Hay, NXE? New Xbox Experience.

[Anton]

So guys it's here, the NXE update.

Discuss.

[Terry]

Had it since last week. It was definitely an improvement in more or less every area. Can't complain. Only wish avatars were more customizable. Can't seem to find hair similar to mine :P nor facial hair.

[InnerGoat]

yeah i'm a halo pro now this update is awesome

[Sever]

Fucking update removes all the awesomeness of the Bungie Day theme. Fuck you and your improving-my-online-experience update, MS. When I turn on my console, I don't care about how it functions, I just wanna see a soffish!!!![/lolrant]

[Jelly]

Is there a way to go back to the old dashboard layout? I can't see myself getting used to this.

Also, has this update slowed anybody elses console? Just messing about with menus I could feel the delay.

[randreach454]

nope, cant be reversed, your stuck jelly!

[JunkfoodMan]

The 1680x1050 support sucks. Nothing looks Full-res, and it's letterboxed.

[Anton]

There aren't any slowdowns on mine. Everything is peachy. I don't like how it screws up a lot of the themes but I do, however, like the new guide button better. Menus are a lot more cleaner too.

[InnerGoat]

The 1680x1050 support sucks. Nothing looks Full-res, and it's letterboxed.

Your monitor sucks. Make it auto adjust (if it even can) :cool:

It's alright on my 24" that doesn't have internal scaling, but 1920x1200 could have been thrown in this update tbh

[Zeph]

The only slowdowns I get are when it's trying to fetch data off the net. That said, it also happened on the old dashboard. I like the update. It allows the dashboard to scale indefinitely. I dont like the fact that it just locked up on me and I had to physically get up and turn off my console.

[JunkfoodMan]

Your monitor sucks. Make it auto adjust (if it even can) :cool:

It's alright on my 24" that doesn't have internal scaling, but 1920x1200 could have been thrown in this update tbh
But the proportions look fine already. IMO it looks like a downscaled 1080p.

[p0lar_bear]

I like it so far. The interface seems a lot less clunky and cumbersome than the old dashboard.

Avatars are such a horrible rip-off of Miis. %-)

[PlasbianX]

Anyone wanna confirm this to see if its a bug that im not the only one getting? Like if I look at someone's party.. say for example I just looked at who all was in rentafence's party.. the moment I press B to go back, my xbox freezes. Reproduced this 10 times now. Seems I cant look at parties then go back :/

[flibitijibibo]

So, 1680 x 1050 fails? Good, I'm not missing out then. (Goes back to WoW)

EDIT- Oh. Thanks jcap, that makes more sense.

[jcap]

Is there any way to choose which "channel" it defaults to when you turn on your console (such as My Xbox or Friends), or were these morons too fucking stupid to include something as basic as that?

And 1080x1050 is fine. Of course the top and bottom of the screen is going to be slightly letterboxed. Everything is 16:9. They'd have to update absolutely EVERYTHING for it to be full screen at 16:10. They should have done the letterboxing with the other VGA resolutions from the start. It's better than it being stretched.

[PlasbianX]

Is there any way to choose which "channel" it defaults to when you turn on your console (such as My Xbox or Friends), or were these morons too fucking stupid to include something as basic as that?

They were morons cause I cant find that option.

[Terry]

Yeah I would have liked to set it to xbox as well instead of spotlight...But ah well.

[Saggy]

Anyone wanna confirm this to see if its a bug that im not the only one getting? Like if I look at someone's party.. say for example I just looked at who all was in rentafence's party.. the moment I press B to go back, my xbox freezes. Reproduced this 10 times now. Seems I cant look at parties then go back :/
Yes, it just happened to me as well. Looked at rentafence's party, backed out and it froze. Just to make sure though, try looking at someone elses party as well if you haven't all ready.

[PlasbianX]

Yes, it just happened to me as well. Looked at rentafence's party, backed out and it froze. Just to make sure though, try looking at someone elses party as well if you haven't all ready.

I did. And same thing. :/

[Evil_Monkey]

I personally quite like it, only downside is there needs to be more customisation in the avatars.

[Saggy]

I did. And same thing. :/
Might want to write Microsoft/Major Nelson or something. Do they have a thing were you can fill out a feedback form for the NXE?

[DarkHalo003]

I personally quite like it, only downside is there needs to be more customisation in the avatars.
Yeah, I mean it would be cool if we at least had the option to keep our old gamer pics and such. I'm not a big fan on the Miis.

[ExAm]

At first I was disappointed with the 1680x1050 support, but then i realized that hey! Everything that's a circle is a circle now! I'm happy.

[JunkfoodMan]

Anyone wanna confirm this to see if its a bug that im not the only one getting? Like if I look at someone's party.. say for example I just looked at who all was in rentafence's party.. the moment I press B to go back, my xbox freezes. Reproduced this 10 times now. Seems I cant look at parties then go back :/
I'm having this problem aswell.

Also, am I the only one who sees noticable upscaling of in-game reolutions when playing in 1680x1050 mode?

[InnerGoat]

Is there any way to choose which "channel" it defaults to when you turn on your console (such as My Xbox or Friends), or were these morons too fucking stupid to include something as basic as that?

And 1080x1050 is fine. Of course the top and bottom of the screen is going to be slightly letterboxed. Everything is 16:9. They'd have to update absolutely EVERYTHING for it to be full screen at 16:10. They should have done the letterboxing with the other VGA resolutions from the start. It's better than it being stretched.
yes, and what letterboxing? 1680x1050 renders right for me.

edit-


Also, am I the only one who sees noticable upscaling of in-game reolutions when playing in 1680x1050 mode?the xbox upscales almost everything, so no

[Hotrod]

I completely forgot about this until you reminded me, going to download now.

[JunkfoodMan]

the xbox upscales almost everything, so no
Damn.

[PlasbianX]

I only have letter boxing in GOW2. Every other game fits my monitor perfectly.

[Hotrod]

The update is...different, though I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet.

[Somebody123]

Anyone know how and if you can remove avatars? I can't find anything that says "You can/can not remove them."

[Boba]

what the fuck is this mii bullshit

i bought an xbox to shoot things not socialize, fuck.

[Roostervier]

I hate this. It looks decent, but I hate the idea of avatars, and this froze my xbox after having it installed for 5 minutes. I liked how it was before better, at least it never froze my xbox.

[Somebody123]

It seems like most people like the new dashboard features with the exception of avatars. They caused me to kill everyone in Megaton. Along with Fawkes and Dogmeat. Then my disk froze. Hopefully playing off the hard drive will work well.

[p0lar_bear]

Yeah, I mean it would be cool if we at least had the option to keep our old gamer pics and such.

Uh, hello? You can. Most people choose to use the avatar as their gamerpic because why not?

[DarkHalo003]

Uh, hello? You can. Most people choose to use the avatar as their gamerpic because why not?
Yeah, I just found that out when I looked at my gamer profile. My bad.lol. Still the Miis look retarded IMO. :v:

[klange]

Updating just because (http://joeygadget.com/images/xbupdate8-8-7.jpg).


* picture blatantly stolen from the Internet.

[Limited]

Ah fuck, I was going to plug internet cable into Xbox today to update my achievements and possibly download some demos. Now I cant cuz I dont want new update.

Is it fully mandatory? Meaning if I plug it into internet will it automatically download straight away?

[DarkHalo003]

Ah fuck, I was going to plug internet cable into Xbox today to update my achievements and possibly download some demos. Now I cant cuz I dont want new update.

Is it fully mandatory? Meaning if I plug it into internet will it automatically download straight away?
I'm pretty sure you have the option to decline it, but I'm entirely sure. It's not bad, but I liked the classic dashboard better.

[Sever]

You will have to download it if you want to go on Live.

[ultama121]

YEYE. Imma go update.
E: I was able to make my gamer pic avatar very accurate (Aside from the fantasy ears :p, IF I WANNA BE A PERSOCOM, I'M A PERSOCOM)

[LinkandKvel]

Yeah, I mean it would be cool if we at least had the option to keep our old gamer pics and such. I'm not a big fan on the Miis.
You can keep your old gamer pics.

[Hotrod]

Yeah, I didn't change my gamerpic, and I don't think I will.

[Zeph]

Rep for whoever correctly guesses what I was going after when making my mii gamerpic.

[Limited]

Rep for whoever correctly guesses what I was going after when making my mii gamerpic.
Michael Jackson look-a-like?

[Roostervier]

I can't stand this update. Just turned my xbox on again, wasn't on for more than a minute or two, and it froze. Again.

[Hotrod]

Rep for whoever correctly guesses what I was going after when making my mii gamerpic.
What's your gamertag?

What about Link? Or a kitty?

[klange]

Haven't had any freezes. Played through the Mirror's Edge tutorial (which I hadn't done the first time around, needed the achievement), no problems as of yet.

[MetKiller Joe]

Huh, I pressed the guide button and a mini version of the old dash appeared (its mini in appearance I don't know about function). Much less clunky than the old one as well.

[DarkHalo003]

Huh, I pressed the guide button and a mini version of the old dash appeared (its mini in appearance I don't know about function). Much less clunky than the old one as well.
Yeah, it also pops up faster too. I was also able to get out of that annoying Mii selection part too when I first got the update.lol. :XD:

[Limited]

Huh, I pressed the guide button and a mini version of the old dash appeared (its mini in appearance I don't know about function). Much less clunky than the old one as well.
Do you mean while in game? I'm wondering what the in game side guide slide looks like on the new update, can any one find any screens?

[Zeph]

Looks similar to the old one, but you can go back and forth between the different panels.

[Siliconmaster]

The 1680x1050 support sucks. Nothing looks Full-res, and it's letterboxed.


Your monitor sucks. Make it auto adjust (if it even can) :cool:

It's alright on my 24" that doesn't have internal scaling, but 1920x1200 could have been thrown in this update tbh

I've always been annoyed that my 16:10 screen stretched the image. The update just centered the image with black bars instead of stretching a 720p image. Therefore, for me, it looks great. It would have been cool to utilize that extra space for actual gameplay, but that would have required a lot more than just a console update, I would imagine. The image should actually look better, because the screen is no longer vertically stretching the pixels.

I like the menu layout, as well.

[Timo]

And 1080x1050 is fine. Of course the top and bottom of the screen is going to be slightly letterboxed. Everything is 16:9. They'd have to update absolutely EVERYTHING for it to be full screen at 16:10. They should have done the letterboxing with the other VGA resolutions from the start. It's better than it being stretched.
This. I can give up 1cm of screen off of the top and bottom of the screen for everything to look much better.

I was hoping that you could instantly close the pop-up menu for when you're ingame though, instead of having to wait for it to load everything still. When you're in a party at the dashboard you should be able to see little speakers above everyone's heads when they talk though, because to me everyone sounds the same and I don't know who's talking :|. But overall I really like it, looks much cleaner than the older one.

[Siliconmaster]

:facepalm: Somehow I managed not to see anything past the first page. o_o Therefore, my above post seems horribly obsolete. Sorry for that.

[Pooky]

This. I can give up 1cm of screen off of the top and bottom of the screen for everything to look much better.

I was hoping that you could instantly close the pop-up menu for when you're ingame though, instead of having to wait for it to load everything still. When you're in a party at the dashboard you should be able to see little speakers above everyone's heads when they talk though, because to me everyone sounds the same and I don't know who's talking :|. But overall I really like it, looks much cleaner than the older one.

Funny, I can recognize your voice quite easily out of a batch of nerdy Americans :v:

Also, I've had one freeze that didn't go away until I restarted.

And in one really odd effect Halo 2 campaign maps loaded significantly faster but I couldn't get multiplayer maps to load at all :S

[leorimolo]

Funny, I can recognize your voice quite easily out of a batch of nerdy Americans :v:

Also, I've had one freeze that didn't go away until I restarted.

And in one really odd effect Halo 2 campaign maps load significantly faster now but I couldn't get multiplayer maps to load at all :S
From my halo 2 modding days experience, usually loading other multiplayer maps tended to fix

[Limited]

I actually like the new look, probably because the other one was boring and old. Selecting an avatar was so bloody annoying, I found one I liked but I thought I'd take a look at the rest to see if there were any better ones, couldnt find the one I liked again =\

[PlasbianX]

Is it just me or is live down?

[Heathen]

I absolutely love it. Everything about it.
EVEN THE AVATARS
Never had problems yet, no hang ups or glitches...nothing.

[flibitijibibo]

Just tested the NXE today. UI is impressive, but I have two pretty big complaints.

- Lost my Dolby Digital, which as an audio guy, pisses me off to no end.
- 1680 x 1050 is ass. Not the letterboxing, that made the scaling much better, it's just the ppi for some of the interfaces. Some things look as blocky as they were on 1280 x 720.

Other than that, I really like it. The guide during a game isn't a laggy pile of shit anymore, and I was finally able to get rid of all those damn arcade games from my list.

[Timo]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/zTimo/avatarpic-l.png
How do I look? http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-buddy.gif

I like how the party system is much much easier now to get started and let people join in on the fun. No more push to talk in big halo games :-D

[Heathen]

ja, thats one thing I love.

[Pooky]

I love how the HDD installation thing means my Xbox doesn't sound like it's steampowered whenever I play Fable 2, GTA IV, or Oblivion

[Mr Buckshot]

I love the HDD installation too. Trouble is that I have the 20 GB hard drive and it's already full (I was careful not to install Halo 3 like Bungie warned). Now I just need to figure out how to h4x an ordinary hard drive to work on the 360 so that I don't have to pay for an overpriced 120GB addon.

[Heathen]

20 gig?

Why would you even have one then? You might as well just use a memory card >.>

Anything you would want 20 gigs for, you might as well get a bigger one, and anything you would want less than a big one, you could just use a memory card.

[Saggy]

20 gig?

Why would you even have one then? You might as well just use a memory card >.>

Anything you would want 20 gigs for, you might as well get a bigger one, and anything you would want less than a big one, you could just use a memory card.
Maybe because it came with his Xbox?

[randreach454]

Now I just need to figure out how to h4x an ordinary hard drive to work on the 360 so that I don't have to pay for an overpriced 120GB addon.

The_Specialist over at xbox-scene wrote a program a while back that will convert WD-BEVS laptop 120 gigs into a 360 hard drive.

Ive done it before, pretty neat, and Ive also swapped the data from a 20 gig to a standard 120 gig and visa versa since I got a 120 for free from a friend :lol:

[ExAm]

The_Specialist over at xbox-scene wrote a program a while back that will convert WD-BEVS laptop 120 gigs into a 360 hard drive.

Ive done it before, pretty neat, and Ive also swapped the data from a 20 gig to a standard 120 gig and visa versa since I got a 120 for free from a friend :lol:
Very nice, but didn't a recent update break that hack?

[Corndogman]

You can copy media from a USB device now right? How do I do that?

[leorimolo]

Very nice, but didn't a recent update break that hack?
No it didn't :D I would have been really mad if that happened as I only bought the WD BEVS to use on this new dashboard

[Heathen]

Maybe because it came with his Xbox?

Thats no reason to keep it...

The xbox doesn't come with rechargeable battery packs but everyone buys them...
It only comes with one controller, but you buy more...
It comes with 2 or less games, but you buy more...


My point (which I began to forget) is why stick with defaults like that? When its that necessary you kinda have no choice.

Idk, idc really. I quit :]

I hate this whole post. Its a pissant post.

I'm spoilering it.

[Limited]

Thats no reason to keep it...
My point (which I began to forget) is why stick with defaults like that? When its that necessary you kinda have no choice.I suggest you read his post fully.

So that I don't have to pay for an overpriced 120GB addon.In other words, he doesnt want to shell out the crazily priced HDD, like any other sane person, including me.

I have 20GB, my friend has a damn 60 GB :( and his was cheaper, bloody price drop.

[Timo]

Thats no reason to keep it...

The xbox doesn't come with rechargeable battery packs but everyone buys them...
It only comes with one controller, but you buy more...
It comes with 2 or less games, but you buy more...


My point (which I began to forget) is why stick with defaults like that? When its that necessary you kinda have no choice.

Idk, idc really. I quit :]

I hate this whole post. Its a pissant post.

I'm spoilering it.

uhhh really? A 120GB HDD here is $200, i'd rather work 20 hours for something else other than more space. 20GB is enough for most people who don't have their music on their xbox, or download every demo because they can.

[randreach454]

You can copy media from a USB device now right? How do I do that?
i heard that too, but i dont think its in there yet..

[Hotrod]

How do you install games onto your HDD anyway?

[p0lar_bear]

Insert disc, go to Games Library, select the disc game, then select "Install to Hard Drive."

Keep in mind that all that does is speed up load times with games that load things from the disc directly into RAM (Halo 3 caches maps to the 360's utility partition, which is why DLC takes so fucking long to load). You still need the disc to boot the game.

[Saggy]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SaggDog7/avatar-body.png

You guys should post your avatars too.

[Anton]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/synergy%20rev2/avatar-body.png

[Bastinka]

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

[Corndogman]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/cpizze004/avatar-body.png

Its pretty accurate besides the suit.

[p0lar_bear]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/t3h p0lar bear/avatar-body.png

Accurate on days when I don't bother to brush my damn hair. :v:

[LinkandKvel]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/darklink118/avatar-body.png
Me all the way.
edit: except the semi-tight jeans.

[Timo]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/zTimo/avatar-body.png
Edit: Hey wow it changed. Accurate.

[Heathen]

lol, sorry. I didn't think of the price.

And I dont download every demo and I have only 40 gigs of my 120 left.

I do have lots of originals ( I think all of them cept like 2) and alot of arcade games...

Speaking of which >.> I needa redl them onto Zeit Paradox...
Its free to re download things you already bought right?

[randreach454]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/randreach454/avatar-body.png
Thats me, cept I just shaved my head again as the nxe came out so ya..

[ExAm]

Insert disc, go to Games Library, select the disc game, then select "Install to Hard Drive."

Keep in mind that all that does is speed up load times with games that load things from the disc directly into RAM (Halo 3 caches maps to the 360's utility partition, which is why DLC takes so fucking long to load). You still need the disc to boot the game.
A message from Bungie popped up the first time I played Halo 3 after the update, telling me that I shouldn't install Halo 3 onto the drive, because it would cause slowdown of everything, since the game was optimized to run from the disk.

Also, someone messed with my avatar, gotta change it back.

[Heathen]

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/13/m_c0de3d28ecef4d6797ee5d288eca2341.png

[Hotrod]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Hotrod192/avatar-body.png

Not accurate, and not meant to be.

[Heathen]

ohai Leonard

[Hotrod]

ohai Leonard
:ssh:

My glasses keep me hidden...

[JunkfoodMan]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/JunkfoodManV2/avatar-body.png

So I made me an exaggerated cartoon villain self.
I like red.

[Zeph]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Rabid%20Zeph/avatar-body.png

[ExAm]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/DMK447/avatar-body.png
yo.

[Kornman00]

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

TBH, I really want my old xbox "experience" back. Kinda like how I felt when I first started using office 2007

[ExAm]

I kinda like the new dash, but what bugs me is that the menus scroll through fading options, and you can't view all of the list at once, even if the list is only ten items or so long.

also FUCK YOU OFFICE '07 FUCKYOUFUCKYOUFUCKYOUFUCKYOU >:U

[Pooky]

TBH, I really want my old xbox "experience" back. Kinda like how I felt when I first started using office 2007

I just want the old Xbox guide that didn't take 15 minutes to load back :|

[Heathen]

I just want the old Xbox guide that didn't take 15 minutes to load back :|

Wtf. Why does yours take so long? This one is so much faster than the older one for me.

[Pooky]

It's pretty sporadic. Sometimes it's faster, other times it's much much slower.

[Limited]

Uh guys, you CAN change it back to original, its on the Xbox.com my account settings.

Posting my avatar (that hardly looks like me) soon once pic updates.

[Pooky]

Uh guys, you CAN change it back to original, its on the Xbox.com my account settings.

Posting my avatar (that hardly looks like me) soon once pic updates.

Why the hell isn't it in the Xbox dashboard system settings?

I never go to xbox.com :|

[LinkandKvel]

Uh guys, you CAN change it back to original, its on the Xbox.com my account settings.

Posting my avatar (that hardly looks like me) soon once pic updates.
What? Link.

[Limited]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Limited55/avatar-body.png

Edit
Here it is, its on the left saying "Change console and dash"
http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/default.aspx

[PlasbianX]

Uh no. Thats just to display help based on what your console looks like.

[Limited]

Awe damn :(

[LinkandKvel]

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/darklink118/avatar-body.png

Also new clothes for avatar if your interested. Haven't been able to try them yet though.

[Heathen]

No cool ones. maybe the flaming beanie, as seen below.

E: hasn't changed yet.

[Bodzilla]

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

TBH, I really want my old xbox "experience" back. Kinda like how I felt when I first started using office 2007
since when do army people have hair :p

so overall this update is pretty good yeah?