Halo 2 problem

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:47 pm

I just read something on Halomods that if you have Auto update 1.1 and 1.2 that you cant add maps to mainmenu.map in Halo 2. I wanted a seperate xbox for modding purposses. However, I need to turn off my modchip and go onto live to get the new maps and auto updates to be up to date. But when I sign on it will give me the Auto updates and not allow me to add maps to the mainmenu. Maybe i have this wrong, but it would be nice if you could tell me what I should do

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:55 pm

You can just delete the autoupdate after you get it. You only need it if you plan to use the DLC maps while they're in the TData folder.

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:04 pm

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:27 pm

gruntboy wrote:DLC?

Downloaded Content - The 9 new maps

If you plan to put them in your maps folder you can just delete the update.

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:29 pm

So I dont need the updates to use mods made by other people? And where do i delete the updates?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:31 pm

if you delete all the updates. your maps will not appear in your main menu. you will need to add them youself

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:32 pm

All of my maps? im sorry, Im a noob at this

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:32 pm

gruntboy wrote:So I dont need the updates to use mods made by other people? And where do i delete the updates?

When you get the update and maps they will be in E:\TDATA\4d530064 or something similar. Find the 9 maps and copy them to your maps folder. Then you can delete anything inside of the E:\TDATA\4d530064 folder. (Or rename them with '_backup' at the end of the folder names, that way you have the updates but they are just disabled, incase you need them back for some reason)

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:33 pm

oh, ok. thx.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:34 pm

ya backup everything on your computer. i have my whole disc and alll the xbox files on my computer incase anything ever happened.

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:37 pm

So wait. If I delete my updates I have to add all my maps back to the main menu. how do i do that

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:43 pm

http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=39707

use that.

soy bomb has a video tutorial on it. he''ll prolly read this and post it, but if not, look for "adding maps to the main menu" use that if this does not work

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:48 pm

ok. And also, should I get a softmodded xbox or a modchip. Do i need a modchip to do all mods. The only reason im asking is because an xbox premod is like 650 dollars.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:57 pm

a soft mod will let you doing anything for halo 2 a modchip can. just get that, ask someone who you know personally to dp it for you whos already done it

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:13 pm

to dp it?

gruntboy · Post by **gruntboy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:17 pm

soy bomb or somebody, help me please!

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:35 pm

Tom wrote:soy bomb has a video tutorial on it. he''ll prolly read this and post it

Heh, yeah. Since I'm the only guy who has nothing better to do.

Grunt, the process is quite simple, if you need help, IM me.
All you have to do, is get an unmodified xbox, log onto xbl. Download all the maps. This will cause you to download the 1.2 auto update as well. Once that is done, then you can worry about modding it. Once it is modded, soft or chip doesn't matter, then you can FTP into your xbox and backup the DLC maps to your PC and the auto update just in case that random gamma ray decides to ruin your day.
Then you can delete the DLC folder and add the DLC maps to your mainmenu. This way, you can add maps to the mainmenu, AND you will have the downloaded content added to your mainmenu as well..

Just take a look here. And if you still have questions, even if you don't, feel free to IM me. =)