XBMC4Gamers
Damn nice front end for Games using XBMC
This is a pet project of mine and its a combination of a skin, python scripts and source edits to XBMC.
The main objective of this project was to allow my kids to use the same Xbox but also have there own saves, so to stop fighting lol. Now the original Xbox doesn't allow this by default, so I had to think outside of the box and learn and create some Python script to do the job. It works quite well.
Now since the above, I have added scripts that fixes scrambled screen games on v.1.6 Xbox ( 480p video mode ) clean save directories of blank saves, clean program thumbnails or refresh them as well as others to do other tasks. It's a jack of all trades lol.
Contributions
If you'd like to say thanks by sending a small donation, it'd be a huge help, and it'll allow me to keep spending time towards contributing to the Xbox community in the future.
Artwork
- If you would like to make artwork that will be used with this dashboard you can find my tools and photoshop files here.
Download Artwork Making Tools: Download Gamers - Emustation Artwork Stuff
Installation
Download Prebuilt versions: Download XBMC4Gamers
Build from Source: (Note: this is only for advanced users)
- Download XBMC4Gamers and extract the XBMC4Gamers-master folder to your desktop.
- Download the latest XBMC4XBOX-*****.zip and extract the XBMC folder that is inside the zip to your desktop\XBMC4Gamers-master\ folder.
- Now double click the Build XBMC4Gamers.bat that's inside the XBMC4Gamers-master folder and wait. It will output a new folder named XBMC4Gamers
- FTP this new folder to your Xbox and enjoy.
Create a Profile
- Select the Manage Profiles profile
- Select Add Profile...
- Enter your desired name
- Now select an profile image
- Now Log out. Press the (R) Stick in
Individual Save Directories For Each Profile
- Select the Manage Profiles profile
- Toggle the Individual Save Directories For Each Profile option
- note: This option is to only be used if XBMC4Gamers is being run as a dashboard. A backup is created of your original UDATA directory. Any softmod saves are transfered to the new profiles save directory automatically.
Setup Birthday Dates
- Select the Manage Profiles profile
- Select the Setup Birthday Dates option
- Enable up to 5 birthdays, self explanatory
Toggle Edit Mode
- Enter this key combination at the login screen
- Up, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, A
- note: The same combination will also enable "Edit mode" if its disabled
Game Resources and Synopsis
- There is an example located here
- The _resources folder is places next to your games default.xbe
- To see your new resources images you will need to enable the _Resources settings
- Press UP when in the games list and press (A) on the correct tile
- note: For synopsis information you will need a default.xml and to view this information you press the context button (white) when at the games list and pick synopsis
Everything else
- The rest should be self explanatory, its all in the menu.
Acknowledgements:
Buzz
For maintaining XBMC4Xbox over the years.