XM360 allows you to see your content, and manage it, content that it is aware of is: XBLA, DLC, Title Updates, and Game Saves.
- It allows you to unlock XBLA and DLC.- It allows you to sort XBLA by title, release date, rating, etc.
- It allows you to launch XBLA titles
- It allows you to "backup" TUs to a separate directory that isn't subject to wiping by the 360.
- It allows you to delete content.
- It will produce "reports" of what content you have and what you are "missing."
Installing DLC:
There are two basic ways you can run DLC on your console. Below is a
brief description of the main way (using an internal harddrive), and a
link to Kazekage Gaara's tutorial on how to run DLC from a USB
flashdrive.
1. Internal Harddrive:
DLC should be run from an internal harddrive whenever possible to avoid
any issues with unlocking that DLC, as well as the need to setup a
flashdrive for use with DLC as the folder structure needs to be created
manually. To install DLC within your internal harddrive, either use
360 Content Manager and let it automatically load the content for you,
or use FlashFXP to FTP the DLC to the following directory:
HDD:\Content\0000000000000000\\00000002\ (Example using Batman Arkham
City referenced below)
HDD:\Content\0000000000000000\57520802\00000002\4A 204AE6820F5E40932E4FBF41CF8A6E2E84DBDE57
*NOTE: "HDD:\" is for internal harddrive.
2. Flashdrive
Getting DLC Working:
If your DLC is not immediately working upon installing on your console, then there are three main reasons why:
1. DLC is NOT unlocked
2. Incorrect or non-existent Title Update (aka TU)
3. Incorrect launch.ini setting within DashLaunch
1. Unlocking DLC:
- Download XM360 referenced above and install it onto your console as
Homebrew (if using FreeStyle Dash), or on your internal/external
harddrive in your location of choice for easy execution within Xexmenu. (I personally run it from within FreeStyle Dash, aka FSD).
- Launch XM360
- Select "Rescan All", and run a scan (XM360 will scan your console for DLC, XBLA, TU's, and Gamesaves)
- Select "Show DLC"
- Then "Unlock DLC"
- XM360 will then unlock your DLC, and display a pop-up message advising the amount of DLC that has been unlocked
*NOTE: Some of your DLC and game Titles may appear within blue font with a message (No matching title is in the database)<----if .csv="" both="" files="" font="" for="" message="" need="" see="" this="" to="" update="" will="" you="" your="">dlc_titles and xbla_titles by doing the following:
1) Copy the \server\ folder from within the xm360 directory to the root of your PC harddrive (C:\)
2) Open up a command prompt within the C:\server\ directory by holding
down shift and right-clicking to select "Open command window here"
3) Type XM360server.exe /X (to update XBLA) or XM360server.exe /D (to update DLC)
4) Copy your newly created .csv file(s) (they'll be in c:\server\ directory) to the XM360 directory within your 360
If you keep getting the error message :\\xbla_titles.csv not found,
creating from scratch and it not creating the .csv's, open up
xm360server.cfg and change the line #DEFINE_HDD1 = e:\temp\ to
DEFINE_HDD1 = c:\server\
(If you want it to add other region XBLA/DLC, you need to type
XM360server.exe /L xx-XX /X, where xx-XX can be found from your regions
xbox.com website address (for example: en-GB is for the UK and ja-JP is
Japan), it automatically scrapes the info from the US site)
This will cure the blue text and 'not in database' messages when in XM360 on your JTAG...
ALSO....if you have downloaded a file that is not being recognized
within XM360, try to "Repair Filename" under "Show DLC", and then
rescanning.
2. Title Updates:
Most, if not all, DLC requires a TU to work with the DLC you have
downloaded. The majority of the forum members do an excellent job with
including the required TU with the DLC (& XBLA) whenever posting.
Either download the TU manually with the the included DLC (or from
places like the JQE Marketplace, XBUC, etc.) and then install the TU
manually via FTP or automatically using 360 Content Manager to the
following location:
- Internal Harddriver: HDD:\Cache\
- Flashdrive: USB:\Cache\ *NOTE: You will need
to create and inject this folder directory manually into your
flashdrive as you did with the DLC folder described above following the
posted link.
If you are using FSD as your dashboard, allow it to download and install the TU for you. To do this, follow these steps:
- Navigate to your select game
- Press Y (to display the options menu)
- Navigate down to "Manage Title Updates"
- Press A
- Press Y again (FSD will download and install your TU)
- After it is finished downloading select the TU and press A to activate it
*NOTE: If FSD downloads more than 1 TU, ONLY activate the latest one. You DO NOT need to activate them all.
Also, at times you will be required to place your TU within a folder
labeled "000B0000" if your TU has been downloaded manually and consists
of a short filename similar to something like this: tu00000008_00000000
Then place the "000B0000" folder within the same directory as your
DLC folder under the Title ID folder. (Example again using Batman
Arkham City referenced below)
HDD:\Content\0000000000000000\57520802\000B0000\tu 00000008_00000000
If you manually downloaded a long file name like this one, TU_1A581V7_000000C000000.0000000000183,
then it should be placed within the Cache folder located at the root
of your internal harddrive or within the one your created on your
flashdrive.
3. DashLaunch Setting:
DashLaunch is an application installed onto your console which allows
you to boot into a hacked dash like FSD and also provides you with the
ability to tweak the nature in which your console behaves. DashLaunch
has a settings file called launch.ini which sets the parameters of how your console behaves with this app installed. Within it is a setting called contpatch.
If you have followed all of the steps above and your DLC still isn't
working, and you have DashLaunch installed, you will need to locate
your launch.ini file (in most cases it will be in the root of either
your internal/external harddrive, but can also be placed within Flash
Memory, BB MU or USB). Once located, you will need to transfer that
file (using FTP or a flashdrive) to your PC and edit it within Notepad.
If the setting contpatch does not exist within your launch.ini, do not add as it is already within it's default value of false. If contpatch = true is defined as a setting, change the value to false
or remove the entry altogether. Save your file, copy onto your
flashdrive or FTP to your console, and overwrite your existing
launch.ini file. Rerun XM360, and then test your DLC.
If all of the above fails then confirm with the uploader the region for
which the DLC is specified for use. DLC is not like a game, and is
region specific. You will not be able to use PAL DLC on a NTSC game or
vice versa. Make sure you download the DLC which matches the region of
the game you are planning to play.
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