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Apr 8 2011, 11:44 PM

Dash Launch v2.21
Posted by XanTium | April 8 18:44 EST | News Category: Xbox360

cOz released a new version of Dash Launch build for JTAG 360s.

What's new/fixed:
* fixed noupdater option, readme is accurate with regards to updates now (sorry)
* fixed dvdexitdash option, no longer conflicts with using miniblade to exit NXE should only affect DVD launched from NXE (note this affects DVD games too)
* fixed a glitch with unhandled exception logging when occurs in kernel
* revert to original fileExist() method

Official Site: n/a, by cOz
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
Full Readme/NFO: xbins.org

Aldanga

Apr 9 2011, 12:49 AM

Thanks, cOz! The quick updates and fixes are awesome.

40_ounce

Apr 9 2011, 02:22 AM

nice thanks. can never find it on xbins where is it?

Aldanga

Apr 9 2011, 02:25 AM

/Xbox 360/development/system apps/

tk_saturn

Apr 9 2011, 02:34 AM

Thanks for the update. With the frequency of the updates, he must be commiting a reasonable amount of time to this.

I've encountered a Fatal Exception with Mass Effect 2 when using v1.1 of the Disc Swapper plugin, and it generated the crashlog which is posted in the DL v2.20 thread. I'm wondering could these debugging features help homebrew coders enough to spur additional development?

40_ounce

Apr 9 2011, 02:38 AM

QUOTE(Aldanga @ Apr 8 2011, 06:25 PM)

/Xbox 360/development/system apps/

Kool thanks..... I can never find it...lol.....

xboxhaxorz

Apr 9 2011, 04:58 AM

QUOTE(40_ounce @ Apr 8 2011, 09:38 PM)

Kool thanks..... I can never find it...lol.....

not many people do, they should change the location or something

Dwack

Apr 9 2011, 05:55 AM

Why no more open source policy? It was nice being able to read through the code.

DMAddict

Apr 9 2011, 03:41 PM

Did I miss something? I no longer get the auto updates. Has this feature been removed?

Keksz

Apr 9 2011, 05:21 PM

Auto updates?
I have never saw an auto update for DL!?

DMAddict

Apr 9 2011, 06:30 PM

QUOTE(Keksz @ Apr 9 2011, 09:21 AM)

Auto updates?
I have never saw an auto update for DL!?

LOL Oh yeah, I was thinking of FSD.

How stupid of me.

seaweavil

Apr 10 2011, 07:34 PM

I updated my JTAG with this yesterday. I have used every release up until now with no problems. I am running 12611. My problem is now artwork will not download in FSD (latest build). Any suggestions? Otherwise I guess I'm going back to the last revision of this.

budtoka420

Apr 10 2011, 08:52 PM

QUOTE(seaweavil @ Apr 10 2011, 07:34 PM)

I updated my JTAG with this yesterday. I have used every release up until now with no problems. I am running 12611. My problem is now artwork will not download in FSD (latest build). Any suggestions? Otherwise I guess I'm going back to the last revision of this.

thats because you set dashlaunch to aggressively block microsoft and it wont download any artwork I had the same problem till I changed the setting

seaweavil

Apr 10 2011, 09:38 PM

Ok I didn't change any settings at all though. All I did was launch the xex from the installer folder and installed it. How do I fix this? Reflash old nand and start over or can it be done through FTP? I always look at the read me and it said that I had to change a setting in the .ini to block everything. Like I said I never changed a thing so...

budtoka420

Apr 10 2011, 09:57 PM

QUOTE(seaweavil @ Apr 10 2011, 09:38 PM)

Ok I didn't change any settings at all though. All I did was launch the xex from the installer folder and installed it. How do I fix this? Reflash old nand and start over or can it be done through FTP? I always look at the read me and it said that I had to change a setting in the .ini to block everything. Like I said I never changed a thing so...

run the 2.21 installer on your jtag and when it asks you to change settings say yes and say no when it asks you to block microsoft dns aggressively

seaweavil

Apr 10 2011, 10:02 PM

QUOTE(budtoka420 @ Apr 10 2011, 03:57 PM)

run the 2.21 installer on your jtag and when it asks you to change settings say yes and say no when it asks you to block microsoft dns aggressively

Hmm I don't get that option when I run the installer? It just gives me the option to flash the freeboot updates the first time and then the second time it tells me I already have the updates.

Is it possible that because I am still on 12611 dash that I don't get that option menu? Do I have to have 12625?

Aldanga

Apr 10 2011, 10:18 PM

You need to have launch.ini on one of your storage devices. If it doesn't exist it won't ask you to change settings.

seaweavil

Apr 10 2011, 10:22 PM

QUOTE(Aldanga @ Apr 10 2011, 04:18 PM)

You need to have launch.ini on one of your storage devices. If it doesn't exist it won't ask you to change settings.

Ok thanks. I will just revert to my old nand and an earlier version then. Last time I messed around with the launch.ini I had all kinds of problems.

Actually I went ahead and tried it. Worked out pretty well. I just with there was an option to have that installed without a launch.ini file. Just makes me nervous I guess after the bad experience I had previously with it. Thanks for all the help guys!

schubi

Apr 11 2011, 04:13 PM

do xbox1 games work with this version of dashlaunch ?

Aldanga

Apr 11 2011, 07:12 PM

They work for me.

marcelosnp

Apr 13 2011, 12:32 AM

work in 12625 dash ?

Aldanga

Apr 13 2011, 12:39 AM

Yes.

Velocimodz

Apr 13 2011, 06:05 AM

I'm having issues with this new version, everytime I do the update, it appears to write all 3 files to flash, but it never loads the correct options. I have this in my .ini on the root of USB.

QUOTE

[QuickLaunchButtons]
BUT_X = Usb:\FSD 2.0\default.xex
Default = Hdd:\FSD 2.0\default.xex
[Settings]
nxemini = true
pingpatch = true

So it should be loading from Hdd:\FSD 2.0\default.xex by default, I have checked the shortcuts a million times and it is definitely correct and the same as I always use. It only boots to NXE. Even if I have a USB hdd with FSD 2.0 on it and hold X during startup, it still only boots NXE. I can run the shortcut manually thru xex menu so that is fine also.

Tried first on a Jasper and it corrupting the launch.ini file, after each dashlaunch update the .ini would be an empty file, all settings disappeared.

Can anyone think of what could be wrong here? Its got me stumped.

ade2

Apr 13 2011, 01:27 PM

QUOTE(Velocimodz @ Apr 13 2011, 07:05 AM)

I'm having issues with this new version, everytime I do the update, it appears to write all 3 files to flash, but it never loads the correct options. I have this in my .ini on the root of USB.
So it should be loading from Hdd:\FSD 2.0\default.xex by default, I have checked the shortcuts a million times and it is definitely correct and the same as I always use. It only boots to NXE. Even if I have a USB hdd with FSD 2.0 on it and hold X during startup, it still only boots NXE. I can run the shortcut manually thru xex menu so that is fine also.

Tried first on a Jasper and it corrupting the launch.ini file, after each dashlaunch update the .ini would be an empty file, all settings disappeared.

Can anyone think of what could be wrong here? Its got me stumped.

I would try without a space in the folder name, if you haven't tried that...

Velocimodz

Apr 13 2011, 01:32 PM

QUOTE(ade2 @ Apr 13 2011, 01:27 PM)

I would try without a space in the folder name, if you haven't tried that...

Yeah I have tried that and it worked. Strange that it never happened on other machines before tho.

Thanks buddy.

Can you confirm it allows games that require a higher dash 12655 to play on a 12611 freeboot? I haven't got any new games to try it with, but I presume thats what the hashcheck removing is about?

Sturmie

Apr 13 2011, 02:21 PM

I updated to 12611 back a few months back and use XexMenu 1.1 to only play games from the hard drive...if i want to play something new, like YooStar 2, do I need something like this new version of Dash Launch? I apologize for the newb question, I obviously don't play my JTAGGED system that often and have been reading up on Dash Launch...still trying to figure out if I NEED it or not.

Thanks...Sturmie

korruptcow

Apr 14 2011, 06:29 AM

I downloaded 2.21 from the usual xbins when i extract the folders in the installed directory i only get default.xex usually there is a media folder and a files folder in there too? Was this changed in this version or do i have a dodgy version of the patch? i don't want to flash until i find out

Aldanga

Apr 14 2011, 06:34 AM

That's all there is.

korruptcow

Apr 14 2011, 06:39 AM

ok sweet thanks i'll give it a whirl

drvsbsm

Apr 15 2011, 03:57 AM

When I ran dashlaunch 2.0 last week It upgraded me to 12625 now, For some reason this took me back to 12611 can some one explain so I can get back to 12625? Some newer games require 12625 correct?

toybox

Apr 15 2011, 05:08 PM

I have trouble using Dash Launch v2.20 / 2.21 on my 16MB Jasper FW 12625.

Without Dash Launch it works just fine, but after installing i receive " fatal crash intercepted " error
until my console blacks out. It still reacts to the controller but repeats " fatal crash intercepted ".

On previous FW i had not a single problem :/

I tested the ini options but it makes no difference.

Testwise i added the path for xexmenu / fsd to the buttons. If i start up and hold down the button
for the app, it starts directly into the app without any error till i switch back to NXE > ERROR.

Starting with unplugged HDD it works fine for some time, so i tested another empty HDD > same error.

I re-builded the updflash.bin and re-flashed it via USB-SPI, works just fine until i install Dash Launch.

(Created manualy and easyboot using my original nandbackup.)

Got anyone suggestions and can help me out?

Thx in advance.

cory1492

Apr 16 2011, 12:28 AM

QUOTE(drvsbsm @ Apr 14 2011, 07:57 PM)

When I ran dashlaunch 2.0 last week It upgraded me to 12625 now, For some reason this took me back to 12611 can some one explain so I can get back to 12625? Some newer games require 12625 correct?

Dash launch doesn't upgrade or downgrade your firmware... it updates itself and the patch set based on what firmware you're console is on. If it really went from 12625 to 12611, I'd be looking under the bed and such for the "evil reflashing elves" that used to stick to just stealing socks...

QUOTE(toybox @ Apr 15 2011, 09:08 AM)

Without Dash Launch it works just fine, but after installing i receive " fatal crash intercepted " error
until my console blacks out. It still reacts to the controller but repeats " fatal crash intercepted ".

If you could set the dumpfile option in the ini to something like
dumpfile = Hdd:\crashlog.txt
it will dump the crash causes to that file in the root of the partition with /content folder on it, which could (maybe) help to find the issue. After doing that, you can also try
exchandler = false
And see if it improves the behaviour. Keep in mind, the ini file has to be somewhere it can be found at console boot up, and if a USB HDD is causing issues that won't be the place to put it.

toybox

Apr 16 2011, 03:21 AM

LOG:

CODE

------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIME: 12:00:35 GMT Tue, Nov 22, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unhandled Exception (last chance):
The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which
it does not have access.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Faulting Module Info:
    FullName       : \Device\Flash\xam.xex
    BaseName       : xam.xex
    PEName         : xamc.dll
    ImageBase      : 817E0000
    SizeOfFullImage: 00550000
    EntryPoint     : 81872100
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    EADDR: 0x8193612C
    ECODE: 0xC0000005
    EFLAG: 0 (cont)
    NPARM: 2
         PARAM 00: 0x00000001
         PARAM 01: 0x00000000
    CFLAG: 0x00000017
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Control Registers:
    MSR: 0x00009030 IAR: 0x8193612C
    LR : 0x8193611C CTR: 0x0000000000000000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integer Registers:
    CR : 0x24000088 XER: 0x20000000
    r0 : 0x0000000000000003 r1 : 0x000000007A07EEE0 r2 : 0x0000000000000000
    r3 : 0x0000000000000000 r4 : 0x0000000081C1E19A r5 : 0x0000000000000008
    r6 : 0x0000000000000065 r7 : 0x0000000000000008 r8 : 0x0000000081C1E193
    r9 : 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000081C23518 r11: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    r12: 0x000000008193611C r13: 0x0000000080183000 r14: 0x0000000000000000
    r15: 0x0000000000000000 r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000
    r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000 r20: 0x0000000080065C10
    r21: 0x0000000081C1E184 r22: 0x000000000000000D r23: 0x0000000000000000
    r24: 0x0000000081C23178 r25: 0x0000000000000006 r26: 0x0000000000000008
    r27: 0x0000000081C1E193 r28: 0x0000000000000000 r29: 0x0000000081C231F0
    r30: 0x000000000000000A r31: 0x0000000081C1E19D
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call Stack:
    0x8193612C (EADDR)
    0x8193611C (LR)
    0x819362E0
    0x81BC46E0
    0x81BC4CAC
    0x81BC4F74
    0x81B86C24
    0x81A3BC14
    0x81A25E28
    0x818D4BB0
    0x818D5470
    0x8188FE74
    0x818905A8
    0x81890828
    0x80065C3C
    0x8007548C
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dump Done
------------------------------------------------------------------------

This keeps repeating. One Boot less than a minute > 2,5MB of TXT.

It seems i am not alone, i found a post at pastebin from a guest > http://pastebin.com/kGACp24G.

toybox

Apr 16 2011, 05:46 AM

Ok... i found the problem ... nasty old ping patch was still on both Hdd's and caused the problem.

Removed > Problem solved

cory1492

Apr 17 2011, 02:58 AM

Heh, good stuff toybox, thanks for grabbing that log too.

Just a quick note, problem with Yars' has been found, for now if you MUST use it disable liveblock... it should be fixed in a release in the next day or two. From a beta this morning:

CODE

- resolving 'localhost' when the router forwards it to the internet or there is
no network at all... bad idea game devs... fixed (Yars', maybe others)

kewlmonk

Apr 19 2011, 09:51 PM

the problem I'm having is that only games i copy from the 360 itself are showing up - anything put into the /games folder via my PC don't. Is there something special I need to do via my PC before I copy them to the USB HDD?

Also, I put the FSD2 folder on the USB HDD and configured the launch.ini file to point to usb0:\FSD2\default.exe for the X button hold boot, but when I hold X during boot I am brought directly into XEXMenu...strange.

Slight newbie at this stuff, so I apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge regarding this..and I thank you for any help you can provide.

Cheers.

uaegangster111

Apr 30 2011, 01:49 PM

hi guys
the ping patch does not work for 12625 dash but it works in 12611 dash
i hope that it can be fixed

crimpshrine

May 24 2011, 04:11 AM

Looks like there is a bug with 2.21 and at least one xbox live game confirmed not working when 2.21 is installed:

http://digiex.net/downloads/download-cente....html#post44293

The game is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time.

Black screen on load, no 2.21 installed, loads fine.

Anyone run into any others that do not work with 2.21?

tornadog

May 25 2011, 03:49 PM

I put the dashlaunch folder in usb0:\games, and the launch.ini inside the installer folder. But when I run the default.xex inside the installer, it goes to update and asks me all the questions, like it couldnt find the launch.ini. After reboot, my options to start FSD and xexmenu with BUTs X & Y dont work, it always goes straight to the retail dash.

soulwarrior

May 26 2011, 03:09 AM

QUOTE(tornadog @ May 25 2011, 10:49 AM)

I put the dashlaunch folder in usb0:\games, and the launch.ini inside the installer folder. But when I run the default.xex inside the installer, it goes to update and asks me all the questions, like it couldnt find the launch.ini. After reboot, my options to start FSD and xexmenu with BUTs X & Y dont work, it always goes straight to the retail dash.

launch.ini goes in the root of hdd1 usb0

digipimp75

May 26 2011, 03:16 PM

QUOTE(kewlmonk @ Apr 19 2011, 04:51 PM)

the problem I'm having is that only games i copy from the 360 itself are showing up - anything put into the /games folder via my PC don't. Is there something special I need to do via my PC before I copy them to the USB HDD?

Also, I put the FSD2 folder on the USB HDD and configured the launch.ini file to point to usb0:\FSD2\default.exe for the X button hold boot, but when I hold X during boot I am brought directly into XEXMenu...strange.

Slight newbie at this stuff, so I apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge regarding this..and I thank you for any help you can provide.

Cheers.

Is your usb hdd formatted to FAT32? The xbox won't recognize NTFS.

mickcris

Jun 3 2011, 01:44 AM

Does anyone know if dash launch now detects the zephyr 4580 correctly? I used to just copy the falcon patches and rename them to zephyr. now the patches are inside the default.xex file so that is no longer an option.
I was able to extract the files from the xex file with xextool, but i do not know how to recompile it back to xex file.

I am trying to help a friend update this box that used to be mine and am trying to aviod having to reflash it if the wrong patches are applied.
thanks.

mickcris

Jun 6 2011, 03:55 PM

QUOTE(mickcris @ Jun 2 2011, 07:44 PM)

Does anyone know if dash launch now detects the zephyr 4580 correctly? I used to just copy the falcon patches and rename them to zephyr. now the patches are inside the default.xex file so that is no longer an option.
I was able to extract the files from the xex file with xextool, but i do not know how to recompile it back to xex file.

I am trying to help a friend update this box that used to be mine and am trying to aviod having to reflash it if the wrong patches are applied.
thanks.

Nevermind, it does now correctly apply the falcon patches! thanks.

xboxhaxorz

Jun 6 2011, 10:17 PM

dash launch is cool. the fact that i dont have to do a real update i can just update dash launch to play the new titles.

rami1

Jun 11 2011, 12:20 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time - not working with Dash Launch v2.21, any solution?

rami1

Jun 16 2011, 05:27 PM

Yars Revenge also not working for me - black screen.
Using FreeBott 12611.
Did anyone tested Yars Revenge?