xbox

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:24 am

i just got a chip for my box so im new to xbox modding, so ive got one question, can someone explain this whole comress, decompress thing to me, and cach maps?

rabiv88 · Post by **rabiv88** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:45 am

Will firstoff, are you at the point of being able to mod maps... Do you have a new bios? How about a dashboard? If your new and you say that i just got a chip, that sort of tells us that you dont know where to begin, so i gave some pointers

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:43 pm

no i got the whole xbox stuff figured out, i am just used to how the pc maps work, i just wanted to know how the xbox ones do cuz they are apparently different, like having bitmaps and sounds stored in the actual map.

G0t m4xx 21 · Post by **G0t m4xx 21** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:53 pm

the maps that are on the Halo CD are "compressed". When you play a halo map, it decompresses the map, copying it to a cache partition on the Hard Drive.

So, the cache is referring to the decompressed map, which you modify, unless you have Halo loaded on the HDD and then you can modify the compressed maps, then your mod won't go away when you play another 3 levels (there are 3 MP cache files available, when all 3 are filled up it overwrites them)

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:20 pm

does the map need to be uncompressed to mod it? say i wanted to put sentenels in the map, this could not be done to a compressed map correct?

DioxideC · Post by **DioxideC** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:12 pm

Heres how it works:

When u normally play halo, the map u play is taken from the cd where it is compressed, and then decompressed into ur cache partition.

if u want to play a map, you have to take it from ur computer and then and put it in the cache partition.

then select the map u wabt to play from ur halo screen. (if u modded bloogulch, then select BG from ur halo dash.)

ur xbox THINKS that the modded BG is the REAL BG and loads that because it has the same filename.

about the textures/sounds in one file, ask someone else.... my xbox DIED before i could do ANY mods at all...

PS WHATEVER U DOO ONLY COPY HALO TO UR HDD IF U HAVE ENUF ROOM OR UR XBOX "LL DIE LIKE MINE

!!!

DioxideC · Post by **DioxideC** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:13 pm

Heres how it works:

When u normally play halo, the map u play is taken from the cd where it is compressed, and then decompressed into ur cache partition.

if u want to play a map, you have to take it from ur computer and then and put it in the cache partition.

then select the map u wabt to play from ur halo screen. (if u modded bloogulch, then select BG from ur halo dash.)

ur xbox THINKS that the modded BG is the REAL BG and loads that because it has the same filename.

about the textures/sounds in one file, ask someone else.... my xbox DIED before i could do ANY mods at all...

PS WHATEVER U DOO ONLY COPY HALO TO UR HDD IF U HAVE ENUF ROOM OR UR XBOX "LL DIE LIKE MINE

!!!

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:23 pm

ok thanks man, i have an 80 gigabyte hd in my xbox i backed up my entire computer on it and it works fine i still have 50 gigs left, but what i want to know is in order to edit the maps do they need to be decompressed? or can i just edit the maps compressed?

spizzlespee · Post by **spizzlespee** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:26 am

checkout spark edit, hek, hmt, and some more just search around damnit,
if you learned how to edit pc you should figure out xbox as well. Any way i dont mean to be an ass... if you didnt know check out the tutoriols here and at xboxscene.com.. HMT is the shit and monixide is a genious for creating it.

spizzlespee · Post by **spizzlespee** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:32 am

what the fuck.. why is cus words edited out at this site, dont be gay... I thought modding your xbox was ilegal and you put some foul language filter on here?, dude i love this site its my home page.. But editing out cuss words on the internet... that is so gay you fucken piece of shit... just kidding about that lat part but come on get real. Mabey u just dont like cussing, either do i but sometimes it just makes fucking sense. any way..Take of the F.Uckin filter it is gay..ok so i just found out that g.ay is a cuss word so not only is this filter g.ay but it is sexist to