Texture hacks using USB pen drive

[tekken57]

Hey guys. Back from honeymoon and thought I'd share this quick bit of info with you guys.

As many of you know, the latest xbox dash update allows you to save games on a usb flash/pen drive. By saving on a usb drive instead of the hardrive, you can access your paint tool file without using xsata or any other complicated method. Here's how:

1. Download a programme called usb xtaf (google it). This programme allows you to explore the contents of your flash drive.
2. Plug you flash drive with your saves into you pc and the start up xtaf.
3. Select "file -open drive". This should give you a list of all the saves on your drive.
4. Browse to the folder where the svr2010 save is (mine is called 54510844) and look for your 00painttool.pt file.
5. Right click the file and select extract. Save it where you please. dont close xtaf, you will use again below.

[img]http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2307/xtaf.jpg[/img]

Now that you have your Paint tool fle on your hdd, you edit it with pt explorer in the normal way i.e. inject graphics, resign & rehash with modio when you are done.

6. Now that you have finished working with your paint tool file, go back to xtaf and delete the paint tool file on the flash disc. Right click in the same directory location in xtaf as the old file and select "inject". Browse for your new paint tool file and inject it.

Thats it, the file should now work in game.


[b]PART 2 - Taking hi Res screen shots[/b]

1. Make sure that your game is saving on your flash drive at the title screen. Go into the highlight reel editor and Take a screenshot. Save the screenshot into a slot in the game.
2. Plug your flash drive into your pc and browse to directory of the save using the method described in part 1.
3. You screenshot should be titled **Screenshot.ss. Extract this file to you hardrive.
4. This file contains you screen shot in dds format and a few other files.
5. To extract the screenshot, download a programme called dragon unpacker.
6. Start up dragon unpacker and use the built in app called hyper ripper to scan the file.
7. The scan should find one dds file which can be extracted or exported.

[img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5007/dragonqu.jpg[/img]


Here is a screenshot extracted in this manner.

[img]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8514/50229847.jpg[/img]

MODS: I know this isn't the correct section to post this info but I wanted the majority of caw to makers to have access to this info.

I hope that this information has been usefull. Please dont pm or ask me questions on how to use ptexplorer, xtaf or dragon unpacker, those aren't my apps.

Cheers

[ԃɾҽ-ԃɾαყ™]

Hey, is there any chance of doing this on PS3?

[Orchio]

Thanks for this Tekken, it will defintley be very helpful to members without cap cards or cameras

[Slevin.]

Thanks Tekken, might get round to actually giving this a try someday.

(This should be sticky'd)

[Dez Holly]

[quote name='ⓓⓡⓔ-ⓓⓡⓐⓨâ„¢' date='16 April 2010 - 02:13 PM' timestamp='1271423631' post='7230631']
Hey, is there any chance of doing this on PS3?
[/quote]

If You look at xtaf the logo at the top looks a bit like the Xbox logo so i'll think not.

And Can [i]This[/i] Method break my PC or Xbox...

[Tyrant185]

Thanks a lot for this, Tekken. I've been thinking of trying the texture route for a little while now, so this could prove to be really helpful.

[Royal Nakamura]

[quote name='The-Black-Cobain' date='16 April 2010 - 01:28 PM' timestamp='1271424495' post='7230642']
[quote name='ⓓⓡⓔ-ⓓⓡⓐⓨâ„¢' date='16 April 2010 - 02:13 PM' timestamp='1271423631' post='7230631']
Hey, is there any chance of doing this on PS3?
[/quote]

If You look at xtaf the logo at the top looks a bit like the Xbox logo so i'll think not.

And Can [i]This[/i] Method break my PC or Xbox...
[/quote]

[font="Times New Roman"]It IS the Xbox 360 logo.[/font]

[/Priceless]

Wow. I bet a lot of people are kicking them selves if they recently bought a xport360 or a capcard, thanks a lot for this.

[Cheetah]

no matter what you all say I will try it for PS3 now

[Fayth]

So.. basically textures are possible to add WITHOUT XPort?

[Cheetah]

yep H ugh I mean B L I N D E D .

[tekken57]

[quote name='B L I N D E D .' date='16 April 2010 - 04:43 PM' timestamp='1271429006' post='7230733']
So.. basically textures are possible to add WITHOUT XPort?
[/quote]

Yup, all you need is a usb stick. Same for taking in game pics.

@Cheetah , i dont think the same tools will work for the ps3 version. If you post the ps3 files, I can take a look at it.

[Cheetah]

will PM you a link for the download of it

[N7 Joseph Shepard]

I have 2 questions and thats it.

1. like The-Black-Cobain said, can this break my PC or Xbox or both?

2. is it possible to replace a entrance video with any video I choose with the program?

for example I make Hockey CAW and make a entrance video for that CAW, will I be able to replace that entrance video with a real video of the Hockey night in Canada video?

[Dez Holly]

[quote name='tekken57' date='16 April 2010 - 03:50 PM' timestamp='1271429451' post='7230742']
[quote name='B L I N D E D .' date='16 April 2010 - 04:43 PM' timestamp='1271429006' post='7230733']
So.. basically textures are possible to add WITHOUT XPort?
[/quote]

Yup, all you need is a usb stick. Same for taking in game pics.

@Cheetah , i dont think the same tools will work for the ps3 version. If you post the ps3 files, I can take a look at it.
[/quote]

Can We do this same method with an Xbox transfer kit or just a usb pen

[BHANGRA_MAN]

Thanks tekken certainly another great fine but since it took me ages to get used to the xport way of doing things I will be slow on this as well. Just wanted to know the flash drive thing will it work for next game as well for high res screen shots mainly? As my capt card is the only problem I have..so if I can take high res pics regardless if hacking is not possible next game then its worth me learning this

[Fayth]

I just need a normal USB memory stick and do the tasks you did and it's done?

[Mrdeano]

Awesome! :):) !!!

Silly question but, can I save highlight reels are videos for youtube?

Edit- Its worth mentioning that the USB drive has to be at least 1GB.

[tekken57]

[quote name='BHANGRA_MAN' date='16 April 2010 - 05:02 PM' timestamp='1271430131' post='7230761']
Thanks tekken certainly another great fine but since it took me ages to get used to the xport way of doing things I will be slow on this as well. Just wanted to know the flash drive thing will it work for next game as well for high res screen shots mainly? As my capt card is the only problem I have..so if I can take high res pics regardless if hacking is not possible next game then its worth me learning this
[/quote]


you will be able to transfer you files for any game in this manner so it should work. This method is actually easier than using xport. You should also be able to transfer screenshots provided they dont change the format of the images in the next game. The only limitation is that you have to use pics which the highlight reel editor can produce, therefore no caw mode shots.

@B L I N D E D . , yup, just a flash disc and it needs to be setup up with your xbox to save files.

@Mrdeano I have meesed with the highlight reel files as yet, post file and I'll check it out.

[Tich]

[quote name='tekken57' date='16 April 2010 - 01:50 PM' timestamp='1271422244' post='7230612']

4. Browse to the folder where the svr2010 save is (mine is called 54510844) and look for your 00painttool.pt file.

[/quote]

I'm pretty sure it's the same name folder for everyone ^^

btw great find tekken even if it's useless for me (god bless jtag hack ^^), now everyone can use textures, and don't know for cap pics I'll try that

@josephcaw: I'm not an expert but from what I saw in my save folder when you make an entrance caw video you have three files XXrecordingdat.rec (the highlight reel save), XXencodedat.rec (the highlight reel video encoded by the xbox) and XXscenedat.scn (I have no idea what is it) you can delete the recordingdat.rec and scenedat.scn, so in fact the real titantron video file use for a caw is XXencodedat.rec, so to replace it you have to know how the xbox360 encode the XXrecordingdat.rec, so I guess wich codec the xbox use to convert the higlight reel into a titantron video.

so I guess you can replace custom titantron if you know how to encode any vids in the svr10 custom titantron format

OT:tekken hope you had a great honeymoon

[BHANGRA_MAN]

@tekken just another q..is this method actually possible on xport as well for high res pics I mean..if so..How so? I think that be more useful for myself since I have xport if not then eventually will learn this way

[HIGHWAY MURDERER]

hey tekken can you explain how to format the usb or what needs be done to have a usb stick work on the 360?

[Cheetah]

@jassonbender:
1. Plug USB Drive/Stick into PC
2. then go to My Computed
3. then right click on the USB Drive/Stick
4. click on Format

[tekken57]

[quote name='jassonbender' date='16 April 2010 - 06:16 PM' timestamp='1271434571' post='7230880']
hey tekken can you explain how to format the usb or what needs be done to have a usb stick work on the 360?
[/quote]

Cant remember exactly. I just plugged it into the xbox and went into the dash settings for memory. When I selected the flash, it asked me to configure it for use with the xbox and formatted it.


@BHANGRA_MAN, pics should work in exactly the same way with xport.

[/Priceless]

I just walked 20 minutes to a store to buy a new 4gb USB drive and I get this "your device failed the data loss test and cannot be configured" can some one help please?