New XBOX Experience - General Discussion

[Owen]

I have Gears Of War 2 installed and I do not remember it pausing for a few seconds when the checkpoints were reached when running off the old Dash. Still, overall it is nice to have a much quieter system.

[LilPaintballer]

is there 16:10 support yet? 1680x1050 specifically

[bingbangboom]

Anyone notice the Left 4 Dead Demo is gone?

[Wolfpup]

Depends on how you define "works." Sure you can install it, but it doubles your load times. I wouldn't call that working.

I don't know how well it runs, I mean...but it's not the only game to use the drive, so I'd think that would happen with other games too. For me though it's a moot point. It could take 10 minutes to load a new section and I'd still rather do it that way then put up with how loud that drive is.

is there 16:10 support yet? 1680x1050 specifically

I think VGA is supposed to now.

[seanr1221]

The L4D demo went down when the game came out.

[Wolfpup]

That is just totally screwy IMO. Does not rub me the right way Valve...so to speak.

[Scorch]

It wasn't a demo of Left 4 Dead, it was an open beta. Remember? Free beta access when you preordered Left 4 Dead? It was taken down because they took the beta servers down.

[Spybreak8]

Yea well that sucks because I didn't grab the demo yet, maybe it'll be on my next OXM disc.

Downloaded a community game and couldn't play it, said something about the profile isn't allowed to play this game. I hunted and pecked through all the menus and didn't find anything plus there are no child profiles on my system and I'm 24. Retried playing it and it worked, weird?!

[bingbangboom]

I still have the demo and I can play it on my HD. No online but still weird that it is completely gone. I didn't preorder it either. At least have the single player demo available.

[gordojones88]

If you have already downloaded Left 4 Dead demo, it is still in your Account Management >Download History.
Just today, I put my Gamertag on my brothers 360 & HDD and downloaded the demo for him.
You will have to borrow somebodies gamertag who already downloaded it before.


.

[Wolfpup]

I just feel like they think they're so important they don't need a demo or something.

I do have to admit, for a multiplayer only title, it's one of the more intriguing ever. If it's ever like <=$10 on PC I'll probably get it and give it a whirl.

[screwkick]

Anyone notice the Left 4 Dead Demo is gone?

Yes, and I was going to download it today too.

[Spybreak8]

Ok this is the message I get whenever I try to play a community game, first time, it seems a retry of playing the trial works:

One or more of the signed-in players is prohibited from playing user-generated content, please have a parent check the profile settings and try again.

Like I said earlier I have no child profiles on my system and I'm 24 so whats the deal?

[ratzombie]

For those who want the L4D demo still:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ddf0001-0000-4000-8000-000045418897

I haven't tested it, but I'm sure it works. There is a glitch of sorts going on right now at Xbox.com, where downloads that are no longer available can still be downloaded if using the link to someone's download history.

[bingbangboom]

Tried it, says not for this region even though it says USA

Thanks anyway... BTW, just thinking it would have been cool if they released a Zombie Avatar pack.

[sunnysky]

You may want to start a thread about the L4D demo complaints. This thread is about the NXE.

Has anybody used the Colored hair easter egg yet??

[Bretters]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Bretters360/avatar-body.png

[bhk]

is there 16:10 support yet? 1680x1050 specifically

I can 100% confirm there is 16:10 support. I'm running my 360 on my 22" at 1680X1050 through a VGA cable right now.

Just be aware there are small black bars.

[RichMeisterMan]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Bretters360/avatar-body.png

Where'd you go to get that? I've been wanting to upload my avatar to my facebook since I made it!

[KaneRobot]

Where'd you go to get that? I've been wanting to upload my avatar to my facebook since I made it!

This was posted a few pages ago.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/GAMERTAG/avatar-body.png

Replace "GAMERTAG" with yours.

[RichMeisterMan]

This was posted a few pages ago.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/GAMERTAG/avatar-body.png

Replace "GAMERTAG" with yours.

Awesome! thanks!

[SteveMcQ]

I can 100% confirm there is 16:10 support. I'm running my 360 on my 22" at 1680X1050 through a VGA cable right now.

Just be aware there are small black bars.Is that the highest res 16x10 supported or is there 1920x1200 (or whatever that next res is)? I'd appreciate it if you could check since I'm not hooked up via VGA to a monitor.

[UZ7]

Is that the highest res 16x10 supported or is there 1920x1200 (or whatever that next res is)? I'd appreciate it if you could check since I'm not hooked up via VGA to a monitor.

640 x 480
848 x 480
1024 x 768
1280 x 720
1280 x 768
1280 x 1024
1360 x 768
1440 x 900
1680 x 1050
1920 x 1080

are supported resolutions

[Wolfpup]

I know a few people were talking about their 360s taking longer to shut down. I've now seen that several times with mine too. It's just a few seconds, probably 10 or fewer.

It's similar to my Playstation now. I'd guess it's doing disk clean up of some sort, that it's doing something we want it to be doing. I was always kind of surprised it just turned off instantly before. I'd be really curious to find out for sure what it's doing though!

[dastly75]

I'd be really curious to find out for sure what it's doing though!

It's sending your personal information to Microsoft for analysis.

[neverletthem]

Mine has been weird on the longer shut down thing. At times, it will be a long shut down, others it will be a short shut down, the time that it would take before NXE came out. Eh, but, I could care less. It really doesn't matter how long it take for the system to shut off, as long as it shuts off.

[PhrostByte]

I think it's faster to auto-load the Xbox menu thing and then load your game than it is to auto-load your game... aint that weird?

[Wolfpup]

I'm not sure what you're saying. You mean it's faster to launch to the menu and then launch the game manually, then to have it boot right into a game? I switched so it boots to the menu as soon as that was available (have ever system with that option set that way).

[sendme]

Has any one elses 360s locked up after this update. I have had mine lock up just when in the dashboard or what ever they are calling it now.

[thegamer4787]

Has any one elses 360s locked up after this update. I have had mine lock up just when in the dashboard or what ever they are calling it now.

My 360 has locked up for about 8-10 seconds when using the NXE, specifically when in my friends list. At first, I thought that the console just froze, but I waited and functionality returned.

[Wolfpup]

So far I've had no lockups or freezes or anything, but I haven't used it much since the update, and also I don't have any friends added to this Live account yet (never bothered adding them back in since I don't have Gold).

[Galego23]

I've had zero problems since the update...

[xcopy]

I never had issues myself after the update.

[BlueSwim]

So far I've had no lockups or freezes or anything, but I haven't used it much since the update, and also I don't have any friends added to this Live account yet (never bothered adding them back in since I don't have Gold).

Same here. Exactly the same here.

[KingBroly]

I've had quite a few issues, including games freezing for a few seconds at a time, the blades freezing for a few seconds when looking at messages, and complete lockups of the dashboard when looking at friends lists.

[Jagged Toaster]

I searched the thread for this, but I couldn't find anything. With the old dashboard, I would automatically be signed into LIVE. With the NXE however, I have to manually select Connect to LIVE. It is not a major problem, but it is a nuisance nonetheless. I did find an option for "Auto Sign-In", but it was already enabled. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Also, here is my avatar, currently with one of the anime hair colors. My real hair color is a dark red, but I like this tint better:

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Jagged%20Toaster/avatar-body.png

[bigdaddybruce44]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/TheOnlySnake/avatar-body.png

[hufferstl]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/coreyandtrevor/avatar-body.png

[Spybreak8]

I agree with many of the people on major nelson's premium theme post that say that the xbox guide white semicircular thingy should have an opacity option, I would say like the glass trim from the old blades customization. Also any way to not boot up the game by holding a button, similar to a pc anti-autorun function, would be nice. As of right now if I need to install the game to the hard drive the game starts up and I have to exit back to the dashboard. Other than that I am loving the new interface and features.

[Wolfpup]

I searched the thread for this, but I couldn't find anything. With the old dashboard, I would automatically be signed into LIVE. With the NXE however, I have to manually select Connect to LIVE. It is not a major problem, but it is a nuisance nonetheless. I did find an option for "Auto Sign-In", but it was already enabled. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

You know, I MAY be having issues like this too, I can't tell for sure. It'll always say "sign in to live" even though I'm signed in (I think). And the only game I've played since the update was last year's Scene It. I didn't seem to be logged in, and it wouldn't let me log in the first time I played it. Then the second time I launched it it seemed to allow me to log in (but wasn't when I launched the game).

The whole experience was confusing. I've never had anything like that happen-though that was the first time I've played that game.

Also I wonder if the locksups are related to how many people are on your friends list?

[WhipSmartBanky]

I agree with many of the people on major nelson's premium theme post that say that the xbox guide white semicircular thingy should have an opacity option, I would say like the glass trim from the old blades customization. Also any way to not boot up the game by holding a button, similar to a pc anti-autorun function, would be nice. As of right now if I need to install the game to the hard drive the game starts up and I have to exit back to the dashboard. Other than that I am loving the new interface and features.
You can fix that under your system settings, turn auto start off.

[KingBroly]

You can fix that under your system settings, turn auto start off.

I'm glad they added that option, although it should've been added long ago.

[JJSP]

I'm glad they added that option, although it should've been added long ago.
Pretty sure it has been there. There was an option whether or not you'd like to boot to the dashboard or to the disc.

[CouRageouS]

Its new. This option lets you put a disc in without the game automatically starting.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yep. They added the option to boot to the dashboard or the game awhile ago, but the disc auto-load is new. And yes, it was a long time coming.

[RichMeisterMan]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/richmeisterman/avatar-body.png (http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/richmeisterman/avatar-body.png)

I really hope we get more suits and glasses. Also, it's really lame that you don't have the option of selecting the color(s) for the clothing and accessories. Just doing that would near infinitely expand our options.

[antlp89]

I absolutely love being able too download my games to my hardrive. Just wish I had enough room to fit all my games because with the games I don't have enough space to download, I really notice the loud noise the 360 makes while playing.

[PhrostByte]

I'm not sure what you're saying. You mean it's faster to launch to the menu and then launch the game manually, then to have it boot right into a game? I switched so it boots to the menu as soon as that was available (have ever system with that option set that way).

That's exactly what I'm saying... To me, it seems faster to auto-load the menu and then manually load the game than it does to auto-load the game... which is really strange.

[sendme]

I've had quite a few issues, including games freezing for a few seconds at a time, the blades freezing for a few seconds when looking at messages, and complete lockups of the dashboard when looking at friends lists.

This is what happens to me. Only it is not for a few seconds. In fact it is over a minute. I actually timed it one day and when it hit a minute I just shut the 360 off and turned it back on.

[Owen]

I searched the thread for this, but I couldn't find anything. With the old dashboard, I would automatically be signed into LIVE. With the NXE however, I have to manually select Connect to LIVE. It is not a major problem, but it is a nuisance nonetheless. I did find an option for "Auto Sign-In", but it was already enabled. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?


I had this happen with the old Xbox dashboard after I migrated from my 20 gig HD to my 120 gig HD. I could never figure out how to fix the issue and it still happens with the new NXE.

[Wolfpup]

That's exactly what I'm saying... To me, it seems faster to auto-load the menu and then manually load the game than it does to auto-load the game... which is really strange.

Yeah, really strange!

I absolutely love being able too download my games to my hardrive. Just wish I had enough room to fit all my games because with the games I don't have enough space to download, I really notice the loud noise the 360 makes while playing.

For me it's not too big of an issue as I usually just play one game at a time so I only need one installed, but yeah, it is SO much easier to enjoy a game without a blender/vacum cleaner/space shuttle running next to your TV.

I'm glad they added that option, although it should've been added long ago.

Its new. This option lets you put a disc in without the game automatically starting.

That's been there for a fairly long time. Not sure when it was added, but I'd guess 2006 or early 2007 (I'm leaning towards mid/late 2006). I switched as soon as it was available.

[Mrcapcom]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/MrCapcom/avatar-body.png
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/MrCapcom/avatar-body.png)

[CouRageouS]

That's been there for a fairly long time. Not sure when it was added, but I'd guess 2006 or early 2007 (I'm leaning towards mid/late 2006). I switched as soon as it was available.
No there are a couple options in the console settings, Startup and Auto Start. Startup has been there, Auto Start is the new one.
Auto Start - Option to set whether you want the disc to run/or stay idle when the disc tray closes with a game or media disc inside, by default it's set to run
Startup is the one that lets you pick if it goes to the dash, windows media, or straight to disc when you turn on the console.

[Wolfpup]

Oh, cool, I forgot about that new one. Yeah, I prefer having to explicitly launch it.

[menikmati]

My avatar looks nothing like me, unless someone can make one that closely resembles Herman Li.

[Galego23]

Yeah, it was always annoying when I started XBox and jumped straight into the game/DVD that was loaded in the tray.

[Wolfpup]

Yeah, it was always annoying when I started XBox and jumped straight into the game/DVD that was loaded in the tray.

That's something different from what they were talking about. That was fixed a few years ago.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Finally got around to installing a game to the hard drive. What a great feature. I have an older model, so it's nice not to hear the stupid drive whirring all the time.

[Scorch]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/ScorchX/avatar-body.png

[Spybreak8]

No there are a couple options in the console settings, Startup and Auto Start. Startup has been there, Auto Start is the new one.

Startup is the one that lets you pick if it goes to the dash, windows media, or straight to disc when you turn on the console.

Yea that is what I was looking for, thanks. Man can't believe I missed that! Sweet:applause:

[Brian9824]

Anyone notice any issues with the netflix viewer where it randomly just logs you back to movie information?

[FriskyTanuki]

The only issues I've had so far are the locking up of the friends list after viewing their details, then exiting back to the friends list, getting to the download page of stuff on the marketplace can take longer than it should, and it takes about 20 seconds for most of the options to show up in the game library when exiting from a community game. Other than that, this update's been very good.

[Chase]

I just wanted to update what I said earlier. I disabled 'allow background downloads while the 360 turns off' and the 10 second lag during shutdown went away.

[ZForce915]

I can't stand how this update makes me want to get an overpriced 120GB HDD. Buying that is just not CAG.

[Bioshocked360]

Anyone else have a 5-10 second lag when exiting out of a menu?

[Scorch]

Anyone else have a 5-10 second lag when exiting out of a menu?

In the guide, yeah, but that was around when the old dashboard was around.. sometimes.

[Kaijufan]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Bluth54/avatar-body.png
So am I the only person whos Mii looks more like you then your avatar?

[Owen]

Bioshocked, Nice little Mario Avatar.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Bioshocked/avatar-body.png

[TruVisionary]

what ever happened to that Primetime thing they were talking about at E3?

[kevlar51]

Ugh. I just got a disc read error while playing CODWaW off the HDD. How does that happen? I've been getting disc read errors a LOT lately, even before the NXE, so I'm not blaming that.

[KiLL3r]

what ever happened to that Primetime thing they were talking about at E3?

That's coming in 2009, I guess they couldn't get it up at launch.

[Jesse_Dylan]

Ugh. I just got a disc read error while playing CODWaW off the HDD. How does that happen? I've been getting disc read errors a LOT lately, even before the NXE, so I'm not blaming that.

Ugh is right! What the hell could cause that? I'm kind of still waiting for my red ring... I wonder if it will occur a month after my warranty expires? Not that I mean to imply you're got a ring on the way.

Keep us updated. I'm curious what's going on with your 'box.

[cochesecochese]

That's coming in 2009, I guess they couldn't get it up at launch.
I swear this has never happened before.

[Luftwaffles08]

Ugh is right! What the hell could cause that? I'm kind of still waiting for my red ring... I wonder if it will occur a month after my warranty expires? Not that I mean to imply you're got a ring on the way.

Keep us updated. I'm curious what's going on with your 'box.


I have been getting disc problems every since I upgraded to NXE. When I boot up, it sees whatever disc is in the drive as a DVD. Open and close the drive, and it sees it as a game.

This may be just a coincidence, but since my elite is a year and a half old and I don't use it heavily, it seems strange.

[Scorch]

I have been getting disc problems every since I upgraded to NXE. When I boot up, it sees whatever disc is in the drive as a DVD. Open and close the drive, and it sees it as a game.

My second XBox did this right before it stopped reading discs altogether. Exactly this.

[Luftwaffles08]

My second XBox did this right before it stopped reading discs altogether. Exactly this.


That's exactly what I was worried about. I'm hoping I can make it to my holiday break, and then I'll probably send out the coffin. :cry:

[Trakan]

I have been getting disc problems every since I upgraded to NXE. When I boot up, it sees whatever disc is in the drive as a DVD. Open and close the drive, and it sees it as a game.

This may be just a coincidence, but since my elite is a year and a half old and I don't use it heavily, it seems strange.

Do you use it to watch DVDs? If you do, stop. That helped me.

[kevlar51]

My errors are always in game. I'd be playing and the "disc read error" blade would pop up, telling me to clean the disc, and then I'd be pushed back into the dash. I could restart the game fine.

With the NXE, I was playing off the HDD, navigating the barracks menus shortly after starting the game up and the disc read error popped up and shoved me back into NXE, where I could then restart the game and play fine.

[rickdom]

Sorry of this has been asked, but what happens if you install NXE using a memory card on an Arcade unit, and you remove the memory card? Does it just go back to blades?

[thrustbucket]

Sorry of this has been asked, but what happens if you install NXE using a memory card on an Arcade unit, and you remove the memory card? Does it just go back to blades?

The blades don't exist any more once you have NXE. I'm not sure which part of NXE needs physical storage to function, but my guess is it would still work, but accessing parts of it would tell you to put the card back in.

[Wolfpup]

It's all in flash, same as before. Your profile and I guess a little data for your "avatar" are stored on the memory device.

[slickkill77]

Don't know if this has been mentioned but if you go to the my features (for your avatar) and keep your cursor over the hair tab for one minute the tab will spin and it will unlock more hair colors.

Don't actualy hit the hair tab. Make sure its the very first tab that says change hairstyles

[Jesus_S_Preston]

Yeah, it enabled my av's rocking hair.

...which you can't see, because apparently my sigged gamercard exploded.

[Spybreak8]

Don't know if this has been mentioned but if you go to the my features (for your avatar) and keep your cursor over the hair tab for one minute the tab will spin and it will unlock more hair colors.

Don't actualy hit the hair tab. Make sure its the very first tab that says change hairstyles

Yes there is a thread about that:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204695

[GenghisJohn]

The netfix is awesome, but the streaming quality sucks during the daytime. Once the sun goes down my vid quality goes from 1 bar to 5. I dunno if the bottleneck is me or the netflix server, but it kinda sucks

[JP]

I always get 5 bars.

[Bioshocked360]

I've never gotten below 4 bars.

[JP]

Looks like some movies have come off of the no 360 stream list. It wasnt like this before House came on, and after Fringe was over I turned on my 360 and went to netflix and there were more movies. Shows up in my queue online with no conditions either. Sweetness. Real Genius here I come!!

[seanr1221]

Yup, karate kid and ghostbusters were added to my list :)

Anyone with Verizon DSL get more than 2 bars?

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yep, it seems like they possibly worked out most of the kinks with Sony. All eight of the movies that were not available are now.

[Bioshocked360]

What were the 8 movies?

[bigdaddybruce44]

I can't remember a few, but the ones I do were...

An Evening with Kevin Smith 1&2
Murder by Death
Les Miserables
Bram Stoker's Dracula

[Bretters]

Les Miserables

Yayyy :D

[Chase]

I love the update but am starting to wonder if the occasional freeze during World at War is a server issue or an issue with game installations. I ask this as the Mini-Dashboard also is subject to an occasional freeze or noticeable delay.

[Spybreak8]

I love the update but am starting to wonder if the occasional freeze during World at War is a server issue or an issue with game installations. I ask this as the Mini-Dashboard also is subject to an occasional freeze or noticeable delay.

I occasionally have some delay with my mini dashboard but patience is a virtue right.

[MondiBlue]

I've stayed off of Live since I heard that the NXE is causing problems. My previous 360 kept freezing on me so I took it back. I exchanged it for an Elite a few weeks ago. While checking out the information on NXE I found out it was screwing up Elites.

Is it a particular model of Elites, like those manufactured within a certain period of time? Mine was manufactured on 2-25-08. If you've got the NXE, could you check out when it was manufactured and report whether your system is still working? Any help would be greatly appreciated, because I'm paranoid that as soon as I get on Live my 360 will be bricked.

[Galego23]

Haven't had a problem until recently...

For some strange reason now when I load up a game, sometimes I appear as being signed-off of my profile(even though I was already logged into my profile both normally and to XBL)

So when I pull up the guide, and click Sign-In my name just appears invisible and won't allow me to click on it.

It's extremely frustrating because I can't save to my profile and obviously can't play on-line.. so I have to actually re-start the XBox to solve this problem because re-starting the game sometimes does not work...

[Galego23]

Yup, karate kid and ghostbusters were added to my list :)

Anyone with Verizon DSL get more than 2 bars?


I have Verizon DSL and I barely get a goddamn bar.

[VipFREAK]

Don't go with At&t (formerly Pac Bell) they are the AOhell of DSL...

[Wolfpup]

I've stayed off of Live since I heard that the NXE is causing problems. My previous 360 kept freezing on me so I took it back. I exchanged it for an Elite a few weeks ago. While checking out the information on NXE I found out it was screwing up Elites.

Is it a particular model of Elites, like those manufactured within a certain period of time? Mine was manufactured on 2-25-08. If you've got the NXE, could you check out when it was manufactured and report whether your system is still working? Any help would be greatly appreciated, because I'm paranoid that as soon as I get on Live my 360 will be bricked.

All three Xbox models are identical. The only difference is the case color, and the included accessories. For some reason it seems like these updates kill a lot of systems, but don't worry about it. I mean you'll have to do it sooner or later, so might as well do it now while you're under warranty. And you're no more likely to have it die than anyone else with a Falcon model.

My Falcon updated just fine. I don't' LIKE the new interface (I mean there are improvements, but they could have been implemented in the old interface), but the system works.

[Chase]

I occasionally have some delay with my mini dashboard but patience is a virtue right.


It's a shame it isn't a cake scented Scratch and Sniff sticker. At least I'd have some way to entertain myself during the delays. ;)

[Nelo Ice]

hey if u guys have already downloaded the bare your teeth and hope runs deep themes delete them off ur hd and redownload them off ur purchase history and you'll get the premium versions!

[Owen]

hey if u guys have already downloaded the bare your teeth and hope runs deep themes delete them off ur hd and redownload them off ur purchase history and you'll get the premium versions!

You do not need to delete the originals, just re-download and you will have both on your HD as the new Premium themes have different names.

[Nelo Ice]

You do not need to delete the originals, just re-download and you will have both on your HD as the new Premium themes have different names.

ic i was just followin off what i read on gaf

[Owen]

I wonder if there are any other themes like that. The only problem is these updated themes will not be listed as purchased so you could accidentally buy them again if you just look at the Game's theme section.

[TrueBlueLS]

Don't go with At&t (formerly Pac Bell) they are the AOhell of DSL...

You had to of been far from your local CO or VRAD. My service with AT&T has been light years better than the garbage I was accustomed to with Comcast.

[Matt Young]

I didn't realize we could use avatars in Bomberman Live. Awesome.

[Malik112099]

I didn't realize we could use avatars in Bomberman Live. Awesome.


you can go on the marketplace and filter by games that use avatars

[Spybreak8]

I didn't realize we could use avatars in Bomberman Live. Awesome.

Same, I booted up the game and was given a new update, then avatars! Its not really that cool, just a surprise.

[Goodeye]

both hardwood card games (xbla), keflings, uno, bomberman, and then Scene it: BOS is all the currently uses Avatars.

[KingBroly]

Same, I booted up the game and was given a new update, then avatars! Its not really that cool, just a surprise.

For Bomberman Live I had to update it so it could tell me to redownload it because it had a new update for Avatars :S

[Goodeye]

Yeah both hardwood card games and bomberman have a TU (title update prompted when the game is started) then the game has to be physically re-downloaded from the marketplace which you are prompted for.

A really backwards way of updating but I guess the game's code was written in a way that they would not be able to do it normally.

[Richlough]

Check out the Major's Avatar .
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Major%20Nelson/avatar-body.png
Ripped jeans?
Looks like he's beta testing new clothing options .

[twa318]

I experienced a major lack of performance after i installed GTA4 to the hard drive.

I found the popup was MUCH worse and it was very noticeable. I uninstalled and ran it from the disc, and aside from intial load time the game plays smoother from disc then hard drive. Anyone else have this happen as well?

[orbit18]

looks more like major's trying to feel young again!


btw is the skate 2 theme premium?

[ratzombie]

Yeah, looks like Major's son or something. :lol:

twa, I think that might be because GTAIV already uses caching and continuously streams off the disc. I believe I read that for games like that, typically installing to HD will reduce performance, like Halo 3.

[RelentlessRolento]

yeah, is the new skate 2 theme premium... i want to know as well...

[Wolfpup]

Yeah, looks like Major's son or something. :lol:

twa, I think that might be because GTAIV already uses caching and continuously streams off the disc. I believe I read that for games like that, typically installing to HD will reduce performance, like Halo 3.

Which is really too bad, and kind of ironic. I don't know what to think about it, since NOT installing to the drive is not an option for me.

[Zyzomys]

since NOT installing to the drive is not an option for meHow can this not be an option? You still need the disk either way!

[Chase]

Hopefully, future games will consider hard drive installs, and not use the caching system found in games like Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4. There is a high-possibility I will not buy games that experience problems when installed.

[Jesse_Dylan]

How can this not be an option? You still need the disk either way!

His disk drive is probably loud and skips, just like mine. Disc Read Error city. This is a problem on many units, I'm afraid, and I was waiting with baited breath for the install feature because of it (and it's totally assuaged my difficulties).

I think Halo 3 caches a bit differently than other games do, so stuff like GTA IV and Fable 2, which also cache, will still benefit from installs. Fable 2 certainly benefits immeasurably, and GTA IV does seem to, from what I've seen.

It shouldn't really be too hard to modify games. They're designed to run (tho poorly) without a HDD at all to cache to, so can't they just tell Halo 3 to run itself as if no hard drive existed, BUT, to run that way FROM the hard drive?

I personally don't care, as I don't play Halo (I suck horribly), but it seems like sort of a bummer for folks that play it a lot.

[TruVisionary]

I dunno if anyone else has discovered this, but if you install a game, and there's a fleck of dirt on the disc, when you get to that part the game won't play. It happened to me in gears of war 2. I had to delete the game from my hard drive, clean the disc, and install it again. It took me 30 minutes to figure out what was wrong. it works fine now so if anyone else is having this problem, that's how to fix it.

[Wolfpup]

That is really weird. You'd think it would be smarter about copying it to begin with. Using error correction and whatnot. We'll all need to remember that for future reference...

[Rig]

Is there a list of games somewhere that are known to run worse off the HDD? I know Halo 3 has been mentioned, but GoW2 takes a while to load off my HDD.

But since I did a lot of playing off the HDD with it, I cannot remember if it was taking that long from the disc.

I also noticed playing local co-op on the game makes it get read from the disc. Kinda strange.

[jd302426]

Word on the internet says that new Jasper Xbox 360s have 256mb internal memory so you store NXE fully on the Xbox 360 itself.

[YodaEXE]

Word on the internet says that new Jasper Xbox 360s have 256mb internal memory so you store NXE fully on the Xbox 360 itself.
Sounds interesting, and it would certainly make sense. Honestlly, I'm a bit surprised that they didn't do that from the start, although I suppose that they also probably weren't thinking about the NXE when they designed the system.

[Chase]

I dunno if anyone else has discovered this, but if you install a game, and there's a fleck of dirt on the disc, when you get to that part the game won't play. It happened to me in gears of war 2. I had to delete the game from my hard drive, clean the disc, and install it again. It took me 30 minutes to figure out what was wrong. it works fine now so if anyone else is having this problem, that's how to fix it.


That is rather odd. I'll make a mental note in case any of my installs experience issues.

[KingBroly]

Hmm...that's...weird...to say the least. Definitely haven't encountered that, and I've installed a bunch of games to the hard drive.

The dash still freezes for me when going to the blades in games. They really need to fix that. Well...I'm guessing my 360 is near its' end because I'm guaranteeing the next dashboard update kills it.

[Wolfpup]

Word on the internet says that new Jasper Xbox 360s have 256mb internal memory so you store NXE fully on the Xbox 360 itself.

I've heard that too, but I don't understand what it means. The NXE is still there regardless of whether your drive in inserted. Maybe parts of it...the avatars or something, aren't? Stuff that you can't access anyway without your profile being on the system? That's the only thing I can think, because the basics are all there, and AFAIK nothing about my storage space on my drive has changed, other than a tiny amount storing my avatar's design I presume, but it's smaller than most game saves.

[io]

I haven't been in this thread too much since the update went live but I just wanted to relate this little tidbit:

Microsoft made my 5 year-old cry.

All of a sudden this evening he came in crying and asking me why I changed the Xbox because now he can't find the arcade games. He wasn't even playing it at the time - this happened a few days ago and my wife called me while I was out to figure out how to find them. He just remembered it when he saw his brother playing GHWT and it brought back the horrible memory.

Anyway, when I told him I didn't have any choice and they just changed it to work that way he said "I hate those people" :rofl:

So take that Microsoft!

(As for me, I kind of like it - I told him he'll get used to it and figure it out then it won't be so bad).

[RelentlessRolento]

aww poor kid :(

[CouRageouS]

GHWT made me cry too.

[Wolfpup]

I haven't been in this thread too much since the update went live but I just wanted to relate this little tidbit:

Microsoft made my 5 year-old cry.

All of a sudden this evening he came in crying and asking me why I changed the Xbox because now he can't find the arcade games. He wasn't even playing it at the time - this happened a few days ago and my wife called me while I was out to figure out how to find them. He just remembered it when he saw his brother playing GHWT and it brought back the horrible memory.

Anyway, when I told him I didn't have any choice and they just changed it to work that way he said "I hate those people" :rofl:

So take that Microsoft!

(As for me, I kind of like it - I told him he'll get used to it and figure it out then it won't be so bad).

Ooooh that's a riot (and cute). Well, there ya go :D

I've slowly learned more or less where stuff is, but the interface is just stupid. I'm baffled by people who were "confused" by the old interface. I mean it was all labeled pretty clearly, and just sitting right there on the screen.

The most confusing thing about the old interface was just that save game/demo management is in the system area...but it still is in the new one, only it's more confusing to get to.

EDIT: Actually finding your downloaded games seems a lot harder too, even after you find the right area. It was obvious how to separate out games you own with the old interface, but if you can, I STILL don't know how to do that with the new one.

[WhipSmartBanky]

I haven't been in this thread too much since the update went live but I just wanted to relate this little tidbit:

Microsoft made my 5 year-old cry.

All of a sudden this evening he came in crying and asking me why I changed the Xbox because now he can't find the arcade games. He wasn't even playing it at the time - this happened a few days ago and my wife called me while I was out to figure out how to find them. He just remembered it when he saw his brother playing GHWT and it brought back the horrible memory.

Anyway, when I told him I didn't have any choice and they just changed it to work that way he said "I hate those people" :rofl:

So take that Microsoft!

(As for me, I kind of like it - I told him he'll get used to it and figure it out then it won't be so bad).
Does he post on the internet, yet? Sounds like he's got it figured out already.

:D

[Goodeye]

My cousin had to have me come over and set up the settings for making his 360 start a game when inserted, and set up to instantly start it if a disc is in the tray when the system was turned on. He thought it was nice when the NXE came out now he hates it.

I dunno I start liking more and more everyday.

[Wolfpup]

Out of curiosity, what do you like about it?

There are some good changes that came with the update, but from what I can see, none of them have anything to do with the new interface. (Stuff like install to drive, and a better listing of content in the marketplace, although worse on your system...)

[Trakan]

Out of curiosity, what do you like about it?

There are some good changes that came with the update, but from what I can see, none of them have anything to do with the new interface. (Stuff like install to drive, and a better listing of content in the marketplace, although worse on your system...)

It was weird because it was new. I know where everything is now and I like it just fine. Things are faster and you can download from Xbox.com straight to your 360 now. Even if I didn't like this new interface better, if that's what I have to live with to get 8 person party/chat, Netflix and all those other new options, I'll live with it.

[Wolfpup]

It was weird because it was new. I know where everything is now and I like it just fine. Things are faster and you can download from Xbox.com straight to your 360 now. Even if I didn't like this new interface better, if that's what I have to live with to get 8 person party/chat, Netflix and all those other new options, I'll live with it.

Yeah, but none of those features have anything to do with the new interface. I've kind of memorized where stuff is now, but this is the first time (going all the way back to the TurboDuo and SegaCD) where I've HAD to memorize an interface.

[thrustbucket]

Yeah, but none of those features have anything to do with the new interface. I've kind of memorized where stuff is now, but this is the first time (going all the way back to the TurboDuo and SegaCD) where I've HAD to memorize an interface.

For one thing, anything that has to do with changing settings or viewing my download history, I know is just clicking on my Gamertag under MyXbox.

So far, that's been the case. EVERYTHING is in there that has to do with user settings, download history or preferences.

Accessing the marketplace content, I can see how that is sort of confusing. I love to check the latest trailers, and it is a bit wonky to get to the trailers. (Click on video marketplace, then new releases)

[pitfallharry219]

Has anybody else received this email from XBoxUpgradeUS@harte-hanks.com? (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:open_compose_win%28%27popup=1&to=XBoxUpgradeUS%40harte-hanks.com&cc=&bcc=&msg=&subject=&thismailbox=INBOX%27%29;)

Hello,

This is the Xbox Customer Service Team and I am contacting you in regard to
your Xbox Upgrade order, #4347893987. We are unable to process your order
due to an undeliverable address. The address you provide is:

my address here

Upon receipt of your correct/complete shipping address and phone number we
will process your order. You will receive an email notification following
the processing of your order.

If corrected address information is not received within 3 business days
your order will be cancelled.

Thank you,
Xbox Customer Service Team

I don't know what the problem is. I checked and double checked for any typos I might've made in my address.

[slidecage]

DO i need to run out tonight and buy a GOLD membership card to hook into netflix or does the free Trail time work with netflix..


Ordered a 13 month one off AMAZON for 39 but it will not get here for up to 2 weeks


I did not know if the free time will work or i need to run out tomorrow and buy one of those 1 month cards for 7.99

THANKS

[lllusion]

free trail works fine , I did it myself with the free trail then added the 1 year code afterwards.

[slidecage]

free trail works fine , I did it myself with the free trail then added the 1 year code afterwards.

how long is the Free time for

[bs000]

how long is the Free time for

1 month.

[slidecage]

thanks for all the help...... seems my Game card might ship tonight already went into shipping soon mode.....


HOpefully they come tomorrow when im home.. I doubt they will leave it on the doorstep...

got an xbox 360 and a pc coming tomorrow... UPS man going to have to make a few trips to my house tomorrow LOL

[thrustbucket]

I thought Arcade units didn't come with free trials of live?

[ZForce915]

I thought Arcade units didn't come with free trials of live?

I think you get it just for creating an XBOX Live account. So by creating a gamertag you'll be given a month of live for free.

[shinryuu]

Has anyone had a problem using their iPod/MP3 player? I connected it yesterday and it was reading the library forever while I played Gears for 2hrs. I didn't have a problem with it before. Then again, I'm connecting an iPod with 24GBs of music rather than a shuffle or something.

[Bretters]

Yeah... it took forever building a playlist when I hooked my zune up and I just canceled it. Streaming from PC still works fine but GoW2 lags for some reason when I do that.

[hohez]

I tried my zune 2 days ago and it went TONS faster than the old OS. This time it loaded it up per artist, instead of before where it only ever loaded up individual songs. And loading up a list of 5000 songs takes forever, but 200 artists, not so bad at all.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I think you get it just for creating an XBOX Live account. So by creating a gamertag you'll be given a month of live for free.

Indeed. There is no card or anything in the box. You create an account, and they basically hold your hand towards getting the free month.

[Wolfpup]

Be sure to create it on the box though. My last Gamertag I created on the web, and it didn't give me the free month.

[slidecage]

I thought people said you got 1 FREE month of xbox live with the arcade.... Netflix say i need a gold membership and said its only the Silver you get free so i need to buy a card

FREE TIME will not work with netflix


WTF--- seems netflix workers have no clue either way for some freaking reason its not working... Will probally have to run out tomorrow and buy a 1 month code for 8 bucks and see if it works


also should i pay the 60 bucks and get the 2 year warrenty xbox gives you

anyone know what the basic warranty is

my credit cards doubles it ..

thanks

[Wolfpup]

If streaming Netflix stuff is all you're going to do with it, paying for Gold isn't remotely worth it. You can use other devices-or even the 360, streamed through a PC with a third party app. Not to mention the real Netflix service itself is better.

[bigdaddybruce44]

If streaming Netflix stuff is all you're going to do with it, paying for Gold isn't remotely worth it. You can use other devices-or even the 360, streamed through a PC with a third party app. Not to mention the real Netflix service itself is better.

Indeed.

[slidecage]

If streaming Netflix stuff is all you're going to do with it, paying for Gold isn't remotely worth it. You can use other devices-or even the 360, streamed through a PC with a third party app. Not to mention the real Netflix service itself is better.

well a year of gold (13 months ) Only ran me 38 on amazon... What should come in 2 weeks

say 3 bucks per month.... I will just cancel my Stars what im paying 8 per month for and that will pay for it alone...

I will probally play games online as well but as i start out it be like 80 % netflix 20% online games

I might just grab a 1 month code off meijers or best buy tomorrow if i can not figure out why its not working

*until i get a hard drive


should i buy the 2 year plan for 60 or not

[Wolfpup]

You know you need to subscribe to Netflix too, right? (Not trying to sound like jerk, but I wasn't sure you knew).

For me, Netflix itself makes it's own streaming service pointless.

Plus, I'm not sure how well it works, but for a one time cost there's a program that'll let you do the streaming through your PC to the Xbox.

[lmz00]

I'm too lazy to turn on my Xbox/read pages upon pages of this thread that I'm behind on, so I'll just ask:

Have they added any new clothing options yet?

[bigdaddybruce44]

Plus, I'm not sure how well it works, but for a one time cost there's a program that'll let you do the streaming through your PC to the Xbox.

Sounds like you're probably talking about PlayOn. It's not too bad at all. I used it for the last month. It's nice that it lets you stream to both the 360 and PS3, with the Wii coming soon. You also get very easy access to content from other places (eg, CBS and ESPN), but I never used any of that.

[spydey]

Hopefully, future games will consider hard drive installs, and not use the caching system found in games like Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4. There is a high-possibility I will not buy games that experience problems when installed.

I'm hoping they don't. I think games should primarily be created to run efficiently from the disk, and not "force" people to install games to make them run properly.

[bigdaddybruce44]

But at the same time, people shouldn't be punished for wanting to install their games to the hard drive. Of course, I doubt that will be a problem in the future, Developers are now fully aware of the feature and will obviously work out a happy medium. There shouldn't be anymore Halo 3 or GTA4 situations.

[shinryuu]

Yeah... it took forever building a playlist when I hooked my zune up and I just canceled it. Streaming from PC still works fine but GoW2 lags for some reason when I do that.
Weird, it worked today when I plugged it in. I played an album, came back, and it gave me the reading content thing again. The music was still playing, but I couldn't see the device anymore. This is weirddd.

[newantt]

Items aren't avaiable yet, ad was seen on the Spotlight channel.

Via: http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/03/ski-and-snow-avatar-items-coming-soon

Looks like, 3 Jackets
2 Beanies
2 Boots
2 Gloves

[Bretters]

do not want

[newantt]

free is free, unless its not...but it'll most likely will.

[TruVisionary]

as long as it's free, and winter, I'll use it.

[Chronotrigga]

nice!

[Goodeye]

Kinda weak honestly... I am a big christmas buff I would have liked some holiday stuff. Some of us never wear this stuff ( I am in AZ) It would be nice if they added stuff that would appeal to EVERYONE.

sad thing is I will probably end up using them anyways...

[newantt]

Kinda weak honestly... I am a big christmas buff I would have liked some holiday stuff. Some of us never wear this stuff ( I am in AZ) It would be nice if they added stuff that would appeal to EVERYONE.

sad thing is I will probably end up using them anyways...

Just pretend your going to flagstaff :P

[TC]

I hate winter.

[Goodeye]

I love christmas big time just give me a santa hat and I will be happy!

[seanr1221]

Saw it on my spotlight and it autoupdaded the clothing options under avatars.

[newantt]

Saw it on my spotlight and it autoupdaded the clothing options under avatars.

Woo! Its live :P

Though I only got 4 items, the flame beanie
the brown orange jacket
the black boot
and the blue gloves

Guess the other stuff is for girls?
the blue jacket
the red beanie
and the pink gloves

(I already had the winter coat)

[Goodeye]

why the girls got way more is weird. I know women tend to shop for clothes more etc. I just want enough stuff out there my guy does not look like every other avatar.

[cochesecochese]

why the girls got way more is weird. I know women tend to shop for clothes more etc. I just want enough stuff out there my guy does not look like every other avatar.
In a few months you'll be pissing and moaning, with the rest of us no doubt, about MS' plans to release micro packs of clothing items at 100 space bucks a pop.

[Chronotrigga]

Seriously, the only time I look at avatars are on the CAG forum, and that's because people's "MyGamerCard" is in their signature. I rarely look at the real friends list in the dashboard that has people's avatars on it, because I normally go to the Xbox Guide and view my Friends list from there, and it's just like the past friends list.

I don't mind dressing my guy, but depending on what it is, 100 isn't 'that' bad. That's less than $2 for something I would probably only buy once in my lifetime. If I felt cheap, I would just ask my friends if I could borrow $.25, and before I knew it, I could scavenge up $2. Now I know that's not the point because Microsoft is still charging 100, but I still don't mind. If it's anything more than 100, then that's pretty ridiculous.

[FriskyTanuki]

Not much added, though beggars can't be choosers for this free stuff. At least the free jacket is Browns-colored, so it doesn't look too bad.

[gordojones88]

Hey, why the hell is everybody wearing my Exclusive Ski Jacket I just got my Avatard!

http://profile.mygamercard.net/Goodeye84http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Goodeye84.pnghttp://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/gordojones88.png
.

[FriskyTanuki]

They're all fans of the Cleveland Browns.

[Genocidal]

Or Baldwin Wallace.

[greyzieoriental]

Does anyone know how to check your NAT type?

It doesn't seem to be in the same place it once was.
If not, does anyone know if there is any warning or a way of knowing its open?

[gordojones88]

Does anyone know how to check your NAT type?

It doesn't seem to be in the same place it once was.
If not, does anyone know if there is any warning or a way of knowing its open?


Um, gross. I don't want to know anymore about your Nats.

[porieux]

I just can't see paying actual money to change a few pixels.
You should be able to design your own t-shirts like in Rock Band.

[neverletthem]

Does anyone know how to check your NAT type?

It doesn't seem to be in the same place it once was.
If not, does anyone know if there is any warning or a way of knowing its open?

Yeah, I can't seem to find out how to check either. The only way I seem to know how to check is to put in a copy of Halo 3 and search matchmaking, it usually tells you if your NAT is not open.

Never mind, found a way. Test you xbox live connection, and at the end of the test, if your NAT isn't open, it will say there is an error with the connection, and by pressing more info, it will tell you what your NAT is.

[shinryuu]

Hey, why the hell is everybody wearing my Exclusive Ski Jacket I just got my Avatard!

http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/awwjayzin.png
.
Hee hee, I made your post look funny now.

[Kevlar281]

I was hoping for a Santa hat. :cry:

[greyzieoriental]

Yeah, I can't seem to find out how to check either. The only way I seem to know how to check is to put in a copy of Halo 3 and search matchmaking, it usually tells you if your NAT is not open.

Never mind, found a way. Test you xbox live connection, and at the end of the test, if your NAT isn't open, it will say there is an error with the connection, and by pressing more info, it will tell you what your NAT is.

thanks, i think i came to the same conclusion after searching through the webs
mines has been open since way before the NXE but i was thrying to help a buddy open his
funny thing is, he also tried putting in Halo 3 to get the message

[gordojones88]

Hee hee, I made your post look funny now.


Ha Ha! I just deleted you and your little avatard.



.

[gordojones88]

So no new post on the New Xbox Experience in 4 days?

So I guess new New is now old ...

[Wolfpup]

Eh, the interface still stinks, but what else is there to say? At least you can memorize where stuff is. A lot of the new features are cool though (not that they have anything to do with the new interface).

[thrustbucket]

My cousin is unable to get his hd dvd drive to work ever since NXE. Anyone heard of that problem or experienced something like it?

[PhrostByte]

My cousin is unable to get his hd dvd drive to work ever since NXE. Anyone heard of that problem or experienced something like it?


Mine works great.

[Jesse_Dylan]

I've had trouble with my DVD drive since I bought my console Summer of 2006.

[greyzieoriental]

So no new post on the New Xbox Experience in 4 days?

So I guess new New is now old ...

Yea, it has actually been renamed OXE now

[M1C13]

My cousin is unable to get his hd dvd drive to work ever since NXE. Anyone heard of that problem or experienced something like it?
I haven't used it since the update, I will try it tonight though.

[Malik112099]

My cousin is unable to get his hd dvd drive to work ever since NXE. Anyone heard of that problem or experienced something like it?


mine works fine....

[IVIGAM3RIVI]

I love NXE! it really didn't much overall other than net flix but the UI is just so much better looking. the blades were just getting stale

[Trakan]

Free Winter theme is up.

http://kotaku.com/5106394/free-holiday-xbox-theme

[VipFREAK]

Has M$ swapped in gay's to create graphics or something?

[doctorfaustus]

Has M$ swapped in gay's to create graphics or something?

Huh?

[LinkinPrime]

From NeoGaf:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9089/2w2phd2ob9.jpg (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1174)

--------------


So anyone else experiencing slowdown when accessing the marketplace or your friendlisth while ingame? Shit is super slow for me.

Also the marketplace doesn't seem to be as organized as before NXE, when you go to new releases it shows old stuff. RockBand DLC for No Doubt wasn't under New Releases...same goes for other things I've found lately, seems like I have to keep digging to find the newer stuff.

[Wolfpup]

That's kind of cool. I'll try to remember to download it...actually, if I could get Xbox.com to quit being stupid and let me log in, I could maybe queue it up from here (my 360's on right now downloading the last episode of Heroes I rented :D )

EDIT: Finally got logged in, but I can't figure out where it is on the web. I'll try to remember tonight.

[strongpimphand]

Yea, i'll try to look to see who's online and it'll take about 30 seconds...horrible freeze

Nothing though is worse than EA doing sportscenter updates when I'm playing my music! I know it's not Xbox related and it's an EA problem, but I hate it!!!!!!!!!

I'll be laid back playing some nice music and BOOM "duh duh duh duh, dum dum dum, dum dum dum!"

[SteveMcQ]

Yea, i'll try to look to see who's online and it'll take about 30 seconds...horrible freeze

Nothing though is worse than EA doing sportscenter updates when I'm playing my music! I know it's not Xbox related and it's an EA problem, but I hate it!!!!!!!!!

I'll be laid back playing some nice music and BOOM "duh duh duh duh, dum dum dum, dum dum dum!"I'm pretty sure you can shut off the ESPN updates in the game's options menu.

[ZForce915]

From NeoGaf:

So anyone else experiencing slowdown when accessing the marketplace or your friendlisth while ingame? Shit is super slow for me.

Also the marketplace doesn't seem to be as organized as before NXE, when you go to new releases it shows old stuff. RockBand DLC for No Doubt wasn't under New Releases...same goes for other things I've found lately, seems like I have to keep digging to find the newer stuff.

I have trouble viewing my friends list from the dashboard, usually I get the bubble that says their name and then a long delay before I see their avatar.

[Spybreak8]

lol tried to download the free winter theme and did anyone else get this(i'm on a pc atm)
Content not found

The content you are looking for is not available. You may have used an outdated link or typed the URL incorrectly.

[torifile]

[I've got to say - I hate these fucking omnibus threads. They're useless and incoherent. But since my thread was locked and it said to use this thread, I will. But I still think these fucking threads that are thousands of posts long, cobbled together from various other closed threads are incomprehensible and useless...]

I bought Braid on my desktop using xbox.com. I was signed into my account at the time and I added points to my account - which show up on my 360 so I know I was in the right account. When I went to have my 360 download it, it didn't automatically download like it was supposed to. I went to "active downloads" to see and it said that it was assigned to another console. WTH? Am I now only going to be able to play Braid when I'm online?

BTW, this account is new and the error is not the result of an RROD or anything. Wait a minute... I did have my last 360 RROD after like 23 hours with this profile on it. I didn't use it to download any XBLA anything. Could that still be the problem?

[Trakan]

[I've got to say - I hate these fucking omnibus threads. They're useless and incoherent. But since my thread was locked and it said to use this thread, I will. But I still think these fucking threads that are thousands of posts long, cobbled together from various other closed threads are incomprehensible and useless...]

I bought Braid on my desktop using xbox.com. I was signed into my account at the time and I added points to my account - which show up on my 360 so I know I was in the right account. When I went to have my 360 download it, it didn't automatically download like it was supposed to. I went to "active downloads" to see and it said that it was assigned to another console. WTH? Am I now only going to be able to play Braid when I'm online?

BTW, this account is new and the error is not the result of an RROD or anything. Wait a minute... I did have my last 360 RROD after like 23 hours with this profile on it. I didn't use it to download any XBLA anything. Could that still be the problem?

Maybe. This has happened to me, but has since fixed itself. Just go to your download history and download it from there. Try playing it offline. I would think it would work, but I'm not sure.

[Chase]

So anyone else experiencing slowdown when accessing the marketplace or your friendlisth while ingame? Shit is super slow for me.


Yes, I too have experienced slowdowns/freezes whilst accessing and browsing the in-game Dashboard. It can be quite bothersome. Most of the time, I figure I have enough time to finish a reply to a message, but while exiting out of the in-game Dashboard, it freezes, and I arrive late to the party.

[chwisch87]

Well for the first few days of the NXE and Netflix, i was essentially getting 4 bars (full quality) on all my shows but these days i am seemingly lucky to get 2. 1 is pretty much unwatchable. I myself have a ~10 meg connection so its hardly my internet that seems to be the issue ... i think.

I was curious if anyone else has been having issues as well. There was article on wired that said the Roku netflix streamers have had a drop in quality too. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.

EDIT - there has also been word that apple Tv users are also seen longer load times ... it is possible that ISP's are secretly throating connections?

[Scorch]

I think a large part of it also depends on the number of users streaming, too. Fridays and Saturday nights, it's a struggle for me to get three bars.

[guyver2077]

when using wireless i have gotten 3 bars.. with wired though i always get 4..

[rodeojones903]

In the beta I always got 3 to 4 bars. Now I rarely get two bars. Its really disappointing. I think it has to do with the amount of people streaming from netflix.

[Aceboogz]

i get 4 bars on all my netflix movies

[RudyPants]

Mine has varied wildly as of late - sometimes its one bar, other times its four bars w/ HD (depending on programming). I blame it more on my connection than on Netflix.

[bigdaddybruce44]

So, in case you haven't noticed, yet, a bunch of the Sony-owned content is disappearing again after the New Year.

[torifile]

So, in case you haven't noticed, yet, a bunch of the Sony-owned content is disappearing again after the New Year.
You're implying that there's something nefarious going on here? Hardly. iTunes is also experiencing these licensing issues (in addition to Sony, other studios are causing both Netflix and iTunes problems). It's the moronic MPAA trying to one-up the RIAA in alienating their customers. Stupid, yes. Moronic, yes. But not an attempt by Sony to undermine the 360.

CNet's take (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10119509-93.html)

[Persona7]

From NeoGaf:


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So anyone else experiencing slowdown when accessing the marketplace or your friendlisth while ingame? Shit is super slow for me.

Also the marketplace doesn't seem to be as organized as before NXE, when you go to new releases it shows old stuff. RockBand DLC for No Doubt wasn't under New Releases...same goes for other things I've found lately, seems like I have to keep digging to find the newer stuff. Yeah the new releases are jumbled with old stuff..In demos the mirrors edge demo keeps jumping a slot as more are being released.

[Chase]

I tried using Google to search for answers, but found nothing recent. Does anyone know when Microsoft will add the ability to party up for Netflix? I have been waiting for it. Thanks in advance.

[thrustbucket]

I've yet to hear any specific date. Microsoft doesn't like specific dates, and usually if they have one they will advertise the shit out of it (like NXE).

I think the only rough estimate I heard was something like Spring.

[greyzieoriental]

About last month during the NXE update my file sharing to my Xbox 360 was able to recognize .mp4 extensions using just windows media player as the media sharing program.

I tried setting up my buddy's file sharing today and it doesn't show .mp4 extensions for some reason?
Does anyone know if he may have to download a codec or something to make it work with .mp4s?

Any help would be nice, thanks.
My computer and their computer is running Vista, if that helps any.

[bigdaddybruce44]

You're implying that there's something nefarious going on here? Hardly. iTunes is also experiencing these licensing issues (in addition to Sony, other studios are causing both Netflix and iTunes problems). It's the moronic MPAA trying to one-up the RIAA in alienating their customers. Stupid, yes. Moronic, yes. But not an attempt by Sony to undermine the 360.

CNet's take (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10119509-93.html)

Didn't know that. But if you were following the whole thread and the original release of NXE, you would know that a great deal of Sony-owned content was made completely unavailable for use with the 360 when the services were originally linked. Sony was not happy about their movies being used to help the 360, and they wanted their piece of the action. A few days later, though, everything was put back up. So, I was wasn't suggesting anything nefarious. I was suggesting more of the same from Sony.

[thrustbucket]

About last month during the NXE update my file sharing to my Xbox 360 was able to recognize .mp4 extensions using just windows media player as the media sharing program.

I tried setting up my buddy's file sharing today and it doesn't show .mp4 extensions for some reason?
Does anyone know if he may have to download a codec or something to make it work with .mp4s?

Any help would be nice, thanks.
My computer and their computer is running Vista, if that helps any.

I've had weird issues with .mp4 files. I have been able to play them from a usb flash, but not over my network with my pc. It doesn't even seem to see them over the network.

And yes, you do new the codec update, but usually the prompt for that to install occurs when you try to play an avi/mp4 file.

Luckily I always avoid mp4 files like the plague so it really isn't an issue.

[greyzieoriental]

I've had weird issues with .mp4 files. I have been able to play them from a usb flash, but not over my network with my pc. It doesn't even seem to see them over the network.

And yes, you do new the codec update, but usually the prompt for that to install occurs when you try to play an avi/mp4 file.

Luckily I always avoid mp4 files like the plague so it really isn't an issue.

I'm asking if you need a codec update for your PC? I have made no changes to my 360 except the NXE download. I was thinking .mp4 support was added or something. Maybe I downloaded the Vista codec pack. Since my computer should be no different than my friend's PC, only the fact that i downloaded a bunch of programs to convert videos from mkv, etc.

My Xbox actually recognizes the .mp4 in my video library of my Xbox 360, which was surprising to me.
I usually just change the .mp4 extension to .avi, but now all my .mp4s show up I actually don't have to dodge them anymore

[jmillion]

i usually get 4 bars(w HD for certain content). but yea i guess it all depends on what your watching and what time. i remember one episode of Heroes i was like stuck on 2-3, next show was HD.

[TC]

Yeah, I had Saints Row 2 and Hellboy with 0pts...got rid of both games cause I don't want to have that on my record.

Thanks! I went from over 120 games on my gamercard to just over 80. Makes it much easier to compare games with friends. Other than that it doesn't really matter.

[Malik112099]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945416?sd=xbox

Q22: How can I make Windows Media Player 11 stream MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.264 to my console?
A22: By default, Windows Media Player 11 does not support MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.264. You can either convert your MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.264 content to WMV, or you can install a third-party MP4 DirectShow decoder pack to import MPEG-4 part 2 and H.264 files into your library. When they are in your library, they can be streamed to your console exactly like WMV files.

[jdeluis]

I was wondering if anybody else is experiencing any slowdowns with with the dashboard? The majority of time I get a message for an invite and I accept, my dashboard freezes and the in game sound sometime skips for almost a minute.

[YodaEXE]

I was wondering if anybody else is experiencing any slowdowns with with the dashboard? The majority of time I get a message for an invite and I accept, my dashboard freezes and the in game sound sometime skips for almost a minute.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of random slowdowns. It's a bit weird, as I don't remember anything like that before the 19th, when it went out to everyone. When I was previewing it, everything was quite smooth.

[newantt]

A new set of avatar clothes are up. Formal clothes.

2 new tux's.
1 formal shirt
2 new formal hats.

[Chase]

Again, the freezes suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[jdeluis]

Again, the freezes suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Yep. Seems like a probably that will never go away. :cry:

[Chase]

Someone from Microsoft said the freezes were due to the number of people accessing Xbox Live. Unless I misinterpreted what was said, I fail to see how the freezes are caused by people accessing Live. It seems like more of a software problem. :-(

[ratzombie]

Weird... as I've yet to have the NXE freeze up on me.

[Chase]

I am jealous.

[DarkTower80]

Chase, it's not like one of the first things people do is try to find out which friends are playing what games...............um, nevermind. :)

[FriskyTanuki]

Someone from Microsoft said the freezes were due to the number of people accessing Xbox Live. Unless I misinterpreted what was said, I fail to see how the freezes are caused by people accessing Live. It seems like more of a software problem. :-(
Is that the same reason for why the marketplace is so slow after the update?

[Kaijufan]

So does loading up the entry of a game on the marketplace still take a long time for anyone else? Actually downloading content is very quick for me, but when I click on a game it takes 15-20 seconds to load the list of content for the game. It's starting to get really annoying, it doesn't seem like it should take that long to load.

[thrustbucket]

So does loading up the entry of a game on the marketplace still take a long time for anyone else? Actually downloading content is very quick for me, but when I click on a game it takes 15-20 seconds to load the list of content for the game. It's starting to get really annoying, it doesn't seem like it should take that long to load.


Yeah a lot of the times it does. Not just for games but for any content. They need to beef up their database.

[Wolfpup]

So does loading up the entry of a game on the marketplace still take a long time for anyone else? Actually downloading content is very quick for me, but when I click on a game it takes 15-20 seconds to load the list of content for the game. It's starting to get really annoying, it doesn't seem like it should take that long to load.

Yeah, if I'm thinking of the same place on the interface that you're talking about, it takes a long time for that stuff to fill in on mine.

[crystalklear64]

Any free premium themes for us lowly silver users yet?

[Zyzomys]

Anyone remember the Live problems last Christmas? I really do hope MS ramp up their servers before everything crashes this year.

[Wolfpup]

Anyone remember the Live problems last Christmas? I really do hope MS ramp up their servers before everything crashes this year.

Hey, I'm fine with it :-D 'Cause last year they gave us a free game...except it was a crappy free game (at least I didn't like it). Was glad they actually treated Silver members okay too for once.

[thrustbucket]

Hey, I'm fine with it :-D 'Cause last year they gave us a free game...except it was a crappy free game (at least I didn't like it). Was glad they actually treated Silver members okay too for once.

I'd be fine with it too, since I loved Undertow. Although there is no XBLA game out there as good that I don't already have that they can compensate me for.

Anyway, I read an interview where someone on the Live team said they made massive preparations this year and have a team working through the holidays to make sure it won't happen.

[GenghisJohn]

Man ever since the NXE my dvd drive has been shit. Games are freezing while im trying to load, really pissing me off

[hack]

I don't know if this has been asked already, but does anyone know of a way to make it so that Spotlight is not the first channel to appear when starting up the 360/NXE? I'd rather it default to My Xbox or something a little more useful...

[thrustbucket]

I don't know if this has been asked already, but does anyone know of a way to make it so that Spotlight is not the first channel to appear when starting up the 360/NXE? I'd rather it default to My Xbox or something a little more useful...

It's been pondered several times. The only way to do it is to set it up so it doesn't automatically sign into live when you turn on the xbox.

[hack]

It's been pondered several times. The only way to do it is to set it up so it doesn't automatically sign into live when you turn on the xbox.

Sadness. I rather like being signed in automatically...
There's a trade-off for everything I guess...

Thanks!

[Wolfpup]

It's annoying, but at least you can arrow up to get to the real interface :-/

I love how they went on about LESS ADS!!!! only instead, it actually spits you right out on a whole section for them.

[hack]

It's annoying, but at least you can arrow up to get to the real interface :-/

I love how they went on about LESS ADS!!!! only instead, it actually spits you right out on a whole section for them.

I rather like how the ads are integrated into the UI rather than just throwing it on every unused corner like the blades. At least they don't look like ads. And now, they seem to be turning every ad into a contest, and I don't mind the chance to win free stuff.