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UnleashX V0.36.0620A Build 499 is out. As usual, please post anything that you may find with this release here. Enjoy, folks.

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****   Change Log   **** *Fixed  Stupid bug that could lock the dash when launching an app too soon when   BGM is enabled. *Fixed  locking up when changing skins and there's an icon on the systems submenu *Fixed  weird scrolling up of the menu items when using the free format menu style *Fixed  HTTP Proxy settings/saving *Fixed  Password/Passcode is ignored when showing the context menu. *Fixed  Icon/Video assignment on the menu item editor for items other than an xbe. *Fixed  GameIcon tag should now work again, although skinners should use the   <Image> tag instead. *Fixed  Minor bug when installing skin. *Changed   Removed Blue screen on startup *Changed   Flicker Filter level set to 2 by default *Changed   Soften display set to True by default *Changed   32bit is now the default color quality again *Changed   Copy command changed back to older implementation *Changed   Modified line drawings to use native DX Render State   for line thickness, instead of drawing the lines several times. *Changed   Filtered the 'A' and 'Start' button to prevent the event from   bubbling up when screensave is active. *Changed   System Settings and put ScreenSaver in its own section *Changed   Editing the title of a menu item when it's an xbe will also edit the   title of the xbe. *Changed   Option to launch a title in NTSC/PAL mode is now enabled regardless of   the video switching settings. *Changed   Only one ftp client can transfer in boost mode at anytime. *Changed   Networking internal parameters to improve data throughput. *Added  "SafeBorder" Attribute to <FileManager> section of the skin with default   value set to True. For new skins that want to maximize the viewport, you   must set specifically add this attribute and set it to False. *Added  "DrawBorder" attribute to <FileManager> section of the skin with default   value set to False. *Added  "Enable BGM" option to ScreenSaver section with default value set to True   (useful for video screensavers). *Added  Launch homebrew titles (region 0) in NTSC/PAL mode. *Added  Additional check to ensure randomness when selecting music. *Added  "Info" IR button maps to "Y" button so you invoke file downloading Note:  This is a Quick fix release -some reported bugs may still exists.    Make sure your xbe, zipped skin file, custom music...etc., doesn't contain multiple    periods (".") in its file name. It seems the search file API has a problem when    using search filter such as "*.mp3" or "*.zip". It won't return files like    "my.cool.song.mp3". I'll take a look on this and it's probably something wrong on my    part, but I don't wanna take out the filter and check for the extension myself.    I'm using the standard FindFirstFile/FindNextFile API, if anyone has a tip, that    would be cool.

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**** Change Log **** Version: 0.35.0605A Build 439 Release Date: 06/07/2004 Fixed: "SkinFile" Game saves gets corrupted when switching zipped skins frequently Fixed: Screen gets corrupted when launching an xbox title when WideScreen is enabled Fixed: Going in and out of sub menus causes unnecessary pauses. Fixed: Going in and out of sub menu pauses the BGM. Fixed: Going in and out of sub menu too quickly will mess the menu structure. Fixed: Launching an Xbox title too quickly on bootup when BGM is enabled crashes the dashboard. Fixed: Virtual workspace of the text editor is now narrower so the cursor doesn't get too close to the right edge. Fxed: Sometimes, items in a batch script executes without waiting for the current item to finish its task. Fixed: X2IGR_ON/X2IGROFF was interchanged. Fixed: SITE SHUTDOWN doesn't work. Fixed: Only a few BGM gets played overtime. Fixed: The image size being reported by image viewer is wrong. Fixed: Images equal to and bigger than 1200x720 pixels doesn't load. Note: Free memory must be greater than 10MB for images to load succesfully. Changed: DelayLoad default value set to "False". Disk I/O has been optimized. Changed: Settings screen are now logically grouped, so it's easier to find   what you are looking for without having to go thru a long list. Changed: ScreenSaver text can now accept a value pointing to a valid XMV/WMV   file, or a valid path containing images for slideshow with 6 different   transition effect.   Note: Use moderate sized images (1MP and below), especially when using a   resource intensive skin. Changed: Settings that requires valid path or file uses file/folder browser   instead of the virtual keyboard. Changed: Free/Used memory is now in KB. Skinning engine: Added: Loading screen background now accepts the presets "GameIcon" and "GamePreview" for its value. Added: InfoText item scrolling. Add an attribute named "Scroll" to any infotext and set the value to 1 -scroll only when the content is wider than the width, 2 -always scroll the content, or 0 to disable scrolling. Note: Newsfeed are the only item that scrolls by default (Scroll="1"). Added: Menu item scrolling. Unlike Infotext, only the selected item will scroll and it will only scroll when the content is bigger than the width (equivalent to Scroll="1"). Note: For text/items to scroll, the Width attribute must be provided. Added: Smooth scrolling now uses Lerp for calculating the next position for smoother animation. Settings -Video: Added: Support for HDTV modes (1080i, 720p, 480p). Note: These settings must also be enabled from MS dash since this deals with EEPROM. Added: Soften display option. Added: Flicker Filter level. Set this option to 2 to minimize flickering, while maintaining sharpness on 480i. Added: Option to limit the refresh rate to 60Hz. Note: 1080i is always limited at 60Hz. Added: Switchable color display quality (16 bit/32 bit). Note: Using 16 bit color on 1080i mode will improve the video performance. Added: Screen calibration with individual settings for each screen mode. Added: Safe boot mode. Press and hold "Back" button to ignore video settings and force the dash to boot at 480i. Holding the back button will also ignore the calibration settings. Settings - Time/Network/FTP/HTTP: Added: SNTP server port. Added: HTTP protocol for time synchronization. Added: Time will default to the last time you launched an Xbox title when the clock becomes invalid. Added: Xbox Auto-detect. Right now, only Qwix/AvaLaunch uses this feature and is disabled by default. Note: Auto-detect send the username/password pair in clear text. Added: Minimum and maximum port for passive transfer, so those behind a firewall can configure the FTP server to use a limited range of port for better compatibility. Minimum port number is 1024. Added: Avalaunch's Boost mode technology. Added: Configurable SYST(em) name so the current release of Qwix will work with it. To make Qwix work with UnleashX, provide the same response to SYST as AvaLaunch's. Note: This is only necessary until Devenic releases a new version that properly detects boost mode compatibility. Added: HTTP proxy server and port configuration. Settings - Music/BGM: Added: MP3 playback with ID3 V1.1 support. Can read Album/singer/song title info. Added: Folder name will be use for Soundtrack name. Settings - File operation: Added: Auto-rename invalid/long filename for both FTP server and file explorer. Off by default. Added: Xbe Auto-Patch enable/disable settings. Added: Skip on error settings, instead of aborting outright. Off by default. Added: Default destination folder for backing up xbe title. Added: Option to uninstall xbox title found on the HD, accessible from the context menu. Settings - Font: Added: Configurable font scaling with individual settings for each screen mode. Added: Configurable font Scrolling speed. Default is 20ms. Settings - Autorun: Added: You can use the gamepad buttons to launch applications during bootup, or the IR button anytime while in the menu after the dash has completely booted. You can map different Xbes to A, B, X, Y, Start, White and Black, while you can use 0~9 on the IR remote control. Others: Added: Unrar can now handle RARv3.0+ with multi-volume/spanned archive capability. Thanks to grebulon for providing the code, making this possible. Note: Using the dash to unrar huge archive may not be a good idea. Added: "UnRar" to the list of action commands. Unzip/UnRar usage can be interchanged. Added: Top 10 most recent launched titles. Press "X" while in the menu, or bring up the context menu to display the list. Added: "Delete Game" option to the context menu and a corresponding settings to turn this Off/On. This is turned Off by default. Aded: Launch in NTSC/PAL option to the context menu. Automatic Video mode switching should be enabled for this option to be visible. Added: Simple Menu Item editor. Gives you to option to edit/assign icon, preview video, password, passcode, as well as the title. For xbox titles, the title change is not permanent and only items.xml/config.xml gets edited. For entries found in items.xml, title may revert back to the embedded title when he timestamp don't match that of the cache. Added: Game Saves Manager. This module list down all game saves, as well as downloadable content found in your harddisk alphabetically. It could also list down saves from your memory unit, if one is found. You can copy saves HD to MU and vice-versa. This module also allows you to delete individual item, as well as all saves for a game. To enable this feature, add the following line to your config.xml <Item Action="SavesManager">Game Saves Manager</Item> Note: As a precaution, this feature is only available when the dash is run from the HD. Added: Added online downloading and installation of game saves from www.xbox-saves.com courtesy of TeamX4. I'd like to particularly thank Keiths, Lc204 and Savvy of www.xbox-saves.com for making this possible. To enable downloading, open Game Saves Manager, highlight the game you wanted to download saves for, and hit the "Y" button. If one or more games is found, you will be presented with a list for you to choose from. Note: It will not overwrite any existing games saves on your xbox. Some games, like "Mortal Combat: DA" can only contain one game save. In order for you download a save for this type of game, you must delete the item first. Note: Downloading of game saves is subject to the rules and regulations of the site. Please support them by visiting their site. Added: Online downloading of skin from www.allxboxskins.com and www.xbox-skins.net with automatic checking and installation of zipped and rarred files. Thanks to koldfuzion and BLazeD for making this possible. Note: Downloading of skins is subject to the rules and regulations of the site. Please support them by visiting their site. Note: AXS uses thumbnail for preview, while Xbox-Skins uses a full size image. Added: Game Icon and preview video downloader with auto-request if one is not found. Start by invoking the menu item editor, select the appropriate option, then hit "Start" to bring up a context menu. Thanks to BLazeD, koldfuzion, flattspot...etc for building and maintaining the online game DB.

This post has been edited by unleashx: Aug 27 2004, 07:02 AM <

[Jezz_X]

Cool Can you give us an example of setting safeborder to false in the filemanager

This post has been edited by Jezz_X: Jun 20 2004, 06:14 AM <

[Intensecure]

Fantastic - the more I use it, the more I love it.

The only thing I notice is the long lag when loading skins like Electric. OK, you have removed the blue screen (great) but there is a screen flash after about 4 secs and then another 3-4 secs before Electric loads. I realise this is a skin issue, but thought I would mention it.
That is why I stick to the default skin which is very fast to reload
Features=unbeatable.
Thank you again.

[MarineWx29]

I seem to be having a problem with the Game Save Manager.  Whenever I try to launch it I get an error which says:

"Unable to execute command.
Item: Game Saves Manager
Action: GameManager"

Any ideals?
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[Jezz_X]

Ok Bug I think in the download skin browser if you press Y and then allxboxskins scoll down all is ok press B to get back to the skin select menu selct xboxskins and then scroll down once you get off the page it dosn't scroll you have to go back out of skin selecter and start again

It works the other way too select xboxskins first

Also is it just me or does the text editor need to have a little more safe border on it I'm scrolling down 4 lines off the bottem and and the edges really touch the sides of the screen. And yes I had calibrated it properly

This post has been edited by Jezz_X: Jun 20 2004, 06:56 AM <

[Jezz_X]

QUOTE (MarineWx29 @ Jun 20 2004, 07:28 AM)

I seem to be having a problem with the Game Save Manager.  Whenever I try to launch it I get an error which says: "Unable to execute command. Item: Game Saves Manager Action: GameManager" Any ideals?

Thats because its SavesManager

<Item Action="SavesManager">Game Saves Manager</Item>  <

[MarineWx29]

This is cut and pasted directly from the Config.xml included with the latest build.

<Item Action="GameManager">Game Saves Manager</Item>

I realize it used to be "SavesManager" in previous builds but, either way.  I've tried it both ways and can't get it to work either way.  

Is it working correctly for you?  <

[fornorst]

big thanks for this quick release ! Great Job !
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[Jezz_X]

Another Bug of Sorts

I was downloading a save game that turned out to be over 2 meg so I wanted to cancel it Dialup you see seeing no cancel button I pressed the B button hoping it would work.  Sure enough it took me out to the main menu but the Save Game was still downloading with no dialog telling me. So I killed the connection with firewall and UnleashX didn't say boo


And Yes MarineWx29 it does work for me  <

[DaShiZNiT]

good work, everyone really appreciates it!

[vintage_guitar]

It still displays 0.35.0605A as dash version in settings

-edit
i accidentally replaced the config file while it was running    sorry

This post has been edited by vintage_guitar: Jun 20 2004, 07:43 AM <

[grebulon]

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This post has been edited by grebulon: Jun 20 2004, 07:16 AM <

[Intensecure]

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It still displays 0.35.0605A as dash version in settings

Not in mine, shows new version number. Better check your install

[broseph]

scrolling text seems to flicker, maybe its just me, but ive tried different filter settings.  <

[vintage_guitar]

scroll through very fast(hold R) while in the download skins section (once conected to a site) and it will lock up  <