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Unofficial rules for Xbox 360 game releases Last updated: 2008-05-31
1) Ripping: Reccomended hardware for ripping games: - Samsung TS-H943 with Xtreme firmware (not iXtreme); or - Samsung SH-D162C / TS-H352C / SH-D163A / TS-H353A with Kreon firmware Recommended software for ripping games: - Latest version of Schtrom360Xtract (v3.4 at time of writing); or - Latest version of Xbox Backup Creator (v2.6 at time of writing)
2) Image file must: - contain correct Video Partition - contain correct Video Data - contain correct Security Sectors - contain correct PFI / DMI (Stealth) - be iXtreme compatable according to latest version of XDVDMulleter (Beta v10.2 at time of writing)
3) Packing: - Compression MUST be used (Best to Normal only) - Recovery records MUST be used. - rar files MUST be 100MB in size. - .dvd file packed with the main rar (LayerBreak=1913760) - Release MUST include sfv & nfo file.
4) NFO must include: -Group Name -Game Title -Region coding -Language(s) -Gamespot/IGN, or similar link. -Number of archive files.
5) Directory naming: - Directories must be in the format:
Game_Name-LANG-REGION-XBOX360-GROUP
Acceptable characters are as follows: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 . -_
- LANGUAGE is only required if not English, and must be full language name, not abbreviated. If multilingual use MULTIX - MULTIX is REQUIRED if there is more than one language option AND does not include English (X being the amount of languages included). - Region coding is REQUIRED - If region free state the region of origin - If Europe then use PAL - If USA then use NTSC - If Asia then use JPN/KOR/ASIA (JAP ok but JPN preferred) - If releasing Xbox1 game then use Game_Name-LANG-REGION-XBOX1_for_XBOX360-GRP NB: Since Xbox1 backups now require DVD9, a.dvd file is required with the release
6) Propers: - Propers based on stealth patches/security sectors not being included are NOT allowed, release the patch separately! (See rule 7) - Propers based on previous releases having bad dir names are NOT allowed - If you must release the full game again, keep it INTERNAL.
7) Fixes/Patches - NFO must contain: - Full release name of release the fix is intended for use with - Detailed description of what is being fixed in the nfo, with full instructions on how to apply fix (supplying tools, or links to tools if necessary) - Original release should be unnuked with reason get.GRP.fix - Dirname format: Game_Name-LANG-REGION-FIX-XBOX360-GRP
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