Post by: ldots on July 07, 2004, 01:10:00 AM
Changes :
19/7-2004 : Fixed a bug that produced an output xbe larger than the input xbe for the windows version.
I still see numerous posts by people having trouble hexing a copy of their M$ Dash to look for the original fonts after installing a font hack.
To hopefully make this a bit more simple I made a small command line tool to be run from a DOS prompt that patches the name of the "fonts" folder or the .xtf extension in a dashboard file.
This can be used on your original M$ Dash or any of the replacement dashboard based on the M$ Dash (tHC, blackstromx, ...).
Get the tool from 'the usual places' (PC section, xbe tool).
Copy your dashboard xbe to the patcher folder and run the tool. The output file from this tool is out.xbe. The syntax is given below :
| CODE |
| Usage: patcher [xboxdash-file] [-bak] [-f0nts] You must specify either the -f0nts or -bak flag to specify which string to patch. Example : patcher xboxdash.xbe -f0nts |
This post has been edited by ldots: Jul 19 2004, 07:40 PM
Post by: adil786 on July 07, 2004, 02:08:00 AM
going to grab it now!
Post by: adil786 on July 07, 2004, 11:39:00 AM
whats wrong?
Post by: ldots on July 07, 2004, 12:12:00 PM
Copy your xboxdash.xbe to the patcher directory.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the patcher dir.
Then execute the patcher as described in the first post (patcher xboxdash.xbe -f0nts).
Post by: Angerwound on July 07, 2004, 06:14:00 PM
Post by: ipodder2003 on July 07, 2004, 06:52:00 PM
Great work, as usual.
Post by: adil786 on July 08, 2004, 01:02:00 AM
it was suprisingly MUCH easier than i first expected!
regards
Post by: chimpanzee on July 09, 2004, 12:03:00 AM
Post by: ldots on July 09, 2004, 12:09:00 AM
Post by: Teldin on July 16, 2004, 10:14:00 AM
Post by: chimpanzee on July 16, 2004, 10:17:00 AM
Post by: Teldin on July 16, 2004, 10:19:00 AM
Post by: ldots on July 16, 2004, 10:37:00 AM
Post by: nickrivers on July 16, 2004, 11:01:00 AM
Post by: adil786 on July 16, 2004, 11:05:00 AM
| QUOTE (nickrivers @ Jul 16 2004, 08:01 PM) |
| ldots - I tried your patcher on my original xboxdash.xbe. It said it patched successfuly 2 times. I have the basic UDE setup with the f0nts dir. When I manually launch out.xbe it just hangs. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? |
is this with tHc,
in this case, the correct file/folders also need to be in c:
Post by: Teldin on July 16, 2004, 12:08:00 PM
Post by: nickrivers on July 16, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
Post by: Teldin on July 16, 2004, 01:00:00 PM
Post by: nickrivers on July 16, 2004, 02:47:00 PM
Post by: Australian Rat on July 16, 2004, 09:02:00 PM
Then there is the memory card installer too... but some people might like to do it themselves
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 01:09:00 AM
| QUOTE (nickrivers @ Jul 16 2004, 11:47 PM) |
| Well I'm closer!! I was able to find fonts\ but I actually found 3 cases. I tried to change them to f0nts\ but when I launched the .xbe i got an error 21. When I installed UDE it used a directory called fønts not f0nts. Could this be the problem? To remedy the situation I created a f0nts dir cand put everying in fønts into it. I thought that might help..but it didn't seem to. Any help is appreciated. Thanks |
there should only be 2 cases,
also, just change the fonts folder to: "f0nts" makes it easier.
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 12:21:00 PM
| QUOTE (Kyro @ Jul 17 2004, 09:02 PM) |
| i m under win xp pro sp1 and i wanted to use the patcher with the -f0nts option, i patched successfully but wasn t able to go from evox to msdash so i used a hexedit software to patch manually and then i had no pb so i may be wrong but i thing the win32 version of the patcher has some issues, cause i tested the linux version and got no problem to go to the msdash hope it can help some people |
hmm, shouldnt make a difference,
there should have been a good small tut using a hex editor exactly how to do it.
would save all problems,..
Post by: adil786 on July 18, 2004, 04:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (nickrivers @ Jul 18 2004, 06:08 AM) |
| I'm seeing 3 instance of fonts and I changed them to f0nts. I also made sure my dir was named f0nts. Still gives an error 21 when I boot. Could I have a funky default dash? if so is there another one I can use somewhere? |
like i said,
THERE ARE ONLY 2 INSTANCES,
THIS IS WHY YOU ARE GETTING AN ERROR!
Post by: chimpanzee on July 18, 2004, 11:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (nickrivers @ Jul 18 2004, 07:46 PM) |
| You seemed to miss my point. In my XBE there are 3. Does that mean my original has a problem or what? I undertand its supposed to only have 2..but mine has 3. Any help would be appreciated. |
to make sure we all understand each other, why not give the following :
1. your dash file size
2. file date/time
3. md5sum
4. xbedump -dc output
then we may know if there is some strange dash out there.
Post by: nickrivers on July 18, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
Post by: YoshiKool on July 18, 2004, 12:47:00 PM
Post by: ldots on July 18, 2004, 01:06:00 PM
Remember all settings files etc. need to be available for the patched dash too, and if you dont run PBL or nkpatcher your need to resign the patched dashboard.
If you have a game save exploit on your HDD try uninstalling your current font exploit and verify that the dash runs normal in an unexploited environment.
This patcher is the same as the one in the memcard UDE installer. I tried it on XP and the patched dash worked fine.
Post by: GeToChKn on July 18, 2004, 04:11:00 PM
Also nice work on the hdmakers, loads eeproms from floppy and creates a locking floppy. Things I was gonna request but you already beat me to it. Now I don't have to reburn the cdrw everytime with the new eeprom everytime I do a new HD for someone.
Post by: ldots on July 18, 2004, 05:15:00 PM
I'll have a look and see if I can spot the error.
Post by: ldots on July 19, 2004, 10:34:00 AM
I found a bug in the font patcher. Hopefully that should be the last of them. Please some of you guys that tried out the font patcher before without success, plaese try again with the version attached below. I know it's a huge post. Will remove it an replace the font patcher at the usual places if you find that it works now.
Edit : Dammit, seems the code section is too long for the forum software to handle.
Post by: YoshiKool on July 19, 2004, 10:36:00 AM
but no probs, you have your new patcher released What do you use to encode to b64?
edit: ok so it def. did screw up the page... seems like the quote merged with your sig o_O
Post by: ldots on July 19, 2004, 10:43:00 AM
Post by: Ns0mNiA on August 08, 2004, 12:09:00 PM
Post by: adil786 on August 08, 2004, 12:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (Ns0mNiA @ Aug 8 2004, 08:12 PM) |
| ldots does your mem card installer 1.7.2 automaticallly patch the dashboard or do I have to use this because I cannot boot to the dash from UnleachX but when I uninstall your package the dash works fine? |
yes it auto matically does it,
mabye unleash needs tto look for moddash.xbe? or exited to look for f0nts? but i though that was the xbe's job
Post by: adil786 on August 09, 2004, 04:14:00 AM
| QUOTE (scrupul0us @ Aug 9 2004, 01:06 AM) |
| I'd like to see this also be able to hack the live tab to say text of your choice and also have it link to a dash.xbe of your choice as well.. just a thought |
isnt it pretty easy?
just hex edit the m$ dash xbe.
Post by: hihan on October 12, 2004, 07:08:00 AM
unable to download from this link : http://dwl.xbox-scen...ont_patcher.rar
is there any other mirrors available ?
thx
-hihan
Post by: ldots on October 12, 2004, 08:04:00 AM
Post by: captcavecricket on October 23, 2004, 02:42:00 PM
is it supppose to launch on the pc or the xbox, and if on the xbox, where?
Post by: captcavecricket on October 24, 2004, 12:50:00 AM
but i restore the original c drive,
then ran ude2 with pblmetoo, with m8.....and it ms dash works
thanks
Post by: rex64 on October 25, 2004, 12:42:00 PM
Post by: Armen138 on October 29, 2004, 07:21:00 PM
now i tried the patcher, and it returns string not found! its the xboxdash.xbe file from my 1.6 pal xbox
whatsup?
Post by: Cio on January 24, 2005, 10:17:00 AM
Read the tutorial on how to get files from "the usual place". The file is not hosted on "public" internet, so u can't get a direct link. There isn't any.
Post by: cmiz on January 24, 2005, 12:37:00 PM
Post by: krayzie on January 24, 2005, 03:18:00 PM
Post by: Cio on January 25, 2005, 06:49:00 AM
-> stock c setup ALL FILES ACCOUNTED FOR
-> f0nts folder
-> patched the xboxdash.xbe from slayers 2.6
-> error 21
I'm gonna go grab a hexeditor somewhere.
BTW im testing this on a chipped box so dun even have to think about signed/unsigned code.
Post by: cmiz on January 25, 2005, 07:12:00 AM
Post by: Cio on January 25, 2005, 07:19:00 AM
I spent 3 hours figuring this shit out and getting error 21 like a dozen times.Ah fuck it.
I wont even bother anymore. Although a nice pre-live dash would be nice to have in "the usual places"
Post by: Strangelove1 on February 28, 2005, 07:58:00 PM
please help me!
Post by: total_ass on April 21, 2005, 12:35:00 PM
just setup a shadow C and make it stock.
but if you feel compelled to go the old way of things, then it is msdash.xbe.
Post by: total_ass on April 21, 2005, 12:47:00 PM
Post by: tutu on May 23, 2005, 08:38:00 AM
Post by: tutu on May 23, 2005, 09:14:00 AM
