any evox.ini pros?

[squallseifer]

Hi can anyone tell me which part of this is related to what i will see on my evox dashboard menu?

Section "Root"
{
Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD
Item "Trainers",ID_trainer
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Settings",ID_Settings
Item "Flash BIOS",ID_Flash_Bios
# Item "Lock Harddisk",@210
# Item "Unlock Harddisk",@211
Item "Backup",ID_Backup
Item "Skins",ID_Skins
}
Section "Launch Menu"
{
Section "Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\games\"
SortAll
}
Section "Apps"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\apps\"
SortAll

[Quall999]

There is a great deal to explain, but unfortunately i will only give you the basics.

Each section (ex: Section "Games") is a submenu in evox. Each Item (eg: Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash) is a link to a file, or app (or a command in evox) within that submenu.

This is the auto add line you were looking for:
AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"

Which is in the Apps menu. Put your games in the "games" folder on E to auto add games (or change the folder name). Stay away from adding your own items untill you read a detail evox.ini guide. But you probably will never need to.

btw the # (pound) signs in front of the lines are like comments, the program skips over lines that begin with that.

[squallseifer]

Say i wanted to update or overwrite the evox.ini file in my c drive on xbox hdd, can i simply put the evox.ini file on cd-rw and use boxplorer to copy the evox.ini over to my c drive?

If so, how can i place the evox.ini on cd-rw and make it readable by my xbox?

[Quall999]

I suggest just putting the evox.ono on the same disk as boxplorer, with nothing else. The file is pretty small and would probably be skipped over without a rather large dummy file.

[squallseifer]

Umm i know this is a very big ask, and that ive already pushed you to the limit with my noob questions...
but would you be able to tell me if this is a suitable part of the ini file? I have edited it myself:

[Menu]

Section "Root"
{
Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD
Item "Trainers",ID_trainer
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Settings",ID_Settings
Item "Flash BIOS",ID_Flash_Bios
# Item "Lock Harddisk",@210
# Item "Unlock Harddisk",@211
Item "Backup",ID_Backup
Item "Skins",ID_Skins
}
Section "Launch Menu"
{
Section "Applications"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\applications\"
AutoAddItem "f:\applications\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\applications\"
SortAll
}
Section "Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\games\"
SortAll
}
}
}
With the above im hoping to achieve a line on the evox dash that says applications, where i can choose and execute certain apps.
I would also like to know what else this code does to my dash menu.

[Quall999]

Almost. There is an open bracket under "section applications" the needs to be there.

Edit: I popped it in there for ya, it should be fine now.

[squallseifer]

[Menu]

Section "Root"
{
Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD
Item "Trainers",ID_trainer
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Settings",ID_Settings
Item "Flash BIOS",ID_Flash_Bios
# Item "Lock Harddisk",@210
# Item "Unlock Harddisk",@211
Item "Backup",ID_Backup
Item "Skins",ID_Skins
}
Section "Launch Menu"
{
Section "Applications"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\applications\"
AutoAddItem "f:\applications\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\applications\"
SortAll
}
Section "Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\games\"
SortAll
}
}
}
Is this better?

[Quall999]

yah

[squallseifer]

YAY!
i did it Quall, its awesome!
Now to add DVDX2...sweet
cheers again mate

[squallseifer]

Can someone post the section from their evox.ini for being able to flash the bios?
In my evox dashboard i can see the menu item "flash bios" under "system utilities" however when i select it, theres nothing there.

[Quall999]

You need to get the bios yourself, and put them in the "bios" folder where evox is (create one if neccessary). But, you ave to make sure the bios is the correct size for your chip. Which chip do u have?

btw, asking where to get bios is against the rules. PM me if you need help on that.

[squallseifer]

How can i find out what chip i have?
All i know is that when my xbox boots up it says xecuter2 in place of ms.

[Quall999]

That only means your using the x2 bios. Didn't the installer say what chip was put in the xbox? If nobody told you, then the only way is opening the xbox to find out.

[squallseifer]

would the answer "i think its a homebrew chip" be substantial enough for you to give me advice?
or not?

[Quall999]

lol, not really. But most homebrew chips have 256k flashrom, so uh, that is probably the size you need.

[squallseifer]

so a 256k size bios will be suitable?
I think i got my xbox modded around a year ago

[Quall999]

A year... Uh-oh. You modchip might not even be reflashable. Again, no certain way untill u open the sucker up.

[squallseifer]

ummm...I'll ring my installer and i'll get back to you on that. I'm pretty sure its flash upgradable tho.

[squallseifer]

hi i need to ask again for help with my ini file

i just wanna know if this will place an "applications" and "games" folder in the main evox menu. Because i used to have it in a sub menu.

[Menu]

Section "Root"
{
Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD
Item "Trainers",ID_trainer
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Settings",ID_Settings
Item "Flash BIOS",ID_Flash_Bios
# Item "Lock Harddisk",@210
# Item "Unlock Harddisk",@211
Item "Backup",ID_Backup
Item "Skins",ID_Skins
}
Section "Applications"
{

AutoAddItem "e:\applications\"
AutoAddItem "f:\applications\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\applications\"
SortAll
}
Section "Games"
{
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
# AutoAddItem "g:\games\"
SortAll
}

}

also will this bugger up the two backed up games already on my HDD in the games folder?

[AXmichigan]

y do u have the # on g drive?
do u have a g drive?

[squallseifer]

nope i dont
i only have retail HDD anyway
and that line with the g drive was always with my evox.ini file

[AXmichigan]

yea u can figure y i hope
yea thatll work
if those are the base directories for those things u want

[squallseifer]

yupyup they are the base directories where my games and apps are...well the e drive base directory anyway.

ta m8 for the reply

[AXmichigan]

k..
cool
yea it should work just fine then