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Xbox One Launch Thread [Thread being archived 1/1/14]
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TheLegendary
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Anyone having audio issues after returning from standby? Willing to assume it's my receiver.
Audio seems to cut out sporadically or not work at all after waking from standby. All I have to do is go back to settings and toggle to a different hdmi audio output type so I'm assuming it's either a software bug or some "handshaking"-ish issue with my receiver. Video works fine.
God this system is great overall. Still some OS kinks that need to be worked out but I'm extremely happy so far.
Audio seems to cut out sporadically or not work at all after waking from standby. All I have to do is go back to settings and toggle to a different hdmi audio output type so I'm assuming it's either a software bug or some "handshaking"-ish issue with my receiver. Video works fine.
God this system is great overall. Still some OS kinks that need to be worked out but I'm extremely happy so far.
Have you tried separating the signals? Try an optical cable for the sound from X1 to the AV, see if that's better.
soldierblue
Member
The only problem I'm seeing is some random Wi-Fi troubles when booting it up. Sometimes it seems to take several minutes to actually bother to connect to my router. I don't think it's hardware, it doesn't drop once it's connected, it has no trouble detecting available networks, and I can go into settings and manually connect right away without waiting. It's like it's not even trying.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Can't seem to find a place with weight and dimensions of this thing. Anybody have that?
From the dashboard/home, the "Start" button (or whatever it's now called) brings up a context menu that lets you close apps and games.
You have to be hovering over the app in the center tile I believe.
RebornYeti
Member
Ok, why don't we get notifications when friends get online? Seems like a weird thing to take away.
shungokusatsu
Member
No idea, but it's the same on PS4.
Backfoggen
Banned
They should make it so that if you have less than 100 friends or so you can turn it on.
Or have a favorites list and for those people you get a notification.
shungokusatsu
Member
I had the same problem and someone helped me. There's two options in the power settings, instant on and power saving. When you use instant on it allows standby mode for quick boot up, boot up by kinect and auto-downloads, but it also adds an additional 10w of power to the system in standby which triggers the power brick's fan to stay on 24/7 with that annoying humming.
If you change it to power saving mode it will fully power down the console when shutdown and the power brick will shut off as well (no fan). The downside to this mode is you can't use kinect to boot up, no auto-downloads and boot up takes longer.
I personally disabled standby and used power saving because the damn power brick was louder than the system itself :/
Kinect voice commands are legit as fuck once you become familiar with the vernacular. Microsoft did a freaking terrible job of teaching XB1 users these commands though. It's infinitely faster than operating the UI with a controller of some sort, and it's pretty much 100% accurate from what I've tested thus far.
For me, as well. I think the main thing is that you really have to kickstart the system with the "Xbox," command and let it register for a second before diving in.
Watching Jeff from GB trying to get it to work was painful: "Xboxgotomygames" ...smh. "Xbox, go to my games" works for me 100% of the time so far.
A lot of the things I've read in the last week have been wildly different than what I've actually experienced today, actually.
The 12 second boot from standby that was reported by everyone is more like 2 to 3 seconds on my machine. Maybe it depends on how many apps/games you have running when you shut it down?
Have you tried leaving the power setting on it's default mode and just disabling Kinect Listening?
This way, you don't lose the standby boot times or the auto downloads but it might lower the power draw.
I've had mine set this way all day and there is zero sound coming from the brick.
oconnomiyaki
Member
Forza 5 is pretty much proof that this 1080p 60fps bullshit is exactly that. The lighting is nice but that's about it. On the tracks with grey weather I'd almost think it's current last gen. Black Flag impressed me far more and it's 720p 30fps.
I'll take graphic effects and whatnot over some arbitrary bar of quality that GAF seems to have defined, thanks.
I'll take graphic effects and whatnot over some arbitrary bar of quality that GAF seems to have defined, thanks.
LiLSnorpSnorp
Member
Black flag is not 720p
Dreams-Visions
Member
Anyone know why the system would switch login accounts on its on volition?
I was sitting next to my brother playing KI under his account... and suddenly it switched mid match to my account/profile. No prompt, it just switched and kicked the game back to the start menu.
these are launch titles, bro. Forza 5 isn't exactly a game with assets made for nextgen with all technology built for nextgen.
come back around Forza 6 or 7.
I was sitting next to my brother playing KI under his account... and suddenly it switched mid match to my account/profile. No prompt, it just switched and kicked the game back to the start menu.
these are launch titles, bro. Forza 5 isn't exactly a game with assets made for nextgen with all technology built for nextgen.
come back around Forza 6 or 7.
Monty Mole
Member
If you're playing on an LCD then you'll never appreciate the true majesty that is 60fps.
Just wanted to share my experience after a first day with Xbox One. Was at a friend's house, we both ordered Day One editions so we set up our consoles side by side. It was an interesting experiment.
Both Kinects would recognize commands at the same time. When someone said "Xbox, go to Skype" it would start Skype on both consoles. All in all voice commands were only recognized 50% of the time though. Not sure if it was a Kinect calibration problem, a problem with two Kinects in the same room or something else. "Show my stuff" only kinda works. It would show stuff but often only the stuff of the person whose stuff was already there. Not sure what the problem here was again (only one console was running for that test).
The controller is amazing. It feels and works great and is an improvement on the already great Xbox 360 controller. Definitely my favorite controller yet. I haven't had a chance to try out a DS4 though.
We only had two games to test: Battlefield 4 and Powershot Golf. Battlefield looks really good and it feels very smooth. It crashed a lot but at least you go back to your home screen when a game crashes. Now I know we arrived at the next generation
Powershot Golf was fun but we were too tired when we tried it so I can't say that much about it.
I love this thing already. A little bummed that voice doesn't seem to work but I'm positive it will work better once it's set up at my place.
Both Kinects would recognize commands at the same time. When someone said "Xbox, go to Skype" it would start Skype on both consoles. All in all voice commands were only recognized 50% of the time though. Not sure if it was a Kinect calibration problem, a problem with two Kinects in the same room or something else. "Show my stuff" only kinda works. It would show stuff but often only the stuff of the person whose stuff was already there. Not sure what the problem here was again (only one console was running for that test).
The controller is amazing. It feels and works great and is an improvement on the already great Xbox 360 controller. Definitely my favorite controller yet. I haven't had a chance to try out a DS4 though.
We only had two games to test: Battlefield 4 and Powershot Golf. Battlefield looks really good and it feels very smooth. It crashed a lot but at least you go back to your home screen when a game crashes. Now I know we arrived at the next generation
Powershot Golf was fun but we were too tired when we tried it so I can't say that much about it.
I love this thing already. A little bummed that voice doesn't seem to work but I'm positive it will work better once it's set up at my place.
It crashed a lot but at least you go back to your home screen when a game crashes. Now I know we arrived at the next generation
this is definitely a nasty (in a good way) idea. disappointed that they haven't fixed the crashing from 360/PC/PS3/PS4 versions, but i'm sure they'll patch it as fast as they can.
Did you decide on a model yet?
Future PhaZe
Member
Yea, accuracy hasn't been an issue at all, not sure where the complaints were coming from prior to launch
SentientStone
Member
Love Skype integration, damn it is nice, wish they would have had the snap Skype implemented though. Keep in mind that I have never ever experienced the Xbox's social features before so maybe these were all available on the 360 already.
The PS4 feels much less social now without Skype to me, especially since Skype and Whatsapp are the two main messaging services I use. I doubt it would ever get integration either since Microsoft owns Skype.
Also, is there no way to mute my Kinect only for in-game chat? I don't want to be talking to the person I am playing with and my Skype friends at the same time. :/
The PS4 feels much less social now without Skype to me, especially since Skype and Whatsapp are the two main messaging services I use. I doubt it would ever get integration either since Microsoft owns Skype.
Also, is there no way to mute my Kinect only for in-game chat? I don't want to be talking to the person I am playing with and my Skype friends at the same time. :/
Nah going hunting today
I forgot to post about this when this happen to me and was stuck at that controller screen because my controller was not synced for some reason. I turned off my system and removed the batteries from controller. I turn the system back on and put the batteries back in while it was on the green screen. When the controller picture pops up only hit the guide button don't hold it. That help for me for some reason.
Reckless Onion
Member
So i'm guessing the servers are getting hammered, takes friggin forever to download/install something
Xbox On command magically started working for me, finally. Now I can turn this bitch on when I get home from work. Turns my TV on too
One of biggest irks is the party chat. You go into to a party and then have to turn party chat on. What gives? I've had to explain to a lot of friends (very clumsily at that) how to make it so we could hear each other. It's a really bizarre hoop to have to jump through, but once in a party, the sound quality is very good.
I figured out how to pin stuff too. I wish MS did a better job explaining the UI, how to navigate it and how it works. The system has a ton of great features, but it's not very organized and it does a poor job and teaching you how to use it. There is a slight learning curve and you will have to get used to it. Adding to that, they should have included a voice command cheat sheet with the system.
Again, once you get yourself situated and learn the ropes, it's an incredibly robust, feature rich system. The menus are quick and snappy and Kinect responds to my voice nearly perfectly every single time.
EDIT
Oh, it goes without saying how painfully long installs are. God damn. I have friends who are HARDCORE Xbox fanboys and they are livid. They don't like the fact that they have to wait to install shit. It makes it even worse when I tell them how fast PS4 installs are. I mean, last night, I installed Ryse, right? It told me it was done, I start the game and then it hits me with another, in-game, install screen. Kinda shitty, but in a funny way.
One of biggest irks is the party chat. You go into to a party and then have to turn party chat on. What gives? I've had to explain to a lot of friends (very clumsily at that) how to make it so we could hear each other. It's a really bizarre hoop to have to jump through, but once in a party, the sound quality is very good.
I figured out how to pin stuff too. I wish MS did a better job explaining the UI, how to navigate it and how it works. The system has a ton of great features, but it's not very organized and it does a poor job and teaching you how to use it. There is a slight learning curve and you will have to get used to it. Adding to that, they should have included a voice command cheat sheet with the system.
Again, once you get yourself situated and learn the ropes, it's an incredibly robust, feature rich system. The menus are quick and snappy and Kinect responds to my voice nearly perfectly every single time.
EDIT
Oh, it goes without saying how painfully long installs are. God damn. I have friends who are HARDCORE Xbox fanboys and they are livid. They don't like the fact that they have to wait to install shit. It makes it even worse when I tell them how fast PS4 installs are. I mean, last night, I installed Ryse, right? It told me it was done, I start the game and then it hits me with another, in-game, install screen. Kinda shitty, but in a funny way.
My power brick likes to whine too. Even tried turning off Kinect listening.
And when the Xbox is off it makes clicking steady clicking sounds, and every now and then it randomly spins up and makes funny sounds.
Anyone else?
I took a video of it to try and capture audio.
Where can I upload it?
And when the Xbox is off it makes clicking steady clicking sounds, and every now and then it randomly spins up and makes funny sounds.
Anyone else?
I took a video of it to try and capture audio.
Where can I upload it?
There's this small indie website, perfect for uploading video.
I think it was called, WeTube.. YouView or something.. Oh that's right! It's Youtube.
probably because now you can have over 1000 friends. Imagine someone with such a number of friends. It would be annoying seeing all of them poping online.
Have only played a few games so far
Dead Rising 3 is pretty fun - damn so many zombies!
NBA 2K14 - Wow - I literally thought I was watching an NBA game, Really need to train up on moves/plays etc, but very impressed.
Controller feels good -
-Triggers are an improvement. Feel that they are now angled a bit to fit with your index finger
- Bumpers are an improvement also and closer to the triggers. Now I can just glide my index finger across.
- Analog sticks seem a bit loose to me, but I guess I can adjust to this. Have no problems with the actual sticks being smaller
XBONE UI
- It's okay I guess. I feel that it's really 'busy' and cluttered. With so many sub-menus/sub-sections here and there.
I honestly prefer the PS4 UI a lot more. It's just much more simple, cleaner, slick and less cluttered. More organised
I also prefer the Trophy layout section a lot more on PS4, then the XBONE Achievements section.
Dead Rising 3 is pretty fun - damn so many zombies!
NBA 2K14 - Wow - I literally thought I was watching an NBA game, Really need to train up on moves/plays etc, but very impressed.
Controller feels good -
-Triggers are an improvement. Feel that they are now angled a bit to fit with your index finger
- Bumpers are an improvement also and closer to the triggers. Now I can just glide my index finger across.
- Analog sticks seem a bit loose to me, but I guess I can adjust to this. Have no problems with the actual sticks being smaller
XBONE UI
- It's okay I guess. I feel that it's really 'busy' and cluttered. With so many sub-menus/sub-sections here and there.
I honestly prefer the PS4 UI a lot more. It's just much more simple, cleaner, slick and less cluttered. More organised
I also prefer the Trophy layout section a lot more on PS4, then the XBONE Achievements section.
Xbox On command magically started working for me, finally. Now I can turn this bitch on when I get home from work. Turns my TV on too
One of biggest irks is the party chat. You go into to a party and then have to turn party chat on. What gives? I've had to explain to a lot of friends (very clumsily at that) how to make it so we could hear each other. It's a really bizarre hoop to have to jump through, but once in a party, the sound quality is very good.
I figured out how to pin stuff too. I wish MS did a better job explaining the UI, how to navigate it and how it works. The system has a ton of great features, but it's not very organized and it does a poor job and teaching you how to use it. There is a slight learning curve and you will have to get used to it. Adding to that, they should have included a voice command cheat sheet with the system.
Again, once you get yourself situated and learn the ropes, it's an incredibly robust, feature rich system. The menus are quick and snappy and Kinect responds to my voice nearly perfectly every single time.
EDIT
Oh, it goes without saying how painfully long installs are. God damn. I have friends who are HARDCORE Xbox fanboys and they are livid. They don't like the fact that they have to wait to install shit. It makes it even worse when I tell them how fast PS4 installs are. I mean, last night, I installed Ryse, right? It told me it was done, I start the game and then it hits me with another, in-game, install screen. Kinda shitty, but in a funny way.
I think the OS of the Xbox has the same problems like the windows 8 had. Once 8.1 was out then all clicked. I believe we will see a similar pattern here too.
Why would you log off?
cripterion
Member
Too bad there's no way to switch Hdmi inputs with Kinect since I can't enjoy the tv features cause it's integrated in my tv, doesn't come from a box.
But anyways, woke up this morning, said xbox on and worked flawlessly, launched twitch and watching a dota2 stream now from my bed and didn't fucking pick my controller yet
Yesterday was definitely setup day and I'll be playing more today since I got all my games installed and updated. Pleasantly surprised with fifa14, plays like a dream, French commentary is great, gameplay solid, only the faces of players is sucky, especially when you come off 2k14 lol.
Oh and my biggest fear was not being able to play my games in English but it's actually fairly easy to just switch regions, and then you get the change ingame. I hope it's stuff they include in new settings for a future update though, like they also need to make their install/update process more comprehensive cause people without patience will be freaking out on the first day with their console. Experience can only improve onward.
So yeah, yesterday was a good day and definitely no ass storm for me.
Edit : haha this fucking guy here on twitch playing Dota2 while listening to pearl jam's black
But anyways, woke up this morning, said xbox on and worked flawlessly, launched twitch and watching a dota2 stream now from my bed and didn't fucking pick my controller yet
Yesterday was definitely setup day and I'll be playing more today since I got all my games installed and updated. Pleasantly surprised with fifa14, plays like a dream, French commentary is great, gameplay solid, only the faces of players is sucky, especially when you come off 2k14 lol.
Oh and my biggest fear was not being able to play my games in English but it's actually fairly easy to just switch regions, and then you get the change ingame. I hope it's stuff they include in new settings for a future update though, like they also need to make their install/update process more comprehensive cause people without patience will be freaking out on the first day with their console. Experience can only improve onward.
So yeah, yesterday was a good day and definitely no ass storm for me.
Edit : haha this fucking guy here on twitch playing Dota2 while listening to pearl jam's black
Marty Chinn
Member
Try unplugging the system and then plug it back in. I had all sorts of display and resolution issues until I did that.
Played Killer Instinct a little last night and it was fun. Voice commands worked well for the most part aside from Xbox On. I have to say it like 10 times for it to actually work for some reason.
Was a bit dissapointed in the degradation in picture quality for the tv, so i decided the xbox will just be used for games at the moment. I am usually a bit over the top with picture and sound quality but my wife even noticed it. I look forward to playing with it a bit more this weekend.
Was a bit dissapointed in the degradation in picture quality for the tv, so i decided the xbox will just be used for games at the moment. I am usually a bit over the top with picture and sound quality but my wife even noticed it. I look forward to playing with it a bit more this weekend.
Woffls
Member
Pretty sure it downloads while asleep as i left a bunch downloading earlier, came back, and they were all done. Not sure about install.
Just got the ultimate bundle from gamestop because I couldn't find the damn system anywhere else.
Includes 6 games, years worth of Xbl, a play and charge kit and an extra controller for over $1k due to taxes. Will be on my doorstep Monday.
Will be selling the 3 cross platforms on eBay though because I don't want them.
Includes 6 games, years worth of Xbl, a play and charge kit and an extra controller for over $1k due to taxes. Will be on my doorstep Monday.
Will be selling the 3 cross platforms on eBay though because I don't want them.
Alright thanks.
abracadaver
Member
Depends on the standby mode. In low power mode it doesnt download. And it doesnt finish downloads and goes into standby either like the 360 did.
To finish downloads you have to use the sleep mode where kinect always listens.
Brown Intruder
Banned
Exactly, I love it now that it doesn't pop up now
MightyHedgehog
Member
Man, after the arduous process of downloading/installing Dead Rising 3 and Crimson Dragon, I was questioning my commitment to going all digital or, at least, mostly digital. Those two took for-fucking-ever for no apparent reason while I had world record download and install times for both Ryse and Killer Instinct as well as getting and installing the day one updates. Other than that, I am super impressed with the admittedly still in-beta dashboard. Damn, this shit feel next-gen compared to setting up and playing my PS4 last week. Still lots of little odds and ends to cover, but this is what I was mostly hoping for in a next-gen console feel. Kinect works for me better than ninety percent of the time and the benefits of digital are impressive. Fucking love the controller, too, especially when I was anticipating some issues with the mixed opinions on the bumpers. I can tell that XBOX will again be my main console without much serious contention for that placing until Sony steps up. I cannot imagine how much better both of these systems will be in a few years' time, much less by the end of their lifespans when it comes to the evolution of the software and how they will be taken advantage of. Feeling more positive about next-gen, even if I need more next-gen software to make it stick.
So my xbox one that i ordered from amazon.de is being delivered today. Since i live in the netherlands i googled what i could do etc. I read something by a mircosoft rep that i should not buy a german xbox because i would not be able to log in to xbl or the market place.
My questions dear gafers is.
How am i going to download my copy of fifa 14?
And how will i be able to buy stuff from the store.
My questions dear gafers is.
How am i going to download my copy of fifa 14?
And how will i be able to buy stuff from the store.