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[Dreamcazman]

I did this to a mates brand new Xbox the other day so I know it works. You don't have to worry about font or audio hacks and it works on any model Xbox.

This is PAL users can appreciate progressive scan output to their HDTV or VGA monitor and no need to open the Xbox.

What you need:

- An original PAL copy of any of the games that support the game save hack, ie 007 Agent Under Fire, Mechassault or Splinter Cell.
- Memory Card
- An already modded Xbox to transfer save onto memory card.
- Any of the gamesave hacks (get one for your game and make sure it boots Evox, available on Xbins)
- Xbedump PC program (available on Xbins)
- Enigmah PAL/NTSC program (available on Xbins)

The process is really quite straight forward, all we are doing is changing a few things so instead of flashing your TSOP, it boots to the Enigmah program instead. This hack works on any model Xbox.

I have used Mechassault and the highway 007mech flash pack as the reference in this tutorial. If you use any other pack, just edit the parts that are necessary. You don’t need any bios rom files for this procedure either as we aren’t flashing the TSOP.

1. Extract the flash pack and open the \4d530017\62D648EBF155 directory
2. Open the evox.ini file and enter the following line under the Root section.
Item "Enigmah Region Selector","e:\UDATA\4d530017\62D648EBF155\enigmah.xbe"
3. Save and exit
4. Extract the Enigmah PAL/NTSC program to a directory on your PC HDD and also extra xbedump.zip to the same folder.
5. Open up a DOS window and get to the folder you extracted the files to (done in step 4)
6. Type xbedump default.xbe –habibi   This will patch the Enigmah program to be able to run on the Xbox. Rename the generated out.xbe to enigmah.xbe.
7. Copy the contents of that folder (minus xbedump.exe) to the folder that contains Evox and the rest of the Mechassault save game hack stuff.
8. Boot up the modded Xbox with a memory card inserted and FTP to the Xbox.
9. My memory card drive was H, it might be different for you. FTP over the 4d530017 folder to the memory card. Remove the memory card.
10. Boot up the unmodded Xbox and copy the Mecassault save over to the Xbox HDD.
11. Boot up Mechassault and select ‘RUN LINUX’ from the campaign selection. Evox should boot up.
12. Simply select Enigmah Region Selector from the menu and if all was good, the Enigmah program should boot up.
13. Now change to NTSC and reboot!  That’s it.

Just a couple of things: After I changed to NTSC, the Xbox gave me an error 21, but it had changed to output NTSC. I just had to power cycle the Xbox.

If for some reason you have to send your Xbox in for repair after doing this hack, I’d advise you change it back to PAL beforehand doing the exact same procedure above.

Most PAL games do run in NTSC mode ok. Only a handful that I’ve come across are 50Hz PAL only and will simply not boot.

This hack does not change the region of the console. It will still only play PAL only games.

This post has been edited by Dreamcazman: Nov 6 2004, 12:25 AM <

[fredflintstone]

Will this mod get me banned from x-box live?
I have a PAL x-box and a HDTV but also want to run x-box live at the same time.  <

[Dreamcazman]

Not at all. As I said, I did this to a mate's Xbox and he uses it solely for LIVE gameplay without a problem.

As you are still booting from the original bios, not a hacked one, LIVE does not care what's contained in the EEPROM.

All that is different between a US and PAL Xbox is what's set in the EEPROM.

The bios's are all the same (within each model revision). That is all the LIVE cares about and as you aren't changing the bios, you're safe.
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[3dfx]

It could give you problems with certain games such as the PAL version of Everything or Nothing which only seem to run properly under PAL.   <

[fredflintstone]

I got my cables yesterday and have just tried it. Works perfectly!!!
Thanks guys. PGR2 looks great.

The only game that won't boot is Tiger Woods 2004.

Haven't been booted off Live yet either.

Thanks Again

This post has been edited by fredflintstone: Jun 12 2004, 06:23 AM <

[Dreamcazman]

QUOTE (fredflintstone @ Jun 12 2004, 06:11 AM)

I got my cables yesterday and have just tried it. Works perfectly!!! Thanks guys. PGR2 looks great. The only game that won't boot is Tiger Woods 2004. Haven't been booted off Live yet either. Thanks Again

Good to hear you got it working!!

As for Tiger Woods 2k4. The PAL version runs at 50Hz only, which is why it doesn't work. Same deal with Fight Night 2004 - Damn EA  

[fredflintstone]

When you connect a game to X-Box Live for the first time, some updates for that game are automatically downloaded.

If I connect one of the games with the save game exploit like mechassult, will the automatically downloaded updates patch the exploit?

I would like to play mechassult online but I will also need to run this hack often so I can still play the PAL 50Hz games.

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[Dreamcazman]

QUOTE (fredflintstone @ Jun 15 2004, 02:02 AM)

When you connect a game to X-Box Live for the first time, some updates for that game are automatically downloaded. If I connect one of the games with the save game exploit like mechassult, will the automatically downloaded updates patch the exploit? I would like to play mechassult online but I will also need to run this hack often so I can still play the PAL 50Hz games.

It won't affect that exploit save game as Live only sees it as just another of your saves. In fact I doubt it even cares about your save games as it would never overwrite them.

It stores the downloaded contents into a totally separate area.  <

[fredflintstone]

I wasn't worried about the save game but more the code that opens the save game.
Just say the game could check for downloaded code and if a newer version of the code exists, run it instead of the older version of the code which is on the Game disk.

If the game could do this then the code that has the buffer overflow/exploit could be upgraded so to speak.

I am trying to think of a way Micro$oft could patch these exploits and if they could it would stuff me up.

I guess if this happens I assume I could just delete the automatically downloaded updates? (haven't tried this though).

Thanks

Freddy  <

[JaredC01]

The exploit is on the game disk itself, not a patch to be downloaded.  So no, M$ can't patch exploited games without fixing them before they release them.  <

[Dreamcazman]

QUOTE (JaredC01 @ Jun 17 2004, 01:13 PM)

The exploit is on the game disk itself, not a patch to be downloaded.  So no, M$ can't patch exploited games without fixing them before they release them.

Exactly! That's why some of the platinum 007's won't run the exploit. They have been fixed and then re-released.

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[JaredC01]

QUOTE (Dreamcazman @ Jun 17 2004, 11:53 PM)

Exactly! That's why some of the platinum 007's won't run the exploit. They have been fixed and then re-released.

I know the early Platinum Hits version had the exploit still... If what you say is true, then they have fixed the problem since then.  I just wonder how many versions of the game are currently out .

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[adiejeff]

just posted about this topic today, im using a X2vga but am really doing the same as u (using hdtv modes), using an xbox in NTSC mode even though its PAL. i know the enigma program changes the output mode of the console (set in the eprom???). when Live does its checks does it not look to see if you have modified the eprom? if so wont i still get banned?

am what i saying make any sense?  <

[Dreamcazman]

QUOTE (adiejeff @ Jun 20 2004, 05:51 PM)

just posted about this topic today, im using a X2vga but am really doing the same as u (using hdtv modes), using an xbox in NTSC mode even though its PAL. i know the enigma program changes the output mode of the console (set in the eprom???). when Live does its checks does it not look to see if you have modified the eprom? if so wont i still get banned? am what i saying make any sense?

No, LIVE does not give a hoot about the EEPROM, it only checks to make sure the Bios is a valid one (with correct checksum, etc)

The only difference between a US, JAP and PAL Xbox are the settings that are contained in the EEPROM, whether to output NTSC or PAL and what region coding to accept games from.

A friend of mine turned one of his PAL machines into a fully working US Xbox so he can play his imported games on LIVE. I think he did it by means of a font hack or something, but anyways it only boots US games and works fine on LIVE.

This post has been edited by Dreamcazman: Jun 21 2004, 08:43 AM <

[elcapitano]

dreamcazman

ok, this might sound a bit simple but why dont u just upload the hacked gamesave onto the net? it saves everyone doing all this shit! or you could just mail it to me   <