on the note of being a flop. I’m not impressed by the demo’s i’ve scene. they really dont look that different from xbox but this i’m aware should be expected. as the technology is know the developers have being toying with the xdk for awhile and probably still doesn’t know its efficiency and defficits as well.

on the note of a failure its crashing all over america.

check this out “xbox crashing”

sony is gonna have a field day with this i’m sure

Yep the box was modded forgot to confirm it. And its working great, I need to install xbox media center as soon as I get back home. I got some pretty cool skins as well, yep animated skins. Like the fights from animatix and some other stuff, its really hot. I’m gonna need a bigger xbox hd like asap cause currently it seems more than half of my hd is already being used up so i’m gonna have to get that dealt with other wise i’mgonna have to burn a copy of all my games etc. Which I cant be bothered with at times fr the emulators etc, I”ld rather just throw em on the hd.

The box will be modded tomorrow fer sho finally and just in time as most wanted is on the scene also i need to be neo in the path of neo a.s.a.p Will post objective reviews as soon as possible let ya’ll know whats what with em games, If they live up to the hype that was trailing em. Will Also post any new findings with the whole modding thing. Gonna make an animesynergy xbox skin you know how we do with promotions look out for the Tshirts and Armbands. Synergy and Syndicate is taking over.

Firstly, I bought a xbox to usb-female converter. I figured out that the action replay/datel max drive et al are just xbox formatted memory keys so a traditional PC formatted memory key should work with the converter. And it did! Be sure to use a blank memory key as the xbox will format it, once formatted you can use this hacked action replay program to transfer the ‘crafty’ savegame to your xbox. if you have a action replay or datel max drive… etc you still have to use the hacked program as the savegame won’t transfer with the bundled software.
I used Splinter Cell, but you can use Agent under fire and Mechassault too.

Formatting the memory key

All you need to do is connect a blank PC memory key to the usb converter while the xbox is on. Access the memory management screen in the Xbox dashboard, select the memory card, an error message will pop up when the xbox tries to access it, something along the lines of “unrecognised card, it has been formatted”. Great! now exit the menu and turn off your xbox. Connect the Xbox formatted Memory Key to your PC. DO NOT access it via explorer as Windows will try to reformat it. open the hacked Action replay program and it show up in it. All you need to do now is drag and drop the ‘crafty’ save game into the memory card window.

UPDATE: Not all memory keys are compatible, check here to see if yours will work. (Cheers Furbs) NB: This list isn’t complete and is regulary updated. If your key isn’t compatible, i reccomend you buy datel max drive which range from aorund £15, gameplay has them for 17.99 + delivery. Have a look on Ebay, I’m told you can get them cheaper there.

To aquire the crafty savegame…

download Softmod Installer Deluxe v2.0 (torrent). All ‘crafty’ save games are included and follow the FAQ included, or use this guide. FYI This is what i did:

- Transferred the 2 splinter cell crafty savegames to my memory key via the hacked action replay program
- copied the files from the memory key to the hard drive using the memory management section in the xbox dashboard
- loaded up splinter cell
- loaded the crafty savegame
- xbox resets with the Softmod menu
- backed up my current MS dashboard (option given Softmod menu, nothing diffucult)(This lets you reinstate the normal xbox dash so you can use xbox live)
- installed Softmod
- installed evoultion-X (which came with dvd2xbox and a dvd player preinstalled!)
- reset xbox
- w00ted! \o/
- Connected Xbox to PC via Cross over network cable
- Setup FTP (the xbox uses 192.168.0.2 un:xbox pswd:xbox by default you can change it via EvoX if you wish)
- w00ted! \o/
- transferred emulators, proggys etc… (e:/apps, e:/games)

The FAQ will explain how to do all the above in easy to understand language, it is impossible to fuck this up, anyone with basic PC knowledge can do it.

Where to aquire apps and emulators
Priotic mentions an FTP access where he aquired his save games, they also have loads useful apps and emulators,

Pirotic wrote: For any files you need, google ‘xbins’ - its an IRC channel which gives out an FTP address (and a username/passy) for all sorts of goodies and tools, nothing illegal mind so not to worry.

If you need any emulators, i can email them to you. You will need Xbox Media Centre to play divx, mp3 etc… a torrent for it should be availble on most torrent sites or xbins.org. It’s a brilliant program it’s able to stream movies to your xbox via your home network!

Bundled EvoX programs

dvd2xbox
This program come bundled with EvoX, it’s lets you copy xbox games to your Harddrive, which can be tranferred to your PC for backup purposes. i’ve backed up all my games, and they work perfectly from the harddrive! \o/

Dongle Free DVD player
DVD video player for the xbox without need to buy the DVD pack, cool stuff!

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I’m definatly gonna do this but the question now is where am i gonna get splinter cell from and which one it is i’m not sure, Agent under fire or mechassault. Of course its gonna have to be the old ones as mircosoft has obviously made changes to correct the exploits. The hunt is on.

Its been a full week since i’ve re-acquired an xbox too bad i got rid of the first one i mean i had a softmod and an 80 gig hd now i got 10 gig again and no mod. I need to figure out how to softmod without using the game expliots from the original mechassault and 007 as nobody has that game. Need to mod my xbox only original games i got are bloodomen and kotor and I’m sick of both.