How To Setup FreeStyle Dashboard 2.0 RC 1.1 and Xlink

I have put together the FSD 2.0 RC1 release with the update so it will be easier for everyone. Just download and extract the package. Place the "Freestyle Dash 2.0" on your JTAG's hard drive, I would suggest putting it on your external if you have one as this version of FSD does not have a separate DATA folder.

Download FSD 2.0 RC 1.1: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

For those of you who use Dashlaunch (which should be all of you), edit you launch.ini to point to the default.xex in the new FSD2 folder so it will auto-boot at launch. Once you have done that, reboot and confirm that it boots into the new dash. If it does, go ahead and delete your old FSD and FSDdata folders off your JTAG.

So now that you have the new FSD2 auto-booting, go to the "Utilities" section and then the settings tab and make sure you have "receive Update Notices at Startup" & "Enable Beta Updates" checked in the General settings window. Enter your Team FSD.com credentials if you are a member. Move over to the Content Settings window and under market place locale choose your location and click the "set Marketplace Locale" button. Now we need to set your game paths so click the "manage game paths" button just below.

Here we need to add the paths to all of your content so just click "Y" to add. Click the change path button and navigate to where your games are stored. Mine are in USB0:Games\ so I would navigate to that folder and press Y to select directory. Check off the box beside Xbox 360 or whatever content's path you are trying to set. You can leave scan depth at 2 or move it up to 3 just to be safe, it all depends on how many directories away from the set path the xex files are. Now click X to save and continue the same process for the rest of your content (XBLA, Homebrew, Emulators, etc.). It is going to take a long time to scan and download all art for your content so you might as well take a break. Go to [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] and find out what's new in the mod scene.

OK, so now you have set your paths, your content's art and info is all in place. Looks great doesn't it but you're itching to see what's up with that Xlink Kai section .... well let's get you setup then.

First thing you're going to need to do is setup Xlink Kai on your home network. For info on that go to [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . Once you have Xlink downloaded and setup correctly on your network you will need to download the special Xlink Kai Engine Update for FSD2.

Download Xlink Kai Engine Update for FSD2: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Download the package and extract it. Inside you will find "kaiEngine.exe". Move this file over to your Xlink installation directory: C:\Program Files\XLink Kai. It will ask you if you want to copy and replace. Say yes to copy and replace. Now start up Xlink. You should see the little Xlink Kai engine icon near your clock. Right-click it and go to configuration. Your web browser should open up a config page for Xlink kai and near the bottom-right there is a box beside the options that says "Allow Remote UI Connections ". Make sure that is enabled and save. Now Xlink is ready for FSD2!

Go to the Xlink Kai section in FSD2 and click the "Sign In/Out" tab. When the Sign in window pops up, either enter your Username & Password and click the remember me box or if your Xlink client is already set to auto sign in on your PC you can simply click the "Login using username/password stored with engine" box. There is a box that says "Live Status" if everything is working properly it will read "System attached to Xlink Engine...". Click the connect button and you're on Xlink !!

Hope you guys like this tut and the great new Dashboard!