Post by: mintoman on April 18, 2005, 08:59:00 AM
I just finished installing dash2gam 2.4 beta and so far so good except for a few things that I hope will be fixed by the final release of 2.4
* The DVD drive is still unaccessable from FTP by opening the DVD folder, you need to type in /D/ as your path to gain access to the dvd drive
* the message displayed on boot is still in french when set up for english (although this can be changed by editing line 84 in the file:
Dash2Gam\2GAM.data\Datas\Langues\1.ini
The translation is: Scanning Hard Drive please wait... )
* A few times a dialog messsage (such as do you wish to reboot) stays up when it has been canceled and the dash still continues to operate behind it, a reboot is required to get rid of it
I did get rid of a few of the menus from the main menu (games and menu skins) but heres a screen of it for those of you who havent seen it
Does someone know what to change to have the temp readings in Celsius?
Anyone else had a go at the BETA yet?
Post by: mintoman on April 18, 2005, 09:34:00 AM
Post by: mintoman on April 18, 2005, 11:15:00 PM
Is there anyone who can shed some light on this for us?
Sorry but I cant help you with the skins issue as i know nothing about skinning, but i personally didnt even notice it
Post by: Sigwood on April 19, 2005, 03:25:00 PM
Post by: brandogg on April 19, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
Post by: Liquidvlade Hiraduo on April 19, 2005, 10:09:00 PM
1. When I try to access the Memory Menu it freezes when I press A.
- Suggestions -
1. Allow to change skins without rebooting
2. More skins! (even though the default one is badass!)
3. Allow direct FTP like EvoX
4. Have their own trainer menu.
5. Auto-Update software
6. Direct the music folder to the music stored in the HDD
7. Have background music
That's all I can think of for now...
Post by: mintoman on April 20, 2005, 07:57:00 AM
The intro movie can be played on startup by changing the config_pro file
QUOTE
[VideoIntro]
1=oui/non .................... Display or not the introduction video of the dashboard
2=oui/non .................... Display or not the introduction video of the running skin
1=oui/non .................... Display or not the introduction video of the dashboard
2=oui/non .................... Display or not the introduction video of the running skin
remembering that in french 'oui' is yes and 'non' is no
Brandogg maybe because it is only a beta that you can run it at 1080i?
Liquidvlade hiraduo in response to your "suggestions"
1. dash2gam has always acted this way when changing skins
2. not sure if v2.3 skins will work with 2.4 (havent tried it yet) but im sure that there will be more skins soon
3. As i said in an earlier post there is one problem with the FTP but other than that it is direct
4. trainer menu would be cool
5. as far as i know most xbox programs dont auto update and im quite happy to download patches and update myself they usually arent big
6. im not sure what you mean by this question
7. Do you mean background music like the M$ dash or background music from your ripped CDs on the Xbox hard drive
to have the sounds from the M$ dash remember to copy the audio folder from the C drive to your dash2gam folder
Post by: mintoman on April 20, 2005, 08:08:00 AM
The creators must listen to the users cause there is a few bug fixes ( loads faster and the FTP problem is fixed)
the config file structure has changed alot according to the change log but im still downloading it (damn dial up) so ill let you guys know what its like when ive got it up and running
I dont know how i ever had a modded xbox without this dash, it just keeps getting better
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 20, 2005, 10:34:00 AM
1) I can't hear the ambient sound file for some reason (engineroom I think it's called?) but every other dash sound works great. Anyone else have the same issue or am I just lucky? The lack of it is really noticeable. My Xbox is a 1.6b with X3 3108.
2) The tilted arm thing with the 2GAM skin. You can see exactly what I mean by looking at the pic mintoman posted. Look at the XBMC arm and notice how crooked it is compared to the horizon. The arms on the MS skin are perfectly horizontal. The new 2GAM is without a doubt the best I've ever seen on any dash and would love to be able to straighten the arms.
Anyway like I said really minor things but if anyone has suggestions that'd be great.
Post by: mintoman on April 20, 2005, 12:05:00 PM
1) did you copy over the audio folder from c: to the dash2gam directory? ill have to check on my xbox (1.1) when i get the chance and let you know if there is the ambient audio but from memory the dash only uses the transition sounds from the M$ dash and not the ambient (background music from soundtracks)
If dash2gam doesnt play the ambient audio files in the background i might have a way to make it play, ill test it on my Xbox later and let you know
2) i did alot of reading through and comparing of the Skin.ini's and the english config_pro.ini and cant find anything about the angle of the arms on the 2GAM skin, to change it would probably involve editing the skin.xip (which is way over my head) somehow to alter the angle.
After a few hours of altering file locations and editing config files i finally got 3.0B up and running and set up the way I want it and so far its going really good except for:
1. during DVD play back the M$ skin is used for the menu bar that comes up when you push display on the remote even when using the 2GAM skin (maybe the 2GAM DVD skin isnt ready?)
2. for some reason while i was testing it the 2GAM skins buttons became M$ skinned when selected (hopefully just a beta issue)
These are the only bugs i have found so far and both seem to be skinning related, cant wait for 3.0 final
So if anyone needs a hand setting up 3.0 just ask and ill do my best to help you out
theres no turning back now, Dash2GAM all the way!!
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 20, 2005, 07:01:00 PM
QUOTE(mintoman @ Apr 20 2005, 01:11 PM)
1) did you copy over the audio folder from c: to the dash2gam directory? ill have to check on my xbox (1.1) when i get the chance and let you know if there is the ambient audio but from memory the dash only uses the transition sounds from the M$ dash and not the ambient (background music from soundtracks)
If dash2gam doesnt play the ambient audio files in the background i might have a way to make it play, ill test it on my Xbox later and let you know
2) i did alot of reading through and comparing of the Skin.ini's and the english config_pro.ini and cant find anything about the angle of the arms on the 2GAM skin, to change it would probably involve editing the skin.xip (which is way over my head) somehow to alter the angle.
If dash2gam doesnt play the ambient audio files in the background i might have a way to make it play, ill test it on my Xbox later and let you know
2) i did alot of reading through and comparing of the Skin.ini's and the english config_pro.ini and cant find anything about the angle of the arms on the 2GAM skin, to change it would probably involve editing the skin.xip (which is way over my head) somehow to alter the angle.
D'oh I wasn't aware Dash2Gam only used transition sounds. Explains why I can't hear the engineroom file. If you figure out a way to play ambient sounds that would be killer. Kinda figured that skin fixing bit would be tough. Tried figuring it myself but...
QUOTE(sunn02 @ Apr 20 2005, 01:38 PM)
and one more question about dash2gam 3b, i installed it almost the same way i did 2.4 with all the location configuring and everything, how come it wont work?
I don't know which chip you're using but I had a couple snags as well with my 3.0b install. Make sure the Dash2Gam.xbe (named default.xbe originally) is placed in the same directory as the Dash2Gam folder. Not in the actually folder though.
My E: drive looks like this...
E:
Applications (folder)
Dash2Gam (folder)
Dash2Gam.xbe
dvd.dll
etc, etc, etc
My config_pro.ini looks like this...
[Systeme]
1=default
2=E:
3=root
4=MS
[FTP]
LocalIP=xxx.xxx.x.xxx
SubMaskIP=xxx.xxx.xxx.x
GateWayIP=xxx.xxx.x.x
Password=xbox
Login=xbox
[LED]
LedSequence=gggg
Make sure (If your chip is X3) that you update the dashboard boot drive inside X3 Config if needed. My Dash2Gam.xbe was on my C: with older versions and I had to switch it to E: for the new xbe.
Hope that helps.
Post by: mintoman on April 20, 2005, 11:59:00 PM
and after quite a bit of work with audio codecs and converting i have made a fix for the ambient audio, using dash2gams built in soundtrack player i have managed to get the 3 main ambient files to play in the background like the M$ dash
Download this file and follow the instructions from the readme text file
mintomans_dash2gam_ambient_audio
any problems or questions just ask
anyone know who i talk to so we can get a dash2GAM section in the dashboards section instead of it being relegated to the 'other dashboards section' this dash is established enough to have its own sub-forum.
EDIT: Link didnt work before
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 12:29:00 AM
I will look to see if i can edit the .inis to fix the highlight problem and im sure that theres a blue orb floating around on the net
ill post the skin here when i finish it
Post by: Sigwood on April 21, 2005, 03:46:00 AM
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 07:34:00 AM
so for the 2gam skin the skin.xip will be in:
Dash2Gam\2GAM.data\Skins\2GAM\skin.xip
to edit this file you will need a program like winXIP
to have no orb im not sure whether there is an option in the config to do this
or you could just remove the xbox4.xbx from the skin.xip (back it up unless you want it back)
although this second option wouldnt be the prefered over editing a config file
Post by: sunn02 on April 21, 2005, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: Sigwood on April 21, 2005, 08:10:00 AM
rien means nothing.
I love how Dash2Gam is also educational.
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 09:10:00 AM
sorry for the large pics
The 1st is a blue M$ skin with the D2G logo in the orb
And the second is the same but with the xbox orb (i used the xbox4.xbx from the UIX blue skin)
The pics are a bit darker than the skin appears on the xbox ( the cellwall is alot clearer on an xbox) but you get the idea
sunn02 if you want to remove the orb from these you can do it with the skin.ini the same as for the M$ one
anyone wants one (or both) of these for their xbox let me know and i will upload it so you can download it
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 09:17:00 AM
another version that makes it 4 now, they just keep comin!
(dont you just love google english)
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 21, 2005, 01:09:00 PM
Thanks for any help.
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 21, 2005, 01:25:00 PM
Post by: brandogg on April 21, 2005, 01:26:00 PM
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 07:28:00 PM
Inside the Music folder is another folder called music, thats where you put the files
Thanks for your reply about my skins (one of my 1st attempts ) but i have one problem with them that I am trying to get rid of, The Music panel that comes up when you push (x) at the main screen has green buttons still, is this a texture or part of the color.ini?
Brandogg, i dont have a high def TV or any knowledge on the subject, maybe load the M$ dash as an app and change it through there? all i can suggest is that it is a BETA thing, did v2.3 have 1080i?
Post by: sunn02 on April 21, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
hey mintoman, nice blue skins i especially like the one with the 2gam orb, you think you can upload those or email them to me?
thanks
Post by: mintoman on April 21, 2005, 08:52:00 PM
ill have to try to find where it is in the colour.ini or skin.ini cause ive already checked all my textures
that aside i should have them up soon
Post by: Sigwood on April 22, 2005, 03:36:00 AM
Post by: manu_xl on April 22, 2005, 04:02:00 AM
QUOTE(mintoman @ Apr 22 2005, 02:58 AM)
Ill upload them as soon as i figure out how to fix the colour of the music panels buttons, damn things keep staying green and also parts of the audio menus (behind the track listing is green)
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 06:32:00 AM
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sigwood can you help me with this i am a bit of a newb to skinning in d2g
there wasnt a Cpico.xbx in the XIP so i used the one from the 2gam skin so i could tell what i was doin, ive edited it to the way that i want it and put it in the xip but it still comes up green when i upload it
is there somethin im missing to make this work?
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Sigwood on April 22, 2005, 08:02:00 AM
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If you are modifying a skin.xip file that never had a CPico.xbx texture in it, you must edit the default.xap file to include a reference to CPico.xbx.
You can add any textures you want, just as long as they are referenced in the default.xap.
I added extra GameHilite textures to mine so that each tab is a different color.
If you open up the default.xap file in notepad you will see how to add a new texture. You need to add in this info:
Transform
{
children
[
Shape
{
appearance Appearance
{
texture ImageTexture
{
url "CPico.xbx"
}
}
geometry Mesh { url "skin.xm" }
}
]
translation 0 0 300
}
Alternatively, I would suggest using the 2GAM skin.xip and adding your new textures to that file since it has a different layout than the old skin.xip files. The music panel buttons used to be separate files, but now they are all in one texture.
If you modify the 2GAM one to look how you want it, you will be more compatible with the new version of Dash2gam. What I usually do is extract all the textures and go through them one by one to change them to what I want to see. Then I copy the original skin.xip file to a new folder and insert all the new textures, replacing the old ones.
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Rezzo on April 22, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
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Ok guys here are my blue skins after a bit of work and some help from sigwood (thanks man)
these are my 1st skins so its been a bit of a learning curve for me but hey now i know what im doing
(For screenshots go back a page)
you can download them here:
blue skin with 2G orb
blue skin with xbox orb
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Rezzo on April 22, 2005, 08:27:00 PM
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Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 06:32:00 AM
there wasnt a Cpico.xbx in the XIP so i used the one from the 2gam skin so i could tell what i was doin, ive edited it to the way that i want it and put it in the xip but it still comes up green when i upload it
is there somethin im missing to make this work?
Post by: Sigwood on April 22, 2005, 08:02:00 AM
You can add any textures you want, just as long as they are referenced in the default.xap.
I added extra GameHilite textures to mine so that each tab is a different color.
If you open up the default.xap file in notepad you will see how to add a new texture. You need to add in this info:
Transform
{
children
[
Shape
{
appearance Appearance
{
texture ImageTexture
{
url "CPico.xbx"
}
}
geometry Mesh { url "skin.xm" }
}
]
translation 0 0 300
}
Alternatively, I would suggest using the 2GAM skin.xip and adding your new textures to that file since it has a different layout than the old skin.xip files. The music panel buttons used to be separate files, but now they are all in one texture.
If you modify the 2GAM one to look how you want it, you will be more compatible with the new version of Dash2gam. What I usually do is extract all the textures and go through them one by one to change them to what I want to see. Then I copy the original skin.xip file to a new folder and insert all the new textures, replacing the old ones.
Post by: Rezzo on April 22, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
these are my 1st skins so its been a bit of a learning curve for me but hey now i know what im doing
(For screenshots go back a page)
you can download them here:
blue skin with 2G orb
blue skin with xbox orb
Post by: Rezzo on April 22, 2005, 08:27:00 PM
QUOTE(mintoman @ Apr 23 2005, 02:01 AM)
Ok guys here are my blue skins after a bit of work and some help from sigwood (thanks man)
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
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Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
QUOTE(sunn02 @ Apr 23 2005, 11:29 AM)
thanks minto, imma try these as soon as i get a chance
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 11:19:00 PM
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Sigwood on April 23, 2005, 06:11:00 AM
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dash2gam woo
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Sigwood on April 23, 2005, 06:57:00 AM
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I make my own skins using an existing skin as a basis for texture dimension. I like having my own custom orbs and textures.
I hope they do implement a file manager, because I still keep UnleashX on my Xbox to use as a file manager and I would like to be able to just have Dash2gam.
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: manu_xl on April 23, 2005, 08:21:00 AM
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memory menu crashes always
bug or not?
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: mintoman on April 23, 2005, 09:19:00 AM
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dash2gam 2.3 skins are compatible, i tested that the other day so if you want some links for 2.3 skins theres a thread in the other dashboards section
Sigwoods right we need a file manager, i use xbmc as a file manager but would really like to see one in future releases, its one of the few things dash2gam is missing
The memory menu crashing has been a problem for a while buts its never been a problem on my xbox no matter what version i use, maybe im just lucky?
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: Rezzo on April 23, 2005, 02:49:00 PM
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I haven't time, i download the skins.
- Xboxdash.org
- Kanaberra.free.fr
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Title: Dash2gam 2.4 Beta
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 24, 2005, 01:06:00 AM
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I'll join the chorus requesting a file manager. That's the one big thing I miss from UnleashX. Being able to open .ini files and edit right there without needing to ftp plus just plain nosing around in game folders is sweet. It's one of those things that isn't a priority for me but it would make Dash2Gam even crazier than it already is.
Post by: mintoman on April 22, 2005, 11:19:00 PM
Post by: Sigwood on April 23, 2005, 06:11:00 AM
Post by: Sigwood on April 23, 2005, 06:57:00 AM
I hope they do implement a file manager, because I still keep UnleashX on my Xbox to use as a file manager and I would like to be able to just have Dash2gam.
Post by: manu_xl on April 23, 2005, 08:21:00 AM
bug or not?
Post by: mintoman on April 23, 2005, 09:19:00 AM
Sigwoods right we need a file manager, i use xbmc as a file manager but would really like to see one in future releases, its one of the few things dash2gam is missing
The memory menu crashing has been a problem for a while buts its never been a problem on my xbox no matter what version i use, maybe im just lucky?
Post by: Rezzo on April 23, 2005, 02:49:00 PM
QUOTE(sunn02 @ Apr 23 2005, 12:34 PM)
where do yall get your skins from? do you just get them from a website or make them yourselves?
I haven't time, i download the skins.
- Xboxdash.org
- Kanaberra.free.fr
Post by: jack the giant-killer on April 24, 2005, 01:06:00 AM