How to change the image that appears between the xbox flubber startup sequence and the unleash dashboard?

[ConsoleTechUS]

I'd like to replace the logo that appears between the Xbox flubber animation upon startup and the loaded dashboard on a soft modded xbox using UnleashX. Right now its an X inside a cube with some matrix test in the background.

 

Is that possible and how would I go about doing it?

 

I am using the default skin and I don't see anything in the E:\UDATA\9e115330\0064122817A8\ directory labeled Skin. I do see a UX Splash but I changed that to no avail 

 

Ive tried googling around but I think im missing the right keywords so I wanted to create a thread if anyone knew how.

Edited January 6 by ConsoleTechUS
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[HDShadow]

You can edit the UnleashX skin.xml to add a loading screen or FMV in .XMV format.

In fact it is more correctly called an intro-movie or intro screen. A loading screen will run at both boot and when launching any app which can be a bit annoying.

This is a simple example adding both intro-movie and loading screen to the skin.xml:-

 

<Skin name="XXX">
 	<Information>
		<Author>XXX</Author>
		<Copyright>Copyright XXXX</Copyright>
		<Version></Version>	
     </Information>
	    <IntroMovie ShowInfo="True">XXX.xmv</IntroMovie>
        <LoadingScreen ShowInfo="True">
        <Background>XXX.jpg</Background>
        </LoadingScreen>

If you do not use the <IntroMovie> option ie. you just leave it empty as is the default for most skins <IntroMovie/> the LoadingScreen JPG/PNG will be used at boot instead. If you don't want the ShowInfo text content then, obviously, change "True" to "False".  

When editing a skin.xml always use a backup copy and a mirror of your main dash installed as an app to test it works OK first.

Edited January 7 by HDShadow

[KaosEngineer]

10 hours ago, ConsoleTechUS said:

Right now its an X inside a cube with some matrix test in the background.

Can you share a video on YouTube of the startup sequence until after UnleashX's menu app appears?

I don't believe I've seen this image before.

[ConsoleTechUS]

On 1/7/2025 at 4:36 AM, KaosEngineer said:

Can you share a video on YouTube of the startup sequence until after UnleashX's menu app appears?

I don't believe I've seen this image before.

Its in the last part of this 6 second video

 

 

[KaosEngineer]

Ok, that's xbox-hq.com's logo used in/for their Softmod Installer Deluxe (SID) softmod packages

It should be the image in UnleashX's game save folder:

\E\UDATA\9e115330\0064122817A8\

UXSplash.jpg or Splash.jpg

IIRC, also look in the folder where UnleashX is running from for UXSplash.jpg or simply the image file named splash.jpg.

Where UnleashX loads the splash screen from and if an image is present in multiple locations which one has priority is not well documented.

Edit: another possible location is the active Skins' subfolder - UXSplash.jpg or Splash.jpg

However, the skin in use in the video is UnleashX's built-in default skin.  It is not stored in a subfolder of the dashboard's Skins folder. It is extracted directly from content stored in the app's default.xbe file and uses the game save subfolder mentioned at the beginning of this post.

Note: FATX filenames are not case-sensitive:  Splash.jpg = sPlaSH.JpG = splash.jpg, etc.

 

[ConsoleTechUS]

6 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

Ok, that's xbox-hq.com's logo used in/for their Softmod Installer Deluxe (SID) softmod packages

It should be the image in UnleashX's game save folder:

\E\UDATA\9e115330\0064122817A8\

UXSplash.jpg or Splash.jpg

IIRC, also look in the folder where UnleashX is running from for UXSplash.jpg or simply the image file named splash.jpg.

Where UnleashX loads the splash screen from and if an image is present in multiple locations which one has priority is not well documented.

Edit: another possible location is the active Skins' subfolder - UXSplash.jpg or Splash.jpg

However, the skin in use in the video is UnleashX's built-in default skin.  It is not stored in a subfolder of the dashboard's Skins folder. It is extracted directly from content stored in the app's default.xbe file and uses the game save subfolder mentioned at the beginning of this post.

Note: FATX filenames are not case-sensitive:  Splash.jpg = sPlaSH.JpG = splash.jpg, etc.

 

It actually wasn't stored there either, oddly enough. 

 

It was in \E\UDATA\21585554\0064122817A8\000000000000 named splash.jpg

 

I wasn't having any luck so I just downloaded every image that existed on the xbox and looked at them until I saw the one I recognized.

 

I only thought of this as I was uploading the video for you. So you did, indirectly, lead me to an answer. Thanks!

[HDShadow]

That is definitely the SID/AID installed UnleashX dash boot splash.jpg found in that E\UDATA\9e115330\0064122817A8\..........

Are you sure disabling or deleting that particular icon in that location actually stops it appearing at boot? 

The E\UDATA\21585554\0064122817A8\000000000000 location is a weird one because that's the installer dashboard and post-install that particular splash.jpg is not there afterwards in either of the two SID/AID softmods I've checked.

Maybe I deleted them to stop them annoying me replacing my preferred alternatives in the UnleashX dash UDATA configuration folder.

The 9e115330 location definitely works for boot-time splash screens. They can be added/replaced by anything without any consequence. I'm pretty sure any skin LoadingScreen will take precedence ie. it will run instead of the splash.jpg.

The problem I've found is that if you've swapped the skin back to one without a loading screen you can find that the splash.jpg has actually been replaced by the UnleashX default splash.jpg. I don't understand that TBH but it seems in some circumstances that it regenerates an UnleashX dash version splash.jpg rather than the SID/AID installer one. At least that is what sometimes happens on my SID/AID softmods.

The default UnleashX logo splash.jpg is a horrible low resolution thing so I replaced it with this on all my softmods and hardmods too:-

I also add a splash.png version to that folder so that when the .JPG is replaced, under whatever ever circumstances that happens, I can simply delete the low resolution default splash.jpg, copy that .PNG and replace the extension with .JPG. It is easier than searching through my copious icon file archive for my original .JPG one.

The splash screen usually only gets seen when controller resetting or backing out of an app to the main dash.

   

[ConsoleTechUS]

7 minutes ago, HDShadow said:

That is definitely the SID/AID installed UnleashX dash boot splash.jpg found in that E\UDATA\9e115330\0064122817A8\..........

Are you sure disabling or deleting that particular icon in that location actually stops it appearing at boot? 

The E\UDATA\21585554\0064122817A8\000000000000 location is a weird one because that's the installer dashboard and post-install that particular splash.jpg is not there afterwards in either of the two SID/AID softmods I've checked.

Maybe I deleted them to stop them annoying me replacing my preferred alternatives in the UnleashX dash UDATA configuration folder.

The 9e115330 location definitely works for boot-time splash screens. They can be added/replaced by anything without any consequence. I'm pretty sure any skin LoadingScreen will take precedence ie. it will run instead of the splash.jpg.

The problem I've found is that if you've swapped the skin back to one without a loading screen you can find that the splash.jpg has actually been replaced by the UnleashX default splash.jpg. I don't understand that TBH but it seems in some circumstances that it regenerates an UnleashX dash version splash.jpg rather than the SID/AID installer one. At least that is what sometimes happens on my SID/AID softmods.

The default UnleashX logo splash.jpg is a horrible low resolution thing so I replaced it with this on all my softmods and hardmods too:-

I also add a splash.png version to that folder so that when the .JPG is replaced, under whatever ever circumstances that happens, I can simply delete the low resolution default splash.jpg, copy that .PNG and replace the extension with .JPG. It is easier than searching through my copious icon file archive for my original .JPG one.

The splash screen usually only gets seen when controller resetting or backing out of an app to the main dash.

   

I powered the xbox on and off a few times now and it's always shown the new splash I wanted. It also shows at the controller reset too

[soilengreen]

To easily change the UnleashX splash, make sure that the skin you are using has the file uxsplash.jpg***. Change the skin to any skin, check that the change is effective, then change back to the previous skin.
You now have the desired splash.

 

***If it doesn't exist, create it

[ded]

Example

UXIntro.xmv