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[frekkle]

QUOTE (Ubergeek @ Apr 3 2003, 04:27 PM)

QUOTE (frekkle @ Apr 3 2003, 01:25 PM) well yes the future holds and awaits Xodus Chameleons Software Control from the XBOX not a cable or external DOS app. They mean using your xpad controller to select options from the dash and have effect on the actual chip. I sent them an info request and they said that all the relevant info will be posted on their site in the following days to clarify what people didnt understand on this and more subjects. yes this seems the way to go of course our software controlled app is 3 months old so its obviousley out of date and the obvious progression is xbe controlled switching. tbh we're concentrating on a completely new hardware/software feature which hasn't been produced by anyone yet. When thats finished we will of course implement even more tasty features.

so its an iternal wait for who makes the newest stuff...

[frekkle]

[Ubergeek]

QUOTE (frekkle @ Apr 4 2003, 02:30 AM)

QUOTE (Ubergeek @ Apr 3 2003, 04:27 PM) QUOTE (frekkle @ Apr 3 2003, 01:25 PM) well yes the future holds and awaits Xodus Chameleons Software Control from the XBOX not a cable or external DOS app. They mean using your xpad controller to select options from the dash and have effect on the actual chip. I sent them an info request and they said that all the relevant info will be posted on their site in the following days to clarify what people didnt understand on this and more subjects. yes this seems the way to go of course our software controlled app is 3 months old so its obviousley out of date and the obvious progression is xbe controlled switching. tbh we're concentrating on a completely new hardware/software feature which hasn't been produced by anyone yet. When thats finished we will of course implement even more tasty features. so its an iternal wait for who makes the newest stuff...

well the easy solution is: if you are tired of waiting for the latest stuff

make it yourself  

[frekkle]

too bad people fall for it and buy all the mumbo jumbo and then dont know what to do with it.

Team releases and real features are what make people buy,
not a piece of plastic marketed like a wonderchip.

[EvilWays]

Say it with me now kiddies..."Competition is good!" (Something M$ doesn't like to partake in...)

I don't care which modchip is the "best" (emphasis on the double quotes, cuz there's no way to generally define best)...just as long as the modchip is of fine quality, does what it needs to, adds features, yet STILL doesn't let those $5 game "backup" whores off of XBL (fucking cheapskates...).

I see this as nothing more than something similar to the nVidia vs. ATi wars...let Team Xodus and Team Xecuter talk smack, it's invigoration for innovation (just leave out any bashing, please).

[frekkle]

yeap its all about good products

at the end of the day, the user decides what is best for him.

[Samara]

Yes, if the chip is truly controlled entirely by software what's to stop MS from flipping the switches for you to activate the mod and subsequently banning you when you connect with your amazing "stealth technology."

I have real doubts about how you could even turn the mod off entirely through the dashboard and then somehow run unsigned code to reactivate the modchip.  Seems really really fishy to me.  And if you've ever actually read the Xodus web site it's kind of hard to maintain optimism about a US based team that can't even speak the English language.

Besides Xodus has never done anything besides hardware.  The Matrix is a cheapmod ripoff and even this new chip's solder method is a throwback to the original Xecuter v1 design (which was dropped in favor of better solutions).  Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that Xodus and Evox are the same team Xecuter still kicks the living shit out of them.  The latest Xecutor bios release 4976.02 as well as the chips they provide to run it on are a glowing testament to who is really the juggernaut in the scene.

In conclusion: The term 'competition' should be used very very lightly when speaking Xodus vs Xecuter, they are a team of imitators not innovators and until they prove otherwise they are worthy of nothing more than outright skepticism.  I'm not saying that they can't prove me wrong and blow me away - I'm just saying I don't see it happening.

[clold]

As for the safety of a software controllable modchip, consider the following:

It would be trivial to force the controller chip to verify a user-set password before entering programing mode.  Without any 3rd party software knowing the control sequence to send the chip, no harm could come to it.

The bigger question here is why worry about this sort of anti-mod attack?  If game developers are going to get nasty, why isn't there any code being used to detect such things as a larger HD and then wipe the contents of the drive?  That's a far more dastardly approach that would hit more users, not just Chameleon folk.

[ravencry]

hold your horses here...

bashing an unreleased product has always been the story arround here.

Why dont u guys wait and see a final product before you speculate?

[ZildjianKX]

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (ZildjianKX @ Apr 7 2003, 01:44 PM)

Hey Ubergeek, an hints on what the X3 may bring?  In my eyes the X2 Pro is the perfect modchip, so I'm really curious

Maybe they're finally releasing it in "3D"  

[Kreepa13]

QUOTE (ZildjianKX @ Apr 7 2003, 05:44 PM)

Hey Ubergeek, an hints on what the X3 may bring?  In my eyes the X2 Pro is the perfect modchip, so I'm really curious

if there is a x3 i would imagine crazy features but also hope it uses the same wires adapter as x2s

[stealthdemon]

All this software control sounds really good and all but what i want to know is if the turning of the chip is contorlled by software.  If it is if u turn of the chip how u gonna turn back on? You have to open box up rite?

[frekkle]

There you go ... Software control video at Xodus Site
Go it from the main page

[Mage]

That isn't what I'd call a great feature personally.
But to each their own.

I don't see upgrading to a matrix since the x2 pro can do everything it can do, and they still have yet to release any facts on their site related to how the chip will function.
I'm interested to see what you have to do when you do a 1MB flash and all banks are messed up.
If you do indeed have to open your xbox up to flash it in such a situation, it is inferior to the x2 pro in my opinion.