Hey guys,
I'm glad you finally got it to work volcomboy. Have fun playing everything. If you downloaded the Silent Cartographer, tell me if you solve the puzzle on how to get the nuke launcher, railgun, and sungun. On to Raa, you did the same thing that I did. You aren't suppossed to patch the map, you are suppossed to patch the default.xbe file with the ppf file. Well, I had to start brand new. Hopefully, you have a backup of all the Halo files or you have the original game. If not, you will have to borrow it from somebody or rent it. You have to transfer the original default.xbe over to your pc using a program called FlashFXP or a different FTP program. You should have the patch on your computer and a program called PPF-Omatic. I think version 3 is the latest version. A freeware program, too! Anyway, once you get ppfomatic, put the default.xbe into the iso box and the ppf file into the ppf box. Then, hit patch. Transfer over the default.xbe to your xbox using FlashFXP and transfer over the compressed .map file. Make sure you backup both of the originals before you overwrite them. On to your question of the x,y,z partitions. The x,y,and z partitions are called the cache partitions. Cache is basically temporary files. Whenever you play Halo on your xbox, or any other game, it decompresses the maps that you play. This lets your xbox run smoother and load this map a lot faster in the future. That is why if you load a single player map, it takes a long time. But, if you save and quit right after the map is loaded, and then you play that single player map again, it doesn't even have to load the map because it doesn't have to decompress it. The reason why it is compressed in the first place is to save space on the XBOX Game Disc. This way the companies can produce games on a single-layer DVD instead of a double-layer DVD, saving them $ :huh: Sorry if I lost you. All you need to know is that you have to delete the cache partitions or else your XBOX will play off them instead of decompressing the downloaded and transferred map. Besides, the xbox will automatically delete these files later on. You can use FlashFXP to delete these files, or you can use Boxplorer (xbox homebrew software). It is just a lot easier to use FlashFXP. Then, once that is done, you can go into split screen, play the map, and have fun. The map that you download has to have a correct filename. For example, your map has to be named after one of the original Halo map filenames (bloodgulch.map / sidewinder.map / prisoner.map / etc.) If your map that you downloaded was called prisoner.map then overwrite the original prisoner.map and play prisoner. If you have problems, write em up here, I might be able to help u out. Just remember to be SPECIFIC! General questions are harder to answer because of the different kinds of maps and stuff. If you read this, good job. It's pretty long. Sorry. Like to type. Read this and my other posts. Reply if you need more help. Have fun! B)
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