With NghtShd making threats of not updating XBtool, I took it upon myself to make a simple Windows utility to customize the latest Xecuter2 bios. It's based on the work of skorchir and 82ross, found here: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...T&f=38&t=153934

This will allow you to do the following:

The 4981 fix, msxboxdash.xbe->xboxdash.xbe.
Change boot partition between C/E/F/G.
Disable the trademark, splash, and animation.
Customize the boot colors to your liking.

Here's a shameless paste of the ini/readme:

CODE

4890tool by burnerO 0116X4: Thanks to NghtShd, skorchir, 82ross ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Use XBtool to unpack either 4980.06_256k.bin/4980.67_256k.bin. 2 Copy 4980tool.exe, 4980tool.ini to the xboxkrnl.img directory. 3 Edit this file to your liking and save.  Be sure to leave the  leading 0's on the colors.  For example RGB 0 should be 000. 4 Run 4980tool.exe to modify xboxkrnl.img. 5 Repack using XBtool and say thanks on the boards. :] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Partition(C/E/F/G): C Msxboxdash.xbe fix: N Trademark         : Y Splash            : Y Animation         : Y X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000 X Lip Hlight Color: 075 155 075 X Inner Wall Color: 033 106 023 X Inner Glow Color: 203 223 001 Xbox Text Color   : 098 202 019 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Best viewed with Terminal Size 9 on Notepad without Word Wrap. ----------------------------------------------------------------

(Check the second page for an updated version/download!)

I've tested this extensively, and it's as reliable as the hacks are. Anyone who knows me from the Dreamcast scene can speak on my behalf.

Nice

This will help so many people.

fantastic, you're a star. Cheers

Thanks burnerO, somebody had to do it.

one recommendation on the tool.
add in a funciton that shifts the priority of the cdrom boot

move "\Device\CdRom0\default.xbe" in the unpacked bin after the dashboards.

i already did this manualy and it seems to work to my satisfaction.
i'm sure there are others that still want to boot to the dash if there
is a disk in the dvd rom when powering up.

now that people are bugging you to update the tool, you'll probably see why NghtShd got fed up.

Thanks again!

Thank you for putting in the effort! I wish someone could find a way to make the fan mod work too

People may well start bugging you for features like the ability to change the Front LED colour? beg beg

MOST excellent, thank you! This was the only thing keeping me from changing my BIOS.

I haven't tried the tool (yet), but burnerO is helluva cool, I know from the DC scene.

Nice work on the DC BTW.

QUOTE (Plagued @ Jan 16 2004, 10:01 AM)

People may well start bugging you for features like the ability to change the Front LED colour? beg beg

I don't think that will happen until/if nghtshd releases his most recent sources. I think that he did most of the work on the fan speed and led change code injection himself, so its understandable that he wants to keep the code to himself. I would hope that if really does drop the project for good that he would release the source though.

Good Job Burner0!

Excellent work on 4980tool

Admittingly, I'm not NghtShd, and can only do what little I can.

I'm not as hardcore as some of you (fan modding), but this works for my purposes as I only remove the animation/trademark, and customize the colors.

As far as the led goes, this green to red tutorial is very simple:
http://xbox-scene.com/articles/front-led.php

Also, if anyone knows of a site with color presets, I'll start converting/posting a few.

good work man works great

Original (Green) Color
X Lip                    00 01 00
X Lip Highlights   4B 9B 4B
X Inner Wall        17 6A 21
X Inner Glow       01 DF CB
"Xbox" Text         13 CA 62

RED
00 01 00
66 66 FF
00 00 D9
A4 A4 FF
2F 2F FF

ORANGE
00 01 00
20 68 FF
00 2A A5
5B AD FF
20 68 FF

BLUE
00 01 00
FF 00 00
8B 00 00
FF FF C0
DA 65 17

DARKER BLUE
00 01 00
FD 00 00
9F 00 00
FF 8A 8A
8B 00 00

GRAY
00 01 00
7F 7F 7F
66 66 66
FF FF FF
7F 7F 7F

PURPLE
00 01 00
82 00 4B
5E 00 36
FF 22 A2
79 00 46

YELLOW
00 01 00
00 FF FF
00 D7 FF
E0 FF FF
00 FF FF

copied these presets from Bloody Mary's bios collection

Excellent work Burner0!
I had been holding out on upgrading my bios until I could customize it. It worked perfectly the first time!

For those not sure what RGB values to put into your 4980.ini, I used XBtool Color BIOS Preset Maker to determine the values. Just find the color and take the RGB values from the upper left hand corner.

Again, great work! Thanks a lot!

QUOTE

For those not sure what RGB values to put into your 4980.ini, I used XBtool Color BIOS Preset Maker to determine the values. Just find the color and take the RGB values from the upper left hand corner.

yeah i did the same thing worked great

Ok, maybe I missed some info from way back but... the instructions say "unpack 4980 with xbtool" I didn't think xbtool supported 4980, mine doesn't all I want is a BFM 4980 I don't need any customized stuff but I get Kernel extraction error on xbtool version 1.0.12

So did I miss some trick on getting xbtool to work with 4980?

Thanks in advance!

Nice , how much $$$ is that?

I LOVE OPENSOURCE

I converted Bloody Mary's colors over to RGB for use with the application (thanks Bizarro).

Default:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 075 155 075
X Inner Wall Color: 033 106 023
X Inner Glow Color: 203 223 001
Xbox Text Color : 098 202 019

Red:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 255 102 102
X Inner Wall Color: 217 000 000
X Inner Glow Color: 255 164 164
Xbox Text Color : 255 047 047

Orange:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 255 104 032
X Inner Wall Color: 165 042 000
X Inner Glow Color: 255 173 091
Xbox Text Color : 255 104 032

Blue:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 000 000 255
X Inner Wall Color: 000 000 139
X Inner Glow Color: 192 255 255
Xbox Text Color : 023 101 218

Darker Blue:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 000 000 253
X Inner Wall Color: 000 000 159
X Inner Glow Color: 138 138 255
Xbox Text Color : 000 000 139

Gray:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 127 127 127
X Inner Wall Color: 102 102 102
X Inner Glow Color: 255 255 255
Xbox Text Color : 127 127 127

Purple:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 075 000 130
X Inner Wall Color: 054 000 094
X Inner Glow Color: 162 034 255
Xbox Text Color : 070 000 121

Yellow:
X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 255 255 000
X Inner Wall Color: 255 215 000
X Inner Glow Color: 255 255 224
Xbox Text Color : 255 255 000

Have fun. : )

QUOTE (burnerO @ Jan 16 2004, 08:22 AM)

CODE 4890tool by burnerO 0116X4: Thanks to NghtShd, skorchir, 82ross ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Use XBtool to unpack either 4980.06_256k.bin/4980.67_256k.bin. 2 Copy 4980tool.exe, 4980tool.ini to the xboxkrnl.img directory. 3 Edit this file to your liking and save.  Be sure to leave the  leading 0's on the colors.  For example RGB 0 should be 000. 4 Run 4980tool.exe to modify xboxkrnl.img. 5 Repack using XBtool and say thanks on the boards. :] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Partition(C/E/F/G): C Msxboxdash.xbe fix: N Trademark         : Y Splash            : Y Animation         : Y X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000 X Lip Hlight Color: 075 155 075 X Inner Wall Color: 033 106 023 X Inner Glow Color: 203 223 001 Xbox Text Color   : 098 202 019 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Best viewed with Terminal Size 9 on Notepad without Word Wrap. ----------------------------------------------------------------

How 'bout ya add a dash boot order...

Dash 1 - 0x0002d158-0x0002d167
Dash 2 - 0x0002d168-0x0002d177
Dash 3 - 0x0002d178-0x0002d187
Dash 4 - 0x0002d188-0x0002d197
Dash 5 - 0x0002d198-0x0002d1a7

Dashes are:
avadash.xbe 61 76 61 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00
evoXdash.xbe 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00
mxmdash.xbe 6D 78 6D 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00
neXgen.xbe 6E 65 58 67 65 6E 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00 00
xboxdash.xbe 78 62 6F 78 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00
unleashX.xbe 75 6E 6C 65 61 73 68 58 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00

You can just tags to the ini to fill out...
Just a thought, I know this works ' cause I changed mine...

QUOTE (...ReLLiK @ Jan 16 2004, 02:40 PM)

QUOTE (burnerO @ Jan 16 2004, 08:22 AM) CODE 4890tool by burnerO 0116X4: Thanks to NghtShd, skorchir, 82ross ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Use XBtool to unpack either 4980.06_256k.bin/4980.67_256k.bin. 2 Copy 4980tool.exe, 4980tool.ini to the xboxkrnl.img directory. 3 Edit this file to your liking and save.  Be sure to leave the  leading 0's on the colors.  For example RGB 0 should be 000. 4 Run 4980tool.exe to modify xboxkrnl.img. 5 Repack using XBtool and say thanks on the boards. :] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Partition(C/E/F/G): C Msxboxdash.xbe fix: N Trademark         : Y Splash            : Y Animation         : Y X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000 X Lip Hlight Color: 075 155 075 X Inner Wall Color: 033 106 023 X Inner Glow Color: 203 223 001 Xbox Text Color   : 098 202 019 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Best viewed with Terminal Size 9 on Notepad without Word Wrap. ---------------------------------------------------------------- How 'bout ya add a dash boot order... Dash 1 - 0x0002d158-0x0002d167 Dash 2 - 0x0002d168-0x0002d177 Dash 3 - 0x0002d178-0x0002d187 Dash 4 - 0x0002d188-0x0002d197 Dash 5 - 0x0002d198-0x0002d1a7 Dashes are: avadash.xbe 61 76 61 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00 evoXdash.xbe 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 mxmdash.xbe 6D 78 6D 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00 neXgen.xbe 6E 65 58 67 65 6E 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 xboxdash.xbe 78 62 6F 78 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 You can just tags to the ini to fill out... Just a thought, I know this works ' cause I changed mine...

I just asked a similar question in the other thread. But yes, dash boot order would def be a feature lots of people would use. I need to have mxmdash.xbe boot first.

burner0 is the man. He's released some of the GREATEST selfboot tools to the Dreamcast homebrew community EVER. Good to see he is expanding his talent to other areas.

nagmine's fire

X Lip Color(R G : 239 189 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 255 015 015
X Inner Wall Color: 253 000 000
X Inner Glow Color: 281 237 000
Xbox Text Color : 228 000 000

well for dash support you can use two bits from msxboxdash when renamed to xboxdash dunno if u can steel anymore, i havent tried but i didnt need more then two bits.

i was going to attempt cutting down the boot sequence from 5 dashs to 4 and extend the dash names but i havent tried this yet.

also it could be a problem if people make the dash names too long. there would need to be a check to make sure you dont go over the amount of bits supplied

Just wanted to say a big thankyou to burner0 for this nice little tool . I just flashed two boxes with modded logo colours just perfect . Thanks to everyone who has given input like the colours in RGB etc , keep up the good work

Here's an update since I've no access to a female until tomorrow. : )

I shamelessly ripped off the 4981 sequence, and implemented it as follows:

CODE

4890tool by burnerO 0116X4: Thanks to NghtShd, skorchir, 82ross ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Use XBtool to unpack either 4980.06_256k.bin/4980.67_256k.bin. 2 Copy 4980tool.exe, 4980tool.ini to the xboxkrnl.img directory. 3 Edit this file to your liking and save.  Be sure to leave the  leading 0's on the colors.  For example RGB 0 should be 000. 4 Run 4980tool.exe to modify xboxkrnl.img. 5 Repack using XBtool and say thanks on the boards. :] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Partition(C/E/F/G): C Boot Avalaunch.xbe: 1 Boot Evoxdash.xbe : 2 Boot Mxmdash.xbe  : 3 Boot Unleashx.xbe : 4 Boot Xboxdash.xbe : 5 Trademark         : Y Splash            : Y Animation         : Y X Lip Color(R G B): 000 001 000 X Lip Hlight Color: 075 155 075 X Inner Wall Color: 033 106 023 X Inner Glow Color: 203 223 001 Xbox Text Color   : 098 202 019 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Best viewed with Terminal Size 9 on Notepad without Word Wrap. ----------------------------------------------------------------

As you can see, you simply change the numbers to reorder the sequence.
I'm now booting from avalaunch.xbe, and it's working great.

Thanks to ReLLiK for the offsets.

http://consolevision.com/members/burnero/m...sc/4980tool.zip

As always, have fun. : )

And just for fun, here's my colors.

X Lip Color(R G B): 000 000 000
X Lip Hlight Color: 000 000 000
X Inner Wall Color: 255 255 255
X Inner Glow Color: 000 000 000
Xbox Text Color : 187 221 255

I think they're rather swell.

QUOTE

With NghtShd making threats of not updating XBtool

Just for the record, I wouldn't characterize it as a threat. It sounds like I'm trying to extort something out of someone.

Although 4981 may be nearly identical to 4980, I'll wait till that's out and then look into doing a patcher for it (just to be on the safe side).

I'll also try to get my latest source code out, along with the assembley language patch file sources.

After that, I'm looking for something new and different, though I'd also be glad to assist if someone wanted to do an Xbox hosted version of XBtool (my feeble DirectX skills prevent me from doing it a user interface, though I've always thought it would be cool).

i've been suggesting this for a long time. it would be amazing if you could choose a bank, turn off protection of the flash bank, and edit the bios. you could take a page out of PBL's book possibly. Also, it would be awesome to just be able to edit a bios.bin on your xbox as well. AWESOME! Please work on this nghtshd!

QUOTE (NghtShd @ Jan 17 2004, 02:56 AM)

Although 4981 may be nearly identical to 4980, I'll wait till that's out and then look into doing a patcher for it (just to be on the safe side).

Glad to hear it. : )

I was just trying to fill the void in the meantime, and couldn't begin to compete with the glory that is XBtool.

QUOTE (burnerO @ Jan 16 2004, 05:44 PM)

Partition(C/E/F/G): C Boot Avalaunch.xbe: 1 Boot Evoxdash.xbe : 2 Boot Mxmdash.xbe  : 3 Boot Unleashx.xbe : 4 Boot Xboxdash.xbe : 5 Trademark         : Y Splash            : Y

So, does this mean, if I use this tool, that I'll have to rename avadash.xbe (the default filename for the dash in 4980) to avalaunch.xbe on my hard drive? I know it's a stupid question, but flashing the X-Bit, regardless of what DMS says, is kind of a pain in the ass, so I do it as little as possible

QUOTE (HiRoll3r @ Jan 17 2004, 03:50 AM)

So, does this mean, if I use this tool, that I'll have to rename avadash.xbe (the default filename for the dash in 4980) to avalaunch.xbe on my hard drive? I know it's a stupid question, but flashing the X-Bit, regardless of what DMS says, is kind of a pain in the ass, so I do it as little as possible

Indeed, but it will also be the case in X2 4981.

burnerO - really appreciate your help with this tool! was able to tweak the 4980.06 bios to my custom settings with no problems

Bizarro can you tell me how u changed the boot sequence on the cdrom drive after the dashes, I've tried several times unsuccessfully, so in the meantime i just disabled it by changing default.xbe to defaul1.xbe so i can leave a cd in the drive.
it would be nice if this could be added to the tool.

sorry double post

QUOTE (pstar26 @ Jan 17 2004, 05:10 AM)

Bizarro can you tell me how u changed the boot sequence on the cdrom drive after the dashes, I've tried several times unsuccessfully, so in the meantime i just disabled it by changing default.xbe to defaul1.xbe so i can leave a cd in the drive. it would be nice if this could be added to the tool.

If someone can better explain that, along with the offsets, I'll toss it in.

i only changed it so evox could boot before the dvdrom.

in xboxkrnl.img, go to hex offset
[0x0002de50h]

just change the priority from this
\Device\CdRom0\default.xbe  \Device\Harddisk0\Partition0\evoXdash.xbe

to this
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0\evoXdash.xbe  \Device\CdRom0\default.xbe

in hex lt looks like this:
change this
5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65

to this
5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65

Bizarro i Tried that and it does not do anything different than what i did by disabling cd on boot, for instance if evox fails to load it does not boot from cd it just frags 13.

This could be a problem for Tsop people if they do this and something happens to evox they can't boot to cd to enable ftp to fix the problem.

QUOTE (Bizarro @ Jan 17 2004, 12:54 AM)

i only changed it so evox could boot before the dvdrom. in xboxkrnl.img, go to hex offset [0x0002de50h] just change the priority from this DeviceCdRom0default.xbe  DeviceHarddisk0Partition0evoXdash.xbe to this DeviceHarddisk0Partition0evoXdash.xbe  DeviceCdRom0default.xbe in hex lt looks like this: change this 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 to this 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65

This could be tough to implement as it probably would be safer to replace the boot priority to make them in order of the boot sequence followed by the cddrive last... (OR WOULD IT???)

Originally Here:
5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 61 76 61 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 6D 78 6D 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 78 62 6F 78 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00


That is a range of 0x0002DE50 to 0x0002DF1C.

Broken Down:
5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 43 64 52 6F 6D 30 5C 64 65 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 78 62 65 00 00 DeviceCdRom0default.xbe

5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 65 76 6F 58 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 DeviceHarddisk0Partition2evoXdash.xbe

5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 61 76 61 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 DeviceHarddisk0Partition2avadash.xbe

5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 6D 78 6D 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 00 DeviceHarddisk0Partition2mxmdash.xbe

5C 44 65 76 69 63 65 5C 48 61 72 64 64 69 73 6B 30 5C 50 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 32 5C 78 62 6F 78 64 61 73 68 2E 78 62 65 00 00 00 DeviceHarddisk0Partition2xboxdash.xbe

Notice there is no DeviceHarddisk0Partition2neXgen.xbe in there...

Anyways, but now it is cut and paste so to speak and to rearrange them in the order of your chosen boot sequence.
Then, followed up last with the cdrom hex. But what about the 5th priority boot? is it just dropped? (aka nexgen above). This could take some testing...
AND... what about the partition set under the X3 Magic Section? OFFSET 0x0002D154?? And would we change the above (highlighted) from 32 to 36 to use partition 6 instead 2?

Sorry if this is a bit confusing? as it is late... lol
ALSO PLEASE NOTE the forum got rid of the backslashes!

Nice one burner it works a treat !

I made up both files , 4981.06 & 4981.67 both tested working just fine.

anyway to get this to disable the eject fix? i for one wish that wasnt on my mod. and would be nice if possible to disable...

Hey guys, just wanted to speak my peace before NghtShd updates XBtool and this post fades into oblivion.

Once again, I'd like a chance to thank everyone involved. It does my heart well to know that we're able to band together in "time of need" to see that something is done. It is this spirit of community; of positive encouragement that drives the developers to code. None of this would have ever occurred without the foundation that NghtShd so generously has provided with XBtool. I can recall the first time I'd seen the boot sequence with the flubber animation, and thinking how tiring it must be to endure it every time the system is powered on. My friends were quick to point me in the direction of XBtool, and I've used it ever since. I'd also like to thank skorchir and 82ross for their dedication in picking apart the kernel. Often times people like oz_paulb, with his LBA48 code go unrecognized, although he's the reason many of you have obnoxiously large drives in your system.

If this has done little more than serve to attest to the popularity of XBtool, then I'm ok with that. This certainly wasn't any grand production; just a couple of days translating and verifying the provided hacks to a workable state. Often times developers underestimate the impact of their work, and that's a shame. I've seen many projects canned, simply because the author was unnecessarily flamed by a few ungrateful children. If anything, NghtShd should take note of the twelve hundred some odd hits this post has accumulated, and realize how much what he does is appreciated. If you're staring at a colorful boot logo when your system is launched, it wouldn't hurt to take a moment to tell NghtShd thanks. The same could be said for any of the various applications/emulators/games released on a regular basis that we've come to expect. Typically we forget that there's someone tireless hacking away at code for free, in their spare time nonetheless. It's reasons such as these that I'm angered when seeing flaming occur out of sheer ignorance. These are the kids who download Surreal 64, and race to the boards to spam about how much it "sucks", because they're unable to play Conker's Bad Fur Day, or any other game that they've never legitimately owned to begin with that really get under my skin.

I mod systems, albeit tsop, free of charge for my friends. It's not that I couldn't use the money, because quite the contrary I'm a typical desolate college student. But rather, I feel that in sharing the joy of emulation and sense of excitement that comes from tinkering with the system, that I'm giving back in a sense. It would discredit the works of everyone who's contributed to the applications that I use, the Xecuter/Avalaunch/ Evolution-X teams; lantus, Xport, oDD, and the countless other authors who's applications I use on a daily basis for me to sell their work. I'm more than happy to mod someone's system, simply on the premise that they'll be able to play some of their old favorite games. I assure you that emulation really is a gift, especially after having played emulated nes titles with children who'd have never have been exposed to them otherwise. It's great for me to be able to play the games that I hold in such high regard, and show them to kids with such a level of enthusiasm that allows them to see beyond the limitations of the original hardware.

My apologies if this comes off like a long-winded rant; I'm frequently guilty of writing as much. I'm sure that NghtShd will return to XBtool momentarily, and am glad that I've not "hosed" anyone's bios in the meantime. Take it easy. -Kyle

QUOTE

I've seen many projects canned, simply because the author was unnecessarily flamed by a few ungrateful children.

Check out my mail bag page for an example of an ungrateful child. Not that I would ever let an idiot like that stop a project.

QUOTE (NghtShd @ Jan 17 2004, 07:57 PM)

QUOTE I've seen many projects canned, simply because the author was unnecessarily flamed by a few ungrateful children. Check out my mail bag page for an example of an ungrateful child. Not that I would ever let an idiot like that stop a project.

Now that's funny

Burner0 - classy post and nice job helping some people through this issue. It's rare here that someone lifts a finger to help themselves and doesn't just whine. It's even rarer to see someone do it in such a high quality manner.

NghtShd - that Mailbag is the funniest shit. What a freaking moron. Like someone who can't accept that he made an error and just keeps trying to stuff that foot further and further down his throat.

QUOTE (NghtShd @ Jan 17 2004, 01:57 PM)

QUOTE I've seen many projects canned, simply because the author was unnecessarily flamed by a few ungrateful children. Check out my mail bag page for an example of an ungrateful child. Not that I would ever let an idiot like that stop a project.

That poor poor, extremely computer illiterate guy. That must really be tough not knowing one save button from the other.

I feel sorry for you NghtShd getting all of those kind of people. But then again it must be fun every now and then seeing how dumb some people truly are and how they won't admit that they made a mistake.

QUOTE

That poor poor, extremely computer illiterate guy. That must really be tough not knowing one save button from the other. I feel sorry for you NghtShd getting all of those kind of people. But then again it must be fun every now and then seeing how dumb some people truly are and how they won't admit that they made a mistake.

Yeah. I'll probably change the preset save button text to make it clearer. I can see how someone could make that mistake, but then to be unable to figure it out and go balistic was just asinine.

QUOTE (NghtShd @ Jan 17 2004, 06:57 PM)

QUOTE I've seen many projects canned, simply because the author was unnecessarily flamed by a few ungrateful children. Check out my mail bag page for an example of an ungrateful child. Not that I would ever let an idiot like that stop a project.

That guy is in our gene pool. Quick! everyone, except Mike, get out and piss in it so they'll have to clean it. I'm sorry I have a 3 year old and am fully confident that even he could press the correct button. Someone check Mike's meds. I think he needs another dose.

QUOTE (NghtShd @ Jan 17 2004, 02:56 AM)

Just for the record, I wouldn't characterize it as a threat. It sounds like I'm trying to extort something out of someone. Although 4981 may be nearly identical to 4980, I'll wait till that's out and then look into doing a patcher for it (just to be on the safe side). I'll also try to get my latest source code out, along with the assembley language patch file sources. After that, I'm looking for something new and different, though I'd also be glad to assist if someone wanted to do an Xbox hosted version of XBtool (my feeble DirectX skills prevent me from doing it a user interface, though I've always thought it would be cool).

Great news nghtshd

We're looking forward to anything you can bring us in the future

Thanx for this one =)