UnleashedRecomp/docs/DUMPING-en.md

Dumping

Note

The following guide is for dumping the game from an Xbox 360 hard drive.

If you wish to use a USB storage device, use this guide instead.

Pre-requisites

• Xbox 360 (modifications not necessary)
• Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20 GB minimum)
• Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Cable (or a compatible SATA to USB adapter)
• Sonic Unleashed for Xbox 360 (US or EU, JP is not supported)
  • Retail Disc or Digital Copy (can be purchased and downloaded from the Xbox Store).
  • Title Update required.
  • All available DLC (Adventure Packs) are optional, but highly recommended. The DLC includes high quality lighting for the entire game.
• 7-Zip (for extracting Velocity)
• Velocity (Gualdimar's fork)

Tip

If you do not have the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Cable, please ensure that you purchase the correct revision of it for your console.

The latest revision works with both original Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 S|E hard drives, but the first revision only works with original Xbox 360 hard drives.

To know which is which, the first revision cable is gray, whereas the latest revision (which supports any Xbox 360 hard drive) is black.

Instructions

Note

If you have a digital copy of Sonic Unleashed, skip to step 4.

1. Insert your retail disc copy of Sonic Unleashed into the Xbox 360 disc tray.
2. At the Xbox Dashboard, go over to the disc tile under the home tab and press X to view Game Details.
3. Under the overview tab, select the Install tile and choose to install to the primary hard drive.
4. Once installed, turn off your Xbox 360 and remove the hard drive from your console.

Tip

You may consult the following guides if you're unsure on how to do this:

• Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 S
• Xbox 360 E

5. Using the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Cable (or compatible SATA to USB adapter), connect your Xbox 360 hard drive to your PC.

Caution

If you're using an unofficial SATA to USB adapter, you may need to remove the hard drive from its enclosure in order to connect it.

For original Xbox 360 hard drives, this process is as simple as removing some screws and cracking open the enclosure.

For Xbox 360 S|E hard drives, this enclosure is glued shut and removing the hard drive may be an irreversible process!

It is highly recommended that you obtain the official Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Cable in order to proceed.

6. Download the latest release of Velocity and open the *.rar file using 7-Zip, then extract its contents anywhere that's convenient to you.
7. Create a new folder anywhere that's convenient to you for storing the game files.

Note

If you're using Linux, skip to step 9.

8. Right-click Velocity.exe and click Properties, then under the Compatibility tab, tick Run this program as an administrator and click OK. This is required in order for the program to recognize the hard drive. You can now launch Velocity.exe.
9. You should see a Device Detected message appear on launch asking if you would like to open the Device Content Viewer. Click Yes.
10. You should now see a tree view of your hard drive's contents. Expand the tree nodes for /Shared Items/Games/ (and optionally /Shared Items/DLC/, if you have the DLC installed).
11. Hold the CTRL key and click on SONIC UNLEASHED under the Games node, as well as the Adventure Pack(s) under the DLC node, if you have the DLC installed. Ensure all are selected before the next step.
12. Right-click any of the selected items and click Copy Selected to Local Disk, then navigate to the folder you created in step 7 and select it. Velocity will now begin copying the game files to your PC.
13. Once the transfer is complete, close the Device Content Viewer window and navigate to Tools > Device Tools > Raw Device Viewer.
14. Navigate to /Content/Cache/ and click the Name column to sort by name. Look for a file that begins with TU_19KA20I, this is the title update which is required for installation.

Tip

If you wish to verify that the contents of this file are correct, you may double-click on it to open it in Package Viewer and confirm that default.xexp exists inside, along with a folder called work.

Once you've verified it, close the Package Viewer window and proceed to the next step.

15. Right-click on the file that begins with TU_19KA20I and click Copy Selected to Local Disk, then navigate to the folder you created in step 7 and select it. Velocity will now begin copying the title update to your PC.
16. Once the transfer is complete, you should now have all of the necessary files for installation. Return to the readme and proceed to the next step.