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|  XBox-Saves Manager  |

|   Public Beta 4      |              http://www.xbox-saves.com/

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|      by TeamX4       |   

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Whats New:

XBSM Beta 4 adds support for transferring saves to/from drives other than 
just E: on XBox (i.e. memory cards) and for transferring saves/to from any 
directory on the PC, several new customization options, new toolbars, 
bug fix when transferring some game saves from PC to XBox.

Whats being worked on:
The non-mod solution for XBSM is nearing completion. Soon users without a
mod chip will also be able to enjoy XBox Saves Manager. Stay tuned to the
web site for more information.

Websites that you can directly submit your game saves to, using XBSM:
www.xbox-saves.com
www.xemulation.com
www.gamesaves.de

Please support these sites as well, by uploading your game saves to them also,
in addition to us, of course. ;)

If you have a web site offering XBox game saves and would like to accept direct
uploads of game saves from the software, please contact us.




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|        Usage         |

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Its very easy to use, but we'll cover the basics here.



XBox-Saves Manager uses EvolutionX's wonderful ftp server to get at your

game saves. This of course means that you need to be running EvolutionX

before you can connect with XBSM. 



The first thing you need to do is bring up the Connection Manager and set your XBox 
IP address indicated in Evolution-X. You can also set up different connection profiles 
well.  The rest of the options are pretty straight forward, and you can play with them 
whenever you get a chance.  Once you've setup that information, hit OK and the 
Connection Manager window will close. You can now hit the green Connect button on the 
toolbar and XBSM will connect to your XBox and download the information it needs to 
create a list of all the saves on it. You will then see whatever saves you have in the 
XBox pane.



If you want to send a save to your PC, simply select the save or saves you want

to send, and hit the arrow in the center of the window that points to the PC

pane. It will send the saves to your PC, compress and store them automatically

for you. Reverse this process to send saves from your PC to your XBox.



There is a description data you can edit for every save on both your XBox and your

PC. Double-click a save to edit this info.

You can also browse to different folders on your PC where you have saves stored to load 
into XBSM.  If you have a memory card, you can plug it into the XBox and have XBSM read the
saves stored on the card and list them in the XBox pane.  However, in order for XBSM to 
recognize the memory card, there must be at least one save stored on it.



This just scratches the surface, there are a lot more features, but this help is

beta too, and isn't done yet. Play around with it and you should be able to 

figure most everything out without any difficulty!





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|     Known Issues     |

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Only 3 things here for right now



1) Madden 2003 Profiles and Settings can not be copied without the game

   complaining about them being possibly corrupted. My Franchise data loaded

   just fine, including custom rosters and a custom team, just an FYI. We could

   use some help on this one, so if you have an idea whats causing it, let us

   know.



2) If you connect with XBSM to EvoX, and then start a game you can still try

   to send a save game. This obviously won't work, and it generally makes

   XBSM very unhappy. Try to avoid this. It doesn't like to be upset. We'll fix

   this one soon. Really though, don't make it mad :)

3) XBSM currently relies on Microsoft's WInInet.dll for FTP connectivity and
   Microsoft had bugs in their older versions of this DLL file. They fixed it and
   it is distributed with products such as IE 5.5 (or higher), Windows XP, etc.
   If you're having any connectivity problems between your PC and XBox and are using
   an older version of IE and/or an older version of Windows, try updating to IE 5.5
   or higher.





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|       Support        |

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The best place to find answers to your questions is through our forums, which

you can find at http://www.xbox-saves.com/ There are several testers who have

been using XBSM for a while in addition us who can answer questions and help

with any problems you may run into.




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|   Version History    |

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Beta 4 (February 14, 2003)
 - Added support for transferring saves to/from a memory card instead of just the hard drive.
 - Added ability to change the directory in which to look for game saves on the PC.
 - Changed main toolbar, added 2 new toolbars.
 - Added option for customizing the text which is displayed for game saves (description only,
   save name + description).
 - Saves and restores window size and position between executions.
 - Bug fix when transferring some game saves from PC to XBox.

Beta 3 (December 27, 2002)
 - Added a 'Connection Manager' for managing connection profiles for multiple XBoxes.
 - Improved the caching of game save info for game saves which reside on the XBox.
 - Added 'www.gamesaves.de' to the list of sites supported in the software for direct 
   upload of game saves.
 - Game titles with high ASCII characters (i.e. trademark symbol, copyright symbol, etc)
   in there title were not displaying correctly. This has been fixed.
 - A few other minor bug fixes and tweaks.

Beta 2.1 (November 14, 2002)
 - Enhanced 'Submit to website' so that it automatically brings you to the web site and fills in all
   the information for you (i.e. game title, description, saved by, etc.)
 - Added 'Connect to...' form for easier connectivity to different XBoxes without having to go into
   the 'Options' each time.
 - A few other minor tweaks
 - A few minor bug fixes


Beta 2 (November 4, 2002)

 - Added option to disable Advanced Caching Routines for XBox saves for people with multiple XBox's

 - Fixed some problems with the zip routines that were causing errors during 

   imports and exports of saves, and also potentially prevented the extended save

   information from being loaded properly.
 - Re-enabled "submit to web site".
 - Added "Links" menu with links to useful XBox related web sites.

 - A few other minor tweaks



Beta 1

 - Initial Public Release




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|       Thanks         |

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XanTium and the crew at www.xbox-scene.com for hosting our website.

Skitals at www.xemulation.com for hosting game saves, for supporting XBSM, and for the PHP upload script.
BigRib at www.gamesaves.de for hosting game saves and for supporting XBSM.
www.xbox-info.com for hosting game saves and for supporting XBSM.
WildHobbies.com (The #1 On-Line Hobby Magazine) for supporting XBSM and for providing a download mirror.
EvoX team (www.valholl.org).

And most importantly, thanks to ALL our users for all of your overwhelming support and contributions with
extra special thanks to:
r0wdy, Dio, [Sheep], BlueMnky, Deathrler, Mentski, CyborgNC for going above and beyond.






          TeamX4 is:



     keiths@xbox-saves.com

     savvy@xbox-saves.com

     lc204@xbox-saves.com

