**** changelog 0.48 ****


- Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb = boots d:default.xbe without doing anything else ( not even init of screen )
- Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb + right thumb = writes backup of EEPROM to the EEPROM ( stored in Avalaunch's "savegame" )
- Added "during boot" safety feature : autocreates backup of EEPROM in savegame if none is found - made for use with both thumbs on boot, but can also be used with config magic and such
- ********* WARNING : Safety features wont work if eeprom is busted and harddrive is locked !

- APOD : skips pic of today if it's GIF ( duh, was a gif on releaseday )
- Network : Added "Download" section, and put in QWIX there for now.
- updater : Fixed a auto-launch problem of the up
- Core : busted our asses a little to locate a EVOX BIOS fault in the latest releases, had to ditch some features in order to make M7 "cooperate"
- Implemented the 'properties' menu choice for the games/apps in the menu. Press Start to bring up the menu
- network setup : DHCP will now request IP more... properly ( doesn't require TP cable to be inserted at boot anymore )
- core : Fixed DVD problems regarding reading non-9660 cd/dvd's, affected both filemanager and ftp-server
- shoutcast : fixed a major crashbug
- shoutcast : added a server-list reader that looks in /shoutcast for .sc files ( containing single or several http:- or shoutcast:- links )
- Located a hard-to-find http bug that occured only after many hours of intense data-transfers
- did some fixes to iso9660 so it could be opensourced to XBMP/XBMC people.
- Added the ability to specify which ports to use for passive transfers in the XML file
- Internal nickname : some xboxes has no nickname, added local IP for that part
- FTP-server : added 9660 support
- Extended the override icons setting to look for icon files that has the same name as the .xbe. E.g. football.xbe will look for avalaunch_icon.png, avalaunch_icon.jpg, football.png and then football.jpg
- Added ability to set fan speed in the XML file
- Enabled the dusty fanspeed-code, and set a safisfying setting to avoid fried chipsets
- shoutcast : Made it read /shoutcast dir for .sc files in xbmp style. Location should be added to xml.
- Trashed old XML parser, wrote a new one
- Added ability to specify whether or not to load random APOD's and to display APOD explanation or not to the XML file
- Finished APOD, involving browsing through archives randomly and showing explanations
- Core : *FINALLY* completed the BFM loader, need someone to make a UI or something for this - sidenote, seems to not work on many xboxes, please give feedback
- Added auto detection of multi game DVD's and displays a menu with list of games when you press 'A' on the DVD icon
- Added to possibility to specify whether or not switch video mode using the controller should be allowed
- XML file now supports <path> statement directly under <menu> section (nice for multi-app DVD's)
- Added the possibility to specify whether or not to mount the F and G drives in the XML file
- Added some more logic the IR-remote implementation to hopefully avoid the 'multiple key presses'
- Core : fixed the system memleak we've had since the very beginning - not recorded any loss over 1 hour testing
- Fixed delete folder to work on CesarFTP FTP servers
- Controller button 'B' now changes to parent folder in the file manager (was button 'Y'; but other team members can be very persuasive thx to big baseball bats)
- Fixed bug that could cause some XBoxes with large F drives to freeze on boot
- Added shoutcast support for internet radios
- Added some more logic to prevent freezing when launching while APOD/rss feeds are downloading
- Added GIF support, due to big amount of gifs in APOD - but it's disabled for now
- Added support for more (different) rss feed layouts
- Fixed a possible crash bug when reading news feeds
- Added SITE MD5 <filename> command to FTP server
- Added SITE CRC32 <filename> command to FTP server
- Made delete folder command in file manager lightning fast compared to old one
- Fixed bug in file manager (introduced in 0.47.4) that copied files to the wrong destination folder
- Updated danish language file (thx to KTC)
- Added forgotten piece of code (doh) that does the actual video mode switching when launching games
- Fixed HTTP code a bit to support a wider area of http-versions
- FTP client : Uses SITE DELTREE command when delete folder is chosen and remote server is Avalaunch
- FTP client : Switched to asynchronous file io to make transfers go faster
- FTP client : Added implementation of BOOST mode support
- FTP client : Automatically shows all Avalaunch servers on the local network (if they are set up to be shared) -> no more typing IPs and logins
- FTP server : Added BOOST mode, both upload and download for _maximum_ transferspeeds (10-11mb/s upload). For now only Avalaunch and Qwix clients can use boostmode, but protocol will be opened for those who wants
- FTP server : Fixed internal cache a LOT for noticeably faster transfer speeds
- FTP server : Added additional checks for 'FreeRootSpace' when CWD command is encountered. Not all FTP clients does PWD after CWD to check what the real folder is
- Ava-core : Added broadcast login for autodetection of other Avalaunch xboxes on the network, so you can sign right into them without typing ip's

Wow, thats a lot of stuff, I'm going to have to try it out.

nice work guys!


thats alot of changes!

THX

i downloaded it from xbins and when i unpack theres only a folder called media w/ a single font file. where is everything else?!?

OMG!!!! AWESOME!!! I just threw the new avalaunch on both xbox's and added the connections to Qwix. NICCCEE!! I can actually see where all my HD space went and manage all of my games. I'm ditching Evox dash and changing to Avalaunch tonight!

OMG!!! Always a huge changelog from you guys!!! Rock on Team AVA!!!
/me is rushing to IRC to get a copy :-D

Dammit as soon as i get to work i see this. Cant wait to try it out! Thanks!

rock on!

you guys always bring the goods with updates... can't wait to go press update when i get home from work.

Everything seems to be working smoothly with .48. APOD, RSS newfeeds, dynamic IP address, etc. Also, I checked out Qwix.. looks like a pretty cool program and compliment!

OMFG the new dash and Qwix rules....all I can say is WWOWW

You guys are the best.......

QUOTE (^Blazed^ @ Oct 15 2003, 10:56 PM)

- FTP server : Added BOOST mode, both upload and download for _maximum_ transferspeeds (10-11mb/s upload).

Sounds good, gotta try it after work. Is that speed 10-11 megabytes per second, or 10-11 megabits per second? I guess megabytes, but gotta ask anyway since my upload speed is really low very often, like 1 megabit per seconds.

You have to be a tax attorney to get through the changelog

I am installing as I type

2 words.....

'F*@&^#' SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!