xenia-canary/Quickstart.md

System Requirements

Meeting recommended specifications won't guarantee perfect performance.

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 x64
• CPU: 4th generation or later i5/i7 64-bit x86 processor with AVX(2) support
  • You can check with CPU-Z
• GPU: GTX 980 Ti or later
• RAM: 6GB or more
• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 7+ x64 (Linux/macOS not natively supported)
  • Windows <10 support is limited. Don't expect anything to work.
  • Runs on Linux with Wine.
• CPU: 64-bit x86 processor with AVX(2) support
  • You can check with CPU-Z
  • Pentiums do not support AVX(2).
• GPU: Vulkan compatible GPU from this list or D3D12 compatible GPU
  • D3D12on7 is not supported, so only Vulkan will work on Windows 7.
    • Windows 8.1 doesn't support D3D12 either.
  • GPUs without ROV, and iGPUs in general will perform worse and possibly have more graphical issues.
    • AMD GPUs also fall under this due to limited ROV support.
• RAM: 4GB
• 2017/2019 x64 Visual C++ Redistributable

Xenia doesn't require any Xbox 360 system files.

Xenia will check for the minimum supported CPU and GPU on startup and error out if one is not detected. Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed. You cannot just remove the checks in the code and assume things will work.

Windows Update tends to lag behind, so download GPU drivers from your manufacturer:

• AMD
• NVIDIA
• Intel

The D3D12 renderer is currently unoptimized so expect low FPS.

Where do I download Xenia?

• Master
• Canary

Xenia is sometimes detected as a virus. Ignore this, as it is a false positive.

Xenia Canary is a fork of Xenia with changes not present in master, such as the Unreal Engine workaround, etc.

For more information: https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/wiki/FAQ

How to rip games

YOU CANNOT PLAY GAMES DIRECTLY FROM THE DISC DRIVE, OR USE AN XBOX ONE TO RIP GAMES!

Stock console method

Requirements

• Xbox 360 console
• USB storage device that's at least 16GB. You might encounter problems with smaller devices.
• Velocity

If you're wanting to rip games from disc:

• Xbox 360 game disc
• Xbox 360 that can read discs

Preparation

Before beginning, you need to check if the USB is formatted:

1. Go to Settings > System > Storage

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Settings > System:

Storage:

2. If you see an Unformatted storage device, select it.

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Unformatted

• If it's already formatted, skip this section.

3. Press A to format
4. Select Yes

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Press A to format:

Select Yes:

• Note: This will erase everything from the drive. Make sure to move the files off of it first!

5. Once done, return to home by pressing B twice.

Section 1. Ripping discs

If your game isn't a disc (XBLA, digital, etc.) skip to Section 2.

You'll want to change these options to stop game(s) from automatically starting:

• Settings > System > Console Settings > Auto-Play > Disable

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Settings > System:

Console Settings:

Auto-Play:

Disable:

• Settings > System > Console Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Startup > Xbox Dashboard

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Settings > System:

Console Settings:

Startup and Shutdown:

Startup:

Xbox Dashboard:

1. Go to home on the dashboard

2. Insert the disc into the drive, and close the tray.

3. Once the game shows up press X (Game Details) with the game selected.

4. Press the Install button.

• If you see Delete instead, skip to Section 2.

• Note: Not all games have the Install option. List of currently known uninstallable games:

  • College Hoops 2k7
  • Minecraft
  • Pocket Bike Racers
  • Sneak King
  • Crackdown
  • Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

5. Select the storage device you want to install the game on.

Once it's 100% Completed press A to continue, and press B to go back to home.

Section 2. Transferring HDD games

If you ripped the game(s) directly to the USB drive, or they're already on the USB drive, you can skip this section.

1. Go to Settings > System > Storage > Hard Drive > Press Y (Device Options) > Transfer Content > USB Storage Device
2. Choose what you want to transfer. Keep in mind full games and trials/demos are in separate categories.

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Settings > System:

Storage:

Hard Drive:

Press Y (Device Options):

Transfer Content:

USB Storage Device:

5. Press right, then Start.

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Start:

Once it's done you can take the USB out of the console.

Section 3. Importing games for use in Xenia

1. Insert the USB drive into your PC. Go to Content.

If the USB drive appears empty enable Show hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer.

2. Go into 00000#. There will be folders with names consisting of lots of letters and numbers. You should find the game's folder within one of them.
3. The game will have a name with a bunch of letters and numbers just like the folders, and no file extension.

• XBLA games will be one file, GOD (disc) games will contain a file, along with a *.data folder with the same name.
• ContentCache.pkg is irrelevant. Ignore it.

4. To confirm that it is indeed a game try opening the file in Xenia.
5. Once you've made sure the file works in Xenia you can rename, or move the folder the game is in for convenience.

• *FOLDER ABOVE, NOT FILE or .DATA FOLDER!

• (Optional) If the game crashes you can try extracting the game using Velocity.

• If the game is extracted you will need to drag default.xex onto Xenia.

• Some games have multiple .xex files, so if you can't find default.xex or it just doesn't work, try another one.

Section 4. Activating games

By default Xenia runs ALL XBLA/digital games in demo/trial mode.

To run games in full/activated mode you need to change license_mask = 0 to -1 or 1 (depending on the game.) in xenia.config.toml.

It will be in Documents\Xenia by default. If portable.txt is present it will be in the same directory as xenia.exe.

For all options, see the Options wiki page.

How to install DLCs

1. Identify what the Game Title ID is. This can be identified by running the game in Xenia.

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2. Locate your DLC Content folder from your removable storage.

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3. Download Velocity from here.

4. Open the Packages with Velocity.

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5. Extract the content packages

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to Documents\Xenia\TitleID\00000002 and their corresponding folder names.

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Redump method (rare/specific drives)

For these DVD drives:

• SH-D163A / TS-H353A
• SH-D163B / TS-H353B
• SH-162C / TS-H352C / SD-M2012C(?)
• SH-D162D / TS-H352D

IF YOUR DRIVE IS NOT LISTED HERE IT WILL NOT WORK!

http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide