Need For Speed Most Wanted.

Its 2968Mb, the only problem is, unlike previous releases, the file structure is totally different. Its 18 compressed BIN files in a folder called "NFS". The in the root its got default.xbe, update.xbe, and dashupdate.xbe.

Deleting update.xbe and dashupdate.xbe will save 57.94Mb. But I've never dealt with BINs so I don't know how to extract them and everything.

-Monty

half life 2

you can delete default.xbe and rename the hl2 or whatever the other xbe is to default.xbe, doesnt save lots of space but gets you into the game alot faster.

anyone know of other games like this where you can rename stuff to default.xbe to skip the logos n crap?

I tried that and it doesn't work...doesn't even load.

Why don't you just play off the original when it is released...?

i dont like using the originals cause i work 12 hour security and i cant play a game for too long so im always switching between games. I play about 15 diff xbox games on that shift lol. less than an hour each game, just enuff to quench my thirst with a level or two. so if i was to take all the originals, they can get scratched or lost seeing that alot of people (coworkers) dont really care as much for something if its not theirs, so when i go on my rounds my coworkers will treat it ok but still not as good as if it was theirs. this way, if i dont take them, they cant "accidently" drop the discs or finger print them all up (they're infamous for that lol). then when i get home i sleep, spend some time with my girl and then get ready for work, no time for gaming lol so i keep all my games on my box so i dont carry a big ass bag full of games everytime and less things i bring the better and right now my hdd is gettin full (234mb left) I'm thinkin of buying a new drive tho, mine is only 160gb but right now dont have money for a big 300+ hdd so i gotta work with what i got.

PHEW sorry about that i think that was alot of babbling, if it even made sense lol

try launching the different xbe's from your dash and see what they do.

this game in i have actually had other issues with in rebooting to the dash on certain levels. hard to pinpoint what it is tho.

What is the exact file name of the hl2 .xbe file?

You can't really do that. The default.xbe unpacks files into the Temp drive X and the hl2 xbe then uses Temp drive Z to run the game.
When X drive gets cleared by another game. Then default is required, so what you suggested won't work all the time.

yeah i think you are right. after playing thru the game all the way off my hdd i have had a few random reboots when loading the next part of certain levels. to bad there isnt a way to get past the lame logo screens. looks like ill have to re rip it from dvd.

OK, anybody chopped up Shadow the Hedgehog or Darkwatch?

any deletions for True Crimes: New York City?

Half Life 2
Delete the following for English only version :

\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_spanish.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_italian.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_german.xz_
\GameMedia\zip0_xbox_french.xz_

already posted, but good looking out

Anybody know deletions for Call of Duty 2 Big Red One?

Now I get to figure out why Gauntlet Seven Sorrows and Call of Duty 2 wont fly... Guess I'll try the default acl file to see if that takes care of it.

Any deletions for prince of persia T2T ??
Or Pro Evolution Soccer 5 ??

Usually, but not always. Some games do use a media folder for their title screen/menus as well.

For Prince of Persia: T2T

These should be safe deletions but they are untested. I just went ahead and dumped them and will try to play through the game to see if there are any lockups. The game did start however.

MENU\SPANISH
MENU\FRENCH
MENU\GERMAN
MENU\ITALIAN

These appear to all be region specific files.

I think you can dump either 25fps or 30fps folder in the VIDEO folder. Only delete the one you are not currently using. If you are using a NTSC xbox then delete the 25fps folder. If you are using a PAL xbox then delete the 30fps folder.

Any deletions for Ninja Gaiden: Black?

pretty sure they are the same deletes for regualr ninja gaiden

"MTX Mototrax
135 MB saved
Xbox Live /dashupdate.xbe /update.xbe
Unneeded Stuff /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/GCN_*.xbx /data/images/TPPMXSPRITES/HelpScreens/PS2_*.xbx /data/movies/bik/Movies/actlogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/lfplogo.bik /data/movies/bik/Movies/mtx_intr.bik"

anyone know if i can just rename all the bik movies? seems like alot of space! the videos are kinda lame when you wanna play the game eh.

i got this off balugabutt site.

if this works i think i saved about 900mb

it works! i think i saved about 900mb extra! you can rename all the movies with the blank bik.

Hi rahszhu!I have some problem with Gauntlet -Seven Sorrows .The deal is :it wont boot in my two xbox consoles(1 is softmoded and the other is xenium ice).I've extracted the files using qwix 1.01 and i delet dashupdate and update, then i've made an image with Craxtion3.1 and i've tried to patch default.xbe but it says ok, no need to be patched.Wath could it be?I think this has something to do with defaul.xbe.Please take a look and reply. Thanks in advance.

On this http://rahszhul.xhce.com/index.php?letter=H mirror I only see Halo:CE is there removals from Halo 2? I just finished rippin Halo 2 so ill look around for any deletables... XBL stuff would go for sure..

Dynasty Warriors 5 (AUS PAL) (may work on other versions)

saved 526 MB

Unneeded Stuff

LINKVOICE_OUTOFGAME_JP.BIN
LINKSE_JP.BIN
LINKVOICE_INGAME_JP.BIN

replace each of these files with a txt file renamed to the name of the file your replacing (jp txt and voice will not work ingame).

so rename lets say New Text Document.txt to LINKVOICE_OUTOFGAME_JP.BIN and so on...

all the information here is so obvious..
if there are multiple files around the same size of different file types/names, you dont need them all!

any video files can be replaced by another renamed the same!

but why post movies or tutorials that may be wanted by some?

but this thread has no real helpful info-

why are there apad1.000,apad2.000,apad3.000 in SSX on tour?
they dont seem needed..

and how do u get rid of Japanese audio on ninja gaiden

are there any up to date acl packs like rahzschul used to have? I'm looking for a zip file with up to date acl's any help would be greatly appreciated

This is similar to pro evolution 4:
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
(saved: about 1,1 GB)

Language Files:

\f_sound.asf
\f_text.asf
\g_sound.asf
\g_text.asf
\i_sound.asf
\i_text.asf
\s_sound.asf
\s_text.asf

basically, just delete all the sound and text files which aren't preceded by an e (for english). Again on pro evo 5 it saves over a gig.

any deletions for:
Juiced
street racing sydicate
gun
def jam fight for new york

Hi,

First i will to say thank you rahszhul for your work and all who help you !!!

Its my fisrt post on this forum !

My little contribution is for a old game : Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PAL)

If you remove all languages files you can save : 1302MB !!!!!!

Language Files

remove french : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbf
/res/*_fr.lmp
/res/pendingf.xmv

remove german : (329MB Saved)
/res/*.vbg
/res/*_ge.lmp
/res/*_gr.lmp
/res/pendingg.xmv

remove italian : (325MB Saved)
/res/*.vbi
/res/*_it.lmp
/res/pendingi.xmv

remove spanish : (324MB Saved)
/res/*.vbs
/res/*_sp.lmp
/res/pendings.xmv

Or :

/res/*.vb*
/res/*_fr.*
/res/*_ge.*
/res/*_gr.*
/res/*_it.*
/res/*_sp.*
/res/pending*.xmv( NOT pending.xmv ! )

1302MB Saved !

I hope this will help you !

bye

rahzul no longer handles the deletes, its now balugabutt, and im not sure how active he is anymore, as this thread slowed down alot on the previous month or two

Ok tks !

good old illusions

Where can i get the patch for american wasteland about the long filename error.

Does anyone have any deletions for the following:

50 Cent: Bulletproof
The Matrix: Path of Neo

Any deletions for the godfather and GUN?

Hello, just wondering if they have any files to delete for Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Remix?
I have tried everything.
Thanks

i am going to mess around with it, but any deletions for Call of Cthulhu?

I admire the catering to n00bs that this thread has done, but I think there should be a strong emphasis on what should constitute being deleted, relinked, etc. Then simply "load this acl file and delete the files we tell you to"

Of course I haven't read all 103 pages of this thread, but it doesn't seem all that educating. More like handing out doles to people and preventing them from learning on their own.

Anyway, I stumbled onto this thread (bookmarked it for the future) aabout a week ago while trying to figure out how to re-encode the .sfd's in sonic heroes and riders -- they seem to be "different" from other .sfd's which i've re-encoded hundreds of by now. I ended up re-linking some files and deleting al the extra languages as well as re-encoding some of the audio, worked like a charm. just took forever to make them BOTH fit on the same disc.

EDIT: And geez, its such a mess, there's over 1000+ files in the same freaking folder.

well... if you must know, this thread is for people to post their deletes, which then get gathered by balugabutt who takes the information to

www.balugabutt.com

and has it readily available to us, so that we can just easily find the game we are looking for, and see what deletes are available.

I'm aware of that.

But it's not really teaching anyone anything.

Keep it real, this is a request thread with a few admirable posters that held it up. This wasn't some community posting thread where everyone was doing work and knew what they were doing.

Like I said, its a great thread, it just mised the "educating" aspect if you ask me. It's basically handing out doles.

yeah.. but thats what this thread is.... nothing more.

what do you want it to teach you or others?
its all about "games taking too much space" hence the thread title.

X-Men: The Official Game (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 131 MB

Intro Screens
media/assets/Movie/Intro.sfd
media/assets/Movie/attract.sfd

Loading screens
media/assets/Loading/frenchntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/frenchpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/italianpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/Loadpal.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishntsc.raw
media/assets/Loading/spanishpal.raw

The Da Vinci Code (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 1.13 GB

Strings
gameinfo/strings/
*spa.str
*dut.str
*fra.str
*ita.str
*ger.str

Dialogue
dialogue/
*spa.rpx
*dut.rpx
*fra.rpx
*ita.rpx
*ger.rpx

English Movies
movies/english/
*spa.bik
*ger.bik
*fra.bik
*ita.bik
*dut.bik
2kgames.bik
Collective.bik
Columbia.bik
intro.bik
Legal.bik
Legal_xbox.bik
Sony.bik

Pal Movies
movies/pal/*all

Prince of Persia:The Two Thrones (NTSC-ENGLISH)
Saved: 937 MB

Menus
menu/french/*
menu/itialian/*
menu/german/*
munu/spanish/*

Pal Videos
video/25fps/*all

Non English Videos
video/30fps/upgrade/1/*
video/30fps/upgrade/2/*
video/30fps/upgrade/3/*
video/30fps/upgrade/4/*

Extras
video/30fps/credits.bik
video/30fps/artworks/*

Note:
You can probably replace most of the .bik files but I chose to delete all of these.

good job miker, and baluga for keeping up even though the demand isnt as large as it used to be.

OKAY?? IM LOST...i did all the games you have here on the LIST...and there was no NEED WHAT SO EAVER to delete ANYTHING AT ALL...NONE??? there working just fine??

ummm, you delete them to save space on your hard drive, or put 2 to 3 games on a disk.

Just trying to keep this baby alive
Hard drive space is scarce in this household and need all the space I can get.
Thanks to Baluga for his support.

Hitman:Blood Money (NTSC)
Space Saved: 772 MB

----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
Movies\Pal\*All
-------End Delete-------

---------Replace---------
Movies\NTSC\Intro_bi.xmv
Movies\NTSC\Trailer.xmv
-------End Replace-------


Burnout: Revenge (NTSC)
Space Saved: 474 MB

----------Delete----------
\default.xbe
\dashupdate.xbe
-------End Delete-------

---------Replace---------
Intros
ovid\ATTR_N.xmv
ovid\CRRW_N.xmv
ovid\EA_E_N.xmv

Game Previews
ovid\m36_e_n.xmv
ovid\m36_e_p.xmv
ovid\NFL_E_N.xmv
ovid\ssx_E_N.xmv

Training Videos
ovid\TRCR_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRRA_E_N.xmv
ovid\TRTA_E_N.xmv

Level Intro Movies
ovid\ALL_DT_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_HK_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_NP_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_SW_N.xmv
ovid\TR_DT_N.xmv
ovid\TR_HK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_NP_N.xmv
ovid\TR_SW_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_FL_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_LA_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_RM_N.xmv
ovid\ALL_TK_N.xmv
ovid\TR_FL_N.xmv
ovid\TR_LA_N.xmv
ovid\TR_RM_N.xmv
ovid\TR_TK_N.xmv

Rank Videos
ovid\RU03_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU04_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU05_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU06_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU07_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU08_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU09_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU10_E_N.xmv
ovid\RU11_E_N.xmv

Credits
ovid\CREDS_N.xmv
-------End Replace-------

I'd like to try replacing some MVS files instead of deleting them. However, I haven't been able to find anywhere to either download or create a blank MVS file. Does anyone know where I can get one?

The DDR Ultramix deletions works with all 3 DDRs. Some files aren't in the newer ones, but the list still works.