Cxbx WIP: Panzer Dragoon ORTA in-game

Posted By: blueshogun96

It's time to turn the non-believers into believers, lol.

Assuming most people don't pay much attention to the Cxbx homepage as much as they used to, here's what sir Caustik had to say recently:

http://caustik.com/cxbx

"shogun made more progress on his Cxbx branch. The game "Panzer Dragoon ORTA" noew goes in-game, albiet without 3D. Check out shogun's new blog (here) to read more details and to keep up to date with his future progress!"

Since then, a few more updates have been added allowing further in-game progress, not playable because the frame rates are low and a handful of other bugs (sound buffer cache overflows, 2D geometry overlapping the 3D scene, garbage polygons and a missing DirectSound function call to name a few). The gfx bugs are rather heavy in-game, but the audio playback is rock solid and 90% stutter free!

There's also a Youtube video showing a greater visual of such progress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6fmVuFgvA

Isn't it great to finally see a SEGA title running on Cxbx? IMO, every Xbox game with the SEGA logo was an instant classic Btw, check the blog every so often. You might be surprised by what you'll see!

Shogun.

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DCEmu Server Update - Also Nintendomax New DCEmu Affiliate

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all sometime this weekend we will be moving to a much faster server with more ram 4 quad speed cpus and other stuff thats over my head so the future of the site looks a lot better, also Martin let me know that he should also be upgrading Vbulletin to the very latest stable version which should mean many new features and hopefully a lot of the bugs will go. The faster server should also mean the site loads a lot better too.

Im sure you will know if you have entered by any of the network sites that theres lots of errors on the pages, these will be fixed once the server is totally migrated.

Finally once i get a chance to add them, id like to say welcome to Nintendomax our newest affiliate, for those who dont know Nintendomax is an excellent French Homebrew and Hacking site that focuses on Nintendo Consoles, check them out here --> http://www.nintendomax.com/

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DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway: Ends today!

Posted By: Darksaviour69

DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway ends today! If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now

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Windows XP Phone: A First Look at its Custom Touchscreen Interface

Posted By: wraggster

Remember the xpPhone? The 4.8-inch touchscreen slider has netbook-like specs, some sort of "AMD Super Mobile CPU", and runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP. They've just sent through shots of its phone-function interface…and they actually look pretty good.

http://gizmodo.com/5393584/windows-x...reen-interface

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Zune HD stops syncing playcounts with nary a firmware fix in sight

Posted By: wraggster

This isn't exactly the same magnitude as last year's Z2K scare, but it's still an all-around bummer for all you Zune nuts. According to a spate of complaints posted to the Zune.net forums as of late, certain Zune HD units are not syncing their playcounts properly with the user's PC and Zune Social accounts. To be a little more specific, it seems that if you let a song play through on the device it will not be counted as played -- but if you skip to another tune before it has a chance to complete (but after 20 seconds or so), the play will be counted. A real pain, right? Of course, this is not only bad news for obsessive list keepers, but for Zune Social fans as well: if your listening habits aren't being properly tabulated, how are you supposed to make new friends and discover new music? Certainly not by going to noisy rock clubs and talking to people! Apparently a Microsoft Zune support team member has acknowledged the issue, but the company has made no statement relating to the bug -- or possible firmware fix -- as of yet. We'll keep you posted.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/z...re-fix-in-sit/

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DCEmu Prize Giveaway: Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2

Posted By: Darksaviour69

Since we are such nice people and all, we at DCEmu are going to give away Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 for either the PS3 or Xbox 360 (winners choice) to a Lucky DCEmu reader. To enter this contest all you have to do is to post a reply to this news post and answer the following question:

The Call of Duty games are set during WW2 and modern day, but if you could make you own COD game, what war/time period would you base it on?

You may only post your answer once, and duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest. This contest is only open to residents of the UK, (sorry to all our members outside of that region).

This contest will close on Friday 20th November 2009.

If you want to post a reply to this post but do not qualify for the contest e.g. live outside the UK* please post "I'm not entering the contest" thanks

This prize has been supplied courtesy of Argos.co.uk who provide a wide range of Xbox 360 and PS3 video games.

Winners will be chosen randomly from qualified posts and contacted via PM on the DCEmu forums and E-mail. If a winner does not respond within a week a new winner will be picked at random from the other entrants. No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner's name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants. No alternative prize will be offered. We reserve the right to issue an alternative prize of the same value should the prize no longer be available

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DCEmu Server News

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all on nearly all the dcemu network sites you may see php errors, im working on fixing these asap, they have occured because of new security measures taken by our server admin.

Thankfully this doesnt affect news or downloads, just some side bars and feeds.

thanks for your patience.

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DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway: Less than a week left!

Posted By: Darksaviour69

Less than a week left for our DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway. If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now

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Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming in Windows Mobile 7

Posted By: wraggster

Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration IS coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year.

http://gizmodo.com/5388070/confirmed...ndows-mobile-7

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Ballmer on Zune: Sometimes You Get It Right The Third Time?

Posted By: wraggster

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer defended notorious products like Windows Vista and Windows Mobile throughout our interview, but when it came to Zune, he did seem to admit that Zune HD nailed what previous Zunes simply couldn't.

http://gizmodo.com/5387753/ballmer-o...the-third-time

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