Xbox:Patching XBEs
Some games require certain patches to run correctly from a hard drive. By default, these patches should be applied if you ripped the game using DVD2Xbox, but if your DVD drive has since died, you can instead patch it manually. However, some games included very long (>42 character) filenames, which are not supported by the Xbox filesystem. Individual game patches can be downloaded for these, and the long files renamed, but the DVD2Xbox will patch these automatically.
Below is a list of these games. Most of these games have patches available to fix said files, while others do not have patches and must be mounted using an XISO loader.
| Game | Issue |
|---|---|
| 007: Everything or Nothing | Patch available to fix freezes when playing from HDD. |
| Alter Echo | File names patch available. |
| Enter The Matrix | File names patch available. |
| Fight Club | Patch available to fix media protection |
| Frankie Dettori Racing (Melbourne Cup Challenge) | File names patch available, but controller input does not work properly when running off the HDD. Can be fixed by running via XISO instead. |
| Furious Karting | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Patch was being worked on but was never finished. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| IndyCar Series 2005 | Patch available to fix "dirty disk" error when running off the HDD |
| Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude | Patch available to fix media protection. Also removes censorship. |
| LMA Manager 2005 | File names patch available. |
| Manchested United Manager 2005 | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix | File names patch available. |
| Monster Garage | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| NBA Inside Drive 2004 | Patch available to fix media protection. |
| Rugby League | File names patch available. Patch will also enable the game to be played on NTSC displays rather than just PAL. |
| Ski Racing 2006 | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | Patch available for media protection and disk checks (only required for PAL version) |
| The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction | Patch available to fix assorted media issues. |
| TOCA Race Driver 2 | File names patch available. |
| TOCA Race Driver 3 | File names patch available. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Critical Hour | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| Tony Hawk's Project 8 | No patch available. Can be ran off the HDD via XISO. |
| True Crime: New York City | File names patch available. |
Patching with QWIX
QWIX has the option to patch a single XBE file to run from a hard drive, but it will not fix games with very long file names. Transfer the XBE file from the game directory onto your PC, open QWIX and navigate to Tools → Patch XBE, and select it.