Archive for the ‘Homebrew’ Category

MahoppianGoon released a new version of x360 Music Organizer – a custom ‘mindex.xmi’ file creator.

What’s new/fixed:
* added: Automatically convert ‘mp3, ogg, and wav’ files to WMA!
* added: Automatically rename the ‘mindex’ folder, if it exists in the same folder as the ‘Output Directory”, on your computer!
* added: Update checker in the ‘About’ tab!
* added: Volume and Now Playing menus to system tray icon!
* added: Next, Stop, Pause, Play, Previous buttons to tray icon menu!
* added: System tray icon shows the name and time of the song playing!
* added: ‘Music Player’ (wma/mp3/ogg/wav) in the ‘mindex.XMI Cre’ tab!
* added: Automatically add the converted FMIM->WMA files to the list!
* added: ‘Choose FMIM Folder’ in the ‘FMIM Music Converter’ tab!
* fixed: Songs length number in the XMI file!
* changed: textbox in the ‘mindex.XMI Creator’ tab is now a listview!

Official Site: n/a, by MahoppianGoon
Download: here

The Logic Sunrise team released a new version of FBAnext for homebrew 360s.

What’s new/fixed:
- Improved performance on Sega X-Board/Y-Board drivers
- Misc Skin fixes
- Y button in ‘Adjust Screen’ mode will reset the screen to defaults
- Fixed Hide Children issue when CPS3 is selected
- Added caching in UI. Menu navigation should be faster.

Official Site: logic-sunrise.com
Download: n/a (built with XDK)

The Logic Sunrise team released a new version of Fbanext for homebrew 360s.

Waht’s new/fixed:
- Added 68000 overclock option
- d_aerofgt endian fixes
- Added filter for ’3 or 4 player games only’
- Added ‘Hide Child Roms’ Option
- d_unico fixes (Zero Point/Zero Point 2)
- d_f1gp fixes
- Fixed analog in opwolf/spacegun/seta deer hunter games (Arkanoid still not working)
- d_snk68.cpp – IkariIII fixes
- d_kaneko16.cpp – fixed crash with The Berlin Wall
- Menu now saves the last rom and hardware filter you were on
- fixed crash in d_hellfire.cpp
- f1dream, tigerroad fixes
- BC Kid fixes
- Updated font
- Added Left Trigger/Right Trigger buttons to input config
- d_wwfwfest endian fixes
- Cave – fixed palette issues with Power Instinct 2, Power Instinct 2, Gawange
- Fixed crash issue with some System16 games
- fixed gfx sprite priority issue with CPS1
- fixed reset on pause
- Analog stick 3 no longer controllers player 4
- endian fix for Pang 3
- Fixed slowdown issue on European Region Megadrive Roms
- Added support for Arcade Sticks. The stick will be auto-detected and Back + Start buttons will bring up the In Game Menu
- Added Screen adjustment. If you use an arcade stick hold ‘B’ and moving the stick will stretch, or just the stick to move the screen.
- Fixed d_toki.cpp
- fixed issue with JAMMA NeoGeo Roms
- chelnov fixes
- Added default button mapping option
- FBANext will now display an error if you have a bad rom.
- Fixed issues with Wrestlefest
- Expermental OpenMP support added in some Taito Drivers. ChaseHQ went from 30->60fps without filters. More optimizations will be done in further releases.

Official Site: logic-sunrise.com
Download: n/a (built with XDK)

Ced2911 from team Logic-Sunrise announced they are currently working on a PlayStation1 emulator for homebrew/jtagged 360s. The emulator can currently already run almost at full speed [60FPS], but there’s still much work do to for emulating sound and correcting bugs.

As there is still much work to be done, there’s currently no official planned release date. We’ll keep you posted!

Official Site/First Screenshots: xbox-360.logic-sunrise.com

MahoppianGoon released a new version of x360 Music Organizer – a custom ‘mindex.xmi’ file creator.

What’s new/fixed:
* added: minimizes to the system tray icon!
* added: ‘About’ tab (tells you information about the program!)
* added: ‘FMIM Music Converter’ tab (convert FMIM back to WMA files!)
* added: ‘FTP Uploader’ tab (upload/delete any file on the Xbox 360!) (saves the IP address, username and password in the registry!)
* added: automatically backups the original mindex folder on Xbox 360!|
* added: automatically uploads the created files to the Xbox 360!
* fixed: songs will appear when you select the genre!
* fixed: songs will appear when you select the artist!

Official Site: n/a, by MahoppianGoon
Download: here

Scuba156 released a new version of FSD2 Config Editor, an application to edit FSD [FreeStyle Dash] 2.0′s config via a GUI.

What’s new/fixed:
* added logo
* added XeLove image, acts as a status display
* added FTP upload/download

Official Site: http://code.google.com/p/fsd2configeditor/
Download: here

Node21 (Team XeDev) now released XM360 v1.8d to the public, a tool running on homebrew 360s that will allow to organize, scan and unlock XBLA and DLC content.

What’s new/fixed (since v1.7):
* Fixed fact that you couldn’t sort by ratings or raters in the collection manager (v1.8)
* Fixed new scraper (1.7b) getting ratings wrong. I made a change to the file format that breaks compatibility with old xbla_titles.csv, so make sure you are not using an old version of the file. (v1.8)
* Fixed initial scan crashing the 360 if there was no existing content.bin file. (v1.8)
* xm360_server is now aware of the last time xbla_titles.csv and dlc_titles.csv were generated. Every 360 that connects to xm360_server will *automatically* update the xbla_titles.csv and dlc_titles.csv on that 360. Furthermore, you can regenerate, or replace those files without stopping xm360_server from running. So, I leave the server running all the time, 24/7. I have scheduled a /X and a /D every night at midnight as well. It’s all invisible without any hands on maintenance. Basically, this feature means you shouldn’t ever have to worry about moving these files to your 360 anymore. On the server, these files should be in the same place as content.bin. (v1.8)
* Also, if you put an xm360.xex in that same directory, xm360 will *also* update itself if the version there is newer than the version that is running. It will automatically restart if this happens. This is a moot feature though, unfortunately. (v1.8)
* A request was made to include the DLC filename for missing DLC in the DLC_report.txt (v1.8b)
* A suggestion from a donater: The first scene now has the ability to seperate GOD from XBLA (use RB to toggle) (v1.8c)
* The server will now wait for you to hit enter after scraping XBLA or DLC (v1.8c)
* The server has a new command line option (/Q) to tell it *not* to wait for enter after scraping. Use this if you automatically scrape every night via a scheduled task, or something like that. (v1.8c)
* After “ATHiEST” leaked version 1.7b, I stopped work on xm360, except to support people who had donated. I’m releasing 1.8d to get everyone out there caught up to what has changed since then. Any future work on XM360 will once again go to people who donated first. (v1.8d)
* Due to a request, after unlocking XBLA, you no longer have to do a full re-scan for content (v1.8d)
* FTP is much faster thanks to the FSD team teaching me to assign threads to a CPU, go DONATE TO FSD PLEASE! (v1.8d)
* Because xm360_server became the only way to update the database, and it doesn’t work on linux. I’ve gone back to including the perl scrapers (but they are still not as good as xm360_server) (v1.8d)

Official Site: http://xedev.xbins.org/
Download:  Here

[c0z] released an update for Dash Launch v1.0 for jasper BB 256/512mb users so they can now safely use their internal memory:
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Changes from dash launch 1.0 patch set:
-Jasper big block machines need only apply
- fixes flash MU corruption issues

in small block notation (for nandpro) this is:
blocks 0×80 thru the end of block 0xAD8
blocks 0×1000 to end of NAND
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Official Site: n/a, Update by [c0z] (thx to WarriorSan for the news)
Download: n/a (built with XDK)

Dstruktiv released the source code of NXE2GOD, an application for homebrew 360s that will converts NXE installed games to Games on Demand, on forums.xbox-scene.com:
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Just been going through some old projects and found my NXE2GOD project, I haven’t touched Xbox dev stuff in ages but thought someone may appreciate this if they’d like to expand it further and add a pretty gui/make it more configurable or just to see how it’s done. C++ is new to me no ripping on my coding skills :p
http://pastebin.org/430362
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Team FSD released a new version of the FreeStyle Dash v2.0 Alpha, an alternative dashboard for homebrew 360s.
From teamfsd.com:
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As promised we’re releasing last Sundays online update for the offline users.
In addition we’ve fixed some other issues too (online users get an update notification). The update is always called default.xex, rename it to whatever you named your xex if you dont have rev 1044 in the about screen.

The following issues have been fixed or added (in addition to the rev 1021 version):
-Fixed filebrowser paste not working.
-Fixed videopath in config.
+Versions show in debug.log.
-Fixed Auto Updater (some files did not get deleted and sometimes crashed).
+Performance improvement in gamelist.
+Status Bar is now shown on RightThumbstickClick.
-Fixed some skin issues.
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Official Site: http://www.teamfsd.com

Download:   Here