Just a quick question for those of you who might have a modded Xbox 180. Can you install two dashboards? I've got the latest XBMC set as my default dashboard upon loadup, but I want to be able to use UnleashX when I need to move files and read .txt files. Can this be done by installing the UnleashX dash to a partition such as E:/? I just want to make sure that Unleash X doesnt override XMBC and become the default dash. Well, here's hoiping someone here will be able to let me know and the steps to do it. I'll probably be unsing the almighty Auto Installer DX as per usual, but any tips could be nice. BTW, my 'box is chipped.
Yes. Just save it to the HDD as you would a game and load as you would a game.
Also, rename ux's xbe to default.xbe
Thanks for the info, I was pretty sure there was no limit but I just wanted to ensure I didn't fuck something up first. Just out of curiosity, what's your Xbox 180 setup?
Here's mine:
Xbox 1.6
Transparent Green aftermarket shell
chipped
250GB HDD installed
Default dashboard is Xbox Media Center
Games currently on the Harddrive:
007 Nightfire
Advent Rising
Area 51
Beyond Good & Evil
Black
Bloodrayne
Bloodrayne 2
Call of the Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty 2 Big Red One
Call of Duty Finest Hour (blah, I should really delete this)
Capcom Classics Vol 1
Capcom Classics Vol 2
Castlevania Curse of Darkness
Catacomb 3D (certainly pushes the Xbox's capabilities!)
Cave Storyx
Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay
Crimson Skies
Dead or Alive Ultimate 2
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball nude hack (for lulz)
Destroy All Humans!
Destroy All Humans! 2
Deus Ex Invisible War
Doomx
Doom 3 Collector's Edition
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil
Dreamfall the Longest Journey
Duke Nukem 3Dx
Evil Dead Regeneration
Fable Lost Chapters
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut
Grand Theft Auto 3
Guilty Gear ISUKA
Guilty Gear X2 #Reloaded
Gun Metal
GunValkyrie
Half-Life 2
Halo
Halo 2
Heretic
Hexen
House of the Dead 2 & 3
Hunter The Reckoning Redeemer (not sure what to make of this really)
Indigo Prophecy
Jade Empire
Jet Set Radio Future (understand the power of love!)
King of Fighters 2002
King of Fighters 2003
King of Fighters NeoWave
King of Fighters Maximum Impact
Malice
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Matrix Path of Neo
Max Payne
Max Payne 2 Fall of Max Payne
MechAssault 2
Medal of Honor Frontline
Medal of Honor Rising Sun
Medal of Honor European Assault
Megaman Anniversary Collection
Medal Arms Glitch in the System
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4 & 5
Metal Wolf Chaos (a bazaar insanely fun and very strangely Japan-only action game)
Ninja Gaiden Black
Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast
Panzer Dragoon Orta & Panzer Dragoon Classic
Panzer Elite Action
PetitCopter (crazy little Japanese game where you fly a remote controlled helicopter indoors)
Plus Plumb 2 (another Japanesne only puzzle game. its fun.)
Psychonauts
Psyvariar 2 (think of it like the xbox's Ikaruga)
Quakex
Quake IIx
Red Ninja End of Honor (more like Red Ninja: nothing but panties shots)
Rise of the Triad (ahhh memories from the DOS days....)
Serious Sam
Serious Sam 2
Shikigami no Shiro Evolution (japan only shump)
Shikigami no Shiro 2
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 4 (such a shame 3 didn't make it to the xbox....)
SNK Vs Capcom SVC Chaos
Soul Calibur II
Spy Hunter
Star Trek Shattered Universe (if I wasn't a trekker this wouldn't be here. Even now I'm questioning its place)
Star Wars Jedi Knight II
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (obligatory for any Star Wars fans)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (droids are cool!)
Stepmania X (because retail DDR is for suckers)
Street Fighrer Anniversary Collection
Taito Legends
Taito Legends 2 (worth importing from Europe!)
Tenerezza (cute japanese third person shooter)
Turok Evolution (I've been meaning to play it someday!)
Wolfenstien, Return to Castle
XIII (yes, based on that cool French comic that nobody's read)
Xyanide (the opening sequence gives me the willies)
Yu-gi-oh! Dawn of Destiny (for when I someday might understand how to play the damn card game)
As well, I run NES/Famicom/FDS, SNES, Genesis/SegaCD, PCE/PCE CD, N64, PS1, GBA, MSX, Sega Master System and Mame in emulators.
I'm happy to say I've pretty much pimped my Xbox for all its worth and then some. Just like to know what your set up is ;D
wow just awesome. I have an extra Xbox I want to pimp out someday but for now it's just sitting there..
I really hope you own all of the games in that list as a physical copy, too... ;)
Quote from: manuel on February 10, 2009, 11:35:35 pm
I really hope you own all of the games in that list as a physical copy, too... ;)
Actually, most of them I do! I've even imported some Japan only Xbox games like Shikigami no Shiro 1 that came with a really cool mini artbook. Xbox games are cheap now and most can be found on ebay for $10 or less, sometimes even new.
Manuel, if you're interested in a pretty unusual SHMUP, Shikigami no Shiro and its sequels' kanji are 式神の城.
This list isn't even half of my total Xbox collection, just what I've put on my harddrive. When/if I install a larger hardrive, I hope to put my entire collection on it.
The Harddrive makes for convince as you:
1. you don't have to go find the disc that you want to play. Its like searching up a ROM in an emulator.
2. you don't have to worry about dirty/scratched discs
3. you don't have to worry about wear on the dvd drive
4. you don't have to wait as long in loading sequences
FamicomFreak: My xbox has a modchip installed meaning I had to open it and get into its guts and all that, but the Xbox is one of the only systems out there that can also be softmodded, meaning that you can "pimp it out" as you put it without ever opening it at all. A softmodded Xbox can read burnt game discs, play DVDs without the dongle & DVD remote, access emulators, homebrew, media centres and more. You can do whatever you want with your stock 8GB harddrive.
You need several things to do it, however:
-Someone who has a softmodded xbox and a memory card and is willing to help you out.
OR
All told, around $30ish. You need:
-Copy of Splinter Cell Stealth Action Redefined, MechAssult, or 007 Agent Under Fire. Chances are you already own at least one of these. If not, go buy one of them. I recommend Splinter Cell, but go with whatever you can find for the cheapest. I found Splinter Cell for $4. Make sure that they are original copies though, not the player's choice or whatever the re-releases are called.
Reason: there is an exploit in the way this game's save data is read by the system to allow unsigned code to piggyback it.
-8MB Action Replay Memory card. These are sort of rare to find these days, so you'll probably have to pay the $20 or so on ebay for it. And don't buy a used one.....you need the PC software too!
Reason: Action replay allows you to transfer Xbox game saves first from your computer to the memory card, and then the memory card to the xbox. There are hacked save files which work as exploits for the code for the games I mentioned
-Make sure your xbox dashboard version is the last one M$ made for the xbox. All you have to do to get it is have used Xbox Live on it at one point in time. If that was never the case, then you just simply need to have played any Xbox game made after 2004 on your system. Halo 2, Call of Duty 2, whatever. They all have a file embedded into the disc that updated the Microsoft dashboard.
Reason: the M$ dashboard is a failsafe incase something goes wrong. If all else fails, as long as the M$ dashboard is fine, you can still use your Xbox like you could before.
After you've got everything, you simply find the save exploit for the game you have through google, put it on your action replay, put it on your xbox and then google a little something called "Auto Installer Deluxe". Burn this to a disc and follow the onscreen instructions.
One other thing to MaxXimus: I've also modded the system's player 1 controller port to give a secondary power button. Unlike the Gamecube, the Xbox doesn't have a reset button. To sort of rectify this, I've hijacked the system's power on/off button command and routed it through the yellow wire of the controller (used for lightguns and steering wheels only) to a push button I've installed in one of the memory card slots on the controller. This lets me power on and shut down the Xbox via the controller whenever I want without having to touch the system itself at all! I've done this for both of my Controller S controllers, and might do it to the F controller someday, but that thing is so terribly designed I can't imagine adding something to make it somewhat decent :D
Nice.
If it was possible I'd also like to have my games on HDD. Much better loading times.
I haven't been into Shmups since Quarth... and that isn't even a real one. :D From time to time I do enjoy a round of Galaga or R-Type, though.
Actually systems like the PSP and wii are soft moddable too.
As for my setup
XBOX 1.0
160GB HDD
Xecuter 2.6CE chip
USB ports in control 3 and 4 slot (plugged in, can be removed)
Running Universal Interface X as my default dash (looks close to the stock dash)
I heard and read the new PSP-3000 hasn't been hacked yet, so I'm out of luck. :-\
Just give it time. Most of the work is already done.
Datel actually made a Pandora, but Sony pressed them not to release it. The thing is there, but for now it doesn't look good.
I hope they find a way until March 5. That's when the blue PSP my wife preordered is released.
Quote from: MaxXimus on February 11, 2009, 02:11:21 am
Actually systems like the PSP and wii are soft moddable too.
As for my setup
XBOX 1.0
160GB HDD
Xecuter 2.6CE chip
USB ports in control 3 and 4 slot (plugged in, can be removed)
Running Universal Interface X as my default dash (looks close to the stock dash)
I know that the Xbox can be modded to support USB, but I've never seen any reason to do it. Can you explain why you've done this?
using a usb as a memory card. using a mouse and keyboard through linux. :P
What is linux on the xbox? what can you do with it?
What's the Xbox 180? Is tha just a clever way of say original Xbox?
I'd assume that since 180 is half of 360
Is it really?!? NO WAI :P
Well an 'X' is just vertical angles, opposite angles are congruent. Each angle is supplementarywith it's adjacent angle, meaning that form a 180' angle.
So we are talking about "half of an X"box.
Half the console=half the fun ::)
I always wonder how MS will name their next console.
Everybody comes up with 720, but that sounds like crap and isn't original any more (like 360 was). XBox 3 maybe? XXX Box? ... Oh, that would be something totally different. :D
I still have my XBox in Germany.
Maybe I should have it sent to me and mod it a bit.
Did they have those craptastic Burger King games in Germany? ::)
I have all those BK games, lol. They came with free XBL though. :)
I also have them LOL! ;D The Pocket Bikes one is definetly the best. You get a full game and 3 free months of xbox live for around 5$ so you can't really complain and say these games were crappy. :P
Quote from: nintendodork on February 13, 2009, 09:27:09 am
Did they have those craptastic Burger King games in Germany? ::)
No, ;D