[XBOX] Bards.Tale.PAL.MULTI4.FULL.XBOX-WAR3X
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Gizzie




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 14:27    Post subject: [XBOX] Bards.Tale.PAL.MULTI4.FULL.XBOX-WAR3X
Bards.Tale.PAL.MULTI4.FULL.XBOX-WAR3X

any good?
wanne know if it is dvd5..
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headshot
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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 20:16    Post subject:
Its a pretty good game and the NTSC version was released some time which was DVD9 so chances are the PAL release will also be DVD9


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StarShine




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 23:13    Post subject:
there was a dvd 5 version that came out as well a while back, not the complete game compressed onto one dvd but one of those where you play to a certain point in the game then swap over to dvd 2.

As for the game, never really got into it I find rpgs on consoles can be a little hit and miss it seemed ok though, how they managed to fill a dvd 9 amazes me, im presuming its all uncompressed videos. Wink
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NeoGeoo




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PostPosted: Wed, 6th Apr 2005 18:42    Post subject:
headshot wrote:
Its a pretty good game and the NTSC version was released some time which was DVD9 so chances are the PAL release will also be DVD9


It's DVD9, but only 4,9 gigz, so, jeez... the group could left a finger to DVD5 it... Rolling Eyes I know, it's free and stuff, and they don't owe us nothing and stuff, but still...
Anyways, there are a lot of language files in it, so you can rip it yourself manually with xiso, or something.
As for the game... It's hack'n'slash stuff, a la Baldur's Gate: DA, the catch that this one is pretty funny, with lots of humor in it. Highly recommened for fans of the genre! (Don't listen to the jaded reviews, they bashed it unjustly.)

Edit: I just found the files. English speaking people can rip out the **_ge.xwb files in the "sounds" dir, and those who wants to play the game in german, can rip out the "en" files in the same fashion. And Abracabadbra: it's DVD5
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Weedo




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PostPosted: Wed, 6th Apr 2005 20:53    Post subject:
Does anyone know why the PAL version is so much smaller than the NTSC release??
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rysith




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 07:44    Post subject:
OK tried what NeoGeoo said and it wouldn't boot... kept hanging at Xbox logo screen... which is what most non-retail signed games do on my older chipped Xbox. Patched the default.xbe file and reburnt, will see if it works now...

Has anyone else managed to get this one down to DVD5 size and has it working?
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reddragon105




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 11:07    Post subject:
i had a DVD5 version of it, loads of sounds were missing, the game was unplayable until i switched subtitles on. but sound effects were missing too. not very enjoyable. just copy the whole DVD9 to hard drive
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idrisguitar




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 15:42    Post subject:
or get the ntsc verison over 2dvd-r after all their dirt cheap now and it save all thetrouble of doing al the editing and not getting the full experience
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Weedo




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 16:26    Post subject:
There was no working DVD5 release of the NTSC version with all speech and sound intact. All DVD5 NTSC releases either only work until you reach a certain point in the game or they have a lot of sound/speech missing.
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idrisguitar




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 17:22    Post subject:
there is a release that is split over TWO dvd5s!

thats the one that works fine.
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Weedo




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 18:06    Post subject:
idrisguitar wrote:


thats the one that works fine.


Afaik this release also didn't work. Then there was a proper and a fix for the proper but nothing worked 100%. Or did you play it from start to finish and you had no sounds/speech missing and no freezes?
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idrisguitar




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Apr 2005 19:51    Post subject:
no i got bored and stopped playing it but i got pretty far,

sorry your right then

there isn't a good version, maybe cause the PAL is smaller you can rip a language or a video to make it fit and it might be better, but is this game really worth that effort when there should be abetter =dvd5 release of jade empire out real soon (i know there is someone wokring on making it smaller witout taking all the important movies!) and other games coming
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rysith




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PostPosted: Thu, 14th Apr 2005 00:37    Post subject:
OK guys I GOT IT WORKING!

The last release Bards.Tale.PAL.MULTI4.FULL.XBOX-WAR3X works fine on DVD5 with a bit of tweaking and after playing past the previous 2 x DVD5 version (with full speech) lock up point, I can safely say that this game is well worth the effort. The humour and gameplay has something about it that makes it interesting, playing further it also rips off Star Wars, etc

Anyway, what you need to do:

1. Grab this release Bards.Tale.PAL.MULTI4.FULL.XBOX-WAR3X
2. Extract the contents of the iso (I used Xiso)
3. In the "sounds" dir, locate all the *_ge.xwb files and delete them, this will remove the German speech and enable the game to fit on DVD5
4. If you have an older Xbox chip that needs .xbe patching on non-MS signed executables (like mine-which I learnt the hard way), use Parcheader to patch the default.xbe file.
5. Make an iso from the files left (I used Isomaker)
6. Burn!

Phew - After all that I booted up to the save before the previous release's lockup point and went into the world map, then I managed to travel to the next location and keep playing for several hours last night.

Feel like a 1337 hacker now after all that Wink

Thanks go to NeoGeoo for discovering the method to rip to DVD5 Smile
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