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Have you experienced any other issue with the game?
I don't use Quick Resume. Most of the games I tried didn't work with this feature.
Just that so far, it can take around five try's before it loads. i had one other where i'm sure the controls changed 😕 i'm sure Y was the button to pick stuff up and X was to crouch but when i started playing yesterday it A to pick stuff up and B to crouch and i didn't change the controller settings, maybe its me.
Can you report the issue using the "Xbox Report a Problem" app?
When it doesn't load, report it. The app gathers several things with the report.
Five try's before it loads? That's rather annoying, a bug like this would put me right off from the game.
I think your button preset changed automatically, not sure how how.
Went to play greedfall on my series which I haven't touched in at least a week... crash, crash... needs an update. I figured these games would auto-update... thing has been plugged and all.
May be a dumb question, but are using the same HDMI input when testing both consoles?Is the output bandwidth different between the X and S? The X is 10-bit, but my Series S, with a certified HDMI 2.1 cable is reporting 8-bit. My thought is that maybe the S is 32gbps like PS5.
Image of my results (TV is an LG C1)
i believe they're the same. is your color space set to 8 bit on your Series S in the system settings?Is the output bandwidth different between the X and S? The X is 10-bit, but my Series S, with a certified HDMI 2.1 cable is reporting 8-bit. My thought is that maybe the S is 32gbps like PS5.
Image of my results (TV is an LG C1)
I kinda figured my series would auto-update games while it's idle. Does it not do that? I am sitting on a greedfall update even though I downloaded the game a couple days ago... maybe a week? I haven't really touched it much lately.
Do you have that enabled to keep your games up to date and are in the instant on power mode? It should auto update, but I think it's on a scheduled basis ("pull") rather than when updates go live ("push").
Definitely in instant on mode. Pretty sure updates are enabled but I should check.
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Yeah I got console and game updates on auto
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Different input, but I don't have a Series X to test the cable with, but do have a PS5. Maybe it's the cable, but then it wouldn't be reading 120hz/4K
The cable does state 48gbps. Maybe it's not?
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Changed it to 10bit and it's now reading 10bit on the output. I didn't alter that before because I didn't see it mentioned anywhere. The settings thread says to leave it on 8bit even
This might be a bit of a niche ask, but has anyone managed to get 120Hz and Dolby Atmos working at the same time? Trying to play Doom Eternal and the Series X simply will not allow both together, which seems a pretty big oversight to me. Uncompressed 7.1 is fine with 120Hz so it would seem not to be a bandwidth issue. I'm flummoxed.
Sure, I had the same question as I just got an XSX and so I measured it. In instant-on mode it's just under 9W. That's not too bad, if you find instant-on mode worth it. It's around 0.2 kWh/day, or 6 kWh/month, which we could crudely estimate at $0.60/month. It's similar to using your dryer about once a day, or your A/V receiver for 3 hours a day. (Or the same amount of power an A/V receiver in standby mode may use.)
So far I've just been keeping it In Eco mode, where it uses nearly 0W. But compared to my TV in fast start mode (35W!) or modern cable boxes in standby (25W!), instant-on is not too bad. I am a power miser though and put my TV in Eco mode and use a cable TV app instead of a box, so I'm unusual.
Anyway, if you want to do your own "research", just buy a Kill-A-Watt.
I'm thinking of cancelling my Game Pass for a bit (I'll be back in a few months). I can still play free to play games and join party chat without Gold / Game Pass, right? From what I'm reading, they removed that restriction earlier in the year?
Good stuff, thanks. I'm pretty much just joining party chat to talk with friends and play Fortnite / Warzone until some big titles drop on Game Pass later in the year. So think I'll cancel for a bit.
I have the space to have mine vertical and it seems to have been designed that way, I am still not sure about dust falling into the fan when it's not being used though.
Last night I got into bed and had a thought. Could I sync my Xbox one controller to my $100 fire 10 hd tablet and play games through xbox.com/play with no issues? Yes I could. The future is now. Was really impressed. I've played on my hardwired pc, but doing the same on a cheap wireless tablet just hit me differently. Tried several games and had no issues. Good job MS!
it's great isn't it? I just booted up GTA5 to do some game pass quests and it was pretty seamless. Autoaim helps a lot but it's totally playable.
I suggest watching this video at the linked timestamp to help straighten things out.
It really is. The fact that the saves are in the cloud so you can continue on whatever platform you want just makes it perfect.
I bought a cheap USB speaker on amazon thinking I could just plug it in and play and nope... these consoles are the opposite of convenient. Cannot use my bluetooth speaker either.
Dust will creep its way in either way but less so if it's placed horizontally. Decide what's best in your case is all I can say.
You can stream game pass via the browser at xbox.com/play, but you can't do local streaming from your console onto the PC yet as far as I'm aware. There may be some dev app though I haven't tried it.
Thanks very much! I actually watched that earlier and it was very helpful!
Yes, horizontal would be best to stop dust but not allow the best airflow, I might look into how it comes apart to vacuum it out or something.
I'm curious if anyone else has had this hardware issue for Series X. Probably an overheating video card due to the heatsink coming loose or some lack of paste or something. I'm up in the PNW where it's been pretty damn hot recently. But I do have a portable AC, so I hope the console never got too hot.
I've sent the console in for service, but it was basically getting quite warm/hot near the north part of the tower (on the sides) -- playing something like Chivalry 2 -- and then the console would just shut off after an hour or so. If I turned it back on, it was a full boot up. If I tried to play something else soon after, it would often go off again. No overheat warning on reboot. It was fine to play stuff like Youtube or Netflix, but any gameplay would get the system too hot -- or so it seems. The other corroboration on the video card was that Chivalry 2, for example, would show some crazy artifacting and shimmering as it was playing. Not always, but it was getting much worse recently, it seemed.
Either way, I just got an unlucky console, I guess (from launch).
I've sent the console in for service, but it was basically getting quite warm/hot near the north part of the tower (on the sides) -- playing something like Chivalry 2 -- and then the console would just shut off after an hour or so. If I turned it back on, it was a full boot up. If I tried to play something else soon after, it would often go off again. No overheat warning on reboot. It was fine to play stuff like Youtube or Netflix, but any gameplay would get the system too hot -- or so it seems. The other corroboration on the video card was that Chivalry 2, for example, would show some crazy artifacting and shimmering as it was playing. Not always, but it was getting much worse recently, it seemed.
Either way, I just got an unlucky console, I guess (from launch).
I've placed mine horizontally since launch, and it's better for airflow since neither end is covered.
Occasionally when playing my Series X into my LG CX, the screen will just instantly and randomly turn to snow. If it happens, it may snap out of it after 30 seconds or so, but I can instantly fix it by unplugging and replugging the hdmi cable.
I think it may be related to 120hz games, because the first time it ever happened was when I was playing a 120hz game -- but I'm not sure.
Is this likely a faulty HDMI cable, or could it be something worse?
I think it may be related to 120hz games, because the first time it ever happened was when I was playing a 120hz game -- but I'm not sure.
Is this likely a faulty HDMI cable, or could it be something worse?
Nope. Totally a thing. I have an earlier LG OLED model, and mine does the exact same. Re-plug in the cable, etc. A friend had success with using HDMI port 2, but I still get it sometimes.
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No need for 3 Xbox in the house.
Have a Series X, One X and fat One.
The One X makes a raffle sound that I can hear on idle, even heard it turned off in power saver. Imagine it's fan related. How easy to open and clear or possibly fix it?
It's been awhile since hearing it since I unplugged it. Cannot remember if it was constant or a galloping pace. I just remember it was louder in power saving turned off than Series X playing a game.
Have a Series X, One X and fat One.
The One X makes a raffle sound that I can hear on idle, even heard it turned off in power saver. Imagine it's fan related. How easy to open and clear or possibly fix it?
It's been awhile since hearing it since I unplugged it. Cannot remember if it was constant or a galloping pace. I just remember it was louder in power saving turned off than Series X playing a game.
Netflix on Xbox Series X related question:
My internet cutout when watching a movie, and when it kicked back on no matter what I do, that movie is now super low res and blotchy (other shoes load fine).
I've reset my console, uninstalled the app, etc -- wtf do I need to do to get the show to buffer in HD?
My internet cutout when watching a movie, and when it kicked back on no matter what I do, that movie is now super low res and blotchy (other shoes load fine).
I've reset my console, uninstalled the app, etc -- wtf do I need to do to get the show to buffer in HD?
no, they reduced the conversion rate recently as far as I know
Someone did answer your question, they just didn't reply/quote you.
So it still works but with reduced conversion ?
Is it 4:1 now ?