Halo 2 Backup Problem

[TylerDurden]

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!

[drewey10]

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.

[cloud79]

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!!

[TylerDurden]

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!

[Quall999]

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.

http://www.geocities.com/sagefankia/BIK_Dummy.zip

copy and paste into a browser

[cloud79]

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...

[AXmichigan]

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

[TylerDurden]

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!

[Quall999]

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.

[iwillrace]

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

[katlad]

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

[kosmiq]

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.