[Nub-Friendly Tut] Getting Pictures For Your Mod (A Must) Works with Vista

[Zone 117]

Getting Pictures For Your Mod

Why you must follow this tutorial:

• You will avoid the: "ZOMG get pics nubbercake!"
• It makes your post look more professional.
• You will get a 70% increase in user downloads with pictures
  • It shows users the mod actually works.
  • They actually have something to look at and want.
• You will get a 90% increase in user comments.
  • People will actually have something to post about.
  • People who don't download the mod can still compliment you.

Requirements:

• You must have Halo 2 in "E:\Games"
• You must already know how to FTP
• You can be a nub, but you can't be a complete idiot

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Getting the pictures:

Step 1: Getting the Files

• Get Yelo
  • Download here or here
  • Create a new folder, then unzip the Yelo files to it
• Get Xored ETM Trainer Launcher 2.2
  • Download here or here
  • Unzip the folder

Step 2: Fixing Xored

• Open the "Xored.ini" file in Notepad
• Find these line of code:

# 1 trainer path only 
Trainers_Path = "C:\Trainers" 
#Trainers_Path = "C:\Trainers"

• Replace it with this:

# 1 trainer path only 
Trainers_Path = "E:\Apps\mini\Trainers" 
#Trainers_Path = "E:\Apps\mini\Trainers"

• Save and exit

Step 3: Installing the Files to Your Xbox

• FTP to your Xbox
• Go to E:\Apps\
  • Transfer over the "mini" folder you unzipped
• Go to E:\Apps\mini\Trainers
  • Transfer over all the files from the Yelo download you unzipped
• Go to E:\TDATA\4D530064\
  • Transfer "config v1.5.inc" to this folder.

Step 4: Fixing the Auto Update

• FTP to your Xbox
• Go to E:\TDATA\4D530064\
  • Rename the "$c" and "$u" folders to "z$c" and "z$u"
  • When you want to play the new maps again rename the folders back to how you had them.

Step 5: Taking the Pictures

• Turn on/Reboot your Xbox
• Start Halo 2 with Yelo:
  • Go to "Applications" (depending on dashboard)
  • Go to "Xored Trainer Launcher"
  • Go to "Halo 2"
  • Go to "Yelo"
  • Make sure "Developers Mode" is enabled (I wouldn't suggest having to many other options enabled at once)
  • Press the "Start" button
• Load your modded map
• Use these controls to get to a good spot for a picture

 dpad-up = increase cam speed 
dpad-down = decrease cam speed 
dpad-left = decrease look speed 
dpad-right = increase look speed 
 
lthumb+rthumb = toggle timefreeze 
lthumb+dpad-up = increase vertical look shift 
lthumb+dpad-down = decrease vertical look shift 
lthumb+dpad-left = increase horizontal look shift 
lthumb+dpad-right = decrease horizontal look shift 
lthumb+A =  
lthumb+B =  
lthumb+X =  
lthumb+Y =  
lthumb+black = disable cinematic mode 
lthumb+white = enable cinematic mode 
lthumb+start =  
lthumb+back = stillcam 
 
rthumb+dpad-up = decrease camera depth (move forward) 
rthumb+dpad-down = increase camera depth (move back) 
rthumb+dpad-left = increase fov (zoom out) 
rthumb+dpad-right = decrease fov (zoom in) 
rthumb+A = save camera state (shifts, fov, and depth) 
rthumb+B = load camera state (shifts, fov, and depth) 
rthumb+X = save gamestate 
rthumb+Y = load gamestate 
rthumb+black =  
rthumb+white =  
rthumb+start =  
rthumb+back = cutscene cam 
 
back+start =  
back+dpad-up = first person perspective 
back+dpad-down = third person perspective 
back+dpad-left = chasecam perspective 
back+dpad-right = devcam perspective 
 
start+dpad-up =  
start+dpad-down =  
start+dpad-left =  
start+dpad-right =  
 
black+dpad-up = increase z cam shift 
black+dpad-down = decrease z cam shift 
black+dpad-left = decrease y cam shift 
black+dpad-right = increase y cam shift 
black+back = 
black+start =  
 
white+dpad-up =  
white+dpad-down = auto hires grabber 
white+dpad-left = vidcap 
white+dpad-right = 360 degree shot 
white+back = screenshot 
white+start =  
 
 
while in devcam... 
rtrigger = move up along z axis 
ltrigger = move down along z axis 
 
A+dpad-up = letterbox toggle 
A+dpad-down = wireframe 
A+dpad-left = hud toggle 
A+dpad-right = ai toggle 
A+back =  
A+start =  
A+black = decrease ambient light brightness 
A+white = increase ambient light brightness 
 
B+dpad-up = teleport to current camera coordinates 
B+dpad-down =  
B+dpad-left = decrease gamespeed 
B+dpad-right = increase gamespeed 
B+back =  
B+start =  
B+black =  
B+white =  
 
X+dpad-up = secondary light vertical increase 
X+dpad-down = secondary light vertical decrease 
X+dpad-left = secondary light horizontal decrease 
X+dpad-right = secondary light horizontal increase 
X+back =  
X+start =  
X+black = decrease secondary light brightness 
X+white = increase secondary light brightness 
 
Y+dpad-up = primary light vertical increase 
Y+dpad-down = primary light vertical decrease 
Y+dpad-left = primary light horizontal decrease 
Y+dpad-right = primary light horizontal increase 
Y+back =  
Y+start =  
Y+black = decrease primary light brightness 
Y+white = increase primary light brightness

• REMEMBER. You have to only have one controller plugged in for Yelo to function correctly.
• After you have found a good picture position, press the white and back button at the same time to take a picture. You can pretty much take unlimited pictures.
• Take about 20-30 good pictures. We will filter out the bad ones later.

Step 6: Getting the Pictures

• Set up your xbox for FTP
• Download Xbox Raw Screenshot Deswizzler (By Detox, my bestest friend =)
• Copy the pictures on your xbox to your computer:
  • Click the "Settings" tab
  • Make sure the username and password are both "xbox"
  • Enter your Xbox IP address
  • Go to "File"
  • Go to "Connect"
  • Cylce through all the pictures, check the ones you want to keep
  • Then go to "File"
  • Go to "Save Checked As"
  • Save the pictures to your desired folder

Step 7: Adding the Pictures to Your Post

• Upload your pictures to a free and reliable picture hosting website:
  • Go to ImageShack® - Hosting
  • Click "Browse..."
  • Click "host it"
  • Copy down the "Direct link to image" towards the bottom into notepad
  • Do this to all of your pictures
• Adding the pictures to your post:
  • Click the image button:
  • Copy down one of the "Direct link to image" URLs in your notepad.
  • Hit "Ok"
  • Do this to all your pictures

k, there's my super nub-friendly tutorial for getting pictures. I hope this helps everyone who doesn't post pictures. Good luck my friends.

[killa9/11]

nice tut man i give it an A+

[pokastar111]

Nice tut. *thanks given*

[Saphire Spartan]

you forgot to make a $S directory in your tddata - *064

won't work, it says can't find the $S folder

[Zone 117]

I've never had to do that, and I have raw screen shots on my Xbox right now. Maybe you were using an old version of Yelo.

[brunnj092]

i did exactly everything it said and it didnt work for me anybody got any ideas

[Shoot3r101]

I beleive someone else already posted a tutorial about this.

[SapperThwack]

I got a problem, when I get in the Xored launcher, every time I try to press "a" or "start" or whatever to get to the Yelo menu, it always just goes black for a second then goes back to the "Pick your Game" menu. Any ideas? Maybe I wasnt supposed to transfer the whole folder but just the files..

[Zone 117]

That happens sometime if you don't do step 4, or don't transfer over the "config v1.5.inc" files to E:\TDATA\4D530064\

[SapperThwack]

LOLZ I just found the coolest thing. I was just walkin' around on Cairo Station with Yelo on and I pressed Left Thumbstick (Crouch) and pressed "x" and "y". It comes up with this wierd message:

Call 610-Hot-Louis for a hot and s*xy chat.
Only 10 cents a minute
Must be 18 years or older to call.

This is ingame text, so you have to repeatedly press either crouch, x, or y for the message to be continuous.

What the freakin' #311 does it mean?? An easter egg or something, besides the literal meaning?

You gotta try it Zone!

[TomAss]

very nice. Thank you

[Zone 117]

Quote: Originally Posted by SapperThwack

LOLZ I just found the coolest thing. I was just walkin' around on Cairo Station with Yelo on and I pressed Left Thumbstick (Crouch) and pressed "x" and "y". It comes up with this wierd message:

Call 610-Hot-Louis for a hot and s*xy chat.
Only 10 cents a minute
Must be 18 years or older to call.

This is ingame text, so you have to repeatedly press either crouch, x, or y for the message to be continuous.

What the freakin' #311 does it mean?? An easter egg or something, besides the literal meaning?

You gotta try it Zone!

What the hell... I've seen someone say that before, I didn't know it was from that.
Call the number =x

[SapperThwack]

Hell no!


You call it.

[AtomicBump]

im going to use this tommrow once im back at my house and have my xbox...

that way i can take pics of my mappack in progress, im making another invisable one except everything is going to be inisable unlike the old one where there were a select few things visable and then ill work on the weapon affects, but probably not the gay little circle things...i HATE those, they've gotten really old really fast, everytime a pro modder makes a ****ing map they have them...it pisses me off..

and oh **** a cat just broke my window...****ing *******..

and i mite try and add in some extra things too the maps, like things sort of like the bridge on containment for nightwinder 2 except it will be invisable, perhaps i should make one where you can see just that that way you can actually bask in it like a wet fart...

[tokenwhiteguy555]

wtf there is no trainers folder theres only a scene_trainers.png file