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Revision as of 22:21, 8 February 2022

Some games sign their save files with a "non-roamable" option enabled. That means that the save file uses the console-specific XboxHDKey of the console's EEPROM, or in other words, can't be transferred to another console without additional actions.

To be able to transfer the save file of such game to another console, you need either to resign the save file with the XboxHDKey of a target console, or patch the game executable to disable the signature checking altogether.

Resigning Save Files

The most popular tool for resigning the save files is XSavSig005 (download). It has a built-in configuration for some of the listed games. For the rest of the games there's an additional configuration provided which has to be added to the resign.ini file.

(Take a note that XSavSig005 also has a built-in configuration for some games with a regular savefiles. In this case, it can be used if you want to tinker with the contents of the savefile and resign it after. Those games are 000: Agent Under Fire, Deathrow, Midnight Club 2, Midtown Madness 3, MotoGP, NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, NHL 2K3, Outlaw Golf, Panzer Dragoon ORTA, SegaGT 2002, Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Italian Job, The Wild Rings, TransWorld Surf, Wakeboarding Unleashed. This is a common misconception to consider those games as having non-roamable savefiles.)

Also, there's a collection of standalone resigners and additions to the XSavSig005 config made by feudalnate.

For the Forza Motorsport, there's a separate standalone resigner called ForzaSign (download).

Patching Game Executables

Another way to solve the problem is to patch the game executable to disable signature checking. By doing so, you can just transfer a save file to the console and launch the game, without needing to obtain the XboxHDKey and resign the save file every time you move it to another console. The only drawback is that it's mandatory to have a modded Xbox to run the patched executable.

For patching the executable, you'll need to open a default.xbe file from the game directory with any HEX editor and change some bytes at the given offset as described.

Games List

Game save file resigning Game executable patching
Black feudalnate's resigner
XSavSig005 with feudalnate's config
Offset 0x1E2E01, replace byte 74 with EB
Detailed article
Burnout 2 XSavSig005
Burnout 3 feudalnate's resigner
XSavSig005 with feudalnate's config
NTSC version: Offset 0x8639, replace byte 74 with EB
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball XSavSig005
Far Cry Instincts: Evolution
Flatout Offset 0xBAB15, replace bytes 75 19 with 66 90;
Offset 0xBB31E, replace bytes 75 49 with 66 90
Flatout 2 Offset 0x11D445, replace bytes 75 19 with 66 90;
Offset 0x11DC7E, replace bytes 75 49 with 66 90
Forza Motorsport ForzaSign
Half-Life 2
Jet Set Radio Future feudalnate's resigner
XSavSig005 with feudalnate's config
NFS: Most Wanted feudalnate's resigner
XSavSig005 with feudalnate's config
Ninja Gaiden XSavSig005 + config from here
Ninja Gaiden Black XSavSig005 + config from here
Phantasy Star Online XSavSig005
Project Gotham Racing 2 feudalnate's resigner
XSavSig005 with feudalnate's config
Richard Burns Rally
Tron 2.0: Killer App