Xbox Live Update Preview Signups (Beta is live)

Cannon Goose

Turned my 360 back on and it signed me in. Weird!

Cannon Goose

Does anyone know why my Xbox seems to re-download the new dashboard each time I turn it on? It takes ages and then that stupid (thankfully skippable) dashboard tutorial comes up.

Dixon

I always assumed it was patches as mine didn't do it all the time. Also the download and install times are much shorter then that of the original download

Cannon Goose

It might just be my Australian internet, but it takes a fair while to get these "patches." And then the tutorial comes up each time, so that's why I think it's re-downloading the entire thing.

Edit: Okay, so it's not literally every time, I was wrong about that. But the patches take just as long as the initial new dashboard update did.

Also it appears that the marketplace is down, but that's probably not a dashboard problem.

FyreWulff

It's an actual beta this time, so we're getting updated with revisions as it goes along.

Dashboard updates cannot be cleared so you are indeed downloading a new version each time.

They fixed the tutorial going off the screen in one of those over the last week

Cannon Goose

Ah, yes, that makes sense. Thanks for the help!

JihadJesus

Dammit.I can't remember my hotmail password (I changed it to something random and almost never use it), the email reset sends....to itself, because it was my first email. And the 'safety question' thing is incredibly vague and I can't get it to take.

Damn.

FyreWulff

also it seems that this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8dBGkswfU

has been removed entirely in the update

mastrius

So when is this being released to everyone? Id hope a few days before Kinect but...

FyreWulff

Everyone should be getting prompted for the update now

PaperLuigi44

Got the update.

I quite liked the way the old dashboard was structured, but I don't mind the new look, it'll probably grow on me in a little while.

On a side note, does anyone recognise the music that plays when your avatar clothes update? Because that was pretty catchy.

ghost_master2000

What? The update restructures the dashboard again? If they put on more ads I'm gonna be pissed.

Magic Pink

No doubt. And the fact the thing scrolls AUTOMATICALLY to the damn Live blade pisses me off. I don't even have Live, stop forcing me to look at the damn Gold ads.

However, someone was barking over on Gamefaqs that MS added multi play to Silver users some time previous to this. Is that true?

Arikado

Looks cleaner. I like it.

urahonky

Seems to load pages a little faster, that's good. I hate that if I hit the XBOX button it took 10 seconds to load all the items.

Local H Jay

glad my old themes still work, the black on the limbo theme looks nice with the white boxes. it also just seems a bit smoother and more responsive. my one semi complaint is the noise for opening the dashboard has been altered slightly.

Magic Pink

And since I'm asking questions:

Is there ANY way to block seeing all the damn add-ons for those music games? That's all I see on the new releases tab.

Speed Racer

It refuses to download for me. Which is obnoxious because I'm not allowed to use Live at all until I do.

Allforce

ESPN app doesn't seem to work, despite me being on TWC and that being listed as a supported ISP. Kind of shitty there's no way to force it to check after you initially install it, this was something I was looking forward to on the update and now it's just pointless.

DJ Cam Cam

So if I have a Zune pass on another email account I can't use it with my xbox profile? I don't see anywhere where you can add your current zune account, it just wants you to buy a pass for my current live profile....

Alfred J. Kwak

so, is there any compiled list of what the update has changed?

e: old dashboard looked better

Viscountalpha

The biggest change is the codec for the xbox live parties. You can pipe music now without it sounding like utter garbage.

I like the new interface honestly. Some of it is a step in the wrong direction but sending a message seemed faster.

Jimmyhatesyou

Yeah. The update seems to be failing for me as well. No error code provided. I cleared some additional storage space from the HDD, rebooted and checked my network connection. /shrug

Raynaga

I'm also hitting a wall with this update. My connection is fine, plenty of space, but when it gets tot he download bar it throws an error saying that it can't download the update.

I'm not seeing anything Microsoft side to explain, any fixes or explanations?

Echo

Haven't spent more than five minutes with it yet, but I like the flatter look.

Fawst

Ooh, another reason for me to leave work early. Shiny new thing is shiny and new!

Raynaga

Ok, for the other people experiencing the fail to update issue if you clear out your system cache (System Settings, Memory, Y, Clear Cache) and then restart your console it seems to fix the problem.

Dox the PI

looks alright

I like how music on my PC loads faster

fragglefart

Don't think I prefer the new look to the old, but certainly appreciate the increased speed and fluidity.

Prefer the old-style Avatars though, can't get mine looking right now

Also getting some kind of 'problem changing your avatar's clothes' error from the Marketplace.

Think I like the new Marketplace in terms of games, XBLIG is a bit weird to find but navigating through the menus is much better and everything else is well organised in terms of groupings.

Nightslyr

I like it. The store will take some getting used to, and I can't help but wonder how indie devs feel about not having Indie Games as a top-level category. Still, I love me some clean white and green boxes, and the changes to the My XBox pane are great.

Have avatars changed at all? I thought I heard they would be changing slightly, but my dude looks the same. I did get an update to the store, though, so maybe clothes and accessories have a bit more detail or something.

Nickle

I like the new look, what's this I hear about parties being better? Also, is this the update that lets you have more friends as well?

A shame that the ESPN stuff looks a bit grainy but it's watchable. I'll have to see how the live stuff works on Wed when they show some NBA games.

e: nevermind, just needed to buffer a bit before the hd stream kicked in.

Raynaga

Well, so far this update is horrible if we're judging it on a "It works" scale.

I got home with Fable 3 today. The update wouldn't install until I deleted the system cache and restarted, which itself took some intensive google-fu to find out. None of the extra content will allow itself to be downloaded because of a Marketplace error. The game update won't download either, again via Xbox Live.

I've had this thing since 11 am, and have yet to be able to play it. I am sure these things will be ironed out over the next few days, but constant slowdowns when accessing anything XboxLive related, when your update is because you are expanding XboxLive, is pretty ridiculous.

Viscountalpha

Raynaga, it's microsoft. What do you expect? Them to actually get it right?

(If any microsoft exec reads this- I'm sorry your service has constant screw ups and your bureaucracy and internal red tape is so obvious to outsiders that it's pathetic)

Speed Racer

Incidentally, thanks for that, because I never would have guessed that I needed to clear my cache to get the install to work.

Magic Pink

I refuse to clear my cache just to get new fucking graphics. Downloading all those updates again is a pain in the ass.

Pete0r

Have they done anything about having more than one controller signed in to a profile? I thought I read a rumor about it but I may be wrong.

I'd like to be able to switch between my steering wheel and gamepad without having to pull the cable out of one and pop the battery off the other.

edit.

Ability to sign-out other controllers in the sign-in UI – We’re adding the ability to sign-out profiles on other controllers in the sign-in UI within the Guide. This is especially useful when playing games like Rock Band.

I'm not sure this works the way I want it to, but I haven't had the xbox on since reading this.

SirUltimos

It looks good, but is gonna take some getting used to. Things are faster, which I like.

Raynaga

Viscountalpha wrote: »

Raynaga, it's microsoft. What do you expect? Them to actually get it right?

(If any microsoft exec reads this- I'm sorry your service has constant screw ups and your bureaucracy and internal red tape is so obvious to outsiders that it's pathetic)

Its now 5pm. Marketplace downloads are still failing. None of the code redemption stuff works.

I've traded a working console for a console with inoperable web connectivity and an ugly graphical interface, with no option to do otherwise.

Awesome.

PaperLuigi44

Nightslyr wrote: »

Have avatars changed at all? I thought I heard they would be changing slightly, but my dude looks the same. I did get an update to the store, though, so maybe clothes and accessories have a bit more detail or something.

The proportions of your dude have been altered to work with Kinect games, so your body and limbs should be a tad longer.

As for the general download issues

http://twitter.com/XboxSupport

Took a quick look here, they're suggesting powering down your console and network hardware then turning it back on (a classic solution) or failing that being patient due to server overload (although I don't remember this being a problem last update).

Hopefully this gets sorted out soon.

MrVyngaard

I really, really wish there was a version for people who don't have or use Kinect so we wouldn't have to use this blinding thing. It's really too bright.