Ok this question has been asked way too many times both in the forums AND on IRC, so im gonna write a tutorial:

Ok to start, you need WinXIP not WinZIP or WinRAR, this is the program used to edit the .xip files that UIX and the m$ dash uses.

Start by FTP'ing over your \user.interface.x.dash\xips\default.xip over from your xbox.

Next run the program winXIP, then go File -> Open
Open up defaut.xip

You will get a bunch of config.xap, default.xap, dvd.xap, etc...

The 1 we are looking for is default.xap
Click on it and go edit -> extract

Extract it to the desktop then open default.xap with notepad, yes notepad...

Now you will see a bunch of code. Dont touch any of it, unless i tell you to.
Ok now go Ctrl + F or find. Type this in:



Hit enter and you will see somthing like this:



Now change that so it looks like this:



Save, and open up default.xip again, go edit -> insert.
When it asks for an overwrite, go YES.

Then save, and ftp it back to the \user.interface.x.dash\xips\
It will ask for an overwrite, check the file size, it should be just smaller than the original

Now reboot UIX and your done

Does this include the skins downloaded from allxboxskins? Will it work if I renamed the "background.xbx" to "xboxlogo.xbx" and just moved the xboxlogo to another folder? I ask this because I don't have access to a computer right now to ftp over.

you would still have to comment it in. but it would display the image... but it'd be the same as the launch screen.

I made the changes to "background.xbx" and the background image isn't showing up, the only thing that changed was the orb. Do I need to edit something else?

The ORB changed??

Are you sure you followed the tutorial correctly.

You may have changed somthing the dash style to modded or to stock. Post us some screenies of what has happened.

lol you have to comment
it (being
DEF theBackground Background
{
skyColor 0 0 0
//backdrop ImageTexture { url "xboxlogo.xbx" }
})
back
in.......

as in nothing will be displayed in the background if the xap isnt edited.

http://img266.echo.cx/my.php?image=uixscre...ot1759132dt.png

As you can see the orb has changed, but the background remains black.

Can You post a pic of what it should look like when done

Hey guys just to get this sorted out!!! To get background images working you need to delete two game saves in your E drive. In UDATA delete a file called FFF00FFF and in TDATA delete FFF00FFF.

thx alot!

WOW! lets all make a difficult thing out of one line of code o_O

Can someone confirm that this works... i see that alot of people are having problems with this not working. I have tried on my xbox with fresh UIX installs. Other xbox's with fresh UIX installs and it has worked every time.

just trying to find out if i did something wrong... I dont have a fff00fff folder in either udata or tdata. my uix is installed in e:\dashboard, any help please

its "0ffeeff0"

Hello guys this is not working.I have the UIX on E: as an application and when I run it I get a black background and no text.The orb is working and I also have sound working as well.I modded the .xap file as instructed and replaced { url "xboxlogo.xbx" } with { url "background.xbx" }.I tested it and I got the same result.Then I thought this not right and I replaced it with { url "blue.xbx" }.Still no luck I get black background no text.I also did the trick of deleting the "0ffeeff0" folders in UDATA and TDATA.I believe UIX is a nice dash but it is missing something.

thought id check this out with a fresh copy myself seeing as its causing so much trouble...

installed a fresh copy and loaded it up...
zipped across to pc default.xip and the green skin, changed the line to look like this:



converted an image to xbx called it "background.xbx" stuck it in the green skin and ftp'd it all back. didnt delete the cache just restarted dash.

worked perfectly.

gunna have to go with merde^^ on this one

Some times the dash wont let you ftp to the uix folders because they are being used.
Make sure that the FTP went as planned. If the changes haven't worked FTP the .xip from the xbox back over to the PC and check to see if the changes are there. If they aren't try the ftp again. If they are Delete the Udata folder and cold reboot. If there still isn't a background image then it could only be the skin is missing background.xbx

Ok guys.SUCCESS!Actually I have to take back what I said about UIX.Its the best dash I ever seen.The problem was that when I transferred UIX on XBOX it transfered the skin folders but it stopped the transfer when it found the long named instruction "files".So I could see the skin folders but there was nothing in them.I noticed this when Odb718 said: So I opened file explorer to see whether there is a background.xbx in the skin folders and I noticed that all of them were empty.I transfered them again and it worked like a charm.Actually I am very impressed by the look of it.The only thing I want to stress is the long file names that provide some kind of drawback in the whole story.One last thing I want to say is that the tutorial of KyesaRRi is actually working.This is the confirmation that BlackWraith asked for.
Thank you for your time!

Sorry guys I rushed to reply is not BlackWraith above is KyesaRRi who asked for tutorial confirmation.

how do I edit the .xip file, w/ notepad???

you open the .xip with "winxip" you edit the .xap with notepad.