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[Dreamcazman]

QUOTE (whiffin @ Sep 18 2003, 03:12 PM)

So I need a search program that'll go through all files and look for a particular string - I can then open these files and hex-edit the appropriate characters etc ....

AFAIK, the only way to do it is manually check every file, or do an educated guess.

ie. There wouldn't be any reference to files in audio/movie/graphic etc files.

[whiffin]

So no batch search facility at all?

In furious karting I think there is 40,000 files - even an educated guess is gonna be a long job

There must be a search app out there ?!?

[crs]

I think there is... Norton Utilities has some programs that will search an entire disk for example... and you can hex edit the sector on the spot, without even knowing what file it is...

Trond

[dcaruana]

Use UltraEdit. Hex/Ascii editor and can search multiple files.

[whiffin]

Sweet, cheers dcaruana

I'll probably have a HEX-edit chart or patch for Furious Karting up later

A

[Devenic]

QUOTE (whiffin @ Sep 16 2003, 11:58 AM)

No - the Xbox file system wont support the chars at all So far, as far as I'm aware 3 games have had invalid filenames: 1. Enter the matrix - too long (patch available) 2. Alter Echo - + symbol (patch manually using hex editor) 3. Furious karting - french C symbol - no patch out yet The way they are patched, and the opnly way they can be put on the HDD is by renaming offending files, then changing all links to them using a hex editor. Once done, process can be automated into a patch. If these are 3 rogue games, then cool, but if this is a new copy protection then hmmmmmn, new app needed. Not too hard though (although I've never coded Xbox stuff) - I don't think 1. If a file wont copy, rename to a file that doesn't exist (even 000001.xxx or summin) 2. Scan through ALL files and replace all instances with new filename 3. Upload all modied files If someone can make a DVD-Xbox_HD app that does this it'll be great Only a matter of time ... A

Qwix handles invalid characters.  Create an ISO from the DVD directly with Qwix, or FTP the files to your PC and then create an ISO with Qwix.  Transfer the ISO back to your Xbox and Qwix will examine any invalid filenames and give you a chance to rename them.  You _will_ have to patch the game if you end up renaming something, but at least it tells you which ones are bad and lets you do something about it quite easily.