Microsoft has added a special feature to Set Scheduled Themes on Xbox One so that users can switch between the two themes easily. Once you enable the feature, the operating system changes the themes from light to dark depending upon sunlight all by itself. For the time being, it is available in the Xbox One Alpha Ring. Even if you are not a part of it, wait for a while as it will roll out for everyone shortly. We are here today to discuss the way to Set Scheduled Themes on Xbox One. Let’s proceed with the procedure first.

How to Set Scheduled Themes on Xbox One

On the eve of 2017, Microsoft added the Light theme in the console. This theme differs from the Dark one as it favors the white and light colors in order to enhance the visibility in bright sunlight. On the other hand, the Dark theme makes the visibility smooth after sunset using black and dark shades. Enabling the Scheduled Theme on Xbox console is rather an easy task and users can accomplish it through its Settings. As we cannot do the Sunrise and sunset mapping for a specific region accurately, users need to set the time of start and stop manually. Here are the steps to do so.

Step-1: On the Xbox One, go to the Settings and then navigate to Personalization.

Step-2: Click on Theme & motion form following page, and quickly reach out to System theme drop-down menu.

Step-3: From the list, select Scheduled. The system will prompt you to input the Start time for the light theme. Set the time in the specific field as well as set the end time for the same. Thus, the dark theme will be enabled once system matches the current time with the end time.



This guideline will enable schedules theme on Xbox one console. Therefore, it will shift between the two themes at the time set by you.


Conclusion
Scheduled Theme is a complementary feature introduced by Microsoft. Light theme enhances the visibility of daylight as the system uses more white and brightness. On contrary, Dark theme reduces the brightness and utilizes black and grey color in order to increase visibility when it’s dark. Microsoft set another exemplary milestone with the introduction of settings to Set Scheduled Themes on Xbox One. This feature is now available for the limited number of users having the latest Xbox insider program. This is so simple and easy to implement on your device. Upon proper execution, you can have automatic changing of the theme when the clock reaches to set time.

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Error Lights 101

Green/Red Flashing -

This is known as the Christmas lights or FRAG frequent red and green error.

Most of the time the screen is blank and if you were doing work recently such as modchipping this could be caused by solder splashes on the mobo or a shot MCPX chip. Removing the MCPX chip is impossible without very expensive equipment so if you can't find any solder splashes or you weren't soldering on the board junk the whole board.

Solid Green However you have no audio video or eject functions -

This is usually has to do with a blown or improperly flashed TSOP bios check the board for solder splashes or wire bridges those people at the xbox linux project found a way to reflash your TSOP and if you see wires or solder from wires removed the TSOP either is linux ready or was destroyed in the attempt you can try and install a modchip if you see no signs of the latter and you should be good as new.

Solid Green However you have no audio video but you can eject -

Well this problem is usually caused by a bad AV cables replace the AV cables and you should be fine.

Orange and Green Flashing -

Well this error is specifically telling you the xbox can't find an AV cable connected to this unit if you do have one then odds are your AV cable is damaged (a frayed or damaged wire). Replace your AV cables and your good to go.

Orange Flashing -

If you've just finished modchiping check the board for solder splashes and remove any you find. This error usually only occurs with novice solderers that don't practice first and pick an expensive board to learn on. Get out your desoldering braid and clear any splashes you find.

Orange/Red Flashing -

You've got a better chance of hitting the lottery then having this code but it happens during mod attempts check pin 5 on your lpc port for a broken trace if you find one fix it by bridging the break with a wire. You will notice small circular traces where a 30 AWG wire can be inserted find the nearest one towards the beginning of the trace and the end and put a wire and (bridge) them.

OK, I have seen many times people ask about error codes and have to wait for someone to tell them what it means. To make everyone's life easier (Mods, Members, and n00bs), I am going to post a listing of all of the error codes with some explaination of what they mean and how to fix them. I hope this thread will help everyone with there Xbox error problems.

Also, I dont want to take credit for compiling the information (but I will take credit posting it!). I have to credit OCnewB and Superfro of the Xbox-Scene forums. He is the one who orignally compiled all the information, I just put it here on our forum, but I did clean it up a little, added some imput, and kept only the most recent updated fixes(the original had a lot of fixes that were out of date).

So with all that being said, Behold:

XBOX ERROR CODES EXPLAINED

For those of you that don't know or are not sure if or when you have seen an error, you will see an error during the normal boot up sequence. Instead of your booting the M$ dashboard or Hacked Dashboard (Evox, UnleashX, Avalaunch, etc.), there will be an message on the screen that says, "Your Xbox Requires Service" and you will see a number on the upper left hand corner of the screen <- this is your error code number. The error codes are listed below

Beware, you wont see the bootldr error's because (thanks to: Lordvader129) : "when you see this" is not entirely accurate, you never see the bootloader errors, as they are one that cause the reboot/FRAGs


2 - bootldr - Eeprom check failed

When you see this error most of the times you have flashed something wrong. Or you dropped solder on your eeprom chips.



4 - bootldr - Ram check failed

Your Xbox ram chips are wasted.
Maybe you dropped a little solder on it (try to remove it CAREFULLY!). Note, if they are fried, removing solder won't fix them). Maybe you were static when you touched the ram chips. They are kind off sensitive. If they are, they are fried, sell your xbox for spare parts.



5 - kernel - HDD not locked (The retail xbox bioses require the hd to be locked)

When you upgrade your hard disk drive for one that is larger, you most of the times use a new hard drive that you bought in the shop. Now, when you put this hdd in your xbox and you try to boot up with your chip off. It gives you error 5. Why you ask? Well i will try to explain it simple.

The original (also called "Retail") hard drive is locked by MS. Why did they lock the harddrive?

Well if it wasn't it wouldve been more than easy (in the start of xbox hacking)
for hackers to change content on it. Thats why MS locks it. It is just a security measure.

This locking proces uses information thats on the motherboard. The "Lock" on a xbox hard drive contains information that is based on the harddrive itself and the motherboard it came with.

One thing that makes this clear: You can not change a retail harddrive with another one from an other not modded xbox. With every xbox there is only ONE i repeat ONE compatible harddisk drive. That is, if they are locked.

If you don't mod your xbox (tsop or modchips) you can not change harddrives. Not even from another xbox. However when your xbox IS modified you can change your harddisk for almost every other harddisk (thats UNLOCKED). This means that even when your xbox is modified, you can not just put another (retail) XBOX harddisk in your xbox. However some smart people made programs that can lock or unlock your xbox harddisk on the fly.

So when does the error occur? The only time this error should occur is when you boot up your xbox in original mode AND you have a harddisk in your xbox that is not yet locked. So now you ask what do i have to do to make your xbox work again?

Well the answer is pretty easy. Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done"
When it is "Done" just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot in original mode. Now there should be no more error 5.



6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD

If you understand the above, you should be able to understand what this means. It means you are trying to boot up the xbox with an harddisk that is locked in combination with ANOTHER motherboard than you are using it with right now.

What can i do about it, you ask? Well place the harddisk back in the xbox where it came from. After that, UNLOCK the harddisk with the same procedure i explained above (see error 5). Now when the harddisk is UNLOCKED, put it in the xbox which gave you the error. Now when you boot up with the chip ON it should not give you an error anymore.

However when you put the xbox on with the chip OFF your xbox will give you an error. (error 5) So to make sure you can boot original and boot with the chip ON. Next do the same as above: "Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferrably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done"
When it is ready just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot original. Now there should be no more error.



7 - kernel - HDD timeout

Most of the times, the IDE cable is not properly connected when you see this error. Please reattach the ide cable. Not only to the harddisk drive but also to the dvd drive. ALso try to reconnect the ide cable to the motherboard.

Press pretty hard so it goes all the way in. Make sure it is seated straight and proper in the drives and the motherboard. If you still have an error 7. Try another ide cable. If that won't work try another harddisk. If there is still no go, try to set the jumpers on the rearside of the harddisk drive. Set it to master or cable select. If still no succes, good luck and sell your xbox to me rolleyes.gif



8 - kernel - No HDD found

Please make sure your xbox hdd is attached properly. Most of the times the Ide cable came loose, or isn't seated properly in the IDE port of your harddisk. ALso make sure the power supply cables are intact and working.

Make sure the ide cable is also connected properly to the rest of the hardware (dvd and motherboard).



9 - kernel - HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size {debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug)

Not very common error, please try another harddisk.



10 - kernel - DVD timeout

Actually its almost the same as error 6/7/8. But also make sure the yellow cables are properly connected to the motherboard and the dvd drive.

1. Make sure ide cables are connected good.
2. Make sure the yellow cables are good and properly connected.
3. Still no succes? Try another dvd drive of which you are sure it is working.



11 - kernel - No DVD Found

Same as #10 So read up please!



12 - kernel - DVD parameters (PIO/DMA)

Same as #10, only not very common.



13 - kernel - Dashboard launch fail (due to missing/bad key, or anything else that would prevent it from running) and the dashboard didn't specify why it failed.

The error it gives is because of the incompatibility between the (older) dashboard (4920) that older slayer cd installs and the new dashboard/kernel versions found in some new xbox's and found in xbox's that have been connected to xbox live (when you go on xbox-live, it'll upgrade your dashboard file to i believe it is now 5659.03. This dasboard is incompatible with the dash that (old) slayer cd installs (for example 2.5 or lower) for you.

(In detail, in the eeprom chip there is a kernel which is incompatible with the dashboard (4920) that slayer installs.)

So what do you do to fix it? You can use the dashupdate found on most new xbox games! Be sure to 1st unplug your ethernet cable before you do so!!!

Besides that, just use a good installation disc and all is fine. Use a 2.6 slayer or something similar



14 - dashboard - Error loading dashboard (dashboard generic error)

Same thing as above (error 13). This time it is also a little mistake from you on changing names or having played around with files on the xbox harddisk. Error 14 is most often because you changed boot orders or names of startup files on the harddisk. It can also happen when you are rebuilding your xbox harddisk with a slayer cd and the power was cut.



16 - dashboard - Clock cannot be set.

Basically it comes down to this. Error 16 has to do with not finding the menu setting with which you can set the clock of the hdd. This happens to a lot of people that erase their hdd (original/upgraded) or MS dashboard files and after that they don't immediatly install the hdd but leave the xbox without power longer than 5 hours.

It's all about the hdd can't find the menu with which it can set the clock. This is mostly because the xbox hdd is empty (you removed dashboard or fux0red it via ftp). The problem arises when xbox searches for menu to set clock with, can't find it and voila: error 16. Well read on please!

So you have an error 16 huh? Don't worry "nothing" is broken!

You have an xbox hdd that is locked. And normally you can boot in original and modded mode. Retail or upgraded doesn't matter. You start playing around with xboxdash.xbe etc. using ftp programs. While doing this you "accidently" remove your MS dashboard and also your alternate dashboard (Evox, etc.) so there is no dash anymore on the xbox hdd.

You end the ftp session and after that you shut off your xbox. Normally when you would start up again it gives you an error 13/14 ( no dashboard found). No worries with a slayer Evox cd (and a hardmod), all is ok. BUT this is only WITHIN 3 hours or so.

This is because the internal clock of the xbox will only be kept alive by the capacitors for only 3 or 4 hours. So when you leave your xbox unplugged from electricity for over 5 hours after you have played with the .xbe's AND you have removed your (ms and evo-x) dash from your xbox than you are fux0red. Why do you ask?

Why can't I boot from disc?

Its as follows Xbox starts booting==> (almost 1st thing a xbox does is) searches for internal clock==> doesnt find internal clock because there hasn't been any electricity on the xbox for 5 hours so battery that kept clock alive is empty and clock is gone==> searches for the proper dashboard menu to set clock with ==> doesnt find msdashboard or evo-x dashboard menu becuz you have removed it from the hdd for whatever reasons you had==> xbox gives error 16: cannot set clock.

So what do you do about it? Two options!

1. There are some bios'es around that allow the chip to boot past the clocksetting. (do a search!). So how do you get that bios on your chip because you cant boot to a flash program or something? Well you need to have an external flasher.

It seems the m8 bios will take care for you of booting past the clocksetting. Or use the latest Xecutor bios


2. This is the more easy and newbie friendly strategy
-Get a friend with a modded xbox.
-Unlock his hdd with eeprom management from a slayer evo-x cd.
-Than, place his hdd in your xbox.
-Boot with your chip on.
-Now the xbox DOES find a dashboard when you boot in original mode and you can set the time in the msdashboard clock settings.
-Shut off xbox and remove your friends hdd
-PLace his hdd back in his xbox and lock it again
-Install your hdd
-(clock has been set) So boot up with slayer cd.
-Install normally whatever you wanna install
-lock hdd

If you get an error 13 after this, please read up on the error 13 explanation!



20 - kernel - The dashboard was attempted to load and failed

It was a cold boot, and the dashboard didn't specify why it failed, but it
(for some reason) needed to be noted that the dvd passed the challenge/response authentication



21 - anywhere -

This error says that the machine was booted to display a error, basically someone told the machine to reboot (or launch a xbe) with this flag, and the error code just means its been rebooted by the flag

This occurs frequently when the xbox is unable to boot due to dashboard changes being made (ie Gcue true blue hasnt been resigned, parts of the stock dash are missing - incomplete FTP backups copied to a new HDD for example).

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So there it is, the listing of all of the Error Codes. I hope this will help people for now on with there modding problems. I also hope nobody will need this thread, but it I know a lot will. I am not responsible for whatever happens to your xbox when following this advice. It's just what i found to be working so don't blame me when you kill your xbox. That being said, although I know a little about the xbox, modding, and the error codes, I am not an expert, but I do want to help. Also, feel free to add to this if there are any mistakes or if you feel you would like to add to this thread.

Assetto Corsa: Ultimate Edition



Assetto Corsa: Ultimate Edition is the most complete version of the driving simulator, offering all the DLC and updates ever released for the game.

Publisher: 505 Games

Release Date: Apr 20, 2018

Lifetime Switch sales have surpassed 17M units

Free Weekend – OrbusVR

Thank You For a Legendary Halo World Championship Season

Halo esports comes from humble beginnings. Back in 2001 for Halo: Combat Evolved, we used to lug around heavy CRT TVs and system link original Xbox consoles to compete at a friend’s house – the only prize being the title of best among your friends. Fast forward through the next couple of years – the origin story of our friends at MLG, national championships creating esports royalty out of players such as OGRE2, Walshy, Pistola — and now, more than 10 games later – and we’ve reached the conclusion of the third Halo World Championship.

This past weekend was special in many ways. The Halo World Championship was created from our desire to give the competitive Halo community a north star to look toward – the crown jewel of Halo esports where the stakes are the highest on the biggest stage possible. Sixteen teams from around the world braved the trials of competition, the stress of winning and losing and the characteristically rainy conditions of Seattle to put on a show for the title of Halo World Champion.

And what a show it was – whether it was witnessing incredible game seven matches between Team Reciprocity and Team EnVyUs play out in dramatic fashion, seeing Europe place in the top eight once again or watching Oxygen Supremacy’s Ryan “RyaNoob” Geddes emerge victorious as the FFA World Champion. In the end however, it was Splyce, a team that really showed the rest of the world what the peak of competitive Halo gaming looks like. They absolutely dominated in the tournament, sweeping the former champs Tox Gaming in the grand finals. They’re now the new Halo World Champions and have taken the lion’s share of the $1 million prize pool.

To the fans who tuned in this weekend, we want to thank you for making this year’s Halo World Championship so special. It’s been your continued support that has kept many of us going – you are the reason why we saw a 300 percent increase in the amount of teams competing since we first started doing open events again in 2016. Your enthusiasm for Halo esports is why we expanded our FFA tournaments from select Microsoft Stores to all 82 locations in North America, Australia and Puerto Rico, making the tournaments a community destination and competitive hub for both rookie gamers and champions such as RyaNoob. And your interest in watching Halo esports is why we saw our unique viewership during the Halo World Championship season double this year.

Having the Halo World Championship finals in our backyard at Seattle was also fantastic. Our partners at MLG did a tremendous job making the CenturyLink Field Events Center something special for any Halo fan – walking by the Chief as you enter with Halo’s sonorous music was magical and seeing the names of old champions, more than a decade of Halo history, truly puts the legacy of Halo esports in perspective. We also saw the Halo community come out in a huge way with several thousands of fans showed up in-person throughout the weekend, exceeding the previous attendance of each Halo World Championship finals combined by a landslide! We talked about delivering a finals venue that our community deserves; I hope our fans feel like we met that goal.

It was a legendary weekend at the Halo World Championship finals and it’s been humbling to see the progress Halo esports has made since 2001. With more than $5 million awarded in prizing to-date and our new partnership with our old friends at MLG, support for Halo esports has never been stronger and we’re excited for the future.

HAMSTER Reveals Next Batch Of Sports Heavy Neo Geo Releases

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• by Gonçalo Lopes
• 8 hours ago

May is shaping up to be quite the sports month for Switch retro enthusiasts, with yesterday’s announcement just a mere glimpse of the sports variety to come during the next month. HAMSTER has confirmed the following five titles as the next Neo Geo Arcade Archives releases on the Switch eShop:

• Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship
  

• Baseball Stars Professional

• Top Players Golf
  

• Ninja Combat

• Riding Hero

With the exception of 1994 Super Sidekicks 2, all the others games were released in the distant year of 1990 so you can be sure this lot truly brings in the true vintage AES experience. We’re certain a chunk of our readers must be ecstatic with the news of Baseball Stars Professional on the horizon, but will you pick anything else along with it? Or the break from one-on-one fighting means you will be staying away from the eShop next month? The comments section is yours.

[via japanesenintendo.com]

The Good Life Creator Swery65 Teases A Potential Switch Port

Swery65, the man who gave us the cult classic Deadly Premonition, re-launched the Kickstarter campaign for his latest project, The Good Life, last month and now he’s teasing a potential Switch port in the future. In the latest update on the game’s crowdfunding page (which has just over a week left to run), Swery65 reveals one of his team has experimented with a version running Nintendo’s handheld console.

“We love the Nintendo Switch. And while we cannot commit to making a Switch version for now, our main programmer couldn’t stop himself from doing a few experiments with our current build and the console. They have been surprisingly successful so far, much to the whole team’s enjoyment… It gives us extra motivation and more drive than ever, and the will to make the campaign successful. I hope it excites you too!”

So it’s nothing concrete, and just because a developer can get part of their game running on Switch doesn’t mean it’s a dead cert – but it’s great to see Switch remaining a relevant platform for many a developer. However, with just under $200K left to meet of its target goal, we wouldn’t count on its handheld appearance just yet.

Let us know what you make of this little tease from Swery65. Share your thoughts with the Nintendo Life community below…

Dota 2 Update – April 24th, 2018

* Dota Plus Post Game screen now animates faster. The Post Game no longer has Continue buttons blocking progress for the Hero Progress and Hero Relics screen; instead, after the presentation is over, there are icons on the top right to return to the summary screens.
* Hero Chat Wheel sounds will no longer be muted when announcers are muted.