As a result this site has been made read-only and will close sometime after January 31st 2023.  Assembly updates and services will not be affected by the closure of Xbox Chaos (the website).

I would recommend following this twitter account for info on assembly going forward: https://twitter.com/asmupdates

Thank You for joining us.

As we probably have all noticed by now, the quality and quantity of content has been significantly down over the past couple of months.  Part of this was caused by the sudden surge of Halo Online into the world several months ago.  Many people around here have been interested in ElDewrito/ElDorito and the vast majority of the community exists on reddit and halo.click.

I would like to apologize for mine and some of the other staff's quietness over the last few months.  Much of the site's activity for the last year has went hand in hand with assembly development.  Assembly's development has somewhat slowed for the time being.  Much of the site's inactiveness I take direct responsibility for as I was extremely busy throughout 2015.

I decided that the best way to help spark some life here would be to finally make the change to Invision Power Board 4.  A lot of stuff related to navigation has changed with our new theme.  I am extremely happy with how stuff has turned out so far and can't wait for everyone to try it out.

The old Xbox Chaos theme will not be making a return.  The underlying software of the site has been completely replaced and is incompatible.  We will be moving forward with this new theme.

As with any new piece of software, there is probably going to be some bugs.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you find something odd or some error, report it an admin or use the contact us feature below.

Several of you may notice that your Display Name has been changed to what you used to sign in with.  This is normal as it was part of the upgrade process.  Those fields are no longer separate from eachother.  If you would like to have your user name changed back to your display name, please PM an admin.

Finally, you may have noticed the shoutbox is no longer present.  I want to gauge user interest in bringing that back by using the poll in this topic.  For now I suggest just making a topic about whatever you want to talk about.

These changes are intended to make Xbox Chaos easier for everyone to use and to promote more discussion. You will not be punished ex post facto for posts made before these changes.

Please read this carefully.

Site changes:

• Posting in Free Discussion will now count toward your post count.
• The Media forum has been merged into Free Discussion. Please remember to prefix your topics appropriately.

You may NOT link to a program without providing a verifiable virus scan, unless the link is to a reputable source or a virus scan can be found by following the download link. We recommend using VirusTotal.

Explanation:

• While uploading a program to the download manager requires you to submit a virus scan link, there was previously no rule regarding linking to a program in the forums.
• Note that you do not need to include a virus scan for links to a reputable source - e.g. Microsoft.com or the Xbox Chaos GitHub.
• Sites such as Mediafire or Mega are NOT considered reputable sources, and neither is attaching a program to your post.

You may NOT discuss or show screenshots/videos of anything related to leaked game content. This includes pre-release content.

has been changed to

You may NOT discuss or show screenshots/videos of games which have not been made available to the public yet, unless the content has been showcased or released by official sources.

Explanation:

• This rule change will now allow you to discuss pre-release content (e.g. Halo 4 Beta) as long as the content in question has already been released to the public, officially or unoficially.
• "Available to the public" includes limited-access betas, such as betas which are only available if you preorder a game.
• Discussing content which is not reasonable for most people to gain access to (for example, a leaked beta which is only passed between people in certain circles) is still not allowed.
• Remember that linking directly to illegally-leaked content (e.g. a download for the Halo 4 Beta) is also still prohibited.

You may NOT discuss bypassing Xbox Live's console authentication system.

has been changed to

You may NOT discuss bypassing Xbox Live's console authentication system, including discussing services designed for such a task.

Explanation:

• This rule change makes it clearer that discussing services for bypassing XBL authentication is also prohibited.

• Posting in Free Discussion now counts toward your post count.
• The Media forum has been combined with Free Discussion.
• You need to provide a virus scan whenever you link to a program unless the link is reputable.
• You can now talk about betas which have been made available to the public.
• You can't talk about services for bypassing XBL authentication. This was already a rule, but it was made clearer.

Which is pretty cool and all, except it's never been used for anything in about 22 months! (Because we're lazy.)

Instead, Xerax set up a system on his server which automatically compiled new builds when we edited the source code. This was really nice, except there were a few problems with it: almost nobody knew about it, you had to keep checking back manually to see if a new build was uploaded, and the files weren't sorted in any order.

We decided to do something about that.

Introducing the new automatic update system

We're proud to announce that we have completely overhauled Assembly's automatic update system so that it's extremely easy for you to stay up-to-date! The updater is now directly linked to Assembly's GitHub repository. This means that as soon as new code is pushed to GitHub, it will be automatically compiled and sent to the updater. No more hassle of having to check for updates manually!

You are also able to choose between two update channels to receive updates on. Once you have received the new update that has been pushed out, go into Assembly's settings (Tools -> Settings) under the General section. Under the "Update Channel" option, you have two choices:

• Stable means you will only receive updates which are (relatively) stable. Only code that is pushed to Assembly's master branch will appear here.
• Experimental means that you will receive updates which are more experimental. This is linked to the dev branch on GitHub.

So how do I update the updater?

By using the updater, of course! The first-ever update has been pushed to Assembly's automatic update system. When you receive it, you will be updated to the latest version of Assembly and have access to the new updater. This update will actually happen in two stages, just so you're aware:

• Assembly will download and run an app called the "Xbox Chaos Downloader." This tool will connect to our server and download the new updater code.
• The new updater will then kick in and update Assembly to be in sync with the code on GitHub.

If all goes well, you will receive a dialog which says that Assembly has been updated.

Also, no need to worry about your plugins being overwritten - they will be backed up for you.

Hopefully this will make it much easier for everyone to stay up-to-date with the rest of the community.

Happy modding!

-- The Xbox Chaos Staff

Also, since I understand that the game's launch has been a bit rocky, if you wish to talk about that, please keep it constrained to a single topic.

Have fun everyone!

-- The Xbox Chaos Staff

When you go to extract a tag, you now have two options:

The "With Raw" option will extract a resource page for each resource it encounters. The "Without Raw" option will assume that the resources all lie in a shared map. Note that Assembly may crash if you try to inject a tag container created with the "Without Raw" option and the tag container actually references resources outside of a shared map.

Tutorial writers, I would recommend updating any recent tutorials which used the rawpage branch to direct people to the master branch instead.

Happy modding!

Click here to go to the Destiny subforum!

UPDATE

Vadum is definitely going to be played tomorrow. We will have both XBConnect and XBSLink working for tomorrow.

XBConnect info.

Lobby will be

• Listed under Halo 2
• Username of host is ThunderWaffle
• Password will be "xboxchaos" without the quotes

XBSLink info (XBS is preferred):

• Use the default cloud list
• Node name is "Xbox Chaos"
• Password will be "modding" without the quotes

I have made some changes to how donations are handled.  All donations now say they only last one day.  The difference is that you will never be reverted back to member anymore.  I have went back and retroactively made this change for anyone who has donated in the past.  The day duration allows for someone to make more donations the next day if they choose.  If you have any questions please reach to me.

PS: In order to do this, I had to expire all existing transactions.  Rest assured that your donator status should be intact.

Thanks

Xbox Chaos has now officially become Xbox Live Chaos!

That's right, folks! As some of you might have noticed, this site hasn't been getting a whole lot of activity lately. The staff members and I talked about this, and after a very lengthy discussion, we decided that the reason is because you guys aren't making anything interesting. Let's face it, nobody cares if you can inject a Longsword into Forge World. You can do it with only a few button clicks, and it's pretty unoriginal.

So, we've decided we need to shift our focus a bit.

After analyzing what makes other modding sites so popular, we've decided that the site needs to be much more oriented around cheating on Xbox Live. Hello Xbox Live Chaos. I think we can all agree that pwning noobs with an aimbot and getting 25 kills in one match is a ton of fun. People will cower in fear because of you, and that never ever happens with the crap we used to do before. Besides, there's a lot of room for creativity here - you can always find exciting new ways to rack up kills with projectile swaps (e.g. via email), or you can even freeze other people's consoles! The sky's the limit!

Obviously, though, we need to change the site rules up a bit.

So, here's an excerpt from the revised site rules:

 

Discussion related to cheating online will be REQUIRED. This includes, but is of course not limited to: 

• Getting tons of kills while connected to Xbox Live (aimbots, mod menus, infinite health/ammo, creative projectile swaps, etc.).
• Bypassing Xbox Live's console authentication system.
• Unlocking online content (armor, skins, weapons, etc.) or ranks which you normally should not have access to at the time.
• Poking your gamertag or showing people how cool you are while connected to Xbox Live.
• Hacking another player's profile or uploaded content.
• Booting other players from an online game or lagging them.
• Use your judgment! If you have to question whether or not something might be considered cheating, it probably isn't.

You may NOT: 

• Talk about anything that doesn't work over Live (tag injection, map expansion, locale editing, patches, etc.)
• Talk about modding single-player-only games (e.g. Skyrim).
• Refuse to tell people about where auto aim or weapon projectile values are located in Assembly.
• Brag about cheating without posting footage of it and telling us your gamertag.

But what if my JTAG can't get onto Live?

No worries, my friend. All Xbox Live Chaos members will receive a free one-day subscription to Emulated Xbox Live Stealth Ultra (EXBLSU)! (After that, you have to pay, of course, but it's for a good cause.) Donate to the site and you'll get a free two-day subscription!

Click here to get your free subscription to EXBLSU!

Anyway, we hope this will bring tons of new activity to the site. Our future is endless, and this is only the beginning. Stay tuned for more updates.

~ The Xbox Live Chaos Staff

The following TU's are being used

Reach: TU0

Halo 3: TU2

UPDATE: This is now at 2:00 CST on 12/7

Patch Download: Added to this post

ALERT: Extra Map Added, Dodgeball for foundry on Halo 3

patches_131207.zip

DodgeBall.zip

Now's the time to make yourself familiar with the rules.

I am pleased to announce that and I will be Guardians for the Halo forum and I will also be over Xbox Modding/Glitching & Xbox Discussion. selyb has been in this role over the Skyrim section before the group was created, so he is now in this group as well. As Guardians, we will help keep the forums which we govern clean and organized, and this will help take a load off the rest of the staff.

Please don't be afraid to approach us with any questions or concerns you have.

Promotions

Krazy Pigeon - Heroics

Elijah B I - Heriocs (Happy Birthday )

Demotions

Ninja4826 - Heroics

Please do welcome everyone to their new homes, Krazy and Elijah both deserve it.

PS: Word on the street is community gaming is coming soon

As many of you know Who will be filling in but doesnt I will not be hosting the game night. xD

With that said lets get on with the game night news.

We will be playing both Halo: Reach and Halo 3 and playing games from customs to matchmaking depending on what the people in the lobby want.

We will start at 5pm Mountain Standard Time (-07 GMT) and will end whenever.

The invites will be sent out to everyone who signed up at 4:50pm MST and will be reinvited once more at 5pm MST.

We are also going to continue the gaming on Saturday ALL DAY! so if you missed us today don't worry. There is always tomorrow.

Well with that being said, I hope to see you guys there tonight and tomorrow and have a great summer break

EXTRA:

So I signed into my old gamertag I havent used in years to redownload GTA San Andreas and saw this

What the f*ck xD.

In other news Derek will be away for the month of June so in his place is I (Who) that will be filling in his shoes. Also, the shout box is a privilege just like being able to go to school. Don't bring drama that is outside of XboxChaos such as real life problems like getting hacked, fairy tales, and other nonsense in full blown detail. If there is someone you do not like on the site please IGNORE THEM! If you fight with them in the shout box it is an automatic ban from using it. We don't mind if you sign in and are post "damn... i'm having a bad day" just as long as you don't go into anything that is personal. Over the past few months we have had members fight in chat and also complain about their real life problems that go way to far into detail and other members probably dont want to see it nor bother with it. So, if you dont watch what you say or release to much info we feel that is too personal we will issue you a temp shout ban. If you become a repeat offender we will perma ban you from the shout box. We are cracking down on this mainly because we see that this nonsense if occurring way to often.

Thank you for your cooperation.

~Community Managers

Hey guys,

I am here to announce we are having another community gaming event that will be held on June 1st and 2nd!

We will be doing pretty much anything. Got a cool fun custom game? Ask for leader and set it up.

Want to do some Firefight, Matchmaking, or Campaign? Depending on how big the lobby is, ask away!

You must be an Xbox Chaos member first!

Sign up sheet is here: [CLOSED]

Edit-

The times will be most likely anytime after 5pm MST (-07 hours) on Friday and all day Saturday!

Hey guys, I put together a survey for you all to take if you want that will help me figure out what parts of the site need improving or restructuring. This survey will take about 10-20 minutes if done properly. I really appreciate anyone taking this because I don't always get input from standard members. I do want to stress that this is optional. Do not do this if you won't have ample time and/or you won't take it seriously. This survey is open to EVERY member group, Members through Administrators

Simply go HERE and fill this out.

Thank you in advance!

I have more site spring cleaning to inform you all of. We have made some changes to the forums again, and these changes also come with stricter guidelines.

For starters, we have removed all the individual game discussion forums for halo. Please use the general Halo Discussion forum now. We have added preset tags in that forum so you can set what game you are trying about specifically as well.

The other major change is that the Modding Discussion forums are now renamed to Modding Disscusion/Support. This means that these are official support forums for their respective games. This also means that their will be stricter guidelines in the shoutbox. The staff (specifically AMD and I) are tired of seeing people use the shoutbox for mod support. This is NOT nor ever will be the shoutbox's purpose. As a result, please make a topic for help from now on. There is too much good discussion in the shoutbox to not make a topic. Violating these rules can also result in shoutbox or whole site suspensions now!

Thank you for your cooperation,

Thunder

We hope to see you all at the next game night/weekend!

The recap/montage will be up soon!

~ Derek & Staff

Hey guys,

I'm back to announce that we are having another community gaming event this weekend on May 4 - May 6!

To kick off May we are hosting Halo 3 and Halo: Reach Customs!

Customs that we will be playing are limitless going from Slayer to Infection to even Race and MORE!

There will be staff in this event as always so if you want to meet some of us and talk more come out.

You can sign up using the sheet below. Let us know what YOU would like to play during the game nights and what nights you can attend - this will be all weekend long!

After you fill this out, when game time comes we will send you a game invite so you can join us. If you have any questions or want to get a jump start on making it easy for us to invite you, feel free to message me on here or message or friend request me on Xbox Live. My gamertag is in my signature and if you click on it, it will take you to my profile on xbox.com.

Regular Registration is now Closed! PM us if you want in at last minute.

~Community Managers and Thunder