XBox 360 rules v1.3 2007   by Independent (IND)

Rules for Xbox 360 game releases Version 1.340 (Unofficial) These rules will be effective from 2007-XX-XX Due to lack of common sense in alot of groups today. 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 Xbox Backup Creator (v2.6 at time of writing); or - Latest version of Schtrom360Xtract (v3.3 at time of writing) - A Brain (Do not attempt to rip a game if you haven't got a clue what you're doing) 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 - 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 (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 (i.e. If region free use USA. If not region free use NTSC) - If Asia then use JPN/KOR/ASIA (JAP ok but JPN preferred) - If releasing Xbox1 game for Xtreme firmware then use Game_Name-LANG-REGION-XBOXDVDX_for_XBOX360-GRP (Replace X with 5 or 9) NB: Since introduction of iXtreme FW, Xbox1 backups no longer work if burned to DVD5, therefore the wording of this rule needs to be reconsidered 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