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X-bEnCh 0.6 Beta - The Amiga Game Launcher & More is out !
« on: September 09, 2012, 12:04:57 PM »
X-bEnCh 0.6 Beta is out now !  

X-bEnCh is an Amiga game launcher & More …
In a 128 colors display (ECS compatible), this Frontend can autoscan your hard-drive to find your whdload games or your .exe and organize them in launching listings. X-bEnCh also have an integrated CLI fully compatible with the Workbench CLI feature.
Many more will come in the next releases.

You can download it here: http://www.jimneray.com

What's New ?

- A New Amigaguide full doc.
- Fixed some files check on startup that were wrongs.
- Now pressing the "Del" Key when startup will cancel the X-bEnCh loading.
- Now display the release number under the X-bEnCh startup logo.
- Now working with a temp dir to leave the Ram free.
- New scroll text "Credits screen".
- Launcher Reactivity optimisations and lighter code.
- FastJump added. Now simply use your keyboard's key to jump where you want.
- MegaRam option Added. Can save from 34kb up to 136 kb of ram.
- Now return where you was before, after leaving a game.
- Now before loading a .slave/.exe, check if exist a .xbs script and use it if exist.
- Now autoscan the tool types of WhdLoad. If none found, use the default tooltypes you've set in the setup screen.
- Now display the number of files in the listing, right to the listing name in the launcher.
- Now in the launcher, a short push on the 2nd joy button will switch between your listings and a long push will escape to the main menu.
- Now the game name in the loading screen is truncated and centered.
- Big fail fixed in the cLi.
- Added the "help" command to the cLi to list all the extra X-bEnCh cLi commands availables.
- Added the "resetxset" command to the cLi. Really useful to clean up a buggy install of X-bEnCh.
- Now the subdirectorys level scan is unlimited.
- Now the listings are 3 time lighters than with the previous release.
- Now listings are of real unlimited size.
- Now ending a path with a "/" in the setup will work as same as without.
- Now display the number of files added to a listing when updating in the setup.
- No more create a bugged list when there's nothing to add to the list in the choosed path.
- Xsetup executable is 25% lighter.
- Fixed a small palette bug when leaving the setup.
- Sometime the setup exit on a black screen.. Fixed.
- Preload switch added as a whdload global option.
- Display switch added as a whdload global option (Switch PAL/NTSC).
- Cache switch added as a whdload global option.
- MMU switch added as a whdload global option.
- AutoVec switch added as a whdload global option.
- Music switch added as a Launchers global option (Switch On/Off).
- MegaRam switch added as a Launcher global option.
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Re: X-bEnCh 0.6 Beta - The Amiga Game Launcher & More is out !
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 10:17:45 AM »
So this app runs on an classic Amiga and can launch games easily?

Is it usable in UAE?
Does it even work as run JITted on MOS/AOS4?
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Re: X-bEnCh 0.6 Beta - The Amiga Game Launcher & More is out !
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2012, 01:13:05 PM »
Quote from: KimmoK;707497
So this app runs on an classic Amiga and can launch games easily?
You're right. ;)
 
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Is it usable in UAE?
Yes, X-bEnCh perfectly work with uae.
 
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Does it even work as run JITted on MOS/AOS4?
Mmm ... i honestly have'nt try that. If you try i'm interested by your returns ;)
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Re: X-bEnCh 0.6 Beta - The Amiga Game Launcher & More is out !
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 07:22:25 PM »
Here is a new video presentation/tutorial of the actual 0.6 release : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPUlt9wDQmM
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