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Week of June 8, 2003
UAE-X v0.8
>> UAE-X is an Amiga emulator.
What's new/fixed:
* SnaX: added config selection. uae config files are now in /configs/
* SnaX & Zhevon: XBOX Keyboard support!
* Schlauchi: better default config file (old savestates might be broken, you'll have to load "Default (from previous UAEX versions)" to have them work)
* SnaX: Hardfile support working
Official Site: http://uaex.sourceforge.net
Download Sources: here (sourceforge.net)
Download Binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 17:36 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XBConnect 3.0
>> [QUOTE]
The much anticipated wait is over. XBC 3.0 has moved to final release. Thanks once again to the Users for their patience and to the beta testers who helped out so much with making 3.0 possible.
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Official Site: http://www.xbconnect.com
Download: here
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 16:23 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xecuter2.2 - Xbox v1.3 LPC hacked
>> From Ubergeek (Team Xecuter) on forums.xbox-scene.com:
[QUOTE]
Team Xecuter proudly presents yet another first.
We have successfully cracked the LPC port of the new v1.3 Xbox.
Xecuter 2.2 will be released next week - all orders at the factory for Xecuter 2.1 Pro will be upgraded to v2.2 Pro.
It took many many hours and countless tests over the last 2 days to crack this baby - and as usual we haven't let you down.
We were kinda hoping it was a motherboard hack which could utilize all mods but currently we cant see a way (although we will still be working on this along with the likes of the Xodus guys)
X2.0 and 2.1 will not work on the v1.3 sorry - we had to completley recode our LPC host
I also forgot to mention that X2.2L+ is ready also has a new LED indicator to show when d0 is connected / aligned correctly - this will work on v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 and v1.3
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News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 14:13 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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ATI shares enjoy rumors of Microsoft deal
>> From reuters.com:
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TORONTO, June 13 (Reuters) - Rumors that ATI Technologies Inc. has been selected for a major contract by Microsoft Corp. helped push up the shares of the graphics chip maker on Friday, but analysts were not buying the rumor.
Shares of ATI rose 46 cents, or 5.8 percent, to close at $8.40 on Nasdaq. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the stock finished 40 Canadian cents, or 3.7 percent, higher at C$11.18, while the broader information technology sector was down 2.4 percent
According to a computer games Web site, ATI is said to have been selected by the world's largest software maker to supply graphic technology for the still unannounced next generation Xbox console.
The Web site says Microsoft will dump Nvidia Corp. because of its inability to work cohesively with the chip designer.
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Read the whole article at reuters.com
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 13:51 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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CHIHIROX v0.1
>> What's new/fixed (trying to translate with help of babel):
* Japanese and English support (still in progress)
* Fixed memory leak of CHIHIROX and SNES
* Fixed button arrangement and button processing
* Fixed processing of the background music
* Fixed analog stick processing
If anyone can translate Jap->En, please send a full translation of his latest news.
Official Site: http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/4851/
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 12:49 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Move over XBOX, here's GameCube?
>> Well, seems like theres a GameCube release of The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker floating around out there by STARCUBE, as well as FreeLoader V1.06b and Action Replay V1.06.
At the moment it is not possible to play this game, however it seems that some progress is (finally) being made on the GameCube.
We shall see what other surprises we will recieve.
Some more info can be found on either GC-NFO or MaxConsole.
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(Saturday 14 June 2003 10:32 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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X-ecuter2 tutorials updated
Cxbx 0.7.2
>> From Caustik:
[QUOTE]
Cxbx is progressing extremely well, it won't be long now before we start to see some graphics on retail games. As you can see in this batch of screenshots, textures are displaying very nicely! Up next is support for complex meshes, vertex shaders, pixel shaders, push buffers, and some other 3d emulation.
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Official Site: http://www.caustik.com/xbox/news.htm
Download: here
X-ecuter2.1 Lite pictures
>> We just got our Xecuter2.1 Lite sample from our sponsor over at system-mods.com.
For those who don't yet the Xecuter2.1 Lite is a 'revision' of the orginal Xecuter2.0 Lite.
It has essentially the same features as its previous version, but with:
* an external switch module (modchip enable/disable, bank 1/2 selection , flash protection enable/disable)
* There's also a led on the external switch module to show if you modchip is on or off
* 2x hyper Blue LEDs on mod chip. No reason (just looks really cool!)
* Solder pad space to solder your own custom LED(s)
ATI instead of Nvidia on Xbox2
>> From theregister.co.uk:
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Microsoft has dropped Nvidia in favour of the graphics chip maker's arch-rival, ATI, as the provider of the graphics technology to be incorporated into its as yet unannounced next-generation Xbox console.
So says a report on Internet gaming-oriented web site Spong, citing "senior development sources in the UK".
Certainly Microsoft and Nvidia haven't had any easily relationship during the life of the current Xbox. The highly competitive and price-sensitive nature of the console market required Microsoft to be flexible on price. Nvidia is believed to have been decidedly inflexible when it came to helping the software giant achieve its pricing goals. Microsoft wanted to pay less for its chips than originally agreed, but Nvidia (quite understandably) stuck to its guns.
But more prosaic reasons may lie behind the decision - if such as decision has been taken. ATI has a Pentium 4 bus licence from Intel; Nvidia does not. Microsoft would undoubtedly be looking at a more advanced CPU for Xbox 2 than the current console's Pentium III, and the P4 is a logical step up.
If there is an ATI connection, then that would seem to preclude the use of an AMD chip, for which Nvidia would be the most logical partner thanks to its nForce expertise. Indeed, the current Xbox's chipset is essentially an nForce geared to work with a PIII.
ATI is nevertheless a problematic partner for Microsoft as it is already Nintendo's chosen graphics contributor for the next-generation GameCube. Or is that a problem? Spong suggests that Nintendo and Microsoft are natural allies against market leader Sony - my enemy's enemy... - and this opens the door to co-operation between the two, with ATI as a third member of the alliance.
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Read the whole article at theregister.co.uk.
Xbox v1.3 boots hacked bios ...
>> There has been a very interesting technical discussion in our forum about the new v1.3 xbox.
People close to Team Xecuter, Team Xodus aswell as 'independents' have worked together and tried alot of different possibilities and came to the conclusion that the MCPX-code didn't change. (exploits like the RC4-check bypass (used in multi-version bioses) have not been removed by Microsoft, they also didn't use a better hashing algorithm).
This means no new bios must be made (a multi-version bios will work fine).
Ubergeek (Team Xecuter) succesfully booted his v1.3 xbox with a X2 4976.02 bios flashed on his TSOP. (he replaced the original 256k Winbond TSOP with Amic 29F040 512k ('cause he had problem to write on the winbond chip) ... that's also a nice hack ;))
The problem on the new xbox version are the LPC points. "D0" is still there and doing it's work but Team Xodus pointed that Microsoft changed something with 1 of the LPC points: LFRAME (pin#3) is 'gone' (it's not connecting with the MCPX anymore).
Homebrew 29-wire (or optimized gen2 12-wire) modchips have not been tried yet, but it's expected these will still work. (flashed with a multi-version bios)
Now that they know the exact problem - they can try to work on a solution.
We'll report more as soon as there's something important :-)
You can also read the whole discussion here (please only reply if you have something important to say - don't ask stupid questions in that thread)
Also note that there's still no decent way to see the difference between a v1.2 and v1.3 ... we will try to find a visual difference as soon as we manage to find a v1.3.
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(Thursday 12 June 2003 19:06 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XBConnect 3.0 Open Beta
>> From xbconnect.com:
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We told you it was coming so here it is. This is an upgrade only so you need to have 2.3 installed already to use this beta.
NOTE: This is still a beta so there may be times when me need to stop the 3.0 server to make adjustments. Also you may need to recreat your account after you first upgrade.
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Official Site: http://www.xbconnect.com
Download Upgrade: here
Thanks to xboxhackern00b for the news.
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(Thursday 12 June 2003 19:06 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xecuter FlashBIOS (Cromwell)
>> From Team Xecuter:
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About time we released our own version of the Cromwell. Very clean code - no bloated Jpeg libs, easy to read onscreen text with no crappy logos / images / advertising. Works with most flash roms and mods (inc cheapmods and X2 of course). Now with added erase / programming progress bar. Can use BIOS.BIN, CROMWELL.BIN, LINUXBIO.BIN, BIOSUPGD1.BIN, XECUTER.BIN for the flash rom image name (pointless yeah but there's so many different tutorials out there on how to create your image - this may help a newb or two). Very fast and simple to use - will release the sources under GPL once the code has been cleaned up
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Official Site: http://www.teamxecuter.com
Download: here
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(Thursday 12 June 2003 10:36 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XBOX-SCENE Upgrades
>> Upgrades..
The forum/image server will probably be down for an expected 15-40mins tomorrow... extra RAM will also be added.
Should happen thursday night at approx 7-9 pm EST
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(Wednesday 11 June 2003 22:02 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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DaphneX v0.95
>> DaphneX is a Multiple Arcade Laserdisc Emulator.
What's new/fixed:
* Fixed Begas Battle (I broke it , sorry).
* Tested Cobra Command on AB hardware. Works. May have been same problem as Bega.
* Fixed game options default bug when choosing the games in the menu.
* Fixed multiple sfx on choosing game menu.
* Return to menu now 'LEFT TRIGGER + RIGHT TRIGGER + LEFT THUMBSTICK BUTTON', triggers were getting pressed accidentally while playing.
Official Site: http://www.xbins.org
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
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(Wednesday 11 June 2003 21:43 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XBConnect 3.0 Update
>> From xbconnect.com:
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First off let me say thank you on behalf of the XBConnect Team to the users for being so patient with the release of 3.0. XBC 3.0 is the biggest and most aggressive change XBC has ever undergone. Not only has the program gone under allot of changes and additions but also new servers were purchased and new software for the servers put in place to support XBC 3.0. So with that said we had to extend the beta testing longer then normal just to ensure everything is working properly.
The current beta release has been function great over the past week. Bio}{azard informs me he will be adding a few features tonight to it and we will begin an open beta session for all users to try the beta version this week. Then go to the final release of XBC 3.0 this weekend.
So stay tuned to the website for the 3.0 open beta download. And thanks again for your patience.
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Official Site: http://www.xbconnect.com
Thanks to Bagel5009 for the news.
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(Wednesday 11 June 2003 20:16 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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bxStream v0.1
>> From the Readme:
[QUOTE]
bxStream is an XNS Protocol server program that will u let share your media to your XBOX media player more info on www.xboxmediaplayer.de; it's fast and you can manage what you see from on the xbox directly from here without change the xbmp config.
xbmp is soooo cool that I decided to use it. I used relax for awhile but it doesn't fit well for me and sometimes is little bit unstable. So I became to built my own streamer. Actually I'm happy about the first result, just few days of code. If somebody like it, just let me know and I will improve it with other features.
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Official Site: n/a, written by Windragz
Download: here
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(Wednesday 11 June 2003 15:09 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Work In Progress: neXgen-eration Remote 2.5
>> From xbefinder:
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It has been 3 Months since I have worked on neXgen-eration Remote 2. Avalaunch was being released so rapidly I havent bothered till I get something to actaully work on. But good news, I am currently working on 2.5, support for Avalaunch, xml editing, ftp browser, installation etc.. Dunno when it is going to be, just whenever I finish it!
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Official Site: http://www.xbefinder.tk, http://www.xbe-finder.tk(mirror)
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(Wednesday 11 June 2003 13:36 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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'Build an Xshok Controller' on TechTV
>> From techtv.com:
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Is the 'rumble' feature on your Xbox controller too wimpy for you? Kevin Rose spices things up with electricity.
Watch Wednesday 6/11 at 7 p.m. and Thursday 6/12 at 8 a.m., 12 p.m. Eastern.
Taking it to the next level
I started thinking, "What could I do to make the gameplay more interesting, more exciting? We've added beer and gambling. There has to be something else." Enter Xshok.
Remember that old James Bond movie where they battled for world domination by playing a videogame that would shock you? That's what gave me the idea. If I got punched, I wanted to feel the punch. And let me tell you -- 20,000 volts packs quite a punch.
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Read all the instructions how to make this on techtv.com or watch "The Screen Savers" Wednesday 6/11 at 7 p.m. or Thursday 6/12 at 8 a.m., 12 p.m. Eastern. if you have TechTV.
Operation Project X update
>> We received this news from the Operation Project X crew (they are trying to find the private RSA key to sign Xbox software - Xbox Linux Contest PartB):
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A lot has changed with Operation Project X over the past few months. We have developed clients for almost every OS, and we've rewritten a completely brand new stats server that is MUCH better and faster than the old one. We're doing pretty good so far, 35 trillion keys checked to date, and we expect to get to 100 trillion by the end of this month. Join the effort at http://www.operationprojectx.com
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It's true that's the chance they manage to crack a 2048-bit RSA key using brute force in a reasonable time is near impossible ... there's always a factor 'chance' :-)
You can download the different clients from their website.
Please fill in "XBOX-SCENE.COM" as teamname when you sign-up :-)
Avalaunch 0.46.3
Myxomatosis 1.0
>> From StrongBad on forums.xbox-scene.com:
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What is Myxomatosis?
Complete XML menu authoring solution for Media X Menu .9m or later
Features:
* Complete access to common configuration and menu parameters for authoring
* Extensible tabbed user interface dividing major MXM element groups
* Intuitive tree structure control for WYSIWYG visual menu layout design
* Unlimited menu items
* Unlimited nested submenus
* Saves to MXM.xml or menu.xml file
* Can import a previously generated Myxomatosis XML for further editing
Who is Myxomatosis for?
It's for those who wish to simplify the configuration and menu authoring
process for Media X Menu. No XML knowledge needed.
What isn't Myxomatosis?
Myxomatosis is NOT an MXM skin designer app. But fear not, a designer
is in the works.. and half-way done. =) By a skinner, for a skinner.
Before using Myxomatosis:
The .NET Framework 1.1 is REQUIRED for Myxomatosis to function
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Official Site: n/a, by StrongBad
Download: here
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com
Xodus Programmer v0.13 + Manual
>> Team Xodus released an updated version of their software to flash Matrix but now also Chameleon with the Xodus/Matrix programmer.
Official Site: http://www.xodus-chip.com
Download Program: here
Download Manual: here
AVAxml v0.2 *fixed*
>> A_Snowman mailed us a small update of his XML file generator for Avalaunch.
What's new/fixed:
* Fixed setting when setting up static ip address.
* Version number set to 0.2 of AVAxml.
* Message given when file is created.
Official Site: n/a, by A_Snowman
Download: here
Avalaunch 0.46.2
Xecuter2.1 LITE in stock now.
>> System-Mods, official Xecuter resellers and also our Xecuter sponsor, just received their stock of orignal Xecuter2.1 Lite modchips.
They now got 'em in stock and they are ready to get shipped worldwide! So if you're looking for an Xecuter2.1 Lite, get it now at market's lowest price: 38USD (~35.5EUR ~22.8GBP ~57.5AUD ~51.5CAD)
PJ64-X V0.06
>> From the nfo (xbins.org):
[QUOTE]
Release Info:
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COMPLEX is proud to present PJ64-X the first ever working N64 Emulator with sound support. based on Project 64 sources.
Supported
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- Graphics
- Sound
- 4 Controllers with full analog support
- Mempaks
- Savestates
- 8, 12 and some 16Meg Roms like Banjo Kazooie.
- expermimental 32Meg support.
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Official Site: http://www.xbins.org/n64contest.php
Download Sources: here
Download Binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
Avalaunch 0.46.1 *updated*
>> From ^Blazed^ (Team Avalaunch) on forums.xbox-scene.com:
[QUOTE]
**** changelog 0.46 ****
- Added DVD icon as a part of the main menu
- Fixed a bug in the screensaver. Now you can also deactivate the screensaver using a keyboard.
- Fixed another input-related bug. Keyboards didn't work if there were no controllers attached.
- Added fast scrolling in the menus. Press right trigger to speed up the menu scrolling.
- Fixed so that when pressing back in auto added sub lists the previous menu will be activated (not the main menu)
- Fixed some spanish translations
- Added special support for FTP clients that "forgets" to create dirs before uploading.
- Removed FATX2
- Added FATX3 createdir
- Added FATX3 createfile
- Added FATX3 open file fileformat : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234~1234567.ext
- Added FATX3 Findfirst-series calls
- Added FATX3 load database function as init
- Added FATX3 char PossibleToCreateThisFile( char *filenameWithPath ) for the mofo ftp-clients
- Fixed FATX3 error that prevented uploading of new identical files - but ended up as a "identical file" in same dir. looks weird with 10 identical files in same dir btw
- Fixed FATX3 dupe problem, caused it to never overwrite if same filename found in root dir.
- Added FATX3 renaming. Atm it will only work if you rename in "legal" dirs (short dirs) fixing soon
- Added FATX3 deleting of both file and dir
- Optimized network settings so we might get some higher transferspeeds, seen variated results tho, 5400 -> 8200 uploadspeeds
- Now wait's half a second more before launching applications - thx to skorchir we found that this have something to do with the LED color changing prior to launching
- (seems that some XBox's need this extra pause)
- Added SITE UNZIP command to FTP server (to unzip the given file in the current folder)
- Added SITE REFRESH command to FTP server (to refresh the menus)
- Changed all gfx's to.png except for the backdrops
- Fixed 'scroll-bug' when displaying list of save games when list returned many elements
- Fixed possible crash-bug upon launching games
- Added NTSC-J support, thanks to Docky99 for the eeprom he sendt so we could get the ntsc-j info out
- Added support for MOD, XM, S3M and IT, thanks to Lantus - r0xx0r =)
- Added Drive-Formatting to the utils - but it's been disabled until we get a proper UI for it / made installdisk that creates filesystem.
- Added proxy support
- Added playlist auto-randomizer, uses time of day as seed for always unique lists.
- Added file manager that does background downloading so that you can do some irc/telnet stuff while waiting
- (for those of you that want to keep your old XML file, just add the following line to the menu part of it):
- <item presetname="File manager" function="FileManager"/>
- Added 'Extract to current folder...' to the file manager when you have selected a ZIP file
- Changed the font used in the popup menu's
- took out MP3 playback due to complaints
- Threaded the splash to allow faster bootups, even tho it's not likely
- Added a bit more extensive check for where it's started from. Looks for what drive the xml-file is located
- Moved network setup from thread to eventsystem - and made evensystem be the one that launches the ftp after ip is setup properly
- Did a driveletter bugfix that enables avalaunch to boot from all drives
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Version 0.46.1 has already been released with a few fixes:
* Launching of apps with no icon now works
* Quickstart works
Another HUGE changelog ... looks like avalaunch is on it's way to become the new default dashboard.
Official Site: http://www.avalaunch.dk
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com
AVAxml v0.2
>> A_Snowman just sent us his updated version of AVAxml (XML file generator for Avalaunch) compatible with avalaunch 0.46 (altho this version is not released to public yet, I guess that won't take long anymore)
What's new/fixed:
* Updated for 0.46 of Avalaunch
* Added item FileManager NB!! item will show in 0.45 but will not work, go update your Avalaunch.
* Moved FTP section
* Added Proxy Server section
AVAxml v0.2 is Backwards compatible with 0.45.
Official Site: n/a, by A_Snowman
Download: here
MAMEoX v0.67b
>> Whats New/Fixed:
- MAMEoX.h
- Upped version number to 0.67b
- Added symlink support (code based on submission from Redline)
- xbox_FileIO.h
- Added symlink support (code based on submission from Redline)
- xbox_Direct3DRenderer.h
- Added Aspect Ratio Correction toggle option
- DebugLogger.h
- Added support for dumping debug data to a file in Release mode
- \MAMEoX\Sources:
- xbox_FileIO.cpp
- Added symlink support (code based on submission from Redline)
- xbox_Main.cpp
- Put back the call to LoadDriverDataSections that caused
0.66b to fail when running in Release mode. Put in a note
to remind me not to take it out again :)
- MAMEoXUtil.cpp
- Added symlink support (code based on submission from Redline)
- xbox_Direct3DRenderer.cpp
- Added Aspect Ratio Correction toggle option
- DebugLogger.cpp
- Added support for dumping debug data to a file in Release mode
Official Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameox/
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
CHIHIROX Beta 2
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