DaphneX V0.80 Beta 4/20/03 by Kubik **IMPORTANT** This distribution should not be packaged with mpegs or rom files. These are the responsibility of the user. I do not sanction these packages. **RELEASE NOTES** Thanks to everyone who reported bugs. I have tried to address as many of them as possible in addition to my own to do list. Please see Version History at bottom of the page for info on this release. This is mostly a bugfix and cosmetic release while I work on some bigger issues. Enjoy!! **HELP ME** For general help on DaphneX, please visit the website below. Most everything from the PC applies to the Xbox version also. http://www.daphne-emu.com EvolutionX can cause DaphneX to lockup with IGR enabled. Please turn off IGR in evox.ini before running DaphneX if you have problems. GAMES SUPPORTED --------------- Game supported in this release: Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair 1.1, and Dragon's Lair 2.0 (100%) Space Ace, and Space Ace Enhanced V2.0(100%) Astron Belt (Hitachi & Pioneer) (100%) Galaxy Ranger (100%) Star Blazer (not working) Cobra Command (Astron Belt hardware) Cliff Hanger + Alternate (100%) Super Don Quixote (100%) Bega's Battle (working with some issues) Interstellar (working with some issues) Thayer's Quest (no keyboard support yet) Esh's Aurunmilla (working) Badlands (working) Installation ------------ Recommended Resolutions for Dragons Lair and Space Ace are 640x480, however 720x480 should also work. This is mainly to support DVD-VIDEO mpeg rips. Games with overlays should be generally be 512x480. See the Daphne website for valid resolutions. Resolutions of 720x480 should be considered the maximum for DaphneX. I highly recommend a single mpeg as the seeking will be faster and the general gameplay experience will be better. Also the DVD-ROM mpegs are not very good quality and have interlacing issues. Keep this in mind, since Daphne can only display as good as the source. Supply .m2v, .ogg, .dat files for the game you with to play. If you have a PC version of Daphne, you are in luck as you can use your same mpeg/ogg/dat files. You will also need to supply the ROM images for the games. For help creating mpegs to use with DaphneX, please visit the Daphne website (http://www.daphne-emu.com) FRAMEFILE INFO - IMPORTANT -------------------------- NOTE: The PC allowed you to use whatever framefile you wanted.. I dont have a file selector on the XBOX, so you must use the following convention for framefile filenames... Dragon's Lair (& alternates) - lair.txt Space Ace (& alternates) - ace.txt Astron Belt (& alternates) - astron.txt Galaxy Ranger - galaxy.txt Star Blazer - blazer.txt Cobra Command (all vers) - cobra.txt Cliff Hanger + Alt - cliff.txt Super Don Quixote - superdon.txt Bega's Battle - bega.txt Interstellar - inter.txt Thayer's Quest - thayers.txt Esh's Aurunmilla - esh.txt Badlands - badlands.txt Mpegs should also go in a directory following the same convention. mpeg\lair mpeg\ace mpeg\astron mpeg\galaxy mpeg\blazer mpeg\cobra mpeg\cliff mpeg\superdon mpeg\bega mpeg\inter mpeg\thayer mpeg\esh mpeg\badlands Roms: roms\lair - Dragon's Lair F2 roms\dle11 - Dragon's Lair Enhanced 1.1 roms\dle20 - Dragon's Lair Enhanced 2.0 roms\ace - Space Ace roms\sae - Space Ace Enhanced roms\astron - Astron Belt roms\astronp - Astron Belt (Pioneer) roms\galaxy - Galaxy Ranger roms\blazer - Star Blazer roms\cobraab - Cobra Command (astron belt hardware) roms\cliff - Cliff Hanger roms\cliffalt - Cliff Hanger (alternate) roms\sdq - Super Don Quixote roms\sdqshort - Super Don Quixote (short scenes) roms\bega - Bega's Battle roms\interstellar - Interstellar roms\tq - Thayers Quest roms\tqalt - Thayers Quest Alternate roms\esh - Esh's Aurunmilla roms\badlands - Badlands If you do not follow this directory system, the game will not work. **** You will need to change the first line of the framefiles to the following **** Example: Dragon's Lair ------------- .\mpeg\lair - make sure your file location looks *EXACTLY* like this with the game name - replacing lair (ace, etc) for other games. Copy the tree over to your xbox hard drive. Run DaphneX. Assuming you have the files needed, the game should start up. If something is wrong an error message should appear. BUTTON MAPPINGS: ---------------- See in game help.. This may change with new versions. DVD/CDRW Media: --------------- *NOTE* - This has *NOT* been tested on Disc Media such as DVD-R, or CD-RW. It may work, it may not. Keep this in mind before you burn a Disc please. I hope to look into this soon. BUGS + COMMENTS: ---------------- Please send bug reports and comments to [email protected] Check the known issues and release notes before reporting please. Please do not ask where to get roms, mpegs etc. It will be ignored. If you found DaphneX you can find the rest. KNOWN ISSUES/BUGS: ------------------ No screenshots on menu. Cobra Command (Astron Belt Hardware) dipswitches not hooked up No support for Software Corner or PAL as yet. If it works already then great! Bega's Battle dips not 100%. Thayers Quest (no keyboard input yet, have keyboard adapter on order). Issue when restarting a game from menu.. Wrong scene sometimes plays, then corrects itself. Have been trying to track this down, and its taking some time. Version History: ---------------- V0.80 - Fixed framefile parser, should work if there is no <CR> at end of last line. Added Logfile output. Daphne_log.txt is in UDATA\FFDAFF00\subdir. Improved Sound driver (multiple sample instances). Added new menu sound effects. Fixed bug with sound shutdown that caused a memory leak on subsequent startups. Fixed more vldp init startup stuff between games. Should resolve no audio issues. Shouldnt crash now if menu sound files are missing. Added sfx to button press on errors. V0.70 - Memory Leak fixed. No more crashes after 30 mins! Thanks for Cheule for testing help. Zipped Roms now work. Place them in the 'roms' directory. Zipfile should be named the same as the directory for roms would be. eg. Dragon's Lair roms = lair.zip Stretch Mode Option - if mpeg is smaller than 720x480, will fill to 720x480. Improved Game Options screen. Added autoscroll to menu screens if holding down dpad. Added Interstellar. Added Thayer's Quest. Added Esh. Not fully tested since I don't have mpegs. Added Badlands. Not fully tested since I don't have mpegs. Fixed VLDP init problem causing games to not start immediatley on subsequent startups. V0.60 - Fixed audio crackling on attract mode with no audio. Fixed random no audio on game startup. Fixed issue with cpu's not being closed down properly causing a crash if you try to start Bega more than once. Fixed joypads on Astron Belt, Cobra Command, Bega etc. 'Game Issues' screen hooked up. V0.50 - Return to menu and play a new game works now. Added version control to options.bin file. Autodeletes if not correct version. Adjusted scroll speed on menu. Added Credits/Build num screen. Added Controller Help Screen. New games added, see list. Fixed bug with blank skips & searches causing random lockups. Revised readme.txt. V0.20 - Framefile parser improved. Multiple mpegs now work (DVD-VIDEO rips). Parsing mpegs should work now, and has a progress display (not finished). Changed to 720x480 video mode to support DVD-VIDEO mpegs. Blanks on skips and searches enabled. Revised readme.txt V0.11 - CGI overlays working (Astron Belt). Fixed rendering bug,should run even smoother now. Preliminary support for returning to menu from game (BACK + START). Revised readme.txt V0.1 - First release. Games supported Dragon's Lair/Space Ace. Astron Belt running without CGI. Coming Soon: ------------ Fixes to Bega dips. Fixes to Cobra Command(AB) dips. Screenshots in Menu. Enable/Disable games in menu. Investigating: -------------- Filters. Unemulated games (DL2, etc) dvd2daph integration. PAL issues (if any) - please report problems. Screengrab to HD.