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2010-05-08T23:44:00.000-07:00

[Release] Super Mario War Port

2010-05-06T18:46:00.000-07:00

Super Mario War is a game for up to four players with many different modes of play. The basic goal of the game is to be the last player standing, and to accomplish this goal you must jump on your opponents' heads to kill them. There are many Mario-themed items you can use to help you kill your opponents, as well. In addition, there are several variations on this basic gameplay mechanic which you can try, such as Chicken, Capture The Flag, and so on. Plus, for those who enjoy customization, there are several aspects of the game which you can tweak to your liking through the Options menus, and if you like, you can make your own maps, skins, and other custom content to use (or download others' to use), too!

This is the first release of my port of Super Mario War for the Xbox360. Currently there seems to only be a few audio issues, but that should be taken care of soon.

Video Update

2010-05-01T14:17:00.000-07:00

Nothing much new here. Just been busy with life issues so I thought I would show a video of the current status of Love364.. Still a lot of work to be done, but this should help get some people *off*.

Texture Issues Fixed

2010-04-25T12:26:00.000-07:00

Now off to rewrite my rendering code ;D

Yet Another Update

2010-04-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

I was really tempted not to show off these screens due to the texture issue.. But I thought you guys would still love them. So here it is.. Super Mario 64 now rendering 3D.

Now for me to lay off the acid, get my vision straight, and fix the textures. xD

E> LoveMHz

Small Update

2010-04-24T11:56:00.000-07:00

Still sorting through all of the issues in RDP, mostly little/big endian conversion.. Also I've got controllers somewhat working so I can make it ingame on Super Mario 64. Should help since I'll be able to pause the game and look for more constant data coming from the RDP.

In other news, another game boots =)

Latenight Update

2010-04-22T23:35:00.000-07:00

Super Mario 64 running on the Xbox360..
Guys this is a first =)

I just want to say thanks to the most amazing girl in the world, Andrea my girlfriend and future wife. The one person that keeps pushing me to keep trying and trying. Even after failing many times. If it wasn't for her then none of this would have happened. I love you baby.

Also thanks to everyone that has supported me on IRC and everyone that has donated.

Mario on the Xbox360

2010-04-22T15:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right.. Mario is on the Xbox360.

Lack of blog posts, argh.. I told myself when I started this blog that I would update often (atleast every 3 days at the latest).

About Love364, yes I changed the name ;D Currently we have the core, RSP, and audio implemented. Alot of work so far. Now what about video? Well it seems that every video plugin out there either uses OpenGL or DirectX with Fixed Pixel Pipelines which the Xbox360 does not support. Also due to the differences between Fixed Pixel Pipe-lining and HLSL a simple rewrite isn't possible. So with the advice and over look of Zezu I have decided to write my own up to date graphics and RDP part of the emulation instead of hacking around Rice's video code. Not much progress so far, expect I have been able to process and sort out the commands coming from the RSP. Still a lot of work todo. And thus the reason there isn't any screenshots yet.

The general scoop of this is simple massive. Things can easily go wrong with around 20 basic commands and over 1,000 calls a second just for graphics. I easily I have my work cut out, even when I'm spending 10-12 hours a day coding.

Writing my own graphics plugin and RDP code has it's pros, even though this just seems like a major set back.

Pros and Ideas:

High Anti-aliasing Support
HLSL per texture scripting
Shaders, Bloom, and HDR possibilities.
Texture Scaling via HLSL.

So in general Love364 will hopefully redefine how N64 emulation looks and runs.

Current Emulation Status
Currently we are still running on one CPU core with little to no optimization with everything run minus graphics at around %50 of the N64 speed. I've yet to look into dynrec or inline function calling, but when the time comes there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to easily hit 100% speed on emulation.

I E> Andrea

Status Update

2010-04-14T17:39:00.000-07:00

http://code.google.com/p/xedosbox/

It's been somewhat of a delay, but XeDOSBox's Google Project page has been updated.. Also included are Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 project files. So check it out, start filling out bug reports, and let's make this one Xbox360 port to remember.

Nothing much to say yet expect for that the first N64 emulator for the Xbox360 is in the works. Work has been progressing along smoothly for the last month now and things are starting to shape up. No screen shots yet, but I'll keep my blog updated as things come along.

Donation button is now fixed. Sorry to the people that wanted to donate and couldn't.. We had an issue with the PayPal account that we was using. All of that's sorted out now. Donations are need as progress for new and exciting things to happen. Currently I have a few secret projects that I'm working on and ofcourse some of it will take longer to make without your help. If you would like more details about what's needed and would like to help then please contact me.

LoveMHz E>

[Release] XeBoyAdvance 0.4

2010-04-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

[ XeBoyAdvance - VBA based GBA Emulator for the Xbox 360 ]

[About VirtualBoyAdvance]
It's been a real pleasure to have worked with such a great code base and the people whom are still active within the group. Without them none of this would be possible. *Even if they do like to stab me in IRC*

Wikipedia - "The VisualBoyAdvance project was started by Forgotten.[6] When this person left the development of the emulator, the project was handed over to a team named VBA Team, led by hacker kxu. Development on the original VisualBoyAdvance stopped in 2004 with versions 1.7.2 and 1.8.0 beta 3, and a number of forked versions were made by various developers in the years since then."

Cheat Code Example: (Found in settings.xml)
<game rom_name="SONICADVANC2" displayname="Sonic Advance 2" checksum="2130634743" lastplayed="1271112274" timesplayed="4" type="GBA" favorite="false">
<cheatcodes>
<cheatcode name="MasterCode" default="true" mastercode="true">
<gameshark>8A4B0EDC22B74899</gameshark>
<gameshark>1A706E7DA8A5D009</gameshark>
</cheatcode>
<cheatcode name="Invincibility" default="false">
<gameshark>846754623771FACD</gameshark>
</cheatcode>
<cheatcode name="Always have 99 rings" default="false">
<gameshark>29F860CEFE350599</gameshark>
</cheatcode>
<cheatcode name="Never Lose Rings" default="false">
<gameshark>EA2E1E0B8FCE0633</gameshark>
</cheatcode>
</cheatcodes>
</game>

Pokemon Fix:
<game rom_name="POKEMON FIRE" displayname="Pokemon - Fire Red Version" checksum="3716707868" lastplayed="0" timesplayed="123" type="GBA" flashsize="128" />

NES Classic Fixs:
<game rom_name="NES METROID" displayname="Classic NES Series - Metroid" checksum="2996917187" lastplayed="0" timesplayed="0" type="GBA" favorite="false" save_type="1" />

Any other game save/load issues can be fixed by playing with the Save_Type or FlashSize. Or ask in IRC for help;D

[ FEATURES ]
[+] Full speed GB, GBC, and GBA Emulation
[+] Screenshot output
[+] Save/Load States
[+] Ingame Menu via L+R Stick Click
[+] Gameshark CheatCode Support
[+] Gameplay Status
[+] Enulation Fastword
[+] and much much more!

[ New in Version 0.4 ]
[+] Added Cheat Code Support
[+] New GUI
[+] Gameboy and GameBoy Color Support
[+] Metroid Graphic/Audio Bugs Fixed
[+] All memory leaks fixed
[+] Gameplay Status
[+] BoxArt Support
[+] And alot more.

[Release] XeDOSBox 0.1 Beta

2010-03-21T12:53:00.001-07:00

[ XeDOSBox - Opensource port of DOSBox for the Xbox 360 ]
[ http://code.google.com/p/xedosbox/ ]

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▓ Yet another great project to work with. This is also Team XeLove's first █
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▓ Wikipedia - █
▓ DOSBox is a full CPU emulator, capable of running DOS programs that █
▓ require the CPU to be in either real mode or protected mode.[3] Other █
▓ similar programs, such as dosemu or VDMs for Windows and OS/2, provide █
▓ compatibility layers and rely on virtualization capabilities of the 386 █
▓ family processors. Since DOSBox can emulate its CPU by interpretation, it █
▓ is independent of its host CPU.[3] However, on systems which provide the █
▓ i386 instruction set, the option to use dynamic instruction translation █
▓ is available in DOSBox. Though this setting is less accurate and reliable,█
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▓ [-] Fix Bug that causes crash in alot of programs. █
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▓ [-] Graphical Frontend for loading custom config files(Like the Wii Port) █
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▓ [+] Keyboard - USB Keyboard or Chatpad █
▓ [+] Chatpad Special functions █
▓ Greenkey + F keys = F1, F2... █
▓ Greenkey + bksp = Esc ██
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▓ [*] uberfry : Coding support. █
▓ [*] [c0z] : Support with XeDebug █
▓ [*] sascoo : Help with XeDebug █
▓ [*] lantus : SDL Port, thanks for the audio code bro █
▓ [*] mastag22 : Donation. Thanks for helping me get in the scene when █
▓ no one else would █
▓ [*] NoRemorse : Large Donation █
▓ [*] BLAZE1 : Co-Team Leader, Web Hosting and IRC Support █
▓ [*] ne0fite : IRC Support and nfo █
▓ [*] Sonic-ISO : Support ;D ██
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▓ [*] Sonic-Iso [*] PolyMorphiK [*] dstruktiv [*] ne0fite █
▓ [*] sascoo [*] el_aprend [*] HoRnEyDvL █
▓ [*] Xanax [*] EMAXX [*] AnnexxEmpire █
▓ [*] lantus [*] NoRemorse [*] c0nd0m ▐▌
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▓ Questions? Comments? Contact us. ▓
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▓ Website: http://lovemhz.blogspot.com ▓
▓ IRC: #XeLove, EFNet ▓
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[Release] XeDOSBox 0.1 Beta

2010-03-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

[ XeDOSBox - Opensource port of DOSBox for the Xbox 360 ]
[ http://code.google.com/p/xedosbox/ ]

[ About XeDOSBox ]
Yet another great project to work with. This is also Team XeLove's first opensource release. There's still a some bugs left but a few games are running. Note that this is a beta.

Wikipedia -
DOSBox is a full CPU emulator, capable of running DOS programs that require the CPU to be in either real mode or protected mode.[3] Other similar programs, such as dosemu or VDMs for Windows and OS/2, provide compatibility layers and rely on virtualization capabilities of the 386 family processors. Since DOSBox can emulate its CPU by interpretation, it is independent of its host CPU.[3] However, on systems which provide the i386 instruction set, the option to use dynamic instruction translation is available in DOSBox. Though this setting is less accurate and reliable, it is faster than interpretive CPU emulation."

[ FEATURES ]
[+] USB Keybaord and Chatpad Support
[+] Config File Support (Should work from CON files)

[ TODO LIST ]
[-] Fix Bug that causes crash in alot of programs.
[-] Better keyboard support.
[-] Graphical Frontend for loading custom config files(Like the Wii Port)
[-] Mouse Support
[-] And alot more.

[ CONTROLS ]
[+] Keyboard - USB Keyboard or Chatpad
[+] Chatpad Special functions
Greenkey + F keys = F1, F2...
Greenkey + bksp = Esc

[ CREDITS ]
[*] uberfry : Coding support.
[*] [c0z] : Support with XeDebug
[*] sascoo : Help with XeDebug
[*] lantus : SDL Port, thanks for the audio code bro
[*] mastag22 : Donation. Thanks for helping me get in the scene when no one else would
[*] NoRemorse : Large Donation
[*] BLAZE1 : Co-Team Leader, Web Hosting and IRC Support
[*] ne0fite : IRC Support and nfo
[*] Sonic-ISO : Support ;D

DOSBox Progress + DevKit

2010-03-19T23:52:00.000-07:00

I've finial got my Developers Kit =D I want to give a huge a thanks to NoRemorse, el_aprend, SonicISO, Team XeDev, and everyone that's donated to the team =) Just from using it for a few hours I can already say that this is going to speed up development HUGELY. I probably would still be sorting out the bug in the DOSBox port. So thanks again everyone =D

Here's a few screenshots of Windows 3.1 installing on my developers kit.

Status Update

2010-03-16T15:01:00.000-07:00

XeBoyAdvance:
Not a lot to talk about really.. Been working really hard on adding cheat code support, but ran into a bug. I want to say it's a bug with GameShark's lookup functions. Which is being a pain in the ass to debug. Other than that we have a new UI and XML settings/database file. The new UI is really sexy and all credits go to xiq for his hard work.

<Game ROM_Name="METROID4USA" DisplayName="Metroid Fusion" Checksum="1819625372" LastPlayed="0" TimesPlayed="1" Type="GBA" Favorite="true">
<CheatCodes>
<CheatCode Name="MasterCode" Default="true" MasterCode="true">
<GameShark>93C80FA3 DF77</GameShark>
<GameShark>EEEE8A9B 6B5C</GameShark>
<GameShark>00D0A839 17FE</GameShark>
</CheatCode>
<CheatCode Name="Multi Jump" Default="false">
<GameShark>FD28FA5E 77C9</GameShark>
<GameShark>FE80CB4F E749</GameShark>
</CheatCode>

XeDOSBox:

Coming soon ;D

[Release] XeBoyAdvance 0.2

2010-03-07T00:01:00.003-08:00

================================================
Team XeLove Presents:
================================================
XeBoyAdvance - VBA based GBA Emulator for the Xbox 360.
Website: http://lovemhz.blogspot.com
IRC: #XeLove, EFNet

================================================
Information:
================================================
Hey, it's LoveMHz here again from Team XeLove to present are fantastic emulator XeBoyAdvance.
A lot of work has went into this port. The 360 is a wonderful platform, sometimes it's a pain,
but none the less, we have achieved high goals for GBA emulation on it. So far we've spent about
2 months on this port. Work so far has been done on a retail console, therefore it has really
slowed down the process. Soon we will release the payment details for people that want to donate.
So if you enjoy GBA, or simple want to see more ports (NES, N64, and PSX to just name a few) then
please donate. And ofcourse none of this would possible without the support of all of you.

Thanks and feel free to join us on IRC, #XeLove on EFNet. I also enjoy free blowjobs, thanks for reading this.
================================================

================================================
About VirtualBoyAdvance:
================================================
It's been a real pleasure to have worked with such a great code base and the people whom are still active
within the group. Without them none of this would be possible. *Even if they do like to stab me in IRC*

Wikipedia - "The VisualBoyAdvance project was started by Forgotten.[6] When this person left the development
of the emulator, the project was handed over to a team named VBA Team, led by hacker kxu. Development on the
original VisualBoyAdvance stopped in 2004 with versions 1.7.2 and 1.8.0 beta 3, and a number of forked versions
were made by various developers in the years since then."
================================================

================================================
New Features in XeBoyAdvance 0.2
================================================
[+] Added Fastword - Right Trigger
[+] Added Left Thumb Stick as DPad
[+] Screen Calebration
[+] Fixed "Double Click" Effect in Menu
[+] Fixed Speed Issues
[+] Fixed Graphic Bug in Metroid
[+] Save Game Preview

[Release] XeBoyAdvance 0.2

2010-03-07T00:01:00.002-08:00

================================================
Team XeLove Presents:
================================================
XeBoyAdvance - VBA based GBA Emulator for the Xbox 360.
Website: http://lovemhz.blogspot.com
IRC: #XeLove, EFNet

================================================
Information:
================================================
Hey, it's LoveMHz here again from Team XeLove to present are fantastic emulator XeBoyAdvance.
A lot of work has went into this port. The 360 is a wonderful platform, sometimes it's a pain,
but none the less, we have achieved high goals for GBA emulation on it. So far we've spent about
2 months on this port. Work so far has been done on a retail console, therefore it has really
slowed down the process. Soon we will release the payment details for people that want to donate.
So if you enjoy GBA, or simple want to see more ports (NES, N64, and PSX to just name a few) then
please donate. And ofcourse none of this would possible without the support of all of you.

Thanks and feel free to join us on IRC, #XeLove on EFNet. I also enjoy free blowjobs, thanks for reading this.
================================================

================================================
About VirtualBoyAdvance:
================================================
It's been a real pleasure to have worked with such a great code base and the people whom are still active
within the group. Without them none of this would be possible. *Even if they do like to stab me in IRC*

Wikipedia - "The VisualBoyAdvance project was started by Forgotten.[6] When this person left the development
of the emulator, the project was handed over to a team named VBA Team, led by hacker kxu. Development on the
original VisualBoyAdvance stopped in 2004 with versions 1.7.2 and 1.8.0 beta 3, and a number of forked versions
were made by various developers in the years since then."
================================================

================================================
New Features in XeBoyAdvance 0.2
================================================
[+] Added Fastword - Right Trigger
[+] Added Left Thumb Stick as DPad
[+] Screen Calibration
[+] Fixed "Double Click" Effect in Menu
[+] Fixed Speed Issues
[+] Fixed Graphic Bug in Metroid
[+] Save Game Preview
[+] Autofire, A Autofire = X and B Autofire = Y

Screen Calibration

Hope you guys like this release as much as the last. This time I've added a few good number of features that where requested. Hope you enjoy them as much I do. As with the last time, please let me know of any issues/bugs. ;D

Thanks, for the support guys.
<3 LoveMHz

Xbins:
http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1801.nfo

[Release] XeBoyAdvance 0.1

2010-03-02T20:46:00.000-08:00

================================================
Team XeLove Presents:
================================================
XeBoyAdvance - VBA based GBA Emulator for the Xbox 360.
Website: http://lovemhz.blogspot.com
IRC: #XeLove, EFNet

================================================
Information:
================================================
Hey, it's LoveMHz here again from Team XeLove to present are fantastic emulator XeBoyAdvance.
A lot of work has went into this port. The 360 is a wonderful platform, sometimes it's a pain,
but none the less, we have achieved high goals for GBA emulation on it. So far we've spent about
2 months on this port. Work so far has been done on a retail console, therefore it has really
slowed down the process. Soon we will release the payment details for people that want to donate.
So if you enjoy GBA, or simple want to see more ports (NES, N64, and PSX to just name a few) then
please donate. And ofcourse none of this would possible without the support of all of you.

Thanks and feel free to join us on IRC, #XeLove on EFNet. I also enjoy free blowjobs, thanks for reading this.
================================================

================================================
About VirtualBoyAdvance:
================================================
It's been a real pleasure to have worked with such a great code base and the people whom are still active
within the group. Without them none of this would be possible. *Even if they do like to stab me in IRC*

Wikipedia - "The VisualBoyAdvance project was started by Forgotten.[6] When this person left the development
of the emulator, the project was handed over to a team named VBA Team, led by hacker kxu. Development on the
original VisualBoyAdvance stopped in 2004 with versions 1.7.2 and 1.8.0 beta 3, and a number of forked versions
were made by various developers in the years since then."
================================================

================================================
Features:
================================================
[+] Full speed GBA Emulation
[+] Screenshot output
[+] Save/Load States
[+] Ingame Menu via L+R Stick Click
[+] Spanish and Italian Lanague Support

================================================
Todo:
================================================
[-] Add Cheat Code Support
[-] Software Filters
[-] Display Settings
[-] GB ROM Support
[-] And alot more.

================================================
Controlls:
================================================
Dpad -> Dpad
A -> A
B -> B
L -> Left Bumper
R -> Right Bumper
Start -> Start
Select -> Back
Menu -> L+R Stick Click

================================================
Credit:
================================================
uberfry - Help with XUI and Italian translation
el_aprend - Spanish translation and beta testing.
[c0z] - Support with XeDebug.
sascoo - Help with XeDebug.
BLAZE - Web Hosting and IRC Support.
lantus - SDL Port, thanks for the audio code bro ;)
mastag22 - Donation. Thanks for helping me get in the scene when no one else would ;)
Icekiller - Team Leader, thanks for the support.
dstruktiv - Support, code, and pretty much alittle of everthing.
deadlydat - Support ;)

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Greetz:
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[c0z]
Sonic-Iso
sascoo
Xanax
lantus
mastag22
PolyMorphiK
el_aprend
EMAXX
NoRemorse
Cr4zi3
dstruktiv
BLAZE
HoRnEyDvL
AnnexxEmpire
c0nd0m

Xbins:

http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1800.nfo

GTA:IV SCO Script File Decoding

2010-02-28T16:43:00.000-08:00

First off, sorry for the lack of updates.. Been terrible busy with issues going on in my personal life and also been working on XeBoyAdvance(More details about that tomorrow).

I thought I would share with everyone some code I wrote awhile back for decrypting GTA:IV missions files. Hopefully it will help someone ;)

Reading debuginfo.com

2010-02-18T20:38:00.000-08:00

I'll be back later...

OpenJazz360 Release

2010-02-17T17:08:00.001-08:00

I'm proud to finial release the first version of OpenJazz360, based off of the OpenJazz project. As stated already this is the first version so please don't kill me if you run into any bugs. Simple just leave me note in the comments.

About:
Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames. The game features six episodes; each episode consists of three worlds, with two levels and a boss level. Jazz has a life bar; when enemies shoot or come in contact with him, he loses health that must be replenished by collecting carrots. If his health falls to zero, Jazz turns to ash and the level restarts from the last checkpoint. Also, instead of jumping on enemies Jazz must shoot his enemies with a blue gun he always carries. A variety of different bullet types can be found in the game and do varying amounts of damage.

Install:
Run like any other XEX on your 360. The shareware files are included. If you own the full game simply copy the files into the OpenJazz360 folder.

Greetz:
IceKiller
BLAZE
ScrawnyB
Sascoo
AU Andy
Alias
AnnexxEmpire
Lo$er
SonicISO
Uberfry
and many many more. (Sorry if I forgot you again)

Coded by: LoveMHz of XeLove
Site: http://lovemhz@blogspot.com/

Update: It's up on Xbins so go grab a copy and get to playing.
http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1793.nfo

XeDebug Plugin Preview

2010-02-16T15:05:00.000-08:00

First off I want to give huge props to sascoo for his work on porting XeDebug to C# and doing a amazing job of cleaning the code up (Both on the server and client side).

Now about XeDebug.. I personally haven't had much time to work on XeDebug lately, despite wanting to finish it up and add more features. But it seems like I don't have much of an option seeing as Jazz Jackrabbit is simply being a pain in the ass to debug..

Well today I have successfully got the XeDebug plugin for Visual Studios finished. Now off to add variable watching and maybe a few more surprises before releasing the next version. Note none of this would be possible without the support and help from sascoo. Thanks bro E>

Check Out Our Affliates and Help Us

2010-02-15T19:17:00.000-08:00

That's right, we need your help! So check out our friends at ElectronicsMod, seriously they have the love ;) By ordering with them not only do you get quality products, but you also help XeLove reach it's goal of being able to purchase a Dev 360.

Thanks for the supports guys.

Note on Jazz Jackrabbit. The two bugs I was talking about yesterday seem to be a bigger problem than I originally thought. Luckly they are the same fault, but it's being a bitch to debug. A dev 360 would help me resolve this bug in a matter of minutes. I'm currently a few hours into debugging... Well that seems like enough for today :P

Teaser Part 2

2010-02-14T16:05:00.000-08:00

Nothing much else to post for today. Jazz Jackrabbit makes it ingame now, but still having issues with the controller. If I can't sort it out tonight then it's back to work on XeDebug for abit.

Update:
I've managed to sort out the controller issues. (Issue with threads, whoops ^_^). Now I'm down to two bugs. Dieing and beating the level both cause crashes. Not that huge of a bug, in terms of fixing. So hopefully if everything goes as planned then OpenJazz360 will be released tomorrow.

Teaser

2010-02-13T19:34:00.000-08:00

Well not too much to post today, but to keep with my goal of posting atleast once a day I thought I would give everyone a little teaser. The screen capture above is from Xbox360 running through my capture card.

Part 2: Skype Phone.

2010-02-12T23:01:00.000-08:00

Well I've had more time to play around with my Skype Phone today. Pretty much all of the reverse engineering is done. Screen drawing, keypad input, and LED are all documented.

KEY_TopLeft1 = 00 01 01 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_TopRight1 = 00 01 0D 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_TopLeft2 = 00 01 02 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_TopRight2 = 00 01 0E 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_CenterUp = 00 01 13 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_CenterDown = 00 01 16 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_1 = 00 01 03 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_2 = 00 01 09 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_3 = 00 01 0F 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_4 = 00 01 04 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_5 = 00 01 0A 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_6 = 00 01 10 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_7 = 00 01 05 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_8 = 00 01 0B 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_9 = 00 01 11 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_Astk = 00 01 06 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_0 = 00 01 0C 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_Pad = 00 01 12 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_F = 00 01 1A 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_Mute = 00 01 1B 00 01 01 01 01 01
KEY_RELEASE = 00 01 00 00 01 01 01 01 01

Byte 1 - First Nibble
bit 4 = Backlight --- Value 8
bit 2 = Red Light --- Value 2

I started talking about the LCD in yesterday's post, but seemed to have had a few mistakes in the documentation. These have been fixed in the first. I decided to draw up alittle chart to help describe the block draw format of the Skype Phone even more.

Also I've managed to port a simple Chip8 emulator to the Skype Phone. Pretty much still an alpha version at the moment though. Due to it only draw to one forth of the screen (64x32 the native resolution of the device.), but neither the less it's a steps forward. Below are a picture of Blinky, PacMan clone, running. **Sorry for the blurry photo. I'll take a better one later**

Source Code:
http://www.digitalreality.co.nz/xbox360/dev/XeServer/USB_Phone.rar

Hello + Alittle Bruteforcing

2010-02-11T22:25:00.000-08:00

Fuck.. I hate writing these. Ok well I've already written one blog introduction post straight up as hello, one as pretending to actually care about blogging, and the last one I was doing exactly this (Going on and on about how much I hate writing the first blog post).

So my handle is LoveMHz and I'm the lead programmer for XeLove. I also run a few other smaller groups outside of the Xbox Homebrew'ing scene, but that's a story for a different day. Currently the only program I've released is XeDebug, but it won't stay that way for long ;)

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Well that seems like enough for an introduction post.. Now on to what I've been working on today. A few years back I purchased a USB Skype phone off of eBay, or simply named "USB PHONE" as printed on the device. Sadly since then I've managed to lose the drivers. No biggy right? Negative. Google'ing for the hardware ID and product vendor returned everything and anything but what I was looking for. That was pretty much the first half of my day.

The next few hours included resoldering the broken SMD mini USB port on the phone. Who's idea was it to design a phone, use a SMD connector, and ONLY HOLD IT IN PLACE BY THE PINS. **If it was you then it's best I don't find you, just sayin**

Then the fun part, seriously. Reverse engineering the protocol. Now the way the phone works is quite simple. Included with the CD, remind you I lost this, is an application that draws the menus to the phone. So just a simple I/O situation. Too bad I don't have the program. Would be as simple as capturing the USB data packets. So my idea was to bruteforce the first few bytes and see what happens.

After a few test runs I noticed that while the first byte was set to 3 it was only changing the LED and the screen's backlight. Now while it was set to 4 it was changing the LCD data. After a few hours I came up with this.

OutputReport[0]=0; // Always 0.
OutputReport[1]=0x03; // Type. 3 = Draw Screen. 4 = Control LEDs/Blacklight
OutputReport[2]=0x00; // Unknown
OutputReport[3]=0x7; // Offset Block Y 0 - 7. 0 is bottom
OutputReport[4]=0x40; // Offset Pixel X 0 - 0x70 or so. 0 is left side
// To draw to the screen we must do it block by block.
// A block is 7x8. Each byte sent is a column. And each bit of that is a pixel.
OutputReport[5]=0x00; // Pixel Data -- Left most column
OutputReport[6]=0x00; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[7]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[8]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[9]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[10]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[11]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[12]=0xFF; // Pixel Data
OutputReport[13]=0xFF; // Pixel Data -- Right most column

Now I haven't exactly finished this since I still have to write up the docs for the keypad and the backlight/LED. More on that later and maybe some more source.

Postnotes: Nothing much was found on the MCU, Holtek HT82A832R, besides the public datasheet.