LAN party mod cd's

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:32 pm

ok. im gonna host a LAN party. my friend has an unmodded xbox. i wanted to know if i could make a cd or dvd of halo that had a modded version of bloodgulch, for example. i tried making a dvd copy of halo, but bloodgulch.map was a modded, compressed version of bloodgulch (vengeance). when i put the dvd into my xbox, evox didnt recognize it and it wouldnt play. i had the bink folder, the map folder, and the default.xbe. if som1 could tell me how to make a copy of halo with modded levels for an unmodded xbox, i would very much appreciate it! thnx!

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:33 pm

o! also, it would be great if som1 could also explain how to make different copies of bloodgulch to replace the other levels. i think u change the tag in a hex editor or something, but i dont know how. thnx!

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:24 pm

ok, im really sorry about all of the posts, but i answered my first question. if som1 could please answer my second question, i would be thankful!

G0t m4xx 21 · Post by **G0t m4xx 21** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:02 pm

No, you can't make a modded Halo cd play in an unmodded Xbox, the whole point of installing a modchip is to get the Xbox to run unsigned code.

jesusphreak · Post by **jesusphreak** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:24 pm

No, you can't make a modded Halo cd play in an unmodded Xbox, the whole point of installing a modchip is to get the Xbox to run unsigned code.

You sure about that? How is that unsigned code? The coding is the exact same, the level is just a little different.....

MechAssault exploits and stuff run the original MechAssault and pop in a different version of the save....

I'm not sure this wouldn't work....

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:10 pm

no. i know wut i m talking about and u can make cds. it isnt unsigned code. all i want to know is how to change the id tag on the levels to, for example, make derelict actually bloodgulch. that way, i could have multiple copies of the same level. thnx.

TheMadModder · Post by **TheMadModder** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:17 pm

open the level in a hex editor. The level name sould be at the top of the code. Simply change the name ti the level you want it to replace. Then save. It is as simple as that!

G0t m4xx 21 · Post by **G0t m4xx 21** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:59 pm

If ppl could just burn a new Halo CD everybody would just make copies of games and nobody would buy games from the stores.

I have a friend who burned a copy of NFS: Underground, i put it in my Xbox with the chip on and it worked, but with the chip off it just gave the DDE

jesusphreak · Post by **jesusphreak** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:22 pm

If ppl could just burn a new Halo CD everybody would just make copies of games and nobody would buy games from the stores.

I have a friend who burned a copy of NFS: Underground, i put it in my Xbox with the chip on and it worked, but with the chip off it just gave the DDE

You sure you burned it correctly?

For it to be done right, you want to put it into a .xiso format, and then burn the image of the xiso.....

That may make it work.....

G0t m4xx 21 · Post by **G0t m4xx 21** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:25 pm

I said it worked, and I really could care less if it worked with the chip off or not since it is my friend's disc and I have mine on the HDD.

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:50 pm

thnx everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G0t m4xx 21 · Post by **G0t m4xx 21** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:26 pm

I'm happy, I just successfully modified an old Samaung 616t DVD-ROM to work in my Xbox (I came out of my PC when I put a DVD burner in, darn I'm lucky that it was a 616t), now my Xbox can read ANY media (CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CD audio, DVD-ROM (originals), DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW) at 16x, about 3 times faster than even the Xbox Samsung 605 drive.

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:06 am

ok. now i patched several mods and compreesed them to maps. next, i used a hex editor to open the compressed maps in order to change the name. i replaced the title bloodgulch for, say, derelict. when the original title was longer than the new title, i used " . " to fill the space. next i got the new version of halo onto a working cd, but when i selected certain maps, i got the dirty disk error. i m almost positive that i messed something up while hexing. if som1 could give a detailed explanation on changing the name of a level for a n00b, i would appreciate it. thnx!

jkjk · Post by **jkjk** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:58 pm

it's not a period...put 00's in the hex instead

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:42 pm

a period on the side equals 0s in the hex. but i will try. thnx!

halowizard · Post by **halowizard** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:09 pm

sorry. i didn't realize that a period actually had hex value. also sorry to G0t m4xx 21 because even though i finally got the cd to work on, my xbox, it didn't work on an unmodded one. i guess i was following a crackpot tutorial. thnx to everyone for the help!