Kai and loading games from hard drive, PLEASE HELP!

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:53 pm

IGR - in game reset

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:48 pm

IGR = In-Game Reset

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:57 pm

CubFan wrote:

I may end up just making XBMC by dash, but with new builds coming out seemingly everyday, i don't really want to keep updating my dash accordingly...PLUS, i'm an Avalaunch loyalist (just waiting for them to integrate KAI...)

Of course theres no need to update everyday, and judging by the posts in this forum I'm convinced most don't Wink

We don't issue builds as such, we just keep updating the source code as we work on it. Its up to you (the community) how frequently you create builds. As a result you get to enjoy Kai functionality quicker (at least you have the choice if you wish) and you get to feedback into the development process - whereas with closed-development dashes you have no guarantees of which features will be released, or when.

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:20 pm

runtime wrote:

Of course theres no need to update everyday, and judging by the posts in this forum I'm convinced most don't Wink

Yeah, that's true...but i have a complex where i MUST have new versions of everything!!! Laughing

But you're right...

quick question...if i do set XBMC as my dash, will my IGR work with it? Meaning, will it work like it does with evox (my dash now)...only booting back to XBMC as opposed to evox...I wasn't sure if IGR's were specific to certain programs, or if it was bios related...

Laughing

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:55 pm

IGR is an undocumented feature/hack and none of the other dev teams have disclosed how it works, so its a real pain to understand how it may interact with XBMC.

For the record though, I'm using a recent X2 bios with IGR and XBMC successfully - not so long ago there was a reported problem (I didn't manage to reproduce it myself), but the fix I checked in seems to have done the trick.

Note: I believe there is a software version of IGR that EvoX implements - but it isn't quite as robust as the X2 bios IGR in that some compatibility problems with games have been reported.

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:42 am

If IGR is present in the bios it works if you set XBMC as the dash (using it here with no problems). I know for one that Evox wouldn't let you IGR if you were actually at the Evox menus (probably some sort of protection thing so they got you to use their own IGR which was buggy and crap).

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:02 pm

dfunked wrote:

If IGR is present in the bios it works if you set XBMC as the dash (using it here with no problems)

I set XBMC as my dash...but the IGR doesn't work...(at least the one i used with evox---L triggger+R trigger+BACK+START---not sure if i need to change or tweak a setting somewhere...

ALSO, is there a way to get "GAMES" listed on the main XBMC screen? Or better yet, anyone know of a link that will explain how to completely "edit" the XBMC menus, i.e. maybe list My Pictures under My Files, etc. I'll look around...

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:09 am

Yeah like I said:

- EvoX implements soft-IGR (compatiblity issues with some games).

- XBMC doesn't 'do' IGR.

Solution:

- Use a recent Xecuter 2 bios and you get 'firmware' IGR - which is an even better solution than EvoX.

As for XBMC configuration, try the online manual (forget the link now) or ask in #xbmc on IRC, or the forums.

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:54 am

^^^ Which is what I said by saying it's in the BIOS (X2). EvoX only do software IGR which is crap Smile

Kai Beginner Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Canada

Is there a way to set multiple directories? I have my games on 2 different partitions of my hard drive.....

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:51 am

Not sure, maybe have a look for anything posted by runtime in this forum on it though..

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:19 am

not sure....

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:39 am

Not yet, but if I get a chance I'll try and sort it out so that you can do something like f:\games;g:\another_games_folder;

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:41 am

There you go, cheers runtime.