-DeToX-
Elitist Prick
 | Halo Reach at Spike Video Game Awards
Posted: 13/12/09 : 03:19 AM
Halo Reach was just shown at Spike's Video Game Awards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kco1sYXGwYE&feature=sub
Things you can notice in this video are the great improvement to detail, lighting, Real time reflection, and like any Halo game, it still maintains the dramatic feel to it.
Hopefully this will be modded soon. First chance to see a download to the beta, I promise you I'll be on that.
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-DeToX-
Elitist Prick
| XBReboot: Unsigned Code running on Xbox 360!
Posted: 02/12/09 : 03:14 PM
A new version of XBReboot has been released already with a new patch (PIRS support) and fixed XeLL.
XBReboot is an image you can flash on your onboard NAND that will allow you to 'reboot' a JTAG-exploitable 360 in a patched 8955 kernel which makes homebrew XDK possible (unsigned XEXs etc).
The released image is just for Xenon motherboards, but the readme states it could easily be made for other 16mb-nand motherboards, so I guess we'll see support for those soon.
It comes with a readme this time, so we now get some official details:
Quote:
* XBReboot Block Layout:
Ox00 - 0x2F 4548 boot FW
0x30 - 0x3F Backup Xell
0x40 - 0x4F XBRfw.bin Rebooter core
0x50 - 0xBF Patch.bin Kernel and patches
0xC0 - 0x?? Flash file system
* Version: XBRfw 0.5beta Initial
The fw version need not change for any given Patch.bin
Patch.bin is what needs to change for any new patch
* The following are Patch.bin versions
+8955_0: Initial
Don't need xextool:
automatically detect correct key for dev or retail xex.
Drag and drop any xex to cdr.
No specific secdata.bin or crl.bin requirements.
+8955_1:
Add support for PIRS
Fixed Backup Xell
* HowTo:
1) Extract KV and Config blocks from orig.bin
nandpro orig.bin: -r16 rawkv.bin 1 1
nandpro orig.bin: -r16 rawconfig.bin 3de 2
2) Inject those blocks into XBR.bin
nandpro XBR.bin: -w16 rawkv.bin 1 1
nandpro XBR.bin: -w16 rawconfig.bin 3de 2
3) Flash result
nandpro lpt: -w16 XBR.bin
* Notes:
There is no need to unpack and repack pirs files! This is a limitation of freeboot. Not XBR. Aside from that major difference, all functionality is the same.
Individual sections can be updated or extracted separately using nandpro.
The image can be made to work for all 16M consoles.
The standard method of using build.py can be used to change the 4548 boot FW portion of the flash to the console type.
Generally:
Create the image as described above.
The command to rebuild it might look like this:
build.py XBR.bin CB CD update.bin xell-1f.bin XBRfw.bin smcp.bin
Then the .ecc file result from build.py would be 'flashed' back into the XBR
nandpro XBR.bin: -w16 image_00000000.ecc
What does this mean?
If you have an Xbox on the 7371 version dashboard(information found in System Info in the memory blade), or lower(you can upgrade to 7371, you can do some hardware hacking to allow your Xbox 360 to run unsigned code by utilizing XBReboot. If you are on a dash past 7371, you are out of luck because the bootloader for the Xbox was updated then. XBReboot will reboot your Xbox into a modded dashboard with removed security which allows for unsigned containers, so you can transfer arcade games from Xbox to Xbox now, and unsigned XEXs, so you can hack game executable, which allows for the running of things such as the Hacked Halo 3 and Halo 3 ODST executable that allow you to mod the game.
Where can I get XBReboot?:
From the usual places. Xbins. Use Xbins auto connect to get there.. You can download it here
Update: XBR is now out for other motherboard revisions. So Xenon, Zephyr, Falcon, and Jasper(with a 16MB NAND) can now be rebooted.
For more information visit Xbox-Scene.
Enjoy.
~Xenon.7
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iGeo
Power Hungry
 | Adwords
Posted: 26/10/09 : 06:06 PM
So I've received a fair few donations from some generous members of the communtiy. I've been letting the money accumulate in my PayPal account for a while, then I put it into an Adwords account. I'm now going to spend it on an Adwords campaign.
I was just going to ask for some user input on who we should target the ads at, and how.
I need titles and descriptions. I was thinking along the lines of 'Halo ODST Mods' purely to ride on the success of searches for people trying to mod Halo ODST (I know it can't be publically modded, but people still search for it)
Any input welcomed.
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iGeo
Power Hungry
| Halomods.com
Posted: 18/09/09 : 01:06 PM
SourceGuy is offering to sell me the Halomods.com domain.
He's going to provide me with stats about visitors and stuff. I think if we can pull it off, it would be a good move in bringing more people to the site. It has a high page rank, and a 7 year old domain will always do better with search engines than say a new one.
I'm not suggesting we change name, but just have halomods.com redirect here.
Sourceguy's asking for a price in the hundreds of pounds/dollars.
Please tell me what you think of this idea, whether we should do it, and if you will donate towards the cost.
Geo out.
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iGeo
Power Hungry
| ODST
Posted: 03/09/09 : 03:39 PM
To keep things clean and to avoid spoiling certain elements for others, we're applying a strict policy on information or images regarding ODST, before it's official launch.
-DeToX- has been kind enough to release his hacked .xex to allow those lucky few of you with the proper equipment to start producing mods and to contribute with the research. But until the game is launched, please don't share or show anything that Bungie hasn't already shown or announced themselves.
I look forward to seeing some awesome ODST mods in the future. 
First ODST mod.
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