Attention: New Wave 3 Video Partition

[Backslash]

Hey there you're thinking great MLB 2K9
not that great

This info needs to get out!

People need to know there is gonna be problems with new games.
I've included all the info we have found and also forwarded the
info and the rls to the stealth and fw teams.

Basically,
We have security features in the modded fw we use.
these features make sure that the PFI and Video are from Wave 1 or Wave 2
this was done to insure games not burnt right or with the data missing
wouldn't boot and lead to bannings.

When we used the program we all use to check our games we noticed that
MLB 2K9 Had a new pfi and Video A so called 3rd wave.

Here is the 3rd video wave from below
PFI CRC = 2A4CCBD3

PFI does not match known data (could be corrupt or a new wave not seen before)

Displaying suspicious PFI in hex and ascii:
OFFSET 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x0000 01 02 31 10 00 03 00 00 00 FC FF DF 00 03 97 5F 1 . n . _
0x0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
now for those of you that don't know what that means

THIS GAME WILL NOT BOOT ON CURRENT MOD
The only way we could get the game too boot was by rolling back our mod to 1.41 non stealth on a benq

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Guys you do not want to do this.The people working on this are
the best.Do not take a chance with your console.
CoFree
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Not too much can be done about this untill we see another new game to see if this is the new way or what
there is question if they <censor>ed up and its just mlb 2k9 like this
no one knows
no one can know untill another new game surfaces.
We've sectioned off the area in question with special lines in the saved output below.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION WHEN RIPPING NEW 360 GAMES
THE RIPPING APPS WE USE MIGHT NEED TO BE RE WRITTEN TO ALLOW FOR THIS CHANGE
ITS ALL BEING LOOKED INTO


IT WILL NOT BOOT ON IX1.5
I know the FW team will be getting a new mod and then ppl will want it.
I have notified teamstealth about this.

We need this info out.
Checking for updates to GameNameLookup.csv and abgx360.dat
Server file no newer than local file 'GameNameLookup.csv' -- not retrieving
Server file no newer than local file 'abgx360.dat' -- not retrieving

J:\xbox360 isos\mlb2k9\mlb2k9.dvd is valid
Checking Game
ISO: "J:\xbox360 isos\mlb2k9\mlb2k9.iso"
Size: 7838695424 bytes (larger than normal)
Game partition offset: 0xFD90000
Root sector: 5961 (0x10934800), 2048 bytes
default.xex sector: 10302 (0x111AF000), 35786752 bytes
Files in ISO: 8, Folders in ISO: 1
Total bytes used: 7094368308 (97.09%)
ISO appears to have random padding
Allowed Media Types: DVD-XGD2 (Xbox 360 original disc)
XEX Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E
XEX CRC = 6F1E21F7

Region Code: 0x0000FDFF

NTSC/J (Excludes China)
NTSC/U
Checking SS
04FB20h PSN 20339Fh DFCC60h PSN FB04DFh
L0 Data Area = 1783936 sectors L1 Data Area = 1783936 sectors
0x000FD90000 0x00E99CFFFF 0x00E99D0000 0x01C360FFFF
3567872 sectors (7307001856 bytes)
Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/02/09 00:00:00
Timestamp of Mastering: 2009/02/12 15:26:18
CT RT CID Mod? Pad? Data CD Response Angle Deviation

CPR_MAI: 9A59AABC
SS CRC = 375A07DF (RawSS = CD473E79)
SS Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E (matches game)

SS looks valid
Checking DMI

Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/02/09 00:00:00 (matches SS)

DMI CRC = 44650B99
DMI Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E (matches game)
DMI looks valid
Checking PFI

030000h PSN 03975Fh FC68A0h PSN FCFFDFh
L0 Data Area = 0038752 sectors L1 Data Area = 0038720 sectors
0x0000000000 0x0004BAFFFF 0x01CE7F0000 0x01D338FFFF
0077472 sectors (0158662656 bytes)
PFI CRC = 2A4CCBD3
PFI does not match known data (could be corrupt or a new wave not seen before)

Displaying suspicious PFI in hex and ascii:

OFFSET 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x0000 01 02 31 10 00 03 00 00 00 FC FF DF 00 03 97 5F 1 . n . _
0x0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Video partition found

Volume ID: "CD_ROM"
Volume space size: 38690 sectors (79237120 bytes)
Video volume space size and size of PFI data area do not match!
Volume creation date & time: 2009/01/14 16:00:00 (GMT-08:00)
Cannot check padding due to invalid or uncertain PFI/Video
Video CRC = 28570223 (V0 & V1 skipped due to non-matching or absent PFI)
Video partition does not match known data but neither did PFI
Stealth status is uncertain
Verifying this game against the online database
One or more CRC requirements for Verification were not met, cannot continue
Verification failed
Starting AutoFix
Attempting to get 'Xex_6F1E21F7.ini' from the online verified database
Failed to find a verified ini file for this Xex
Attempting to fix PFI based on SS
Unwilling to automatically fix PFI because SS is newer than the last known 2nd wave date
AutoFix Failed, Stealth is still uncertain
Press any key to exit . . .
Commodore4Eva is currently working on new video partition support in ix1.6 , coming soon!

Edit: Backslash

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CoFree

Guys this is a big deal

[technoe]

Can we post a list of next release or recent release games so that more of us can try backing up these games? I realize that some of the best minds in the industry are working on it but it never hurts to have a second or 52nd look at things.

[Backslash]

That's just it man you don't even want to try that yet until more information surfaces. This is all new and you don't wanna mess with trying to play these on your console until C4eva can adjust the new FW. I would just keep your eyes open for new info. If it happens we will have it here for you to read.

[technoe]

I was just talking about doing a backup with them, not actually playing them. I mean for the most part those of us that understand what HEX is it's pretty easy for us to spot something out of the ordinary especially when both S360 and XBC note it in the log.

[CoFree]

well if you do take it on your self to mess with this .
just keep us in the loop.

One thing here guys you need to keep in mind.
Is this is not just a backup issues.

the hacked firmware in your console will not even play the orig game.

even trying the orig game in a flashed console could be trouble.

that is what we need to keep up with is the games that are released that have the 3rd wave,

so far the only one we know of is.

"MLB 2K9"


when we find others we will post them.

[technoe]

I'll be sure to let you know if I find out anything. Trust me I don't want anyone's console banned, I believe that you have just as much right to backup your $60 games as you do backing up anything else. I'm pretty sure we'd all rather have a 2 dollar disk destroyed than a 60 dollar one.

[stutterman]

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Also has this new video partition - so it looks like they will be doing a lot of the new games this way and we shall now see a wave3 of the video partition security in place.

It's too early to tell and I'm no expert, but assuming future games use this 3rd wave, all that is needed is a minor update to the custom firmware (and a reflash of your drive) in order to accommodate for this.

1.5 for hitachi drives is coming this week, HOWEVER it will NOT make this work. The other drives are all 1.5 at the moment anyway, the hitachi just takes longer.

"Unstealthed" will boot this game, but ONLY because it doesn't do the usual checks (And thus doesn't care that the video data is different). Stealth 1.4 will do the same thing, in order to boot this game you'd need to specifically install UNSTEALTHED 1.4, but that means any unstealthed GAMES you put into the 360 WILL GET YOU DETECTED and banned

also how do u unsteath a game

[CoFree]

also how do u unsteath a game

well if you backup by hot swap it will not have any stealth files.
i would not play any games with out stealth files.

[shwaggy]

This is so BS and means possibly a lot of work ha I always told people that if they didn't go online then there was no need to update.. guess I was wrong on that one since retail games come out in new format and force an upgrade.. I'm no coding genius but doesn't seem to be that hard of a thing to fix.. just a matter of waiting for iextreme 1.6

P.S. Was hoping it was just that stupid baseball game lol

[dalecheesy]

Hopefully this post which is circling the forums is correct:

cliff notes: new games have updates (mlb2k9, hawx, etc), ix1.5 and before wont play them, we need a new ix. 1.6 is coming soon.

[17:48:28] <+c4eva> new video partition support in ix1.6 , coming soon!
[01:32:30] <+c4eva> topo:i did
[01:33:11] <+c4eva> hello
[01:36:29] <+c4eva> finishing hitachi 1.5 this week, then 1.6 for all drives!
[01:37:52] <+c4eva> 1.6 will have 0800 dumping for all drives including hitachi along with new video partition support!
[01:38:35] <+c4eva> 0800 is in windows mode only
[05:17:14] <+c4eva> originals should be unaffected by the new video wave 3 on ixtreme fw
[05:18:30] <onge> c4eva: is it hard to fix this problem?
[05:18:40] <+c4eva> no

<@KarateBob> new games are coming out with the nxe update on the disc
<@KarateBob> and the only place microsoft could put it was in the video partition
<@KarateBob> now, old firmwares and games didnt always have a video partition, so when ixtreme was made, they got it to check the video partition
<@KarateBob> and if its crc didnt match wave 1 or wave 2, then the game wouldnt boot
<@KarateBob> now, this is wave 3, so ixtreme wont boot new games
<@KarateBob> if you need to boot the game, then wait for 1.6, or use a non-stealth firmware.
<@KarateBob> such as Benq_iXtreme_1.41_Rev_2_Non-Stealth_Multispeed.rar, C4EVA_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_4_Stealth.rar (im not sure if that works on 78/79) or xtreme53.rar in the xbins directory: /XBOX 360/firmware/hacked firmware/Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943/_old/
<@KarateBob> Sorry, there is no non-stealth firmware for Lite-On

[Backslash]

This is good news with the 0800 part

[technoe]

Damn! These guys are geniuses!!! Well at least we'll have the new FW before too long.

[paddypitbug]

I was so lookin forward to that game HAWKS and after trying to get my head round doin the Liteon drive (CoFree) DID YOU READ MY LAST REPLY IN THE OTHER THREAD ? - now those game dogs created a 3rd wave blocker - I hope they have to visit a public toilet and catch crabs - just one question will the game play on a BenQ ixtreme 1.4 stealth patched firmware ??

oh well looks like I am gonna have to re-do those 360's arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh.

[CoFree]

no the only way you can get the orig or backup to play is on 1.4 non-stealth
and
there is no way oi would flash that in one of my consoles

[dalecheesy]

there is no way oi would flash that in one of my consoles

Me neither but respect for sounding like an English farmer there though.