AURORA DASHBOARD PLUGIN
A-Z
Aurora A-Z
An alphabet selector for the Xbox 360 coverflow. Hold the right stick, pick a letter, release. One file, no skin changes.
Aurora 0.7b.2 Rev1655Single XEXBrowse or Filter
What it does
Aurora has no way to jump to a letter from the coverflow. Aurora A-Z adds one. It draws its own selector over the active skin and acts on Aurora's existing list.
- Hold R3 on the coverflow. The viewport dims and a centered alphabet row appears. Browse shows # A ... Z; Filter adds ALL. The last selected letter is remembered.
- Move the highlight. D-pad or left stick, Left and Right. The coverflow does not move while the row is open.
- Release. The row hides and the letter is applied. Releasing without having moved cancels instead.
The selector
Hidden during normal coverflow use. Visible only while R3 is held.
On hardware, stock Default skin, R3 held.
ALL#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Left and Right move the highlight; hold to repeat. Navigation wraps at both ends.
Modes
Hold R3 and click L3 to switch and save the mode. Browse Mode or Filter Mode appears bottom-right for five seconds, even after releasing R3. Switching again restarts the timer.
DEFAULT
Browse
Jumps to the first title in the letter group. The list is not rebuilt.
OPTIONAL
Filter
Rebuilds the coverflow to show only that letter group.
ALL appears only in Filter mode and clears the letter only; the active QuickView stays. # matches digits, punctuation and empty names.
Requirements
- Aurora 0.7b.2 Rev1655. The revision is checked before any hook is applied. Other builds are left alone, so the plugin is inert rather than broken on them.
- FTP or USB access. Copy the extracted installer folder into Aurora's User/Scripts/Utility folder. Aurora's own FTP plugin is enough.
- A free NetDbgDll slot. Aurora A-Z loads through the Network Debugger slot and cannot coexist with a real NetDbgDll.xex.
Install v1.1
Install directly from Aurora's Scripts menu.
- Download AuroraAZ-v1.1-Installer.zip and extract it.
- Copy the AuroraAZInstaller folder to Aurora\User\Scripts\Utility\, keeping all three files together.
- Open Aurora's Scripts menu, press X to refresh, and launch Install Aurora A-Z under Utility. Choose Install.
- When it finishes, reboot the console manually. Hold R3 on the coverflow to use the selector.
New in v1.1: the installer detects Aurora's location from its script folder, including alternate HDD folders and USB installations. Use the User\Scripts\Utility\ folder inside your actual Aurora installation.
The plugin binary is unchanged from v1.0. The installer passed 13 mocked tests; on-console verification of this fix is still pending.
User\Scripts\Utility\AuroraAZInstaller\ Main.lua <- installer script AuroraAZ.xex <- plugin payload icon.png <- script menu icon
The script stages the plugin, renames any existing NetDbgDll.xex to an unused backup name, and installs the new file. No launch.ini or skin changes. It does not restart the console automatically.
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Network Debugger slot
Aurora A-Z and the Network Debugger cannot run together. The installer preserves existing files as NetDbgDll.xex.before-aurora-az (numbered if needed). Experimental DashLaunch installers are not supported with v1.1.
Manual installation alternative
Download the standalone AuroraAZ.xex, back up any existing NetDbgDll.xex, then copy the payload as Aurora\Plugins\NetDbgDll.xex and reboot.
Controls
- R3 held: opens the selector on the last selected letter.
- D-pad Left and Right: move the highlight; hold for rapid repeat.
- Left stick Left and Right: same as the D-pad.
- Selection wraps between Z and ALL in Filter mode, or # in Browse mode.
- R3 released: applies the highlighted key and hides the row.
- R3 released without moving: cancels, nothing changes.
- The coverflow is frozen while the row is open.
- R3 re-arms once the previous letter has settled.
While holding R3, click L3 to switch mode. A and RB keep their normal Aurora functions.
Uninstall
Delete or rename Aurora\Plugins\NetDbgDll.xex then restore any original debugger file you backed up and reboot the console. The only other file the plugin may create is a small settings file under Data holding the selected mode.
Troubleshooting
Holding R3 does nothing
Check the Aurora revision, that the file is at Plugins\NetDbgDll.xex spelled exactly, and that Aurora was restarted. The selector opens from the coverflow only, not from inside a menu.
Skin compatibility
The row and highlight are drawn by the plugin, not taken from the skin. Use R3+L3 to change mode; the old module radio UI and icon remain unfinished. Behavior is identical on the Default skin and third-party skins, and switching skins needs no reinstall.
Already using the Network Debugger
Not supported. Move NetDbgDll.xex aside to run Aurora A-Z, and restore it to go back.
Performance on large libraries
Browse does not rebuild the list and stays immediate past 2,000 titles. Filter rebuilds the coverflow and costs the same as any other Aurora filter.
ALL does not show the whole library
By design. ALL clears the letter and nothing else. For the global list, use Aurora's own QuickView menu on RB; the plugin never changes the QuickView.
Risk of leaving it installed
The build is verified before hooking and fails closed on a mismatch, nothing is written to Skins or Aurora.xex, and uninstalling is one file deletion. The unchanged v1.0 plugin binary is hardware-tested; keep FTP or USB access available for recovery.
Download
Download v1.1 with the Aurora Script-menu installer, plugin and icon. No launch.ini or skin changes.
AuroraAZ-v1.1-Installer.zip
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Compatibility
Built for homebrew-capable Xbox 360 consoles running Aurora 0.7b.2 Rev1655. Keep a way to remove files from the console before installing.
Aurora is by the Phoenix team and is not affiliated with this plugin.