ZiZc3/XPSemu Alpha-2

XPSemu Alpha 2

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XPSemu Alpha 2

The original Xbox, running natively on a PlayStation 5.

What's new

Easier setup

• helper.elf replaces XPSemu Tools, and there's no whitelist step anymore.
• No hard disk file needed: XPSemu creates a blank one for you. You only need the MCPX boot ROM and a BIOS.
• A setup screen shows which files are missing and updates by itself as you copy them over.
• Games can be on a USB or external drive (xemu/games on the drive). Plug a drive in or out and the game list updates right away.

Dashboard

• New startup logo and sound.
• New 3D game shelf with smooth scrolling and launch animation.
• Box Art Viewer: press Square on a game to see its full case in 3D.
• Rename any game.
• Quick resume (hold Circle), recently played games, Now Playing bar.
• Settings in clear categories: Video, Sound, Interface, Controller, Patches, Advanced.
• Dashboard music and new menu sounds.

Covers

• Covers download automatically, including the back and spine of the case.
• Optional side art for 4:3 games, in the style of the Xbox 360 Blades dashboard.

Game patches

• Browse and install patches from Jay’s Magic Patches in each game’s settings. Patches are checked against your game version before installation.
• All your active patches in one list (Settings > Patches).
• Widescreen patches set up the game's screen shape automatically.

Home-screen shortcuts

• Add any game to the PS5 home screen as its own title, with its cover as the icon and the game's own 4K background. its starts the game directly.

Controller

• Remap any button, with a live tester.

Performance

• Translated code is no longer thrown away constantly.
• SSE instructions run natively on the PS5's CPU.
• Faster clock reads, no debug tracing, fewer GPU wait stalls, guest RAM in direct memory (about 130 MB more free memory).
• Fix for random freezes at game start (ported from the xemu light-gun fork).

Fixes

• Crashes when starting one game after another, or the same game twice.
• Ninja Gaiden Black graphics problems (#3).
• Cover downloads.
• Controller camera spinning on its own.
• Text overlapping in long lists.
• Shortcut tiles now appear right away.

Requirements

• kstuff +helper.elf
• ShadowMountPlus
• Your own Xbox MCPX boot ROM, BIOS and XISO games (not included)

Installation

1. Download PPSA97358.zip, extract it, and copy PPSA97358/ to /data/homebrew/.
2. Load helper.elf with kstuff.
3. Put mcpx_1.0.binand your BIOSComplex_4627.binin/data/xemu/.
4. Put your games in /data/xemu/games/or inxemu/games/on a USB drive.
5. Launch XPSemu from the home screen.

Note: to use your own hard disk (for example with the original Xbox dashboard), put it at/data/xemu/xbox_hdd.qcow2 before starting XPSemu.

Upgrading from Alpha 1: replace the PPSA97358 folder and use helper.elf Your files in/data/xemu/stay as they are.

See the README for full details.