1. Avalaunch Dashboard

. Avalaunch is a dashboard replacement for the Xbox. It provides new functionality to the Xbox such as a skinnable interface that lets you control how your Xbox looks.

Avalaunch has the ability to download new skins from online websites, the ability to download saved games and to access the X-Link Kai (free) gaming network through an integrated interface. Download: (This version can be burned on to a DVD with mutliple games, giving you a menu to launch all the games on that DVD) Main Menu - The main dashboard screen. Avalaunch displays its built in internet connectivity with it's RSS News feeds supplied with up to the minute information from such sites as Xbox-Scene.com, and is completely user configurable to read any RSS feeds that you supply it: Games Menu - Avalaunch automagically pulls the title image from the game's XBE and displays it for you next to the title. It also displays a rotating or fixed cube with the title image over on the right. Games Menu Submenu - By pressing start while selecting a game, you bring up the Avalaunch games submenu that allows you to do such things as edit the XBE title, download saved games from xboxsaves.com, or view the file properties of the game.

Avalaunch was the first dashboard to support LBA48 patched hard drives, use an integrated DVD player with remote support, and use a G partition.

Edit XBE Title Menu - This image displays the use of the onboard keyboard to change how a title is displayed for a given game. Youcan also use your usb keyboard if you have one. File Manager - Avalaunch has a built in File Manager which means no more switching to another application just to move games. Not only that, but this Filemanager will allow you to connect to a remote FTP, such as another xbox, and transfer files to and from it, all from within the dashboard!

Avalaunch Dashboard

. Avalaunch Avalaunch was the first dashboard to support LBA48 patched hard drives, use an integrated DVD player with remote support, and use a G partition. It's most unique features include an integrated IRC, Telnet, and X-Link Kai client; dashboard shoutcast radio station streaming; and the ability to download the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) to be used as a background. Before the servers went down, it also had the ability to download game saves from Xbox-Saves. The official website is and you can find the official manual. The latest version is.

Note that on versions 0.49.2 and 0.49.3, you will need to disable RSS feeds in the config file as well as APOD, or else you will have freezing issues. Default Menu XBox Media Center. Choosing this will launch XBMC, provided that it is installed at E: Apps XBMC. Games. Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Games and F: Games and lists them. If you place a rip of a game, such as Halo 2 inside one of these directories, you can launch it here. In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Games to the directory list in avalaunch.xml.

Applications. Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Apps and F: Apps and lists them. If you place applications such as DVD2Xbox inside of one of these directories, you can launch it here. In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Apps to the directory list in avalaunch.xml. Emulators. Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Emulators and F: Emulators and lists them. If you place emulators such as Surreal64 inside of one of these directories, you can launch it here.

In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Emulators to the directory list in avalaunch.xml. File Manager. Controls:. Left Analog Stick: Navigation. A: Enter selected folder or launch XBE. B: Parent folder.

X: Add item to queue. Back: Exit File manager. Start: Open context menu (move/rename/delete). By pressing Start on an XBE, you can choose 'Edit XBE Title' to change the name displayed in the Games menu. By pressing Start and selecting 'Switch to remote', you can connect to an FTP server from your Xbox. After selecting remote mode, press Start and choose 'Add FTP server.'

And enter the information for the server you wish to connect to. IRC Client Telnet Client Settings Network. You can change your network connection settings, FTP settings, IRC login settings, X-Link Kai login settings, Telnet settings, and prior to the servers going down - you could download applications here. Main Options. You can change Audio/Video settings, see your hardware/system/DVD/HDD information, change DVD player settings, lock or unlock your hard drive, and various other settings. Skins.

You can change settings for skins, including enabling 'Astronomy Pic Of the Day (APOD)' which will download NASA's and display it as the background image. There is also a similar feature called 'ACAM (Adult)' which is for displaying non-nude pictures of women. You can also apply skins that you have placed in './Avalaunch/media/skins/'. Previously, you could also download skins from a database, but that server has since gone offline. Sounds. You can change settings for background music to automatically start playing on boot.

You can change the directory it pulls music from, with the default being F: mp3. You can also enable Voice over IP if you have a LIVE headset attached. NOTE: You will need to set the background music setting to Shoutcast if you wish to play Shoutcasts in the background at all. Language. You can choose your desired language for Avalaunch. By default, 14 languages are supported (with two 'fun' languages being m00 and h4x0r). More language files can be added by adding them to './Avalaunch/media/languages/'.

Quickstart. A great feature of Avalaunch is the ability to launch chosen games or applications by holding a button while the system starts up. You can assign a game or app to a button by choosing the button in this menu, enabling quickstart for it, and selecting 'Path'. Press White to open the keyboard and enter the file path (e.g. F: Games Halo 2 ). Select 'Filename' and press White again to open the keyboard and enter the file name of the XBE (e.g.

The Left Trigger option is not configurable, but you can enable 'Launch last app' to allow it to launch the last played game or app upon boot. About Avalaunch. Your Avalaunch dashboard version will be displayed, as well as a small description and credits. Update Dashboard.

Prior to the official servers going offline, you were able to download dashboard updates from this location. Reboot / Shutdown. Soft restarts or shuts down your Xbox.

General Combos. The following shortcuts can be used at any time on the dashboard. White: Open virtual keyboard. Hold RT: Scroll faster.

Press LS or RS: Play next MP3 / Shoutcast station. Press LS or RS + LT: Stop music. LT + RT + Black: Take a screenshot.

Only works on dashboard, saves to./Avalaunch/media/screenshots. LT + RT + X: Switch to PAL-I 60Hz mode. LT + RT + A: Switch to NTSC-M 60Hz mode. LT + RT + Y: Switch to PAL-I 50Hz mode. LT + RT + B: Switch to NTSC-J 60Hz mode Bootup Combos. The following shortcuts can be used by holding the indicated combo while the Xbox is booting up.

Hold LS: Boots disc ( D: default.xbe). Hold LS + RS: Restore backup EEPROM to Xbox. Shoutcast. Create a file containing only the IP to the site. Name it anything with an extension of '.sc'. Place it in./Avalaunch/shoutcast. Under Settings → Sounds, change 'Play music on boot' to Shoutcast and reboot.

If it does not start on boot, press LS. Controls.

LS: Cycle through Shoutcast stations. LS + LT: Stop music. Modifying the Menu You can add, remove, or move menu options by modifying the Config.xml located in the dashboard installation directory. The directory structure is pretty self explanatory, and you can add folders manually in any spot in the hierarchy. Below is an example to make a folder called 'Homebrew Games' in the Games directory which contains the games inside the folder G: HOMEBREW. #Avalaunch Avalaunch was the first dashboard to support LBA48 patched hard drives, use an integrated DVD player with remote support, and use a G partition.

It's most unique features include an integrated IRC, Telnet, and X-Link Kai client; dashboard shoutcast radio station streaming; and the ability to download the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) to be used as a background. Before the servers went down, it also had the ability to download game saves from Xbox-Saves.

The official website is Avalaunch.net(and you can find the official manual here(The latest version is Version 0.49.3(.Note that on versions 0.49.2 and 0.49.3, you will need to disable RSS feeds in the config file as well as APOD, or else you will have freezing issues. Default Menu - ###XBox Media Center. Choosing this will launch XBMC, provided that it is installed at E: Apps XBMC. ###Games.

Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Games and F: Games and lists them. If you place a rip of a game, such as Halo 2 inside one of these directories, you can launch it here.

In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Games to the directory list in avalaunch.xml. ###Applications. Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Apps and F: Apps and lists them. If you place applications such as DVD2Xbox inside of one of these directories, you can launch it here. In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Apps to the directory list in avalaunch.xml. ###Emulators. Detects executable (XBE) files inside of E: Emulators and F: Emulators and lists them.

If you place emulators such as Surreal64 inside of one of these directories, you can launch it here. In order to use the G drive, you must add G: Emulators to the directory list in avalaunch.xml. ###File Manager. Controls:. Left Analog Stick: Navigation. A: Enter selected folder or launch XBE.

B: Parent folder. X: Add item to queue. Back: Exit File manager. Start: Open context menu (move/rename/delete). By pressing Start on an XBE, you can choose 'Edit XBE Title' to change the name displayed in the Games menu. By pressing Start and selecting 'Switch to remote', you can connect to an FTP server from your Xbox. After selecting remote mode, press Start and choose 'Add FTP server.'

And enter the information for the server you wish to connect to. ###IRC Client ###Telnet Client ###Settings ####Network. You can change your network connection settings, FTP settings, IRC login settings, X-Link Kai login settings, Telnet settings, and prior to the servers going down - you could download applications here. ####Main Options. You can change Audio/Video settings, see your hardware/system/DVD/HDD information, change DVD player settings, lock or unlock your hard drive, and various other settings.

####Skins. You can change settings for skins, including enabling 'Astronomy Pic Of the Day (APOD)' which will download NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day(and display it as the background image. There is also a similar feature called 'ACAM (Adult)' which is for displaying non-nude pictures of women. You can also apply skins that you have placed in './Avalaunch/media/skins/'. Previously, you could also download skins from a database, but that server has since gone offline.

####Sounds. You can change settings for background music to automatically start playing on boot. You can change the directory it pulls music from, with the default being F: mp3.

You can also enable Voice over IP if you have a LIVE headset attached. NOTE: You will need to set the background music setting to Shoutcast if you wish to play Shoutcasts in the background at all. ####Language. You can choose your desired language for Avalaunch. By default, 14 languages are supported (with two 'fun' languages being m00 and h4x0r). More language files can be added by adding them to './Avalaunch/media/languages/'. ####Quickstart.

A great feature of Avalaunch is the ability to launch chosen games or applications by holding a button while the system starts up. You can assign a game or app to a button by choosing the button in this menu, enabling quickstart for it, and selecting 'Path'. Press White to open the keyboard and enter the file path (e.g.

`F: Games Halo 2 `). Select 'Filename' and press White again to open the keyboard and enter the file name of the XBE (e.g. The Left Trigger option is not configurable, but you can enable 'Launch last app' to allow it to launch the last played game or app upon boot.

####About Avalaunch. Your Avalaunch dashboard version will be displayed, as well as a small description and credits.

####Update Dashboard. Prior to the official servers going offline, you were able to download dashboard updates from this location.

###Reboot / Shutdown. Soft restarts or shuts down your Xbox. General Combos -. The following shortcuts can be used at any time on the dashboard. White: Open virtual keyboard. Hold RT: Scroll faster. Press LS or RS: Play next MP3 / Shoutcast station.

Press LS or RS + LT: Stop music. LT + RT + Black: Take a screenshot. Only works on dashboard, saves to `./Avalaunch/media/screenshots`.

LT + RT + X: Switch to PAL-I 60Hz mode. LT + RT + A: Switch to NTSC-M 60Hz mode. LT + RT + Y: Switch to PAL-I 50Hz mode. LT + RT + B: Switch to NTSC-J 60Hz mode Bootup Combos -.

The following shortcuts can be used by holding the indicated combo while the Xbox is booting up. Hold LS: Boots disc (`D: default.xbe`). Hold LS + RS: Restore backup EEPROM to Xbox. Shoutcast - 1. Create a file containing only the IP to the site. Name it anything with an extension of '.sc'.

Place it in `./Avalaunch/shoutcast`. Under Settings → Sounds, change 'Play music on boot' to Shoutcast and reboot. If it does not start on boot, press LS. Controls. LS: Cycle through Shoutcast stations.

LS + LT: Stop music. Modifying the Menu - You can add, remove, or move menu options by modifying the Config.xml located in the dashboard installation directory. The directory structure is pretty self explanatory, and you can add folders manually in any spot in the hierarchy.

Below is an example to make a folder called 'Homebrew Games' in the Games directory which contains the games inside the folder G: HOMEBREW. Revision by — 1 year ago.