The lastest on Shogun's branch (11/24/09).

Well, Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Hmm, I wonder what's for dinner? lol. Anyway, what's this update about? Good question. As of yesterday, I've been hauling alot of code around (mostly digital signatures from the D3D8 and XAPILIB libraries). I noticed that XDK 4134 is really lacking in digital signatures. There were some good games using that XDK, so I decided to do some work on it (which also leads up to some new stuff for other XDKs). The first thing I did was tell Cxbx to treat whatever library I was testing as a different version:

if(BuildVersion == 4134)
BuildVersion = 3925;

So after I checked my 4134 games against each XDK from 3911 to 4627, I've managed to come up with almost 100 signatures (and there's lots more to add for DSOUND). Here's a list taken from my changelog:

- Added the following function(s)
RtlCreateHeap (4134)
RtlAllocateHeap (4134)
RtlFreeHeap (4134)
RtlReAllocateHeap (4134)
RtlSizeHeap (4134)
XapiBootDash (4134)
XRegisterThreadNotifyRoutine (4134)
XGetDeviceChanges (4134)
XID_fCloseDevice (XREF) (4134)
XInputClose (4134)
XInputGetCapabilities (4134)
SetThreadPriorityBoost (4134)
GetThreadPriority (4134)
XGetDevices (4134)
QueryPerformanceCounter (4134)
QueryPerformanceFrequency (4134)
XInputPoll (4134 - 4928)
XGetSectionHandleA (4134 - 4928)
XLoadSectionByHandle (4134 - 4928)
XFreeSectionByHandle (4134 - 4928)
RtlDestroyHeap (4134 - 4928)
D3DDevice_CreatePixelShader (4134)
IDirect3DSurface8_LockRect (4134)
Lock2DSurface (4134)
D3DDevice_SetGammaRamp (4134)
IDirect3D8_CheckDeviceFormat (4134)
IDirect3D8_GetAdapterModeCount (4134)
IDirect3D8_EnumAdapterModes (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_LoadVertexShader (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SelectVertexShader (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_CopyRects (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_CreateImageSurface (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetVertexShaderConstant (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetPixelShader (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTextureState_BumpEnv (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetIndices (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTexture (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_VertexBlend (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_TextureFactor (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_EdgeAntiAlias (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_Simple (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_ZEnable (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilEnable (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_MultiSampleAntiAlias (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_GetTransform (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetStreamSource (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetVertexShader (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_DrawVertices (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_DrawVerticesUP (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_DrawIndexedVertices (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetLight (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetMaterial (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_LightEnable (4134)
IDirect3DVertexBuffer8_Lock (4134)
Get2DSurfaceDesc (4134)
IDirect3DSurface8_GetDesc (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilFail (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_NormalizeNormals (4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_Reset (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3D8_KickOffAndWaitForIdle (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTextureState_TwoSidedLighting (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_BackFillMode (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTextureState_ColorKeyColor (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_FrontFace (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_LogicOp (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilFail (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_OcclusionCullEnable (4134 - 4361)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilCullEnable (4134 - 4361)

- Move the following functions
XInputPoll (4928 -> 4134)
XGetSectionHandleA (4627 -> 4134)
XLoadSectionByHandle (4627 -> 4134)
XFreeSectionByHandle (4627 -> 4134)
RtlDestroyHeap (4627 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_Reset (4134)
IDirect3D8_KickOffAndWaitForIdle (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTextureState_TwoSidedLighting (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_BackFillMode (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetTextureState_ColorKeyColor (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_FrontFace (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_LogicOp (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilFail (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_OcclusionCullEnable (4432 -> 4134)
IDirect3DDevice8_SetRenderState_StencilCullEnable (4432 -> 4134)

That's quite a bit of stuff missed. TBH, I'm not done yet. I've also been able to find out why 4034, 4039 and 4134 are getting false positives. Whoever started trying to add 4034 and 4134 support just threw in a bunch of signatures from D3D8 3925 must have been looking for similarities in that XDK. Good idea when you don't have a certain XDK, but it's not 100% safe to do (or leave in unattended). There may be more, but I do need to check for some more doubles when I get a chance.

"Hold on a sec, there's got to be a reason why you're doing all this! What is it?" Well, that's going to be a surprise for now. TBH, I really don't want to spoil it but I if you have an Xbox game that was released in February 2002, I'm sure you have a good idea what it is. I want to see it work just as bad as you do, so you all can stop complaining about it! :) I get requests for this game all the time, so I just want to keep you guys "smiling" a "bit" (another hint)!

Oh yeah, don't worry, I've got a nice Christmas present up my sleeve for you all! Stay tuned.

Shogun.