Topic: Hacking The Ms Xboxdash (help & Faq) (Read 454 times)

HoRnEyDvL · « **on:** July 19, 2003, 12:13:00 AM »

Well as my other thread filled up with useless Post I Have started 2 new threads.

Hacking The Ms Xboxdash (Code Only) &

Hacking The Ms Xboxdash (HELP & FAQ)

Please post in the apropriate thread.
In here You will ask for help ect anything else will be removed All code goes into the other post.

ALL USELESS UNAPROPRIATE POSTS WILL BE DELETED TAKE THIS AS YOUR FIRST & FINAL WARNING

-Gadget- · « **Reply #1 on:** July 20, 2003, 11:03:00 AM »

ok ... so at present what is actually possible (althou, the scene moves so fast it probably wont be the same in a months time!)

ok as i see it (reading most of the posts)
u can add a new tab/section at the main starting screen, and or delete them
add/delete sublevels to these these
add/move/delete items in the selections sceen

so basiclly everything ..
BUT make it so it automaticly add items if a defualt.xbe/folder is present ..
(at present can only do this from the memeory tab AND ONLY IF there is an exsisting save state for it)

is that just about it so far ??
if so ... if this last step could be added/figured out
we basicly have EVERYTHING that evox etc can do (just with out FTP) which would be fine for everyday use .. .

Mick ..

goatlord · « **Reply #2 on:** July 20, 2003, 08:58:00 PM »

QUOTE (Gcue @ Jul 19 2003, 02:55 PM)

Question to Voltaic

How hard would it be to make an xbox .xbe to just use a .ini file to set stuff to a config.xap then add/replace it and resign the xboxdash.xbe from the xbox itself?

If that could be accomplished then we could put like an update button on the dash and then have a auto add function.

I was thinking about this yesterday, reading the posts about this. It seems that, once a solid and functional method is developed to do all these things, it would be pretty straightforward to do something like this.

Build an xbe with the functions of pixit built, which you provide a .ini (possibly even an evox.ini) for, and it will go through and parse the directories you tell it to looking for .xbe files, and build the menu using the original unmodified one as a template.

Then you just make sure that one of the buttons you add to the settings menu points to the menu-builder xbe, and you have almost all the functionality of evox, plus the msdash eyecandy.

Now a question:

from my own looking at the scripts, it appears to be possible to change the color and position of just about everything. Am I wrong? (Particularly about the color?) It would be sweet to have it in blue or red or any other color.

DMagic1 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2003, 10:40:00 PM »

I just used Winxap to mod my dash. Everything work fine but I have no setting menu any more. There is no where to adjust the time or video display and things like that. Is there a fix for this? I had 4 menus originally including XBOX Live. Now I have 4 but with the Launcher menu replaced my settings menu. It didnt add a 5 menu for the Launcher. It replaced my Settings menu with the Launcher menu.

dfunked · « **Reply #4 on:** July 20, 2003, 11:15:00 PM »

if you want to modify your dash, but have no idea what you're doing and just simply following a tutorial, well.. i have no words...

if you really don't know what you're doing at this stage, wait until a GUI / some other means is established to easily configure your menu.... then again, i always see 200000 posts on evox.ini troubles in that forum...

DMagic1 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 20, 2003, 11:21:00 PM »

Umm,,.. Winxap is a GUI. Thats what I was using and what my question concerned. Read more carefully before you respond.

BTW, this is about the MS Dash not Evox.

dlux · « **Reply #6 on:** July 21, 2003, 12:00:00 AM »

DMagic1, That is how winxap works, it changes your settings menu. If you want to edit your dash, without replacing the settings menu, you will have to follow one of the text tutorials that are out there.

dfunked · « **Reply #7 on:** July 21, 2003, 04:07:00 AM »

QUOTE (DMagic1 @ Jul 21 2003, 08:21 AM)

BTW, this is about the MS Dash not Evox.

oh sorry i don't know what i would've done without you telling me that

if you couldn't tell, i was trying to say that the amount of people posting troubles with xap editing will soon become as bad as those who posted errors with their evox.ini's....

what i mean, is that people use winXAP but don't fully know what they're actually doing and then they complain, 'oh where's the xbox live / settings / memory tab gone now??' and seeing as the custom dash is still a WIP, i'd suggest people steer away from it until we can all get it easily customizable. if you wish to make the changes now, well good for you, but first read readme's that are supplied with winXAP etc.

DMagic1 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 21, 2003, 08:42:00 AM »

QUOTE (dlux @ Jul 21 2003, 03:00 AM)

DMagic1, That is how winxap works, it changes your settings menu. If you want to edit your dash, without replacing the settings menu, you will have to follow one of the text tutorials that are out there.

thanks

neejoh · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2003, 06:37:00 AM »

I succesfully applied the

http://www.download-...act=ST&f=3&t=59

tutorial. But now i want to remove the Dashboard & Emulator menu. (i don't fucking use it)

In wich files do i have to edit to get rid of them. I tried some shit already in the Mssubmenu.xap and default.xap. But no succes.

Can u help me?

neejoh · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2003, 09:30:00 AM »

QUOTE (Gcue @ Jul 22 2003, 04:42 PM)

In my next release i will add the option of removing menus from the submenu hopefully.
And also the option of a 5 button menu too.
Anything else "You Dont F***ing Use"?

Hehe lol

I don't fucking use my DVDremote

But no serious, you're doing a great job mate! Keep it up!!
I can't think of anything right now, at least nothing you guys aren't working on allready.

Heet · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2003, 10:49:00 AM »

heh, ftp would be great, but that is asking too much for sure. So right now we have..

Ability to create main menu's and submenus (unlimited?)
Can pick game in game save menu by pressing A button
Can launch any xbe

Anything else i missed? Have been away ...

Dunny · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2003, 11:39:00 AM »

Password Protection.

neejoh · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2003, 04:07:00 PM »

Keep up the good work

Ill gonna test ur tutorial/patch

neejoh · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2003, 04:59:00 PM »

CODE

////////////SUBMENU/////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Set the SubMenu Items
// You can set them to whatever you want
// Set how many SubMenu items you are goin to use
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

SubMenuItems = 4; // 6 or less

SubMenuItem1 = "Games";
SubMenuItem2 = "Applications";
SubMenuItem3 = "Reboot";
SubMenuItem4 = "Shutdown";
SubMenuItem5 = "Other";
SubMenuItem6 = "Other";

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Set what Menus you want to launch from each SubMenu item
// Options you can use:
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// 0 = Dashboards Menu
// 1 = Apps menu
// 2 = Emus menu
// 3 = Games menu
// 4 = Reboot Xbox
// 5 = Shutdown Xbox
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

SubMenuLaunch1 = 3;
SubMenuLaunch2 = 1;
SubMenuLaunch3 = 4;
SubMenuLaunch4 = 5;
SubMenuLaunch5 = 4;
SubMenuLaunch6 = 2;

And it worked.
Thanx for the fast reply and the good work. 1 other thing i noticed. The Save Game Manager from the Settings menu isn't working. But i have it in the root, so i don't bother. But i mentioned it

Now i finnaly have my dashboard as i want it. Only the FTP support would be nice. But that would be only a matter of time. (and maybe Background music play (mp3 and not wav))

Greetz to all the dudez who made this possible, now i'm going to sleep

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