM »

What he means is, previously scored achievements won't be transferred as they are tied to the profile. Yes you could save it just on the last level, but what's the point? The only time I ever use game saves is if I'm really stuck or I can't be bothered to unlock all the extras. If you only want the game for the achievements, you don't deserve an Xbox 360 or any other console.

willgonz · « **Reply #173 on:** February 01, 2006, 10:41:00 AM »

Well, for those of you who don't wish to take apart your memory card or don't have the skills to mod yours. I have created an adaptor that will allow you to plug your memory card into a USB slot. They won’t be more than $20 and I'm not making profit, just trying to help out. It is on a printed circuit board and is similar to the adaptor for XBOX 1 that allows you to use thumb drives.

PM me if your interested.

willgonz · « **Reply #174 on:** February 07, 2006, 08:54:00 PM »

Ok guys. I am finally almost done. This one is a little hack job. I promise the final ones are going to be much cleaner then this. I got desperate and used a dremel to cut the PCB. The final ones won't be like that. Well, basically the idea is to not tear apart the memory card, but instead adapt to it. So here are some pics:

IPB Image

What do you guys think?

willgonz · « **Reply #175 on:** February 07, 2006, 11:39:00 PM »

Well, it is working pretty good. I get prompted for the drivers. However, the link to the drivers is dead. If someone could PM me a link they would be my best friend. So far every thing is looking good. The PCB connects into the memory card. It doesn't fit snug, so for now I think I am going to have to use a piece of plastic and double sided tape. Once everything is finalized by the end of the week, I'll be able to offer these to you all.

zilli0n · « **Reply #176 on:** February 08, 2006, 12:15:00 AM »

QUOTE(willgonz @ Feb 1 2006, 09:12 AM)

They wont be more than $20 and I'm not making profit, just trying to help out. It is on a printed circuit board and is similar to the adaptor for XBOX 1 that allows you to use thumb drives.

Don't Lie... Resistors, PCB, and everything can't cost more than 5 dollars at that, people arent stupid you know... well some are...

willgonz · « **Reply #177 on:** February 08, 2006, 08:31:00 AM »

QUOTE(zilli0n @ Feb 7 2006, 11:22 PM)

Don't Lie... Resistors, PCB, and everything can't cost more than 5 dollars at that, people arent stupid you know... well some are...

If you make them yourself then they don't cost much. But if you have the PCB made yourself it costs more.

gothi · « **Reply #178 on:** February 08, 2006, 11:57:00 AM »

I'd just like to add that using drivers to make the card appear as a device in Windows is a really bad idea, instead the maker of the software to transfer saves should be looking at using a "universal" USB driver such as USBIO (there is a free limited version) or libUSB to communicate with the device.

This post has been edited by gothi: Feb 8 2006, 07:59 PM

JoHnnyTK36 · « **Reply #179 on:** February 08, 2006, 01:28:00 PM »

Here is the link you wanted

www.jkutz.com/360/MemoryCardFiles/X360MemoryUnitDriversV1.1.exe

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