Detailed soft mod tutorial for newbs

What you are going to need in this Tutorial

A computer-???

A Xbox- $150

Action Replay- $25 (comes with memory card and adapter to pc)

Splinter cell(not platnum hits)- $2.99 @ gamestop


PROS- You can do lots of really really cool things like FTP (which is getting a connection to your xbox and access its files through your computer), put applications to be able to copy games on you hard drive, put some emulators so you can play old school games from super nintindo or sega and a few others, allows you to modify game levels like in halo. it also allows you to install a new hard drive to you xbox.

CONS- You cant play Xbox Live with a modded xbox unless you only want to play it for 12 hours cause after you log on it with a modded xbox then it will find you and you will be banned from live. Its also easy to mess up your xbox with a softmod if you delete something that is important to your xbox.( if you have a second xbox then dont worry cause then you can just get files from that)


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The Tutorial

I will be teaching you the way to softmod with Action Replay and Splinter Cell 1 (not the platnum edition)

1.Buy Action Replay and Splinter Cell (or Mech Assult or James Bond 007 Agent under fire) I recommend getting Splinter cell cause its also a fun game

2.Download Action Replay to your computer. Then when you finish that plug in the memory card then a window will pop up asking if you want to install the memory unit to your computer..click yes.



3. Find The Linux files (there will be 2) one is the Linux games save which if you double click the save on action replay it should only be a couple blocks) then look for a Linux installer it should be around 470 blocks (thats just a average number not a number to look for) ****dont put the 5 block or anything that hardly takes anyspace..they arent real installers there just junk**** LOOK UNDER ONLINE SAVE/COMMUNITY SAVES TO FIND THESE FILES.IT WILL BE UNDER LINUX FILES AND SPLINTER CELL


4.Copy those to your memory card by dragging the files to the left side that say's memory card the Linux installer might take some time to get on your memory card.

5. unplug it when its dont then turn your xbox on and put the xbox memory card into your controller.

6. Copy both the files onto your xbox then take out your memorycard and restart the system and put splinter cell in.

7. the game will start normal, then select start game and pick LINUX games save and it will boot you to something completely different and this will be your installer where you can install the mod and check out files on your xbox and uninstall the mod

8. Now select Backup MS ( if you dont do this then you wont be able to uninstall the softmod properly)

9. Now select backup eeprom. then it takes you to another screen and select backup eeprom again. (it should say backing up with the smile face)

10. now you can select install softmod.

11. it should ask you ..
Pal or NTSC
Your xbox is most likely a NTSC

12.Now after you pick your xbox type now it should ask you what you want to DL. Its your choice really but what i picked was
DUAL BOOT OPEN=RETAIL CLOSED=EVOX

which means if i boot my xbox with it open it will load to the regular Microsoft Dash and with it closed it will boot Evolution X which is the mod dashboard

so pick something of that nature or you can just do the single boots it really doesnt matter

13. Will start to Download. It will take about 5-10 minutes

14. now it should have a pop up saying that its complete and it will patch and click ok or just press A then it will start to patch(its a quick process) when it says patch complete then take out your game and restart your xbox without anygames in it..(if you dont you have just wasted my time and more importantly your time) then another screen will pop up with and xbox on the top and the text will talk about pressing A to finish installation .....Press A and then when its done....ENJOY

*NOTE make sure you go to settings with your xbox connected to a router and see if the First IP says something like this 192.168.1.???
(not ? but numbers like 104 or something) if not make sure your connected to the router. If that isnt the problem

*^Go to system settings in the dash..

Scroll down to network.. DHCP or STATIC.. If you have a router select DHCP and further down check that FTP is ENABLED..

If you are direct connecting with a crossover cable select STATIC and look at the IP settings on your PC. Then look for an xbox networking guide, the backups threads are a good place to start>>

Remember to save and exit..

Reboot and see if you have a connection.^*
-Edit thanks to janrocks



if still isnt working what i have done is gone back to action replay and found a different installer

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To uninstall is just like installing just put the game in load Linux then just go to uninstall softmod....then just repeat steps 7-14
again

 

Great tutorial, but there are plenty of these on this site.

 

thanx i know there is alot but i just wanted to get a more detailed one because when i started i was a total idiot to modding and got lost on the little things so i tried to close all the gaps

 

Easy simple steps to softmod. thanks

 

no problem just help some other newbs by posting this one to them

 

I like it. It's nice and straight forward for someone just getting started (me!).

 

You can edit this into your article if you want..

Go to system settings in the dash..

Scroll down to network.. DHCP or STATIC.. If you have a router select DHCP and further down check that FTP is ENABLED..

If you are direct connecting with a crossover cable select STATIC and look at the IP settings on your PC. Then look for an xbox networking guide, the backups threads are a good place to start>>

Remember to save and exit..

Reboot and see if you have a connection.

 

does it matter what xbox mother board version u have?

 

no not that i believe it should work for all xbox models

 

It's Great. But you can use Mechassualt-NO PLATINUM, and 007: Agent Under Fire-NO PLATINUM, you just need to find those exploits. Maybe some pics would be nice too.

 

-i stated that...yeah when i have alot of time on my hands i might put some pictures up..

 

this tut is missing many things and this is an old installer if u cant get on live without getting banned and for noobs this would be kind of hard to follow without some pics but its okay i

 

oops, my bad

 

its DeadRain thanks for viewing and trying to add suggestions

and knockemV2 i highly think its stupid to go on xbox live with a modded box just because some people dont know what they are doing and delete things there not supposed to bringing attention to xbox live and i know there are ways around it but i dont want to tell them go on xbox live and then have them blame me.... and i have helped a couple newbs with it and they told me i did a really good job and that they modded without any problems when i get pictures it will just be more convienient for them and im working on getting pics just i have a busy busy life. school work band computer $#it, xbox repairs...hard to make time.

 

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I bought my xbox from the UK, do I select PAL?

 

Bonkers.. It will be a PAL machine.

 

janrocks...is that the way you tell if they are different USA-NTSC
UK-PAL? i would like to know that part cause thats the only thing that really really unclear in the tutorial

 

never mink modnewb i found out what you ment i will try it later and see if it works.

 

The easy way to remember.. Europe, Australia/NZ and some parts of africa will be PAL

USA, Canada, most of south america and asia NTSC-U (a subset of NTSC-M)
Japan.. NTSC-J (another subset of M..there is a difference but it's not important. It relates to the black level)


I can be more precise than that..

COUNTRY SIGNAL TYPE

AFGHANISTAN PAL B, SECAM B

ALBANIA PAL B/G

ALGERIA PAL B/G

ANGOLA PAL I

ANTARCTICA NTSC M

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA NTSC M

ARGENTINA PAL N

ARMENIA SECAM D/K

ARUBA NTSC M

AUSTRALIA PAL B/G

AUSTRIA PAL B/G

AZERBAIJAN SECAM D/K

AZORES PAL B

BAHAMAS NTSC M

BAHRAIN PAL B/G

BANGLADESH PAL B

BARBADOS NTSC M

BELARUS SECAM D/K

BELGIUM PAL B/H
BELGIUM (ARMED FORCES NETWORK) NTSC M

BELIZE NTSC M

BENIN SECAM K

BERMUDA NTSC M

BOLIVIA NTSC M

BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA PAL B/H

BOTSWANA SECAM K, PAL I

BRAZIL PAL M

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
(AF DIEGO GARCIA TV - AFRTS) NTSC M

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PAL B

BULGARIA PAL

BURKINA FASO SECAM K

BURUNDI SECAM K

CAMBODIA PAL B/G, NTSC M

CAMEROON PAL B/G

CANADA NTSC M

CANARY ISLANDS PAL B/G

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SECAM K

CHAD SECAM D

CHILE NTSC M

CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC) PAL D

COLOMBIA NTSC M

CONGO (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC) SECAM K

CONGO, DEM. REP. (ZAIRE) SECAM K

COOK ISLANDS PAL B

COSTA RICA NTSC M

COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) SECAM K/D

CROATIA PAL B/H

CUBA NTSC M

CYPRUS PAL B/G

CZECH REPUBLIC PAL B/G (cable), PAL D/K (broadcast)

DENMARK PAL B/G

DIEGO GARCIA NTSC M

DJIBOUTI SECAM K

DOMINICA NTSC M

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NTSC M

EAST TIMOR PAL B

EASTER ISLAND PAL B

ECUADOR NTSC M

EGYPT PAL B/G, SECAM B/G

EL SALVADOR NTSC M

EQUITORIAL GUINEA SECAM B

ESTONIA PAL B/G

ETHIOPIA PAL B

FALKLAND ISLANDS (LAS MALVINAS) PAL I

FIJI NTSC M

FINLAND PAL B/G

FRANCE SECAM L

FRANCE (FRENCH FORCES TV) SECAM G

GABON SECAM K

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS NTSC M

GAMBIA PAL B

GEORGIA SECAM D/K

GERMANY PAL B/G

GERMANY (ARMED FORCES TV GERMANY) NTSC M

GHANA PAL B/G

GIBRALTAR PAL B/G

GREECE PAL B/G

GREENLAND PAL B

GRENADA NTSC M

GUAM NTSC M

GUADELOUPE SECAM K

GUATEMALA NTSC M

GUIANA (FRENCH) SECAM K

GUINEA PAL K

GUYANA NTSC M

HAITI SECAM

HONDURAS NTSC M

HONG KONG PAL I

HUNGARY PAL K/K

ICELAND PAL B/G

INDIA PAL B

INDONESIA PAL B

IRAN PAL B/G

IRAQ PAL

IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF PAL I

ISLE OF MAN PAL

ISRAEL PAL B/G

ITALY PAL B/G

JAMAICA NTSC M

JAPAN NTSC M

JOHNSTONE ISLAND NTSC M

JORDAN PAL B/G

KAZAKHSTAN SECAM D/K

KENYA PAL B/G

KOREA (NORTH) SECAM D, PAL D/K

KOREA (SOUTH) NTSC M

KUWAIT PAL B/G

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC SECAM D/K

LAOS PAL B

LATVIA PAL B/G

LEBANON PAL B/G

LESOTHO PAL K

LIBERIA PAL B/H

LIBYA PAL B/G

LIECHTENSTEIN PAL B/G

LITHUANIA PAL B/G, SECAM D/K

LUXEMBOURG PAL B/G, SECAM L

MACAU PAL I

MACEDONIA PAL B/H

MADAGASCAR SECAM K

MADEIRA PAL B

MALAYSIA PAL B

MALDIVES PAL B

MALI SECAM K

MALTA PAL B

MARSHALL ISLANDS NTSC M

MARTINIQUE SECAM K

MAURITANIA SECAM B

MAURITIUS SECAM B

MAYOTTE SECAM K

MEXICO NTSC M

MICRONESIA NTSC M

MIDWAY ISLAND NTSC M

MOLDOVA (MOLDAVIA) SECAM D/K

MONACO SECAM L, PAL G

MONGOLIA SECAM D

MONTENEGRO PAL B/G

MONTSERRAT NTSC M

MOROCCO SECAM B

MOZAMBIQUE PAL B

MYANMAR (BURMA) NTSC M

NAMIBIA PAL I

NEPAL B??? (uncertain)

NETHERLANDS PAL B/G

NETHERLANDS (ARMED FORCES NETWORK) NTSC M

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NTSC M

NEW CALEDONIA SECAM K

NEW ZEALAND PAL B/G

NICARAGUA NTSC M

NIGER SECAM K

NIGERIA PAL B/G

NORFOLK ISLAND PAL B

NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS NTSC M

NORWAY PAL B/G

OMAN PAL B/G

PAKISTAN PAL B

PALAU NTSC M

PANAMA NTSC M

PAPUA NEW GUINEA PAL B/G

PARAGUAY PAL N

PERU NTSC M

PHILIPPINES NTSC M

POLAND PAL D/K

POLYNESIA (FRENCH) SECAM K

PORTUGAL PAL B/G

PUERTO RICO NTSC M

QATAR PAL B

REUNION SECAM K

ROMANIA PAL D/G

RUSSIA SECAM D/K

ST. KITTS & NEVIS NTSC M

ST. LUCIA NTSC M

ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON SECAM K

ST. VINCENT NTSC M

SAO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE PAL B/G

SAMOA, AMERICAN NTSC

SAUDI ARABIA SECAM B/G, PAL B

SAMOA NTSC M

SENEGAL SECAM K

SERBIA PAL B/G

SEYCHELLES PAL B/G

SIERRA LEONE PAL B/G

SINGAPORE PAL B/G

SLOVAKIA PAL B/G

SLOVENIA PAL B/H

SOMALIA PAL B/G

SOUTH AFRICA PAL I

SPAIN PAL B/G

SRI LANKA PAL

SUDAN PAL B

SURINAME NTSC M

SWAZILAND PAL B/G

SWEDEN PAL B/G

SWITZERLAND PAL B/G (GERMAN ZONE), SECAM L (FRENCH ZONE)

SYRIA SECAM B, PAL G

TAHITI SECAM

TAIWAN NTSC

TAJIKISTAN SECAM D/K

TANZANIA PAL B

THAILAND PAL B/M

TOGO SECAM K

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NTSC M

TUNISIA SECAM B/G

TURKEY PAL B

TURKMENISTAN SECAM D/K

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS NTSC M

UGANDA PAL B/G

UKRAINE SECAM D/K

URUGUAY PAL N

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PAL B/G

UNITED STATES NTSC M

UNITED KINGDOM PAL I

UZBEKISTAN SECAM D/K

VENEZUELA NTSC M

VIETNAM NTSC M,SECAM D

VIRGIN ISLANDS (US & BRITISH) NTSC M

WALLIS & FUTUNA SECAM K

YEMEN PAL B/NTSC M

ZAMBIA PAL B/G

ZIMBABWE PAL B/G