Topic: I Finally Got My Arse In Gear (Read 146 times)

mkjones · « **on:** August 05, 2004, 02:43:00 AM »

As you all may or may not know my delvings into the world of UDE have been somewhat delayed

In the past, as you may have seen I have been on the cuff of xbox-exploitation and developed packages around the "older" dashboard exploits.

However, when UDE started to rear its head I had so much "other" crap going on I never got round to using it, my packages still use the MA fonts and the Audio hack, and are therefore well out of date

My PMs went crazy for a while with cries of "when are you updating your package" and "how can I use UDE with your package" etc

My answer was just "when I get round to it" and luckely ltools came around and gave noobish users (or just plain lazy ones

) another option, kudos to ldots on that one

One of my main problems was I had loaned MA and my memory card to my Dad (yes my dad softmods

) so I couldnt RISK messing up my system without them

Anyway, the point of this mail is simple. I have done it, I got MA back, I got the UDE fonts and I got a mates xbox

Hes a proper noob so I set it up simply for him, UDE boots PBL that then boots tHc lite, so at least the dash will look familure

it was in a word easy and to be honest a lot easier than I thought!

So, now ive "done" his xbox, its time to do mine

which got me thinking, while im at it should I bother updating my package to a UDE varient?

I mean, ldots work does pretty much what mine used to, but there are some features such as Dash-Switching etc that mine used to have the people may want..

So, if anyone would like to see an update, post, I know from some of my PMs there is a small demand anyway

if not, il always be here to support the scene as usual

Australian Rat · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:51:00 AM »

Now aren't you glad you did that finally?

You could perhaps instead of updating your package with UDE fonts (because that would just make the Audio exploit pointless), work on creating a package that, via a gamesave can revert a box back to its stock bootup state, for easy live usage.

This is the only thing I feel is missing at the moment with UDE, an easy way (possibly via a gamesave as one option) of switching between UDE bootup and stock bootup. Would make live usage a hell of a lot easier.

But just a suggestion.

ldots · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:56:00 AM »

Congrats mkjones. Dont know how you managed to stay away from UDE this long

@ Australian Rat
ltools does let you revert the xbox to an Live safe state. Just go to the ltools menu and choose "UDE uninstall". Dont need a game save to do this. Just boot with the eject button to reach the ltools menu.

When you are done playing on live you run the game save to reach the ltools menu again and choose "UDE install". The re-install is aware of previous installations so if you custemized your dashboard or Bios loader/pathcer you can re-use these settings.

It too has limited Dashboard switching. Only between Evox and MXM though

It's rather limited what you can fit on a 8 MB memcard.

mkjones · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:08:00 AM »

adil786 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:12:00 AM »

mkjones · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:22:00 AM »

ldots · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:32:00 AM »

Yeah, should have signed up as TuX instead of ldots

Postcounts mean nothing to me. Everybody can gain an impressive post count by posting indifferent messages (like this one

). Some of the main contributers to this scene post very infrequently. It's the quality that counts!

An estimate is that you will find 80% of my posts in the xboxhdm and memcard installer. Supporting these things is time-consuming.

total_ass · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:42:00 AM »

ldots · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:50:00 AM »

Of course. That was the hole idea of using a "generic" folder name for the default dash. But it's not automatic in the sense I believe mkjones was talking about. You have to upload the new dashboad manually.

mkjones · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:50:00 AM »

ldots · « **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:52:00 AM »

total_ass · « **Reply #11 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:57:00 AM »

not many i expect.

hey ldots i got another idea

, maybe you could make a 'ude memcard installer/uninstaller - dashboard expansion package' where its an installer triggered by a gamesave exploit, (completely separate from the ude installer) that changes the default dash for your package. you could just cram it full with 8 meg worth of dashes then everyone would be happy.

ldots · « **Reply #12 on:** August 05, 2004, 04:21:00 AM »

Uploading an expansion package as a game save would require the user to remove ltools first - you cannot have to hacked game saves with SC f.ex.

I dont think I will offer this. If people want another dash and dont have ftp access they can burn the dash to a CD-RW/DVD and transfer it to E:\Dashboard using the included BoxPlorer.

mkjones · « **Reply #13 on:** August 05, 2004, 04:48:00 AM »

pvtschlag · « **Reply #14 on:** August 05, 2004, 04:58:00 AM »

im softmodding my box and my friends box soon and i want to put your pakage on because of the 3 dashes but i also want the benifits of UDE over the older fonts and audio.

so i would greatly apreciate it if you made a package with UDE

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