Purpose of this TutorialThe general purpose of this tutorial is NOT to setup Shadow C, but more of a reference to how to set it up and have your m$ dash setup.
The other purpose is to show you an easy way to get a m$ dash, without downloading Slayers, using only a LIVE enabled game.
How it started for meSo NKPatcher v8.1 came out, and it had a Shadow C feature, but I didnt want to lose, 80 gigs of space to try it, and then v9 & v10 came out, so I finally downloaded v10 and setup this awesome program. Also went and downloaded
Drive Image Utils v1.01, and used the shadow c maker on there. (I've seen the ability to use any file, and just format it, after the fact
) So ran that, and it threw a 500 meg file on my E under E:\shadowc\shadowc.img, and it was an exact dup of my REAL C's setup.
With this in hand, It was a long night of experimentation and reading, not posting, just reading, how other people had used theres.
It woulda been nice if I'd backed up my Real CYeah I'll admit, when I first started, I never backup my real C, hence I dont have a m$ dash, never did, never thought I'd want one. (Still dont want one)
Get to the pointOk my main point is this, to restore a m$ dash on the shadow C, your AFTERMARKET dash is ususally named something like 'EVOXDASH.XBE' and its files are needed too, but the 'HACKED FILES' are not needed on the shadow C since they are being loaded from the real C.
So if you erase everything , except your AFTERMARKET DASH from your shadow C, and place the original fonts in C:\ fonts, and run a LIVE enabled game, then tell it to update your dash, it will install a nice new m$ dash on your shadow C. Therefor allowing your dual-game 'TOP-SPIN&NCAA' to work. You can also run the DASHUPDATE.XBE from any file-manager, sometimes doesnt work on first run, just try it again, it usually always runs correctly on second attempt.
Typical Setup **May not be identicle to your setup.My Real Cc:\
xboxdash.xbe (update.xbe)
c:\fonts
Bert.xtf
Ernie.xtf -> c:\fonts\nkp\nkp.xbe
c:\fonts\nkp
nkp.xbe -> c:\fonts\dash\ux.xbe
My Virtual Cc:\
xboxdash.xbe (Actual M$ dash)
c:\xboxdashdata.XXXXXXXX & all its contents
c:\xodash & all its contents
c:\Audio *Is not restored using this method, and itsnt required.
c:\fonts
Xbox.xtf
Xbox Book.xtf
c:\fonts\dash
ux.xbe (My main dash and its needed files)
***Note that my main dash isnt required on the real C, because it is loaded after the virtual C. Other than my dash being in c:\fonts\dash, the Virtual C is completely Stock.
***Note , this does not require you to have LIVE or INTERNET hooked to the xbox, all required files are on the game disc themselves.
***For a newer dash, use a newer game, dont expect to get the latest dash with a 2 year old game.
***This DOES NOT restore the c:\audio folder, so you'll have no sounds, unless you did happen to back yours up, then just throw it on c: to have the sounds. It however does restore the c:\xodash\audio folder so you still get your XBL buddy sounds. - thanks Pedro for pointing that out.
***This is no way a guide to setup NKPatcher v10, there is plenty of documentation on how to use it, included with it. Also check
Krayzie's Sig for some other tutorialsHope this helps, Got something to add, add it.
