Post by: DuckOfDeath on December 30, 2003, 11:52:00 AM
So, are these files needed if playing a LAN game. And, if they are only for updating the game/dashboard, couldn't you use your retail game to do that, and then switch your mod back on and play using the updated content with your ripped version?
-Duck!
PS: Thanks for the great post and hard work!
Post by: Lord Helmet on January 01, 2004, 12:50:00 PM
Post by: LinksAwakening on January 01, 2004, 01:13:00 PM
| QUOTE (Knocks @ Dec 25 2003, 07:19 PM) |
Wonderful Post!! I am looking for a blank XMV (1 second, black screen). Please PM me once you find it.  |
Actually making a 1-Second Blank Screen XMV Movie File is pretty simple if you have XMVTool (from the XDK)...
Just make a 1-Second Blank AVI file in any video program (AfterEffects, or Flash to name some), turn it into a WMV8 Stream, and use XMVTool to turn it into an XMV File...
If I had any webspace (that would be able to handle the bandwidth) I would even post blank BIK and XMV movie files (although Re-Linking and Down-Sampling are still my choices for game Backups)...
Post by: LinksAwakening on January 01, 2004, 02:05:00 PM
HERE is a ZIP File containing 1-Second long Blank-Screen XMV and BIK Movie Files...
I can't say how long that link will work (from people downloading from it) since it is a free site, but get it while you still can...
Post by: Rahszhul on January 01, 2004, 04:52:00 PM
...Even if I'm replying near 3 hours after you posted that.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 02, 2004, 12:06:00 PM
The thing I'm thinking of doing, is to split the file deletions over the first two posts in this forum, and get rid of the movie file replacements bit. If I get into that more, I could make a seperate thread for it.
I'm also thinking about taking out the notes below each game, as I only cover about 5 types of deletions in this thread anyways. Only items that need a bit more attention, like Fuzion Frenzy's lock up problem with the demos. And, of course, the thanks bit will stay. I'm well too over appreciative of any help I've goten so far.
Post by: z33to on January 02, 2004, 12:42:00 PM
but it doesnt matter.
Post by: Champ189WS on January 02, 2004, 01:14:00 PM
| CODE |
| \movies\AKA_Attitude_PAL.xmv \movies\Att-PAL.xmv \movies\chm-pal.xmv \movies\cmx-pal.xmv and vice versa for the PAL System \movies\AKA_Attitude_NTSC.xmv \movies\Att-NTSC.xmv \movies\chm-ntsc.xmv \movies\cmx-ntsc.xmv |
All in all saving a total of about 74 megs. Not that much but ever little bit counts! lol
BTW keep up the good work! U have saved me atleast a couple gigs of space!
Champ189WS
Post by: toyato89 on January 02, 2004, 06:15:00 PM
Post by: Rockabilly on January 03, 2004, 08:49:00 AM
Post by: Champ189WS on January 03, 2004, 08:53:00 AM
| CODE |
| \Data\Shared\Wmv\60\msgs.bik \Data\Shared\Wmv\60\dice.bik |
these are just the pregame vids that no one ever watches. Totaling to aroung 13.3 megs
Post by: XBOX War3z on January 03, 2004, 01:11:00 PM
| QUOTE (RjT @ Jan 2 2004, 04:27 PM) |
| GameSizeEditorv1.7.zip doesnt work for me ? I click exe and nothing happens ? wierd.. Nice work though Rahszhul , should try and make a program that can auto delete files/replace movies for users , and download updated lists of files from somewhere.. just a thought . THanks and Good Luck Hope u feeling better too |
remove the other file named GameSizeEditor.exe.manifest
Post by: Champ189WS on January 03, 2004, 02:18:00 PM
| CODE |
| \moviesxbox\intro.xmv \moviesxbox\logo.xmv |
its just the pregame crap totaling 86 megs of data
Champ189WS
Post by: Donny on January 03, 2004, 09:46:00 PM
Post by: Donny on January 03, 2004, 11:47:00 PM
Post by: Champ189WS on January 04, 2004, 07:18:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| base\video\GGLogo2.xmv base\video\ACTIVSN.xmv |
only 4.5 megs, but hey if u wanna get rid of the pre game crap those are the files to do it.
Post by: AndrewC on January 04, 2004, 08:55:00 AM
I cant remember if it was gtatitles or intro but one was 36MB the other was 11MB.
Post by: shafty on January 04, 2004, 10:04:00 AM
Post by: Champ189WS on January 04, 2004, 09:20:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| \media\assets\movies\CompuEdge <--- All files in directory \media\assets\movies\intro.xmv \media\assets\movies\zaxis.xmv |
the compuedge dir is just movie files that go to the uneeded to demos of agressive inline, vexx, atv2, etc.
zaxis.xmv and intro.xmv are just pregame garbage
these files total to a whopping 118 MB for a small game that it is!
Delete the following from Matt Hoffman's Pro Bmx 2
| QUOTE |
| \tracks\ui\activis.bik \tracks\ui\intro.bik |
these are pregame movies totaling 130 MB
Post by: Greggers on January 06, 2004, 06:14:00 AM
Post by: chriseyj2002 on January 06, 2004, 04:17:00 PM
Have saved loads of space by deleting the other langauge movies. But it's too late to test it now, bed is beckoning me.
Think I will also swap the other movies with the smallest movie file there is and simply rename it so that it overwrites the larger one will see if it works.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 07, 2004, 11:06:00 AM
As of now, there are a few additions to be done, some can be seen above (or in previous pages), and some were sent to me via PM.
I won't be able to add them for right now. I'm working on moving the list into a slightly better format which might help a few people out. It will me at least. But, I want to get this done before I add the new deletions, but I promise by the end of the weekend (or sooner) to be done with that.
Post by: skeen on January 07, 2004, 12:30:00 PM
The Demo and cdxmedia Folders can both be deleted. In the root directory you can delete the cdx.xbe file and the usual live related files;
dashupdate.xbe
downloader.xbe
update.xbe
For a total savings of 978MB
Post by: street_kings on January 07, 2004, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: Jordo1138 on January 08, 2004, 06:15:00 AM
I'll let you know if i find out anything helpfull
Post by: flattspott on January 08, 2004, 07:24:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| ACK! i cant seem to find anything under XIII to delete to make it under 4.7 GB! (using M$ HD, But have a burner). help anyone? |
I didn't thing XIII was that big. But I sent a PM to the listmaster if you will. You csn save 26 MB if you delete the Attract video. If forget where it is at the moment. It's not too hard to find though.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 08, 2004, 07:53:00 AM
Listmaster? ...and the XIII file was "/Videos/Attract.xmv".
Thanks for the help so far!
street_kings,
I recently got ahold of XIII, so I'll give it a long unneccisary look. I really don't know how a cel shaded game can be that freaking huge.
-Update-
I've completed converting the XML to it's new format along with the updated deletions I've recieved from everybody along with a few of my own
. Now I just need to re-work the horrible, horrible XSLT. This *might* be done as the weekend hits, which would be nice. Though don't count on it, I'm not that trustworthy! - The Listbastard!
Post by: flattspott on January 08, 2004, 10:01:00 AM
| CODE |
X2: Wolverines Revenge 53mb \movies\attract.bik - demo of game when you don't press start for a while I think if you remove this and don't press start withing a reasonable time you'll get a DDE when it trys to load the demo if you try to delete the 3 intro videos you get a DDE \x\data\lang\English_PAL - extra language stuff \x\data\lang\French_PAL - extra language stuff \x\data\lang\German_PAL - extra language stuff \x\data\lang\Italian_PAL - extra language stuff \x\data\lang\Spanish_PAL - extra language stuff Vexx 258mb \data\videos\A_Inline.xmv - trailer \data\videos\ASB04.xmv - trailer \data\videos\ATV_2.xmv - trailer \data\videos\LOW_2.xmv - trailer \data\videos\Attr-x-n.xmv - demo of game when you don't press start for a while I think if you remove this and don't press start withing a reasonable time the demo will still come up, only with just the Vexx logo in the corner \data\videos\Open-n.xmv - if you delete this it removes the intro video but the text "Acclaim presents" is still there minus the video and normally it is also is a video background at the start screen but it will blank behind the Vexx logo. |
Post by: mavrick2k on January 09, 2004, 03:49:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on January 09, 2004, 10:32:00 AM
Ok, that's annoying... *shrug*--We interupt you from this update to bring you the following advertisements--
NEW! from WiSo, dvd2xbox 0.5.3!
The primary reason I decided to plug this program, is because of a few new features that were just added.
+ moved excludeDirs and excludeFiles to the ACL system as items ED and EF.
+ improved wildcard searching for RM/SM/HR. See ACLSyntax.txt for details.
+ ACL processing could now be started over the action menu any time you want.
So, esentially, after I finish up reworking the list I'll begin work on creating .acl entries for dvd2xbox for you people to lazily free up space! It's great, right?
Post by: uziq on January 09, 2004, 03:23:00 PM
I really hope to see a program that can do this!! if I could program on the xbox, I'd attempt doing it myself.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 09, 2004, 05:08:00 PM
Well, it's all colorized and ugly. Scream at me if you think it's too ugly and stupid. I might change it if people don't like it's current "form".
I added an "Example Title" to the begining of the list to act as a legend/key.
I feel all happy and shit. Made a .sig. Grabbed an avatar. Got 100+ posts. Helping people when I can. I swear I'm not normally like this. This scene is the greatest place I've ever been!
...And on to the .acl creation!
Post by: Champ189WS on January 09, 2004, 06:08:00 PM
Post by: uziq on January 10, 2004, 04:59:00 PM
| CODE |
| Wreckless Space Saved: 250MB /DSTEAL_FR.xbe /DSTEAL_GR.xbe /DSTEAL_JP.xbe /DSTEAL_JPDEMO.xbe /DSTEAL_UK.xbe /data/Sound/DemoFR/ /data/Sound/DemoGR/ /data/Sound/DemoJP/ /data/Sound/GameFR/ /data/Sound/GameGR/ /data/Sound/GameJP/ |
Post by: FunkmaztafoX on January 10, 2004, 09:45:00 PM
From the 15 games that I have on my hard drive this saved 8.73GB for me.
Post by: darkJester on January 12, 2004, 10:17:00 AM
Post by: glycerine102 on January 12, 2004, 01:36:00 PM
I've already saved alotta space by renaming less needed bik movies, but some games use xmv and I'd like to cut them out as well.
BTW this is a great post. I now have 10 more games on my drive by just deleting unneeded material, to save a beautiful 17 gigs.
Thank you very much.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 12, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
If I'm understanding things correclty, .bik is a format that was made to play on damn near everything, like GC, XBox, PC, PS2.
.xmv is essentially a moddified versoin of .wmv (not 100% sure on that)
If you look for a post from LinksAwakening, I beleive he still has a link up for a blank.bik and a blank.xmv.
Post by: ylsf on January 12, 2004, 03:06:00 PM
Thanks for all of your effort Rahszhul and the other people who are submitting game info.. I plan on adding some other additions as well soon...
Post by: Stupid on January 12, 2004, 09:53:00 PM
Can delete
French
German
Italian
Spanish
200 megs or so freed
Post by: toyato89 on January 13, 2004, 07:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Jan 12 2004, 11:44 PM) |
| To all that have helped so far, you people are GODs! Thank you! |
lol thanx man!
If I had more games, you know I'd be deleting stuff for sure.
Post by: toyato89 on January 13, 2004, 03:03:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on January 14, 2004, 05:24:00 PM
Thanks for the info on Shrek Super Party. I won't be adding it to the list anytime soon, maybe tommorow, as I'm working "feverishly"? on creating .acl files that can be used with dvd2xbox.
shafty, or anyone who has a copy of Bloody Roar Extreme, if this info can be elaborated, I'll be able to add it to the list.
Ok, so I've been working on the .acl's. And what do I have to show for it? Three (3) crappy, yet free ($0) web sites on which I host this data. And... two (2) .acl files hosted so far. It's Halo. Nothing spectacular.
I've chosen to create two version of the .acl files. One style is optimized for people ripping from the disc. The other is made for individuals who have already backedup their game to the hard drive.
Post by: qweryujo on January 14, 2004, 06:27:00 PM
Post by: nydusin on January 14, 2004, 07:53:00 PM
Post by: Lunar Aura on January 14, 2004, 11:54:00 PM
/XDemos/
/Locale/French (all folder contents except the "English" folder contents)
Space Saved: 1.31GB
Post by: Lunar Aura on January 15, 2004, 12:21:00 AM
If you want any or all of the songs that's offered, look in
D:/data/audio/radio/Tracks
Saved me lots of line-in ripping to the computer.
Post by: aut0psy on January 16, 2004, 05:28:00 AM
Want me to start ?
Post by: Rahszhul on January 16, 2004, 05:55:00 AM
If you're willing to start digging through and do all the testing, please do. I can use the help with this list while I work on the .acl files.
Post by: Rahszhul on January 16, 2004, 09:29:00 AM
I decided since work is kinda slow, I'd do a search on these forums for other games that people may have documented deletions for long ago. I sifted through over 1300 threads. That's 1300 newbies, or jackasses, or mods, or AAARRRGHH!!
I'm just glad that the number of "How do I rip X game?" threads and jackass and/or uninformative replys have died down since long ago. And I'm happier than hell (which is much happier than I was when I called everybody GODs) that I've had the support and help with this thread.
...But, MY HEAD STILL HURTS!!
Post by: PolarBearWY on January 17, 2004, 08:19:00 AM
Post by: toyato89 on January 17, 2004, 08:23:00 AM
Good idea though.
Post by: PolarBearWY on January 17, 2004, 02:22:00 PM
Post by: peer on January 19, 2004, 06:16:00 AM
Post by: go-to on January 19, 2004, 10:03:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on January 19, 2004, 11:12:00 AM
Post by: Caracarn on January 19, 2004, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: KDC on January 20, 2004, 05:34:00 PM
Oh, and I can't wait to see more ACLs for games!
Post by: darkyz20 on January 21, 2004, 09:40:00 AM
Post by: peer on January 22, 2004, 05:14:00 AM
I found these in LOTR3: return of the king.
Post by: throwingks on January 22, 2004, 09:49:00 AM
| QUOTE (peer @ Jan 22 2004, 03:14 PM) |
| exactly what kind of files are the .vid's ? can they be replaced with a blank .vid or can you downsample them? I found these in LOTR3: return of the king. |
I looked a lot of places for that same exact thing. I cannot find information anywhere.
This is the best thread on xbox-scene
Post by: sulfur on January 24, 2004, 11:50:00 AM
CacheTree-xxxxxxxx.SXWad
all except CacheTree-English.SXWad
Unreal Championship
UCIntro.wmv <-- replace with smaller file
atari.wmv <-- replace with smaller file
Post by: Champ189WS on January 25, 2004, 05:36:00 AM
NFL2k3
XODash\XOnlineDash.xbe
update.xbe
intro.mov
intro movies and xbl totaling 92 megs
Post by: sega27 on January 25, 2004, 06:39:00 PM
Post by: kulboy on January 26, 2004, 07:47:00 AM
Post by: sega27 on January 26, 2004, 01:11:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Jan 26 2004, 07:16 AM) |
| sega27, Rebackup your copy of T.H.U.G. and see if things work for you. I find this strange, as my copy of T.H.U.G. will skip any and all .bik files that are missing. It may be that you are running a copy that isn't NTSC/USA, as that is the only version I've tested. |
I have the NTSC American version, and it skips all the intro videos.. But I think that one may need to be filled with an empty bik file. Any idea what the name of that video is?
Post by: ct8055 on January 26, 2004, 06:32:00 PM
That makes me think that most 2004 EA games (the main sports line at least) will have their tutorial videos (and THE "what's new" videos) as separate easily identifiable files.
Ct
Post by: Angerwound on January 27, 2004, 12:29:00 AM
| CODE |
| Update.xbe -- 2.29 mb Dashupdate.xbe -- 50.99 mb Downloader.xbe -- 1.09 mb /movies/Acclaim.xmv -- 4.78 mb /movies/Credits.xmv -- 92.08 mb /movies/Attracta.xmv -- 28.66 mb /movies/Attractb.xmv -- 29.03 mb /movies/Attractc.xmv -- 31.02 mb /movies/Sizzle.xmv -- 3.78 mb Total Saved - 243.72 mb |
I noticed someone said something about wanting Bloody Roar 3. I have it lying around here somewhere and will get to work on it soon. Hope to have more additions asap.
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: Angerwound on January 27, 2004, 01:43:00 AM
| CODE |
| Madden 2004 /data/MOVIETUT1.dat -- 39.18 mb /data/MOVIETUT2.dat -- 69.83 mb /data/MOVIETUT3.dat -- 48.62 mb /data/MOVIETUT4.dat -- 64.73 mb /data/MOVIETUT5.dat -- 123.35 mb /data/MOVIETUT6.dat -- 160.23 mb Total Saved: 505.94 mb |
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: Angerwound on January 27, 2004, 03:23:00 AM
| CODE |
| Serious Sam /Movies0.gro 320.96 mb /Movies1.gro 313.63 mb /Movies2.gro 157.73 mb /Movies3.gro 79.60 mb /Movies4.gro 68.19 mb /Movies5.gro 251.37 mb Total Saved: 1191.48 mb |
| CODE |
| Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring /movies/attract.xmv 63.42 mb /movies/credits.xmv 50.96 mb /movies/logo_1.xmv 560 kb /movies/logo_2.xmv 288 kb /movies/logo_3.xmv 2.64 mb /movies/logo_4.xmv 2.07 mb /movies/logo_5.xmv 6.74 mb /movies/trailer.xmv 58.21.mb Total Saved: 185.04 mb |
Hope this helps out a few people along their way. Also I just wanna thank Rahszhul for all his contributions to this collection and the work he does to keep this thread up to date. Keep up the good work....
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: Angerwound on January 27, 2004, 12:37:00 PM
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: nitro67 on January 27, 2004, 03:18:00 PM
Post by: MrDeadMan on January 27, 2004, 04:53:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on January 27, 2004, 06:16:00 PM
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: crispycritter on January 28, 2004, 12:53:00 AM
But if you remove the entire folder it will save 1.01 Gig
Thus making it small enough to fit on a CDR (622MB)
Latz
Post by: drozek on January 28, 2004, 08:00:00 PM
Post by: redman8787 on January 29, 2004, 12:16:00 PM
XIII
Vice city
true crime
nfl street
lotr: return of the king
max payne 2
sonic
mission impossible
counter strike
arx fatalis
baldur's gate two...
i might do a couple
Post by: nitro67 on January 29, 2004, 02:46:00 PM
| CODE |
/DVD/movie/ /DVD/startbtn_fr_XBOX.anm /DVD/startbtn_ge_XBOX.anm /DVD/startbtn_it_XBOX.anm /DVD/startbtn_jp_XBOX.anm /DVD/startbtn_ko_XBOX.anm /DVD/startbtn_sp_XBOX.anm |
saves 2.55 Gigs!!
Awesome game but if 3 gigs of movies are taking up space im going to have to let em go ;]
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Post by: smoke monster on September 30, 2014, 05:17:00 PM
double post--sorry
Post by: smoke monster on September 30, 2014, 07:36:00 PM
Deadsy just posted a full backup of the site's files for offline use as well.
Post by: vinetari on October 18, 2014, 03:04:00 PM
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Post by: ikitub on January 31, 2004, 12:40:00 AM
Post by: PolarBearWY on January 31, 2004, 04:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (nitro67 @ Jan 30 2004, 12:46 AM) | ||
ok heres sonic heroes:
saves 2.55 Gigs!! Awesome game but if 3 gigs of movies are taking up space im going to have to let em go ;] |
3 Gigs of movies?
Are those all cutscenes, end scene, unneeded garbage? Kinda ruins a game to remove all the cutscenes and end scene, no?
Post by: ICEMANMODS on February 03, 2004, 12:11:00 AM
Post by: RX3 on February 03, 2004, 12:40:00 PM
Post by: SH2000 on February 04, 2004, 12:11:00 PM
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ Feb 1 2004, 02:59 AM) | ||||
3 Gigs of movies? Are those all cutscenes, end scene, unneeded garbage? Kinda ruins a game to remove all the cutscenes and end scene, no? |
A lot of the movies are CG movies, so they obviously take up space. Also, in the /DVD directory are the files:
SH_VOICE_E.afs
SH_VOICE_J.afs
Those are the 2 voice files for Heroes (English and Japanese). I used it to change the Heroes voices to Japanese but you could delete either one of those if you don't plan on changing the language.
Also in /DVD is:
SNG_TBSFA4.adx
SNG_TBSFA4E.adx
SNG_TBSFA4J.adx
This is Team Chatix's Team Blast sound effect, in which their voices are used. SNG_TBSFA4.adx seems to be the default (but it doesn't look like it's used), while E and J are the English and Japanese ones (yes, this means that English is on there twice). Also delete which ones you don't want to use.
In /DVD/sound is:
bank3e.pac
bank3j.pac
I don't know what these do, but guessing from the E and J, I'm assuming there are some differences. Once again, delete whichever you want.
Finnaly in /DVD/movies:
S1_Jp_XD.sfd
S1_Eng_XD.sfd
is the opening video. The only difference is the title logo at the end, since it's a CG movie, you can save up some space with that.
If you plan on deleting the English voice files and only having the Japanese ones, keep in mind that you will have to rename all the Japanese files to the English ones. For example: IF you delete "SH_VOICE_E.afs" You will have to rename "SH_VOICE_J.afs" to "SH_VOICE_E.afs"
I'm not sure on how much space it saved from doing all this, but it's worth a try.
Post by: c-2 on February 05, 2004, 05:12:00 AM
thank u everyone for this list so far, i have saved over 7 gigs :]
Post by: MR-X- on February 06, 2004, 01:15:00 PM
Post by: taxi!!! on February 07, 2004, 09:50:00 PM
disk1.bin
disk2.bin
(or something similar) and so on. Unless someone finds a way to edit these files, then you are unlikely to be able to shrink the game to fit on one DVD.
Post by: Testament69 on February 08, 2004, 05:54:00 PM
I have tried doing it myself but have failed miserably.
Can someone please tell me what can be deleted? some of these games are huge as hell.
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball
Fallout: Brotherhood of Stell
Fatal Frame
Gladius
Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Max Payne 2
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
I-Ninja
Procast: Bass Fishing
Syberia
The Sims: Busting Out
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Any help on these would be appreciated.
Post by: poodlebiscuit on February 08, 2004, 11:37:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on February 09, 2004, 10:36:00 AM
AnGeRwOuNd
Post by: Testament69 on February 09, 2004, 01:35:00 PM
Post by: bergkampf on February 10, 2004, 12:56:00 PM
Post by: jayman16 on February 10, 2004, 11:01:00 PM
This is awesome news thanks for all your hard work.
Post by: VeXoN on February 11, 2004, 04:04:00 PM
Post by: jo77 on February 12, 2004, 01:22:00 AM
I tried deleting it and it freezes the game.
Tried substituting a blank .bik file but obviously didnt work .
Requested / searched for a blank .xbx movie file but no luck !
any help ?
This is for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Post by: Angerwound on February 13, 2004, 07:10:00 AM
Post by: Klatu on February 13, 2004, 09:15:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on February 13, 2004, 09:57:00 AM
Post by: sulfur on February 13, 2004, 08:33:00 PM
/Demos/ = 410.90 MB
Post by: sulfur on February 13, 2004, 08:43:00 PM
space saved = 491mb?
/DVD/SH_VOICE_J.afs = 242mb
/DVD/movie/S1_Jp_XD.sfd = 216.00mb
/DVD/text/ = 0.12mb
TextSpanish.utx
TextKorean.utx
TextJapanese.utx
TextItalian.utx
TextGerman.utx
TextFrench.utx
/DVD/advertise/* = 6.50mb/each folder
/F/ = France
/G/ = German
/I/ = Italin
/J/ = Japenese
/K/ = Korean
/S/ = Spanish
*Note i'm assuming these folder are for the other languages[/COLOR]
Post by: sulfur on February 13, 2004, 08:56:00 PM
space saved: 370mb
\movie\
alicesnd.wmv = 16.9mb
bakusnd.wmv = 7.32mb
bususnd.wmv = 18.92mb
crosnd.wmv = 22.82mb
end-rsnd.wmv = 36.81mb
gadosnd.wmv = 14.25mb
jensnd.wmv = 19.74mb
plsnd.wmv = 31.82mb
shinasnd.wmv = 30.06mb
stunsnd.wmv = 14.25mb
urisnd.wmv = 22.00mb
xionsnd.wmv = 22.37mb
yugosnd.wmv = 23.54mb
= purple/blue color, needs to be replaced/pre-game.
Post by: sulfur on February 13, 2004, 09:02:00 PM
\video\
attract.wmv = 18.32mb
credits.wmv = 75.03mb
Post by: sulfur on February 13, 2004, 09:06:00 PM
Post by: Schweeze on February 15, 2004, 08:16:00 AM
Post by: dedfrog on February 15, 2004, 01:21:00 PM
| QUOTE (Schweeze @ Feb 15 2004, 06:16 PM) |
| Anyone got SSX 3?? I'm tryin' to fit Amped 2 and SSX 3 onto a single dvd, and i'm hitting the shitter by only a few megabytes.... |
ive got ssx3. just go into data/movies and delete nflxshell.mad, nfsxshell.mad, and st3xshell.mad. These are the movies under the Preview menu in the game, as long as you dont try to watch them you wont get a DDE
Post by: HeadCheese on February 15, 2004, 06:21:00 PM
| QUOTE (LinksAwakening @ Jan 2 2004, 12:05 AM) |
| Well, here we go... HERE is a ZIP File containing 1-Second long Blank-Screen XMV and BIK Movie Files... I can't say how long that link will work (from people downloading from it) since it is a free site, but get it while you still can... |
The link seems to be broken now. I can't find xmvtool anywhere to create a blank xmv file either. Could you possibly send me the blank xmv through email or aim? Thanks
Post by: dedfrog on February 15, 2004, 06:25:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Feb 16 2004, 01:30 AM) |
| pirategnome, Need more input on the Wrath Unleashed demos. Like folder structure, or amount of space saved. I played the demo of this game, and will NOT be getting it . |
yea I have Armed and dangerous but it has the gladius demo and the wrath demo instead of the armed and dangerous demo
anyway...the Gladius demo is 481 MB and also the Wrath demo is 410 MB just in case you wanted it. ALSO those movies for SSX3 add up to 96.5 MB. now your total saved can be more accurate
Post by: pdottz on February 16, 2004, 09:55:00 AM
when you delete the HALO demos the listing for it in the game gets erased also. can you do this in Project Gotham Racing 2 ? I deleted all the demos but the selection for -Xbox Demos- is still there.
Post by: Lurkin on March 20, 2004, 01:38:00 PM
Now just to get ahold of xmvtool or the xdk so I can make and post a blank 1 second xmv file as well. Let me know if you can help with this.
Post by: Rahszhul on March 20, 2004, 02:36:00 PM
Lurkin,
Since you personally made that .bik, I will put it on the site I'm creating as a known .bik file, along with the one I have as a smaller, but not known to be fully reliable .bik file.
I have several other XBox movie file formats. The ones that were created by myself or any of the people I've contacted over the times can be hosted. There are several oddball formats where I have a small video file from a game, but since it is a file from a copyrighted game, I won't be able to host it.
I used to have xmvtool, but don't anymore. Sorry.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Mar 21 2004, 02:05 AM
Post by: Lurkin on March 20, 2004, 03:10:00 PM
Feel free to update your first post with a link directly to the file for those .bik movie replacements. Going to post a blank .xmv soon as I get one or make one, whichever comes first.
Post by: Testament69 on March 20, 2004, 04:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (zeroxxorez @ Mar 19 2004, 06:01 PM) |
| Dude the graphix on that site are stolen. Jesus! Look at the pixel difference in the pictures you edited and the ones that you didn't. Tisk Tisk... that'll teach you to compress pictures that were already compressed. By the way....it sucks anyway. |
Then learn how to save space on your own and stay away from this thread, son.
Post by: Rahszhul on March 20, 2004, 09:00:00 PM
| QUOTE (GamerBR @ Mar 15 2004, 09:28 AM) | ||||
me too,u can't delete one of these files,if u delete one of them u will get a DDE /VIDEO/Bink.int /VIDEO/Intro.int /VIDEO/ubisoft.int the others files i deleted and tested the game,no problem |
AAHHHAA!!!!
Ok, so some people talked to me on MSN/AIM and others and I got a bright idea.
The files that GamerBR listed here, are marked "purple" in the first post, and are supposed to be movie files that need to be replaced, not deleted. oliver_k24[at]hotmail.com on MSN verified this for me.
I realized this type of problem early on, as the "Example Title" is at the begging of the post. People are more likely to scroll down to, or search for a specific game. Plus the occasional case of color blindness doesn't help there either.
As I started working on the site, I thought of a way to evade this problem. Not just colors, but large words acting as a header for the types of deletions which will link to more elaborate explanations.
This won't be a cure-all, but it should help.
And, as an update on the web page;
- Learn php. For the most part, I now know what I need, but I'll learn more. For the hell of it.
- A page that displays the data is 97% done.
- MySQL is installed and after 20 headaches, everything is awesome. Database completely done.
- gfx; make that page look -pretty- (Not even started.)
- Add all other data needed. (Thinking stages)
- Work on .acl's for dvd2xbox, if time/work permits. (Hell, I might get this part hammered out in three days too.:lol:)
Post by: Jay Reyd on March 21, 2004, 12:44:00 PM
Post by: jfullam on March 21, 2004, 12:54:00 PM
| QUOTE (Jay Reyd @ Mar 21 2004, 10:08 PM) |
| is ther any way to get a more updated list of games (such as Tenchu, breakdown) that have files that can be deleted? If it's already been addressed can you give me the page #? thanks! |
Yeah - go to the first post in this thread, Rahszhul tries to keep the core initial post updated - he just updated it last week... and there is talk about a separate web page being established...
Post by: Rahszhul on March 21, 2004, 02:03:00 PM
Right now, I'm looking for a place to host the mess I just got done with. Need something that supports php and has a database. I'm talking with one of X-S's greatest about the possibility of me stealing some space from him. We'll see how that goes.
Post by: toyato89 on March 22, 2004, 09:11:00 PM
The ability for users to update the list themselves, saving you the hassle of doing it every time you get some info, with a user verification system to validate the inputs (ie. does this work? yes/no), so the list won't be populated with trashy inputs that don't mean anything or tell ppl to delete the wrong files.
You probably already know this, but you'd need input boxes for all the different types of deleteables & the total amount saved vs. original game size... maybe a user comments area as well if there's anything else to add.
The ability for users to update the games if they find new stuff to delete would be a good feature as well.
Just something for you to chew on, if you haven't already.
Post by: [UFK]Hitman on March 23, 2004, 03:47:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on March 24, 2004, 09:43:00 AM
[UFK]Hitman,
MTX: Motocross is a Live game. I can tell you right now, there are four files and a folder you could look out for.
toyato89,
Stealing thunder by suggesting things? Huh? No thunder has been stolen. I think... :lol: Anyways, yes, those ideas have crossed my mind.
No matter what style of user input control I come up with, ensuring everyone enters good data is next to impossible. They way I'm doing this now, just using a MySQL admin tool is simple enough for one person. I may make a web based amin tool later down the road spefically for this site, but access to it will be heavily restricted.
Until(if) I come up with a decent way to script around any kind of goofy input people may give me, I'll just stick with this forum as a way to get the data from other people. Or email, or MSN.... or AIM... or Yahoo.... or telepathy... yeah. Ok, I'm done, and late for work :P
Post by: marco67 on March 24, 2004, 01:24:00 PM
1) Is it normal that this file size doesn't fit on a 4,7GB DVD?
2) Can I delete some files from the image?
3) Which are these files?
P.S. I've burned other original games (less than 4GB). They are OK !
Please help me....
Post by: patrickcs on March 24, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on March 24, 2004, 10:15:00 PM
Ok, so the site is close to completion. I'm planing on putting it up with all information ready to go, but no -pretties-. That will come later. Probably this weekend.
All I need now is the server. -he- is looking into how exactly I can incorporate my DB with his, even if that is a wise option or not. If this doesn't go well, I may just keep trying at finding a free host that supports php & MySQL, or any DB really. Or maybe both. Get the site up in multiple places to share bandwidth. *shrug*
Ok, so the "work" bit above, I had hoped to get to several games today. I only got to one. MTX Mototrax. (MMM... beautiful slipknot...)
Here are the deletions, to be added to the main post later.
MTX Mototrax - 135 MB
Xbox Live
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
Unneeded Stuff
/data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/GCN_*.xbx
/data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/PS2_*.xbx
/data/movies/bik/Movies/actlogo.bik
/data/movies/bik/Movies/lfplogo.bik
/data/movies/bik/Movies/mtx_intr.bik
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Mar 29 2004, 11:25 AM
Post by: harrypotter333 on March 24, 2004, 10:50:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Anyone know where I can find a blank .wmv file. I deleted Atarai.wmv and UCIntro.wmv in Unreal Championship and now the game just hangs before it gets to the menu screen. |
atarai.wmv is 10mb
ucintro.wmv is 47mb
ucend.wmv is 50mb
just delete ucintro(47mb) and ucend(50mb) copy atarai(10mb) 2x. and rename the files to ucintro and ucend. uc should now be 632mb create an xiso. back that on to a cdr, save yourself a dvdr
This post has been edited by harrypotter333: Mar 25 2004, 06:50 AM
Post by: g00ber on March 30, 2004, 12:25:00 PM
Post by: jayman16 on March 30, 2004, 12:50:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on March 30, 2004, 07:37:00 PM
I thought I saw that in the old-style listing, but the current database only shows French can be deleted.
In the LOCALE folder, there is
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Each folder contains 100+ MB. If you can delete the other 4 language folders as well, that would bring the saved space for that game to about 1.7 GB.
Anyone?
Post by: flattspott on March 30, 2004, 07:54:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 01, 2004, 02:41:00 PM
1.71 GB of deletable files.
/XDemos
/Locale/French
/Locale/German
/Locale/Italian
/Locale/Japanese
/Locale/Spanish
I tested the game for about an hour and it seems to work just fine with default language settings. I assume the game would crash if I tried to run it in a language other than English.
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 01, 2004, 02:44:00 PM
It isn't noted, but I assume this is the PAL version? The NTSC version doesn't have a street date, and it hasn't yet been released in Europe.
You may want to remove this listing for now, since the game hasn't been released. The listed availability suggest piracy, theft, or hacking, since legal retail copies are not yet available.
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 01, 2004, 03:12:00 PM
0.49 GB deletable
/DATA/Sounds/Deutsch*.*
/DATA/Sounds/Francais*.*
/DATA/Sounds/Italiano*.*
/DATA/Sounds/Spanish*.*
/MISC/LogoArkane.xmv
/MISC/LogoWizarBox.xmv
Notes:
The two XMV files don't save much space, but they get rid of a few pregame movies, which helps get to the main menu faster.
The "DreamCatcher" XMV cannot be deleted. I got a DDE when this file was absent. It's only 2 MB anyway.
Post by: Ghost_Face_Killah on April 01, 2004, 03:27:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 01, 2004, 03:49:00 PM
Post by: Dalpura on April 01, 2004, 10:56:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on April 02, 2004, 05:36:00 AM
Post by: only4u2c on April 02, 2004, 06:08:00 AM
Many Thx for this M8..... u just started me on a rampage of deleting and so far i have cut out 14 gigs.. thats ALOT for me
Post by: chilin_dude on April 02, 2004, 11:39:00 AM
Post by: bborski on April 02, 2004, 02:38:00 PM
Post by: bborski on April 02, 2004, 07:02:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 03, 2004, 07:20:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Apr 3 2004, 03:35 AM) |
| I haven't obtained Pandora Tomorrow yet. Though, when I do, I'll see if the NTSC deletions differ much. |
Well, I bought Splinter Cell and never played it. That said, I still ended up picking up Splinter Cell P.T. and I have played through a few levels now. I love it! Don't know why I never even took the disc out of the first Splinter Cell case.
Anyway, I'll check the deletions in a few hours.
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 03, 2004, 07:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (bborski @ Apr 3 2004, 05:02 AM) |
| cool thanks but ive got a little problem. i downloaded it twice and when i try to install it, it says "corrupt instalation detected" what should i do? |
I just downloaded it and installed it (30 minutes after your post) and the install went fine. The program opens fine. It plays .BIK files fine.
Did you download the proper file for your OS?
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 03, 2004, 08:19:00 AM
Can someone verify that one would want to delete the following?
/Offline/dataxb/Sounds/ENGLISH ???
Doesn't make sense to me. He didn't report being able to delete any of the other "English" folders so why this one? I'd think you would need to keep at least one of the language folders. If we can delete it, it would be another 100+ MB saved.
I'm not deleting that folder.
Oh, and the folders in Localization... you don't even save 1 MB total in all 4 folders. It's probably not even worth the time to hit the delete key.
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 01:10:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 03, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Apr 3 2004, 11:11 PM) |
| Reason I say that? Out on the two deletion sites I've implemented a way to create .acl files for dvd2xbox to exclude (most) of the deletions from being copied. So, this will be an awesome help for people who are copying a game to the hard drive. |
Dang, Rahsz!!!
You keep outdoing yourself. (Did you notice that the list on the first post stops at the S-games?)
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 03, 2004, 02:24:00 PM
Well, though it isn't noted, I'm guessing the current Pandora Tomorrow listing is for the PAL version. I saved far more space and didn't even delete as much, if that makes sense.
Space I saved : 1.36 GB (compared to the 1.14 GB reported in other listing) and I didn't delete the English folder.
XBox Live
/dashupdate.xbe
/downloader.xbe
/update.xbe
Regional Movies
/Offline/Videos/Credit.bik
/Offline/Videos/Intro.bik
/Offline/Videos/Intro2.bik
Language Files
/Offline/dataxb/Sounds/FRENCH/
/Offline/dataxb/Sounds/GERMAN/
/Offline/dataxb/Sounds/ITALIEN/
/Offline/dataxb/Sounds/SPANISH/
/Offline/Localization/French/
/Offline/Localization/German/
/Offline/Localization/Italian/
/Offline/Localization/Spanish/
/Offline/screenshot/French/
/Offline/screenshot/German/
/Offline/screenshot/Italian/
/Offline/screenshot/Spanish/
*Note that I did not delete the ENGLISH folder as suggested in the PAL deletables. It doesn't make sense to me that either the NTSC or the PAL would allow that deletion. If you can delete, you would save another 100+ MB. Someone care to test?
Movie Replacements
*Note that I used a 500ish byte blank.bik that I got from a link in this thread.
BackgroundPAL.bik
CreditNTSC.bik
CreditPAL.bik
IntroPAL.bik
MultiPAL.bik
UbiLogoPAL.bik
*To answer someone's question above, none of these are critical to the game. I suggest keeping IntroPAL.bik to watch the first time. This is the movie that plays before you even get to the menu.
*I left BackgroundPAL.bik in. It's only about 20 MB and it looks cool. It is the background graphic that plays in the menu screens (I think).
Post by: sparkyz on April 03, 2004, 04:04:00 PM
Any way after follwoing the tony hawk underground uneeded files, nero 6.0 still says it is too big?(it shows 4.7g or 5,000,000 mb???) are there anymore uneeded files?
Thanks,
Post by: Rahszhul on April 03, 2004, 04:06:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| (Did you notice that the list on the first post stops at the S-games?) |
I may be "outdoing" myself, but damn, I keep missing some stupid s---. I'll get that fixed.
von_braun,
Get the newest UnleashX dashboard. If you use the file manager, you can browse to a folder, hit (A) while a .xmv is select, and it'll start playing.
sparkyz,
Maybe I missed writing something down, but T.H.U.G. is ~2.6 GB on this side. Make sure you didn't do what one of my friends did... He had the ISO of a game in the same folder where he extracted everything, and started to think the game miraculously doubled in size, like the ISO was compressed.-
Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Vlad the Impaler on April 03, 2004, 04:32:00 PM
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thanks for the list.. great work!
Any idea what files can be deleted from Shenmue 2? The game is 4.88 gigs .. need to cut it down.. thanks!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: sparkyz on April 03, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
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Thanks for the reply, but I did double check it. After using webdrive to copy the T.H.U.G. files to my pc the game size is about 5.5 gig. I am running the canadian version ntsc.
Also I didn't see the "finding Nemo" game in the list. it comes out at about 5 gig once copied to my pc, not sure what to delete.
Thanks,
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 05:28:00 PM
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Well, if you could look through Finding Nemo and see what the file structure looks like.. Locate all movie files *.bik, *.wmv etc.... and then delete a few and see how the game reacts to the deletions.. I'm sure Rahszhul wouldn't mind another addition to the list.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: sparkyz on April 03, 2004, 07:10:00 PM
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Update on T.H.UG., I deleted the credits.bik file as well and all works fine now. I did replace it with a blank credits.bik file o bytes.
Still working on Nemo
thanks,
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 08:59:00 PM
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von_braun,
Get the newest UnleashX dashboard. If you use the file manager, you can browse to a folder, hit (A) while a .xmv is select, and it'll start playing.
sparkyz,
Maybe I missed writing something down, but T.H.U.G. is ~2.6 GB on this side. Make sure you didn't do what one of my friends did... He had the ISO of a game in the same folder where he extracted everything, and started to think the game miraculously doubled in size, like the ISO was compressed.
Post by: Vlad the Impaler on April 03, 2004, 04:32:00 PM
Any idea what files can be deleted from Shenmue 2? The game is 4.88 gigs .. need to cut it down.. thanks!
Post by: sparkyz on April 03, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
Also I didn't see the "finding Nemo" game in the list. it comes out at about 5 gig once copied to my pc, not sure what to delete.
Thanks,
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 05:28:00 PM
Post by: sparkyz on April 03, 2004, 07:10:00 PM
Still working on Nemo
thanks,
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 08:59:00 PM
| CODE |
| Ultimate Fighting Championship Tapout 2 TitleID: 544d000a /movie/ tdk_logo_8.xmv 2.6 mb <--- Only Replace ufc_opmv_8.xmv 78.8 mb <--- Only Replace You can not delete these files. Although you may substitute for smaller .bik files. I just copied tdk_logo_8.xmv as ufc_opmov_8.xmv saving me close to 76.2 megs. |
Post by: Angerwound on April 03, 2004, 10:01:00 PM
| CODE |
| State of Emergency TitleID: 54540006 /XMV/25fps/ attract.xmv 38.91 mb kaos5.xmv 33.39 mb /xmv/25fpsWS/ attract.xmv 34.37 mb kaos5.xmv 33.63 mb /xmv/30fps/ attract.xmv 39.99 mb kaos5.xmv 34.09 mb /xmv/30fpsWS/ attract.xmv 39.03 mb kaos5.xmv 34.68 mb All Files okay to delete. Only consist of opening movies and in no way will affect gameplay. |
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 04, 2004, 11:35:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Apr 4 2004, 02:06 AM) |
| PolarBearWY, Are you sure the files with PAL in them are supposed to be replaced with blanks in the NTSC version? That just doesn't make sense to me.I may be "outdoing" myself, but damn, I keep missing some stupid s---. I'll get that fixed. |
Pretty sure. I didn't test extensively, but I did remove all the PAL files first and got a DDE. I then replaced them all with a blank.bik and the DDE disappeared.
The "Credit" BIK was the only one with versions in both NTSC and PAL. All the other BIKs were named as PAL. Strange, I know. If I scratch my head trying to figure out why Credit has both versions and all other BIKs are labeled PAL I will go bald.
Edited to add:
Yeah, I bet you can't help but to overlook things. If we all post the additions and corrections for you, sooner or later it will be great. Eh, it's already great. It's a big ass project! Jan/Feb/March didn't help, as there were nearly 60 new games released. I've been going through the release calendar trying to decide what to buy next and it looks like we are in for a dry spell.
Post by: Angerwound on April 05, 2004, 09:35:00 PM
| CODE |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny TitleID: 4b4e001e /movie/ yugiX_op_20040125.xmv 28.29 mb <--- Replace only Total Saved: 28.29 mb |
| CODE |
| NRL Rugby League PAL TitleID: 48450001 /data/movie0/ <---- Replace Only movie1.xmv 82.32 mb movie2.xmv 47.25 mb movie3.xmv 139.69 mb movie4.xmv 141.15 mb movie5.xmv 117.61 mb movie6.xmv 105.67 mb movie7.xmv 170.42 mb rlintro.xmv 23.75 mb Total Saved: 827.76 mb |
Failure to replace the file with a valid .xmv will result in a DDE.
Post by: Angerwound on April 05, 2004, 11:07:00 PM
| CODE |
| World Championship Rugby PAL TitleID: 4143001f /Movies/NTSC/ acclaim.xmv 1.47 mb <--- Okay to Delete these Movies attract.xmv 24.26 mb ballvid.xmv 2.78 mb credits.xmv 18.04 mb sword.xmv 1.08 mb /Movies/Pal/ acclaim.xmv 1.34 mb <--- Okay to Delete these Movies attract.xmv 24.25 mb ballvid.xmv 2.83 mb credits.xmv 16.10 mb sword.xmv 1.08 mb Total Saved: 93.24 mb |
Post by: Angerwound on April 06, 2004, 01:04:00 PM
| CODE |
| Memorick: The Apprentice Knight PAL TitleID: 4d490004 /data/videos/ <--- Replace These Movies. Trailer.xmv 161.64 mb microids.xmv 1.43 mb /data/videos/ENG/ <--- These are the Multi-Lang. Movies. CS081.xmv 99.89 mb<--- You may remove all other Lang. CS024.xmv 10.97 mb<--- But Replace ENG w/ smaller files. CS001.xmv 109.33 mb /data/videos/FR/ <--- Don't speak French? Remove these. CS081.xmv 99.94 mb CS024.xmv 10.89 mb CS001.xmv 109.33 mb /data/videos/GER/ <--- Don't speak German? Remove these. CS081.xmv 86.37 mb CS024.xmv 10.89 mb CS001.xmv 109.34 mb /data/videos/ITAL/ <--- Don't speak Italian? Remove these. CS081.xmv 87.27 mb CS024.xmv 10.89 mb CS001.xmv 109.33 mb /data/videos/SPA/ <--- Don't speak Spanish? Remove these. CS081.xmv 91.22 mb CS024.xmv 11.75 mb CS001.xmv 109.33 mb /data/archives/ <--- Remove languages you don't speak. language_spa.arc 10.95 mb language_ital.arc 10.42 mb language_ger.arc 10.62 mb language_fr.arc 10.70 mb Total Saved: 1272.50 mb |
| CODE |
| Alias PAL TitleID: 41430016 /shell_xbox/res/asylum/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/asylum/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/asylum/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/asylum/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/bunker/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/bunker/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/bunker/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/bunker/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/casino/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/casino/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/casino/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/casino/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/club/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/club/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/club/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/club/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/common/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/common/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/common/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/common/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/embassy/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/embassy/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/embassy/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/embassy/movies/sp <--- languages. /shell_xbox/res/museum/movies/fr <--- Okay to Delete, /shell_xbox/res/museum/movies/ge <--- Unless you speak /shell_xbox/res/museum/movies/it <--- one of these /shell_xbox/res/museum/movies/sp <--- languages. Total Saved: 1158.72 mb |
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 06, 2004, 05:19:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on April 06, 2004, 05:39:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| I'll have Alias NTSC by this weekend even though I think it's going to be a crappy game. Reviews I have read don't do it any favors. So, I'll verify the PAL deletions are the same as the NTSC. Kudos, AW. |
It's not a bad game.. I haven't gotten very far in it so I can't say much..
Post by: toyato89 on April 07, 2004, 06:52:00 AM
I have a blank.bik, but I'm still looking for that blank.xmv though... anyone know where such a thing can be found?
Post by: Rahszhul on April 07, 2004, 09:35:00 AM
http://rahszhul.jonmega.com/
Post by: Angerwound on April 07, 2004, 10:07:00 AM
Spread the word everyone. The more help the better this project will become.
Post by: toyato89 on April 07, 2004, 11:19:00 AM
I've made all the ACL files I need, and I know they are for dvd2xbox, but I can't figure out how to use them. I've probably overlooked something in this thread that says how to use them, but maybe a little section on the websites to say which buttons to push in which order would be helpful?
Oh thanks for that blank.xmv btw, much appreciated!
Post by: toyato89 on April 07, 2004, 12:50:00 PM
| CODE |
007: Nightfire GameID: 45410026 /eurocom/30_fps/ 07370048.xmv 07380048.xmv 073a0048.xmv 073b0048.xmv 073f0048.xmv 07390048.xmv |
Almost forgot... total saved = 144mb! woohoo!
All pregame garbage. There are 2 other ...48.xmv files, but if you delete those, the background (either Bond holding the gun, or the naked lady silhouettes) in the menus disappears. Now, you COULD delete them, but you'd have boring menus with black backgrounds only, and that's no fun. Doing so would still save you an additional whopping 9.5mb. There's the MGM lion & the EA logo, some "making-of" video that I can't find out how to access directly (must be an easter egg in the game or something) and some "oops I waited too long" videos. Doesn't affect the game in any way tho, it just skips over them
Have fun!
Post by: StrvnMrvn on April 08, 2004, 03:14:00 AM
im affraid i dont have the game id
but i found a lot more deletables from midtown madness 3
in the language folders i found a lot more languages than just german
saves quite a few mb as i only left dutch
also you can replace all the movies with 1sec files, i didnt test simply deleting them
but some of the movies are needed for the storyline (although they are completely unnesicary for the game)
you can delete the cdx folder and the cdx.xbe
i was unable to downsample the movies with radtools though, as i did decide to keep the storyline movies, and only removed the intro's and such.
lets see
Xbox Live
/dashupdate.xbe
/download.xbe
/update.xbe
Demos
/cdx.xbe
/cdxfolder <unsure of the exact name
Unneeded Stuff
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/bonus.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/dice.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/intro.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/msgs.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/* (replace with 1 kb files) OPTIONAL
Language Files
/Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/* (leave english!!)
ill have to update with the exact files, but im not home right now, i dont know the exact name of all the unneeded bik's
i also remeber there being some demo movies in the movies folder?
this will save a lot more, dont know exactly how much though
PS anyone know wher ei can get the latest radtools, the exe on the website is bad
Post by: davie_gravy on April 09, 2004, 09:45:00 AM
Dave
Post by: davie_gravy on April 09, 2004, 09:46:00 AM
EDIT: sorry for double post, forum script gave me an SQL error
Dave
Post by: sulfur on April 09, 2004, 12:05:00 PM
fe/movies/
intro.nfx = 60mb**
**take easports.nfx (located in same folder) and copy it,delete the intro.nfx file, change the name to "intro.nfx" then play the game. it will load the ea sport logo 2x now, instead of intro. saved 60mbs.
Post by: toyato89 on April 09, 2004, 01:05:00 PM
Post by: packman on April 10, 2004, 01:31:00 AM
Post by: sulfur on April 10, 2004, 04:56:00 AM
Post by: keyboard_cowboy on April 11, 2004, 01:51:00 AM
Post by: freeway on April 11, 2004, 01:58:00 AM
HARDRIVE YOU.....UCK
Post by: Rahszhul on April 11, 2004, 07:25:00 AM
| QUOTE (freeway @ Apr 11 2004, 04:58 AM) |
| JUST GET A BIGGER HARDRIVE YOU.....UCK |
I've got two(2) three hundred(300) gigabyte(GB) drives.
I personally don't need bigger, but sure, as soon as 500+ GB drives come out AND cost about $300, I'll be sure to do that.
Post by: Angerwound on April 11, 2004, 10:33:00 AM
| QUOTE (packman @ Apr 10 2004, 10:31 AM) |
| Anyone know of any files I can remove from MVP Baseball 2004 and ESPN Baseball 2004 to save me some hdd space ? |
| CODE |
| ESPN Major League Baseball TitleID: 53450028 /dashupdate.xbe 52.2 mb <---Live Files /update.xbe 2.3 mb /intro.mov 73.9 mb <--- Expendable Intro Movie, Just Delete. Total Saved: 128.4 mb |
Post by: wildwild100s on April 11, 2004, 11:18:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on April 11, 2004, 12:27:00 PM
| CODE |
| Conan (PAL) TitleID: 544D0008 /dashupdate.xbe 52.2 mb <--- Live Files, Delete. /update.xbe 2.3 mb <--- /video/ cauldron.xmv 9.0 mb <--- Intro Movies, Replace. ConanP.xmv 0.2 mb <--- cp_logo.xmv 4.2 mb <--- mainmenu.xmv 9.8 mb <--- tdk.xmv 2.2 mb <--- trailer1.xmv 80.7 mb <--- /Animations/FR ~169.6 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder. /Animations/GE ~169.6 mb <--- /Animations/IT ~169.6 mb <--- /Animations/SP ~169.6 mb <--- Total Saved: 839.0 mb Notes: There is a folder named SH within the animations folder. Do not delete this folder. It is not just another language folder. If removed will report DDE. |
Post by: Angerwound on April 12, 2004, 07:07:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on April 12, 2004, 06:52:00 PM
Check in earlier pages of this thread. I remember listing links to several threads, programs, and others that maintained lists of games and their full sizes.
I've been asked about adding such info to my database, and I've put thought into it.
I may do it sometime next weekend. ...maybe.
Edit:
Specifically, this post http://forums.xbox-s...ndpost&p=975610
And another post about 6-7 posts down from XBOX Ware3z.
Post by: StrvnMrvn on April 13, 2004, 01:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (StrvnMrvn @ Apr 8 2004, 12:14 PM) |
| hey guys, i really love this thread im affraid i dont have the game id but i found a lot more deletables from midtown madness 3 in the language folders i found a lot more languages than just german saves quite a few mb as i only left dutch also you can replace all the movies with 1sec files, i didnt test simply deleting them but some of the movies are needed for the storyline (although they are completely unnesicary for the game) you can delete the cdx folder and the cdx.xbe i was unable to downsample the movies with radtools though, as i did decide to keep the storyline movies, and only removed the intro's and such. lets see Xbox Live /dashupdate.xbe /download.xbe /update.xbe Demos /cdx.xbe /cdxfolder <unsure of the exact name Unneeded Stuff /Data/Shared/Wmv/60/bonus.bik /Data/Shared/Wmv/60/dice.bik /Data/Shared/Wmv/60/intro.bik /Data/Shared/Wmv/60/msgs.bik /Data/Shared/Wmv/60/* (replace with 1 kb files) OPTIONAL Language Files /Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/* (leave english!!) ill have to update with the exact files, but im not home right now, i dont know the exact name of all the unneeded bik's i also remeber there being some demo movies in the movies folder? this will save a lot more, dont know exactly how much though PS anyone know wher ei can get the latest radtools, the exe on the website is bad |
Well finaly got home
Midtown Madness 3
id: 4d53002a
Xbox Live
/dashupdate.xbe
/download.xbe
/update.xbe
Demos
/cdx.xbe
/cdxmedia (complete folder)
/demos (complete folder)
Unneeded Stuff
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/bonus.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/dice.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/intro.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/msgs.bik
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/paris/ (not needed for the game but are ingame movies)
/Data/Shared/Wmv/60/washington/ (not needed for the game but are ingame movies)
Language Files
/Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/French/
/Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/German/
/Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/Spanish/
/Data/Shared/Audio/Voice/Italian/
these complete folders can be deleted
before 3,36 GB
after 1,73 GB
saved 1,63 GB
and that dobles the current deletions for MM3
Post by: Reddevilhome on April 13, 2004, 08:27:00 AM
Thanks. You are most helpfull, can now work out which games to use for multi game backups. Its easier then carrying 100's of games when i stay away.
Keep up the good work
Red Devil
Post by: info_warrior on April 13, 2004, 10:37:00 AM
anyone tried to remove files from nba ballers?
Keep up the good work.
Just noticed wildwild100s already asked about nba ballers.
Oh well.. hate to double post, but i must commend the good work.
Post by: toyato89 on April 16, 2004, 04:31:00 PM
Some extra deletions for Secret Weapons Over Normandy (NTSC)
| CODE |
Pregame crap & menu movies: \usa\movies\credits.sfd \usa\movies\LAlogo.sfd \usa\movies\TAM.sfd \usa\movies\Tesla.sfd \usa\movies\TGlogo.sfd (or just "\usa\movies\*.sfd" but you might want the exact names) Bonus videos of the planes/behind the scenes stuff: \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0001.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0002.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0003.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0004.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0005.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0006.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0007.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0008.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0009.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0010.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0011.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0012.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0013.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0014.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0015.sfd \usa\movies\Gallery\GBM0016.sfd (or just "\usa\movies\Gallery\*.sfd", but you might want the exact names) Total saved: 727mb |
Enjoy!
Edit:
As always, I remember something after I click Add Reply
No worries about crashing the game if you go to Gallery and select to view the Air Museum, Credits or any of the Bonus vid's, it'll just come back to the menu exactly like Medal of Honor: Frontiline does.
Enjoy!
Post by: toyato89 on April 16, 2004, 05:23:00 PM
| CODE |
XBL: \update.xbe \dashupdate.xbe Total: 54mb |
Now, there are 4 videos that play before the game starts. I have tried relinked them and they just DO NOT like being relinked. It hangs the game, even if you relink one, or delete one of them. Can't do it. I've tried just about every possibility.
Rahzshul, that new blank.xmv you sent me the other day shows a pink background and makes a pop sound every time it plays (for me anyways). If someone could make one thats 1/2 second long with no audio and a nice black bg, that'd be probably better, even if it's a little larger than the 8k it is now. Compared to the size the original files are, you're using a negligible amount of space. Even if it was 50k or something that wouldn't be bad, as long as it didn't pop or anything dumb.
If I could get a different xmv file to test the relinking with, that might be the trick, but I have a hunch the game looks for something with the videos to make sure it's time to load up the menus. It only loads properly if all 4 correct videos are there, even if you skip over them by pressing A, otherwise it hangs, IGR doesn't work and you have to power off to get back running.
But there's the XBL deletions there anyways that weren't listed, so it's a start.
Enjoy!
Post by: gnutellafan on April 17, 2004, 08:28:00 AM
Post by: lawro187 on April 17, 2004, 09:19:00 AM
Post by: gnutellafan on April 17, 2004, 01:19:00 PM
Sounds like that would have been a good idea a few hours ago. Anyway, I created acls for all the files. If you want the pack I can send it to you for hosting. Its only 115kb, so if your script could create a pack in the future that would be great and make updating all of them easy. Someone should look into adding network code to dvd2xbox to check the web for acl files for each game as you put it in the drive.
Post by: Rahszhul on April 17, 2004, 02:19:00 PM
| QUOTE (gnutellafan) |
| Someone should look into adding network code to dvd2xbox to check the web for acl files for each game as you put it in the drive. |
Heh, I wonder if WiSo or any of the mirror hosts would really go for that. I imagine that would be an awesome addition to dvd2xbox, but the thought of an extra X thousand requests for an acl wouldn't be that good. Most people using dvd2xbox are backing up games newer than what I've goten ahold of (or the game most others have reported to me). That would create a f--- ton of fluff requests to whichever mirror was being hit at the time.
Also, if you would, toss me the acl pack, and I'll load it up to the mirrors sometime today. Might not be too soon as food calls, but I can leech off of your work for others for a short while.-
Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: SlackNet on April 17, 2004, 05:27:00 PM
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There is a copy of all the ACL's on IRC in the #MXM Channel. Under my file server..... trigger ~SlackNet~
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on April 17, 2004, 10:26:00 PM
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One slight oddity though... There are a few games listed in the database that share TitleID's with other games. Granted, the "other" game is the same game (PAL vs. NTSC). And with the oddity that is, only one of the acl's is created. Whichever version of the game happened to enter into the databse last is the acl that is generated.
That may cause some issues for those people who don't pay attention. I've added a "readme" to the acl pack, and hopefully people MIGHT read it
UPDATES!!!
Added Fight Night 2004 - thanks to sulfur
Added MVP Baseball 2004 - thanks to Joshua Wood
Additions to Midtown Madness 3 from StrvnMrvn
Additions to NFL 2K3 from toyato89
Additions to Secret Weapons Over Normandy from toyato89
Saved 88.79 GB from 197 games. Closing in on 90GB. Wonder how long it'll until we hit 100GB.
Completed acl pack script. Uploaded acl pack, dated 18 Apr '04 to each of the mirrors. Link
Added link for those who have trouble with figuring out how to use acl files. Link
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: toyato89 on April 17, 2004, 10:56:00 PM
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Also, if you would, toss me the acl pack, and I'll load it up to the mirrors sometime today. Might not be too soon as food calls, but I can leech off of your work for others for a short while.
Post by: SlackNet on April 17, 2004, 05:27:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on April 17, 2004, 10:26:00 PM
One slight oddity though... There are a few games listed in the database that share TitleID's with other games. Granted, the "other" game is the same game (PAL vs. NTSC). And with the oddity that is, only one of the acl's is created. Whichever version of the game happened to enter into the databse last is the acl that is generated.
That may cause some issues for those people who don't pay attention. I've added a "readme" to the acl pack, and hopefully people MIGHT read it
UPDATES!!!
Added Fight Night 2004 - thanks to sulfur
Added MVP Baseball 2004 - thanks to Joshua Wood
Additions to Midtown Madness 3 from StrvnMrvn
Additions to NFL 2K3 from toyato89
Additions to Secret Weapons Over Normandy from toyato89
Saved 88.79 GB from 197 games. Closing in on 90GB. Wonder how long it'll until we hit 100GB.
Completed acl pack script. Uploaded acl pack, dated 18 Apr '04 to each of the mirrors. Link
Added link for those who have trouble with figuring out how to use acl files. Link
Post by: toyato89 on April 17, 2004, 10:56:00 PM
| QUOTE (toyato89 @ Apr 16 2004, 08:23 PM) |
| Found some more for NHL2K3 |
Rahzshul, you goofed...
I didn't know they played football in arenas on ice with sticks and a puck...
If you haven't guessed yet, you have added my deletions for NHL2k3 to NFL2k3 on the list!Something else I noticed is that in some games in the list, you didn't add the credit line for the deletions... I mean, you basically came up with this whole concept, but you have to draw the line some place... hehe
Oh before I forget... you'll need the NHL2k3 game ID which is: 53450017
Enjoy!
edit: doh, I forgot to add Secret Weapons' ID which is: 4c410006
Post by: gnutellafan on April 18, 2004, 04:41:00 AM
Post by: SlackNet on April 18, 2004, 07:20:00 AM
UPDATES!!!
Added Fight Night 2004 - thanks to sulfur
Added MVP Baseball 2004 - thanks to Joshua Wood
Additions to Midtown Madness 3 from StrvnMrvn
Additions to NFL 2K3 from toyato89
Additions to Secret Weapons Over Normandy from toyato89
Post by: toyato89 on April 18, 2004, 11:55:00 AM
uhm... as for the credit thing... I've only looked at games I have and that I've posted stuff for and noticed sometimes my name's not there.
I think the easiest and best way to go about fixing the credit thing is to get everyone who has submitted a game or added some content to the list to check out their own contributions on the site and make sure that their name is on it. If you don't care, then whatever, but for those that do, it only takes a minute or so to skim over the list. That's how I just verified mine. This thread has become a 30 page monster and I couldn't even begin to start looking for who posted what.
007: Nightfire and Secret Weapons Over Normandy are the only ones I've contributed that don't have my name on it. Everything else I've done is ok.
Have fun!
Post by: liemer on April 18, 2004, 05:09:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on April 18, 2004, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: sableholic on April 19, 2004, 04:07:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on April 19, 2004, 07:54:00 AM
Post by: troy9173 on April 19, 2004, 01:42:00 PM
For example on Tony Hawk Underground, its say to copy the text into a file named 5451000e.ACL
How do you make this file and copy the text into it???
Thanks
Troy
Post by: CCMCornell on April 19, 2004, 08:26:00 PM
Post by: SpiGGy on April 20, 2004, 08:54:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on April 20, 2004, 10:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpiGGy @ Apr 20 2004, 05:54 PM) |
| Wha's acl supposed to do? I'm kinda new at this. |
http://xbox.download...hp?page=aclhelp
Post by: Rahszhul on April 20, 2004, 01:58:00 PM
ACL's have other uses, but they are an excelent solution for "automating the process."
You have to use dvd2xbox to use the ACL's but it's a step closer to really simple compared to by-hand deleting these files yourself.
Post by: SpiGGy on April 20, 2004, 02:05:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on April 20, 2004, 02:19:00 PM
Easiest way is to FTP into your xbox, go to wherever it is that you stored dvd2xbox, and go into the /acl/ folder. Put the files there, and then follow my already posted "how to use ACL files" thingy.
Post by: toyato89 on April 20, 2004, 02:37:00 PM
The best part is that 5 of the 8 (if I remember correctly) don't have any deletions listed. My xbox is over at his house right now, but I'm most likely going to pick it up later tonight, so those deletions should be posted by tomorrow at the latest, providing there are any to be found.
Post by: sjhupp on April 20, 2004, 08:35:00 PM
But have a question please re PAL games & movies
Appears most games were NTSC, but what about PAL friendly deletions?
Is it as simple as replacing names with "NTSC" to "PAL" for each file? or is there a PAL friendly acl pack?
Don't want to have to go through each acl 1 by 1...
Any help appreciated, and sorry if stupid question
Post by: Rahszhul on April 20, 2004, 09:08:00 PM
| QUOTE (sjhupp @ Apr 21 2004, 12:35 AM) |
| Hi, just had to say great work to all involved But have a question please re PAL games & movies Appears most games were NTSC, but what about PAL friendly deletions? Is it as simple as replacing names with "NTSC" to "PAL" for each file? or is there a PAL friendly acl pack? Don't want to have to go through each acl 1 by 1... Any help appreciated, and sorry if stupid question |
As of right now, there is no "PAL friendly" ACL pack. And I apologize about the mass lack of PAL games, but being in the middle of the USA, it restricts my access to PAL titles to importing.
Maybe if I had a(or multiple) dedicated PAL ripper, we could get better support for our PAL users.
As for changing the ACL's from NTC to PAL, it really depends on the way the game was created. Some games were released so only one copy of the disc is really out there, and can be sold and used in any region. (Lazy asses. ... But it makes it easy when they do that.
)To change NTSC to PAL in some of these, you'll most likely need to go through the fun process of looking in the games folders.
Sometimes the NTSC items are just "there" and PAL items are in a folder.
Example: NTSC movies in /movies/ and PAL in /movies/pal/
And sometimes PAL movies have extra characters to make it different than the NTSC movies.
Example: "intro.xmv" or "intro-n.xmv" vs. "intro-p.xmv"
Other times, it's just freaking strange. ...A mass of files that just don't make sense when you look at them.
If you do end up going through your games for this, I would love to get info back on the PAL items.
And if I can get enough games where I have PAL and NTSC versions, I have a code redesign which I think would just be a fun project to work on just for the hell of it.
Post by: sjhupp on April 20, 2004, 09:27:00 PM
Keep up the good work anyway!
Post by: p5x on April 21, 2004, 05:26:00 AM
Post by: zboy187 on April 21, 2004, 08:31:00 AM
Post by: SniperKilla on April 22, 2004, 02:46:00 AM
Post by: PolarBearWY on April 23, 2004, 05:39:00 AM
Post by: toyato89 on April 23, 2004, 10:02:00 AM
| QUOTE (xxZ0NExx @ Apr 22 2004, 08:03 PM) |
| Great work on this! My question is.. I am copying my games on my PC HD and I want to remove the files just with windows and stuff. The problem is..how do I do the hex editing and the rest of the stuff if there is more? Thanks in Advance |
Well, since you need to use the xbox to copy the files onto the PC in the first place, here's what I'd do.
Set up a shared folder on your PC and use the SMB (samba = windows file sharing) feature in the latest version of dvd2xbox (which is 0.5.7 now I think) to connect to your PC and transfer directly. You'll need to read up yourself on how to do this, because I have never done it, but it seems fairly easy once you get the settings done. You MIGHT be able to still use the ACL files still with this method, but for some reason I'm faintly recalling that this wasn't possible, but I'm not sure at all. Check into it anyways if you're interested in that way.
The ACL files have all the proper hex editing stuff in them already, so no intervention is necessary by you. Inevitably some new protection will come out, but once "they" find what hex to modify, that'll make it's way into the ACL's as well.
If you don't wanna do it this way, then the tried and true simple way is rip with dvd2xbox using ACL's and then FTP to your PC when it's finished, or a number of other combinations. ACL's are nice to have though, and only dvd2xbox can use them just yet.
Unfortunately you can't rip xbox games directly on the PC yet, but I'm sure someone's working hard on it. Until then, you have a couple options requiring the xbox.
Hope that helps!
Edit: oops, lol! I guess I didn't actually answer your question of how to hex edit, but that's easy, it's called Hex Workshop (google it I can't remember the URL). Then you just have to search the xbe or whatever you're editing to find the string, or browse to the provided offset if it is given, and change the bytes. If you're unsure about this or a little nervous about messing up stuff, then I would do the rip with dvd2xbox with ACL's enabled and let it do it for you. Hope that helps!
Post by: toyato89 on April 23, 2004, 10:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ Apr 23 2004, 08:39 AM) |
| Any way we could get someone with some "power" to downsize this thread? There's no reason this should still be 31 pages long. |
I'm sure a mod could do that, but what's the use? All the information that most people are looking for (the deletions) is posted on the 1st page and available on 3 different websites separate from X-S. Even if a mod could do it, who are they to determine a post worth keeping or not?
Yeah, there's lots of good info buried in the thread, but the bulk of it is condensed into the mirrors in the form of ACLs and deletions.
As a contributor and big fan of this project, I say leave it how it is... it shows the world how much hard work goes into this.
Edit: oh btw, your numbers are a bit off, it's 32 pages now
Post by: Angerwound on April 23, 2004, 11:25:00 AM
| CODE |
| Hitman Contracts TitleID: 45530012 /movies/NTSC/ attract.xmv 44.1 mb <---Replace copyrigh.xmv 1.8 mb <---Replace eidos.xmv 3.2 mb <---Replace intro.xmv 1.3 mb <---Replace io_logo.xmv 4.5 mb <---Replace jesperky.xmv 1.3 mb <---Replace outro.xmv 26.3 mb <---Replace Total Saved: 82.5 mb |
Post by: chilin_dude on April 23, 2004, 12:32:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on April 23, 2004, 12:37:00 PM
I just wouldn't really know what to delete myself.I dunno, I haven't looked back through it in a really long time. Just waiting to get my xbox tonight and get those deletions submitted like I promised a couple days ago... things never happen when they're supposed to around here
Post by: Angerwound on April 23, 2004, 02:34:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on April 24, 2004, 12:30:00 PM
| QUOTE (xxZ0NExx @ Apr 23 2004, 05:24 PM) |
| What are you talking about? Just FTP into the xbox and copy and paste the D: folder on your hard drive. |
yeah, sure, but you still need the xbox in the middle. you can't just place the game in your dvd-rom and make an iso. that's what i meant.
Now, I've acquired Medal of Honor Rising Sun, and let me tell you, deletions are going to be a bitch. If anyone else has this game, email/MSN me and maybe we can help eachother out. I know its possible to get rid of some stuff, but its confusing. I managed to make it skip the intro crap without getting rid of any files, but that's about as far into it as I'll get here. Again, if you have it msg me. I'm working on the other ones I got so I'll post them up as soon as I'm done.
Post by: toyato89 on April 24, 2004, 02:43:00 PM
| CODE |
XBL (I actually don't know what this is for but the game doesn't miss it) \media\ Unneeded Stuff \blank0 \blank1 \blank2 \Data\Shared\WMV\ <-- some deletions already listed for this, but the whole thing can safely go \Data\Shared\LoadingScreens\French\ \Data\Shared\Menu\Gfx\BadGameDiscFrench.tga Total: 436mb |
NHL 2004: All listed deletions are for .bik files, and in my copy, the files are all the same name, but with the .mad extension instead. Anyone else notice this? The ACL won't work if this is the case.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
| CODE |
Demos \data\Movies\xsell\ Total: 107mb Note: Don't select a game demo from the EA Extras menu or it will crash. Removing the intro or EA logo also results in a crash. |
Just noticed that Top Spin's ACL file doesn't load on the Chef Elf mirror. Didn't check the other ones, but the title of the IE window is Xbox File Ripping Information<? if($letter){ $temp = " - ".$letter; }else if($game){ $sql = "SEL so I'm guessing it's broken
I have a few EA games, and I think it's a more or less safe bet to say that for most if not all EA games, getting rid of the EA logo is impossible. FIFA 2004 seems to be the exception. They must really want you to see it every single time you play because if you delete it or rename it, you crash or get a DDE. They also seem to use a proprietary video format, so relinking with blanks is impossible unless we get an EA insider to make us a tiny EA blank, or just figure out what they're using.
Well, that should be all... for now.
Post by: sulfur on April 24, 2004, 03:32:00 PM
movies\ntsc\
attract.xmv* 43mb
*replace with a blank or a smaller video file from game.
Post by: piscian18 on April 26, 2004, 02:11:00 PM
if you 've alreadry heard this sorry, the crimson sea acl at the posted link has a miss spelling its posted as moive instead of movie for the file folder just trying to help out
Post by: toyato89 on April 27, 2004, 01:31:00 PM
| CODE |
| Medal of Honor Rising Sun GameID = 4541003f Useless Stuff \data\1\1_1\*.mad \data\1\1_2\*.mad \data\1\1_3\*.mad \data\1\1_4\*.mad \data\1\1_5\*.mad \data\1\1_7\*.mad \data\1\1_8\*.mad \data\1\1_9\*.mad \data\1\1_11\*.mad \data\1\1_16\*.mad \data\Localize\animatic\ \data\Localize\historic\ \data\Localize\intro\ \data\Localize\letters\ \data\Localize\outro\ \data\Localize\veteran\ \data\Movies\ Total saved = 1.86gb |
Gets rid of the intro/outro movies, letters from lil sis back home (blech), veteran interviews and historical movies. Usually its the crap you skip through before the level loads anyways. They're not really important to gameplay at all IMO. If you think it takes away from the gameplay, let me know and I'll change the deletions to leave whatever parts in, so make sure you backup your stuff before you delete!
Looks to me like I've got the MOH deletion monopoly going around here!
One thing's for sure... they've definitely made it more complicated to delete stuff than in the original game.
Anyways, enjoy'em while they're hot!
Post by: gnutellafan on April 28, 2004, 06:42:00 AM
Post by: toyato89 on April 28, 2004, 06:49:00 AM
| CODE |
| \usa\movies\ <-- whole thing Savings: additional 757mb on top of the last deletions. |
Edit:
Just noticed that in the DVD section of the ACL for Secret Weapons, it doesn't have the Unneeded Stuff exclusions (has them in the HDD section though), but I guess you can fix it when you update it.
gnutellafan:
In each ACL file, read the headers.
| CODE |
| ##### # Below files are excluded when copying the # game from the game disc. ##### |
Anything between the above and the next code block is used when ripping the DVD onto the hard drive. Mostly you'll see stuff like... EP|d:\dashupdate.xbe|, the EP meaning exclude the file from being copied.
| CODE |
| ##### # Below files are deleted after the game is finished # copying, or when the ACL is ran after game is # already on HDD. # # If the below ACL commands are run when copying a # game from the disc, you may see several errors # since the files to be deleted have already been # excluded. ##### |
Anything below this block is used for doing deletions for games already on the hard drive. You'll see RM|${DEST}\dashupdate.xbe|, the RM meaning remove the file. Notice the different syntax. ${DEST} stands for the game's folder, for example F:\games\Amped 2\
| CODE |
| # Make a copy of default.xbe before editing it. CP|${DEST}\default.xbe|${DEST}\default.xbe_orig| # Media patch long hex HR|*.xbe|1|744BE8CAFDFFFF85C07D0633C05050EB44F605|744BE8CAFDFFFF85C0EB0633C05050EB44F605| # Media patch short hex HR|*.xbe|1|E8CAFDFFFF85C07D|E8CAFDFFFF85C0EB| # FATX Detection HR|*.xbe|1|4641545800000000443A5C|0000000000000000000000| |
This information should be kept whether using the DVD or HDD section. I hope that's a clear enough explanation for you. So basically what I do is if I already have the game on the HDD, I will omit the DVD section, and if I haven't ripped it yet, I'll omit the HDD section, always keeping the patch stuff at the bottom for either one. If you can just leave it unedited and have it still work, I don't know, I've never tried that. Someone can clarify that for you though I'm sure.
I don't know if you know how to use the ACL to delete stuff off the hard drive, but go to dvd2xbox, press B for HDD Browser, and go to drive/folder where your games are stored, highlight the folder of your game, but don't go into the folder, pull the left trigger and select Process ACL. It should sit there and work on it for a bit then it should be done. To double check, go to the game folder (with dvd2xbox or FTP) and there should be a default.xbe_orig there, and if it is, then it should have gone through everything, but it's always best to check. I've had one or two that have missed something before but I caught it while checking. It didn't seem to be any problem with the spelling or syntax of the ACL either, so I dunno what happened there.
Post by: a2002adam on April 28, 2004, 07:06:00 AM
Post by: jingjing on April 29, 2004, 05:38:00 AM
Post by: gen2_rx7 on April 29, 2004, 05:40:00 AM
And i have a few files to add to the list:
Knights of the Temple (pretty sure it's PAL)
sbz1_ger (folder)
sbz1_fre (folder)
sbz1_spa (folder)
Environmentxbox_Fre.cfg
Environmentxbox_Ger.cfg
Environmentxbox_Spa.cfg
That'll save you about 860 Mb, those three .cfg files are only like 2k each
but i have played safely without them so far.
Worms 3D
\data\fmv\Pal folder not needed
Worms has a file called Zippity Zip.zip which is weird, i though xbox used .xip format for zipped files, I'll look into the zip and see if anything can go.
Post by: toyato89 on April 29, 2004, 06:35:00 AM
| QUOTE (gen2_rx7 @ Apr 29 2004, 09:40 AM) |
| Anyone have problems after deleting fuzion frenzy files? Won't seem to start for me now, pretty sure it's the M$ intro at the beginning that's making it freeze (I start the game and it just goes black) |
Perhaps you have a PAL version of the game? It was an NTSC game that was tested for the deletions. PAL and NTSC versions sometimes differ in what can be removed. I always rename my folder to add a '1' at the beginning to test how the game responds to not having that folder there. If it works, then I delete it.
| QUOTE (gen2_rx7 @ Apr 29 2004, 09:40 AM) |
| Worms has a file called Zippity Zip.zip which is weird, i though xbox used .xip format for zipped files, I'll look into the zip and see if anything can go. |
When a game has a zip file, it is usually unzipped when the game/level is loaded into one of the cache partitions (X, Y, Z) and the game accesses the data it needs there instead of off the CD which is a lot slower. When it runs off the hard drive, it's a basically useless process, but it wasn't designed to run off the hard drive.
Anyways, usually what's loaded in the zip is textures, models, level specific things, mostly stuff like that. I've got a few games with zips and from what I've seen, there's nothing removable in any of them. Movies and stuff are always stored separately from what I've seen. Just be sure to back it up if you're going to modify it.
Post by: a2002adam on April 30, 2004, 12:04:00 PM
Post by: a2002adam on April 30, 2004, 12:20:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on April 30, 2004, 12:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (a2002adam @ Apr 30 2004, 04:20 PM) |
| I just thought, to make the file deletion process a lot simpler (and easier), so that people don't get confused which files to delete, replace, change etc., maybe someone should make a program for the pc that can scan a game on the pc hdd (first checking all the relevant game files are present) and automatically find and replace/change/delete the unneeded files (and maybe give the user the option to keep the movies) and further still to ftp to the xbox and change the files already on the xbox on the fly! I'd do it, but I wouldn't know where to start. |
So basically a PC program that can parse ACL files and perform all tasks as instructed by the ACL, be it deletions, changes to files (ie. editing ini files like in PGR2), video replacements, etc, as well as being able to FTP to the xbox and parse ACL's on there? Hmm, interesting...
As for the checking if all files are present, that would require a monster database of all the files included in every regional version of every xbox game ever made and it would have to be updated regularly, which is a hell of a lot of work, and likely not going to happen. If it didn't have all the files there, then big deal, it should skip that one when processing the ACL and report it in a log, or pop up an error on the screen or something.
Interesting idea though. If I was a programmer and looking for somewhere to start, I'd go with a simple ACL parser, then add a nice Windows GUI and then release it and add the other stuff on gradually, but that's just me. Give me a good solid year and there's a slim possibility that you MIGHT get a really crappy buggy Java version, but I am not promising anything
Post by: a2002adam on May 01, 2004, 07:15:00 AM
Post by: Magimog on May 01, 2004, 04:28:00 PM
I havent tested this yet, but the /Movie/Intro/ folder within WWE RAW 2 could save a lot of time waiting for the starting screen, yet it wont free up more than 30 or less MB. I'll test it out later
Post by: a2002adam on May 02, 2004, 01:09:00 AM
Manhunt
*************
Space saved = 170mb
I reduced the size of Manhunt by replacing the following files with a very small (132kb in my case) .XMV file (not blank - a blank .XMV might work, but untested):
MANHUNT/levels/
asylum/asylum_p.xmv
attic/attic_p.xmv
estate_ext/estate_ext_p.xmv
journo_streets/journo_streets_p.xmv
jury_turf/jury_turf_p.xmv
mall/mall_p.xmv
mansion_int/mansion_int_p.xmv
ramirez/ramirez_p.xmv
scrap/scrap_p.xmv
zoo/zoo_p.xmv
I left out other levels that contained .XMV files called 'outtro' because of personal preference - they probably are deletable, but I decided not to get rid of them.
To get a small .XMV file to replace these files, get 'WMV2XMV', and you can convert a small .WMV file into a .XMV easily (make sure the .WMV is made with the windows media player 8 codec though - wont work with anything else)
If you want something done properly, do it yourself.
Post by: pelago on May 02, 2004, 02:26:00 AM
I've discovered a mistake in the listed deletions for this game. It currently says to delete the following as Xbox Live deletions:
/dashupdate.xbe/
/downloader.xbe/
/Media/
/update.xbe/
but I notice that if you delete the entire Media folder the game won't boot. It seems that some files in the Media folder are used by the actual game, and some by Xbox Live. I've experimented with deleting files from the Media folder one at a time, and my conclusion is that these are the files that are safe to delete as Xbox Live deletions:
/dashupdate.xbe
/downloader.xbe
/Media/ArialUni.Ttf
/Media/dlcustom.xpr
/Media/dlres.xpr
/Media/Sound.xsb
/Media/Wave.xwb
/update.xbe
This saves 78.4MB instead of the listed 80MB. Hope this helps.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 05:49:00 AM
Where did you get your dance pad? How much?
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 06:04:00 AM
Since HDD are about 80 cents per GB now, it would be silly to spend 5 minutes deleting 2 MB of files when you could spend 5 extra minutes working at your hourly job and make enough money to get an extra GB. I know, I know. I'm saying this rather jokingly as I know you can't run and upgrade your 120 to 121.. hehehe. But in a serious tone, if you are worried about saving 2 whoppin' MBs then you might come to the conclusion that your HDD is too small.
Post by: pelago on May 02, 2004, 06:36:00 AM
By the way, I'm working on Trivial Pursuit Unhinged. I've already deleted the Xbox Live stuff, and will see if I can delete some of the movies.
Post by: Magimog on May 02, 2004, 11:43:00 AM
I dont know about you, but I dont have the kind of money to spend buying extra HDD's when I feel I need to upgrade. Im not that big of a opening up my Xbox, taking my HDD out, swapping memory, and replacing and locking the new HDD up.
I also used to work at EB Games. I believe when I sold DDR pads they only came with the game, you can find used ones for cheap or generics for less than $25.
Post by: Angerwound on May 02, 2004, 11:51:00 AM
Heh... 500th reply in this thread. Do I win something?
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 03:35:00 PM
| QUOTE (pelago @ May 2 2004, 03:36 PM) |
| I think it's still worth listing small deletions, and leave it up to the end user as to whether they want to bother with them or not. |
Agreed, which is why I made the post in the first place.
Actually, you got the 499th post. This is the 500th.
You win a prize.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 03:53:00 PM
Anyone know what format those XBX files are in Tiger Woods 2004?
Deleting the credits, logo, and intro would save 0.1 GB if someone knew how to replace them with blank files.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 05:48:00 PM
You mentioned that you'd follow up as to whether you could replace the BIKs with a blank one. Well, you can.
movies/credits.bik
movies/ms_logo.bik
movies/opening_movie.bik
movies/OW_intro.bik
movies/attract/attract.bik
Those are movies that will not affect the value of playing the game for the first time. All the other movies can also be replaced with a blank.bik, but would remove some of the value of the game.
Funny. This game is only 300 MB without any movies, but what fun would that be?
Edited to add that These 5 deletions add another 0.54 GB of saved space to the previous amount of 0.59 GB that were in the xdemos folder.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 05:56:00 PM
Would you consider starting to collect data on game sizes (before and after) as well? I think that might be handy to have occasionally, especially for those that like the burn multi-game DVDRs.
Everyone --
How about starting to post whether the deletions are for NTSC or PAL? It should be easy to do, since the original disc says what it is. Of course, there are plenty of people posting information from pirated games so we won't always know whether it is NTSC or PAL. Guys, you may not want to post info for games that haven't yet been released. The mods leave this thread alone, for now.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 06:07:00 PM
Whomever reported the deletions forgot the most obvious one of them all.
/dashupdate.xbe
There's an extra 51 MB. New total should be closer to 230 MB.
Are those movie files really unneeded? I haven't played the game, nor do I have an XMV viewer. Those are ALL the movies in the game so I'm curious.
Post by: Magimog on May 02, 2004, 06:46:00 PM
Im sure the game works without the aforementioned files, I have played a level or two with no problems!
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 07:23:00 PM
I couldn't figure out the language abbreviations (AL, AN, ES, FR, IT) until I realized this company is French. Ahh!
AL - German
AN - English
ES - Spanish
FR - French
IT - Italian
(just in case someone, like me, wants to keep one of the other languages.)
For non-English deletions,
/Pack1/DataAL.xbox
/Pack1/DataES.xbox
/Pack1/DataFR.xbox
/Pack1/DataIT.xbox
/Pack2/DataAL.xbox
/Pack2/DataES.xbox
/Pack2/DataFR.xbox
/Pack2/DataIT.xbox
/Pack3/DataAL.xbox
/Pack3/DataES.xbox
/Pack3/DataFR.xbox
/Pack3/DataIT.xbox
/Pack4/DataAL.xbox
/Pack4/DataES.xbox
/Pack4/DataFR.xbox
/Pack4/DataIT.xbox
/PackBonus/DataAL.xbox
/PackBonus/DataES.xbox
/PackBonus/DataFR.xbox
/PackBonus/DataIT.xbox
/SoundsXAct/AL/
/SoundsXAct/ES/
/SoundsXAct/FR/
/SoundsXAct/IT/
/SoundsXAct/AL.Tbl
/SoundsXAct/ES.Tbl
/SoundsXAct/FR.Tbl
/SoundsXAct/IT.Tbl
/Video/AL/
/Video/ES/
/Video/FR/
/Video/IT/
/Video/PackBonus/MakingOfFR.bik
I suppose if you really wanted to you could remove
/Video/PackBonus/MakingOfAN.bik
also. It is the English version of a "Making Of" video. That would save an extra 0.34 GB that is not in the total because I kept mine.
Total saved w/o deleting the 2nd "making of" video -- 1.93 GB !!!
Post by: Magimog on May 02, 2004, 07:26:00 PM
Also if ANYONE can tell me the video listing for
WWERAW2/Movie/Intro
that would be REALLLLLY appreciated, i wasnt paying attention and renamed the video file that has all the wrestling footage on it (the one that plays during season mode) if anyone could tell me that it would be great!
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 02, 2004, 07:28:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on May 03, 2004, 11:42:00 AM
Post by: Virtucon on May 03, 2004, 04:05:00 PM
I while back you posted deletions to Fatal Frame. are these cut scenes in the game, pre game, credits? it looks like they are "in game" and have information on the plot and story. I just got this game, haven't played it yet. I always play my games off the Hdd. will I bee missing importaint stuff by making these deletions?
thnx, virtucon
edit:I always seem to figure things out...after I make a post asking a question. never mind Angerwound, I watched a few in XBMC and I think I had better leave them in for now.
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on May 03, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on May 03, 2004, 06:35:00 PM
| QUOTE (Virtucon @ May 4 2004, 01:05 AM) |
| Angerwound: I while back you posted deletions to Fatal Frame. are these cut scenes in the game, pre game, credits? it looks like they are "in game" and have information on the plot and story. I just got this game, haven't played it yet. I always play my games off the Hdd. will I bee missing importaint stuff by making these deletions? thnx, virtucon edit:I always seem to figure things out...after I make a post asking a question. never mind Angerwound, I watched a few in XBMC and I think I had better leave them in for now. |
Yes, they are needed for the plot of the game. They were the only deletions possible for the game and thought I would post for those that may not need them. Sorry for not adding additional notes to that effect. Maybe Rahszhul could do that for me.
Post by: Angerwound on May 03, 2004, 06:37:00 PM
| QUOTE (Q3A-TaNK @ May 4 2004, 02:05 AM) |
| does any1 have any deletions from Street Hoops? I have tested to see if the intros will give a DDE by just putting a number in front of the orginal file name (i.e- 1ATVlogo.bik) It doesnt give a DDE so I would ike to tear this 5gb+ game down soon. I would like to keep the mixtapes in the game just get rid of the music vids and intros. |
If you renamed the file and did not recieve a DDE than you should be able to remove that file with no problem at all. Make sure you didn't just rename a file that the xbox did not try to access. Rename the opening movies first to see if they have DDE reporting added.
Post by: Angerwound on May 03, 2004, 06:38:00 PM
| QUOTE (RyanC @ May 3 2004, 10:55 PM) |
| probally a dumb question but do you have to put the acl file information in or can you just delete the stuff shown basically what im asking is can i just delete the files shown and everything will be fine or do i have to add the acl tect in also |
You can just delete the files shown. Make sure they do not say that they need to replaced though. This information will be given above the list of deletions. Good Luck!
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on May 03, 2004, 10:10:00 PM
PreGame vids
----------------
ATVlogo.bik
ATVIntro.bik
boelogo.bik
Training Vids
-----------------
SHADVDEF.bik
SHADVOFF.bik
SHBASDEF.bik
SHBASOFF.bik
SHSROCK.bik
Useless Vids
------------------
DOLBYDIG.bik
DOLBYPL2.bik
TTSSFX.bik
SHCred01.bik
SHIntvue.bik
SHVCO.bik
SHCYPRES.bik
SHMASTRP.bik
SHMSTRP0.bik
SHXF2BCK.bik
/FMV/Location (*1)
(*1)Im not sure what this folder had other than court vids but someone may know what these vids are
Post by: toyato89 on May 03, 2004, 10:55:00 PM
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ May 2 2004, 07:53 PM) |
| Tiger Woods 2004 NTSC Anyone know what format those XBX files are in Tiger Woods 2004? Deleting the credits, logo, and intro would save 0.1 GB if someone knew how to replace them with blank files. |
Yeah, I was looking at those. They are not BIK or XMV. I downloaded one to the PC, renamed to a .BIK, no go in the RAD Video Tools. UnleashX and renaming it to a .XMV said unsupported format. EA uses custom vids in nearly all their titles that I've seen. Sometimes they will use XMV, but rarely if ever for an ingame vid will they use something unproprietary. They're bitches when it comes to deleting videos.
Does anyone know anyone who works in EA's xbox division?
Anyways, I found something whilst digging around in Project Gotham Racing 2 (NTSC version of course)... a couple movie replacements and a couple more deletions!
| CODE |
| Replacements: \cache\English.xmv \cache\intro1.xmv \cache\intro2.xmv \cache\intro3.xmv Unneeded Stuff: \buffer0 \buffer1 Total: 228mb = 0.22gb (I think it's listed in gigs) |
If anyone's worried about the 'buffer' files, I checked them out in a hex editor. Both are identical files, all 0'd out. They're simply blank. Must have been to fill up the DVD completely or something, all I know is that they're completely useless on the HDD!
Post by: toyato89 on May 04, 2004, 12:05:00 AM
For those of you who have Hitman Contracts, if you are not happy with one of the 3 controller layouts they are giving you you're basically screwed because you can't edit the layout in the game. Well, I have discovered in my meddling that you can modify the 'HitmanGamepadXbox1.cfg' (also ...2.cfg and ...3.cfg) files but just pick one and mod that. It seems this has been ported from PS2 because there are references in there to Circle, Square etc, but the PS2 to xbox controller equivalents are known. I remember seeing them when looking up cheats for Vice City, and because all the xbox cheats had to be "ported" from the PS2 cheats someone had posted the controller conversions, but since you can view the changes in the menu, I wouldn't worry too too much about it.
If you're happy, leave it, if not, then change away! Like I said before, it shows the changes made in the game menu (once you replace the file and load the game back up), so you can see if you were successful or not in your endeavour to change the controls.
Enjoy!
Post by: AmO on May 04, 2004, 01:00:00 AM
Laters,
AmO
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 04, 2004, 10:33:00 AM
| QUOTE (AmO @ May 4 2004, 10:00 AM) |
| i have searched all over the Rallisport Challenge 2 game and have not been able to find anything possible to delete...it is a 6GB game....am i just plain ole screwed? basically the large game size seems attributed to so many large levels...am i on crack? is there really some stuff to delete that i have overlooked? if anyone else has had a look id like to know what you found...if you found anything... Laters, AmO |
I have looked all over and can't find any retail stores willing to sell it before release.
If I remember correctly, the previous Rallisport was about 2.5 GB. I can't imagine this game is nearly 3x that. I swear some of these delevopers just put a bunch of garbage on the games to make you guys not be able to backup to DVD-R.
Just like all the previous Windows versions prior to XP... 550 MBs of stuff on the CD but you really only needed the <80 MB of stuff from the Setup folder, or whatever it was called.
Post by: toyato89 on May 04, 2004, 03:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (Mr A @ May 4 2004, 06:58 PM) |
| Is there anyway to remove all of the radio from Project Gotham two and not get errors? |
As far as I can tell, no. I edited cities.ini to comment out the radio stations of only one city (Edinburgh), and it wouldn't load the game, it froze on the loading screen before the menu. I tried removing the radio stations from every city, no go either. I don't think there's a simple way to to this, so I'm going to say that you can't. But, by all means, prove me wrong!
Post by: Angerwound on May 05, 2004, 10:23:00 AM
Post by: scorpiorising on May 05, 2004, 03:14:00 PM
I was wondering if the movies in Crimson Sea could be replaced with smaller XMV files....they eat up almost 2 gigs of space. Also, how deletable are the movies in Mortal Kombat:DA? are they extras or are they integral? thanks for any help, love this thread.
Post by: Angerwound on May 05, 2004, 06:24:00 PM
| QUOTE (scorpiorising @ May 6 2004, 12:14 AM) |
| Hi all... I was wondering if the movies in Crimson Sea could be replaced with smaller XMV files....they eat up almost 2 gigs of space. Also, how deletable are the movies in Mortal Kombat:DA? are they extras or are they integral? thanks for any help, love this thread. |
Well as for Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance check this out: http://xbox.download...dex.php?game=72
These movies are extras. We try not to include integral movies into the rips, but if we do we almost always add a note.
As for Crimson Sea:
There hasn't been a game yet where you couldn't replace the file with a smaller XMV so I don't know why you couldn't.
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on May 05, 2004, 08:17:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on May 06, 2004, 09:23:00 AM
| QUOTE (Q3A-TaNK @ May 6 2004, 12:17 AM) |
| If do want to view the mixtapes quick just delete some of movies you dont want then rename those mixtapes to ones you deleted (Ex.- SHMIXT3.bik to ATVlogo.bik) Most ppl probally know this but hey it works! |
That, or you could download them to your PC and watch them with RAD Video Tools
Post by: Angerwound on May 07, 2004, 04:17:00 AM
| QUOTE (marvelous @ May 7 2004, 07:41 AM) |
| For some reason I deleted files from the list for splinter cell 2 and prince of persia. It doesn't work anymore. ANY IDEAS? |
What errors are you getting or does it just boot to a black screen? Check and see who posted those deletions and then possibly PM them. This is what others have done who have questions about my posted deletions.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 07, 2004, 06:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (Angerwound @ May 7 2004, 01:17 PM) |
| What errors are you getting or does it just boot to a black screen? Check and see who posted those deletions and then possibly PM them. This is what others have done who have questions about my posted deletions. |
I posted the Splinter Cell 2 deletions for NTSC. Works just fine.
Post by: Angerwound on May 08, 2004, 12:42:00 PM
Post by: sulfur on May 09, 2004, 12:47:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on May 09, 2004, 04:30:00 PM
| QUOTE (SneakyIceMan @ May 9 2004, 06:55 PM) |
| is that code language for Ralli Sport 2??? PLease Tell me!!! |
If you're referring to the post about the languages, no that's just general information from a LONG time ago, well a long time in internet time.
If it's something different, well, please clarify.
If you want deletions for Rallisport 2, then hold tight, I'm sure if there are any, someone will post them. If there are not any, well, that's life. Metal Gear Solid (I think) is 6 gigs, no deletions, there are just some games like that.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 09, 2004, 07:55:00 PM
| QUOTE (fleyke @ May 9 2004, 12:49 PM) |
| i was browsing the site and found an error in it... Looking for alternate language files can be a bastard. Look for folders or files that contain these letter combos. English can be "en", "eng", "english", and has also been seen as "int" German can be "de", "deutsch", "dutch", "g", "ge, "ger" or "german" Italian can be "i", "it", "ita" italian" French can be "f", "fr", "fra", "fre", "french" Japanese can be "j", "ja", "jap", "japanese" Chinese can be "ch", "chi", "chinese" Spanish can be "es", "esp", "s", "sp", "spa", "spanish" Polish can be "pol", "polish" ---> German can be ......,"dutch",... i thought dutch was dutch, and not german |
German can also be "al" and English can be "an" if the company is French.
Post by: pelago on May 10, 2004, 11:45:00 AM
Midtown Madness 3 (NTSC) - extra deletions
Language Files
/Data/Shared/Menu/Gfx/BadGameDiscGerman.tga
/Data/Shared/Menu/Gfx/BadGameDiscItalian.tga
/Data/Shared/Menu/Gfx/BadGameDiscSpanish.tga
/Data/Shared/LoadingScreens/French/
/Data/Shared/LoadingScreens/German/
/Data/Shared/LoadingScreens/Italian/
/Data/Shared/LoadingScreens/Spanish/
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (NTSC) - extra deletions
Unneeded stuff
/FMV/logos.bik
Sorry I don't have the details of how much extra space is saved but I can probably find it out if you need it.
Post by: pelago on May 10, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 10, 2004, 05:56:00 PM
Rallisport Challenge 2 NTSC
Xbox Live stuff
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
downloader.xbe
Media\
Regional
Locale\ (all non-English or whatever language you use)
Movie Replacements
Movies\ (all movies can be replaced with blank.bik)
Space saved: 201 MB
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 10, 2004, 06:22:00 PM
Post by: toyato89 on May 11, 2004, 10:23:00 AM
I'm using the 8192 byte blank.xmv (md5 = a921d321f7c5862d1cf95b0baf0cd741) and it either gives me a black or white screen, sometimes it makes some quiet click sounds, sometimes not, but it freezes and doesn't load the game.
I've replaced movies before, and it's usually worked fine, but this one is stumping me.
Post by: Angerwound on May 11, 2004, 04:39:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Anyone know where Razzy went? I have posted about 5 games that have not been updated on the main post's list. |
I believe he's been quite busy lately but will eventually get to updating the page.. If you need to contact him or want to give em a heads up about your games I believe he's almost always on AIM with the same Alias.
| QUOTE |
| Here's a link for a zip file containing both a blank .bik and .xmv. it was originally posted on page 4 and it still works BLANK XMV BIK PAGE |
Beware of using the blank.bik located within this link. I have tested it on a few games and the ones that require a valid .bik file don't like it at all and will freeze your game. If someone would be kind enough to create a valid .bik that would be great.
| QUOTE |
| I'm having some troubles with the movie replacements for Hitman Contracts. I'm using the 8192 byte blank.xmv (md5 = a921d321f7c5862d1cf95b0baf0cd741) and it either gives me a black or white screen, sometimes it makes some quiet click sounds, sometimes not, but it freezes and doesn't load the game. I've replaced movies before, and it's usually worked fine, but this one is stumping me. |
Polarbear, I posted the deletions for that game, and I replaced them with a small valid movie file I had pulled from another game. Make sure you aren't using the one that was located within the link posted a few replies back.. Games don't like it at all. Lemme know what you discover.
Finally, I have another game to add to the list. Hopefully, Rahszhul will get to updating soon to avoid people losing interest in his site. Either way, I'm sure he'll get to it soon.
Finally, I have another game to add to the list. Hopefully, Rahszhul will get to updating soon to avoid people losing interest in his site. Either way, I'm sure he'll get to it soon.
| CODE |
| Toxic Grind TitleID:54510007 /data/movie/ BlueShiftLogo.bik 1.33 mb <--- Replace embayaLogo.bik 0.46 mb <--- Replace ExileLogo.bik 1.63 mb <--- Replace LEGAL.bik 0.53 mb <--- Replace RenderWareLogo.bik 0.35 mb <--- Replace THQLogo.bik 1.49 mb <--- Replace Total Saved: 5.79 mb |
Furthermore, there were some movies contained in the game that were instructional or needed for gameplay therefore they were not included. From now on if anyone posts a game please add a note pertaining to if the vidz are opening logos/Language vidz or if are in gameplay because some people don't like those removed....
Let's keep the list going!
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 12, 2004, 08:05:00 AM
http://www.angelfire...k_bik/blank.bik
The file is less than 600 bytes and has worked with every game I have tested it for -- NTSC of course. I'm sure it will work for any game anywhere.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 12, 2004, 08:07:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on May 12, 2004, 08:07:00 AM
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ May 12 2004, 05:05 PM) |
| A REAL BLANK BIK ~550 bytes http://www.angelfire...k_bik/blank.bik The file is less than 600 bytes and has worked with every game I have tested it for -- NTSC of course. I'm sure it will work for any game anywhere. |
Excellant, thanks PolarBear.
Post by: Angerwound on May 12, 2004, 12:18:00 PM
TitleID: 45530006
/movies/
bo2intro.bik 31.92 mb <--- Remove
crystal.bik 3.85 mb <--- Remove
eidos.bik 8.00 mb <--- Remove
MDt5.bik 35.46 mb <--- Remove
/movies/english/
awakens.bik 120.64 mb <--- Remove
credits.bik 21.94 mb <--- Remove
outro.bik 33.70 mb <--- Remove
spooky.bik 6.68 mb <--- Remove
teaser_extra.bik 18.24 mb <--- Remove
title.bik 9.51 mb <--- Remove
trailer_extra.bik 33.32 mb <--- Remove
Total Saved: 323.26 mb
NOTES: Gameplay Movies left intact.
Post by: pelago on May 13, 2004, 11:57:00 PM
| QUOTE (Angerwound @ May 12 2004, 01:39 AM) |
| Furthermore, there were some movies contained in the game that were instructional or needed for gameplay therefore they were not included. From now on if anyone posts a game please add a note pertaining to if the vidz are opening logos/Language vidz or if are in gameplay because some people don't like those removed.... Let's keep the list going! |
I very much like this idea of giving more info about what the deleted files contain. Personally, I always keep in-game and ending movies, and I usually keep opening and attract movies if they are good. What I don't like are the endless opening logos, so I delete those.
So if we could easilly distinguish between these different types of files in the 'unneeded files' section, that would be cool.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 14, 2004, 06:57:00 AM
I don't think Rahz' posts the in-game movies on the website anyway.
Edited to clarify...
Logos usually have "logo" or "EA" or "MS" (etc) in the filename. If you see a Midway logo before a Midway game, like Defender, the movie is probably called "Mid" or "Midway", etc. They won't call the logo movie 3dfA2Hd6.bik so you have to guess.
BIKs are easy to identify anyway. Just download them to your PC and use the BIK viewer.
I don't know what an "attract" movie is, but they are usually called "attract.bik." I have seen "intro" and "trailer" in filenames as well.
If you take Angerwound's most recent contribution for Blood Omen 2, it should be fairly easy to decipher what about 90% of those movies are for. And of course, he said he left gameplay movies intact. I also leave movies intact that are viewed between levels, during levels, etc. ... and like I mentioned, I don't think Rahz' even puts in-game movies in the deletions archives.
Post by: Angerwound on May 14, 2004, 08:31:00 AM
Post by: pelago on May 14, 2004, 08:53:00 AM
An example of games where it is not obvious what the listed deletions are for is Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball. And in Midtown Madness 3 the listed deletion is for the entire /Data/Shared/Wmv/ folder, which (as far as I can remember) has not only the 'logo' movies which I dislike, but also in-game movies which I personally would want to keep.
I'm not trying to insist that everyone agrees exactly what files are 'unneeded' or not, as there are different opinions on this. Instead, I'm suggesting that a bit more info is given so that people can make those decisions for themselves.
Post by: pelago on May 14, 2004, 09:05:00 AM
I can imagine a system where each user has a set of preferences as to which types of files he or she wants to delete. For example, a french-speaking user might want to keep just the french language files. Some people might want to keep all the videos, some people delete just some of them (e.g. logos), and others want to remove all of them.
Either DVD2XBOX itself could be extended to take account of these preferences when the user runs the .ACL file, or (perhaps more easilly) some website scripting could generate an .ACL file on-the-fly based on client settings stored in a cookie or similar. The web-based solution would probably be better because even for non-DVD2XBOX users, the website could list the deletions on the screen based on the user preferences.
If such an automated system was developed, it would become important for the database to store more metadata about the deletions. For example, at the moment the deletion listings for language files assume the user wants to delete all non-english files.
I would be happy to add this metadata to any listed games I own, if the website could add suitable columns. I may even be able to help out on the scripting.
Post by: Angerwound on May 14, 2004, 10:32:00 AM
Post by: pelago on May 15, 2004, 11:06:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on May 16, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
TitleID = 41560037
/Data/
intro.xmv 18.53 mb <--- Remove
/Demo/
Demo_01.xmv 36.82 mb <--- Remove
Demo_02.xmv 38.25 mb <--- Remove
Demo_03.xmv 33.91 mb <--- Remove
Shark.xmv 43.08 mb <--- Remove
Total Saved: 170.59 mb
NOTES: No In-Game Movies.
Post by: Shadowland on May 17, 2004, 05:08:00 AM
/bik/
...saves over 320 mb, I'll edit my post with exact amount saved when I get home.
After removing the bik folder the startup for RDR looks glitchy, but wait a few seconds and the title screen will appear.
Post by: Angerwound on May 17, 2004, 05:23:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on May 17, 2004, 06:26:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on May 17, 2004, 06:53:00 PM
TitleID: 53410002
/
dashupdate.xbe 50.93 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
update.xbe 2.22 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
/movie/
al.xmv 2.41 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
ex05.xmv 108.26 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
opjp05.xmv 30.37 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
opkr05.xmv 29.40 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
opus05.xmv 29.20 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
sl.xmv 4.08 mb <--- Remove (Intro Movie)
Original Game Size: 1,347.06 mb
Total Saved: 256.87 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 1090.19 mb (DVD)
Post by: Angerwound on May 17, 2004, 10:36:00 PM
TitleID: 4d570008
/MOVIES/
credits.wmv 36.23 mb <--- Remove (Opening/Ending Garbage)
gglogo.wmv 2.43 mb <--- Remove (Opening/Ending Garbage)
music.wmv 27.62 mb <--- Remove (Music Video)
opening.wmv 12.84 mb <--- Remove (Opening/Ending Garbage)
promo.wmv 33.03 mb <--- Remove (Game Preview)
sport.wmv 1.01 mb <--- Remove (Opening/Ending Garbage)
victory.wmv 4.52 mb <--- Remove (Opening/Ending Garbage)
Original Game Size: 761.56 mb
Total Saved: 117.68 mb
Size After Deletions: 643.88 mb (Can Be Burnt To CD)
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 19, 2004, 03:37:00 AM
| QUOTE (whitedingo @ May 19 2004, 07:19 AM) |
| I have a problem with the size of UNREAL II -- it's too large to fit on a DVD-R -- |
Ummm, no it isn't.
Post by: Rahszhul on May 19, 2004, 01:59:00 PM
... Now that I've been able to read your linked thread, yeah, I'd bet that the PAL has some other stuff in it.
All others,
I'm so freaking sorry about this. Work has been hell. I think this is the first time I've been home, and awake enough to look at the boards and write up a reply. Hopefully THIS weekend I can do some updates. PLEASE GOD!
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 19, 2004, 03:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (whitedingo @ May 19 2004, 09:55 PM) |
| Is their a diference in size between the NTSC and PAL version perhaps? |
I guess so. You guys need to learn to tell us what version you are using. Likewise, I usually say that I use NTSC games and didn't.. hahaha.
Post by: Angerwound on May 19, 2004, 05:32:00 PM
Post by: Angerwound on May 19, 2004, 06:38:00 PM
TitleID: 5454001A
/
dashupdate.xbe 50.93 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
update.xbe 2.22 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
/bik/
attract.bik 20.27 mb <--- Remove (Opening Movie)
bridge01.bik 10.55 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
bridge04.bik 37.31 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
bridge05.bik 6.81 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
coach02.bik 2.54 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
coach03.bik 8.88 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
diegocar.bik 7.79 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
jailnw01.bik 12.16 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
mans07.bik 29.19 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
royfi01.bik 15.77 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
rslogo.bik 1.09 mb <--- Remove (Opening Movie)
saloon06.bik 9.25 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
sher7001.bik 13.30 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
sher7007.bik 11.56 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
slide01.bik 12.11 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
station.bik 4.80 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
stgend01.bik 14.29 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
stgmid01.bik 11.26 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
stgopn01.bik 7.78 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
titles.bik 24.44 mb <--- Remove (Opening Movie)
tng01.bik 9.28 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
tosher05.bik 15.94 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
tosher06.bik 15.10 mb <--- Remove (UnNeeded Movie)
Original Game Size: 3,061.11 mb
Total Saved: 354.02 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 2707.09 mb (DVD)
NOTES: The 'UnNeeded Movie's pertain to clips of explosions and such. If you like these keep thim in. Moreover, they in no way explain how to play the game, so I thought I'd include them.
Post by: Angerwound on May 19, 2004, 07:09:00 PM
TitleID: 43560007
/
update.xbe 2.22 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
dashupdate.xbe 50.93 mb <--- Remove (Live Junk)
Original Game Size: 498.34 mb
Total Saved: 53.15 mb
Game Save After Deletions: 445.19 (Will Fit On CD)
Post by: djkym on May 19, 2004, 07:27:00 PM
BTW, acl on other games work fine...
Thanks,
DK
Post by: Angerwound on May 20, 2004, 07:24:00 AM
| QUOTE (djkym @ May 20 2004, 04:27 AM) |
| I recently bought ESPN NFL 2k4 and tried running ACL on it after I put it on the HD--but for some reason, the 'ACL processing' screen hangs whenever I try to use ACL on it--has anyone else have similar probs? BTW, acl on other games work fine... Thanks, DK |
Go through the ACL and compare the files to that of the the retail disk. If there is a misspelling or file that seems not to be on the retail disk it may be causing an error. If the problem persists just manually remove the files.
Post by: Angerwound on May 20, 2004, 07:36:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Teenage mutant ninja turtles (pal) Un-needed files: se_f.afs se_s.afs voice_f.afs voice_s.afs TMNTG.dat TMNTF.dat TMNTI.dat (Non English Language) Space Saved 222MB Optional: TMNT_V00.dat TMNT_V01.dat TMNT_V02.dat TMNT_V03.dat TMNTS.dat But these files may have to be dumied Space saved around 1 GB New game size: 448MB (Will fit on CDR) |
Do you think you could post the TitleID for Rahszhul as well? Needed for ACL File creation.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Angerwound on May 20, 2004, 03:51:00 PM
-
DTM Race Driver Director's Cut *PAL*
TitleID: 434D000E
/anim/sound_f/ 23.56 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Lang. Files)
/anim/sound_g/ 23.57 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Lang. Files)
/anim/video_e/ 476.28 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/anim/video_f/ 476.93 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/anim/video_g/ 476.29 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/sound/FrontEnd/Bobby_f/ 6.29 mb <--- Remove Entire FOlder (Lang. Files)
/sound/FrontEnd/Bobby_g/ 6.09 mb <--- Remove Entire FOlder (Lang. Files)
/sound/ptspech/
fre.pra 6 kb
fre.prc 19.18 mb
fre.txt 46 kb
ger.pra 6 kb
ger.prc 17.97 mb
ger.txt 45 kb
/video/ 341.65 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
Original Game Size: 2928.08 mb
Total Saved: 1867.81 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 1060.27 mb (DVD)
-
Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: toyato89 on May 20, 2004, 07:32:00 PM
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Post by: Angerwound on May 20, 2004, 03:51:00 PM
TitleID: 434D000E
/anim/sound_f/ 23.56 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Lang. Files)
/anim/sound_g/ 23.57 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Lang. Files)
/anim/video_e/ 476.28 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/anim/video_f/ 476.93 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/anim/video_g/ 476.29 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
/sound/FrontEnd/Bobby_f/ 6.29 mb <--- Remove Entire FOlder (Lang. Files)
/sound/FrontEnd/Bobby_g/ 6.09 mb <--- Remove Entire FOlder (Lang. Files)
/sound/ptspech/
fre.pra 6 kb
fre.prc 19.18 mb
fre.txt 46 kb
ger.pra 6 kb
ger.prc 17.97 mb
ger.txt 45 kb
/video/ 341.65 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (Movie Files)
Original Game Size: 2928.08 mb
Total Saved: 1867.81 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 1060.27 mb (DVD)
Post by: toyato89 on May 20, 2004, 07:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (Angerwound @ May 11 2004, 08:39 PM) | ||
Polarbear, I posted the deletions for that game, and I replaced them with a small valid movie file I had pulled from another game. Make sure you aren't using the one that was located within the link posted a few replies back.. Games don't like it at all. Lemme know what you discover. |
Actually, that was me that posted that, not Polarbear. But anyways, I didn't find anything out. I am using the 8kb XMV file that Rahz emailed a little while back. I think he said it was the new one, and I haven't seen one since. UnleashX says it's 0x0 video size, so I dunno which one that is. I just left the videos in there, they skip easily except the copyright vid, which stays for a sec. I'm not really concerned about it... I'm not burning it or anything, just backed up on the HDD. Anyways, if anyone else finds out anything, let me know.
Post by: Stealthy on May 20, 2004, 10:20:00 PM
Post by: GamerBR on May 21, 2004, 02:56:00 AM
Post by: pelago on May 21, 2004, 02:56:00 AM
| QUOTE (Stealthy @ May 21 2004, 07:20 AM) |
| space saved 723 GB!!! |
Wow, 723GB saved! I was wondering how I was going to fit this game onto my 120GB hard disk! ;-)
Post by: Angerwound on May 21, 2004, 03:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (Stealthy @ May 21 2004, 07:20 AM) |
| Shenmue II Normal disc size, 5GB (unable to fit on a dvd-r) There isnt really much in "pre game garbage" There is a movie, sorta like a visual demo of shenmue I, found here: \scene\04\movie\s1digest.sfd basically, all it does is disable the feature for you to view this in the game menu. space saved 723 GB!!! |
That's a lot of GB!
Post by: Angerwound on May 21, 2004, 09:39:00 AM
TitleID: 4B420002
/
cogs.wmv 2.79 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro.wmv 26.20 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
/endfmv/
loop.wmv 3.68 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
main.wmv 8.20 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
/loadingwmv/
intro0.wmv 1.52 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro1.wmv 1.71 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro2.wmv 1.87 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro3.wmv 1.46 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro4.wmv 1.89 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro5.wmv 1.86 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro6.wmv 1.81 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro7.wmv 1.86 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro8.wmv 1.57 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro9.wmv 1.69 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro10.wmv 1.92 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro11.wmv 1.92 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
intro12.wmv 1.87 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
loading1.wmv 0.60 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
loading2.wmv 0.77 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
/misc/
flag_e.wmv 1.12 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
flag_f.wmv 0.83 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
flag_g.wmv 0.88 mb <--- Replace (Movie Files)
Original Game Size: 471.30 mb
Space Saved: 68.02 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 403.28 (CD)
Post by: Angerwound on May 21, 2004, 12:58:00 PM
TitleID: 4D53000C
/XDemos/ 1639.24 mb <--- Remove Entire Folder (DEMOS)
/proj_kx/common/movie/
ASAD.ending.0.wmv 17.90 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
BOSS.ending.0.wmv 20.33 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
demomovie.wmv 36.54 mb <--- Replace (DEMO MOVIE)
J.ending.0.wmv 18.18 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
KHAN.ending.0.wmv 16.90 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
MS.wmv 5.78 mb <--- Replace (LOGO MOVIE)
RAMIREZ.ending.0.wmv 19.90 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
REIJI.ending.0.wmv 17.79 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
RENA.ending.0.wmv 20.82 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
ROXY.ending.0.wmv 20.82 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
SABRE.ending.0.wmv 17.24 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
SHADOW.ending.0.wmv 20.82 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
VEGARD.ending.0.wmv 21.05 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
VITTORIA.ending.0.wmv 21.00 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
YING.ending.0.wmv 20.82 mb <--- Replace (ENDING MOVIE)
Original Game Size: 2,479.74 mb
Space Saved: 1935.13 mb
Game Size After Deletions: 544.61 mb(WILL FIT ON CD)
Post by: Angerwound on May 23, 2004, 12:12:00 PM
Post by: pelago on May 25, 2004, 01:07:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ May 23 2004, 04:47 PM) |
| Ok, got a chance to update the database, so all of the mirrors are mostly up to date with the additions from you crazy ass rippers. (Much thanks!) |
Angerwound has been on fire!
You don't seem to have added my additions I put in the post http://forums.xbox-s...dpost&p=1404740
Also, are you able to clear up this thread? The discussion posts are worth keeping, but the posts where people list deletions could go.
Post by: a2002adam on May 25, 2004, 10:58:00 AM
Post by: Angerwound on May 25, 2004, 06:07:00 PM
Post by: pelago on May 26, 2004, 03:47:00 AM
Post by: GamerBR on May 26, 2004, 02:05:00 PM
\media
\stats.xbe
\update.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
size saved 82,1 MB making this game around 170mb only
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 26, 2004, 02:11:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 26, 2004, 02:28:00 PM
NO DELETIONS. Obviously the one listed is PAL or not NTSC(NA).
Game size is 339 MB.
PLEASE STATE WHAT REGION YOUR GAME DISC COMES FROM THAT YOU ARE REPORTING DELETIONS FOR. IT IS ON THE ORIGINAL GAME DISC. If you do not have this information, then you do not have an authentic retail disc and your information is not 100% reliable.
Rahz, may I suggest putting games with NO deletions in the same area as the games with deletions? It would be more convenient to have them all in one spot instead of searching the list, then searching the no-deletions list. If we have info for a game, let's put it in the alphabetical index and not discriminate based on whether there is a file to be deleted or not. Just a suggestion. It looks like there are only about 6 games on the website you have info for anyway.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 26, 2004, 02:32:00 PM
How are you getting those numbers you report with your deletions? I'm guessing they help with ACL creation. If I don't have to install a program to get them, I'll start posting that info as well.
Post by: deathx88 on May 26, 2004, 02:46:00 PM
i deleted files from other games and they work, some with minor glitches
but still is avp listed as PAL or what
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 26, 2004, 03:28:00 PM
| QUOTE (deathx88 @ May 26 2004, 11:46 PM) |
| i got rid of the uneeded files for alien vs. preditor and now it doesn't work, dirty disk error. i deleted files from other games and they work, some with minor glitches but still is avp listed as PAL or what |
It should be NTSC if not noted. I deleted the files with no problems, and have deleted files from every game listed that I have with no problems. I'm guessing you are using an exploit? What games are you having problems with?
Post by: deathx88 on May 26, 2004, 07:36:00 PM
all 39 of my other games worked fine
i'm thinking i accidently deleted a file that i wasn't supposed to, but i was really careful when i was doing all of this
Post by: pelago on May 26, 2004, 11:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (HomieJK1 @ May 26 2004, 09:06 PM) |
| Ok i did this all correctly and all it does is put a default.xbe-orig or something like that and doesnt get rid of any files what am i doing wrong |
Which game are you trying this on?
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ May 26 2004, 11:28 PM) |
| Rahz, may I suggest putting games with NO deletions in the same area as the games with deletions? |
I was thinking about this just the other day and I think it's a good idea.
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ May 26 2004, 11:32 PM) |
| How are you getting those numbers you report with your deletions? I'm guessing they help with ACL creation. If I don't have to install a program to get them, I'll start posting that info as well. |
I'm not Angerwound, but you mean the hexadecimal ID numbers? If you use MXM as your dashboard, you can get that number by highlighing the game, pressing Y, then choosing Game Info (or something similar). On a PC, you can use dexbe (see xbox-scene tools download page) to find the ID. I'm sure there are other tools to do this, too.
Post by: Shadowland on May 27, 2004, 05:32:00 AM
/MISC/LogoArkane.xmv
/MISC/LogoWizarBox.xmv
...and got a DDE.
Copied them back over and all was well. They should be marked as Replacement Files and not Unneeded Stuff in the guide.
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 27, 2004, 06:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (Shadowland @ May 27 2004, 02:32 PM) |
| From Arx Fatalis I deleted... /MISC/LogoArkane.xmv /MISC/LogoWizarBox.xmv ...and got a DDE. Copied them back over and all was well. They should be marked as Replacement Files and not Unneeded Stuff in the guide. |
Those deletions are for the NTSC (USA/CAN) version. They work just fine for me as long as I left the first logo file alone, which shouldn't be listed in the deletions. Check out my post about it earlier in the thread. I have loaded this game about 20 times or so and haven't had a problem. I have pretty much beat the game.
I didn't replace them. I simply deleted them. If you want to replace them, go ahead.
Anyone else want to verify these deletions don't work for your Region 1 game?
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 27, 2004, 06:26:00 AM
The original post for that game is on page 24 of the thread.
Post by: Angerwound on May 27, 2004, 07:34:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on May 28, 2004, 10:36:00 AM
| QUOTE (MyBigToe @ May 28 2004, 06:35 AM) |
| Is there an updated ACL pack recently? i see on one site that its from april as the last one, or is that just a typo? |
Make sure your browser isn't caching the sites' contents. I looked on all three mirrors, and they each says 23 March.
Post by: shootn3zzintulsa on May 29, 2004, 04:27:00 AM
Post by: flacoman91 on May 29, 2004, 04:48:00 PM
| QUOTE (LinksAwakening @ Jan 2 2004, 12:05 AM) |
| Well, here we go... HERE is a ZIP File containing 1-Second long Blank-Screen XMV and BIK Movie Files... I can't say how long that link will work (from people downloading from it) since it is a free site, but get it while you still can... |
Can someone help me find blank bik/xmv files?
This link says:
You do not have permission to access http://metalgearsoli.../BlankVideo.zip
Data files must be stored on the same site they are linked from.
Thanks!
Post by: PolarBearWY on May 30, 2004, 05:29:00 PM
For the blank XMV file, someone posted that going to the command prompt and typing "echo > blank.xmv" will create a working XMV file. I know that it creates a very small file with an XMV extension but have not tested that it would work to replace an XMV file in an XBox game. I'm guessing it would, or the guy wouldn't have posted it. Sorry, wish I knew who to give credit to.
Post by: deathx88 on June 01, 2004, 10:10:00 PM
the reason my avp got a dirty disc along with 7 other of my games saying file not found or the controller locking up on me was i forgot to make a replacement for the movie replacement files
and now the funny part is right when i remembered that i had to do that, i deleted my games that didn't work
im so pissed yet i mark my post with jesters
why you ask, i don't know, maybe i just lost my mind
i hope this is a reminder to anyone that forgot to do this as well
Post by: sulfur on June 02, 2004, 06:05:00 PM
55mbs
Language\
Text_Chinese.lng
Text_Japanese.lng
Text_Korean.lng
\
dashupdate.xbe
Post by: whozyodaddy on June 03, 2004, 02:29:00 PM
This takes a whoppin' 2.8gb!
Post by: Angerwound on June 04, 2004, 07:55:00 AM
| QUOTE (irascible @ Jun 3 2004, 05:04 AM) |
| MTX: Mototrax I have processed the ACL during the rip to the HD, and manually... no luck. I used the latest ACL info fro the game from chefelf . The game is loading from "e:\games\MTX Mototrax" which is the exact name/location that dvd2xbox is saving to. Other games have been succesful. As soon as I select "supercross 125cc" in the beginning of the game, it loads about 1/4 of the way and then displays "there's a problem with the disc you're using. It may be dirty or damaged". Am I missing anything? If you have anywhere else I can read, or suggestions... please let me know. Thanks. |
Whoever posted those deletions didn't do to good of a job, they must have posted a file as deletable and it wasn't. This is why your getting the dirty disc error. Re copy the game to your HDD and don't process the ACL on this one till someone confirms it works.
Post by: FoxRacR17 on June 04, 2004, 07:16:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 05, 2004, 05:42:00 PM
| QUOTE (Angerwound @ Jun 4 2004, 04:55 PM) |
| Whoever posted those deletions didn't do to good of a job, they must have posted a file as deletable and it wasn't. This is why your getting the dirty disc error. Re copy the game to your HDD and don't process the ACL on this one till someone confirms it works. |
Wasn't MTX Mototrax one of those games that can't be run from the HD without special attention? Does the ACL address this? When it was released, there were dozens and dozens of threads about it.
Post by: Angerwound on June 05, 2004, 05:43:00 PM
| QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ Jun 6 2004, 02:42 AM) |
| Wasn't MTX Mototrax one of those games that can't be run from the HD without special attention? Does the ACL address this? When it was released, there were dozens and dozens of threads about it. |
I can't recall off hand, I'll look into it.
EDIT:
| QUOTE |
| 1. Use DVD2XBOX to copy the game to your xbox hard drive. It will freeze at about 97%, at which point you will need to restart your xbox. 2. Using evox, or whatever else you have, FTP to your xbox and find the Mototrax folder. Go to data/textures/Rider_M/ folder and delete the shirt directory (DVD2XBOX stops transfering files somewhere in here). 3. Next, go to your D drive and copy the data/textures/Rider_M/shirt folder to some temporary folder on your computer. Now grab the rest of the files in the game's root directory (dashupdate.xbe, default.xbe and update.xbe on the D drive) and move them to that same temporary folder. 4. Using xISO, create an iso containing the 3 files and 1 folder you copied to the temporary folder on your computer. Save the iso, go to nero (or whatever you like to use) and burn that iso to cd using the lowest speed availible. 5. Place the burned CD in your xbox and go back into DVD2XBOX. Copy the contents over to your xbox hard drive. These files will be placed in a folder titled MTX Mototrax001 (as you alread have an MTX Mototrax folder). 6. Using FlashFXP access your xbox again and find the MTX Mototrax001 folder. In there right click on the shirt folder and select move, and move it to MTX Mototrax/data/textures/Rider_M/. Move the remaining 3 files to MTX Mototrax/. Delete the empty MTX Mototrax001 folder and reboot, thats it! |
These are the instructions to fix the problem, irascible. If you still have trouble let me know.
Post by: GamerBR on June 05, 2004, 07:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (FoxRacR17 @ Jun 5 2004, 04:16 AM) |
| CORRECTION GamerBR, Metal Slug 3 isnt the smallest xbox game ever. Ever hear of a game called Groverider Slot car Thunder? That game clocks in at a whopping 93 megs!! What a monster huh? lol, i have checked if there are any deletions though, haha. |
lol,that's what i call a "big" game
Post by: sulfur on June 05, 2004, 10:08:00 PM
73mbs
ExtraContent/Offline01/Videos/*
tutorial.xmv 73mb**
*there are alot of other videos in this folder, but i left them b/c it makes the game play better.
**replace with blank video.
Post by: Angerwound on June 06, 2004, 05:01:00 PM
Post by: haris786 on June 06, 2004, 08:49:00 PM
if you delete MOvie Replacement you get a DDE and causes the game not to work
so maybe rename them with an empty file
Post by: pelago on June 07, 2004, 03:27:00 AM
Post by: irascible on June 07, 2004, 03:46:00 PM
| QUOTE (FoxRacR17 @ Jun 5 2004, 04:16 AM) |
| CORRECTION GamerBR, Metal Slug 3 isnt the smallest xbox game ever. Ever hear of a game called Groverider Slot car Thunder? That game clocks in at a whopping 93 megs!! What a monster huh? lol, i have checked if there are any deletions though, haha. |
thanks for the reply, but I found out the problem with this game. Also, I read your second post on what you have found for this game, and i'm not sure why people have problems copying that dir... but the latest dvd2xbox works fine without having to do that step.
The ACL for this game works perfect but doesn't address (not sure if it can) the problem with long filenames that aren't compatible with FATX. XBEpatcher has been programmed specifically to address this issue with MTX and renames all files to a compatible file length. I have used this program and the ACL and have successfully backed the game up to DVD and am running it succesfully from the HD.
Have a good day,
irascible
Post by: Shadowland on June 08, 2004, 04:05:00 AM
| QUOTE (sulfur @ Jun 6 2004, 07:08 AM) |
| Riddick 73mbs ExtraContent/Offline01/Videos/* tutorial.xmv 73mb** *there are alot of other videos in this folder, but i left them b/c it makes the game play better. **replace with blank video. |
You didn't need to use a replacement/blank video for the tutorial. And all those other videos in Offline01 are just proto-type vids from like...two years ago and marketing videos for the upcoming movie. Just delete the "Video" folder all together and save, what, 634 mb I believe? You can also delete all the videos in the Content folder as well, without worry. Personally, I just deleted the rather larger intro and kept the shine and outro vids, but...to each his own.
Post by: UrbanRiot on June 08, 2004, 12:55:00 PM
I tried the "echo > blank.xmv" but this causes the game to lock without displaying anything. This was tested on both Van Helsing and Chronicles of Riddick. Deleting some of the files also causes the games to function incorrectly.
Anyone have any suggestions... ?
Post by: UrbanRiot on June 08, 2004, 01:11:00 PM
This is very rarely the case, and these attract.xmv and attract.bik files are generally used on compilation demo discs that stores recieve and use for display purposes, or in demo menus.
Personally, if I have a few megs to spare on a multi-game backup, I use these attract files in the demo window in my CDX type multi-discs. But they're almost always okay to delete... but be sure to test first!
Post by: Alcofrolic on June 09, 2004, 01:06:00 AM
or in fact how much space the game takes up?
Post by: Musashi on June 09, 2004, 05:28:00 PM
Post by: Stealthy on June 09, 2004, 10:31:00 PM
Anyway, just delete the following folder to save 437mb.
/XDemos/
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 10, 2004, 06:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (GamerBR @ Jun 8 2004, 08:14 PM) |
| the guy said why u are getting dde and he is right,but anyway let me add more deletions for SC PT Pal because the version i posted the deletions is the beta version |
How did you get a Beta version of an XBox game?
Post by: Neo_666 on June 10, 2004, 08:23:00 AM
Post by: cjc on June 14, 2004, 12:52:00 PM
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 14, 2004, 12:58:00 PM
| QUOTE (cjc @ Jun 14 2004, 09:52 PM) |
| Anyone have the files I can delete for Full Spectrum Warrior? |
Full Spectrum Warrior NTSC
Figured this had already been posted. You can at least delete the following LIVE stuff.
downloader.xbe
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
59 MB saved !
I don't see anything else that's obvious.
Post by: Shadowland on June 14, 2004, 04:06:00 PM
| QUOTE (cjc @ Jun 14 2004, 09:52 PM) |
| Anyone have the files I can delete for Full Spectrum Warrior? |
You can delete the Attract folder. Saves you 150mb.
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on June 14, 2004, 05:18:00 PM
| QUOTE (eugenile @ Jun 11 2004, 07:53 PM) |
| hey guys.. i was tyring to backup Street Hoops to DVD but it is 5.05 GB raw files.. i checked the first post on the list of games and this doesnts eem to be on there.. anybody able to back this game up? |
I found some deletions for Street Hoops It turns a 5gb+ game to a reasonable 2gb+ game. I have only left out the mixtapes since you probally want to earn them and watch them. Go to the FMV folder and then you can delete these movies
PreGame vids
----------------
ATVlogo.bik
ATVIntro.bik
boelogo.bik
Training Vids
-----------------
SHADVDEF.bik
SHADVOFF.bik
SHBASDEF.bik
SHBASOFF.bik
SHSROCK.bik
Useless Vids
------------------
DOLBYDIG.bik
DOLBYPL2.bik
TTSSFX.bik
SHCred01.bik
SHIntvue.bik
SHVCO.bik
SHCYPRES.bik
SHMASTRP.bik
SHMSTRP0.bik
SHXF2BCK.bik
/FMV/Location (*1)
(*1)Im not sure what this folder had other than court vids but someone may know what these vids are
For some freakin reason the game list page HAS NOT LISTED THESE DELETIONS PLZ POST THEM UP THEY WORK So theres your deletions eugenile if you do delete the mixtape vids its just under a 1gb so u will be able to put some morte games on that DVD.
Post by: emotion on June 15, 2004, 02:39:00 AM
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 15, 2004, 04:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (emotion @ Jun 15 2004, 11:39 AM) |
| what's wrong? |
You just need to hit refresh a few times. I got in the other day to see if Thief had already been posted and only needed to hit refresh about 7 times.
Post by: pelago on June 16, 2004, 12:38:00 PM
A couple of files to add to the existing deletions http://rahszhul.jonm...ex.php?game=224:
Language files
/media/Font_cht.xpr
/media/Font_jpn.xpr
/media/Font_kor.xpr
Not needed unless you're using Chinese Traditional, Japanese, or Korean languages. Saves 1,970,176 bytes, which brings the total saved (including the two already listed Live deletions) to 57,700,352 bytes.
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 16, 2004, 05:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (pelago @ Jun 16 2004, 09:38 PM) |
| Future Tactics: The Uprising A couple of files to add to the existing deletions http://rahszhul.jonm...ex.php?game=224: Language files /media/Font_cht.xpr /media/Font_jpn.xpr /media/Font_kor.xpr Not needed unless you're using Chinese Traditional, Japanese, or Korean languages. Saves 1,970,176 bytes, which brings the total saved (including the two already listed Live deletions) to 57,700,352 bytes. |
Is that for PAL or NTSC? You should probably list which. I'm pretty sure my NTSC disc did not have those files on it, or at least I did not notice.
PLEASE LIST WHICH REGION YOUR REPORT IS FOR.
Edited to add that Rahzhul lists NTSC, by default. If the deletion listing didn't say otherwise, it was NTSC and that may be why the files were not reported earlier.
Post by: pelago on June 17, 2004, 01:24:00 AM
Post by: emotion on June 17, 2004, 08:45:00 AM
| QUOTE (colonel_j2020 @ Jun 17 2004, 04:07 PM) |
| i can't open the links for seeing what files i can remove for certain games, i have hit refresh like one had suggested but it still doesn't work |
just be patient, it works in my case
Post by: incyte on June 17, 2004, 01:55:00 PM
Post by: rockstardaddy on June 17, 2004, 02:59:00 PM
Post by: HomicidalMo0se on June 17, 2004, 10:59:00 PM
That's all I could find. If anyone else finds more, then put 'em on.
Post by: dontasciime on June 18, 2004, 09:00:00 AM
Post by: pelago on June 18, 2004, 11:14:00 PM
The listed deletions are fine - only a minor problem is the amount of disk space saved listed is wrong. The actual amount of space saved by the listed deletions is 420,878,331 bytes.
Post by: Angerwound on June 19, 2004, 06:33:00 AM
Post by: sulfur on June 19, 2004, 08:15:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on June 20, 2004, 06:16:00 AM
So, That I'm aware of the php is working fine, but for some reason the MySQL DB is choking on whatever. The only thing I can think of, if ...maybe... the MySQL server has been set to a really low connection timeout and that's why jonMEGA's mirror is the only one that will occasionally work(He's hosting the database.)
Though, I can't really say if that's the case or not. I've attempted contacting jonMEGA to see whats going on, but I haven't heard back as of yet.
As of right now, I'm going to dig up that horrible "free" MySQL hosting link, and see if I can't get anything working there. If I do, I'll push that connection string out to the mirrors, and things might be happy for a short while.
And, if that happens, I may get some time around Wednesday to update all these fun deletions I've received lately.
Post by: Rahszhul on June 20, 2004, 07:05:00 AM
Post by: azmodien on June 20, 2004, 02:06:00 PM
But has anyone found a way to put it all on one? Or maybe theres a topic that I missed that explains it.
Post by: sulfur on June 20, 2004, 03:55:00 PM
Spaced saved: 324mb
/Movies/
attract.xmv
making_of_blockbuster.xmv
making_of_cinematics.xmv
making_of_game_making.xmv
making_of_music.xmv
making_of_myth.xmv
making_of_realism.xmv
making_of_sounddesign.xmv
esrb_online.xmv
legal.xmv
^ = i replace all of these with blank.xmv
Breakdown
Spaced saved: 74mb
/romdata/movie/
E3Mov.xmv
^ = i replace all of these with blank.xmv
Post by: Xaerin on June 22, 2004, 01:54:00 AM
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 23, 2004, 02:23:00 AM
-Monty
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 23, 2004, 03:27:00 AM
-Monty
Post by: 82ross on June 23, 2004, 09:27:00 AM
| QUOTE (NekoFever @ Jun 20 2004, 04:34 PM) |
| Driv3r: downloader.xbe dashupdate.xbe update.xbe \UIXMedia\Font_cht.xpr \UIXMedia\Font_jpn.xpr \UIXMedia\Font_kor.xpr 61MB saved |
Anyone know what type of archive the .L* files are?
There could be loads saved if we can get rid of the extras somehwere inside of one of them.
Post by: SneakyIceMan on June 23, 2004, 04:47:00 PM
Theif 3: Deadly Sahdows[/SIZE]
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 23, 2004, 05:04:00 PM
Oh and for Unreal Champ, does anybody know where to find a blank .WMV to replace "/atari.wmv" and "/UCIntro.wmv"? And for Ninja Gaiden, I used the ACL and got a DDE when I tried to start a new game. I think its a copy protection thing. I found a .DEF (?) file in named "NinjaLaunchXBEName" that just had "D:\default.xbe". I tried changing it to "F:\games\Ninja Gaiden\default.xbe" but that didnt work.
Also, does can the Warning or Team Ninja videos?
-Monty
Post by: sulfur on June 23, 2004, 08:17:00 PM
| QUOTE (Gizza @ Jun 23 2004, 06:22 PM) |
| Looking to shave a fair bit off Chronicles of Riddick - Escape from Butcher Bay. Anyone tried this one yet ???? |
/ExtraContent/Offline01/Videos/
first_playable1.xmv
first_playable2.xmv
first_playable3.xmv
first_playable4.xmv
MoCap.xmv
PB_Prototype_01.xmv
PB_Prototype_02.xmv
PB_Prototype_03.xmv
PB_Prototype_04.xmv
Riddick_Combo_NTSC_4x3.xmv
Riddick_NTSC_4x3.xmv
SBZ_Tech.xmv
tutorial.xmv
^replace all with blank.xmv
saved space 663mb.
Post by: whozyodaddy on June 24, 2004, 11:40:00 AM
Post by: Oldmanjoe on June 25, 2004, 10:15:00 AM
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 25, 2004, 10:40:00 AM
Area_51trailer.sfd - 35.8mb
Sufferingtrailer.sfd - 32.4mb
cold_video.sfd - 70.1mb
makingof.sfd - 199.3mb
MK_trailer.sfd - 15.5
? ComingAttractions.sfd - 24.3mb
? Demoscreen.sfd - 4.2mb
? Demo_Disclaimer.sfd - 4.0mb
^ Dont know what these are for yet. Dont delete them unless you do. I havent tried yet. The stupid "SFD2MPG" program doesnt convert for me.
-------
Originally 2.9Gb
356.1MB saved
Try to play any of these after deleting and get a DDE.
------
need a blank .sfd file to replace:
Havock.sfd - 19.mb
Legal.sfd - 3.0mb
----------
-Monty
Post by: sulfur on June 25, 2004, 06:55:00 PM
Post by: whiteblazer01 on June 25, 2004, 09:34:00 PM
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 25, 2004, 10:08:00 PM
-Monty
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 26, 2004, 02:59:00 AM
-Monty
Post by: PolarBearWY on June 26, 2004, 05:35:00 AM
| QUOTE (ibemonty2000 @ Jun 26 2004, 11:59 AM) |
| Who's got a blank .BIK I could use? -Monty |
search this thread for blank.bik and you'll find a link for it. I posted it, probably around page 41 or so.
Rahz, care to put that link on the mirrors and the first page?
Post by: R2Dork on June 26, 2004, 11:10:00 AM
I was able to delete the following without any problems:
Content/T3/VideoTextures
copyright_engl_none_30.bik
eax_engl_none_30.bik
Eidos-Logo_engl_none_30.bik
Ionstorm-Logo_engl_none_30.bik
ThiefTrailerNoESRB_engl_none_30.bik
Space saved: 35.71 MB
Later,
R2
Post by: AgentEB on June 27, 2004, 09:53:00 AM
# Game: Indy Car Series 2005(NTSC)
# Title ID: 434d0024
# Size: 1162 MBytes(including xbl file but not necessary)
# Submitted by: AgentEB
# Fixes hdd/dvd dirty disk error with NTSC version of Indy Car Series 2005(NTSC). Not sure if it works
# with PAL version thanks to Talon for sharing this with us on X-S. it can be located in the
# default.xbe file in offset 00091362.
HR|${DEST}\default.xbe|1|0BC2750AC705140B32000100|0BC2750AC705140B32000000|
so far unneeded files are:
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
edit:
use this if you have the PAL version of the game
HR|${DEST}\default.xbe|1|0BC2750AC705140A32000100|0BC2750AC705140A32000000|
Post by: GamerBR on June 27, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
| QUOTE (ZAP @ Jun 27 2004, 11:44 AM) |
| Do i have to replace every file i remove with a smaller/blank one? If i do then can someone link me to a .XMV file? |
http://www.yurilabut...om.br/blank.xmv
Post by: jisboss on June 27, 2004, 01:11:00 PM
Delete *_pal.xmv movies from:
/F/Games/Spider-Man 2/data/movies/xbox/
frees up 178MB
you can also replace xmen.xmv for a blank in:
/F/Games/Spider-Man 2/data/movies/xbox/
Post by: Knocks on June 27, 2004, 10:21:00 PM
Too bad for the people who already deleted it. Rule of thumb: when in doubt, don't delete. And if you haven't tested it, don't tell others to delete it.
Post by: GamerBR on June 28, 2004, 09:57:00 AM
| QUOTE (Knocks @ Jun 28 2004, 07:21 AM) |
| The current information on Spider-Man 1 is incorrect. It suggests that you delete the /data/xboxsound/GGENG/ directory--a bad idea, because those are the speech files used by the unlockable Green Goblin character. Too bad for the people who already deleted it. Rule of thumb: when in doubt, don't delete. And if you haven't tested it, don't tell others to delete it. |
it's not a so bad thing,u have just to take this files from the original copy and put it in the folder again
Post by: s2k on June 29, 2004, 02:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (AgentEB @ Jun 27 2004, 06:53 PM) |
| Already submitted this to WiSo but here it is # Game: Indy Car Series 2005(NTSC) # Title ID: 434d0024 # Size: 1162 MBytes(including xbl file but not necessary) # Submitted by: AgentEB # Fixes hdd/dvd dirty disk error with NTSC version of Indy Car Series 2005(NTSC). Not sure if it works # with PAL version thanks to Talon for sharing this with us on X-S. it can be located in the # default.xbe file in offset 00091362. HR|${DEST}\default.xbe|1|0BC2750AC705140B32000100|0BC2750AC705140B32000000| so far unneeded files are: dashupdate.xbe update.xbe edit: use this if you have the PAL version of the game HR|${DEST}\default.xbe|1|0BC2750AC705140A32000100|0BC2750AC705140A32000000| |
How does one go about making the patch to Indy Car? Or is there a patch available?
Post by: AgentEB on June 29, 2004, 05:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (s2k @ Jun 29 2004, 06:39 PM) |
| How does one go about making the patch to Indy Car? Or is there a patch available? |
the acl file is already on posted here on the forums and in WiSo's dvd2xbox site. just get the acl for what version you got. PAL or NTSC
Post by: ibemonty2000 on June 30, 2004, 05:21:00 PM
-Monty
Post by: ibemonty2000 on July 01, 2004, 04:34:00 PM
-Monty
Post by: hayvis on July 03, 2004, 02:42:00 PM
Post by: Daeron on July 03, 2004, 03:53:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Dec 19 2003, 05:59 AM) |
| I've even been sent a PM detailing what can be deleted from PGR2, but as I don't have an actuall copy myself ... |
Re: Project Gotham 2 -- it seems that it is possible to delete those WMA files from /data/audio/radio/Tracks -- you know, if ya only use your own custom soundtracks, and want to save almost a gig by deleting the (awful) music that came with the game. HOWEVER you need to leave all the ones that begin "UI_" and probably "silence.wma" -- otherwise, you get "disc is dirty" error, eh?
...at least, this is working okay for me so far. Anyone think this is a mistake?
Post by: spitball1945 on July 04, 2004, 06:47:00 AM
Post by: ReVaL on July 04, 2004, 07:46:00 AM
Post by: AgentEB on July 04, 2004, 03:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (s2k @ Jun 30 2004, 05:14 PM) |
| And then what do I need to do with the file? Sorry if I sound a bit slow on this  |
put it in the acl folder where dvd2xbox is located and run the patch from there. you can delete the game from your hdd and rip it again, or just run the execute the patch from the acl file.
Post by: wazzupbe1 on July 05, 2004, 11:15:00 AM
Post by: markland556 on July 06, 2004, 09:39:00 PM
Post by: daluma on July 07, 2004, 02:10:00 PM
And does it work for PAL as well? My PALShenmue II has the same ID as the ACL posted.
Post by: Sloth on July 22, 2004, 06:43:00 PM
Post by: Hoohah on July 22, 2004, 06:54:00 PM
None of the files have any indication of what is what so if anyone could please name them
Post by: manifesto on July 22, 2004, 07:00:00 PM
Post by: UWerOwNED on July 22, 2004, 09:41:00 PM
| QUOTE (AssyrianKing @ Jul 22 2004, 04:55 AM) |
| ok for the new game Shadow Ops: Red Mercury. You can save 1.83GB by deleting the following language only folders which contain the same movies and information but in another language > "DE" "ES" "FR" "IT" each folder is around 470mb. |
Where are those files at? I can't find any of those languages folders to delete and I don't see anything that looks like it could be them.
Post by: |slobax| on July 23, 2004, 07:16:00 PM
Post by: kris_guy on July 23, 2004, 08:37:00 PM
Post by: MorrisMcD on July 24, 2004, 11:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (kris_guy @ Jul 23 2004, 11:04 PM) |
| I cut all cutscenes, extra videos, and the entire 1st person mode, and the end result is still just a tiny bit too big for a standard 4.7 gig DVD. someone will have to hack this one, and it aint gonna be me. |
Or just buy 2 copies.. Its only 20 bucks!!!!
Post by: k6kicker on July 24, 2004, 02:08:00 PM
| QUOTE (Sloth @ Jul 23 2004, 02:10 AM) |
| What's the basic purpose of a .acl file? |
it works with dvd2xbox to automaticlly prune out files that arent needed...it makes your life easier and will fluf your pillow and tuck you in at night :)
Post by: k6kicker on July 24, 2004, 02:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (kris_guy @ Jul 24 2004, 04:04 AM) |
| I cut all cutscenes, extra videos, and the entire 1st person mode, and the end result is still just a tiny bit too big for a standard 4.7 gig DVD. someone will have to hack this one, and it aint gonna be me. |
upon firing up the good old hex editer this is looking to be a bit too big of a pain for me as well
Post by: k6kicker on July 24, 2004, 02:22:00 PM
Post by: GamerBR on July 25, 2004, 11:30:00 AM
| QUOTE (GamerBR @ Jun 8 2004, 07:17 PM) |
| the guy said why u are getting dde and he is right,but anyway let me add more deletions for SC PT Pal because the version i posted the deletions is the beta version,there is just one more file to delete in the final version /Default/Video/CreditNTSC.bik and the total saved including this file in the final version is 1,59 GB |
Let me quote myselft because i think rashzul didn't saw my post,and another thing i dn't know who posted the deletion for red dead revolver,but the files he said to delete in the bik folder there are videos of the game,here is the RIGHT deletions
\bik50
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
\bik\rslogo.bik
\bik\titles.bik
\bik\attract.bik
Saving 324mb(Pal Version,i don't know if bik50 folder can be deleted by people using pal xbox,at least for my ntsc worked)
This post has been edited by GamerBR: Jul 25 2004, 06:33 PM
Post by: Virtucon on July 26, 2004, 03:46:00 AM
Title ID: 4D53000A
Original size: 3.54GB
Space saved: 647MB (can be more if you want to get rid of videos)
Relinked Videos in \Movies (a blank .bik worked fine for me)
ClimaxLogo.bik
FMA01_poem.bik => Setting of the story, after you press start for a new game.
MS Game Studios Logo-final.bik
Sudeki Atttract Mode.bik
Language Files
\sound\fre
\sound\ger
I checked the opening bik file "FMA02_ic.bik" and it can be relinked to! I haven't the time to play through but so far every .bik file is relinkable. The Movies folder is 1.56GB so is you want to cut out game material go right ahead, I just haven't tested it.
My recommendation is to watch the FMA01_poem.bik vid once and then relink it and leave the rest there.
Virtucon
Edit: space saved wasn't right
This post has been edited by Virtucon: Jul 26 2004, 10:58 AM
Post by: Caterpillar_Attack on July 26, 2004, 05:53:00 AM
Also does anyone have a link and info for that script Rahszhul made to generate ACLs?
Cheers.
This post has been edited by Caterpillar_Attack: Jul 26 2004, 12:54 PM
Post by: maniac1 on July 26, 2004, 05:07:00 PM
| QUOTE (manifesto @ Jul 23 2004, 02:27 AM) |
| hoohah im waiting on those results too, so far i know you can delete the xbox live files for sure, but after that i dont know what will work |
any luck yet?
what files are the xbox live files?
so far, I see the xbox live file can be deleted and the updates. anything else?
Post by: Edirol on July 28, 2004, 12:46:00 AM
I can host they somewhere if the files aren't too big.
PM me if you can't post a link to work something out.
Thanks,
- Edirol
Post by: mohuhau on September 22, 2004, 07:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (Master YodaX @ Sep 22 2004, 01:41 PM) |
| Has anyone confirmed the game will work the ENTIRE way till the end with these deletions? EDIT:This is for Fable |
These are the pal movies so it should be no problem as long as you have the ntsc version the game. I have deleted the ones for ntsc (dont remeber if they got ntsc in the name) and it works great
Post by: mohuhau on September 22, 2004, 04:23:00 PM
./data/movies/
./data/movies/bik/
./data/movies/bik/bails2.bik
./data/movies/bik/burnq.bik
./data/movies/bik/cab.bik
./data/movies/bik/campbell.bik
./data/movies/bik/glifberg.bik
./data/movies/bik/hawk.bik
./data/movies/bik/homiesp1.bik
./data/movies/bik/homiesp2.bik
./data/movies/bik/kona.bik
./data/movies/bik/koston.bik
./data/movies/bik/lasek.bik
./data/movies/bik/margera.bik
./data/movies/bik/mullen.bik
./data/movies/bik/muska.bik
./data/movies/bik/outtakes.bik
./data/movies/bik/probails.bik
./data/movies/bik/reynolds.bik
./data/movies/bik/rowley.bik
./data/movies/bik/steamer.bik
./data/movies/bik/thomas.bik
All these are movies you can watch it the movie section. Some of them are quite fun, but they are not related to the game itself. Its just movies of the pro-skaters.
With these additonal movies you get 904mb extra space
That gives a total of 904mb + 207 MB = 1111mb!!!The total game size is now down to 380mb.
Post by: GreatOne143 on September 23, 2004, 09:29:00 AM
Post by: Master YodaX on September 23, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on September 25, 2004, 03:04:00 PM
Post by: manifesto on September 25, 2004, 03:31:00 PM
Post by: FallsInc on September 25, 2004, 08:50:00 PM
cdx.xbe
update.xbe
dashupdate.xbe
/CDXMedia
/Data/Video/1_Raid_On_Oak_Vale_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/2_Guild_Split_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/2_Guild_Split_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/3_Theresa_Flashback_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/5_Wedding_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/6_Arena_Mothers_Story_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/7_Prison_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/8_Prison_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sistersaved_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_SisterSaved_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/Dream_Sequence_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/Fable_attract_English_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/BBB_Logo_Comp.xmv
/Data/Video/BBB_Logo_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/Intro_Comp.xmv
/Data/Video/Intro_Comp_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/Lionhead_Logo.xmv
/Data/Video/Lionhead_Logo_PAL.xmv
/Data/Video/MS_Logo.xmv
/Data/Video/MS_Logo_PAL.xmv
Deletions in RED are the intro movies! The ones that you can't click through. now it boots straight to the Fable screen!
of course the videos that ended in _PAL were deleted right away, and the intro videos werent very hard to find
Total Saved: 483Mb
Post by: FallsInc on September 25, 2004, 09:00:00 PM
anyway, i could provide a mirror for this stuff... my site is x2tpro.com gimme an email or a pm or an AIM message... and we'll talk.
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on September 26, 2004, 09:21:00 PM
Post by: yeah123 on September 27, 2004, 04:27:00 PM
Post by: Culke on September 28, 2004, 02:50:00 PM
only 11 mb save at the link of the first post...
plz help...
greetz
Post by: manifesto on September 29, 2004, 08:18:00 AM
Post by: foolishknight on September 29, 2004, 09:54:00 PM
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on October 01, 2004, 09:06:00 PM
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 02, 2004, 02:15:00 PM
Post by: manifesto on October 02, 2004, 07:37:00 PM
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 03, 2004, 03:10:00 PM
It might be helpful it Rahszhul updated the main pages also but I know life comes up sometimes and it's hard to keep things updated.
Post by: SpiGGy on October 08, 2004, 03:13:00 AM
Burnout 3:Take down
Def Jam: Fight for NY
NBA Live 2005
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Post by: scotty6004 on October 08, 2004, 02:33:00 PM
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 08, 2004, 02:48:00 PM
Post by: scotty6004 on October 08, 2004, 03:08:00 PM
| QUOTE (jonathan2007 @ Oct 8 2004, 05:51 PM) |
| Is the Guy Game pretty good? You know what I mean. Are the vids good? I may just have to rent that when my parents are gone. Also please don't let this die Rahszhul. |
Its nothing that special but that might just be because im older. Reminds me of You dont knock Jack if youre familiar with that game.....but with tits. I just figured it would be better to use a backup then the original since it would most be used in a party atmosphere and more likely to get scratched or ruined quicker.
Post by: gnutellafan on October 08, 2004, 05:47:00 PM
Post by: Jackscolon on October 08, 2004, 05:58:00 PM
Post by: snake3k1 on October 08, 2004, 10:06:00 PM
P.s.
for the enter the matrix question, read the stickies. there is a link in one fo the stickies to a thread that shows mutiple solutions
Post by: gnutellafan on October 09, 2004, 03:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (gnutellafan @ Oct 9 2004, 01:50 AM) |
| When was the last time the acl file pack was updated? The date on the dl link is pretty old. It would be nice to get a new pack. |
no one knows? the last date is march. Thats 7 months ago
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on October 09, 2004, 07:41:00 PM
| QUOTE (Jackscolon @ Oct 8 2004, 05:01 PM) |
| xboxmodder3690 are the nba and ncaa games ea sports because if they are they may have the videos that i mentioned in the fifa 2005 post, i'm not sure though just a thought. |
Yeah they are. If I ever have some free time, I'll delete them and see what happens.
Post by: narc7 on October 10, 2004, 09:35:00 AM
/AREA51/
can be deleted without a problem. If you try to click the Area 51 demo is crashes to your dash.
Post by: SpiGGy on October 11, 2004, 03:16:00 AM
Post by: SpiGGy on October 12, 2004, 07:18:00 AM
Post by: esc1 on October 12, 2004, 07:26:00 AM
Post by: SlackNet on October 13, 2004, 11:04:00 PM
Post by: HeadCheese on October 15, 2004, 12:11:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 15, 2004, 12:23:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpiGGy @ Oct 12 2004, 03:21 PM) |
| Comeon people we can't let this thread die! |
it doesnt "die"... most ppl have it bookmarked and refer to it when they need to.
or to check new games.
Post by: Bhaalsmasher on October 16, 2004, 05:02:00 AM
Thanks.
Post by: masonshoemocker on October 16, 2004, 09:34:00 AM
| QUOTE (Bhaalsmasher @ Oct 16 2004, 01:05 PM) |
| what files, besides the dashupdate.xbe, can be deleted from Halo_2_DVD9_PAL_XBOXDVD-DiFFUSiON? Thanks. |
Maybe you should edit that. Not a bright one I see.
Post by: paulttt on October 16, 2004, 03:15:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| what files, besides the dashupdate.xbe, can be deleted from Halo_2_DVD9_PAL_XBOXDVD-DiFFUSiON? Thanks. |
everything in the halo 2 dir folder you moron
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 16, 2004, 04:52:00 PM
Post by: chefelf on October 16, 2004, 07:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (Bhaalsmasher @ Oct 16 2004, 08:05 AM) |
| what files, besides the dashupdate.xbe, can be deleted from Halo_2_DVD9_PAL_XBOXDVD-DiFFUSiON? Thanks. |
Halo 2 pirates will be banned. Keep this topic free of Halo 2 discussion... until November 9.
Post by: Fontana on October 18, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
please
Post by: wadup on October 19, 2004, 08:58:00 PM
Post by: luke.luke1 on October 20, 2004, 05:36:00 AM
\Media\Ariauni.tft
\Media\Dlcustom.xpr
\Media\Sound.xsb
\Media\Wave.xwb
Total Space: 25.040.180 Bytes / 23 Mega Bytes
Sometime is also has:
\Media\Dlres.xpr
Total Space: 25.320.756 Bytes / 24 Mega Bytes
And sometimes is also has:
\Media\Dspimage.bin
Total Space: 25.337.552 Bytes / 24 Mega Bytes
I've tried removing this folder and files and it doesn't appear to affect any of the games in any way but I cannot be sure. This folder and files don't appear to be included in the deletables list on any of the games. Can anybody confirm if these files are xbox live related and if they can safely be deleted?
Thanks,
Luke
Post by: FireDoogy on October 24, 2004, 04:42:00 AM
can i do this..
Remove "Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.3.Black.Arrow.XBOX-WAM\Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow\Sounds\Deu
\esp
\Fra
\Ita
and only save \INT"
it will save 305mb
EDIT:
I found it
Rainbow Six Black Arrow
\LoadingScreens\deu
\LoadingScreens\esp
\LoadingScreens\fra
\LoadingScreens\ita
\Maps\deu
\Maps\esp
\Maps\fra
\Maps\ita
\Sounds\deu
\Sounds\esp
\Sounds\fra
\Sounds\ita
Replacement Videos
\Videos\REDSTORM_LOGO.bik
\Videos\RS_Intro.bik
\Videos\UBI_LOGO.bik
\Videos\P_Menus\GHOSTRECON.bik
Saved 572mb
Thx any way...
Post by: Millions Knives on October 24, 2004, 10:50:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.3.Black.Arrow.XBOX-WAM |
Illegally downloaded content is not discussed here.
Post by: ehosin on October 24, 2004, 01:56:00 PM
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 25, 2004, 08:53:00 PM
Post by: hp99999999 on October 26, 2004, 11:15:00 AM
Post by: Elf_Sniper on October 26, 2004, 12:16:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 28, 2004, 07:01:00 PM
i dont know how its gonna be possible to squeeze over a gig out of this one.
all the files seem like needed game files.
im actually suprised there isnt already a post on this.
Post by: t_skraggs on October 29, 2004, 05:29:00 PM
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
\Audio\french
\Audio\german
\Audio\italian
\Audio\spanish
\Movies\french
\Movies\german
\Movies\italian
\Movies\spanish
Space saved -- 2.22 GB
I love these space-saving deletions that don't change the play of the game, ie. not deleting videos.
Post by: t_skraggs on October 29, 2004, 05:31:00 PM
Post by: t_skraggs on October 29, 2004, 05:36:00 PM
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
Space saved -- 58 MB
One could probably delete \ovid\credits.xmv (or at least replace it) but I haven't tested it, and I am not going to test it only to save an extra 11 MB.
Post by: t_skraggs on October 29, 2004, 05:45:00 PM
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
Space saved -- 58 MB
There are probably some more deletions. I suspect potential in the \Sounds\Co-Driver folder but have not bothered to test, nor will I.
Post by: t_skraggs on October 29, 2004, 05:53:00 PM
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
\Data\Video\Lionhead_Logo.xmv
\Data\Video\MS_Logo.xmv
\Data\Video\BBB_Logo_Comp.xmv
\CDXMedia\ * upcoming game trailers; a few worth watching 173 MB
\Data\Video\ * Delete all files with _PAL.xmv (18 files) 214 GB
Space saved -- 451 MB
Post by: Sabu on October 29, 2004, 06:17:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 29, 2004, 06:30:00 PM
have to mention bards tale once again...full info here
Post by: overfiend on October 29, 2004, 10:58:00 PM
+ all ACL files from dvd2xbox.xbox-scene.com
Now does that mean that all the acls are included in the realease so I don't need the acl pack in there?
And does that include all the ones that are not yet posted on the Rahszul site but have been posted on this site (like fable and Sudeki and a few of others)?
And if they are included why did it not process the whiplash, and Crimson Sea I just recently backed up (yes the option for acl deletions is on)?
Anyways thanx. Overfiend
P.S. Is anyone goin to answer my other post?
Post by: t_skraggs on October 30, 2004, 09:21:00 AM
| QUOTE (chefelf @ Oct 17 2004, 03:37 AM) |
| Halo 2 pirates will be banned. Keep this topic free of Halo 2 discussion... until November 9. |
Will be banned? or might be?
I am a little confused, as he wasn't banned, at least not permanently. It still shows that he is part of the members group. At least you guys give lots of warning to those that pirate then share their loot.
Post by: jaroc on October 30, 2004, 05:07:00 PM
Open up every single file in the audio folder in notepad and erase everything except the first letter. (I only recommend doing this with the music folder or else you won't have any sound at all)
Delete everything in the movies folder
Space Saved: 2.07 GB
DefJam: Fight for NY
Same as above, again I only did the music folder.
Space Saved: Around 1.3 GB
Post by: wintermeyer on October 31, 2004, 07:18:00 AM
I've removed them but havn't tested this yet, will let you know (its a big game and might take a load of playing before i see any problems)
Post by: jaroc on October 31, 2004, 09:26:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| jaroc: so your basically ripping the music out of the game? |
yea, the files are still there but they're only 1 kb.
Post by: Jagull on November 01, 2004, 06:52:00 PM
Post by: luke.luke1 on November 03, 2004, 03:40:00 AM
| QUOTE (luke.luke1 @ Oct 20 2004, 01:39 PM) |
| Does anyone know if the Media folder which appears on most xbox live games is deletable? The folder appears as follows: \Media\Ariauni.tft \Media\Dlcustom.xpr \Media\Sound.xsb \Media\Wave.xwb Total Space: 25.040.180 Bytes / 23 Mega Bytes Sometime is also has: \Media\Dlres.xpr Total Space: 25.320.756 Bytes / 24 Mega Bytes And sometimes is also has: \Media\Dspimage.bin Total Space: 25.337.552 Bytes / 24 Mega Bytes I've tried removing this folder and files and it doesn't appear to affect any of the games in any way but I cannot be sure. This folder and files don't appear to be included in the deletables list on any of the games. Can anybody confirm if these files are xbox live related and if they can safely be deleted? Thanks, Luke |
Anyone know?
Post by: t_skraggs on November 03, 2004, 08:04:00 AM
Post by: desta on November 03, 2004, 11:30:00 AM
| QUOTE (FallsInc @ Sep 26 2004, 04:53 AM) |
| got the deletions for Fable cdx.xbe update.xbe dashupdate.xbe /CDXMedia /Data/Video/1_Raid_On_Oak_Vale_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/2_Guild_Split_1_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/2_Guild_Split_2_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/3_Theresa_Flashback_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/5_Wedding_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/6_Arena_Mothers_Story_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/7_Prison_1_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/8_Prison_2_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sistersaved_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_SisterSaved_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/Dream_Sequence_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/Fable_attract_English_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/BBB_Logo_Comp.xmv /Data/Video/BBB_Logo_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/Intro_Comp.xmv /Data/Video/Intro_Comp_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/Lionhead_Logo.xmv /Data/Video/Lionhead_Logo_PAL.xmv /Data/Video/MS_Logo.xmv /Data/Video/MS_Logo_PAL.xmv Deletions in RED are the intro movies! The ones that you can't click through. now it boots straight to the Fable screen! of course the videos that ended in _PAL were deleted right away, and the intro videos werent very hard to find Total Saved: 483Mb |
I take it this is assuming you're running an NTSC version of the game. Deleting PAL movies etc, obviously isn't going to do much good if you have a PAL version.
Post by: HoRnEyDvL on November 03, 2004, 08:44:00 PM
Im wondering all this deletion 2 make free space, assuming u can make acl files off them y isnot any 1 doing it?. I would write some but i just dont have enough time atm.Post by: manifesto on November 07, 2004, 11:02:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on November 07, 2004, 04:22:00 PM
Does anyone think they would use it??
Post by: bagofice on November 07, 2004, 07:59:00 PM
Post by: t_skraggs on November 08, 2004, 08:12:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| I was thinking about creating a website with all this info. Kind of like Rahszhul's original without the ACL files. Does anyone think they would use it?? |
I don't care if there are ACLs or not at a site. I don't use 'em. But, I will use whatever site has the information I'm looking for. If you do start a new site, I suggest that you update it. I know Raz is a bit busy and doesn't have time to update that often. He may be able to put up more updates if he'd also scrap the ACLs. If people can't delete files without an ACL when they are listed, then they probably need to be in a special school for the "gifted" instead of wasting their time on gaming.
If you want to start a site, I'd also suggest keeping it simple. Spend your time on updates and extra games instead of spending your time making it pretty.
I can imagine it would be a monumental task. You may even consider talking to Raz' about just joining with him. Maybe with two others, Raz' could just keep this updated.
| QUOTE |
| i'd like to see more about PAL games too though |
A new site won't help that. Raz posts what he gets info for. If you want more PAL games on the site, then post 'em.
Post by: Darkice on November 08, 2004, 10:45:00 AM
Post by: Mott on November 08, 2004, 02:07:00 PM
It said that the files I deleet will not affect my gameplay, that is true but there should also be something that warns the movies will be gone also on the games you take the movies out of.
Post by: XboxN00by21 on November 08, 2004, 06:24:00 PM
Post by: desta on November 09, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
| QUOTE (t_skraggs @ Nov 9 2004, 08:20 PM) |
| It's amazing how many people with NTSC XBoxes have PAL games and vice versa. There must be shiploads of games crossing 1000s of miles of seas when the same, domestic games are just down the street. |
Strangely enough I have an PAL xbox, upon which I play PAL games. I also live in the UK, which is a PAL region.
It's just as amazing to find that people in the UK take holidays to the US.... honestly... I hear the US come to the UK too. Often when said UK holiday-takers visit aforementioned USA, they sometimes buy console games (strange but true... it happens for movies too, and clothes), which usually work out cheaper than in sunny ol' England.
I'm sure however that your xbox is in no way modified. Infact the idea of modding it, in itself is blasphemy to you....... right?
Post by: t_skraggs on November 09, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
(My XBox is modded. It was modded solely for the purpose of playing games on the HDD. I did not mod it, nor have I used it, for any other reason.)
Post by: XplicitContent on November 09, 2004, 07:51:00 PM
Post by: scuzzell on November 09, 2004, 08:07:00 PM
The disc structure for an MP only disc would be:
/default.xbe
/maps/assension.map
/maps/beavercreek.map
/maps/burial_mounds.map
/maps/coagulation.map
/maps/colossus.map
/maps/cyclotron.map
/maps/foundation.map
/maps/headlong.map
/maps/lockout.map
/maps/mainmenu.map
/maps/shared.map
/maps/waterworks.map
/maps/znazibar.map
/maps/fonts/*.*
[EDIT] I figured out what was missing. It seems shared.map is pretty important. Go figure
Post by: XboxN00by21 on November 09, 2004, 10:53:00 PM
Post by: t_skraggs on November 10, 2004, 05:51:00 PM
XBox Live:
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
Total space saved:
~60 MB
There are two additional movies one can delete --
\Data\ZMovies\ChessMaster*.xmv
Deleting these will save you an extra 47 MB, but I haven't tested with a missing "attract" vid and the "demo" vid is pretty cool, so I left it.
Post by: t_skraggs on November 10, 2004, 05:59:00 PM
Unneeded Regional Files:
\movies\pal\
Total space saved:
~650 MB[/B]
Post by: t_skraggs on November 10, 2004, 06:01:00 PM
Sorry to report -- NO DELETABLES.
Post by: desta on November 10, 2004, 07:29:00 PM
| QUOTE (t_skraggs @ Nov 9 2004, 09:18 PM) |
| I wasn't asking for justification, though the demographic that generally owns an XBox probably can't afford lots of trips overseas, nor buying XBox games once they are there. I just had the thought pop into my head of all the XBox-logoed container ships crossing the Atlantic and Pacific. (My XBox is modded. It was modded solely for the purpose of playing games on the HDD. I did not mod it, nor have I used it, for any other reason.) |
I was illustrating the fact that there is always more than one story...
For instance, I own a lot of region 1 dvd's yet I live in a region 2 area. Why is that? Because region 1 dvd's generally get released before region 2, and if you buy from the right sites you're not robbed for shipping tax.
It helps not to be presumptious!
Post by: Elf_Sniper on November 13, 2004, 05:31:00 PM
I;m still using the retail hdd and I dont have enough room to burn then delete, so I need a .acl file to just skip the bink and xbe files entirely.
Post by: caseyhalone on November 13, 2004, 06:35:00 PM
Post by: caseyhalone on November 13, 2004, 06:36:00 PM
has anyone writen an app to play the locked movies for games like xbmc? that would be a really cool codec pack.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 13, 2004, 07:21:00 PM
someone needs to have rauhzul* give them permission to add some shit to get that database up to date.
Post by: XboxN00by21 on November 14, 2004, 01:46:00 AM
Post by: davicoro on November 14, 2004, 08:29:00 PM
at the begining of the game i have some videos that i can not skip and are too long (arround 40 sec)...
d:\data\movies\logo\logo.vid
i just replace that video with other that is just arround 10 seconds:
d:\data\movies\e3c1f\e3c1f12.vid
is there somewere that i can find somthing like a 1sec.vid ??? or a video file whit no video inside that i can use to remplase some *.vid???
Post by: mohuhau on November 15, 2004, 09:57:00 AM
| QUOTE (caseyhalone @ Nov 14 2004, 03:39 AM) |
| on burnout3, should i replace those movies with something more aproprete? or what? can i please delete them? is there a way to make that type of video file? has anyone writen an app to play the locked movies for games like xbmc? that would be a really cool codec pack. |
Yes the blue Movie Replacements need to be replaced by a blank movie. You should fine a blank .xmv files somewhere in this thread (a few pages back i think)
Post by: SpiGGy on November 15, 2004, 10:18:00 AM
| QUOTE (mohuhau @ Nov 15 2004, 07:00 PM) |
| Yes the blue Movie Replacements need to be replaced by a blank movie. You should fine a blank .xmv files somewhere in this thread (a few pages back i think) |
No, there are only blank .bik's.
Post by: silentstryke on November 15, 2004, 04:11:00 PM
Why isn't the acl site updated anymore?
Post by: Knocks on November 15, 2004, 11:11:00 PM
e=english
f=french
g=german
i=italian
s=spanish
There's also 0_sound.afs and 0_text.afs, but I have no idea what they are. Anyone know?
Post by: mohuhau on November 16, 2004, 05:43:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpiGGy @ Nov 15 2004, 07:21 PM) |
| No, there are only blank .bik's. |
I'm almost certain i got my xmv file from this thread, but the link might be down or something. Anyway, you can get my xmv file here: http://mohuhau.mine.nu/xbox/blank.xmv
Post by: manifesto on November 16, 2004, 06:57:00 PM
Post by: davicoro on November 17, 2004, 05:51:00 PM
| QUOTE (mohuhau @ Nov 16 2004, 02:46 PM) |
| I'm almost certain i got my xmv file from this thread, but the link might be down or something. Anyway, you can get my xmv file here: http://mohuhau.mine.nu/xbox/blank.xmv |
and you dont have a blank.bik???
Post by: megalizard on November 17, 2004, 06:24:00 PM
| QUOTE (t_skraggs @ Nov 11 2004, 03:04 AM) |
| The Bard's Tale NTSC Sorry to report -- NO DELETABLES. |
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: manu_xl on November 18, 2004, 06:22:00 AM
| QUOTE (scuzzell @ Nov 10 2004, 05:10 AM) |
| Halo 2 deletions are as follows: /bink /media /update.xbe /downloader.xbe /dashupdate.xbe |
im new to ripping specific game files. so i would know the following ...
/bink >> i this the movie folder?
/media >> ???
and those 3 xbe's are xbox live specific files? right?
when i delete those xl files. will it still be possible to play online with KAI?
Post by: t_skraggs on November 18, 2004, 04:45:00 PM
| QUOTE (davicoro @ Nov 18 2004, 02:54 AM) |
| and you dont have a blank.bik??? |
There was a link for a blank.bik in this thread somewhere. Check the first 30 pages. Or, do a search for "blank.bik" and you should find it.
Post by: SpiGGy on November 19, 2004, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: FireDoogy on November 19, 2004, 10:21:00 AM
| QUOTE (simonx314 @ Nov 18 2004, 10:41 PM) |
| Ghost Recon 2 NTSC Deletables Xbox Live /dashupdate.xbe /update.xbe Language Files /video/attract_euro.xmv /video/esrb_european.xmv /video/*_f.xmv /video/*_g.xmv /video/*_i.xmv /video/*_s.xmv /sound/fv_french.xwb /sound/fv_german.xwb /sound/fv_italian.xwb /sound/fv_spanish.xwb /sound/speech_fr.xsr /sound/speech_gr.xsr /sound/speech_sp.xsr Space Saved: 1.25 GB I went through and deleted all the French, German, Italian, and Spanish movies and sound files. Played the game for a few hours and all the english audio and movies work, no problems. |
Dont work!!
I did like you sade!
but when iam am going to look at the intro the movie stops about 1 min into the mvoie .. and start the game all over...
So if you want to se the whole intro and the movies in the game ... do not remove the xmv files
Post by: ZAP on November 19, 2004, 03:34:00 PM
Is there any further Halo 2 deletions?
Post by: simonx314 on November 19, 2004, 06:29:00 PM
| QUOTE (FireDoogy @ Nov 19 2004, 07:24 PM) |
| Dont work!! I did like you sade! but when iam am going to look at the intro the movie stops about 1 min into the mvoie .. and start the game all over... So if you want to se the whole intro and the movies in the game ... do not remove the xmv files |
Yeah I dunno whats going on with your xbox. Your box isn't set to a european region is it? Try leaving the attract_euro.xmv and the esrb_european.xmv. You can definatly remove all those french, german, italian, and spanish briefing vids though. I verified my method on 4 xboxs, all USA NTSC.
Post by: t_skraggs on November 19, 2004, 07:25:00 PM
Your deletions are accurate. My guess is the guy doesn't know that he has a PAL version (hrrm, how could that be?!).
Post by: paulttt on November 20, 2004, 12:30:00 AM
i have tried it myself and havent come accross any problems yet but will this affect the game later on???
Unneeded Stuff
/attract00.bik
/attract01.bik
/credits.bik
/intro.bik
these are the ones listed on the site
Post by: davicoro on November 20, 2004, 06:51:00 AM
| QUOTE (t_skraggs @ Nov 19 2004, 01:48 AM) |
| There was a link for a blank.bik in this thread somewhere. Check the first 30 pages. Or, do a search for "blank.bik" and you should find it. |
found it!!! thanks!!!
now i need a blank.vid for lotr third age
Post by: t_skraggs on November 20, 2004, 09:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (FireDoogy @ Nov 20 2004, 01:51 PM) |
| the box is a PAL but in enigma i have it on NTSC... but is still dont work =( In the intro it stops when... "... hit them now".. after that the game restarts... |
SMACK!
In a "scene" where there is already enough confusion due to misinformation, we do not need people like you confusing people even more when information is correct in the first place. PLEASE DELETE YOUR POST THAT SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK.
I'm rather surprised that you couldn't offer up the information in the first place that you are using a PAL XBox with the NTSC version. Instead, you simply say it doesn't work, which countless people have read.
Serves you right for buying the NTSC version, paying the import taxes (if applicable), waiting for the import to arrive, paying the much higher shipping fees, etc, when you could have bought it locally for less. I guess if you can't make a smart decision as to which version is cheaper, then you can't make a smart decision on how to write up an appropriate post.
Return your NTSC version. Get the PAL version. Your problem will be solved.
Post by: wizkid27 on November 20, 2004, 12:55:00 PM
after deleting the xbox live files it's still like 200 MB too big, and the file structure is weird (same as on NFL 2k5)
Post by: FireDoogy on November 20, 2004, 03:55:00 PM
| QUOTE (t_skraggs @ Nov 20 2004, 06:15 PM) |
| SMACK! In a "scene" where there is already enough confusion due to misinformation, we do not need people like you confusing people even more when information is correct in the first place. PLEASE DELETE YOUR POST THAT SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK. I'm rather surprised that you couldn't offer up the information in the first place that you are using a PAL XBox with the NTSC version. Instead, you simply say it doesn't work, which countless people have read. Serves you right for buying the NTSC version, paying the import taxes (if applicable), waiting for the import to arrive, paying the much higher shipping fees, etc, when you could have bought it locally for less. I guess if you can't make a smart decision as to which version is cheaper, then you can't make a smart decision on how to write up an appropriate post. Return your NTSC version. Get the PAL version. Your problem will be solved. |
what are you talking about ?
I have a PAL ver of my xbox...
***
QUOTE (FireDoogy @ Nov 20 2004, 01:51 PM)
the box is a PAL but in enigma i have it on NTSC
***
Post by: hp99999999 on November 20, 2004, 07:07:00 PM
Post by: simonx314 on November 20, 2004, 11:32:00 PM
Post by: Knasen on November 21, 2004, 11:18:00 AM
Metal Slug 3
--------------
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/stats.xbe
A total of 55MB saved.
Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge - PAL
--------------------------------------------
/movies/ntsc/*.*
A total of 215MB saved.
Outrun 2
-------------
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
A total of 58 MB saved.
Scaler
----------
/stream/vofr/*.*
/Movies/LEGAL_DE.bik
/Movies/LEGAL_ES.bik
/Movies/LEGAL_FR.bik
/Movies/LEGAL_IT.bik
(other movies can't be deleted, game freeze when needed)
A total of 12MB saved.
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger II - PAL
-------------------------------------
/Video/attract_60.xmv
/Video/ea_de_50.xmv
/Video/ea_de_60.xmv
/Video/ea_en_60.xmv
/Video/ea_fr_50.xmv
/Video/ea_fr_60.xmv
/Video/gameplay1_60.xmv
/Video/gameplay2_60.xmv
/Video/kromelogo_60.xmv
/Video/recap_60.xmv
A total of 107MB saved.
Post by: Knasen on November 21, 2004, 11:23:00 AM
Pure Pinball
------------------
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
A total of 54MB saved.
FIFA 2005 - PAL
-----------------------
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/alocale/burn_p.mad
/alocale/eal_engp.mad
/alocale/fstr_p.mad
/alocale/nba_p.mad
/alocale/nfs_p.mad
/alocale/nba_p.mad
/alocale/nhl_p.mad
/alocale/tcm_engp.mad
/alocale/wn_engp.mad
A total of 273MB saved.
Worms Fortress - PAL
--------------------------
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/Fmv/ntsc/*.*
A total of 239MB saved.
Post by: SpiGGy on November 22, 2004, 04:28:00 AM
You can delete
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
/B3 folder. It's a demo for Burnout 3, and if you select it, it will take you back to the dash, not lock up.
Space saved about 250 mb.
Post by: afail on November 22, 2004, 02:39:00 PM
-----------------------
update.xbe
dashupdate.xbe
vc/A
A seems to be only the offensive training model of the game. I dummied, didnt delete. I have not played very deep into the game, so I am not sure if anything else is included in A
Post by: sharon on November 23, 2004, 09:40:00 AM
Now my team won't speak...I mean the other three characters just does everything normally, but will not speak.
The game size is now 1.7 Gb (approx)
Post by: sharon on November 23, 2004, 12:46:00 PM
Anyways others work fine. I thing i deleted /int/ too.
Post by: upup on November 23, 2004, 09:15:00 PM
Post by: adamscybot on November 24, 2004, 09:34:00 AM
I would suspect update.xbe can go. But that isnt much gone.
Post by: Caterpillar_Attack on November 25, 2004, 04:14:00 AM
Cheers.
Post by: Knasen on November 25, 2004, 11:54:00 AM
Post by: Stink Fist on November 25, 2004, 05:53:00 PM
Superfluous Crap
/SHELL/MOVIES/animreel.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/credits.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/endgame.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/fend.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/making1.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/making2.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/making3.bik
Pregame unneededness
/SHELL/MOVIES/atvi.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/intro.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/kuju.bik
/SHELL/MOVIES/spark.bik
XBL files
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
This all saves 452 MB worth of space.
Post by: Stink Fist on November 25, 2004, 10:28:00 PM
XBL
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
The following are files that need to be replaced for the game to operate properly.
Misc. unneeded files
/data/Video/final.xmv
/data/Video/podamat.xmv
/data/Video/podawrd1.xmv
/data/Video/podawrd2.xmv
/data/Video/podawrd4.xmv
/data/Video/podpro.xmv
Intro movies.
/data/Video/dolby.xmv
/data/Video/sting.xmv
The above deletions and replacements save up to 140 MB.
I also tried removing a few "Alternate Language" files that I found throughout the game, but when starting the game it always went to a Dirty Disc Error.
Post by: Stink Fist on November 25, 2004, 10:47:00 PM
XBL
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
"Regional" movies
/Movies/*_pal.xmv
Non-English Language files
/Sound/ann_de.xwb
/Sound/ann_es.xwb
/Sound/ann_fr.xwb
/Sound/ann_it.xwb
/Sound/Banks/ui_de.xwb
/Sound/Banks/ui_es.xwb
/Sound/Banks/ui_fr.xwb
/Sound/Banks/ui_it.xwb
Other Crap
/Movies/*_ntsc.xmv
/Movies/vssver.scc
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 01:12:00 AM
/menus/textures/gametips/*_ngc.res
/menus/textures/gametips/*_ps2.res
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 01:42:00 AM
Pregame Crap + Useless
/bink/
XBL
/media/
dashupdate.xbe
downloader.xbe
update.xbe
Non-English Languages
/maps/fonts/cht*
/maps/fonts/font_table_cht.txt
/maps/fonts/font_table_jpn.txt
/maps/fonts/font_table_kor.txt
/maps/fonts/jpn*
/maps/fonts/kor*
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 02:23:00 AM
XBL
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
"Mortal Kombat Deception" - 387 MB
Demo
/AREA51/
"Need for Speed: Underground 2" - 272 MB
Demo
/B3/
XBL
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 02:45:00 AM
Anyways, here's what can be removed to save ~1.54 GB (1578 MB)
XBL
/media/
/dashupdate.xbe
/downloader.xbe
/update.xbe
Non-english stuff
/BGM/*_ja.stx
/Event/jp/
/gstorage/gsdata_ja.dat
/Menu/*_ja.ssb
/Menu/*Ja.alr
/Movie/*_ja.xmv
/Questdata/jp/
/Sound/*_ja.bin
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 03:29:00 AM
XBL
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
Movie Replacements - These movies need to be replaced with proper .xmv files.
/Movie/*
"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005" - 58 MB
XBL
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
Post by: Stink Fist on November 26, 2004, 09:08:00 PM
Pre game logos, and a self-attraction movie
/video/demo.xmv
/video/infernal.xmv
/video/logo.xmv
Demo
/video/advent1.xmv
/video/advent2.xmv
/video/trailer.xmv
"Crash Twinsanity" - 95 MB
Pre game logos, and a self-attraction movie
/FMV/Attract.xmv
/FMV/ttident.xmv
/FMV/vivendi.xmv
Demo
/FMV/spyro.xmv
"Def Jam 2: Fight for New York" - ~93 MB
Movie Replacements - Each of these movies can be replaced with a smaller version of the same type.
/movies/attract.mad
/movies/eagames.mad
/movies/extra.mad
/movies/intro.mad
/movies/soulplan.mad
/movies/SoulTrai.mad
Post by: XboxN00by21 on November 27, 2004, 12:26:00 AM
Post by: Knasen on November 28, 2004, 08:48:00 AM
Didn't find anything to delete
Lord Of The Rings The Third Age PAL
Didn't find anything to delete (can't delete data/movies/logo/logo.vid, maybe replace but didn't bother to try).
Post by: balugabutt on November 28, 2004, 12:17:00 PM
I have about 75% of Rahszhul's page done and then I am going to start weeding through this thread.
I PM'd Rahszhul to make sure he didn't have a problem with me doing this since he did all the work originally. He never responded so I am moving forward with it.
Check out my work so far...
http://www.balugabutt.com
I am really hoping to be almost done by the weekend.
Post by: Rahszhul on November 28, 2004, 08:53:00 PM
Also, I was contacted by an individual on MSN, who now has access to one of the sites' databases. As it gets updated I'll provide more info on that... or he might.
When I get the time back from 'work' (as in NOT sent all over the country three times a day) I'll see what I can do about getting more deletions out there on the site, maybe even get some of those improvements for the site like I've been hoping to get completed.
On a similar note, I think I'll be trying to get my own host soon-ish. That way I can put a few of my other webpages out there even if it doesn't interest this community. That, and not having remote access to a database is just a horendous pain in the ass.
Anyways, that's my update for now. Thanks to everybody that's been posting their deletions!!
Post by: balugabutt on November 29, 2004, 08:22:00 AM
I am slowly working on it with HTML and no database, but I am also working on a DB version of it. I should have most of it done in the next couple of days and then the stuff from this forum added soon after that.
I would greatly appreciate a link on the front: www.balugabutt.com
Post by: RocafellaSqualie on November 29, 2004, 08:34:00 AM
It's coming along very nicely
EDIT: Bookmarked the webpage along with Rahszhul's page too
Post by: balugabutt on November 29, 2004, 10:21:00 AM
Post by: nevr_mynd51 on December 01, 2004, 09:41:00 AM
The main games I want to save space on HDD are Madden 2005, and NCAA Football 2005. I realize that EA Sports is a pain in the a@# because they use their own disc structure. But any help would be greatly appreciated, and I am sure it will be by more than just me.
Great work on the new site Baluga...
Post by: balugabutt on December 01, 2004, 10:16:00 AM
I am not forcing anyone to use my site. If you don't like it, then don't use it.
Also, I am self hosting and shouldn't have a probelm with bandwidth. Especially since this isn't a site someone goes to constantly to keep up on the news. They usually go to it just to look up something and then are gone.
If it gets to be too much, I will increase the bandwidth.
I am hoping everyone likes what I am doing and they use it if they need to.
Post by: Knasen on December 01, 2004, 11:38:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on December 01, 2004, 03:03:00 PM
Do you think that we could start a new thread with the same info on the first page? This one is 72 pages long right now and it keeps getting bigger.
Maybe even lock this one and put a link to it on the first page of the new one.
Just a thought...
Balugabutt
Post by: balugabutt on December 02, 2004, 01:32:00 PM
I went through all these pages and got the updates that I could discern.
Anyhow, most of them are on my site and the rest of the updates from this forum should be up tomorrow. I will get these up before I finish getting the rest of the old stuff up.
Please let me know if you have anymore that I don't see in here.
www.balugabutt.com
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 02, 2004, 06:12:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 02, 2004, 06:47:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on December 03, 2004, 02:55:00 PM
Please send me an E-Mail with any new deletions you have.
[email protected]
I will post them as fast as I can.
Hopefull I will get the rest of letters done this weekend and can work on the forum and other things next week.
www.balugabutt.com
Post by: balugabutt on December 04, 2004, 10:40:00 AM
If you see any that I am missing, or any that are wrong, please let me know.
Check it out!!
Post by: balugabutt on December 04, 2004, 02:02:00 PM
Also, I don't know how to make an ACL.
Post by: Knasen on December 05, 2004, 03:21:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Thanks for this, it's nice to see an updated list. About the ACL files, I think they do something special so that the game doesn't hang if you delete intro movies and such... Am I right? |
Actually, your'e wrong. The ACL files have nothing to do with if a game starts or not, it's simply a list of files that people have reported can be deleted and using that ACL deletes all those files for you, so you don't have to use some kind of file manager and delete the files yourself manually.
Post by: Knasen on December 05, 2004, 03:32:00 AM
Iv'e had a quick look on the file structure and it seems we should be able to remove about 450MB in language related files, and then there's a buttload of .bik anims that should be possible to delete/replace (of course saving those in-game related ones). I haven't verified anything yet, just wondering if someone else is working on this so I know if I should put in more work on this one or not...
Post by: t_skraggs on December 05, 2004, 08:39:00 AM
Great work on the site!
The ACLs
People don't really need 'em. If people are too lazy to delete the files manuals, f*** 'em is what I'd say. It takes seconds to delete files. It would take far longer to search for a game's ACL, download it, FTP it to the XBox, then have DVD2XBox post-process it. But, if you want to spend your time that way, go for it.
Prince of Persia
I'll be getting the game in a week or so, then I'll take a look at it too.
Post by: davicoro on December 05, 2004, 09:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (Knasen @ Nov 28 2004, 05:51 PM) |
| Lord Of The Rings The Third Age PAL Didn't find anything to delete (can't delete data/movies/logo/logo.vid, maybe replace but didn't bother to try). |
yo estava trabajando con ese de lotr 3rd age y lo que pude hacer fue sustituir el video
data\movies\logo\logo.vid
con
data\movies\e3c1f\e3c1f12.vid
de esta manera el juego empieza mas rapido
por cierto... se me olvido dar las gracias a quien me envio el pequeño.vid... gracias!!!
Post by: davicoro on December 05, 2004, 09:46:00 AM
| QUOTE (davicoro @ Dec 5 2004, 06:44 PM) |
| yo estava trabajando con ese de lotr 3rd age y lo que pude hacer fue sustituir el video data\movies\logo\logo.vid con data\movies\e3c1f\e3c1f12.vid de esta manera el juego empieza mas rapido por cierto... se me olvido dar las gracias a quien me envio el pequeño.vid... gracias!!! |
oops....
translation!!!!
I was working whit lotr 3rd age and i only was able to sustitute the video "data\movies\logo\logo.vid" whit "data\movies\e3c1f\e3c1f12.vid"
this way the game load faster
PS... I forget to say thanks to the one that send me the "small.vid"... thanks!!!
Post by: balugabutt on December 05, 2004, 02:03:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 05, 2004, 06:35:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on December 05, 2004, 06:47:00 PM
I really appreciate all the great feedback. I am glad that I could help the community as much as you all have helped me.
I have a blank movie file that I will but on my site tomorrow... (they are at work on my computer). I will put a menu item to them.
Post by: balugabutt on December 06, 2004, 12:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (Golden Maven @ Dec 6 2004, 02:27 AM) |
| What do you do for games who require movie replacements? I was hoping someone made a blank video file. |
I went through this forum and found the blank.bik and blank.xmv files so I posted them on the main page of my site
www.balugabutt.com
Tomorrow I will put them where they go.
Post by: balugabutt on December 06, 2004, 06:58:00 AM
There is blank.bik and blank.xmv.
Thanks for all the great feedback!!
Post by: balugabutt on December 06, 2004, 08:24:00 PM
| QUOTE (bagofice @ Dec 7 2004, 05:17 AM) |
| that site loads really really slow for me edit: But once its up: really good stuff. Good work. |
I am hosting it from a computer in my house. I am moving soon and I will get it so it is a little faster.
I tried making the pages as small as possible to help with loading. They load great from my work.
Anyhow, when I move I will increase the upload and that should help.
Post by: balugabutt on December 06, 2004, 11:20:00 PM
Rahszhul sent me some more blank files.
blank.bik
blanksfd.zip
blankwmv.zip
blankxmv_audio_only.zip
blank.xmv
They are all on my site. He sent me a few others but I want to see how these go before I put them all up there.
Go grab 'em here!
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 07, 2004, 12:43:00 AM
Post by: Heet on December 07, 2004, 05:02:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on December 07, 2004, 08:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpiGGy @ Dec 7 2004, 12:51 PM) |
| Does anyone know where I can get a blank .mad file? I need it for Def Jam: Fight for New York. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
You've got mail.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 07, 2004, 12:25:00 PM
While I personally agree that Dutch doesn't belong with the German variants, most Enlgish/Japanese programmers are not exactly learned enough to label them correctly.
The reason it's included with the german variants is an example of the programmers' doing such a thing. I don't recall what exact game(s) it may have been, though I knew it said "dutch" in the file, but I'd be damned if I didn't think it was German.
Anyways, if it really is of a serious note, I can add the Dutch notations you listed, though as you said, tiny-country, and they're multi-lingual to boot.
balugabutt,
Awesome. Thanks for hosting some of those files.
I can understand why some of the others are not on the site, due to them not really being "blank" or being near a Megabyte in size. ... or copyrighted material from other games...
Yeah. Thanks!
Post by: SpiGGy on December 08, 2004, 11:04:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on December 09, 2004, 01:58:00 PM
| QUOTE (ILLusions0fGrander @ Dec 7 2004, 09:46 AM) |
| balugabutt... you should set up a paypal account and have a link from the site to have anyone who feels like it, be able to donate to the cause to help with costs such as bandwidth. just an idea. |
Thanks for the thought but right now I am not overly worried about it. It hasn't cost me anything but my time. If it gets to be an issue, I will figure something out.
I am more dissappointed about the fact that no one has either sent me any updates or posted any in this forum.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 09, 2004, 03:28:00 PM
Though, I'm pretty sure I can kick ¿Stink Fist?, a friend of mine, into getting a few more games out there.
Post by: DJB on December 09, 2004, 03:49:00 PM
Just checked out your site, very nice, I even grabbed the blank files to have a play around with.
I know you've probably heard this request lots of times, but is there any chance that you can release a new ACL pack sometime? The last one is about 9 months old and really outdated.
I've read in the thread here someone saying that ACLs are the quick and lame way to removing non-wanted data from games, but so what? It's quick in the sense you don't have to look up the webpage every time to find out what to delete in a game. Maybe some of us just ain't l33t enough and want ACLs for this reason.
Anyways, let me know if you do want to do this or not, and if so a rough estimate on when you will release it...
Cheers, keep up the good work!!
Post by: balugabutt on December 09, 2004, 05:03:00 PM
| QUOTE (DJB @ Dec 10 2004, 12:52 AM) |
| balugabutt, Just checked out your site, very nice, I even grabbed the blank files to have a play around with. I know you've probably heard this request lots of times, but is there any chance that you can release a new ACL pack sometime? The last one is about 9 months old and really outdated. I've read in the thread here someone saying that ACLs are the quick and lame way to removing non-wanted data from games, but so what? It's quick in the sense you don't have to look up the webpage every time to find out what to delete in a game. Maybe some of us just ain't l33t enough and want ACLs for this reason. Anyways, let me know if you do want to do this or not, and if so a rough estimate on when you will release it... Cheers, keep up the good work!! |
Two reasons why I haven't done that so far:
- I don't know how to make an ACL
- I am afraid the bandwidth of such a large file would kill my site
If someone wants to tell me how to do them and host them on a different server, I can do them during my down time at work.
Post by: DJB on December 09, 2004, 05:43:00 PM
Cheers.
Post by: Chong Warrior on December 10, 2004, 12:30:00 AM
Sorry I haven't had time to read through all 75 pages of this thread! so if this has been said already then I apologize.
But why bother making the ACL files and FTPing into your X-Box if the game is already on your X-Box hard-drive?
I've only had my X-Box modded for a week but I've managed to edit all my games successfully without using ACL or using my PC at all.
Just fired up XBMC from my X-Box dashboard and selected FILES.
Then I can go into my F:/Games folder and go into any game I please. Then it's just a simple case of deleting any file(s) I don't want, reboot and launch the game. If I've messed up and get a DDE then I just reinstall and know to leave that file alone.
Also, if I'm struggling to get a game to fit onto a CD-R ( i.e. it's 800mb ), I just do the same on my PC, look through the file's and remove one's I know are safe until I can fit on CD-R, then make those files into an ISO and burn onto disk.
Just find it easier than going through ACL files looking at what gets removed, etc when I can just delete them myself. Or am I not understanding something and I'm going to run into problems soon?
EDIT - Just to contribute a little
Tetris Worlds Live -
You have it on your site as 53mb saved, I've managed to save 200mb with no problems what so ever.
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
/zmovies/english/intro.bik
/zmovies/french/intro.bik
/zmovies/german/intro.bik
/zmovies/radical.bik
/zmovies/thq.bik
All these can be deleted and it boots up very quickly
Just do NOT try and remove the .rcf language files in the LIVE version like you can with the non live, otherwise you get a DDE.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 10, 2004, 01:03:00 AM
| QUOTE (Chong Warrior @ Dec 10 2004, 09:33 AM) |
| Hey guys, I'm a n00b to all this so take it easy on me Just fired up XBMC from my X-Box dashboard and selected FILES. |
an acl tells dvd2xbox what files to delete so you dont have to manually do it.
Post by: s00pcan on December 10, 2004, 08:53:00 PM
Normal: 2.65gbs
Ripped: 1.055gbs
Saved: 1.595gbs
Files to delete:
dashupdate.xbe
StonewallXboxDownloader.xbe
update.xbe
\dvdextras\
\sound\fv_french.xwb
\sound\fv_german.xwb
\sound\fv_italian.xwb
\sound\fv_spanish.xwb
\sound\speech_fr.xsr
\sound\speech_gr.xsr
\sound\speech_sp.xsr
In \videos\ you can delete everything EXCEPT intro.xmv, outro.xmv, logoredstorm.xmv. You might want to keep shellmovie_sp.xmv shellmovie_mp.xmv and shellmovie.xmv, they are used for the background in the main men. If you don't want to delete the mission videos, just delete the foreign language ones.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 10, 2004, 09:16:00 PM
Post by: Zebbe on December 13, 2004, 04:42:00 AM
lng_fr.ipk
lng_ge.ipk
lng_it.ipk
lng_jp.ipk
lng_sp.ipk
Space saved: 603 MB
those are some kind of language files and of course if you want the game in another language don't delete that file and delete _en instead.
Post by: balugabutt on December 13, 2004, 07:42:00 AM
I have been sick the last few days but I am better (at least good enough to return to work)
I am working on the updates as we speak.
Post by: balugabutt on December 13, 2004, 08:33:00 AM
Check out the Updates!!
Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space
Spyro A Hero's Tail
Ultra Bust-a-Move
Post by: balugabutt on December 13, 2004, 09:34:00 AM
| QUOTE (Chong Warrior @ Dec 10 2004, 09:33 AM) |
| EDIT - Just to contribute a little Tetris Worlds Live - You have it on your site as 53mb saved, I've managed to save 200mb with no problems what so ever. dashupdate.xbe update.xbe /zmovies/english/intro.bik /zmovies/french/intro.bik /zmovies/german/intro.bik /zmovies/radical.bik /zmovies/thq.bik All these can be deleted and it boots up very quickly Just do NOT try and remove the .rcf language files in the LIVE version like you can with the non live, otherwise you get a DDE. |
Thanks for the input...
This should be fixed.
Post by: balugabutt on December 14, 2004, 06:48:00 AM
Post by: GamerBR on December 14, 2004, 12:18:00 PM
| QUOTE (balugabutt @ Dec 14 2004, 03:51 PM) |
| Fixed. |
in the site you forgot to put the /bik50 folder
Post by: balugabutt on December 14, 2004, 12:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (GamerBR @ Dec 14 2004, 09:21 PM) |
| in the site you forgot to put the /bik50 folder |
OOPSS
Fixed now...
Post by: balugabutt on December 15, 2004, 07:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (GamerBR @ Dec 14 2004, 10:24 PM) |
| PS:balugabutt could you add in your site who made the deletions,like in the rashzul site? |
I really thought about this one and decided to do it the way I did because everybody who has posted in this thread has help. There are so many people who have contributed to this that it would require a whole different website with way more time and effort gathering what has been done and by whom.
But... If more people want me to, I will either do like Rashzul did or I will create a "Credits" page.
Post by: slippyjim on December 16, 2004, 04:57:00 PM
Nascar 2005
unneeded stuff - adverts for games
/data/PRMOVIES.DAT
/data/WHATSNEW.DAT
Approx 185MB saved, may be more but its hard to work out what each file does
Post by: XboxN00by21 on December 16, 2004, 08:31:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on December 16, 2004, 09:01:00 PM
I will get the new postings up as I can, I am going to stay on top of it, just may take me a day or three.
Also, what is GR2?
Thanks
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 16, 2004, 09:51:00 PM
| QUOTE (balugabutt @ Dec 17 2004, 06:04 AM) |
| Also, what is GR2? |
ghost recon 2
Post by: balugabutt on December 20, 2004, 06:52:00 AM
Post by: Lukenatme on December 21, 2004, 11:07:00 AM
Post by: JWJ on December 21, 2004, 11:56:00 AM
Post by: XplicitContent on December 22, 2004, 09:20:00 AM
BalugaButt, I like your site! It is updated daily and is worth a look (in our case, many looks). Keep it up and I give you props for putting it up! :D
Post by: KANE79 on December 25, 2004, 10:54:00 PM
../MOVIE/
Directory contains two videos, which appear to be attract videos. Deleting them appears to be safe, though I didn't leave the title screen idle to truly test them.
Space saved is 102MB.
../SOUND/JPN
../SOUND/USA
JPN contains the Japanese language sound files, USA contains the English - delete one folder according to your sound settings.
Note: FX seem to be found in a separate folder and deleting the wrong language isn't fatal - you'll just get no sound other than FX.
Deleting USA saves 913MB, JPN saves 1,089MB.
These deletions appear to be safe but use them at your own risk!
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 26, 2004, 09:33:00 AM
QUOTE(JWJ @ Dec 21 2004, 07:51 PM)
what do I need to delete to copy the bards tale
none... there is a patch that takes out the dialogue and leaves only text... but dont ask for it here, besides, it defeats the point of the game...it sits on my hard drive to this day, still havent gotten around to playing it..
Post by: balugabutt on December 29, 2004, 07:20:00 AM
Hope you all had a good christmas.
I apologize for the lack of updates and such but I have been sick. Haven't spent more then about 30 minutes on a computer in a week. :(
I will get the couple of items posted here and the ones sent to my e-mail today and tomorrow.
Post by: JustDanMI on December 29, 2004, 07:48:00 AM
Post by: overfiend on January 01, 2005, 02:32:00 PM
Mechassault II
TitleId:4d53006B
original size: 2.181 GB
after: 1.015 GB
dashupdate.xbe
updater.xbe
downloader.xbe
/audio/Voice_French.DVDxwb
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
/Demo/
/movie/50/
/movie/60/French/
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
I hope you understand this. If anyone's got any requests just ask.
Post by: SpiGGy on January 01, 2005, 04:10:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Jan 1 2005, 10:27 PM)
Hello boys, sorry I haven't been posting. I've been cutting a lot of games but never get around to actually posting the deletions. I'm goin to try and change that. Anyways, here is my latest.
Mechassault II
TitleId:4d53006B
original size: 2.181 GB
after: 1.015 GB
dashupdate.xbe
updater.xbe
downloader.xbe
/audio/Voice_French.DVDxwb
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
/Demo/
/movie/50/
/movie/60/French/
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
I hope you understand this. If anyone's got any requests just ask.
Mechassault II
TitleId:4d53006B
original size: 2.181 GB
after: 1.015 GB
dashupdate.xbe
updater.xbe
downloader.xbe
/audio/Voice_French.DVDxwb
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
/Demo/
/movie/50/
/movie/60/French/
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
I hope you understand this. If anyone's got any requests just ask.
That helped alot bro. Got anything else? Oh, I'll post the deletions to some oldies today, THPS 2X and Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams when I get them later today.
Post by: SpiGGy on January 01, 2005, 05:45:00 PM
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 3
Ninja Gaiden
I'll post it tomorrow, if everything works out fine.
Post by: Oldmanjoe on January 07, 2005, 03:14:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on January 07, 2005, 03:56:00 PM
QUOTE(Oldmanjoe @ Jan 7 2005, 11:09 PM)
Any deletions for MVP Baseball 2004? It is listed on the site, but when you click on it, there's nothing in there.
Is it listed on my site? I went there to fix it and didn't see it.
Post by: Jagull on January 09, 2005, 07:56:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on January 09, 2005, 09:03:00 PM
Splitting SEGA GT 2002 and JSRF Bundle Disk
Post by: Xx1LLMAT1CxX on January 10, 2005, 12:00:00 AM
Post by: samoyeds_4life on January 10, 2005, 12:30:00 PM
Remove the DATA\[language] folders and save 0.9 GB.
There are the usual 5. I deleted them all but English. Keep whichever ones you'd use.
Post by: samoyeds_4life on January 10, 2005, 12:34:00 PM
No deletions.
Post by: overfiend on January 11, 2005, 05:04:00 PM
NFL Street 2
Title ID:45410057
Game Size: 2.519 mb
After deletions: 1.879 mb
Of course the usual
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
and this is the madden demo which you don't need
/MADDEN05/
I haven't checked to see if this one's been done yet so if it has than sorry. Does anyone have any requests.
Post by: overfiend on January 11, 2005, 05:23:00 PM
KOTOR 2
POP 2
Halo 2
There's others but I just don't remember........sorry..ehehe. And even if I did I don't remember what I took off, I could tell what the size is before and after though.
Post by: SpiGGy on January 12, 2005, 05:56:00 AM
Post KOTOR 2 and POP 2 if you can. I need those.
Post by: Jason Voorhees on January 12, 2005, 11:56:00 PM
01. Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge
02. Mechassault
03. Sega GT 2002
04. Jet Set Radio Future
05. Armed & Dangerous
06. Deus Ex: Invisible War
07. Medal Of Honor: Frontline (Platinum Hits)
08. Grabbed By The Ghoulies
09. Red Faction 2
10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
11. Tetris Worlds
12. Apex
13. NASCAR 2005: Chase For The Cup
14. Bloodrayne 2
15. Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition
Post by: SpiGGy on January 13, 2005, 05:13:00 AM
QUOTE(Jason Voorhees @ Jan 13 2005, 07:51 AM)
heres the games i have. im just wondering. how much is unwanted space?
01. Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge
02. Mechassault
03. Sega GT 2002
04. Jet Set Radio Future
05. Armed & Dangerous
06. Deus Ex: Invisible War
07. Medal Of Honor: Frontline (Platinum Hits)
08. Grabbed By The Ghoulies
09. Red Faction 2
10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
11. Tetris Worlds
12. Apex
13. NASCAR 2005: Chase For The Cup
14. Bloodrayne 2
15. Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition
01. Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge
02. Mechassault
03. Sega GT 2002
04. Jet Set Radio Future
05. Armed & Dangerous
06. Deus Ex: Invisible War
07. Medal Of Honor: Frontline (Platinum Hits)
08. Grabbed By The Ghoulies
09. Red Faction 2
10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
11. Tetris Worlds
12. Apex
13. NASCAR 2005: Chase For The Cup
14. Bloodrayne 2
15. Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition
Look at the site <_<
Post by: balugabutt on January 13, 2005, 10:05:00 AM
I just posted all the recent listings. Check it Out!!
Now, Where are the POP2 deletions? I will post them when they are posted here or sent to me
[email protected]
This post has been edited by balugabutt: Jan 13 2005, 06:09 PM
Post by: Jason Voorhees on January 13, 2005, 10:17:00 AM
QUOTE(balugabutt @ Jan 13 2005, 01:00 PM)
Hello All,
I just posted all the recent listings. Check it Out!!
Now, Where are the POP2 deletions? I will post them when they are posted here or sent to me
[email protected]
I just posted all the recent listings. Check it Out!!
Now, Where are the POP2 deletions? I will post them when they are posted here or sent to me
[email protected]
thx for the link. that will help me out alot.
Post by: masterxchief46 on January 13, 2005, 06:43:00 PM
QUOTE(SpiGGy @ Jan 1 2005, 04:40 PM)
Just to let you guys know, I BELEIVE I have found some new deletions for:
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 3
Ninja Gaiden
I'll post it tomorrow, if everything works out fine.
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 3
Ninja Gaiden
I'll post it tomorrow, if everything works out fine.
Hey did you find any deletions for DOAU?
Anyone have deletions for PoP?
Post by: SpiGGy on January 14, 2005, 08:46:00 AM
/Media
HOWEVER, it must ONLy consist of the following files inside of it:
ArialUni.Ttf
dcustom.xpr
Sound.xsb
Wave.Xwb
Otherwise, you will get a DRE. I did this with about 10 of my games and it helped a bit. Saves about 23-30 MB (depends on the game).
:beer:
Post by: overfiend on January 17, 2005, 11:41:00 PM
KOTOR II
TitleID: 4C410014
Size: 3.9gb
Size after: 3.35gb
This takes away the demo, the trailer & credits movies.
/SWRC/
/Movies/Credits.bik
/Trailer.bik
I'll post POP II tommorrow 'cause I don't remember what I took off and I can't check it 'cause my friend's got my game right now. I can tell you that it's at 2.62 gb on my HD.
Post by: Xx1LLMAT1CxX on January 18, 2005, 03:27:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on January 19, 2005, 03:47:00 PM
So, I have someone helping me make ACL's for the new games. He asked a question and I figured someone out there might know. Where do you get the game ID numbers? Is there a list somewhere?
Thanks for the help all.
Also, I am in the process of adding the old ACL's to my site. Then when he get's the others I will let you all know.
BB
Post by: anjilslaire on January 19, 2005, 06:00:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on January 19, 2005, 09:52:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on January 19, 2005, 10:28:00 PM
Please help us help you :luv:
either PM me or send them to me from my website.
Post by: joebarbs on January 20, 2005, 01:59:00 PM
I'm looking for an acl for Halo 2.
Thanks!
Post by: JWJ on January 20, 2005, 01:36:00 PM
How would someone know what files are what a if they are ok to delete Like if I wanted to find out what to delete on pop2 
Post by: overfiend on January 21, 2005, 01:26:00 AM
cause I checked the site and it didn't post any of these deletions.
The punisher
TitleID: 54510018
Size Before: 2.79
Size After: 2.44 Gb
Of course the usual
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
Then we have worthless movies
/data/movies/PAL
/data/movies/attract.bik
attractMode.xmv
credits.bik
credits01.bik
FSW.bik
punmovie.bik
volition_intro.avi
volition_intro.wmv
I'm not too sure about the second credits.bik, so it's up to you (don't delete just in case it's the ending movie
I doubt it though). But everything runs and boots fine with these deletions.
Genma Onimusha
TitleID: 43430001
Size Before: 5 Gb
Size After: 3.98 Gb
I guess the original post didn't have these deletions cause they thought these were needed movies
but there not needed and the games boots and runs fine.
/image/movie/links02.bik
links04.bik
links03.bik
links05.bik
links09.bik
links00.bik
links0b.bik
I'm getting to those POP 2 deletions, and just so ppl know there wasn't much to delete on
Mercenaries, I'll post that on later.
Post by: SpiGGy on January 21, 2005, 05:31:00 AM
NO DELETIONS
Post by: zizsis on January 23, 2005, 02:34:00 PM
There is a typo there. The files don't have a "H" (Shell) but should be sell
Post by: davicoro on January 24, 2005, 08:04:00 PM
Post by: bubbamagic87 on January 25, 2005, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on January 26, 2005, 11:05:00 AM
QUOTE(bubbamagic87 @ Jan 26 2005, 12:59 AM)
are you going to update "All ACL's"? there has to have been more added since 23 Mar '04.
I am in the process of adding all the old ACL's to my website. There is also someone helping me create new ones. The problem is getting the game ID numbers for the games that we don't own.
Post by: bubbamagic87 on January 26, 2005, 12:40:00 PM
Post by: JWJ on January 26, 2005, 02:27:00 PM
Post by: bubbamagic87 on January 28, 2005, 06:37:00 PM
Movie Replacements:
data\movies\attract.bik
data\movies\copyrights.bik
data\movies\credit.bik
data\movies\EA_logo.bik
data\movies\opening_start.bik
data\movies\OWIlogo.bik
Saves 323MB
Post by: bubbamagic87 on January 28, 2005, 07:36:00 PM
TitleID: 5553003b
Space Saved: .74 GB
Size Before: 2.74 GB
Size After: 2.00 GB
Xbox Live deletions
dashupdate.xbe
downloader.xbe
update.xbe
Unneeded Stuff
Video\25fps\
Langauges other than English:
Menu\Dutch\
Menu\French\
Menu\German\
Menu\Italian\
Menu\Spanish\
Sound\soundx0.big
Sound\soundx1.big
Sound\soundx2.big
Sound\soundx3.big
Sound\soundx4.big
Sound\soundx0.fat
Sound\soundx1.fat
Sound\soundx2.fat
Sound\soundx3.fat
Sound\soundx4.fat
Video\30fps\Loadin1.bik
Video\30fps\Loadin2.bik
Video\30fps\Loadin3.bik
Video\30fps\Loadin4.bik
Video\30fps\Loadin5.bik
Video\30fps\Loadlop1.bik
Video\30fps\Loadlop2.bik
Video\30fps\Loadlop3.bik
Video\30fps\Loadlop4.bik
Video\30fps\Loadlop5.bik
Video\30fps\Loadout1.bik
Video\30fps\Loadout2.bik
Video\30fps\Loadout3.bik
Video\30fps\Loadout4.bik
Video\30fps\Loadout5.bik
Movie Replacements:
Video\30fps\credits.bik
Video\30fps\logorp.bik
Video\30fps\logocred.bik
Video\30fps\ubimtl.bik
Video\30fps\ubisoft.bik
This post has been edited by bubbamagic87: Jan 29 2005, 03:37 AM
Post by: bubbamagic87 on January 28, 2005, 08:38:00 PM
You can download it here. It will make it alot easier to see what videos you are deleting or replacing. Also to get the game id just use action replays software. Download a gamesave of the game you want the id for and then look in the udata folder. Easy as that.
Post by: balugabutt on January 31, 2005, 09:57:00 AM
Check them out here!!
Post by: overfiend on January 31, 2005, 06:59:00 PM
TitleID:54510028
Size: 3.3 gb
After: 1.46 gb
The usual
/dashupdate.xbe
/uploader.xbe
/update.xbe
Then we have the trailers
/FMV/Promo1.bik & .bip
/FMV/Promo2.bik & .bip
You could also delete the attract movies and any movie that ends with .bip
in the FMV folder(this will remove about 1.5 gb)
/FMV/attract.bik & .bip
The Playboy Mansion
TitleID:
Size: 900 mb
After: 800 mb
The Usual
/dashupdate.xbe
/uploader.xbe
/update.xbe
And then some movies
/data/xbox/Attract.xmv
/data/xbox/legal_eu.xmv
I have some things to add to the Oddworld and POP 2 posts that were just posted too.
Post by: overfiend on February 01, 2005, 08:31:00 PM
titleID: 4541006D
Size: 2156 MB
After: 1476 MB
/data/movies/attract.bik
credit.bik
These were originally posted as replacements but you could delete them
all together to save 300MB, it won't affect the game.
And for POP 2 the attract and credits biks are deleteble all together
aswell.
Just so you guys know I've never had a problem with deleting an attract movie
so it's almost certain that you could delete them whenever you see them. There
usually boring, poor quality, in-game movies that are put there to "attract" your
attention at Electronics Boutique anyways.
Post by: bubbamagic87 on February 01, 2005, 10:03:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on February 02, 2005, 11:51:00 AM
I'm sorry that happened to you, but to me the main screen just reloads whenever it tries to access the attract.bik and that's it. And as far as the credits giving you a dirty disc error that's just weird cause you only get a dde when the games trying to access that file and it's not there, so why would you get that from the main screen(unless you were trying to access the credits vid from the menu).
Just to clear this up. If you delete the credits.bik from any game, you can't try and access it from the main menu cause sometimes(not all games) you'll get a dde message. And again if you delete the attract.bik from a game then don't let your main screen sit there for 5 min. without doing anything cause sometimes(some games, not all) this will give you a dde.
P.S anyones got any questions
just ask
Post by: SpiGGy on February 02, 2005, 12:42:00 PM
Post by: bubbamagic87 on February 02, 2005, 04:29:00 PM
Post by: SpiGGy on February 02, 2005, 08:04:00 PM
Post by: Millions Knives on February 03, 2005, 09:25:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on February 04, 2005, 12:52:00 AM
QUOTE(Millions Knives @ Feb 4 2005, 03:55 AM)
Can someone point me in the direction of blank .mad video files? I tried searching and came up with nothing.
I PM'd you
Post by: balugabutt on February 11, 2005, 12:26:00 AM
Post by: anjilslaire on February 11, 2005, 12:39:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on February 11, 2005, 04:07:00 AM
chaos thoery, doom 3, and constantine should help the thread come back to life.
Post by: Millions Knives on February 11, 2005, 11:57:00 AM
Post by: beavis on February 12, 2005, 10:01:00 AM
Post by: dark.shark on February 13, 2005, 02:55:00 PM
p.s. sorry for my poor english... :rolleyes:
Post by: balugabutt on June 14, 2005, 06:56:00 PM
Have you been able to overcome the GTA SA not loading from the hard drive?
I haven't spent but about 5 minutes on the box this week so I haven't even tried.
Thanks
Post by: verve7 on June 17, 2005, 05:48:00 AM
Post by: R2Dork on June 17, 2005, 02:26:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on June 17, 2005, 03:45:00 PM
QUOTE(R2Dork @ Jun 17 2005, 10:37 PM)
Still Life
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: R2Dork on June 17, 2005, 06:21:00 PM
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Where can I find the ID?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on June 18, 2005, 12:02:00 AM
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Post by: R2Dork on June 17, 2005, 06:21:00 PM
Where can I find the ID?
Post by: balugabutt on June 18, 2005, 12:02:00 AM
QUOTE(R2Dork @ Jun 18 2005, 02:32 AM)
ACL's are for lazy people.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Adhesive on June 22, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
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I've also noticed that the GT3.img file is saved to the X partition after playing the game.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on June 23, 2005, 01:05:00 PM
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Still Life
TitleID: 4D49000B
Before: 2423mb
After: 1660mb
everything already posted, plus
\media\*cht.xpr
*jpn.xpr
*kor.xpr
Destroy All Humans
TitleID: 54510026
Before: 2174mb
After: 882mb
this is the only movies that should be left in the
movies folder, everything else you can remove.
\movies\crash.bik
credits.bik
intro.bik
outro.bik
m4_dvin1.pmv
m4_dvin2.pmv
So that's it. I'll try to have Conker and Batman Begins posted tonight but no promises.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on June 23, 2005, 02:06:00 PM
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Can you list those other files? I can't create an ACL to leave only those files.
Thanks.
Balugabutt
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 23, 2005, 02:59:00 PM
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you can remove those videos... but they are part of the game cutscenes im pretty sure... and the game is small enough as it is, so id leave those movie deletes as optional
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on June 23, 2005, 09:59:00 PM
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Thanks Overfiend.
OK, I will try to get these up tomorrow. Short day at work and at home I have been stuck on ConquerOnline.
Anyhow, let me know what you all think... Should I make the ACL delete these automagically?? Overfiend has never steered us wrong before but neither has ILLusions0fGrander.
The webpage is no big deal because I can annotate but the ACL is different.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 24, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
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i just opened those delete files... and they seem like a bunch of garbage.. still photos, some "making of" stuff... i cant see how anyone would miss any of it.
so i stand corrected.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 24, 2005, 08:53:00 PM
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Illusionsofgrandeur = correct known term
ILLusions Of Grander = my XS name
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on June 25, 2005, 09:50:00 AM
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Conker can fit onto the disk if you delete dashupdate.xbe and updater.xbe but when I used MooGUI to create the ISO with the correct layout I came across a problem...
It says that the ISO will be too big to fit onto DVD-R and so the ISO will not be produced.
However, when I compiled the ISO using C-Xbox Tool and opened up DVD Decrypter, I discovered that the ISO would fit onto DVD-R with some room to spare.
is there any way to reprogram XDVDFS Tools to stop this error appearing so that the ISO is produced no matter what.
Thanks.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 25, 2005, 04:36:00 PM
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if you delete the contents of the media folder (not the folder iteself) in conker, it will work with moogui, and those are xbox live files, so they are ok to delete.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on June 25, 2005, 04:44:00 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on June 26, 2005, 06:36:00 AM
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bad news... even with those Conker deletions, the disc still doesnt work!
The intro plays right up to where the Rare logo appears, then the DDE appears.
I think that it is my media that could be giving me trouble...
Any recommendations?
Thanks
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on June 26, 2005, 10:12:00 AM
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Try transferrring it to your hard drive.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on June 26, 2005, 10:56:00 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on June 26, 2005, 01:59:00 PM
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Post by: Adhesive on June 22, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on June 23, 2005, 01:05:00 PM
TitleID: 4D49000B
Before: 2423mb
After: 1660mb
everything already posted, plus
\media\*cht.xpr
*jpn.xpr
*kor.xpr
Destroy All Humans
TitleID: 54510026
Before: 2174mb
After: 882mb
this is the only movies that should be left in the
movies folder, everything else you can remove.
\movies\crash.bik
credits.bik
intro.bik
outro.bik
m4_dvin1.pmv
m4_dvin2.pmv
So that's it. I'll try to have Conker and Batman Begins posted tonight but no promises.
Post by: balugabutt on June 23, 2005, 02:06:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Jun 23 2005, 09:16 PM)
this is the only movies that should be left in the
movies folder, everything else you can remove.
movies folder, everything else you can remove.
Can you list those other files? I can't create an ACL to leave only those files.
Thanks.
Balugabutt
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 23, 2005, 02:59:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on June 23, 2005, 09:59:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Jun 24 2005, 05:29 AM)
here you go, this is the list of movies to remove. If you don't want to remove them that's fine, but know that I checked these all myself and they're all bonus movies.
Thanks Overfiend.
OK, I will try to get these up tomorrow. Short day at work and at home I have been stuck on ConquerOnline.
Anyhow, let me know what you all think... Should I make the ACL delete these automagically?? Overfiend has never steered us wrong before but neither has ILLusions0fGrander.
The webpage is no big deal because I can annotate but the ACL is different.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 24, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
so i stand corrected.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 24, 2005, 08:53:00 PM
ILLusions Of Grander = my XS name
Post by: neo_89 on June 25, 2005, 09:50:00 AM
It says that the ISO will be too big to fit onto DVD-R and so the ISO will not be produced.
However, when I compiled the ISO using C-Xbox Tool and opened up DVD Decrypter, I discovered that the ISO would fit onto DVD-R with some room to spare.
is there any way to reprogram XDVDFS Tools to stop this error appearing so that the ISO is produced no matter what.
Thanks.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 25, 2005, 04:36:00 PM
Post by: neo_89 on June 25, 2005, 04:44:00 PM
Post by: neo_89 on June 26, 2005, 06:36:00 AM
The intro plays right up to where the Rare logo appears, then the DDE appears.
I think that it is my media that could be giving me trouble...
Any recommendations?
Thanks
Post by: balugabutt on June 26, 2005, 10:12:00 AM
Post by: neo_89 on June 26, 2005, 10:56:00 AM
Post by: balugabutt on June 26, 2005, 01:59:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Jun 25 2005, 03:05 AM)
I think there's some audio files you could delete but I just don't have the time right now to check(there were a lot of same name files i.e.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: feelinstyle on July 01, 2005, 07:24:00 AM
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Hello!I've downloaded conker Iso and it is too big to fit in a Dvd-r and I don't know what to do to see files like dashupdate.xbe.What am I supposed to do?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 01, 2005, 10:49:00 AM
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Post by: feelinstyle on July 01, 2005, 07:24:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 01, 2005, 10:49:00 AM
QUOTE(feelinstyle @ Jul 1 2005, 03:35 PM)
Hello!I've downloaded conker Iso and it is too big to fit in a Dvd-r and I don't know what to do to see files like dashupdate.xbe.What am I supposed to do?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on July 04, 2005, 02:40:00 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Barnolde on July 04, 2005, 08:29:00 PM
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Post by: neo_89 on July 04, 2005, 02:40:00 PM
Post by: Barnolde on July 04, 2005, 08:29:00 PM
QUOTE(feelinstyle @ Jul 1 2005, 09:05 PM)
houlalaa..I'm so scared.Do what u want men.Where I am it is not illegal.... dumb motherfucker.don't expect anything within 24 hours.maybe within 10 years babe and don't worry u won't see me again
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on July 05, 2005, 12:12:00 AM
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Post by: balugabutt on July 05, 2005, 12:12:00 AM
QUOTE(zoom @ Jul 5 2005, 07:33 AM)
please can we get a list of deletions for Doom 3?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: KyrinRPG on July 05, 2005, 07:19:00 PM
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how mch space is freed up on Forza Motorsport?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 05, 2005, 07:34:00 PM
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check balugas website.. it will tell you
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: KyrinRPG on July 05, 2005, 07:36:00 PM
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no it don't say
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: neo_89 on July 06, 2005, 06:38:00 AM
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From Balugabutt.com
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 06:33:00 PM
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If this has already been added, please ignore, a search turned up zilch.
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 17, 2005, 06:43:00 PM
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shit bro... wish someone had thought of that earlier.... i got my backup spread across two discs... nice post.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 06:56:00 PM
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Post by: KyrinRPG on July 05, 2005, 07:19:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 05, 2005, 07:34:00 PM
Post by: KyrinRPG on July 05, 2005, 07:36:00 PM
Post by: neo_89 on July 06, 2005, 06:38:00 AM
CODE
http://www.balugabutt.com/xoops/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=111
From Balugabutt.com
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 06:33:00 PM
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 17, 2005, 06:43:00 PM
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 06:56:00 PM
QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Jul 18 2005, 02:54 AM)
shit bro... wish someone had thought of that earlier.... i got my backup spread across two discs... nice post.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 17, 2005, 07:17:00 PM
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tell that Macolio to visit these forums once and again to contribute, maybe figure an easier way to backup jade empire!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 10:25:00 PM
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However, I wouldn't like to put a celeron cpu through that again, at one point, I thought it was going to combust.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 20, 2005, 06:52:00 PM
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anything on ...
fantastic 4
or
sid meiers pirates
??? i dont even know what to begin to look for to delete besides language files, and im like 400MB over on making fantastic 4, pirates, and spy vs spy fit on one disc. ???
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: shinji257 on July 21, 2005, 08:41:00 PM
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Here is a ACL/PPF combo set to patch Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas so it works with TSR mode enabled on EvoX. This is what is commonly called the AV Region Fix so that the NTSC version of the game will display in color on PAL xboxes but it works in this effect too. There are NO side effects from this that I am aware of. I had to do it as a PPF patch because a straight Hex Replace command set in the ACL file didn't cut it. The HDD fix is hard coded into the PPF file and is compared against an original default.xbe (i.e. one from an original disc). If you do not have the original default.xbe (or just don't feel like digging out your original disc to get the file) then there is one that has "avfix" in the name. This one doesn't have it hard coded but you will have to apply it manually. You can use PPF-O-Matic to do this.
http://shinji.chaosn...-s/54540082.zip
Zip Contents:
54540082.acl
54540082.ppf
54540082_avfix.ppf
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: uesc on July 23, 2005, 09:41:00 AM
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this sorta worked for me... I was able to get the ISO to fit on a DVD-R, but when i put it in my xbox, the conker loading screen comes up, and in anywhere from 10 seconds to 25 seconds, the DDE message appears... Is it because i used Qwix, and the files are not put in order? I don't have Alcohol, so I used DVD Decrypter instead, could that have caused a problem?
Any suggestions?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 23, 2005, 05:11:00 PM
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i suggest using better media?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on July 27, 2005, 03:20:00 PM
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If anyone can give me an actual list then I will post this.
I also added Doom 3 to the website.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: paulttt on July 28, 2005, 05:51:00 AM
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i cant even find these files?
any idea why?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on July 30, 2005, 01:20:00 PM
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I have this game now so I went to delete these files and they aren't there. So, I looked on the DVD and they wheren't on there either.
Makes me wonder if he had a PAL version of the game?!?!?!?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: cheezitman2001 on August 03, 2005, 05:00:00 PM
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Hi, I was about to install the NTSC version of DOA Volleyball onto my HDD, and looked at the ACL, noticing it appeared to be almost entirely movie files. I'd like to delete any movies for foreign languages, or attract movies, but I'd like to keep the in-game movies. Could anyone tell me which I should get rid of? Thanks.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: shinji257 on August 03, 2005, 05:19:00 PM
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Yea. I also like to keep the ones for attract sequences and the like. It is sometimes interesting to see them.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 06, 2005, 08:40:00 PM
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someone please confirm this, it works for me.
Ghost Recon 2 : Summit Strike
i had some problems with the media folder.. i think theres stuff in there needed to start up, so i just left it all.. after deletes = 1.00 GB
also -
Black Hawk Down
/di8hd/*_f.xmv
*_g.xmv
*_i.xmv
*_s.xmv
saves 322 MB
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Aug 7 2005, 10:05 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on August 07, 2005, 02:41:00 AM
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Are those the exact file name?? They have space in them so I was wondering.
Thanks
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 07, 2005, 03:04:00 AM
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ill edit them to contain the underscore.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: MasterPimp on August 08, 2005, 05:55:00 AM
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can someone please post the unneeded files for Madden 2k6 ? thanx !
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: azn_shady on August 15, 2005, 09:52:00 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 16, 2005, 06:14:00 AM
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both of those games are well covered on the forums.. search and you will find...
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 01:27:00 PM
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Both NCAA and Madden 2k6 have demos in them I'm sure you could take those out. I'll try this tonight aswell as have the Darkwatch and Outlaw Tennis posted.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 01:34:00 PM
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There is something that's been bugging me for a while on this thread and that's people asking if there was any in-game movies taken out of X game. For the record I've never, let me make this clear NEVER taken out in game movies out of a game with the exception of Super Monkey Ball (and that was a request not personal choice), so PLEASE stop buggin about it. It's making me sick how people think that we just open up a game remove all videos(like idiots) slap that on an acl and call it a day. Why in the hell would we take away the story of a game by deleting in-game movies? Sorry, just had to get that out. Overfiend.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 02:28:00 PM
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Madden 2006
TitleID: 45410075
Before: 3.2gb
After: 2.7gb
/BURNOUT/
/DATA/MOVIETUT1-4.DAT(4 FILES)
Remember, those are the tutorial movies so don't try to access them in the options menu and always say no when the game prompts you to watch them.
NCAA 2006
TitleID: 45410080
Before: 3.5gb
After: 2.8gb
/MMNCDEMO/
/DATA/DEFENSE.DAT
IMPACT.DAT
OFFENSE.DAT
OPTIONS.DAT
Again, these are the tutorial movies so don't try to access them.
P.S. I'll get Outlaw Tennis up tonight,
for now I don't think you can remove
anything from Darkwatch(?).
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 03:06:00 PM
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Outlaw Tennis
TitleID: 54540076
Before: 1.3gb
After: 758mb
/AUDIO/Soundtracks/*.wma(Every dam song in here sucks)
/CUTS/bonus01-04.xmv(4 files)
credits.xmv
intro.xmv
logos.xmv
Sorry guys but there's nothing to delete in Darkwatch.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Knasen on August 27, 2005, 04:53:00 PM
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Worms 4
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/data/fmv/pal/french
/data/fmv/pal/german
/data/fmv/pal/italian
/data/fmv/pal/spanish
/data/audio/vofrench.sab
/data/audio/vofrench.sob
/data/audio/vogerman.sab
/data/audio/vogerman.sob
/data/audio/voitalia.sab
/data/audio/voitalia.sob
/data/audio/vospanis.sab
/data/audio/vospanis.sob
total saved: 885 MB
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Knasen on August 27, 2005, 04:57:00 PM
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Neighbours from hell
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/esp
/fra
/ger
/ita
space saved: 73 MB
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: tidusthecoolest on September 02, 2005, 12:49:00 PM
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Keep the Xbox File Ripping Information-main page updated!
It's easier to find info of a game that I want if it's orgarnised rather than having to search over 90+ pages of posts to find it.
This post has been edited by tidusthecoolest: Sep 2 2005, 07:50 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on September 02, 2005, 03:34:00 PM
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yes sir
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 02, 2005, 06:40:00 PM
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this thread is just until baluga gets it on www.balugabutt.com and its all orgamized..
this thread has worked for over a year and i see no need to change anything.
change your board settings to display more threads/posts at once and it will only be 29 pages :-)
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Sep 3 2005, 01:40 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: MasterPimp on September 09, 2005, 08:06:00 AM
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does anyone know unneeded files for NHL 2006, R6 Lockdown and Darkwatch ? thanx !
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:34:00 PM
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Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike
I have run the game after this. I have not fully tested it. Use at your own risk:
Delete video files with _i, _g, _f, _s on the end of them. The one without the _ is the main movie and the others are other languages. Saved a lot of room. Game is still playable at this point.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:42:00 PM
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Games with _25fps and _30fps versions of movie files. 25fps is Pal. 30fps is NTSC. Keep the one you want. Delete the other type. Play the game and enjoy significant savings.
(Area 51 for example has movies ending in _25 and _30. I deleted all the _25 and kept the _30.)
YA, I know I'm not providing you the paths. I didn't have time to write them down. I needed the space asap. I am however giving you a hint on where to look to take credit for finding it yourself.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:43:00 PM
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I was unable to find anything worth dinking with on Darkwatch. Ya you could save 2 or 3 megabytes.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: nofear04 on September 19, 2005, 05:35:00 PM
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hey i found by using the blank xmv's from balegubutt's site [sp] and replacing them in burnout4 i saved like 700 mb...idk if thats a viable opinion for all...
if the game freezes on you in evoz, erase your cache or use xbmc
This post has been edited by nofear04: Sep 20 2005, 12:37 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: joymonkey on September 22, 2005, 05:05:00 AM
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Has anyone found anything thank can be deleted from Ninja Gaiden Black?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: xRoninx on September 23, 2005, 02:07:00 AM
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I did NOT write these instructions, I found them on the internet, and verified it does work
Hope that helps
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 23, 2005, 10:25:00 AM
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super nice!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: slumberpod77 on September 24, 2005, 05:54:00 PM
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Still Life
=======
Before: 2.36 GB, 302 Files & 16 Directories.
After: 1.42 GB, 256 Files & 11 Directories.
Saved: .94 GB
get the blank Bink video file here:
http://www.balugabut...ewcat.php?cid=8
replace the following files with blank.bik
/Videos/CIN/Microids.bik
/Videos/CIN/Microids_dci.bik
delete the following files & directories:
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/AB/
/AL/
/ES/
/FR/
/IT/
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Prican24 on September 27, 2005, 07:12:00 AM
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anyone know what can be deleted off burnout revenge?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on September 27, 2005, 07:57:00 PM
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prican, you can replace the movies in /ovid/ with blanks
i'll have a look for anything else this arvo
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: LuckyHarmz on September 27, 2005, 08:58:00 PM
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Sorry if I had skipped it but have anyone posted any files that can be deleted from ESPN NFL 2k5 if not, can someone PLEASE post some or at least PM me or something....Thank you.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: vannillabear on September 28, 2005, 09:32:00 AM
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. if theres a generous soul out there get in touch.
much appreciated
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: vannillabear on September 28, 2005, 09:48:00 AM
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sorry,
been doing some more searching and have another question... is there a way i can search a thread? i want to cut down space on my games and a few aren't (or dont seem to be) listed in any of the sites linked in Rahszhuls first post. the thread is approaching 100 pages and its a lot to sift through, it took me about half an hour to get through 20 trying to find some blank files :huh: so just wondering can i search this thread for burntout 3 (for example) and go straight to the page/pages with it in them or do i always get linked to the start of the thread?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Cold|Fusion on September 28, 2005, 10:08:00 AM
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I'm a little late answering this. But yeah, I have the PAL version, as for the guy that gave me this info, I have no idea if he had the PAL or NTSC version. Maybe these files aren't on the NTSC version, I have no clue, but just to recap on it once more.
If you guys have checked the directory res/sounds there's a bunch of language folders (italian, french, etc..) at the bottom, there's 1.2gb of sound files. Filenames like blabla_en.xwb and blabla_ge.xwb
the _ge.xwb files are german speech and the en.xwb are english. So the _ge.wxb files can safely be removed if you're not playing it in german. Although, if you are familiar with Qwix's cross-linking, it might be even better than deleting them.
Cold|Fusion
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 07:14:00 AM
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Evil Dead Regeneration
TitleID: 54510025
Before: 3.18gb
After: 2.75gb
data\bink\EX\unlck_00-19.bik (19 files)
unlckDAH.bik
unlckWR.bik
unlckWR1-3.bik (3 files)
data\bink\Main\black.bik
color.bik
demo.bik
legal.bik
Mavel Nemesis
TitleID: 4542038A
Before: 2.95gb
After: 2.48gb
\Sounds\french
german
italian
\Video\Attract.vp6
EAG_fr.vp6
EAG_it.vp6
EAG_de.vp6
MOV_2_5_FR.vp6
MOV_2_5_IT.vp6
NFS_XSELL.vp6
SSX_XSELL.vp6
Indigo Prophecy
TitleID: 4947007B
Before: 1.88gb
After: 1.71gb
Video\ENG\XBOX\NTSC\BONUS01-05.bik(5 files)
LOGOATAR.bik
LOGOQUAN.bik
ROLLDEMO.bik
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
TitleID: 504C0006
Before: 3.50gb
After: 1.41gb
Data\SOX\FRA\
GER
ITA
KOR
SPA
Data\SysVoice\FRA
GER
KOR
SPA
Data\Text\FRA
GER
ITA
KOR
SPA
Data\Voice\FRA
GER
KOR
SPA
Ninja Gaiden Black
TitleID: 5443000D
Before: 5.79gb
After: 4.19gb
movie\doa4.sfd
pre_movie10-14_J.sfd (4 files)
pre_movie5_J.sfd
pre_movie8_J.sfd
Rainbow Six Lockdown
TitleID: 55530048
Before: 2.75gb
After: 2.19gb
xboxdata\audio\DEU
FRA
ITA
SPA
xboxdata\stream\DEU
FRA
ITA
SPA
xboxdata\video\Atrract_movie.bik
MK Shoalin Monks (this is at your own risk I have not finished this game)
TitleID: 4D570029
Before: 3.65gb
After: 3.30gb
\classic (this is the MK2 game)
\English (this is the Suffering Demo)
front\movies\Blitz.sfd
Gauntlet
Tak 3
TitleID: 545100F4
Before: 2.45gb
After: 2.02gb
data_xbox\fmv\A\Animals_ss.bik
attract1-4_XBOX.bik (4 files)
Avatar_640x480.bik
AVLogo.bik
\B\Black_mist_ss.bik
\F\FOP_Video_Trailer.bik
\G\grammazon_ss.bik
\J\Jibba_Jabba_ss.bik
juju_ss.bik
\N\Nick.bik
\S\SB_LCP_Xbox_640x480.bik
\T\Tak_2_urgency_Xbox_ESRB.bik
THQ_XBOX.bik
\V\Vehicles_ss.bik
\W\worlds_ss.bik
Ultimate Spiderman
TitleID: 41560035
Before: 1.23gb
After: 1.22gb
data\movies\xbox\Activision.xmv
attract.xmv
Marvel_Logo.xmv
Treyarch_Logo.xmv
x_men_trailer.xmv
Xmen Legends 2
TitleID: 41560047
Before: 2.12gb
After: 1.82gb
movies\pal
I hope none of these have been posted yet. That's all I have for now boys. Oh about the guy that posted the Ninja Gaiden Black deletion, you can just delete those files without having to rename anything.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on September 29, 2005, 07:42:00 AM
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Can you clear this up??
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 12:54:00 PM
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the suffering - ties that bind
before: 5.1 gb
after: 1.6 gb
dashupdate.xbe and update.xbe
\Demos\mksm\GAMEDATA.WAD & other files there.
\Demos\mksm\front\movies
\Demos\mksm\Music
\French\Common\Interface (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\Player (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\Resources (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\System (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Levels\ (delete files inside level folders) (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Tech\XboxLiveUIX (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Tech\xvsh (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\World Common\Music (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 01:03:00 PM
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ravage73, did you have any problems backing up the suffering. I copied it my HD from the original but it won't load at all. Any ideas?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 01:10:00 PM
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no problem here. u patched it right?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 01:22:00 PM
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didn't know there was a patch. Is there? Could you help?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
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try patching it with craxtion. i didnt have to patch it though.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 29, 2005, 06:25:00 PM
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overfiend.. howd you copy it to hard drive?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 07:13:00 PM
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Illusions, I used dvd2xbox and this is the first time EVER that this has happened. The game is there only, it doesn't load. Really weird. Anyways. If you guys can think of anything else just let me know.
Come to think of it I've been wondering about something for quite some time now, why doesn't dvd2xbox create a second .xbe like it use to? And why does it delete the media folder, when some games actually look for it. And if you don't believe me just check for yourself. Copy Midway Arcade Treasures(with dvd2xbox) and you'll see that it won't work initially, but if you manually put the media folder back in it will work fine. This is not the only game either, I remember that Ghost Recon 2 did the same thing with me and a few others aswell. Something to think about.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 29, 2005, 07:35:00 PM
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suffering: just used dvd2xbox.. got a black screen... didnt even try to load.
and about the media folder.. im guessing thats highly unusual that its needed and thats why it deletes it.
im going to try a couple things.. ill post back if i get anything to work.
edit: creates a patched default... and renames the original in case.
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Sep 30 2005, 02:46 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on September 30, 2005, 04:48:00 PM
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Suffering II
TitleID: 4D57002C
Before: 5.06gb
After: 1.71gb
\Demos
\English\Pal
\French
You don't have to do that crosslinking stuff, you can just delete all that stuff. Now if I could only get it to work on my HD, it would be great. Get that huh, it works off a disk but not the HD. Oh well.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 30, 2005, 04:50:00 PM
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at least im not the only one.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Prican24 on September 30, 2005, 06:15:00 PM
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i did the same to my copy of the suffering 2 and it works fine from hdd.
just to note that i did keep the french and pal folders but deleted everything in those folders and completly deleted the demos folder.
in case you need info on what i have:
1.4 xbox with Xecuter 3 using latest x3 bios and 160GB HDD
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 30, 2005, 06:21:00 PM
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i got a 1.1 with a 160GB seagate, xecuter 2.3 lite with 4981.06 bios.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: HarshReality on October 01, 2005, 08:00:00 AM
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Curious, I am wondering has anybody tried to execulte ACL file on existing games on hard disk with the new version? I found that it wont to all of them like the older did, just runs one or 2 then hangs.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Prican24 on October 05, 2005, 06:44:00 AM
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anyone know what can be deleted off of nba live 06?
so far i found under movies\ntsc:
nfsmw.vp6
madden.vp6
nascar.vp6
nhl.vp6
which only kills off 88.2MB and the normal update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe deletes which is 57.9MB for a total of 146MB
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: DManC on October 05, 2005, 06:56:00 AM
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are you sayin that you are successfully playing nba live 2006 off your hard drive?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Prican24 on October 05, 2005, 07:52:00 AM
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reread my post, i mention nothing about hdd ;)
i just wanna make the game smaller for a multigame disc :popcorn:
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: WiSo on October 05, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
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Don't blame dvd2xbox if you don't use the original ACLs shipped with the archive from xbins. Check you default.acl file and I guess you'll find the answer why there isn't a _orig file and the media directory is missing.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: overfiend on October 05, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
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WiSo, with all due respect I don't remember blaming anything on anybody, all I did was simply ask a question. Sorry if that upset you. I also wanted to educate people on the fact that deleting the media folder right off the acl is a bad idea, take BIA:Earned in Blood for instance, the media folder on that game contains 718mb of needed data s deleting it would be a bad idea and you wouldn't even have known simply cause most people think deleting the media folder is fine.
P.S. To anyone having problems with Earned in Blood
copy the media folder back into your game's dir. if
in fact it was taken out by the "hacked" default.acl
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: shinji257 on October 05, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
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Yea. Some games have useless junk in the media folder. Others have really important files in there. I usually modify the acls to not delete anything. Then manually delete afterwards reviewing why it was being removed (i.e. foriegn languages). There are only 4 files I consider safe for removal because they relate to xbox live specifically.
downloader.xbe
update.xbe
dashupdate.xbe
OK. Maybe that was only 3. Still though the downloader.xbe file may come in different names. I think I just got one like that. I don't consider the media folder safe to delete immediately for the reason stated above.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on October 05, 2005, 09:42:00 PM
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Boy, leave for a while and see what happens!!
Anyhow, the default.acl I have is the one from April/04 that I took out the code that modifies the default.xbe from. I don't know why it deletes the media folder, I just cleaned out the default.xbe stuff. They where just patches that any BIOS does anyhow.
So, I have fixed the default.acl to NOT delete the media folder. If everyone wants the patches to the default.xbe back, just let me know and I will put those back too.
Baluga
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: kingjoel on October 06, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
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Is anyone working on Dynasty warriors 5?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 09, 2005, 09:02:00 PM
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Can I always delete the default.xbe_orig file?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 09, 2005, 09:23:00 PM
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and default.bak?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 10, 2005, 05:31:00 AM
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Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 17, 2005, 07:17:00 PM
Post by: Cold|Fusion on July 17, 2005, 10:25:00 PM
However, I wouldn't like to put a celeron cpu through that again, at one point, I thought it was going to combust.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 20, 2005, 06:52:00 PM
fantastic 4
or
sid meiers pirates
??? i dont even know what to begin to look for to delete besides language files, and im like 400MB over on making fantastic 4, pirates, and spy vs spy fit on one disc. ???
Post by: shinji257 on July 21, 2005, 08:41:00 PM
http://shinji.chaosn...-s/54540082.zip
Zip Contents:
54540082.acl
54540082.ppf
54540082_avfix.ppf
Post by: uesc on July 23, 2005, 09:41:00 AM
QUOTE(Gigas @ Jul 1 2005, 11:55 AM)
RE Conker DVD-R backup.
If you delete:
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
and make an ISO with Qwix, it will burn fine to a normal DVD-R using Alcohol. The game seems to play ok for me from the backup and from the HDD.
Hope this helps.
If you delete:
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
and make an ISO with Qwix, it will burn fine to a normal DVD-R using Alcohol. The game seems to play ok for me from the backup and from the HDD.
Hope this helps.
this sorta worked for me... I was able to get the ISO to fit on a DVD-R, but when i put it in my xbox, the conker loading screen comes up, and in anywhere from 10 seconds to 25 seconds, the DDE message appears... Is it because i used Qwix, and the files are not put in order? I don't have Alcohol, so I used DVD Decrypter instead, could that have caused a problem?
Any suggestions?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 23, 2005, 05:11:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on July 27, 2005, 03:20:00 PM
QUOTE(Cold|Fusion @ Jul 18 2005, 02:44 AM)
If this has already been added, please ignore, a search turned up zilch.
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
If anyone can give me an actual list then I will post this.
I also added Doom 3 to the website.
Post by: paulttt on July 28, 2005, 05:51:00 AM
QUOTE(Cold|Fusion @ Jul 18 2005, 02:44 AM)
If this has already been added, please ignore, a search turned up zilch.
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
A Bard's Tale game deletions, brings it to 4.20GB's.
directory \res\sounds
therein there are files that end in en.wxb and ge.wxb
If you don't need the german speech for the game, delete all the files in this directory that end in ge.wxb, to bring the game down to 4.20GB's. A nice size to fit a single layer dvd-r.
(Info courtesy of Macolio of #xbox/efnet)
Thanks again for this info Macolio.
Regards
Cold|Fusion
i cant even find these files?
any idea why?
Post by: balugabutt on July 30, 2005, 01:20:00 PM
Makes me wonder if he had a PAL version of the game?!?!?!?
Post by: cheezitman2001 on August 03, 2005, 05:00:00 PM
Post by: shinji257 on August 03, 2005, 05:19:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 06, 2005, 08:40:00 PM
Ghost Recon 2 : Summit Strike
CODE
/update.xbe
/dashupdate.xbe
/dvdextras/ (all files)
/sound/ fv_french.xwb
fv_german.wxb
fv_italian.wxb
fv_spanish.wxb
speech_fr.xsr
speech_gr.xsr
speech_sp.xsr
/video/ *_f.xmv
*_g.xmv
*_i.xmv
*_s.xmv
ESRB european
/dashupdate.xbe
/dvdextras/ (all files)
/sound/ fv_french.xwb
fv_german.wxb
fv_italian.wxb
fv_spanish.wxb
speech_fr.xsr
speech_gr.xsr
speech_sp.xsr
/video/ *_f.xmv
*_g.xmv
*_i.xmv
*_s.xmv
ESRB european
i had some problems with the media folder.. i think theres stuff in there needed to start up, so i just left it all.. after deletes = 1.00 GB
also -
Black Hawk Down
CODE
/di8hd/*_f.xmv
*_g.xmv
*_i.xmv
*_s.xmv
saves 322 MB
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Aug 7 2005, 10:05 AM
Post by: balugabutt on August 07, 2005, 02:41:00 AM
QUOTE
/sound/ fv french.xwb
fv german.wxb
fv italian.wxb
fv spanish.wxb
speech fr.xsr
speech gr.xsr
speech sp.xsr
fv german.wxb
fv italian.wxb
fv spanish.wxb
speech fr.xsr
speech gr.xsr
speech sp.xsr
Are those the exact file name?? They have space in them so I was wondering.
Thanks
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 07, 2005, 03:04:00 AM
Post by: MasterPimp on August 08, 2005, 05:55:00 AM
Post by: azn_shady on August 15, 2005, 09:52:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on August 16, 2005, 06:14:00 AM
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 01:27:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 01:34:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 02:28:00 PM
TitleID: 45410075
Before: 3.2gb
After: 2.7gb
/BURNOUT/
/DATA/MOVIETUT1-4.DAT(4 FILES)
Remember, those are the tutorial movies so don't try to access them in the options menu and always say no when the game prompts you to watch them.
NCAA 2006
TitleID: 45410080
Before: 3.5gb
After: 2.8gb
/MMNCDEMO/
/DATA/DEFENSE.DAT
IMPACT.DAT
OFFENSE.DAT
OPTIONS.DAT
Again, these are the tutorial movies so don't try to access them.
P.S. I'll get Outlaw Tennis up tonight,
for now I don't think you can remove
anything from Darkwatch(?).
Post by: overfiend on August 18, 2005, 03:06:00 PM
TitleID: 54540076
Before: 1.3gb
After: 758mb
/AUDIO/Soundtracks/*.wma(Every dam song in here sucks)
/CUTS/bonus01-04.xmv(4 files)
credits.xmv
intro.xmv
logos.xmv
Sorry guys but there's nothing to delete in Darkwatch.
Post by: Knasen on August 27, 2005, 04:53:00 PM
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/data/fmv/pal/french
/data/fmv/pal/german
/data/fmv/pal/italian
/data/fmv/pal/spanish
/data/audio/vofrench.sab
/data/audio/vofrench.sob
/data/audio/vogerman.sab
/data/audio/vogerman.sob
/data/audio/voitalia.sab
/data/audio/voitalia.sob
/data/audio/vospanis.sab
/data/audio/vospanis.sob
total saved: 885 MB
Post by: Knasen on August 27, 2005, 04:57:00 PM
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/esp
/fra
/ger
/ita
space saved: 73 MB
Post by: tidusthecoolest on September 02, 2005, 12:49:00 PM
It's easier to find info of a game that I want if it's orgarnised rather than having to search over 90+ pages of posts to find it.
This post has been edited by tidusthecoolest: Sep 2 2005, 07:50 PM
Post by: patto on September 02, 2005, 03:34:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 02, 2005, 06:40:00 PM
QUOTE(tidusthecoolest @ Sep 2 2005, 03:00 PM)
Keep the Xbox File Ripping Information-main page updated!
It's easier to find info of a game that I want if it's orgarnised rather than having to search over 90+ pages of posts to find it.
It's easier to find info of a game that I want if it's orgarnised rather than having to search over 90+ pages of posts to find it.
this thread is just until baluga gets it on www.balugabutt.com and its all orgamized..
this thread has worked for over a year and i see no need to change anything.
change your board settings to display more threads/posts at once and it will only be 29 pages :-)
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Sep 3 2005, 01:40 AM
Post by: MasterPimp on September 09, 2005, 08:06:00 AM
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:34:00 PM
I have run the game after this. I have not fully tested it. Use at your own risk:
Delete video files with _i, _g, _f, _s on the end of them. The one without the _ is the main movie and the others are other languages. Saved a lot of room. Game is still playable at this point.
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:42:00 PM
(Area 51 for example has movies ending in _25 and _30. I deleted all the _25 and kept the _30.)
YA, I know I'm not providing you the paths. I didn't have time to write them down. I needed the space asap. I am however giving you a hint on where to look to take credit for finding it yourself.
Post by: quarky42 on September 15, 2005, 11:43:00 PM
Post by: nofear04 on September 19, 2005, 05:35:00 PM
if the game freezes on you in evoz, erase your cache or use xbmc
This post has been edited by nofear04: Sep 20 2005, 12:37 AM
Post by: joymonkey on September 22, 2005, 05:05:00 AM
Post by: xRoninx on September 23, 2005, 02:07:00 AM
CODE
Here is how to make the DVD9 Version of Ninja Gaiden: Black fit
on a dvd5
to save pointless extra downloading.
First, get Qwix (PC xbox iso application) from the usual xbox
software
sources. Extract all the Files from the iso to a directory.
Go into the movie folder, and locate the following files:
pre_movie5_j.sfd
pre_movie8_j.sfd
pre_movie10_j.sfd
pre_movie11_j.sfd
pre_movie13_j.sfd
pre_movie14_j.sfd
These are the Japanese movie files. Delete them, and also delete
doa4.sfd (the dead or alive 4 trailer movie)
That done, now copy the US versions like so:
pre_movie5.sfd to pre_movie5_j.sfd
pre_movie8.sfd to pre_movie8_j.sfd
pre_movie10.sfd to pre_movie10_j.sfd
pre_movie11.sfd to pre_movie11_j.sfd
pre_movie13.sfd to pre_movie13_j.sfd
pre_movie14.sfd to pre_movie14_j.sfd
I also copied d_aruma.sfd to doa4.sfd (I have no idea what this
movie is,
but hell, just download dead or alive 4 too and save the movie
watching for dvdrs :P)
so you are left with 2 versions of the identical US movie files,
with
different filenames.
At this moment you might be thinking HEY! that didnt make it
smaller! but this is
where the magic of crosslinking files comes in. Qwix has the
ability to
discover identical files and include only one copy, but
reference it twice in the ISO.
So all you need to do now, is go back into Qwix, and create an
ISO from the directory you just extracted all the files too.
Be sure to check the box for CrossLinking!
You should find the ISO created comes to just under 4.7 gig and
burns fine to a dvdr.
Good luck and happy Ninjaing, and thanks to Tecmo and ProjectX,
two groups of people
probably not used to being thanked simultaneously :D
on a dvd5
to save pointless extra downloading.
First, get Qwix (PC xbox iso application) from the usual xbox
software
sources. Extract all the Files from the iso to a directory.
Go into the movie folder, and locate the following files:
pre_movie5_j.sfd
pre_movie8_j.sfd
pre_movie10_j.sfd
pre_movie11_j.sfd
pre_movie13_j.sfd
pre_movie14_j.sfd
These are the Japanese movie files. Delete them, and also delete
doa4.sfd (the dead or alive 4 trailer movie)
That done, now copy the US versions like so:
pre_movie5.sfd to pre_movie5_j.sfd
pre_movie8.sfd to pre_movie8_j.sfd
pre_movie10.sfd to pre_movie10_j.sfd
pre_movie11.sfd to pre_movie11_j.sfd
pre_movie13.sfd to pre_movie13_j.sfd
pre_movie14.sfd to pre_movie14_j.sfd
I also copied d_aruma.sfd to doa4.sfd (I have no idea what this
movie is,
but hell, just download dead or alive 4 too and save the movie
watching for dvdrs :P)
so you are left with 2 versions of the identical US movie files,
with
different filenames.
At this moment you might be thinking HEY! that didnt make it
smaller! but this is
where the magic of crosslinking files comes in. Qwix has the
ability to
discover identical files and include only one copy, but
reference it twice in the ISO.
So all you need to do now, is go back into Qwix, and create an
ISO from the directory you just extracted all the files too.
Be sure to check the box for CrossLinking!
You should find the ISO created comes to just under 4.7 gig and
burns fine to a dvdr.
Good luck and happy Ninjaing, and thanks to Tecmo and ProjectX,
two groups of people
probably not used to being thanked simultaneously :D
Hope that helps
This post has been edited by xRoninx: Sep 23 2005, 09:10 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 23, 2005, 10:25:00 AM
Post by: slumberpod77 on September 24, 2005, 05:54:00 PM
=======
Before: 2.36 GB, 302 Files & 16 Directories.
After: 1.42 GB, 256 Files & 11 Directories.
Saved: .94 GB
get the blank Bink video file here:
http://www.balugabut...ewcat.php?cid=8
replace the following files with blank.bik
/Videos/CIN/Microids.bik
/Videos/CIN/Microids_dci.bik
delete the following files & directories:
/dashupdate.xbe
/update.xbe
/AB/
/AL/
/ES/
/FR/
/IT/
Post by: Prican24 on September 27, 2005, 07:12:00 AM
Post by: patto on September 27, 2005, 07:57:00 PM
i'll have a look for anything else this arvo
Post by: LuckyHarmz on September 27, 2005, 08:58:00 PM
Post by: vannillabear on September 28, 2005, 09:32:00 AM
. if theres a generous soul out there get in touch.much appreciated
Post by: vannillabear on September 28, 2005, 09:48:00 AM
been doing some more searching and have another question... is there a way i can search a thread? i want to cut down space on my games and a few aren't (or dont seem to be) listed in any of the sites linked in Rahszhuls first post. the thread is approaching 100 pages and its a lot to sift through, it took me about half an hour to get through 20 trying to find some blank files :huh: so just wondering can i search this thread for burntout 3 (for example) and go straight to the page/pages with it in them or do i always get linked to the start of the thread?
Post by: Cold|Fusion on September 28, 2005, 10:08:00 AM
QUOTE(balugabutt @ Jul 30 2005, 09:31 PM)
I have this game now so I went to delete these files and they aren't there. So, I looked on the DVD and they wheren't on there either.
Makes me wonder if he had a PAL version of the game?!?!?!?
Makes me wonder if he had a PAL version of the game?!?!?!?
I'm a little late answering this. But yeah, I have the PAL version, as for the guy that gave me this info, I have no idea if he had the PAL or NTSC version. Maybe these files aren't on the NTSC version, I have no clue, but just to recap on it once more.
If you guys have checked the directory res/sounds there's a bunch of language folders (italian, french, etc..) at the bottom, there's 1.2gb of sound files. Filenames like blabla_en.xwb and blabla_ge.xwb
the _ge.xwb files are german speech and the en.xwb are english. So the _ge.wxb files can safely be removed if you're not playing it in german. Although, if you are familiar with Qwix's cross-linking, it might be even better than deleting them.
Cold|Fusion
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 07:14:00 AM
TitleID: 54510025
Before: 3.18gb
After: 2.75gb
data\bink\EX\unlck_00-19.bik (19 files)
unlckDAH.bik
unlckWR.bik
unlckWR1-3.bik (3 files)
data\bink\Main\black.bik
color.bik
demo.bik
legal.bik
Mavel Nemesis
TitleID: 4542038A
Before: 2.95gb
After: 2.48gb
\Sounds\french
german
italian
\Video\Attract.vp6
EAG_fr.vp6
EAG_it.vp6
EAG_de.vp6
MOV_2_5_FR.vp6
MOV_2_5_IT.vp6
NFS_XSELL.vp6
SSX_XSELL.vp6
Indigo Prophecy
TitleID: 4947007B
Before: 1.88gb
After: 1.71gb
Video\ENG\XBOX\NTSC\BONUS01-05.bik(5 files)
LOGOATAR.bik
LOGOQUAN.bik
ROLLDEMO.bik
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
TitleID: 504C0006
Before: 3.50gb
After: 1.41gb
Data\SOX\FRA\
GER
ITA
KOR
SPA
Data\SysVoice\FRA
GER
KOR
SPA
Data\Text\FRA
GER
ITA
KOR
SPA
Data\Voice\FRA
GER
KOR
SPA
Ninja Gaiden Black
TitleID: 5443000D
Before: 5.79gb
After: 4.19gb
movie\doa4.sfd
pre_movie10-14_J.sfd (4 files)
pre_movie5_J.sfd
pre_movie8_J.sfd
Rainbow Six Lockdown
TitleID: 55530048
Before: 2.75gb
After: 2.19gb
xboxdata\audio\DEU
FRA
ITA
SPA
xboxdata\stream\DEU
FRA
ITA
SPA
xboxdata\video\Atrract_movie.bik
MK Shoalin Monks (this is at your own risk I have not finished this game)
TitleID: 4D570029
Before: 3.65gb
After: 3.30gb
\classic (this is the MK2 game)
\English (this is the Suffering Demo)
front\movies\Blitz.sfd
Gauntlet
Tak 3
TitleID: 545100F4
Before: 2.45gb
After: 2.02gb
data_xbox\fmv\A\Animals_ss.bik
attract1-4_XBOX.bik (4 files)
Avatar_640x480.bik
AVLogo.bik
\B\Black_mist_ss.bik
\F\FOP_Video_Trailer.bik
\G\grammazon_ss.bik
\J\Jibba_Jabba_ss.bik
juju_ss.bik
\N\Nick.bik
\S\SB_LCP_Xbox_640x480.bik
\T\Tak_2_urgency_Xbox_ESRB.bik
THQ_XBOX.bik
\V\Vehicles_ss.bik
\W\worlds_ss.bik
Ultimate Spiderman
TitleID: 41560035
Before: 1.23gb
After: 1.22gb
data\movies\xbox\Activision.xmv
attract.xmv
Marvel_Logo.xmv
Treyarch_Logo.xmv
x_men_trailer.xmv
Xmen Legends 2
TitleID: 41560047
Before: 2.12gb
After: 1.82gb
movies\pal
I hope none of these have been posted yet. That's all I have for now boys. Oh about the guy that posted the Ninja Gaiden Black deletion, you can just delete those files without having to rename anything.
Post by: balugabutt on September 29, 2005, 07:42:00 AM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Sep 29 2005, 03:25 PM)
Oh about the guy that posted the Ninja Gaiden Black deletion, you can just delete those files without having to rename anything.
Can you clear this up??
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 12:54:00 PM
before: 5.1 gb
after: 1.6 gb
dashupdate.xbe and update.xbe
\Demos\mksm\GAMEDATA.WAD & other files there.
\Demos\mksm\front\movies
\Demos\mksm\Music
\French\Common\Interface (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\Player (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\Resources (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Common\System (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Levels\ (delete files inside level folders) (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Tech\XboxLiveUIX (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\Tech\xvsh (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
\French\World Common\Music (steps taken here applies to \English\PAL as well)
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 01:03:00 PM
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 01:10:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Sep 29 2005, 04:14 PM)
ravage73, did you have any problems backing up the suffering. I copied it my HD from the original but it won't load at all. Any ideas?
no problem here. u patched it right?
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 01:22:00 PM
Post by: ravage73 on September 29, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Sep 29 2005, 04:33 PM)
didn't know there was a patch. Is there? Could you help?
try patching it with craxtion. i didnt have to patch it though.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 29, 2005, 06:25:00 PM
Post by: overfiend on September 29, 2005, 07:13:00 PM
Come to think of it I've been wondering about something for quite some time now, why doesn't dvd2xbox create a second .xbe like it use to? And why does it delete the media folder, when some games actually look for it. And if you don't believe me just check for yourself. Copy Midway Arcade Treasures(with dvd2xbox) and you'll see that it won't work initially, but if you manually put the media folder back in it will work fine. This is not the only game either, I remember that Ghost Recon 2 did the same thing with me and a few others aswell. Something to think about.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 29, 2005, 07:35:00 PM
and about the media folder.. im guessing thats highly unusual that its needed and thats why it deletes it.
im going to try a couple things.. ill post back if i get anything to work.
edit: creates a patched default... and renames the original in case.
This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Sep 30 2005, 02:46 AM
Post by: overfiend on September 30, 2005, 04:48:00 PM
TitleID: 4D57002C
Before: 5.06gb
After: 1.71gb
\Demos
\English\Pal
\French
You don't have to do that crosslinking stuff, you can just delete all that stuff. Now if I could only get it to work on my HD, it would be great. Get that huh, it works off a disk but not the HD. Oh well.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 30, 2005, 04:50:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Sep 30 2005, 06:59 PM)
Suffering II
TitleID: 4D57002C
Before: 5.06gb
After: 1.71gb
\Demos
\English\Pal
\French
You don't have to do that crosslinking stuff, you can just delete all that stuff. Now if I could only get it to work on my HD, it would be great. Get that huh, it works off a disk but not the HD. Oh well.
TitleID: 4D57002C
Before: 5.06gb
After: 1.71gb
\Demos
\English\Pal
\French
You don't have to do that crosslinking stuff, you can just delete all that stuff. Now if I could only get it to work on my HD, it would be great. Get that huh, it works off a disk but not the HD. Oh well.
at least im not the only one.
Post by: Prican24 on September 30, 2005, 06:15:00 PM
just to note that i did keep the french and pal folders but deleted everything in those folders and completly deleted the demos folder.
in case you need info on what i have:
1.4 xbox with Xecuter 3 using latest x3 bios and 160GB HDD
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on September 30, 2005, 06:21:00 PM
Post by: HarshReality on October 01, 2005, 08:00:00 AM
Post by: Prican24 on October 05, 2005, 06:44:00 AM
so far i found under movies\ntsc:
nfsmw.vp6
madden.vp6
nascar.vp6
nhl.vp6
which only kills off 88.2MB and the normal update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe deletes which is 57.9MB for a total of 146MB
Post by: DManC on October 05, 2005, 06:56:00 AM
QUOTE(Prican24 @ Oct 5 2005, 08:55 AM)
anyone know what can be deleted off of nba live 06?
so far i found under movies\ntsc:
nfsmw.vp6
madden.vp6
nascar.vp6
nhl.vp6
which only kills off 88.2MB and the normal update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe deletes which is 57.9MB for a total of 146MB
so far i found under movies\ntsc:
nfsmw.vp6
madden.vp6
nascar.vp6
nhl.vp6
which only kills off 88.2MB and the normal update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe deletes which is 57.9MB for a total of 146MB
are you sayin that you are successfully playing nba live 2006 off your hard drive?
Post by: Prican24 on October 05, 2005, 07:52:00 AM
QUOTE(DManC @ Oct 5 2005, 10:07 AM)
are you sayin that you are successfully playing nba live 2006 off your hard drive?
reread my post, i mention nothing about hdd ;)
i just wanna make the game smaller for a multigame disc :popcorn:
Post by: WiSo on October 05, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Sep 30 2005, 03:24 AM)
Come to think of it I've been wondering about something for quite some time now, why doesn't dvd2xbox create a second .xbe like it use to? And why does it delete the media folder, when some games actually look for it.
Don't blame dvd2xbox if you don't use the original ACLs shipped with the archive from xbins. Check you default.acl file and I guess you'll find the answer why there isn't a _orig file and the media directory is missing.
Post by: overfiend on October 05, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
P.S. To anyone having problems with Earned in Blood
copy the media folder back into your game's dir. if
in fact it was taken out by the "hacked" default.acl
Post by: shinji257 on October 05, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
downloader.xbe
update.xbe
dashupdate.xbe
OK. Maybe that was only 3. Still though the downloader.xbe file may come in different names. I think I just got one like that. I don't consider the media folder safe to delete immediately for the reason stated above.
Post by: balugabutt on October 05, 2005, 09:42:00 PM
QUOTE(overfiend @ Oct 6 2005, 04:06 AM)
WiSo, with all due respect I don't remember blaming anything on anybody, all I did was simply ask a question. Sorry if that upset you. I also wanted to educate people on the fact that deleting the media folder right off the acl is a bad idea, take BIA:Earned in Blood for instance, the media folder on that game contains 718mb of needed data s deleting it would be a bad idea and you wouldn't even have known simply cause most people think deleting the media folder is fine.
P.S. To anyone having problems with Earned in Blood
copy the media folder back into your game's dir. if
in fact it was taken out by the "hacked" default.acl
P.S. To anyone having problems with Earned in Blood
copy the media folder back into your game's dir. if
in fact it was taken out by the "hacked" default.acl
Boy, leave for a while and see what happens!!
Anyhow, the default.acl I have is the one from April/04 that I took out the code that modifies the default.xbe from. I don't know why it deletes the media folder, I just cleaned out the default.xbe stuff. They where just patches that any BIOS does anyhow.
So, I have fixed the default.acl to NOT delete the media folder. If everyone wants the patches to the default.xbe back, just let me know and I will put those back too.
Baluga
Post by: kingjoel on October 06, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 09, 2005, 09:02:00 PM
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 09, 2005, 09:23:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 10, 2005, 05:31:00 AM
QUOTE(aaronspybrook @ Oct 9 2005, 11:13 PM)
Can I always delete the default.xbe_orig file?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 10, 2005, 10:28:00 AM
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Kind of new to this but I think I got som stuff for you. There may even be more to delete here but these are things I deleted from mine.
Lego Star Wars
\movies\pal
\stuff\*_DUTCH
*_GERMAN
*_SPANISH
*_ITALIAN
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on October 12, 2005, 11:39:00 PM
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nice directory name, 'stuff' lol
and i think i saw a thumbs.db in that game somewhere
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 13, 2005, 12:10:00 AM
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Yeah I know I was LMAO when I saw that. At first I thought I might just be able to kill the whole DIR I mean how important can a stuff directory be? But it turns out you do need some of the files in it.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Thraxen on October 16, 2005, 05:11:00 PM
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Anyone have deletions for NCAA March Madness 06?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Lukenatme on October 16, 2005, 08:30:00 PM
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Any NHL 2k6 deletions?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: cagmere on October 19, 2005, 09:35:00 PM
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The Warriors is about 5.3 gb. Need about a gig worth of deletions to fit on a DVD, but all of the files looked like they were needed. Anyone come up with anything?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on October 20, 2005, 12:31:00 AM
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the warriors has a heap of hdtv and widescreen videos
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: MasterPimp on October 23, 2005, 01:22:00 PM
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does anyone deletions for SSX Pro Tour ? thanx !
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: balugabutt on October 24, 2005, 05:34:00 PM
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Post by: aaronspybrook on October 10, 2005, 10:28:00 AM
Lego Star Wars
\movies\pal
\stuff\*_DUTCH
*_GERMAN
*_SPANISH
*_ITALIAN
Post by: patto on October 12, 2005, 11:39:00 PM
and i think i saw a thumbs.db in that game somewhere
Post by: aaronspybrook on October 13, 2005, 12:10:00 AM
Post by: Thraxen on October 16, 2005, 05:11:00 PM
Post by: Lukenatme on October 16, 2005, 08:30:00 PM
Post by: cagmere on October 19, 2005, 09:35:00 PM
Post by: patto on October 20, 2005, 12:31:00 AM
Post by: MasterPimp on October 23, 2005, 01:22:00 PM
Post by: balugabutt on October 24, 2005, 05:34:00 PM
QUOTE(f3ieky @ Oct 23 2005, 09:59 PM)
Any deletions for
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 29, 2005, 05:32:00 AM
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Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 29, 2005, 05:32:00 AM
QUOTE(cuervoxz @ Oct 29 2005, 05:18 AM)
Necesito ayuda con el indy car series 2005, lo copie al disco duro y cuando lo ejecuto me aparece disco sucio o dañado
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: BadNinja3 on October 30, 2005, 01:35:00 AM
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anything on:
Tony hawk's american wasteland?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 30, 2005, 04:22:00 AM
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Post by: BadNinja3 on October 30, 2005, 01:35:00 AM
Tony hawk's american wasteland?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on October 30, 2005, 04:22:00 AM
QUOTE(BadNinja3 @ Oct 30 2005, 03:46 AM)
anything on:
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on October 30, 2005, 08:07:00 AM
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this might work, haven't got the game
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Standard
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
Movies
\data\movies\bik\Movies\
\data\movies\bik\Teasers\
deleting whichever biks you want should work
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: gehx on October 31, 2005, 04:15:00 PM
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Post by: patto on October 30, 2005, 08:07:00 AM
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Standard
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
Movies
\data\movies\bik\Movies\
\data\movies\bik\Teasers\
deleting whichever biks you want should work
Post by: gehx on October 31, 2005, 04:15:00 PM
QUOTE({{909}} @ Oct 31 2005, 04:24 PM)
hawks has long filenames and wont work off the HDD
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Darksunrise on November 02, 2005, 06:41:00 PM
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actually nevermind i found a cpl of threads dealing with the warriors chek em out here if u having problems....
http://forums.xbox-s...4
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=453029
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Millions Knives on November 13, 2005, 12:52:00 PM
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I was just wondering if the media folder in Live enabled games is used only for Xbox Live.
Since you can't use backups on XBL anyway, I'd like to be able to just go through all my HDD backups and delete all these folders as long as it won't affect the game otherwise.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ravedrifter on November 13, 2005, 07:34:00 PM
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Also any for SW Battlefront II?
ive managed to delete all the vids, cause i just play multiplayer, there is one big sound file. global.lvl, which is 700 mb, i think they contain all the ambient soldier voices and speech.
i got rid of all vids and the global.lvl sound.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: precys on November 18, 2005, 09:09:00 AM
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so does anyone know what files is deleteable on Tony Hawk wasteland and sayin it dont work cause of long filenames is not an answer cause there is obviously patches that let it work. i wanna take the music out if possible and actually everything i can.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Millions Knives on November 18, 2005, 01:43:00 PM
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Post by: Darksunrise on November 02, 2005, 06:41:00 PM
http://forums.xbox-s...4
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=453029
Post by: Millions Knives on November 13, 2005, 12:52:00 PM
Since you can't use backups on XBL anyway, I'd like to be able to just go through all my HDD backups and delete all these folders as long as it won't affect the game otherwise.
Post by: ravedrifter on November 13, 2005, 07:34:00 PM
ive managed to delete all the vids, cause i just play multiplayer, there is one big sound file. global.lvl, which is 700 mb, i think they contain all the ambient soldier voices and speech.
i got rid of all vids and the global.lvl sound.
Post by: precys on November 18, 2005, 09:09:00 AM
Post by: Millions Knives on November 18, 2005, 01:43:00 PM
QUOTE(precys @ Nov 18 2005, 05:16 PM)
so does anyone know what files is deleteable on Tony Hawk wasteland and sayin it dont work cause of long filenames is not an answer cause there is obviously patches that let it work. i wanna take the music out if possible and actually everything i can.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Millions Knives on November 18, 2005, 05:49:00 PM
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Post by: Millions Knives on November 18, 2005, 05:49:00 PM
QUOTE(precys @ Nov 19 2005, 12:28 AM)
^^^ ok so you obviously dont know the answer and neither does the 8 posts up because i read that the first time but he said he is not sure if it SHOULD work, plus no where does it answer my question if i can delete the music, hence me sayin "SO does anyone know what files IS deleteable" but im sure you were just tryin to help and not be a smart ass even if you made 
face. smh
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 18, 2005, 06:36:00 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: precys on November 19, 2005, 05:15:00 AM
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Also, i checked on the last 10 pages and im lookin for any deletions for prince of persia the 2 towers, and nfs most wanted. i couldnt find anything and the search function is still in-active so it makes things a lil harder to find.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Millions Knives on November 19, 2005, 10:52:00 AM
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\data\movies\bik\Teasers\ is the folder that contains all advertisements for skateboarding DVDs and shoes.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 19, 2005, 03:16:00 PM
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dont forget people, www.balugabutt.com has most of these deletions, and is very easy to browse through, this thread is for the initial delete files, which he then adds to his site..
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: gehx on November 20, 2005, 01:39:00 AM
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face. smhPost by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 18, 2005, 06:36:00 PM
CODE
GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_
\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
Post by: precys on November 19, 2005, 05:15:00 AM
Post by: Millions Knives on November 19, 2005, 10:52:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 19, 2005, 03:16:00 PM
Post by: gehx on November 20, 2005, 01:39:00 AM
QUOTE(Millions Knives @ Nov 19 2005, 01:59 PM)
Do you mean Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones? From my understanding, that game doesn't come out till November, 29th.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: precys on November 20, 2005, 03:30:00 AM
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oops forgot to post this, well on American Wasteland you can delete /data/streams/pcm/music_pcm.wad/dat and save 615.73mb/2kb which deletes all the music, you can actually delete everything in the stream folder but the remaining 2 files (other_pcm.wad and pcm.wad) one is the random background soundeffects like car honkings and tires scretching, and the other is the vocices which means you will have to read all the captioning. so if that doesnt bother you then you save another 187.16mb and 214.83mb. So the stream folder by itself is a lil over a gig which leaves the game at around 709.01mb
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 20, 2005, 03:45:00 AM
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Work In Progress.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: precys on November 20, 2005, 04:44:00 AM
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Post by: precys on November 20, 2005, 03:30:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on November 20, 2005, 03:45:00 AM
Post by: precys on November 20, 2005, 04:44:00 AM
QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Nov 20 2005, 06:52 AM)
Work In Progress.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ibemonty2000 on November 20, 2005, 11:38:00 PM
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Need For Speed Most Wanted.
Its 2968Mb, the only problem is, unlike previous releases, the file structure is totally different. Its 18 compressed BIN files in a folder called "NFS". The in the root its got default.xbe, update.xbe, and dashupdate.xbe.
Deleting update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe will save 57.94Mb. But I've never dealt with BINs so I don't know how to extract them and everything.
-Monty
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: caseyhalone on November 21, 2005, 12:07:00 AM
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half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: gehx on November 21, 2005, 02:05:00 PM
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I tried that and it doesn't work...doesn't even load.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: WolfPac_Ite on November 21, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
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Why don't you just play off the original when it is released...?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: precys on November 22, 2005, 01:42:00 PM
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i dont like using the originals cause i work 12 hour security and i cant play a game for too long so im always switching between games. I play about 15 diff xbox games on that shift lol. less than an hour each game, just enuff to quench my thirst with a level or two. so if i was to take all the originals, they can get scratched or lost seeing that alot of people (coworkers) dont really care as much for something if its not theirs, so when i go on my rounds my coworkers will treat it ok but still not as good as if it was theirs. this way, if i dont take them, they cant "accidently" drop the discs or finger print them all up (they're infamous for that lol). then when i get home i sleep, spend some time with my girl and then get ready for work, no time for gaming lol so i keep all my games on my box so i dont carry a big ass bag full of games everytime and less things i bring the better and right now my hdd is gettin full (234mb left) I'm thinkin of buying a new drive tho, mine is only 160gb but right now dont have money for a big 300+ hdd so i gotta work with what i got.
PHEW sorry about that i think that was alot of babbling, if it even made sense lol :P
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: caseyhalone on November 22, 2005, 05:35:00 PM
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try launching the different xbe's from your dash and see what they do.
this game in i have actually had other issues with in rebooting to the dash on certain levels. hard to pinpoint what it is tho.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Lukenatme on November 26, 2005, 05:51:00 PM
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half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
What is the exact file name of the hl2 .xbe file?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: mikejf on November 27, 2005, 06:10:00 AM
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half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
You can't really do that. The default.xbe unpacks files into the Temp drive X and the hl2 xbe then uses Temp drive Z to run the game.
When X drive gets cleared by another game. Then default is required, so what you suggested won't work all the time.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: caseyhalone on November 28, 2005, 07:30:00 PM
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yeah i think you are right. after playing thru the game all the way off my hdd i have had a few random reboots when loading the next part of certain levels. to bad there isnt a way to get past the lame logo screens. looks like ill have to re rip it from dvd.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: HarshReality on December 04, 2005, 12:12:00 PM
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OK, anybody chopped up Shadow the Hedgehog or Darkwatch?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Frosty-E on December 12, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
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any deletions for True Crimes: New York City?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Neilor on December 13, 2005, 07:26:00 AM
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Half Life 2
Delete the following for English only version :
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_
This post has been edited by Neilor: Dec 13 2005, 03:27 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 13, 2005, 09:24:00 AM
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Half Life 2
Delete the following for English only version :
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_
already posted, but good looking out
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: HarshReality on December 16, 2005, 08:37:00 AM
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Anybody know deletions for Call of Duty 2 Big Red One?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: HarshReality on December 16, 2005, 09:22:00 AM
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Now I get to figure out why Gauntlet Seven Sorrows and Call of Duty 2 wont fly... Guess I'll try the default acl file to see if that takes care of it.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: vism on December 21, 2005, 06:23:00 PM
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I was just wondering if the media folder in Live enabled games is used only for Xbox Live.
Since you can't use backups on XBL anyway, I'd like to be able to just go through all my HDD backups and delete all these folders as long as it won't affect the game otherwise.
Usually, but not always. Some games do use a media folder for their title screen/menus as well.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: shinji257 on December 29, 2005, 05:00:00 PM
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For Prince of Persia: T2T
These should be safe deletions but they are untested. I just went ahead and dumped them and will try to play through the game to see if there are any lockups. The game did start however.
MENU\SPANISH
MENU\FRENCH
MENU\GERMAN
MENU\ITALIAN
These appear to all be region specific files.
I think you can dump either 25fps or 30fps folder in the VIDEO folder. Only delete the one you are not currently using. If you are using a NTSC xbox then delete the 25fps folder. If you are using a PAL xbox then delete the 30fps folder.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Diesel2005 on December 29, 2005, 05:03:00 PM
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Any deletions for Ninja Gaiden: Black?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 29, 2005, 06:04:00 PM
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Any deletions for Ninja Gaiden: Black?
pretty sure they are the same deletes for regualr ninja gaiden
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: caseyhalone on January 01, 2006, 09:41:00 AM
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"MTX Mototrax
135 MB saved
Xbox Live /dashupdate.xbe /update.xbe
Unneeded Stuff /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/GCN_*.xbx /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/PS2_*.xbx /data/movies/bik/Movies/actlogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/lfplogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/mtx_intr.bik"
anyone know if i can just rename all the bik movies? seems like alot of space! the videos are kinda lame when you wanna play the game eh.
i got this off balugabutt site.
if this works i think i saved about 900mb
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: caseyhalone on January 01, 2006, 02:03:00 PM
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it works! i think i saved about 900mb extra! you can rename all the movies with the blank bik.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: yatti on January 16, 2006, 07:32:00 AM
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On this http://rahszhul.xhce...ex.php?letter=H mirror I only see Halo:CE is there removals from Halo 2? I just finished rippin Halo 2 so ill look around for any deletables... XBL stuff would go for sure..
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: hhhhhhh on January 30, 2006, 10:04:00 PM
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all the information here is so obvious..
if there are multiple files around the same size of different file types/names, you dont need them all!
any video files can be replaced by another renamed the same!
but why post movies or tutorials that may be wanted by some?
but this thread has no real helpful info-
why are there apad1.000,apad2.000,apad3.000 in SSX on tour?
they dont seem needed..
and how do u get rid of Japanese audio on ninja gaiden
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: fhsasbvp on January 31, 2006, 05:27:00 PM
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are there any up to date acl packs like rahzschul used to have? I'm looking for a zip file with up to date acl's any help would be greatly appreciated
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: sleepyjack on January 31, 2006, 09:35:00 PM
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This is similar to pro evolution 4:
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
(saved: about 1,1 GB)
Language Files:
\f_sound.asf
\f_text.asf
\g_sound.asf
\g_text.asf
\i_sound.asf
\i_text.asf
\s_sound.asf
\s_text.asf
basically, just delete all the sound and text files which aren't preceded by an e (for english). Again on pro evo 5 it saves over a gig.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: fhsasbvp on February 02, 2006, 02:56:00 PM
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any deletions for:
Juiced
street racing sydicate
gun
def jam fight for new york
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: FLOFLOFLO on February 03, 2006, 07:55:00 PM
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Hi,
First i will to say thank you rahszhul for your work and all who help you !!!
Its my fisrt post on this forum !
My little contribution is for a old game : Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PAL)
If you remove all languages files you can save : 1302MB !!!!!!
Language Files
remove french : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbf
/res/*_fr.lmp
/res/pendingf.xmv
remove german : (329MB Saved)
/res/*.vbg
/res/*_ge.lmp
/res/*_gr.lmp
/res/pendingg.xmv
remove italian : (325MB Saved)
/res/*.vbi
/res/*_it.lmp
/res/pendingi.xmv
remove spanish : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbs
/res/*_sp.lmp
/res/pendings.xmv
Or :
/res/*.vb*
/res/*_fr.*
/res/*_ge.*
/res/*_gr.*
/res/*_it.*
/res/*_sp.*
/res/pending*.xmv( NOT pending.xmv ! )
1302MB Saved !
I hope this will help you !
bye
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on February 03, 2006, 09:00:00 PM
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rahzul no longer handles the deletes, its now balugabutt, and im not sure how active he is anymore, as this thread slowed down alot on the previous month or two
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: patto on February 12, 2006, 09:37:00 PM
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good old illusions
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: microsafe17 on March 08, 2006, 09:13:00 PM
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Does anyone have any deletions for the following:
50 Cent: Bulletproof
The Matrix: Path of Neo
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: michael90002002 on March 22, 2006, 02:31:00 PM
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Any deletions for the godfather and GUN?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ozzy187 on March 22, 2006, 11:15:00 PM
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Hello, just wondering if they have any files to delete for Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Remix?
I have tried everything.
Thanks
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: DracoYeager on March 25, 2006, 11:32:00 PM
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i am going to mess around with it, but any deletions for Call of Cthulhu?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: italianiceag on April 28, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
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I admire the catering to n00bs that this thread has done, but I think there should be a strong emphasis on what should constitute being deleted, relinked, etc. Then simply "load this acl file and delete the files we tell you to"
Of course I haven't read all 103 pages of this thread, but it doesn't seem all that educating. More like handing out doles to people and preventing them from learning on their own.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this thread (bookmarked it for the future) aabout a week ago while trying to figure out how to re-encode the .sfd's in sonic heroes and riders -- they seem to be "different" from other .sfd's which i've re-encoded hundreds of by now. I ended up re-linking some files and deleting al the extra languages as well as re-encoding some of the audio, worked like a charm. just took forever to make them BOTH fit on the same disc.
EDIT: And geez, its such a mess, there's over 1000+ files in the same freaking folder.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on April 28, 2006, 03:34:00 PM
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I admire the catering to n00bs that this thread has done, but I think there should be a strong emphasis on what should constitute being deleted, relinked, etc. Then simply "load this acl file and delete the files we tell you to"
Of course I haven't read all 103 pages of this thread, but it doesn't seem all that educating. More like handing out doles to people and preventing them from learning on their own.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this thread (bookmarked it for the future) aabout a week ago while trying to figure out how to re-encode the .sfd's in sonic heroes and riders -- they seem to be "different" from other .sfd's which i've re-encoded hundreds of by now. I ended up re-linking some files and deleting al the extra languages as well as re-encoding some of the audio, worked like a charm. just took forever to make them BOTH fit on the same disc.
EDIT: And geez, its such a mess, there's over 1000+ files in the same freaking folder.
well... if you must know, this thread is for people to post their deletes, which then get gathered by balugabutt who takes the information to
www.balugabutt.com
and has it readily available to us, so that we can just easily find the game we are looking for, and see what deletes are available.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: italianiceag on April 28, 2006, 03:57:00 PM
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I'm aware of that.
But it's not really teaching anyone anything.
Keep it real, this is a request thread with a few admirable posters that held it up. This wasn't some community posting thread where everyone was doing work and knew what they were doing.
Like I said, its a great thread, it just mised the "educating" aspect if you ask me. It's basically handing out doles.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on April 28, 2006, 05:21:00 PM
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yeah.. but thats what this thread is.... nothing more.
what do you want it to teach you or others?
its all about "games taking too much space" hence the thread title.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 26, 2006, 07:32:00 PM
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good job miker, and baluga for keeping up even though the demand isnt as large as it used to be.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: DOCTOR_XBOX4 on May 27, 2006, 04:21:00 PM
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X-Men: The Official Game (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 131 MB
Intro Screens
media/assets/Movie/Intro.sfd
media/assets/Movie/attract.sfd
Loading screens
media/assets/Loading/frenchntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/frenchpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/Loadpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishpal.raw
The Da Vinci Code (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 1.13 GB
Strings
gameinfo/strings/
*spa.str
*dut.str
*fra.str
*ita.str
*ger.str
Dialogue
dialogue/
*spa.rpx
*dut.rpx
*fra.rpx
*ita.rpx
*ger.rpx
English Movies
movies/english/
*spa.bik
*ger.bik
*fra.bik
*ita.bik
*dut.bik
2kgames.bik
Collective.bik
Columbia.bik
intro.bik
Legal.bik
Legal_xbox.bik
Sony.bik
Pal Movies
movies/pal/*all
Prince of Persia:The Two Thrones (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 937 MB
Menus
menu/french/*
menu/itialian/*
menu/german/*
munu/spanish/*
Pal Videos
video/25fps/*all
Non English Videos
video/30fps/upgrade/1/*
video/30fps/upgrade/2/*
video/30fps/upgrade/3/*
video/30fps/upgrade/4/*
Extras
video/30fps/credits.bik
video/30fps/artworks/*
Note:
You can probably replace most of the .bik files but I chose to delete all of these.
OKAY?? IM LOST...i did all the games you have here on the LIST...and there was no NEED WHAT SO EAVER to delete ANYTHING AT ALL...NONE??? there working just fine??
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 27, 2006, 05:02:00 PM
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ummm, you delete them to save space on your hard drive, or put 2 to 3 games on a disk.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on June 02, 2006, 08:42:00 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Just trying to keep this baby alive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Hard drive space is scarce in this household and need all the space I can get.
Thanks to Baluga for his support.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on June 08, 2006, 07:39:00 PM
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Hitman:Blood Money (NTSC)
Space Saved: 772 MB
----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
Movies\Pal\*All
-------End Delete-------
---------Replace---------
Movies\NTSC\Intro_bi.xmv
Movies\NTSC\Trailer.xmv
-------End Replace-------
Burnout: Revenge (NTSC)
Space Saved: 474 MB
----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
-------End Delete-------
---------Replace---------
Intros
ovid\ATTR_N.xmv
ovid\CRRW_N.xmv
ovid\EA_E_N.xmv
Game Previews
ovid\m36_e_n.xmv
ovid\m36_e_p.xmv
ovid\NFL_E_N.xmv
ovid\ssx_E_N.xmv
Training Videos
ovid\TRCR_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRRA_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRTA_E_N.xmv
Level Intro Movies
ovid\ALL_DT_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_HK_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_NP_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_SW_N.xmv
ovid\TR_DT_N.xmv
ovid\TR_HK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_NP_N.xmv
ovid\TR_SW_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_FL_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_LA_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_RM_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_TK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_FL_N.xmv
ovid\TR_LA_N.xmv
ovid\TR_RM_N.xmv
ovid\TR_TK_N.xmv
Rank Videos
ovid\RU03_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU04_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU05_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU06_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU07_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU08_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU09_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU10_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU11_E_N.xmv
Credits
ovid\CREDS_N.xmv
-------End Replace-------
This post has been edited by Milker: Jun 9 2006, 02:41 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chrisost on June 09, 2006, 03:30:00 PM
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I'd like to try replacing some MVS files instead of deleting them. However, I haven't been able to find anywhere to either download or create a blank MVS file. Does anyone know where I can get one?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Monkeyjunior on June 12, 2006, 11:56:00 AM
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The DDR Ultramix deletions works with all 3 DDRs. Some files aren't in the newer ones, but the list still works.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on June 16, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
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Black (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Total Space Saved: 273 MB
-----Replace Intros-----
videos\02_n.xmv
videos\02_p.xmv
videos\F02_n.xmv
videos\F02_p.xmv
videos\C_*All
videos\LO_*All
-------End Replace-------
----Delete Languages---
In All Level Folders
levels\spch_FR*
levels\spch_GE*
levels\spch_IT*
levels\spch_SP*
--------End Delete--------
Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Proper
"Proper" because the one on Balugabutt was missing a few files.
Total Space Saved: 1.88 GB
--------Delete-------
Intros
/eidos.xmv
/intro.xmv
/intros.xmv
/sr1intro.xmv
/sr2intro.xmv
Extras
/demo1.xmv
/demo2.xmv
/demo3.xmv
/demo4.xmv
/demo5.xmv
/bm*
/vs*
Credits
/credits.xmv
-----End Delete-----
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Cataliste on June 23, 2006, 02:15:00 AM
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Fable
TitleID: 4d53000d
Space Saved: 671 MB
REMOVABLE
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d:\cdx.xbe
d:\dashupdate.xbe
d:\update.xbe
d:\Data\Video\10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_SisterSaved_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\1_Raid_On_Oak_Vale_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\2_Guild_Split_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\2_Guild_Split_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\3_Theresa_Flashback_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\5_Wedding_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\6_Arena_Mothers_Story_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\7_Prison_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\8_Prison_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sistersaved_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\BBB_Logo_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Dream_Sequence_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Fable_attract_English_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Intro_Comp_Pal.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Lionhead_Logo_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\MS_Logo_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Fable_attract_English.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Intro_Comp.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Lionhead_Logo.xmv
d:\Data\Video\MS_Logo.xmv
d:\Data\Video\BBB_Logo_Comp.xmv
d:\CDXMedia\
d:\Data\Video\
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END REMOVABLE
I created my own ACL file and tested this. The agme works without videos. (May flash green, but no game hangs).
This post has been edited by Cataliste: Jun 23 2006, 09:17 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: isobuster on June 30, 2006, 03:45:00 PM
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sorry to bump this, but anyone have one for
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter aka GRAW ?
besides dashupdate.xbe and update.xbe
TIA
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ssj4android on July 12, 2006, 02:05:00 PM
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What about Sonic Riders? V_CHAO_J.afs and VOICE.afs?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on July 27, 2006, 09:21:00 PM
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Painkiller - Hell Wars (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Total Space Saved: 170 MB
-------------Replace-------------
DataX\Movies\Painkiller_logo.bik
----------End Replace-----------
--------------Delete--------------
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
DataX\Movies\xbox_trailer.bik
DataX\Movies\left.bik
DataX\Movies\right.bik
DataX\Movies\credits.bik
DataX\Music\painkiller-credits.mp3
DataX\Fonts\french.uix
DataX\Fonts\italian.uix
DataX\Fonts\german.uix
DataX\Fonts\spanish.uix
DataX\Textures\Hud\*french.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*italian.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*german.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*spanish.dds
------------End Delete------------
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: wild eyed on August 02, 2006, 10:36:00 AM
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what about fable the lost chapters? whats not needed? there is a large german folder in the language folder, i'll be using the english, would the german be missed, its like 500 megs
This post has been edited by wild eyed: Aug 2 2006, 05:38 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chorizo1 on August 02, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on August 15, 2006, 08:07:00 PM
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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One - Proper
Space Saved: 596 MB
-------Delete-------
Updates
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
Intros
\movies\Attract.xbv
\movies\Atvi.xbv
\movies\legal.xbv
Extras
\movies\COD2_360.xbv
\movies\Credits.xbv
\movies\mil_chan.xbv
\movies\OP_Husky.xbv
\movies\OP_Ovrld.xbv
\movies\OP_Torch.xbv
\movies\Treyarch.xbv
\bonus\*ALL
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ownage on August 16, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
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does anyone have anything for the warriors it won't fit on a dvd
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chorizo1 on August 16, 2006, 03:34:00 PM
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does anyone have anything for the warriors it won't fit on a dvd
there's one posted in this thread, a link to one in the Backup Guide PINNED Topic on this forum, you canalso find one easily using SEARCH so take your pick.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: dpbmt on September 03, 2006, 03:56:00 PM
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is there anyway i can search this topic for my games without having to trawl through 100 odd pages?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: dan_plus_o on September 03, 2006, 07:54:00 PM
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is there anyway i can search this topic for my games without having to trawl through 100 odd pages?
Yes
Go to one of the links that the first poster posted and you can search for your game by alphabetical order. I think that the 100 pages of posts are just updates or games that are not on the site.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: dpbmt on September 04, 2006, 01:59:00 AM
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already done that, and i could only find one game which was halo, that list needs updating as it is
seriously outdated
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ska_drummer85 on September 08, 2006, 08:21:00 AM
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already done that, and i could only find one game which was halo, that list needs updating as it is
seriously outdated
www.balugabutt.com is more updated than the rest but i still can't find some of the newsest games like on it.
As for wild eyed's question Fable Lost Chapters is on balugabutt
hooray for newbies
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ska_drummer85 on September 09, 2006, 01:04:00 PM
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Any deletions for Tomb Raider Legend?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Milker on September 16, 2006, 11:55:00 PM
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NHL 07 (NTSC-English)
Space Saved: 365 MB
-------Delete-------
Update
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
PAL Files
\sgsmPal.cfg
\audio\sfx\RAM\musicPAL.abk
\audio\sfx\streams\musicPAL.ast
\movies\PAL\*ALL
Movies
\movies\ntsc\Demo.vp6
\movies\ntsc\EAfre.vp6
\movies\ntsc\MADDEN07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NBA07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\Intro.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NASCAR07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NBASTR07.vp6
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: manu_xl on September 17, 2006, 01:05:00 AM
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any deletions for Reservoir Dogs?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on October 16, 2006, 06:57:00 AM
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The Legend of Spyro - Saved 71.5mb
PAL Movies
*:/Games/Spyro/Video/*_50.xmv
Just Cause - Saved 82.6mb
Extra Langs
*:/Games/Just Cause/SFX/Dialgoue
- Spanish
- French
- German
- Itlaian
Ice Age 2 - Saved 420mb
PAL Movies
*:/Games/Ice Age 2/IceAge2/Binary/_bin_xb/MovPAL
*:/Games/Ice Age 2/IceAge2/Binary/_bin_xb/Mov/*_PAL.xmv
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: VerbalVenom on October 23, 2006, 07:33:00 PM
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Anyone have Destroy All Humans! 2 deletions? Thanks.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rotfloljfk on December 31, 2006, 08:40:00 AM
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In Midnight club 3 you can save 3gigs (50%) of
the space if you delete the videos folder.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on January 02, 2007, 08:22:00 PM
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i think its slowed to a crawl with the 360 release, and balugabutts poor misfortune.. i dont know who would be sick enough to mess with such a helpful site.
makes it tough as hell to find deletes, but you can pretty much figure most of them are somewhere in this very long thread.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: jkjk on January 10, 2007, 06:16:00 PM
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Was there a backup of bulgabutt? I think there were deletions on there that are not in this thread.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Monkeyjunior on February 22, 2007, 09:09:00 PM
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In MechAssult 2, I got it to run with taking out all of the DEMO files and the other speech files. It's odd, because there isn't even a demo section in the game...
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: WhiteGoblin on March 27, 2007, 02:18:00 PM
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I just made a new thread to discuss the creation of a new ACL website. If anyone's interested you can read it here!
'wG
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Alessandro_Magnus on April 19, 2007, 10:52:00 AM
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Hi everyone,
Hopefully someone can help me out with this question. I have PRince of PErsia Sands of Time and all of the video files have .INT file extensions NOT .BIK
I know how to convert .BIKs with radtools but i can't find a program that will convert .INT into .BIK, AVI, MPEG etc...
Please can anyone help with this dilemma.
Sincerely,
Alessandro
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: brando56894 on May 16, 2008, 10:49:00 PM
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this is awesome, i saved about 2-3gb on my hdd thanks to this list
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chaosmountain on April 27, 2010, 01:05:00 PM
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This thread is was old but i'll give it a shot anyways...
These were not on the site and i have done it and tested both, by replacing the video files with fake 0mb files & by deleting them.
I got sick of watching the 3min intros & previews every time i wanted to play & could not skip them!!
It does seem to go faster by just deleting them so the game is not trying to read and play fake video files.
Far Cry Instincts:
Attract_Mode.bik
Crytek.bik
FCI_02.bik
intro.bik
Intro_FCI.bik
MAP_EDITOR.bik
MULTI.bik
PREDATOR.bik
PREDATOR_MULTI.bik
Previews_GR3_ntsc.bik
Previews_R6L.bik
PREY.bik
Ubisoft.bik
Far Cry Instincts Evolution:
Attract_Mode.bik
Crytek.bik
Intro_FCI.bik
Ubisoft.bik
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Gakman on January 10, 2011, 08:36:00 AM
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Hello.
All mirrors are down or hacked...
Can someone tell me where to find these docs ? I can host a new website with them if needed.
Yes XBox is still alive !
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: lordvader129 on January 10, 2011, 05:56:00 PM
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Hello.
All mirrors are down or hacked...
Can someone tell me where to find these docs ? I can host a new website with them if needed.
Yes XBox is still alive !
i mirrored it on my site some time back
http://xbehome.com/xbox/
it doesnt use a SQL database like the original, its just a ton of html files
if you want a copy to host on another site, or just to view locally i rarred up everything here: http://xbehome.com/x...e_deletions.rar
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 05:44:00 PM
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i have it mirrored here: http://xbehome.com/xbox/
you can also download the site here http://xbehome.com/x...e_deletions.rar to mirror it elsewhere or even view it locally on your PC
ALL LINKS BELOW ARE MOST LIKELY DEAD
The list is maintained for achival purposes only
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Mirrors with their own database; Now, it's more likely that all mirrors won't all go down at the same time!
http://rahszhul.xhce.com/
http://www.maverex.net/xbox/
http://www.chefelf.com/~rahszhul/
Mirrors sharing the free public database; If you see Connection Error, then it's likely all mirrors below are "down".
http://deadeye.50free.org/Xbox/
http://rahszhul.jonmega.com/
Alternately, mohuhau set up a non-database driven version of the site which should work when the others don't. http://mohuhau.serveirc.com:8080/xfr/
And another "mirror", updated by forum user balugabutt
http://www.balugabutt.com
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 06:22:00 PM
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Connection Error
Now only two of the mirrors are using the public database, so chances of all mirrors being down at the same time are reduced greatly.
The only problem this brings about, is it's going to be harder for me to keep thing up to date, as I'll have to upload the new data to (as of right now, 4) different places.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Sep 17 2004, 10:19 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: LepPpeR on December 16, 2003, 06:24:00 PM
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Temp Pin -=- Great work
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 05:52:00 PM
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Insta-pin!! Holy fuhhh... fuhh... WOW!
I thought someone might like this.
Thanks for the temp pin, LepPpeR.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:50 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chilin_dude on December 17, 2003, 07:11:00 AM
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Great post...deserves a pin!!!
Keep it updated!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: XDAWG on December 17, 2003, 07:51:00 AM
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Good job man!!!
I think its fucked how people have to jump on someone for being a pirate. When they dont even know WTF they are talking about! The guy said they were retail and maybe he wants to save some space on his hdd after he puts his retail games on it, so he deleted some movies. Or maybe he wants to save some money and backup his retail game to cd-r and not dvd-r so he deleted some movies? Ever think of that, nezff
Let me know if you need any help on replacing the movies with the blanks, I can help I do it all the time.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 17, 2003, 07:45:00 PM
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First off, if you know of any posts, or have this info yourself, on any game I haven't listed yet, please feel free to share. Anyways, onto the crap!
I was hoping to rip through four or five games, at least, this weekend but I just remembered this horrible problem I have.
About FOUR months ago, I received a hernia. Well, my employer, good ol' Uncle Sam is finally getting around to getting my surgery taken care of. What does that mean for me? On the 22nd... three damned days before christmas... they signed me up for the surgery! Because of the fun-ness of this procedure, the day before I MUST abstain from consuming anything... including water?!
So Sunday, I'm going to be so freaking out of it, I wouldn't want to be working on any computer related crap for fear of ruining everything. And Monday... yeah... I'm gonna sleep the day away if I'm not in any kind of severe pain.
But on the bright side, I'll be getting two weeks off from work, so maybe I can get this completed up to the games I've had sift through my hands in the past to present. Probably not, but I can hope.
At any rate, wish me luck... or pray for my death... whatever makes you happy!
Ok, so now that I've laid out this elaborate excuse for not updating for what may actually be a week...
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:50 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Allen626 on December 18, 2003, 07:44:00 AM
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I like relinking video's. If it gives me a DDE when i delete a file. I found a small file of the same file extension from the same game or another. And rename it and put it in the folder. It has worked out so far.
My unreal championship shows the UBI Soft logo two times b4 it enters the menu screen ;)
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: RalX on December 18, 2003, 08:13:00 AM
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I agree, relinking video files is a great way to downsize games if you are tight for space. If you relink the right files, you won't miss a beat.
RalX
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 09:01:00 AM
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Relinking, as you guys call it will be my second, less prefered method. I had thought relinking was like the fix for Enter the Matrix and it's long file names. Basically, pointing the .xbe to a different file which is outside the scope of my "easy" game size reduction. However, replacing movies that aren't needed for the game itself with blank movie files will be my secondary target for any games, as in my second post above.
Also, if you guys recall what files you've 'relinked' feel free to share, as I feel it'd be a decent addition to the collection above.
I've got to thank --Xtreme-- for tossing me some blank movies that I'll be able to test with, but I have a slight problem with a few of them. I'd rather have a 'blank' movie, as in 1 sec(or less), no sound, black background. I've got a -true- blank .bik movie, and should be able to make a blank .wmv, however finding/making true blanks of the others might be a fun process.
On another note, luke.luke1 sent me a PM earlier learning me a bit better about PAL50/60 and NTSC vid's and just what the hell is going on with my confusion on a few games above. I'll be updating this later when I get home, as this class won't allow me enough time other than to type this post.
Much thanks, luke.luke1
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:57 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Lineman on December 18, 2003, 02:59:00 PM
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Hey Rahszhul, good luck with the surgery... had the same done a year ago. The first day after sucked, but after that was like a paid holiday. The worst part was when they sent me home 4 hours after my surgery and my legs were still half frozen. 2 weeks off work?? My doc gave me 5 weeks. If you do a lot of physical work, I'd try to get more time off to mend. They say if you don't let them mend properly they will re-tear on you easily.
p.s. If you have to shave it's gonna itch like a son of a bitch!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
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And now for an all amazing post where I do all of the following:
Dec 18th, 2003
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: May 4 2004, 01:32 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Caracarn on December 18, 2003, 07:47:00 PM
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Good job!
I'd love some info on deletions for Project Gotham Racing 2, SSX3, Tony Hawk Underground, Prince of Persia 2, Top Spin
Thanks
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 08:35:00 PM
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Caracarn, most of those games are on the way. I've even been sent a PM detailing what can be deleted from PGR2, but as I don't have an actuall copy myself, I'd like to know the retail size. Not really needed, but I'm wierd in they way I like to keep stats on some things.
I'll just need to format the post, and I'll plaster it up there!
So consider this an update:
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 04:28 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: styxx_78 on December 19, 2003, 04:50:00 AM
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bump! HAHA
Anyways, awesome post....i use this guide extensivly and and slowly going trhough mine to recoup the valuable space.
Keep it up! (to date)
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 20, 2003, 04:56:00 PM
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. I do not own every game out there. However, if others feel safe rooting through other games I don't have up yet, feel free to let me in on any info you find.
Anyways, I plan on getting one or more games up... At least before tommorow when I go comatose from not eating.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Virtucon on December 21, 2003, 01:44:00 AM
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This is great stuff Rahszhul! Thanx, i was wondering if ther is a compleate list of how big each game is before anything is cut out? I've been searching but haven't been able to find anything. Anyone know of one? thnxs
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 21, 2003, 07:41:00 AM
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Damn. I knew I'd forget something massively stupid.
Anyways, here are a few things.
X-Gamer program. Somewhat out of date.
XBox Game Size webpage that is fairly old.
XBox Game Size program available here. Appears to be the same age(read: out of date) as the above link.
Post found in the Evox forums?? Doesn't detail everything, but it's a decent.
This post has gime sizes for PGR2, THUG, NSFU, The GTAs, and True Crime
and Amped 2
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 21, 2003, 03:49:00 PM
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Updates:
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Default_002 on December 22, 2003, 02:27:00 PM
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What exactly does "Deleted .xbe's are due to backup/XBL NON-interactivity" mean?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Virtucon on December 22, 2003, 02:53:00 PM
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No positive but i think its the files you use to log onto XBLive. there is no need for them since you can use live with a copied game. deleting them saves a few megs so I would suggest doing it because its so simple to do.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Default_002 on December 22, 2003, 04:29:00 PM
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Can't u play backups on xlink, if so, are those files nessecary to use this function?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: xilicio on December 22, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: XBOX War3z on December 23, 2003, 02:20:00 AM
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ok site isnt updated but uploaded XBOX Game Size Editor v1.7
this would be some great coding material, for backup tool
"remove those extra files" option
the program now has 251 NTSC and 205 PAL games
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: chilin_dude on December 23, 2003, 05:10:00 AM
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Also Rahszhul i will try to assist with this list if i can... i will try removing stuff out of Fifa 2004 per request.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 06:45:00 AM
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saved 4gb deleting only dashupdate.xbe of my games,demos and multilanguage files(i didn't deleted any video of the games)
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: skeen on December 23, 2003, 10:18:00 AM
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Heres a couple for Fatal Frame and Enclave
This could save you some space on your e: drive if you've ever played Fatal Frame. Each gamesave for this one takes up about 41 MB. If you used all the game save slots you could have up to 8 of these chunky bastards.
Theyre in UDATA/54430004
Enclave has a French and German folder. They are sbz1_Fra and sbz1_Ger. Deleting them will free up 783 MB. When I tested the game after deleting these folders, I couldnt find any options to change the language. Out of curiosity I put the folders back to see if a language setting would magically appear but none did. I dont know if this is unusual or not since Ive never tried changing the language settings before.
Anyway I played a couple of the *.bik movies in these folders and they are definitely French and German.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 10:52:00 AM
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Tiger Woods 2004 and 2003 have some extra videos,someone can try to delete then?i search but didn't find any label that match with these videos
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 11:07:00 AM
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It's possible that the games try to pull language settings from the XBox via what it was set by the original MS Dash itself.
I've noticed before a setting in the MS Dash where you could tell it to turn off after 6 hours of inactivity. This setting still overrode anything via a modded bios or different dash. Which was kinda bad when I tried transferring games from my old 120's up to my 300 Gig beasts. That, and when using it as the music player, it was kinda yuck to "jiggle the handle" every once in a while.
Anyways, back on topic. Might want to try again after going through the MS Dash and changing the language to Françias or Deutsch. Not needed, but I'll add Enclave after I get a bit more info. Like are those folders in the root folder of the game, or under another folder?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Default_002 on December 23, 2003, 12:12:00 PM
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I have all the ESPN Sports games (such as ESPN Football, ESPN Basketball, etc.) and Need for Speed: Underground. How would i go about finding which files are deletable? Because i would love to help out in anyway possible.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 01:20:00 PM
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Default_002,
First thing I did, was to play the game. I took notes of what pre-game company logos popped up, such as the Microsft Game Studios logo, or any of the companies that worked on the game.
Look over the menus for things like demos, previews or whatever. If so, write down the name of the demo or movie the game is about. Just incase they didn't use the normal demo formats.
I also tried letting the game sit at the main menu to see if a in-game demo movie would play.
The next step is to FTP into your XBox, and go to where you stored the game at. F:/Games/(GameName)/
After you FTP in, see if there are "dashupdate.xbe", "downloader.xbe", or "update.xbe". These can be deleted immediatly. (Just be sure to write down that you deleted them.)
Also, look for folders such as "cdxmedia", "XDemos" or "Demos", along with the files "cdx.xbe" or "xdemos.xbe". These are the common game demo menus. Back these up onto your computer, delete them from the XBox, and try running the game. Select the demos option, and write down what happened. Reboot the game, and try again, see if the same thing happens.
Then look for files that may represent the pre game logos that popped up. In the instance of "MS Game Studios", look for a file named something like "MGS.bik", or words in file names like "logo" or "intro". Movies can have these file extensions. ".bik", ".pss", ".wmv", ".xmv" (again, backup, delete, test.)
Looking for alternate language files can be a bastard. Look for folders or files that contain these letter combos.
- English can be "en", "eng", "english", and has also been seen as "int"
- German can be "de", "deutsch", "dutch", "ge, "ger" or "german"
- Italian can be "it", "ita" italian"
- French can be "fr", "fra", "fre", "french"
- Japanese can be "j", "ja", "jap", "japanese"
- Chinese can be "ch", "chi", "chinese"
- Spanish can be "es", "esp", "sp", "spa", "spanish"
- Polish can be "pol", "polish"
I've also seen Korean and Portugese as in the PGR2 deletions from jumbee159. (Backup, delete, test.)
Also from NSF:U, the languages Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, and Norwegian have popped up.
For movies that are duplicated for a different region... This can be just as fun. Sometimes, NTSC movies are given no designation what so ever, while the PAL movies have "-PAL" or just a "P" in the file name. Sometimes they're in their own folder such as "/PAL-MOVIES/". (Backup, delete, test.)
If there was a movie that played when you sat at the main menu for a few minutes, then you may want to look for any of the following keywords. "Attract", "Intro_Montage". (Backup, delete, test.)
Also, compare it with other games I've already listed. There aren't too many ways the game makers would organize everything. You just need to train yourself on what to look for.
I hope this helps. I know I'm not able to put too much sense into it right now, as I just took some of those fun pills the hospital gave me.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 01:29:00 PM
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GamerBR,
Sorry for ignoring you this long.
I could try to split the deletions into catagories like that, but it would take me a few days to make that conversion. The main problem I'd have, is that I don't have a large portion of these games anymore, physical disc or backup-wise. Though I could try and force myself to remember, I couldn't garuntee 100% idiocy... er.. accuracy.
Also, just to clarify, are you saying you want those evil
company logo movies at the start of your game too? I do everything I can to leave any videos that move the story along, if that's what you are talking about.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 01:35:00 PM
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So the videos that are in the list,there are no videos that appear during the game?
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 07:19:00 PM
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Finally, after a post growth count today of ~33%, a post from me about UPDATES!!
Who'd've guessed that?
Anyways,
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: cmmig on December 23, 2003, 07:36:00 PM
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Great Thread. Thanks Rahszhul
A small Request
Medal of honor: rising sun
I checked some myself but I didn't see anything obvius(sp?) (i.e. folders named "English" or "German")
EDIT: spelling
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 12:25:00 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 01:21:00 PM
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Happy Prune Yogurt Day!!
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Ta-mater on December 24, 2003, 08:12:00 PM
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For Harry Potter: Quiditch World Cup... you can delete the entrie /movies/ directory. It seems to include multiple copies of the EA Games and WB intro logo animations and are unnecessary.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Default_002 on December 24, 2003, 09:32:00 PM
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Why can't i delete the entire /videos/ folder in "Kung Fu Chaos? (I get a dirty disc error) If not, is there any other way to remove company logos and other pre-game garage? Thanks
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 09:54:00 PM
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Ta-mater,
Thanks for the info on Harry Potter: Quiditch World Cup. Any idea on how much space that free's up?
Default_002,
Kung Fu Chaos will give a DDE for any file it tries to access. If your xbox is set to North America/English or whatever it exactly looks for, it will try to play the file with "_en" before the file extension.
I may see later if these movies are replacable with smaller movies, to be added to my second post.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 10:20:00 PM
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I can still help you through it, It's just that I personally don't have a copy of the game. But since you do, I can work with you to try and delete some things.
If you want to do this, go ahead and contact me by any of these evil programs listed below, like AIM, ICQ, or MSN.
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Knocks on December 25, 2003, 10:19:00 AM
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Title: Games Taking Up Too Much Space?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 25, 2003, 12:10:00 PM
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Post by: ibemonty2000 on November 20, 2005, 11:38:00 PM
Its 2968Mb, the only problem is, unlike previous releases, the file structure is totally different. Its 18 compressed BIN files in a folder called "NFS". The in the root its got default.xbe, update.xbe, and dashupdate.xbe.
Deleting update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe will save 57.94Mb. But I've never dealt with BINs so I don't know how to extract them and everything.
-Monty
Post by: caseyhalone on November 21, 2005, 12:07:00 AM
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
Post by: gehx on November 21, 2005, 02:05:00 PM
QUOTE(caseyhalone @ Nov 21 2005, 03:14 AM)
half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
I tried that and it doesn't work...doesn't even load.
Post by: WolfPac_Ite on November 21, 2005, 02:50:00 PM
QUOTE(precys @ Nov 19 2005, 02:56 PM)
thanks for the app. i wasnt aware there was an app for viewing the actual video files. and as far as prince of persia, I didnt think it was out yet. i cant find it anywhere cause i was plannin on gettin it but i was talkin to this guy on kai in germany and he said he has it so maybe its just the pal that is out :uhh: Well i dont have much space left so i was wonderin if anyone knew the size and files that can be deleted because lately alot of games you've been able to make them around 600-700mbs (or atleast under a gig) and if i can do that to that one then i would want to get it, if not i'll just rent it so i can play it and not have to worry about backin it up. but for a game around or over 2gigs i just cant do it lol
Why don't you just play off the original when it is released...?
Post by: precys on November 22, 2005, 01:42:00 PM
QUOTE(WolfPac_Ite @ Nov 21 2005, 05:21 PM)
Why don't you just play off the original when it is released...?
i dont like using the originals cause i work 12 hour security and i cant play a game for too long so im always switching between games. I play about 15 diff xbox games on that shift lol. less than an hour each game, just enuff to quench my thirst with a level or two. so if i was to take all the originals, they can get scratched or lost seeing that alot of people (coworkers) dont really care as much for something if its not theirs, so when i go on my rounds my coworkers will treat it ok but still not as good as if it was theirs. this way, if i dont take them, they cant "accidently" drop the discs or finger print them all up (they're infamous for that lol). then when i get home i sleep, spend some time with my girl and then get ready for work, no time for gaming lol so i keep all my games on my box so i dont carry a big ass bag full of games everytime and less things i bring the better and right now my hdd is gettin full (234mb left) I'm thinkin of buying a new drive tho, mine is only 160gb but right now dont have money for a big 300+ hdd so i gotta work with what i got.
PHEW sorry about that i think that was alot of babbling, if it even made sense lol :P
Post by: caseyhalone on November 22, 2005, 05:35:00 PM
QUOTE(gehx @ Nov 21 2005, 12:36 PM)
I tried that and it doesn't work...doesn't even load.
try launching the different xbe's from your dash and see what they do.
this game in i have actually had other issues with in rebooting to the dash on certain levels. hard to pinpoint what it is tho.
Post by: Lukenatme on November 26, 2005, 05:51:00 PM
QUOTE(caseyhalone @ Nov 21 2005, 08:14 AM) 
half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
What is the exact file name of the hl2 .xbe file?
Post by: mikejf on November 27, 2005, 06:10:00 AM
QUOTE(caseyhalone @ Nov 21 2005, 02:14 AM)
half life 2
you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.
anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?
You can't really do that. The default.xbe unpacks files into the Temp drive X and the hl2 xbe then uses Temp drive Z to run the game.
When X drive gets cleared by another game. Then default is required, so what you suggested won't work all the time.
Post by: caseyhalone on November 28, 2005, 07:30:00 PM
Post by: HarshReality on December 04, 2005, 12:12:00 PM
Post by: Frosty-E on December 12, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
Post by: Neilor on December 13, 2005, 07:26:00 AM
Delete the following for English only version :
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_
This post has been edited by Neilor: Dec 13 2005, 03:27 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 13, 2005, 09:24:00 AM
QUOTE(Neilor @ Dec 13 2005, 08:57 AM)
Half Life 2
Delete the following for English only version :
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_
already posted, but good looking out
Post by: HarshReality on December 16, 2005, 08:37:00 AM
Post by: HarshReality on December 16, 2005, 09:22:00 AM
Post by: vism on December 21, 2005, 06:23:00 PM
QUOTE(Millions Knives @ Nov 13 2005, 08:59 PM)
I was just wondering if the media folder in Live enabled games is used only for Xbox Live.
Since you can't use backups on XBL anyway, I'd like to be able to just go through all my HDD backups and delete all these folders as long as it won't affect the game otherwise.
Usually, but not always. Some games do use a media folder for their title screen/menus as well.
Post by: shinji257 on December 29, 2005, 05:00:00 PM
These should be safe deletions but they are untested. I just went ahead and dumped them and will try to play through the game to see if there are any lockups. The game did start however.
MENU\SPANISH
MENU\FRENCH
MENU\GERMAN
MENU\ITALIAN
These appear to all be region specific files.
I think you can dump either 25fps or 30fps folder in the VIDEO folder. Only delete the one you are not currently using. If you are using a NTSC xbox then delete the 25fps folder. If you are using a PAL xbox then delete the 30fps folder.
Post by: Diesel2005 on December 29, 2005, 05:03:00 PM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 29, 2005, 06:04:00 PM
QUOTE(Diesel2005 @ Dec 29 2005, 07:10 PM)
Any deletions for Ninja Gaiden: Black?
pretty sure they are the same deletes for regualr ninja gaiden
Post by: caseyhalone on January 01, 2006, 09:41:00 AM
135 MB saved
Xbox Live /dashupdate.xbe /update.xbe
Unneeded Stuff /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/GCN_*.xbx /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/PS2_*.xbx /data/movies/bik/Movies/actlogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/lfplogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/mtx_intr.bik"
anyone know if i can just rename all the bik movies? seems like alot of space! the videos are kinda lame when you wanna play the game eh.
i got this off balugabutt site.
if this works i think i saved about 900mb
Post by: caseyhalone on January 01, 2006, 02:03:00 PM
Post by: yatti on January 16, 2006, 07:32:00 AM
Post by: hhhhhhh on January 30, 2006, 10:04:00 PM
if there are multiple files around the same size of different file types/names, you dont need them all!
any video files can be replaced by another renamed the same!
but why post movies or tutorials that may be wanted by some?
but this thread has no real helpful info-
why are there apad1.000,apad2.000,apad3.000 in SSX on tour?
they dont seem needed..
and how do u get rid of Japanese audio on ninja gaiden
Post by: fhsasbvp on January 31, 2006, 05:27:00 PM
Post by: sleepyjack on January 31, 2006, 09:35:00 PM
QUOTE
Or Pro Evolution Soccer 5 ??
This is similar to pro evolution 4:
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
(saved: about 1,1 GB)
Language Files:
\f_sound.asf
\f_text.asf
\g_sound.asf
\g_text.asf
\i_sound.asf
\i_text.asf
\s_sound.asf
\s_text.asf
basically, just delete all the sound and text files which aren't preceded by an e (for english). Again on pro evo 5 it saves over a gig.
Post by: fhsasbvp on February 02, 2006, 02:56:00 PM
Juiced
street racing sydicate
gun
def jam fight for new york
Post by: FLOFLOFLO on February 03, 2006, 07:55:00 PM
First i will to say thank you rahszhul for your work and all who help you !!!
Its my fisrt post on this forum !
My little contribution is for a old game : Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PAL)
If you remove all languages files you can save : 1302MB !!!!!!
Language Files
remove french : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbf
/res/*_fr.lmp
/res/pendingf.xmv
remove german : (329MB Saved)
/res/*.vbg
/res/*_ge.lmp
/res/*_gr.lmp
/res/pendingg.xmv
remove italian : (325MB Saved)
/res/*.vbi
/res/*_it.lmp
/res/pendingi.xmv
remove spanish : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbs
/res/*_sp.lmp
/res/pendings.xmv
Or :
/res/*.vb*
/res/*_fr.*
/res/*_ge.*
/res/*_gr.*
/res/*_it.*
/res/*_sp.*
/res/pending*.xmv( NOT pending.xmv ! )
1302MB Saved !
I hope this will help you !
bye
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on February 03, 2006, 09:00:00 PM
Post by: patto on February 12, 2006, 09:37:00 PM
Post by: microsafe17 on March 08, 2006, 09:13:00 PM
50 Cent: Bulletproof
The Matrix: Path of Neo
Post by: michael90002002 on March 22, 2006, 02:31:00 PM
Post by: ozzy187 on March 22, 2006, 11:15:00 PM
I have tried everything.
Thanks
Post by: DracoYeager on March 25, 2006, 11:32:00 PM
Post by: italianiceag on April 28, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
Of course I haven't read all 103 pages of this thread, but it doesn't seem all that educating. More like handing out doles to people and preventing them from learning on their own.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this thread (bookmarked it for the future) aabout a week ago while trying to figure out how to re-encode the .sfd's in sonic heroes and riders -- they seem to be "different" from other .sfd's which i've re-encoded hundreds of by now. I ended up re-linking some files and deleting al the extra languages as well as re-encoding some of the audio, worked like a charm. just took forever to make them BOTH fit on the same disc.
EDIT: And geez, its such a mess, there's over 1000+ files in the same freaking folder.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on April 28, 2006, 03:34:00 PM
QUOTE(italianiceag @ Apr 28 2006, 04:32 PM)
I admire the catering to n00bs that this thread has done, but I think there should be a strong emphasis on what should constitute being deleted, relinked, etc. Then simply "load this acl file and delete the files we tell you to"
Of course I haven't read all 103 pages of this thread, but it doesn't seem all that educating. More like handing out doles to people and preventing them from learning on their own.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this thread (bookmarked it for the future) aabout a week ago while trying to figure out how to re-encode the .sfd's in sonic heroes and riders -- they seem to be "different" from other .sfd's which i've re-encoded hundreds of by now. I ended up re-linking some files and deleting al the extra languages as well as re-encoding some of the audio, worked like a charm. just took forever to make them BOTH fit on the same disc.
EDIT: And geez, its such a mess, there's over 1000+ files in the same freaking folder.
well... if you must know, this thread is for people to post their deletes, which then get gathered by balugabutt who takes the information to
www.balugabutt.com
and has it readily available to us, so that we can just easily find the game we are looking for, and see what deletes are available.
Post by: italianiceag on April 28, 2006, 03:57:00 PM
But it's not really teaching anyone anything.
Keep it real, this is a request thread with a few admirable posters that held it up. This wasn't some community posting thread where everyone was doing work and knew what they were doing.
Like I said, its a great thread, it just mised the "educating" aspect if you ask me. It's basically handing out doles.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on April 28, 2006, 05:21:00 PM
what do you want it to teach you or others?
its all about "games taking too much space" hence the thread title.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 26, 2006, 07:32:00 PM
Post by: DOCTOR_XBOX4 on May 27, 2006, 04:21:00 PM
QUOTE(Milker @ May 20 2006, 03:40 AM)
X-Men: The Official Game (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 131 MB
Intro Screens
media/assets/Movie/Intro.sfd
media/assets/Movie/attract.sfd
Loading screens
media/assets/Loading/frenchntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/frenchpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/Loadpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishpal.raw
The Da Vinci Code (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 1.13 GB
Strings
gameinfo/strings/
*spa.str
*dut.str
*fra.str
*ita.str
*ger.str
Dialogue
dialogue/
*spa.rpx
*dut.rpx
*fra.rpx
*ita.rpx
*ger.rpx
English Movies
movies/english/
*spa.bik
*ger.bik
*fra.bik
*ita.bik
*dut.bik
2kgames.bik
Collective.bik
Columbia.bik
intro.bik
Legal.bik
Legal_xbox.bik
Sony.bik
Pal Movies
movies/pal/*all
Prince of Persia:The Two Thrones (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 937 MB
Menus
menu/french/*
menu/itialian/*
menu/german/*
munu/spanish/*
Pal Videos
video/25fps/*all
Non English Videos
video/30fps/upgrade/1/*
video/30fps/upgrade/2/*
video/30fps/upgrade/3/*
video/30fps/upgrade/4/*
Extras
video/30fps/credits.bik
video/30fps/artworks/*
Note:
You can probably replace most of the .bik files but I chose to delete all of these.
OKAY?? IM LOST...i did all the games you have here on the LIST...and there was no NEED WHAT SO EAVER to delete ANYTHING AT ALL...NONE??? there working just fine??
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 27, 2006, 05:02:00 PM
Post by: Milker on June 02, 2006, 08:42:00 PM
QUOTE
OKAY?? IM LOST...i did all the games you have here on the LIST...and there was no NEED WHAT SO EAVER to delete ANYTHING AT ALL...NONE??? there working just fine??
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Just trying to keep this baby alive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Hard drive space is scarce in this household and need all the space I can get.
Thanks to Baluga for his support.
Post by: Milker on June 08, 2006, 07:39:00 PM
Space Saved: 772 MB
----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
Movies\Pal\*All
-------End Delete-------
---------Replace---------
Movies\NTSC\Intro_bi.xmv
Movies\NTSC\Trailer.xmv
-------End Replace-------
Burnout: Revenge (NTSC)
Space Saved: 474 MB
----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
-------End Delete-------
---------Replace---------
Intros
ovid\ATTR_N.xmv
ovid\CRRW_N.xmv
ovid\EA_E_N.xmv
Game Previews
ovid\m36_e_n.xmv
ovid\m36_e_p.xmv
ovid\NFL_E_N.xmv
ovid\ssx_E_N.xmv
Training Videos
ovid\TRCR_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRRA_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRTA_E_N.xmv
Level Intro Movies
ovid\ALL_DT_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_HK_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_NP_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_SW_N.xmv
ovid\TR_DT_N.xmv
ovid\TR_HK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_NP_N.xmv
ovid\TR_SW_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_FL_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_LA_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_RM_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_TK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_FL_N.xmv
ovid\TR_LA_N.xmv
ovid\TR_RM_N.xmv
ovid\TR_TK_N.xmv
Rank Videos
ovid\RU03_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU04_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU05_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU06_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU07_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU08_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU09_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU10_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU11_E_N.xmv
Credits
ovid\CREDS_N.xmv
-------End Replace-------
This post has been edited by Milker: Jun 9 2006, 02:41 AM
Post by: chrisost on June 09, 2006, 03:30:00 PM
Post by: Monkeyjunior on June 12, 2006, 11:56:00 AM
Post by: Milker on June 16, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
Total Space Saved: 273 MB
-----Replace Intros-----
videos\02_n.xmv
videos\02_p.xmv
videos\F02_n.xmv
videos\F02_p.xmv
videos\C_*All
videos\LO_*All
-------End Replace-------
----Delete Languages---
In All Level Folders
levels\spch_FR*
levels\spch_GE*
levels\spch_IT*
levels\spch_SP*
--------End Delete--------
Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Proper
"Proper" because the one on Balugabutt was missing a few files.
Total Space Saved: 1.88 GB
--------Delete-------
Intros
/eidos.xmv
/intro.xmv
/intros.xmv
/sr1intro.xmv
/sr2intro.xmv
Extras
/demo1.xmv
/demo2.xmv
/demo3.xmv
/demo4.xmv
/demo5.xmv
/bm*
/vs*
Credits
/credits.xmv
-----End Delete-----
Post by: Cataliste on June 23, 2006, 02:15:00 AM
TitleID: 4d53000d
Space Saved: 671 MB
REMOVABLE
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d:\cdx.xbe
d:\dashupdate.xbe
d:\update.xbe
d:\Data\Video\10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\10_Good_Epilogue_Comp_SisterSaved_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\1_Raid_On_Oak_Vale_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\2_Guild_Split_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\2_Guild_Split_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\3_Theresa_Flashback_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\5_Wedding_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\6_Arena_Mothers_Story_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\7_Prison_1_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\8_Prison_2_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sisterkilled_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\9_Evil_Epilogue_Comp_Sistersaved_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\BBB_Logo_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Dream_Sequence_Comp_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Fable_attract_English_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Intro_Comp_Pal.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Lionhead_Logo_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\MS_Logo_PAL.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Fable_attract_English.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Intro_Comp.xmv
d:\Data\Video\Lionhead_Logo.xmv
d:\Data\Video\MS_Logo.xmv
d:\Data\Video\BBB_Logo_Comp.xmv
d:\CDXMedia\
d:\Data\Video\
---------------------------
END REMOVABLE
I created my own ACL file and tested this. The agme works without videos. (May flash green, but no game hangs).
This post has been edited by Cataliste: Jun 23 2006, 09:17 AM
Post by: isobuster on June 30, 2006, 03:45:00 PM
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter aka GRAW ?
besides dashupdate.xbe and update.xbe
TIA
Post by: ssj4android on July 12, 2006, 02:05:00 PM
Post by: Milker on July 27, 2006, 09:21:00 PM
Total Space Saved: 170 MB
-------------Replace-------------
DataX\Movies\Painkiller_logo.bik
----------End Replace-----------
--------------Delete--------------
dashupdate.xbe
update.xbe
DataX\Movies\xbox_trailer.bik
DataX\Movies\left.bik
DataX\Movies\right.bik
DataX\Movies\credits.bik
DataX\Music\painkiller-credits.mp3
DataX\Fonts\french.uix
DataX\Fonts\italian.uix
DataX\Fonts\german.uix
DataX\Fonts\spanish.uix
DataX\Textures\Hud\*french.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*italian.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*german.dds
DataX\Textures\Hud\*spanish.dds
------------End Delete------------
Post by: wild eyed on August 02, 2006, 10:36:00 AM
This post has been edited by wild eyed: Aug 2 2006, 05:38 PM
Post by: chorizo1 on August 02, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
QUOTE(Rahszhul @ Dec 16 2003, 07:51 PM)
Post by: Milker on August 15, 2006, 08:07:00 PM
Space Saved: 596 MB
-------Delete-------
Updates
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
Intros
\movies\Attract.xbv
\movies\Atvi.xbv
\movies\legal.xbv
Extras
\movies\COD2_360.xbv
\movies\Credits.xbv
\movies\mil_chan.xbv
\movies\OP_Husky.xbv
\movies\OP_Ovrld.xbv
\movies\OP_Torch.xbv
\movies\Treyarch.xbv
\bonus\*ALL
------End Delete------
Post by: ownage on August 16, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
Post by: chorizo1 on August 16, 2006, 03:34:00 PM
QUOTE(ownage @ Aug 16 2006, 03:56 PM)
does anyone have anything for the warriors it won't fit on a dvd
there's one posted in this thread, a link to one in the Backup Guide PINNED Topic on this forum, you canalso find one easily using SEARCH so take your pick.
This post has been edited by chorizo1: Aug 16 2006, 10:35 PM
Post by: dan_plus_o on September 02, 2006, 06:00:00 PM
STICKY
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Can a mod sticky this??
Post by: dpbmt on September 03, 2006, 03:56:00 PM
Post by: dan_plus_o on September 03, 2006, 07:54:00 PM
QUOTE(dpbmt @ Sep 3 2006, 03:03 PM)
is there anyway i can search this topic for my games without having to trawl through 100 odd pages?
Yes
Go to one of the links that the first poster posted and you can search for your game by alphabetical order. I think that the 100 pages of posts are just updates or games that are not on the site.
Post by: dpbmt on September 04, 2006, 01:59:00 AM
seriously outdated
Post by: ska_drummer85 on September 08, 2006, 08:21:00 AM
QUOTE(dpbmt @ Sep 4 2006, 03:06 AM)
already done that, and i could only find one game which was halo, that list needs updating as it is
seriously outdated
www.balugabutt.com is more updated than the rest but i still can't find some of the newsest games like on it.
As for wild eyed's question Fable Lost Chapters is on balugabutt
hooray for newbies
Post by: ska_drummer85 on September 09, 2006, 01:04:00 PM
Post by: Milker on September 16, 2006, 11:55:00 PM
Space Saved: 365 MB
-------Delete-------
Update
\dashupdate.xbe
\update.xbe
PAL Files
\sgsmPal.cfg
\audio\sfx\RAM\musicPAL.abk
\audio\sfx\streams\musicPAL.ast
\movies\PAL\*ALL
Movies
\movies\ntsc\Demo.vp6
\movies\ntsc\EAfre.vp6
\movies\ntsc\MADDEN07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NBA07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\Intro.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NASCAR07.vp6
\movies\ntsc\NBASTR07.vp6
------End Delete------
Post by: manu_xl on September 17, 2006, 01:05:00 AM
Post by: Q3A-TaNK on October 16, 2006, 06:57:00 AM
PAL Movies
*:/Games/Spyro/Video/*_50.xmv
Just Cause - Saved 82.6mb
Extra Langs
*:/Games/Just Cause/SFX/Dialgoue
- Spanish
- French
- German
- Itlaian
Ice Age 2 - Saved 420mb
PAL Movies
*:/Games/Ice Age 2/IceAge2/Binary/_bin_xb/MovPAL
*:/Games/Ice Age 2/IceAge2/Binary/_bin_xb/Mov/*_PAL.xmv
Post by: VerbalVenom on October 23, 2006, 07:33:00 PM
Post by: Rotfloljfk on December 31, 2006, 08:40:00 AM
the space if you delete the videos folder.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on January 02, 2007, 08:22:00 PM
makes it tough as hell to find deletes, but you can pretty much figure most of them are somewhere in this very long thread.
Post by: jkjk on January 10, 2007, 06:16:00 PM
Post by: Monkeyjunior on February 22, 2007, 09:09:00 PM
Post by: WhiteGoblin on March 27, 2007, 02:18:00 PM
'wG
Post by: Alessandro_Magnus on April 19, 2007, 10:52:00 AM
Hopefully someone can help me out with this question. I have PRince of PErsia Sands of Time and all of the video files have .INT file extensions NOT .BIK
I know how to convert .BIKs with radtools but i can't find a program that will convert .INT into .BIK, AVI, MPEG etc...
Please can anyone help with this dilemma.
Sincerely,
Alessandro
Post by: brando56894 on May 16, 2008, 10:49:00 PM
Post by: chaosmountain on April 27, 2010, 01:05:00 PM
These were not on the site and i have done it and tested both, by replacing the video files with fake 0mb files & by deleting them.
I got sick of watching the 3min intros & previews every time i wanted to play & could not skip them!!
It does seem to go faster by just deleting them so the game is not trying to read and play fake video files.
Far Cry Instincts:
Attract_Mode.bik
Crytek.bik
FCI_02.bik
intro.bik
Intro_FCI.bik
MAP_EDITOR.bik
MULTI.bik
PREDATOR.bik
PREDATOR_MULTI.bik
Previews_GR3_ntsc.bik
Previews_R6L.bik
PREY.bik
Ubisoft.bik
Far Cry Instincts Evolution:
Attract_Mode.bik
Crytek.bik
Intro_FCI.bik
Ubisoft.bik
Post by: Gakman on January 10, 2011, 08:36:00 AM
All mirrors are down or hacked...
Can someone tell me where to find these docs ? I can host a new website with them if needed.
Yes XBox is still alive !
Post by: lordvader129 on January 10, 2011, 05:56:00 PM
QUOTE(Gakman @ Jan 10 2011, 09:36 AM)
Hello.
All mirrors are down or hacked...
Can someone tell me where to find these docs ? I can host a new website with them if needed.
Yes XBox is still alive !
i mirrored it on my site some time back
http://xbehome.com/xbox/
it doesnt use a SQL database like the original, its just a ton of html files
if you want a copy to host on another site, or just to view locally i rarred up everything here: http://xbehome.com/x...e_deletions.rar
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 05:44:00 PM
you can also download the site here http://xbehome.com/x...e_deletions.rar to mirror it elsewhere or even view it locally on your PC
ALL LINKS BELOW ARE MOST LIKELY DEAD
The list is maintained for achival purposes only
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mirrors with their own database; Now, it's more likely that all mirrors won't all go down at the same time!
http://rahszhul.xhce.com/
http://www.maverex.net/xbox/
http://www.chefelf.com/~rahszhul/
Mirrors sharing the free public database; If you see Connection Error, then it's likely all mirrors below are "down".
http://deadeye.50free.org/Xbox/
http://rahszhul.jonmega.com/
Alternately, mohuhau set up a non-database driven version of the site which should work when the others don't. http://mohuhau.serveirc.com:8080/xfr/
And another "mirror", updated by forum user balugabutt
http://www.balugabutt.com
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 06:22:00 PM
Now only two of the mirrors are using the public database, so chances of all mirrors being down at the same time are reduced greatly.
The only problem this brings about, is it's going to be harder for me to keep thing up to date, as I'll have to upload the new data to (as of right now, 4) different places.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Sep 17 2004, 10:19 PM
Post by: LepPpeR on December 16, 2003, 06:24:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 16, 2003, 05:52:00 PM
I thought someone might like this.
Thanks for the temp pin, LepPpeR.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:50 PM
Post by: chilin_dude on December 17, 2003, 07:11:00 AM
Keep it updated!
Post by: XDAWG on December 17, 2003, 07:51:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Games Taking Up Too Much Space? Buy the retail version and stop being a pirating whore. |
I think its fucked how people have to jump on someone for being a pirate. When they dont even know WTF they are talking about! The guy said they were retail and maybe he wants to save some space on his hdd after he puts his retail games on it, so he deleted some movies. Or maybe he wants to save some money and backup his retail game to cd-r and not dvd-r so he deleted some movies? Ever think of that, nezff
Let me know if you need any help on replacing the movies with the blanks, I can help I do it all the time.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 17, 2003, 07:45:00 PM
I was hoping to rip through four or five games, at least, this weekend but I just remembered this horrible problem I have.
About FOUR months ago, I received a hernia
. Well, my employer, good ol' Uncle Sam is finally getting around to getting my surgery taken care of. What does that mean for me? On the 22nd... three damned days before christmas... they signed me up for the surgery! Because of the fun-ness of this procedure, the day before I MUST abstain from consuming anything... including water?!So Sunday, I'm going to be so freaking out of it, I wouldn't want to be working on any computer related crap for fear of ruining everything. And Monday... yeah... I'm gonna sleep the day away if I'm not in any kind of severe pain.
But on the bright side, I'll be getting two weeks off from work, so maybe I can get this completed up to the games I've had sift through my hands in the past to present. Probably not, but I can hope.
At any rate, wish me luck... or pray for my death... whatever makes you happy!
Ok, so now that I've laid out this elaborate excuse for not updating for what may actually be a week...
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:50 PM
Post by: Allen626 on December 18, 2003, 07:44:00 AM
My unreal championship shows the UBI Soft logo two times b4 it enters the menu screen ;)
Post by: RalX on December 18, 2003, 08:13:00 AM
RalX
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 09:01:00 AM
Also, if you guys recall what files you've 'relinked' feel free to share, as I feel it'd be a decent addition to the collection above.
I've got to thank --Xtreme-- for tossing me some blank movies that I'll be able to test with, but I have a slight problem with a few of them. I'd rather have a 'blank' movie, as in 1 sec(or less), no sound, black background. I've got a -true- blank .bik movie, and should be able to make a blank .wmv, however finding/making true blanks of the others might be a fun process.
On another note, luke.luke1 sent me a PM earlier learning me a bit better about PAL50/60 and NTSC vid's and just what the hell is going on with my confusion on a few games above. I'll be updating this later when I get home, as this class won't allow me enough time other than to type this post.
Much thanks, luke.luke1
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 03:57 PM
Post by: Lineman on December 18, 2003, 02:59:00 PM
p.s. If you have to shave it's gonna itch like a son of a bitch!
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
- Bump this thread (It's pinned, I know!! It's a damned joke. LAUGH!)
- Let various viewers knows what exactly has changed.
Dec 18th, 2003
- Updated Brute Force and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger with luke.luke1's findings on PAL50/PAL60/NTSC.
- Fixed Crimson Skies notes, as it appears I stopped mid sentence with an incomplete idea.
- Added games Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon and Blowout upping the space saved to 16.38 GB.
- Moved deletion log files on my HDD to a structure which I can use XML/ASP to build them. This will make tracking things easier for me. You, the user, will just have to enjoy the idea I spend less time building this list.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: May 4 2004, 01:32 AM
Post by: Caracarn on December 18, 2003, 07:47:00 PM
I'd love some info on deletions for Project Gotham Racing 2, SSX3, Tony Hawk Underground, Prince of Persia 2, Top Spin
Thanks
Post by: Rahszhul on December 18, 2003, 08:35:00 PM
I'll just need to format the post, and I'll plaster it up there!
So consider this an update:
- Project Gotham Racing 2 added.
This post has been edited by Rahszhul: Jan 14 2004, 04:28 PM
Post by: styxx_78 on December 19, 2003, 04:50:00 AM
Anyways, awesome post....i use this guide extensivly and and slowly going trhough mine to recoup the valuable space.
Keep it up! (to date)
Post by: Rahszhul on December 20, 2003, 04:56:00 PM
. I do not own every game out there. However, if others feel safe rooting through other games I don't have up yet, feel free to let me in on any info you find.Anyways, I plan on getting one or more games up... At least before tommorow when I go comatose from not eating.
Post by: Virtucon on December 21, 2003, 01:44:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 21, 2003, 07:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (Virtucon @ Dec 21 2003, 05:44 AM) |
| I was wondering if there is a complete list of how big each game is before anything is cut out? |
Damn. I knew I'd forget something massively stupid.Anyways, here are a few things.
X-Gamer program. Somewhat out of date.
XBox Game Size webpage that is fairly old.
XBox Game Size program available here. Appears to be the same age(read: out of date) as the above link.
Post found in the Evox forums?? Doesn't detail everything, but it's a decent.
This post has gime sizes for PGR2, THUG, NSFU, The GTAs, and True Crime
and Amped 2
Post by: Rahszhul on December 21, 2003, 03:49:00 PM
- Finishing up my XML/XSLT based post builder. "It looks pretty!" *barf*
- Fixed notes for "ATV Quad Power Racing 2" as it just didn't make sense.
- Added estimated space saved of 1772 MB on PGR2 based on rip size from jumbee159. This ups total space saved to 19.9 GB
Post by: Default_002 on December 22, 2003, 02:27:00 PM
Post by: Virtucon on December 22, 2003, 02:53:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| What exactly does "Deleted .xbe's are due to backup/XBL NON-interactivity" mean? |
Post by: Default_002 on December 22, 2003, 04:29:00 PM
Post by: xilicio on December 22, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
Post by: XBOX War3z on December 23, 2003, 02:20:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Dec 21 2003, 05:41 PM) |
| XBox Game Size webpage that is fairly old. XBox Game Size program available here. Appears to be the same age(read: out of date) as the above link. |
ok site isnt updated but uploaded XBOX Game Size Editor v1.7
this would be some great coding material, for backup tool
"remove those extra files" option
the program now has 251 NTSC and 205 PAL games
Post by: chilin_dude on December 23, 2003, 05:10:00 AM
Also Rahszhul i will try to assist with this list if i can... i will try removing stuff out of Fifa 2004 per request.
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 06:45:00 AM
saved 4gb deleting only dashupdate.xbe of my games,demos and multilanguage files(i didn't deleted any video of the games)
Post by: skeen on December 23, 2003, 10:18:00 AM
This could save you some space on your e: drive if you've ever played Fatal Frame. Each gamesave for this one takes up about 41 MB. If you used all the game save slots you could have up to 8 of these chunky bastards.
Theyre in UDATA/54430004
Enclave has a French and German folder. They are sbz1_Fra and sbz1_Ger. Deleting them will free up 783 MB. When I tested the game after deleting these folders, I couldnt find any options to change the language. Out of curiosity I put the folders back to see if a language setting would magically appear but none did. I dont know if this is unusual or not since Ive never tried changing the language settings before.
Anyway I played a couple of the *.bik movies in these folders and they are definitely French and German.
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 10:52:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 11:07:00 AM
I've noticed before a setting in the MS Dash where you could tell it to turn off after 6 hours of inactivity. This setting still overrode anything via a modded bios or different dash. Which was kinda bad when I tried transferring games from my old 120's up to my 300 Gig beasts. That, and when using it as the music player, it was kinda yuck to "jiggle the handle" every once in a while.
Anyways, back on topic. Might want to try again after going through the MS Dash and changing the language to Françias or Deutsch. Not needed, but I'll add Enclave after I get a bit more info. Like are those folders in the root folder of the game, or under another folder?
Post by: Default_002 on December 23, 2003, 12:12:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 01:20:00 PM
First thing I did, was to play the game. I took notes of what pre-game company logos popped up, such as the Microsft Game Studios logo, or any of the companies that worked on the game.
Look over the menus for things like demos, previews or whatever. If so, write down the name of the demo or movie the game is about. Just incase they didn't use the normal demo formats.
I also tried letting the game sit at the main menu to see if a in-game demo movie would play.
The next step is to FTP into your XBox, and go to where you stored the game at. F:/Games/(GameName)/
After you FTP in, see if there are "dashupdate.xbe", "downloader.xbe", or "update.xbe". These can be deleted immediatly. (Just be sure to write down that you deleted them.)
Also, look for folders such as "cdxmedia", "XDemos" or "Demos", along with the files "cdx.xbe" or "xdemos.xbe". These are the common game demo menus. Back these up onto your computer, delete them from the XBox, and try running the game. Select the demos option, and write down what happened. Reboot the game, and try again, see if the same thing happens.
Then look for files that may represent the pre game logos that popped up. In the instance of "MS Game Studios", look for a file named something like "MGS.bik", or words in file names like "logo" or "intro". Movies can have these file extensions. ".bik", ".pss", ".wmv", ".xmv" (again, backup, delete, test.)
Looking for alternate language files can be a bastard. Look for folders or files that contain these letter combos.
- English can be "en", "eng", "english", and has also been seen as "int"
- German can be "de", "deutsch", "dutch", "ge, "ger" or "german"
- Italian can be "it", "ita" italian"
- French can be "fr", "fra", "fre", "french"
- Japanese can be "j", "ja", "jap", "japanese"
- Chinese can be "ch", "chi", "chinese"
- Spanish can be "es", "esp", "sp", "spa", "spanish"
- Polish can be "pol", "polish"
I've also seen Korean and Portugese as in the PGR2 deletions from jumbee159. (Backup, delete, test.)
Also from NSF:U, the languages Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, and Norwegian have popped up.
For movies that are duplicated for a different region... This can be just as fun. Sometimes, NTSC movies are given no designation what so ever, while the PAL movies have "-PAL" or just a "P" in the file name. Sometimes they're in their own folder such as "/PAL-MOVIES/". (Backup, delete, test.)
If there was a movie that played when you sat at the main menu for a few minutes, then you may want to look for any of the following keywords. "Attract", "Intro_Montage". (Backup, delete, test.)
Also, compare it with other games I've already listed. There aren't too many ways the game makers would organize everything. You just need to train yourself on what to look for.
I hope this helps. I know I'm not able to put too much sense into it right now, as I just took some of those fun pills the hospital gave me.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 01:29:00 PM
Sorry for ignoring you this long.
I could try to split the deletions into catagories like that, but it would take me a few days to make that conversion. The main problem I'd have, is that I don't have a large portion of these games anymore, physical disc or backup-wise. Though I could try and force myself to remember, I couldn't garuntee 100% idiocy... er.. accuracy.
Also, just to clarify, are you saying you want those evil
company logo movies at the start of your game too? I do everything I can to leave any videos that move the story along, if that's what you are talking about.
Post by: GamerBR on December 23, 2003, 01:35:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rahszhul @ Dec 23 2003, 11:29 PM) |
| GamerBR, Sorry for ignoring you this long. I could try to split the deletions into catagories like that, but it would take me a few days to make that conversion. The main problem I'd have, is that I don't have a large portion of these games anymore, physical disc or backup-wise. Though I could try and force myself to remember, I couldn't garuntee 100% idiocy... er.. accuracy. Also, just to clarify, are you saying you want those evil company logo movies at the start of your game too? I do everything I can to leave any videos that move the story along, if that's what you are talking about. |
So the videos that are in the list,there are no videos that appear during the game?
Post by: Rahszhul on December 23, 2003, 07:19:00 PM
Who'd've guessed that?
Anyways,
- Thanks to GamerBR for his help with Rainbow Six 3 and updates to Amped 2
- Thanks to skeen for his info on Enclave
Post by: cmmig on December 23, 2003, 07:36:00 PM
A small Request
Medal of honor: rising sun
I checked some myself but I didn't see anything obvius(sp?) (i.e. folders named "English" or "German")
EDIT: spelling
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 12:25:00 AM
- Added Moto GP 2 and Voodoo Vince, with much thanks to GamerBR again.
- Added Top Spin. And to note, I never want to play a several GB version of PONG ever again!
- Up to 22.37 Gigabytes now.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 01:21:00 PM
- Thanks to GamerBR for the Need for Speed: Underground deletions.
- Added Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future bundle disc. After the deletions, you can split the games apart with this article.
- Added Kung Fu Chaos.
- Now up to 25.05 Gigabytes recovered.
Post by: Ta-mater on December 24, 2003, 08:12:00 PM
Post by: Default_002 on December 24, 2003, 09:32:00 PM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 09:54:00 PM
Thanks for the info on Harry Potter: Quiditch World Cup. Any idea on how much space that free's up?
Default_002,
Kung Fu Chaos will give a DDE for any file it tries to access. If your xbox is set to North America/English or whatever it exactly looks for, it will try to play the file with "_en" before the file extension.
I may see later if these movies are replacable with smaller movies, to be added to my second post.
Post by: Rahszhul on December 24, 2003, 10:20:00 PM
If you want to do this, go ahead and contact me by any of these evil programs listed below, like AIM, ICQ, or MSN.
Post by: Knocks on December 25, 2003, 10:19:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 25, 2003, 12:10:00 PM
| QUOTE | ||
| Uh-oh. Looks like something bad happened, and I can't fix it... yet. My post has been cut off!? Well, I go back into edit mode, and plaster the post back into the thing. I preview, and the entire mod'd post is there. Satisfied with that, thinking I may have not copied the entire IPB code the first time, I re-submit. It's still cutoff!! I go back to edit it again. Check to see what may have happened to the end of my post. And, I see this
Edit: FIXED! ... for now. Post by: Rahszhul on December 26, 2003, 03:43:00 AM
Post by: Rahszhul on December 26, 2003, 05:38:00 PM
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Post by: Rahszhul on December 29, 2003, 11:12:00 AM
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