Post by: LZD on July 20, 2003, 08:19:00 AM
Post by: EdGe7 on July 20, 2003, 09:52:00 AM
EdGe7
Post by: EdGe7 on July 20, 2003, 10:43:00 AM
why are you patching the xbe?
you might also want to try and delete the save info in your e: drive... sometimes it becomes currupt and have to start over.
EdGe7
Post by: Xeero on July 20, 2003, 10:46:00 AM
| QUOTE (EdGe7 @ Jul 20 2003, 02:43 PM) |
| why are you patching the xbe? |
To disable media checks, for one.
Post by: eboman on July 20, 2003, 11:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (LZD @ Jul 20 2003, 05:19 PM) |
| LOTR:TT & Burnout 2 so far for me... (freeze at title screen) |
Try to turn off IGR in Evox via evox.ini check the big topic about the media check for more details.
http://forums.xbox-s...ST&f=11&t=45711
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 20, 2003, 11:36:00 AM
and evox igr is turned off
nsn
Post by: jimmsta on July 20, 2003, 12:42:00 PM
Post by: melee on July 20, 2003, 12:59:00 PM
Post by: LepPpeR on July 20, 2003, 02:09:00 PM
-LepPpeR
Post by: vintage_guitar on July 20, 2003, 02:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (truinstinct @ Jul 20 2003, 11:25 PM) |
| Why would these backups not work with the exploit but with a modchip? With my modchip I have enter the matrix, burnout 2, midnight club 2, and starsky and hutch working. I haven't tried them on my box with the pheonix loader though(except Burnout 2 and it does work). |
because not all the bugs are ironed out yet, stay tight..
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 20, 2003, 05:02:00 PM
| QUOTE (truinstinct @ Jul 20 2003, 06:25 PM) |
| Why would these backups not work with the exploit but with a modchip? With my modchip I have enter the matrix, burnout 2, midnight club 2, and starsky and hutch working. I haven't tried them on my box with the pheonix loader though(except Burnout 2 and it does work). |
so are you running enter the matrix from a backup on a disc or the hdd? I'm guessing hdd, since you'd have to selectively get rid of some stuff to back it up to disc.
if you are running from hdd, was it a real pain to get the game to back up successfully? I had to do a bunch of shit to get it to work.
you know, perhaps I should stick my mod back in and see if the game boots then...cuz I just moved a bunch of stuff to a new hdd, my old one wouldn't lock....
more on that when I've tried it out...
Post by: shakaru on July 20, 2003, 06:05:00 PM
It works if you download one of the released ones, but no matter what steps i take to backup my origonal it dosent work. Also, it has a dash update on it, so be careful if you do use it.
Post by: EdGe7 on July 21, 2003, 11:04:00 AM
EdGe7
p.s. if x2 4977 is the reason for matrix not working... is there a workaround or a patch to get matrix to load from evox?
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 21, 2003, 03:58:00 PM
), and nothing has to be changed yet the game starts fine. Take it out to run Phoenix BIOS loader only, and it freezes. Also noted the business with the legit disc...it'll boot fine from the game, but trying to boot indash to game causes the freeze.and for the record, all instances of IGR are deactivated in my evox ini, including every part that just specifies which buttons to press for IGR are switched to 'no' just in case, even though these shouldn't technically matter. If you don't believe I've deactivated them all, then note the fact that with modchip in, the game runs fine from hdd, which it should not do if there were an evox IGR problem.
Another thing I've noted: Xbox will still boot with a modchip if the power to the DVD drive has been pulled, though the flubber blob will get sluggish in a space, and in evox the LED will be flashing...but nonetheless it still boots. It will not still boot with DVD power pulled and running only Phoenix BIOS loader.
So even though the Phoenix guys have knocked everybody's socks off, there's still definitely a lot of work to do for those guys. and if you have a modchip, I wouldn't suggest throwing it out just yet
-nsn
oh yeah...forgot...
xbox v1.0, TSOP with 3944 (i think?), latest live m$ dash, using bigfonts...hope this helps!
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 21, 2003, 05:05:00 PM
| QUOTE (EdGe7 @ Jul 21 2003, 03:04 PM) |
| p.s. if x2 4977 is the reason for matrix not working... is there a workaround or a patch to get matrix to load from evox? |
this is the bios that is flashed to my modchip, and it boots fine with that one in line...though like I've stated before it's still a hassle to get it backed up to hdd and working. But once you do it all properly it will work with the chip.
The BIOS itself I don't think is the problem, as this BIOS was designed so you didn't have to manually patch games for the media check. It's probably more like the BIOS running from hdd and not from hardware mod causing some new issue with how the BIOS patches the game for getting past media check. or something like that...does this happen to any other games that have the media check? cuz it might be just this game is retarded or something.
Post by: metalcoat on July 21, 2003, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 21, 2003, 08:53:00 PM
| QUOTE (js8rag3 @ Jul 21 2003, 10:44 PM) | ||
you have to use avalaunch to FTP the files to your HDD because EvoX cant handle the long file names. i tried this and it works 100% of the time. also make sure its patched for the new media flag. once you do that you should be able to launch it from Evox or any other dash. if i could only get it to work off DVD-R's... (just get weird errors like black screen with "!!UNKNOWN!!" or dirty disc error) BTW this was tested on my v1.0 box with evox 3285 & a first gen chip with an old as bios. have yet to test it with pheonix bios loader. but so far i've had no problems with that. |
i did use avalaunch to move the files from my pc. my problem isn't playing the game from hdd with a modchip...that's no problem. it's getting it to play from hdd using only phoenix bios loader.
as far as patching for the media flag, x2 4977 does that automatically...verified by the fact that I can play it with my modchip which is flashed with that bios, and also because that's what that bios was made for mostly was for a quick and easy fix to the media check.
if i remember correctly i think that game is too large to fit on a dvd-r without cutting some stuff out? maybe not, don't remember. but the long filenames might have something to do with that as well...
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 21, 2003, 09:00:00 PM
| QUOTE (metalcoat @ Jul 21 2003, 11:06 PM) |
| Alright question...I have 3 Boxes 1 with mod 2 without until the pheonix bios loader. For some reason i cannot get the multi-game Dvd+rs to work..any solutions? |
1...does it play DVD+Rs at all? it might be an incompatibility with even certain brands of DVD+R.
2...there has to be an option within evox.ini that boots straight to disc while in evox. I used to have a .ini that started a game by resetting and booting first from the disc. This wouldn't work with phoenix bios loader, it'll boot retail games like this but not unsigned code like that cuz it hasn't loaded the new bios from hdd yet when done this way.
3...will they not work on any of the xboxes? cuz the mod one should not have this limitation mentioned in 2. if it don't work there, then it might be your drive won't play DVD+R or it might not play that brand of DVD+R, a la #1.
yeah man smooth,
-nsn
Post by: LepPpeR on July 23, 2003, 07:20:00 AM
| QUOTE (shakaru @ Jul 20 2003, 09:05 PM) |
| StarWars: Knights of the old republic It works if you download one of the released ones, but no matter what steps i take to backup my origonal it dosent work. Also, it has a dash update on it, so be careful if you do use it. |
you can delete all of the other .xbe's in games or atleast it has always worked for me. I just take leave the default.xbe and rar up the other ones just in case.
LepPpeR
Post by: EdGe7 on July 23, 2003, 10:47:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| the phoenix loader uses x2 4977... could this be the reason why i can't load Enter the Matrix (legit disc) from within evox. If i leave the game in there at bootup, it will launch the game and I can see video... if I launch it through loader->Evox... you can hear sound but no video... and I have disabled IGR in Evox.ini. |
I'm still running PBL(Phoenix Bios Loader) v1.0 with bert and ernie reloaded. I can play the game normally if it boots up, but if i want to back it up on DVD+R I'm affraid it won't run since I would have to use PBL.
Thx in advance
EdGe7
Post by: m.e on July 23, 2003, 10:49:00 AM
Post by: rossic on July 23, 2003, 11:43:00 AM
I see some people have gotten this to work, and not gotten other games to work that I have. I'm running a v1.0 and 1.1 box with X2.2 lite, 4976.02. Burnout2 is the only game that has given me any trouble, and judging from this thread, it seems that the only thing I haven't tried is the pheonix loader. Is it possible that the game needs that bios in order to run without that error? Is it a result of a bad iso? Or is it something entirely different? I've only made 3 backups... so i'm a regular newb at this ^^
Thanks
Post by: EdGe7 on July 23, 2003, 12:11:00 PM
| QUOTE (rossic @ Jul 23 2003, 12:43 PM) |
| I've been unable to get Burnout 2 to work. I've made 4 different ISOs using xISO1.15, XBOX ISO v1.3, ISO Maker 2.0, and Craxtion (tried patching, but i hear that makes no difference for my bios), none of which have gotten any further than the initial boot up screen, then jumping right to a dirty disc error. I see some people have gotten this to work, and not gotten other games to work that I have. I'm running a v1.0 and 1.1 box with X2.2 lite, 4976.02. Burnout2 is the only game that has given me any trouble, and judging from this thread, it seems that the only thing I haven't tried is the pheonix loader. Is it possible that the game needs that bios in order to run without that error? Is it a result of a bad iso? Or is it something entirely different? I've only made 3 backups... so i'm a regular newb at this ^^ Thanks |
I had the exact same problem... place the files on the PC again... could be a combination of a bad file being copied over and poor ISO creation software... use SimpleXiso... that did the trick for me... dirty cd message is gone.
EdGe7
Post by: Giacecco on July 23, 2003, 11:27:00 PM
- Blinx the time sweeper
- BloodRayne
- Brute Force
- Colin McRae Rally 3
- Crimson Sea
- Fatal Frame
- Fifa 2003
- Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
- Gunmetal (with Riot's fix)
- Halo
- Mechassault
- The Sims
I did not find any other issues until now.
Post by: vintage_guitar on July 23, 2003, 11:44:00 PM
| QUOTE (vintage_guitar @ Jul 23 2003, 06:23 PM) |
| i can't seem to get MOTOGP 2 to work |
it always says make sure the disk is damaged blah blah..any fixes for this yet?
Post by: Giacecco on July 24, 2003, 01:17:00 AM
Post by: vintage_guitar on July 24, 2003, 01:30:00 AM
Post by: vintage_guitar on July 24, 2003, 02:34:00 AM
i made 1byte size dummy video files and it worked my motogp2 is like 400mb with the entire game
Post by: tastyratz on July 24, 2003, 04:26:00 AM
Post by: burriko on July 24, 2003, 06:05:00 AM
| QUOTE (Giacecco @ Jul 23 2003, 09:30 PM) |
| Something else I noticed - but no one else talks about - is that since the installation of the Phoenix/Bigfontz I wasn't able to load my savegames on the hd with a few backups. Until now, the list is: = SAVEGAMES KO = Burnout 2 Starsky And Hutch = SAVEGAMES OK = Dead to rights Halo Project Gotham Racing Any ideas? |
I've noticed this too. Burnout 2 refuses to load my saved game when using the phoenix bios loader. It's the only game that's given me this trouble so far.
KotOR and Halo (the only others that i've tried) have both loaded their saved games properly.
Post by: JediJubei on July 24, 2003, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: Pebble on July 24, 2003, 05:24:00 PM
K: 4034
Phoenix 1.1
B & E Reloaded
Post by: nixme on July 24, 2003, 09:21:00 PM
-halo
-project gotham
-crazy taxi 3: high roller
-mechassault
-007:nightfire
-nba2k3
-outlaw volleyball
i have not gotten enter the matrix to work yet. unreal championship works almost, it loads the intro videos but freezes about 80% through the initial load before the menu, i haven't had much chance to mess around with these games yet however.
Post by: wimpie007 on July 25, 2003, 01:02:00 AM
great escape (cdrip)
Post by: avh on July 25, 2003, 03:09:00 AM
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 25, 2003, 08:17:00 AM
| QUOTE (EdGe7 @ Jul 23 2003, 02:47 PM) | ||
nsn, here's a problem i'm still having.
I'm still running PBL(Phoenix Bios Loader) v1.0 with bert and ernie reloaded. I can play the game normally if it boots up, but if i want to back it up on DVD+R I'm affraid it won't run since I would have to use PBL. Thx in advance EdGe7 |
sorry for the lag. On the road right now, getting to my email not as easy...
I'm afraid it wouldn't work that way either. Only one way to find out, tho... Try it! Who knows, I might be the only one of two people having problems with backups of this game and PBL...I'm pretty certain, however, that the problem lies in the PBL, not in x2 4977. The reason I say this is I can play my hdd backup using a modchip or a flashed TSOP with bios x2 4977 on it.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, cuz I may be, but isn't ETM too large to fit on a single DVD-R unless you cut out some video files? And the video files are half the fun of the game, so that would be obnoxious to cut them out...
Backing up this game is a bit of a trick, even without the problems experienced with PBL. The only way I've been able to play it is with my modchip, or my new improved flashable TSOP xbox, flashed with x2 4977 BIOS. And even that took some doing. See my post below for what I finally figured out to get this game to work on hdd backup.
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 25, 2003, 08:23:00 AM
| QUOTE (JediJubei @ Jul 24 2003, 09:04 PM) |
| how do i patch ETM so that it will work from my hdd? |
Using Phoenix BIOS Loader, nobody knows yet. Using a modchip or a flashed TSOP with X2 4977 BIOS, you should do the following:
Get the latest Avalaunch dashboard.
FTP to the box with the game in disc drive and ftp contents to your PC.
FTP contents back to your xbox in whatever your games directory is.
Switch back to evox dash, if you so desire. I desire, cuz I like evox better.
Start game up, should run.
You need to switch to Avalaunch dash in order to ftp the game to your xbox, cuz there are a number of files with really long filenames, and apparently evox just won't put up with it, but Avalaunch will. Once the files are in place, though, evox doesn't seem to care any more.
Also, I believe this game does have the media check. But as long as you have one of the newest X2 BIOSes in place on a modchip or on your xbox TSOP, it takes care of the media check for you without you having to patch.
-nsn
Post by: {later} on July 25, 2003, 08:33:00 AM
I'm using the 22 July Bigfonts with the phoenix 1.1 loader at a 4034 xbox.
I can confirm that DOAX Volleyball does NOT work! It hangs as soon as you start it from evox.
Also I found out that these games are working:
Splinter Cell
Big Mutha Truckers
Rollercoaster Tycoon
The Italian Job
Midtown Madness 3
The Sims
Unreal Tournament
Outlaw Volleyball
I will edit this post as soon as I test more games...
Post by: Haruno on July 25, 2003, 08:36:00 AM
Post by: Noilegnave Siseneg Noen on July 25, 2003, 08:38:00 AM
| QUOTE ({later} @ Jul 25 2003, 12:33 PM) |
| First, I tried all these games from the HARDDRIVE! Copied at the E: drive. I'm using the 22 July Bigfonts with the phoenix 1.1 loader at a 4034 xbox. I can confirm that DOAX Volleyball does NOT work! It hangs as soon as you start it from evox. Also I found out that these games are working: Splinter Cell Big Mutha Truckers Rollercoaster Tycoon The Italian Job Midtown Madness 3 The Sims Unreal Tournament Outlaw Volleyball I will edit this post as soon as I test more games... |
interesting...I haven't had any problems playing DOA xxxtreme beach volleyball using PBL...I have the nude hack variety, and I demonstrated it to a group of people the other day running it from hdd, same day I wanted to show them Enter the Matrix but couldn't cuz I extracted my modchip.
seems some games work for some people but not others...weird...
Post by: {later} on July 25, 2003, 08:42:00 AM
Post by: GQinfinity on July 25, 2003, 11:55:00 AM
mvcs2 (japanese)
Soul Calibur 2 (japanese)
gauntlet (us)
Post by: ascii on July 25, 2003, 02:29:00 PM
Outlaw Golf - reports Dirty Disc from both DVD-R and HDD
Post by: {later} on July 26, 2003, 02:38:00 AM
Post by: {later} on July 26, 2003, 10:02:00 AM
It's working perfect now!
Post by: Rubadubcubb on July 26, 2003, 10:37:00 AM
Post by: spIdeZ on July 26, 2003, 11:07:00 AM
Post by: daviefresh1775 on August 06, 2003, 12:36:00 PM
Post by: {later} on August 06, 2003, 01:58:00 PM
I will try to load up wolfenstein tomorrow and see if will work...
And dandyboy23:
What is the problem with outlaw volleyball? It's working great here!
Post by: deadly on August 06, 2003, 09:43:00 PM
Post by: Jsmith on August 07, 2003, 01:15:00 PM
I've got an Xecutor 1. I patched the game and installed it on the hdd, and it works fine without Phoenix Bios Loader. With the loader however it has the problem. I've got X2_4977 running with Phoenix, and I did specify the correct EEProm and RC4 keys in the boot.cfg.
Oh and also, it's not related to Evolution-X, because I use Avalaunch and Media-X (freezes for both).
Post by: {later} on August 07, 2003, 01:16:00 PM
Post by: warbeast on August 08, 2003, 10:28:00 AM
i did have probs useing older bios matrix would hang on a black screen
Post by: AceHack on August 09, 2003, 10:08:00 AM
Post by: jamba5649 on August 09, 2003, 02:47:00 PM
Is there any way to split these two games?
Post by: feliperal on August 10, 2003, 03:21:00 AM
- DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball
- Panzer Dragoon Orta
- Ghost Recon Island Thunder
- MVP Baseball 2003
- NCAA Football 2004
- Midnight Club 2002
- Midtown Madness
- Starwars Knights of The Republic
- LOTR Fellowship & Two Towers
The trick is to make sure you are running the newest signed Phoenix Bios Loader v1.3 (not the font signed or audio signed one, but the one signed with XDK kit), the most up to date EvolutionX dashboard and, if using a dashboard exploit, I'd recommend the bernie reloaded fonts or the bigfonts.tgz file. Please don't ask me where to find them. Just google for it and I'm sure you'll find it.
To make a backup, I use Dvd2xbox. This program will run 2 media check passes and patch the necessary default.xbe files. Almost all of the games only needed the first media patch. Make sure that in the evox.ini file you turn off IGR settings. Some games like the Matrix, fuck up with it on. (At least in my case). Lastly, I would use IsoCraxiontion version 2.2 to make the images. Make sure in preferences you use gdfimage instead of xiso. You should be aware that there are two version of gdfimage on the net: one called GNU GdfImage and the other GdfImage from MS. Go with the latter. It makes more reliable images. After that, your set to go. One of the problems you should take a look at might be a media or burning issue. I tend to be very conservative and do a test burn, record, and final verification on the dvd-rw. If it runs in the Xbox under Evox, than I'll burn it under a brand of DVD-R's that work on my shitty Thompson drive. I use Memorex DVD-rW and DVD-r at burn no faster than 1x for the final mastering on DVD-R.
One note, with the Enter the Matrix, some of the file names are longer than the fatx file system will support. I believe it is arround 40 files. You need to download the patch utility that will rename the files and patch the default.xbe file so that you can upload back the the HDD. I forgot the exact name, search the forums.
Hope this helps anyone to make reliable back up of owned games. I'll be happy to answer any PMs.
Post by: martijn538 on August 10, 2003, 11:22:00 AM
Post by: dubey on August 10, 2003, 04:25:00 PM
Godzilla
Nba Street 2
Slugfest 2004
SW: Kotor
Halo
Splintercell
doa3
capcom vs snk 2 eo
harry potter
jsrf
sega gt
mk: da
the hulk
midtown madness 3
madden 2004
Post by: mumu on August 13, 2003, 09:50:00 AM
evry game ive backed up worked fine with a patch or two.
any advice on this ?