Soft Modding 

 

Soft-modding is the easier way of modding, and it isn't quite as dangerous to your XBOX.  The basic process of soft-modding is just downloading a bunch of programs, then applying them together, and transferring them to your XBOX.  To apply these mods, you need to put in one of the three games listed in the tutorial, and go to the modding dashboard to apply these.  I am a modder, and I soft-mod, I also have a full tutorial on this site (click on the link "SOFT-MODING TUTORIAL") This tutorial is so easy, that even a monkey could mod an XBOX.  If you follow this tutorial, and do it exactly as I say to, you will not damage your XBOX.  There are many other tutorials out there that you could use, but this is the way I did it, and I can guarantee that you will have no problems with it.  Once you put your soft-mods on, they stay on your XBOX until you delete your map packs.  If you sign on to XBOX LIVE with your mods on, your account(s) will get banned in about 6 hours.  Every time you want to play "legit" again, you need to delete all three of your new map packs.

 

 

Hard-modding has more advantages than soft-modding, but is much more dangerous, and it costs money, whereas soft-modding does not.  Hard modding consists of buying a "MOD-CHIP", which could cost hundreds of dollars, and downloading programs onto it.  Hard mods, unlike soft mods, can be turned on during the game.  As my friend Tim says, you can literally "hit the cheat button" if you have hard mods.  Mod Chips come in soldering, and non-soldering formats.  Soldering chips need to be "welded" to your XBOX chip.  Non-Soldering are plugged in.  The bad thing about hard mods is that you void your warranty, and can easily destroy your XBOX by damaging the chip.  With soft mods, once you take them off, your warranty is re-established, so it really never gets voided.

 

Overall, soft-modding may be more time consuming, and cannot be turned on during the game, but is overall better for your XBOX, and is just as fun.  I did a lot of research, and I mean A LOT, (many, many hours), before I started modding.  It is extremely easy to mess up, and can completely destroy your XBOX if not done right, but if done correctly, will be your next great adventure in Halo 2.

 

 

One thing that many people don't realize, is that you need to have CONNECTION HOST in order to use your mods to their fullest extent.  (connection host means you are the only one with host.)  Your mods will still work without it, but are much harder to use, and you run out of ammo extremely fast.

 

 

I am sorry to say that you currently cannot mod an XBOX 360, because of the fact that XBOX has not yet released the 360 version of Action Replay.  After the action replay is released for the 360, you will be able to mod using my tutorial.