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Week of June 6, 2010
Xbox 360 SMC I/O Config Utility v0.2B
>> Blackaddr released a new version of the Xbox 360 SMC I/O Config Utility - a simple utility to reconfigure output pins on the SMC that are used to execute the JTAG transaction to the GPU. It is used to research and fix problems caused by sharing SMC output pins, or caused by the bit timing of the JTAG data.
What's new/fixed:
* Linux version is now included. Compiled with G++ on Ubuntu.
* This version has very minor updates. I've added an interactive mode for those who like multiple choice. This is to be more newbie-friendly.
* The program now supports modifying SMC files that have already had the I/O changed, so you don't need to keep feeding it the original when testing different configurations.
Official Site: n/a, by Blackaddr
Download: here
News-Source: xboxhacker.org
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Nandchunker 360 v0.2 Beta
>> Codew released a new version of NandChunker 360, a thread based GUI for NandPro(info) -- only for Xenons for now:
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What's new/fixed:
* Now supporting easy upgrade from JTAG 8955 to JTAG 9199
Features:
- thread based GUI for NandPro
- reads/writes Xenon NANDs in number of chunks you like
- reads a chunk two times and compares them automatically
- re-reads the chunks if comparion fails
- automatic KV/Config extraction/injection
- automatic splitting/merging NAND files
- XBR 8955 and freeBOOT 9199 support
- backup your original NAND and update it to freeBOOT 9199
- simple and easy to use, no need to write commands by your own
- no "Command Prompt" black screens popping
Important Notes:
- You can check whatever operation you want and the To-Do list will be automatically filled.
- You can stop and select any starting point from the To-Do list.
- This is a early beta version. Don't count on it.
- LPT is tested and working correctly, but USB is not tested yet (my LPC 2148 is behaving strangely).
- 8955 and 9199 rebooters are both tested and working correctly.
- During freeBoot\9199 process, you may get an error of "Error: Could not find file sysupdate.xexp1". Not important.
- Works only for Xenon boards for the moment (the others will be supported soon, I promise ;)).
- Posted only at the fabulous xbox-scene forum.
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Official Site: n/a, by Codew
Download: here
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Rumor: Slim 360 with Wi-Fi and 250GB HDD at E3?
>> From gamesthirst.com:
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Another big e3 rumor is coming our way, this time from the same man that confirmed Halo:Reach before it was announced at last year's E3.
Now he brings us another inside information just before the Microsoft's E3 conference in June 14. According to "Annoying old party man", the 360 slim is a reality and it doesn't end there, it will include internal Wi-Fi like the Playstation 3 and a 250GB HDD.
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Sources at fudzilla.com also say a Slim 360 is coming.
Full Story: gamesthirst.com
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Study Claims Purchase Intent Natal Below 10 Percent
>> From gamasutra.com:
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Sony's PlayStation Move and Xbox 360's Project Natal motion control solutions have been garnering a lot of the spotlight from core gamers and the press, but a new study reflects currently low purchase intent for the new devices.
Research firm OTX's U.S. tracking study GamePlan Insights polled a group of 2,000 gamers between May 23 and June 5, 2010, and found that 8 percent of the Xbox 360 market intends to buy Natal, and 6 percent of the PlayStation 3 market intends to purchase Move.
Of the people that are already planning on buying Natal and Move, 25 percent plan to preorder the controllers.
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Full Story: gamasutra.com
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Where to watch the Xbox E3 2010 Action
>> From majornelson.com:
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We have a lot of things going on at next weeks E3 Show. If you can't attend, allow me to do a run down of a few of the places you'll be able to jack in and keep track of what's going on.
* Xbox 360 Media Briefing
Monday, June 14th at 1:30p ET/10:30a PT/1730 GMT tune into to SPIKE TV to watch the Xbox 360 Media Briefing. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, it's is set to air live and commercial-free in high-definition. Also, the Media Briefing will be live streamed on Xbox.com and Facebook in UK, FRANCE, SPAIN and ITALY at 1830 UK time (BST)/ 1930 Central European Time (CET.)
If you don't have access to Spike TV at that time (due to say, work or school) then I'll be live blogging the briefing directly from backstage at the briefing.
PLUS: If you are If you're in New York City on Monday June 14th, watch the Xbox E3 briefing LIVE in Times Square on the MTV Billboard at 44th and Broadway. (note: I'd love to see some high quality pix of the briefing on the big screen...any one up for that challenge?)
* World Premier of the "Project Natal Experience", imagined by Cirque du Soleil. [note x-s: this will take place Sunday, but cams aren't allowed, so no videos/pics of it until Tuesday probably]
Tuesday, June 15th at 3:30 PM on MTV, and at 9:00 PM on Nick at Nite, MTVu, MTV Hits, and Logo.
If you are in France, Italy Spain or the US, hit up Xbox.com where they'll be streaming the Media Briefing from LA.
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Full Story: majornelson.com
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ISO2GOD v1.3.3
>> KrK / Team 360h released a version of ISO2GOD, a tool used to convert an Xbox 360 and Xbox 1 ISO images into Games on Demand containers, removing the need for a DVD drive in your 360:
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This release doesn't add any new features, so no need to be excited just yet ;) Support for running Iso2God on Linux using Wine/Mono should now be improved a bit. Free disk space checks are broken still and are unlikely to be fixed, but the rest of the app reportedly works fine now. Thanks to MikeJJ for helping out with testing and hunting down some of the issues.
This app now comes in two variants, one with an installer to things a bit quicker for Windows users and one without an installer for Linux users. If you intend to use Iso2God on Linux you'll need to install Wine and Mono.
Changelog for v1.3.3
~ Fixed some errors with the settings code.
~ Assemblies are now merged rather than embedded to improve compatability with Wine/Mono on Linux.
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Official Site: n/a, by KrK/Team 360h
Download: here[installer] | here[no-installer]
News-Source: xboxhacker.org (thx to WarriorSan for the news)
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Hulu coming to 360? Get ready to pay
>> From gamesradar.com:
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It's a rumor that's been going around for a little while, but this recent Reuters story is treating it as essentially fact: Hulu, the streaming video service, is coming to Xbox 360, along with the iPad. Again, this has yet to be confirmed, but it seems pretty certain that the ad-supported service will soon be viewable on your 360, only now it's going to cost you.
No price has been announced yet, but it's a little surprising that something that forces ads upon you as the price for quality streaming video is now going to start charging you for the honor of watching a 45-second Tide ad before The Simpsons. And not just for use on your 360 or iPad either, apparently the site itself will start charging to watch all but the newest of shows.
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Full Story: gamesradar.com
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360 Screenshot Tool 3.8.12
>> v3n3 released the first public version of 360 Screenshot Tool:
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"360 Screenshot Tool" was actually just a little app for myself and was never meant to hit the public.
After some other Screenshot-App releases and people moaning about using XYZ many apps just to extract Screenshots I decided to release my little app.
Now, after 2 releases I decided to recode the hole thing.
The old build used some static stuff on STFS ( BIG mistake ) and didnt work for many people.
Also including that the STFS class barely worked :-/
Since I received Supermodder911īs Xbox 360 Class I decided to recode all of my old Xbox 360 Apps.
This is the first Im gonna release.
Ive recoded everything so far.
Dont ask for Injection / Creating Screenshots.
I personally dont support Xbox LIVE modding ( excluding GS ), so that part of the app will never be released ;-)
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Official Site: http://v3n3.de
Download: here
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Xbox 360 Commander Rev. 22
>> Icepir8icepir8 released a new revision of Xbox 360 Commander, a Windows utility to backup/restore, transfer on and format Xbox 360 hard drives.
What's new/fixed:
* Rewritten Backup/Restore. Now has progress bar and should be more reliable.
* Faster transfer to HDD from PC.
Official Site: n/a, by Icepir8icepir8
Download: here
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XNand Healer GUI v0.4
>> TingedAce released a new version of XNand Healer GUI - an app that started off as an uncrippling tool but now morphed into a general purpose NAND dumping tool that should really aid the first part of the JTAG'ing process.
What's new/fixed:
* Big Block analysis and fixing now supported
* Now have the choice to fix NAND either from actual NAND or a virtual nand (image file)
* Added "CB" readout and exploitable indicator
* Added partial NAND analysis - can analyze images even if they don't start at block 0
* Added Absolute and Relative addressing in the Hex Viewer (to accompany partial NAND analysis)
Official Site: http://www.rigid360.co.uk
Download: here
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Surreal64 XXX CE B5.4
>> Freakdave and Weinerschnitzel released a new version of Surreal 64 XXX CE [Community Edition], an Nintendo64 emulator for Xbox1.
What's new/fixed (including all changes since CE B5.31):
* Fixed: 480p detection for Xbox 1.6
* Fixed: Rom paging for 128MB users -> 128MB uses XXX method, 64MB uses original method
* Fixed: Skip Frames was a global setting -> now game specific
* Fixed: Some long rom names would overlap the skin borders
* Fixed: Updated ini files (thanks Darknior, Monkeys69, Spbaabck, Xmodder deluX, Xpfrags, Greatant, Mwaterbu, and Dnyce1987 more info
* Fixed: Updated 1964.ini to v2.1 (Rename 1964_21.ini to 1964.ini if you want to use it)
* Fixed: Updated to latest PJ64.rdb (thx scorp316)
* Fixed: Multiple *.ini/*.rdb fixes for e.g. WWF No Mercy and GoldenEye (thx scorp316)
* Added: Azimer's audio plugin 0.5.5.1 (more info)
* Added: MusyX audio plugin (Caution: may cause certain roms to slow down!)
* Added: Comments line in Launcher
* Added: Deadzone feature in Launcher - Increments by 200 between 0 and 10000
* Added: Cbagy's 3D boxart and updated default skin
Official Site: http://freakdave.xbox-scene.com | http://sourceforge.net/projects/surreal64xxxce
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
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Teaser of Love364's New GPU Code
>> LoveMHz posted new W.I.P. details of Love364 (a Nintendo64 emulator for homebrew 360s) on his blog:
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First off, I'm sorry that the video didn't show up on this blog post at first. I fail at posting from my phone. Secondly, sorry for the lack of blog posts, but I haven't had the time between a crazy life and working on Love364 as much as possible.
The video below is of Super Mario 64 running with full vertex buffering and HLSL shaders. Now this may look like a step backwards from my previous posts before but it's actually a huge step forward for the project. The main goal of Love364 was not only to write a working N64 emulator for the 360, but also to expend the possibilities of the N64 hardware on the 360. There's so much that DirectX 9 and 10 offer in terms of graphics, post effects, and overall awesomeness. Something that wasn't possible 5-10 years ago when N64 emulation started. This also offers me a great operatunity to expand my knowledge of the 360 and DirectX.
There's plenty left to do. So it's back to work for me.
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Official Site: http://lovemhz.teamxelove.com
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Xlaunch Editor
>> CLK Rebellion released Xlaunch.fdf Editor:
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This is a tool intended for devkits, and it allows you to edit your xlaunch.fdf file (which is where all of the images and other files for the dev launcher are held, plus a few extra like the Xbox 360 logo for some reason...).
Quite simple, just load your xlaunch.fdf file from your flash, edit the file you want to edit, and voila.
Don't be an idiot and replace files with a different extension than the one you chose to overwrite it with.
!Update: New version! Had to fix a few bugs.
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Official Site: n/a, by CLK Rebellion
Download (bugfix version): here
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OrganiseLazouzzz v1.0 NEW
>> Crazymike released a new version of Zouzzz' OrganiseLazouzzz, an organizer for LIVE, PIRS and CON files.
What's new/fixed:
* Version 1.0 supported 32 characters in the title, so I changed it to 55. I needed it to help label title updates, as the original version was cutting off most of the text.
Official Site/Download: hb-released.com
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