How to fix Neighbours from Hell (Europe)
Hello everyone! If you’ve tried to play the European Xbox version of Neighbours from Hell (not sure if other versions are available), you’ve most likely encountered the following error message when launching the game:
FILE D;?ENG_US?DATA?MAINMENU?XMLBLOB.BLO NOT AVAILABLE.
I found a way to fix this by, well, doing exactly what the error complains about :d
a) Compile this open-source tool: https://github.com/xboxdev/extract-xiso
You can also download a pre-compiled build: https://github.com/XboxDev/extract-xiso/releases
b) Make sure your Neighbours from Hell XISO image file is available, let's call it NFH.iso
c) Unpack your NFH image using the tool:
extract-xiso -x NFH.iso
This'll create a folder with the same name in the same directory and unpack your image there.
d) You'll see a plenty of language-specific folders there: eng, esp, fra, ger, ita. Create a copy of eng in the same folder and name it eng_us.
e) Repack everything using the command:
extract-xiso -c extracted_NFH_folder/
Voila! The game is now fully functional.
