Hacking RGH phatty not launching XBLA games

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I've had my RGH'd console for a while, and out of the blue, it refuses to launch XBLA games. DLC I've installed still works for retail games, but it just straight up won't open them anymore. The only change I've made is adding some more Rock Band DLC, and plugging it into a different TV.
 

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Reapply the dashlaunch ini?
I found a weird workaround- I deleted an XBLA game I had installed (Scott Pilgrim), opened a retail game, then tried opening a different XBLA game (Rock Band Blitz), and it seems to work. I haven't seen if that works after rebooting, and if it doesn't, I'll try that.
 

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What do you mean by not launching them anymore?

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If clicking on them does nothing, I think something is wrong with your fsd/Aurora database.
 

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Delete the parsed xbla data from the database by deleting its path in fsd or Aurora, then readd and scan. I think that's the problem.
 

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Delete the parsed xbla data from the database by deleting its path in fsd or Aurora, then readd and scan. I think that's the problem.

I second this.
Deleting the databases is a good option.
Another one would be to reinstall FSD/Aurora from scratch but you might as well just install it in a separate location like on a USB drive to test it first before radically formatting your hdd and trying it.
 
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if you mean doing it from scratch, you can create a separate folder with whatever you're using, then boot it up directly in file manager/name of the folder you've given it/default.xex then, you won't have to mess with the database that you have right now. you could even check with a single game by placing it in a separate folder, adding it to the database, then testing it.
 

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btw, I'm not sure if you can load a container file the same as a default.xex via file manager as I've never tried it. another option you have is to set up a link between FSD (Aurora probably has this option to) via http. I don't use Aurora, so I'll just explain this in FSD. you have to enable the option (http), then choose a password and username (think the default one is xbox). type the address of your 360 into the address bar of your pc while in FSD, and it will take you to a page where you can access the database. log-in, then once you're logged in, you can check the location that's being used for each game, so check the xbla ones. see if they're correct. it sounds like your database is corrupted somehow (like the game location is wrong or it's not finding the container file(s)). it may have happened when adding or deleting a game. there was a time when my entire database got corrupted out of no where, so I had to redo the whole thing.

I'm not sure if you still need AuroraCrashPatcher.xex as a plugin, but something changed with unity back around March or April, so a lot of people's FSD and Aurora (affected both) were crashing when downloading artwork. that was happening to me when I was adding a couple games. using the plugin (add to your launch.ini) worked. I"m not sure if that issue has been fixed. the FSD team has disbanded, and I'm not sure if Aurora still has updates.
 
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