Yeah usually the PAL versions of games are larger because of all the different languages that are added to it. Usually NTSC just gets an English language. Can we get a total disc size of the PAL versions?



Tyler!

Could one of you guys please explain how you go about removing files & replacing them with smaller ones. What file do you re name?. I apologise for my ignorance in advance, sorry.

Halo 2 PAL is 4,49 GB in his total size... that is too big to fit on a DVD5 even after deleting dashupdate.xbe (54MB)..

So the only method to fit it is to delete the Attract Mode (the one that starts when you leave the game running for a long time, without touching any button on the pad, in the initial screen) and substitute it with a smaller file..

So after ripping the DVD on your PC, enter in the "bink" folder and delete the file "attract_60.bik" that is 130 MB ca. and substitute it with the file attached in this post.. (it is a zip file, so first unzip it!!!)

ENJOY!! :D

Cloud, we cannot post any copyrighted xbox files here. Next time you do this, it will wind up in at least a 2 week ban.




Tyler!

I don't know what he hosted, but here is a dummy bik file I made. It does have writing on it whether you want to or noth though, saying the file was removed.
copy and paste into a browser

Sorry Tyler but it was NOT a copyrighted Xbox file
It was simply a file created and edited by me! that has the same name of the original one...
So I don't understand what's the matter...

was it created or edited by u?
u cant possibly do both
come on now... :rolleyes:

Well I may have jumped to a conclusion there. But thats my job. I think Ill have to discuss with the other mods how we can deal with this type of file sharing and still keep it legal.



Tyler!

if anyone wants to make their own, look for "bink and smacker" tools. They are used to create, play, convert, and modify bik movie formats.

on the US version deleteing the dashupdat.xbe works great no problems at all thank tyler

Help with Halo 2
 

I have just tried both methods that are in this thread, e.g removing the dashupdate.xbe & renaming the credits file but still no go. When I remove the .xbe file the intro fires up but then when it says loading I get an error about a dirty disc. Then when I rename the credits file on the dashboard I get unknown on the drive status instead of game.Any help would be appreciated.


Katlad

Remove the dashupdate.xbe, just as you did.
Then go find the attract_60.bik file, remove it. Then create a attract_60.txt and rename it to "attract_60.bik" that way you have created a dummyfile for it. Only make sure that your windows shows file extensions so that the file won't be named "attract_60.bik.txt" 'cause that won't work.

No need to touch any credits or similar. Hope that helps.