How to play Wave 4 Games without updating. Activate.iso/0800 [REAL & EASY!]

[alunfennell]

http://www.motorcyclebikedecals.co.uk/images/xtreme1.6-xbox-360-decals.gif

With all of this WAVE 4 talk, I thought I would post a tutorial on how to play Wave 4 games. Because it seems like no one really understands what is going on.

What exactly is Wave 4?
In my opinion I would not call what is going on right now "Wave 4", Its sort of like Wave 3.1. Cars Race o Rama seems to be the first Xbox 360 game with the 'Wave 4'. Basically, Wave 4 is Wave 3 with the new 8498 NXE update. Since iXtreme v1.6 checks the video partition CRC (for security) to only boot Wave1/2/3, it will not be able to boot the new Wave4 discs although firmware 1.51 will.

What are the solutions?
1.Downgrade your firmware to iXtreme 1.51
2.Use this activate.iso/0800 method to boot your discs

What is activate.iso?
Activate.iso is designed to enable One-shot boot mode for the iXtreme 1.6 firmware. One-shot boot mode allows you to boot your unstealthed, modified or "Hybrid" backups without any strict stealth checks. This method is also called 0800.

F.A.Q.'s?
What games are Wave 4?
Cars Race-O-Rama, Lips number 1 Hits are the only Wave 4 games ATM.

Do you have to put the activate.iso disc in everytime before inserting the Wave 4 game?
As of right now yes this is the only possible way.

Will another firmware come out so you dont even have to use this process?
Probably in the future but we dont know when.

Downloads:

Activateiso.rar

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XATGHI3J)

RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting (http://rapidshare.com/files/293535068/activateiso.rar)

Tutorial:

1: You need your Activate.iso file above.

2: Once you have the activate.iso file, you want to drag and drop or save it to your desktop.

3: Insert a DVD+R DL into your DVD burner.

4: Now open up Activate.iso with any burning software you use. (I.E. Imgburn, Clonecd, etc...)

5: Now in your burning program go into your write setting tab and make sure your layerbreak is set to the Calculate Optimal setting. Also check your booktype for DVD+R DL and make sure its on the DVD-ROM setting and that your write speed is at 2.4x.

6: Start Burn!

7: As soon as the burn starts a message will pop saying, ?that the image is small enough for a regular DVD R, do you want to continue anyway??
*(You want to choose yes because burned to a regular DVDR the Activate.iso wont work!!!)

8: Next another message will pop saying, Even though the image is small enough to fit into one layer its best to write in both layers, do you want to go away from the normal and write in only one layer?? (Now I want to stress READ THIS MESSAGE CAREFULLY!!!!)

Choosing "Yes" will cause all data to be written into the first layer.

Choosing "No" will cause data to be writing into both layers.

CHOOSE YES!!

9: It will burn then finish?

10: Insert the Activate.iso disk into your xbox 360. It will read for a little longer than usual then finally it will say "Play DVD". Press "A" on your controller and a video should pop saying: picture at the Bottom

11: Now just eject the Activate.iso disk and insert your unstealthed, modified or Hybrid disk and it will load!!!

Few parts of this tutorial were taken from other sites, partial credit goes to them

[djjwdubz]

thanks but i dont no if i need this but thanks 4 telling us

i had no prob when wave 3 was out so do you think i will have a problem with wave 4 i have had my xbox flashed since 24th October last year can you help me please

plus if we do this new patch will we be able to go online when the game is out thanks if any help is given

[robbo947]

Ok, Brilliant post (I think) but why can't I get LIPS to work...???

According to the dude that did my 360 I'm running on 1.6 version.

I have tried 4/5 different discs, still no luck.

I load it and it tells me I should play the disc in an XBOX 360, I wait around 30 secs, Take the disc out, Put lips in and what do I get, The XBOX 360 Logo, any help at all would be brilliant,

Robbo

[alunfennell]

Ok, Brilliant post (I think) but why can't I get LIPS to work...???

According to the dude that did my 360 I'm running on 1.6 version.

I have tried 4/5 different discs, still no luck.

I load it and it tells me I should play the disc in an XBOX 360, I wait around 30 secs, Take the disc out, Put lips in and what do I get, The XBOX 360 Logo, any help at all would be brilliant,

Robbo

I would think myself you have 1.51 loaded on your drive it turns out that only Hitachi iXtreme v1.51 will boot 4th Wave backups ! and BenQ/LiteOn/Samsung iXtreme v1.51 will NOT boot 4th Wave, If you know what Drive you got then it might answer your question....

[bagwell358]

Is there a prognosis on when we will start seeing wave 4 games in regularity?

[robbo947]

I would think myself you have 1.51 loaded on your drive it turns out that only Hitachi iXtreme v1.51 will boot 4th Wave backups ! and BenQ/LiteOn/Samsung iXtreme v1.51 will NOT boot 4th Wave, If you know what Drive you got then it might answer your question....


Hello, thanks for the quick reply, Ok I asked the dude that flashed my 360 and he said I have 1.6 and a BenQ drive, does that make sense??

:)

[smirnoff_rules]

Hello, thanks for the quick reply, Ok I asked the dude that flashed my 360 and he said I have 1.6 and a BenQ drive, does that make sense??

:)

sounds like your burning the activation iso on both layers on your dl disc , u only need to burn on one layer


on another note . l cant believe for one minutes m/s forget about the activation iso ?

[alunfennell]

sounds like your burning the activation iso on both layers on your dl disc , u only need to burn on one layer


on another note . l cant believe for one minutes m/s forget about the activation iso ?

The setting that needs to be change in Image Burn is the layerbreak. Under the "Write Tab" select, "Calculate Optimal" this then burn to one single layer !


m/s forget about the activation iso ? No Because it looks like MS are going to jump from one wave to another with different releases by launching Wave 4/5/6 and possably a seventh in a way of Fuc!ing up backup copping, Wave three has been very short lived and 4 is to be no different ....Expect a Wave 5 in the early part of 2010

[cunny]

Thanks alun added to guide and sticky at top of page.

[kramer1990]

same here. can't run LIPS on my iextreme 1.6 flashed unit.
tried using the activate iso disc but still no luck

[psychoduck]

Thanks for the help, hope it works for me.


Are the games safe to play so long as we're offline? or can i expect a ban the next time i go online, even without one of these games in my console (due to achievements and such?)

[robbo947]

same here. can't run LIPS on my iextreme 1.6 flashed unit.
tried using the activate iso disc but still no luck


Yeah same here, I can't seem to crack it "/

[psychoduck]

just tried using this with 1.51 and it doesn't work.

Thinking of upgrading to 1.6, but before i do that i want to know it will work for sure on my BenQ drive.

[theman11]

why can't I view the picture?

it says I don't have permission

I run through agbx360 as normal, right?

[connan]

I will try and let you know if I get it to work or not

[Skinnyzaz]

I created the activate.iso today and it worked fine to boot games off my friends liteon drive. But wouldnt boot any games off my benq drive. I tried to burn multiple disks but nothing would work on benq. I flashed both drives to 1.6 so that's not the problem.

[acestu]

But if you use the activation disk does this not remove all the stealth and get you banned from live ?

cheers
Acestu

[cunny]

But if you use the activation disk does this not remove all the stealth and get you banned from live ?

cheers
Acestu

Your stealth is patched via ABGX. I believe that the best firmware is the hitachi ix 1.51, will boot any games no matter of the wave. As long as your games are verified through ABGX i would guess you'd be fine.

[acestu]

I agree cunny i have had no problems with this software plays all games no hastle , if you burn them right LOL...


cheers
Acestu

[djjwdubz]

my mate has never updated his xbox so i think he has wave2 mod. So will he be able to play wave 2 & 3 & 4 with this patch please let me no thanks. And thanks will be pressed for any help

[Gizmo999]

I need a little help, i followed all the instructions in the OP and burned a DL DVD and only burned on one layer, But when i tried to run an un stealthed version of TGS4 Oblivion with it, it didn't work, i put the boot disc in the drive it read the disk and said "play DVD" i presses A and then it said, "To play this disc put in xbox 360" in about 10 languages, Then I ejected and put in the bad copy but it didn't boot.

What could be wrong?

Thanks in advance and please hurry.

BTW i can't access the attachment in the OP.

[Bilbox]

Thanks for the guide, but i have the same problem like Gizmo999

[makan95]

will this work to play tekken 6

[keefy7]

confused here drive is a liteon has 1.6 repack tried the activate disc / seems to be mode b disc enable 0800 if i am not mistaken if i am wrong someone here will correct me have burnt on dual layer at 2x speed same as i would with games also to first layer even tho it is dual layer disc and it still wont boot the game gta 4 ballad defo 1.6 as i flashe this myself mmmm confused maybe easier to downgrade

[cold71]

What kind of sense does to make to set the layer break to optimal if your only burning to one layer to begin with...can anyone chime in here?

[modey]

What kind of sense does to make to set the layer break to optimal if your only burning to one layer to begin with...can anyone chime in here?

does it matter, it works, i am now playing modern warfare 2 with this disc

[Cocytean]

Hi,

Big thanks to the OP for this thread - the wave 3/4 stuff has been giving me a headache!
:turtle:

[sjoerd124]

Hello,

I have a Hitachi drive with iXtreme 1,51. Now, when I insert a wave 4 game (codmw2) I keep getting a firmware update. I accept it, then it downloads it, then it restarts but then I keep getting that update. Do you know what is going on?

Thanks.

[Zwirzok]

OK. I will test this tonight. I download Episodes from Liberty City and u heard thi have Wave4

[mickydibble]

does it matter, it works, i am now playing modern warfare 2 with this disc

Ohhhhh dodgy. Banhammer on it's way maybe!!

[cgscott]

I patched Liberty Episodes to WAV 3 been playing no probs and im still online.

Who knows what causes the bans.

[Xenogearzxz]

im not sure if anyone has gotten the banhammer with modern warfare 2 yet....havent seen any posts with real info

[infamousxion]

I have a BenQ Drive, Flashed with 1.6 iXtreme. Using Imgburn and ABGX GUI 1.0.1 I am trying to get MW2. I have downloaded and burned, it can play all cinematics and load menus. When it goes to load game it says "Disc unreadable." Can someone help me out? is there something that im doing wrong?

[bailey09]

http://www.motorcyclebikedecals.co.uk/images/xtreme1.6-xbox-360-decals.gif


With all of this WAVE 4 talk, I thought I would post a tutorial on how to play Wave 4 games. Because it seems like no one really understands what is going on.

What exactly is Wave 4?
In my opinion I would not call what is going on right now "Wave 4", Its sort of like Wave 3.1. Cars Race o Rama seems to be the first Xbox 360 game with the 'Wave 4'. Basically, Wave 4 is Wave 3 with the new 8498 NXE update. Since iXtreme v1.6 checks the video partition CRC (for security) to only boot Wave1/2/3, it will not be able to boot the new Wave4 discs although firmware 1.51 will.

What are the solutions?
1.Downgrade your firmware to iXtreme 1.51
2.Use this activate.iso/0800 method to boot your discs

What is activate.iso?
Activate.iso is designed to enable One-shot boot mode for the iXtreme 1.6 firmware. One-shot boot mode allows you to boot your unstealthed, modified or "Hybrid" backups without any strict stealth checks. This method is also called 0800.

F.A.Q.'s?
What games are Wave 4?
Cars Race-O-Rama, Lips number 1 Hits are the only Wave 4 games ATM.

Do you have to put the activate.iso disc in everytime before inserting the Wave 4 game?
As of right now yes this is the only possible way.

Will another firmware come out so you dont even have to use this process?
Probably in the future but we dont know when.

Downloads:

Activateiso.rar

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XATGHI3J)

RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting (http://rapidshare.com/files/293535068/activateiso.rar)

Tutorial:

1: You need your Activate.iso file above.

2: Once you have the activate.iso file, you want to drag and drop or save it to your desktop.

3: Insert a DVD+R DL into your DVD burner.

4: Now open up Activate.iso with any burning software you use. (I.E. Imgburn, Clonecd, etc...)

5: Now in your burning program go into your write setting tab and make sure your layerbreak is set to the Calculate Optimal setting. Also check your booktype for DVD+R DL and make sure its on the DVD-ROM setting and that your write speed is at 2.4x.

6: Start Burn!

7: As soon as the burn starts a message will pop saying, ?that the image is small enough for a regular DVD R, do you want to continue anyway??
*(You want to choose yes because burned to a regular DVDR the Activate.iso wont work!!!)

8: Next another message will pop saying, Even though the image is small enough to fit into one layer its best to write in both layers, do you want to go away from the normal and write in only one layer?? (Now I want to stress READ THIS MESSAGE CAREFULLY!!!!)

Choosing "Yes" will cause all data to be written into the first layer.

Choosing "No" will cause data to be writing into both layers.

CHOOSE YES!!

9: It will burn then finish?

10: Insert the Activate.iso disk into your xbox 360. It will read for a little longer than usual then finally it will say "Play DVD". Press "A" on your controller and a video should pop saying: picture at the Bottom

11: Now just eject the Activate.iso disk and insert your unstealthed, modified or Hybrid disk and it will load!!!

Few parts of this tutorial were taken from other sites, partial credit goes to them
cant get it 2 work

[Brady2009]

This wave 4 stuff gets worse all the time, lol

[bailey09]

Hi,

Big thanks to the OP for this thread - the wave 3/4 stuff has been giving me a headache!
:turtle:
i have a benq and this doest work

[Brady2009]

Hello,

I have a Hitachi drive with iXtreme 1,51. Now, when I insert a wave 4 game (codmw2) I keep getting a firmware update. I accept it, then it downloads it, then it restarts but then I keep getting that update. Do you know what is going on?

Thanks.

Try the game without the hardrive connected, if the game boots you know your firmware is okay, If not then re flash. You can't update your dash anymore with the wave 4 patched games. Due to the update. So 3 options update the latest dash update through live, 2nd Through an original (Bought) wave 4 game such as tekken or 3rd like i did through a m8's hardrive, just connect it to your xbox and it will update, as long as there up to date with there dash updates!!!

[sjoerd124]

Try the game without the hardrive connected, if the game boots you know your firmware is okay, If not then re flash. You can't update your dash anymore with the wave 4 patched games. Due to the update. So 3 options update the latest dash update through live, 2nd Through an original wave 4 game such as tekken or 3rd like i did through a m8's hardrive, just connect it to your xbox and it will update, as long as there up to date with there dash updates!!!

Ok, so I only have to download Tekken. Because I have already removed the hard drive and the game works fine and because I am already banned I can't download the update through live. Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

[Brady2009]

Ok, so I only have to download Tekken. Because I have already removed the hard drive and the game works fine and because I am already banned I can't download the update through live. Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

Download Tekken, You've lost me????? i mean once your hardrive is back on, you would need to have an original game, not a backup 1! look up wave 4 games. To do the update for you. thats if the game (backup) of modern warfare 2 works without the hardrive connected. Or ask one of your m8's to lend you there hardrive. to perform the update once it is on your xbox.

[Brady2009]

I have edited my post as it seems everyone with a flashed 360 is having different problems, so one person's success with this problem, is not necessary the solution to everyones problem. All i will say to save you guys money and time, just try your games without the hard-drive connected, that way you should be able to determin wheather you need to re flash your firmware.

[sjoerd124]

I'll start again, I was totally confused myself, I Last had my xbox Altered in January 2007 so i could play backup games, and i have a samsung drive and every backup game as worked. i got hold of a copy of mod war 2 but every time i tried to load it, it would say i needed to update my system (which is the new wave 4 update) but when i tried everytime the update would fail, so i phoned a few pc mod shops, and 1 of them said to try loading it without the hardrive attached so i did and it worked, but thinking whats the point if you can't save it, then somebody else told me to try borrowing somebody else's hardrive thats already been updated, so i did and as soon as i attached it to my xbox it said i needed to update and i did. Then i turned my xb off and put my hardrive back on and loaded it up and straight away the mod war 2 game loaded. Oh there is also the fact that if you do go online your going to need some further advice on that, you can google it. As one thing i do know you will get banned from xb live, once the update is installed.

Firstly If you have a copy of mod war for example or any new wave 4 games and it won't load, firstly try removing the hardrive, if it loads you know you don't need to have it re flashed and just do what i did. thats if your not bothered about playing online and if it don't load without the hardrive you know it's your flash firmware.

Secondly apparently all new wave 4 patched games won't let you do the update because of the patch as it installs something on your hardrive, to catch all the early birds on xbox live as it records secretly details and times youve been on games pre release.

Thirdly All my old games still work fine.

But I am already banned however :bawling:

[sjoerd124]

OMG, I downloaded the new 8559 dashboard from xbox.com and when I started playing it stopped I tried to restart it three 3 and now I got the freaking rrod!! Jezus christ seriously 5 minutes after!

[Brady2009]

How did you download the update, if your banned from live? And also it's not available on xbox to download to your pc yet to put on disk or memory stick? I'm Really not sure to be honest what youv'e downloaded? Maybe it's not the update thats messed your xbox up, but something else.

[sjoerd124]

That's weird, I tried to look up the update but I cannot find it either on xbox.com. It looked the same and I am sure it was xbox.com not another site

[sjoerd124]

However, one thing is sure, It is broken.

[Brady2009]

However, one thing is sure, It is broken.

Seeing as though the latest update is only available through live or on a Retail new xbox game such as tekken "example" You must have downloaded a bad update. Check this out, it could be the update you have done. Microsoft responds to Xbox Red Ring of Death | Electricpig (http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/06/microsoft-responds-to-xbox-red-ring-of-death/)

[mickregan]

Should Ejecting the activation.iso disc be returning me to the dashboard?

[sjoerd124]

Maybe, but the game worked for a short time, so the update was in there.

[snakeman2008]

is there a new firmware out for liton drive ie 1.61?

[cgscott]

is there a new firmware out for liton drive ie 1.61?

No not as yet. We are still waiting.

[pals0007]

cant get this to work on Benq with 1.51

[hippiehemp]

so is the layer break for the activation dk the same as for a 360 game.in other words can i just edit a dvd file from another game

[vollach]

nice tutorial, not that I needed it but I know some people who need it and I'll either direct them here or translate it for them if they can't understand it.

but good work.

[meltron10000]

Thanks, I have been flashing from 1.51 to 1.6 four or five times now because couldn't find a good guide on what I needed to be at.

[RickJe]

Ik snap het nog niet helemaal waarom het DL moet zijn maar kan aan mijn liggen..

[gamer1612]

How can I tell what firmware and drive I have without opening it up? Someone else modded my system and I cant get ahold of them to find out. When I put Assassins Creed 2 into my computer it says I need to put it into an XBOX 360 console, when I put it in my XBOX 360 it said play DVD and it looks like it starts to load but then the screen flashes and a white screen comes up with the words XBOX 360 and the XBOX 360 logo. Does that mean I need the Activate disc? Will that fix my problem or do I have something else wrong with it?

[gamer1612]

It didnt work. The Activator disc burned successfully and I saw the screen you had a picture of, then I took it out and put in Assassins Creed 2, but it did the same thing as it did without the Activator disc...it flashed and then the white screen with the XBOX 360 words and logo....what can I do.

[cgscott]

It didnt work. The Activator disc burned successfully and I saw the screen you had a picture of, then I took it out and put in Assassins Creed 2, but it did the same thing as it did without the Activator disc...it flashed and then the white screen with the XBOX 360 words and logo....what can I do.

Only works on 1.6 firmware.
More likely you have a drive flashed with software other than 1.6.

So update to 1.6 if liteon and use disk or update to 1.61 on sammy or benq and you wont need the disk.

[gamer1612]

Is 1.61 already out?

[cgscott]

Is 1.61 already out?

Only for samsung and Benq.

[kal]

Got the picture on the screen as shown in the guide, ejected the activate.iso disc and put PES 2010 in but all i got was the XBOX 360 logo.

I have a samsung drive, and the last time i updated the firmware was in 2007 or early 2008, anybody know what firmware i might be on?

The last game i ever played was gears of war 2, and it worked fine.

[gamer1612]

Can you flash a samsung drive using a USB to SATA/eSATA adapter?

I ask because I only have a laptop so that is really my only option

[aguirre]

it works on 1.6, thx!

[Mukkie2007]

I have tried this method and it works on my Liteon ixtreme 1.6. Lips the nr 1 hits works very well.

The only strange part is that it looks like the xbox cant read the disk. It tells me to eject the disk. After I eject the disk and put the lips disk in, the game will start.

Thnx for your help.

[computernoob]

if i do the things u said i have flashed my xbox 360?
and i can play games i downloaded? downloaded mx vs atv reflex;)
i just burn the game to a dvd+R and play it if i done this?

PLZ ANSWER!!!

[gamer1612]

You have to burn the game to a DVD+R DL (dual layer) disc. Games will not fit on regular DVD Rs

[akgy282]

I tried these iso disk on 2 identical xbox360, and it works on one of them only !! what is the reason ??

[cgscott]

I tried these iso disk on 2 identical xbox360, and it works on one of them only !! what is the reason ??

Xbox's do look identical but inside they have different drives.

Im guessing and it may be a good guess that the drive that works is flashed with 1.6 IX and the one that doesnt is flashed with an older version of IX which means the activate disk wont work.

[kennedn]

im getting a pre hacked xbox 360, this is a good tut

[hchan]

Tried burning it per instructions but I'm having a hard time getting it to work. Optimal break layer corect.

[leeunwin]

ive done this burnt to disk doing everything to a tea via instrutions but when i insert disk into 360 it just gives the inset this disk into a xbox 360 for it to work ????

ive havent a clue what firmware is on my xbox it plays older 360 games i bought it flashed

[Demonicflair]

I've put this disc in my 360 & it loads for 6-7 seconds & then says "Open Tray". Not sure what that means. Maybe someone could clarify?

I have Hitachi drive with 1.51 firmware.

[cgscott]

I've put this disc in my 360 & it loads for 6-7 seconds & then says "Open Tray". Not sure what that means. Maybe someone could clarify?

I have Hitachi drive with 1.51 firmware.

You dont need this disk. hitachi 1.51 plays all games all waves.

[gizmo.1484]

I've put this disc in my 360 & it loads for 6-7 seconds & then says "Open Tray". Not sure what that means. Maybe someone could clarify?

I have Hitachi drive with 1.51 firmware.

You do not need to use the Activate.iso disc as you have a Hitachi drive with 1.51 firmware this will boot any wave. But if you are going to play on live then always run through abgx360 to make sure that the iso is stealthed patched or you will get banned...

[owenb]

a\ ot of the problems ont his thread probably down to the media used, verbs are expensive but gr8 i use aones for all my uses and they work well on my benq and samsungs just fyi

[Slark]

I'm Getting The Error


To Play This Disc Put it in the Xbox 360 Console

[Slark]

Here the The Picture which should come
http://i39.tinypic.com/2lmximv.jpg

[frostbytze]

Thank you soooo much for explaining this shit to me. It was driving me bloody mad. Cheers!!!

[Originals]

Here the The Picture which should come
http://i39.tinypic.com/2lmximv.jpg

So this comes up then we put in the other disc?

Thanks.

[cgscott]

So this comes up then we put in the other disc?

Thanks.

In the PC?

[Originals]

No.

In the xbox I put the activate disc in then that shows up. Does this mean it works?

[mickydibble]

So this comes up then we put in the other disc?

Thanks.

Yep then eject disc from console and put wave 4 game in xbox

[Originals]

Ah Hope it works now.

I used world cup 2010 but that said it was a 'mixed media disc' why would this be?

[cgscott]

Your dvd drive in the xbox needs updated with the latest firmware.
It needs to be flashed with 1.6 or later in order to use boot disk.

[Originals]

FFS. Really? I only got it flashed yesterday.

[cgscott]

Does it play any games? Originals?

[iPlunk]

i have a boot disk for my fable 3 game but no matter what it just stays at the xbox 360 logo screen. help?

[shota]

thanks, exetly i did it and it works for assasine creed brotherhood ans so on..
Thanks

[p14y80y]

Originals - Did you ever get yours to work?

[brucexX]

so does that mean your xbox needs to be flashed? But i dont know how to do it.... If anyone is selling please reply...
Thanks :)

[MrFug]

so does that mean your xbox needs to be flashed? But i dont know how to do it.... If anyone is selling please reply...
Thanks :)

Bruce, your xbox dvd drives needs flashed. Id wait for a month or two as xbox are undergoing updates that may mess things up for those who like to, err, "backup" their games. The new disc format rolling out soon wont be burnable to blank dvds.

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