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Coder_TimT released a new version of his music player for the GP2x.

Changes:

1. Separate clock speed option while locked, mostly for the f200 so that you can have a reasonable speed while interacting with the program so that the touchscreen can still work and have a low clock when locked still. You will notice a slight skip when locking because the music must be paused during the clock change or a lockup is likely. The pause causes the buffer to be emptied, thus the noticeable skip. There is still the slight possibility of a lockup during this operation, but I haven’t been able to trigger it in awhile. If you have problems, just set the clock options to the same speed and it will behave like previously.

2. Media Library – Browse by Artist, Album, Genre, Filesystem, or a flat list of all songs

3. Search/Filter – Filter lists being browsed with wildcard substrings. Use traditional or sql wildcards. So, *dog* will match all artists with “dog” in their name or g* will match all artists beginning with the letter ‘g’. Obviously it’s available for all lists…

4. Load folder/album/artist/genre as playlist. Pressing ‘Y’ on one of these items in the browser will make a new playlist will all songs under the item. So it will get all songs in a folder and its subfolders, or all songs in an album, or all songs for an artist, etc… Pressing ‘A’ will do the same, but append the items to the current playlist.

5. No more config file editing. If the folders don’t exists that are in the config file when you first run ommpc, the options dialog will popup and you will be able to edit your paths from there. Of course if you prefer to pre-edit the file you can.

6. Since you’ll now need to type, there is a new touchscreen enabled virtual keyboard that will present itself when needed. Obviously it can be used via buttons also… Not a full keyboard, but most everything you’ll need should be there. It is still definitely a work in progress though. There is no cursor or cursor keys, so mistakes can only be fixed via backspace. It’s a start though. I must once again apologize for any non-english users for my horrible lack of any internalization. It’s something I really need to look into.

For those who haven’t seen previous versions of this great peace of homebrew, PSP-PDA is a set of PDA programs including notepad, music player, image viewer, address book, calendar, calculator, and clock.

The guys behind “Planet Virtual Boy” are having a coding competition for the good old Visual Boy. It’s pretty exotic, so it should hopefully attract a bunch of coders 😉

All details can be found at the compo page!

Thanks to retroK / http://www.aep-emu.de for the news.

PSP Filer a file explorer with few extras has been updated.

Changes:

– added Greek mode.
– fixed a bug that Filer was crashed when it opened some kind of RAR file (probably having a comment).
– fixed a bug that a zipped file made by Mac OS could not be accessed.

palmhook has updated his port of Vexed for PPC’s. Now there is a new build with VGA support. You may check out http://vexed.sourceforge.net/ for more information on Vexed itself.

The sequel to Nicky Boom; this time Nicky must find out who has been removing ladders and blocking off caves in his homeland. The gameplay is essentially platform, with multi-directional maze-like levels. Beating the obstructions requires occasional brainwork – hidden ladders are easy enough to uncover, and there are lots of hidden sections to look for. The levels are colourful, and the game has a cute look making it appear suited to younger players. Mirrors are placed around the levels, which transport you to a random place.

Although, save-game / level codes are currently not implemented, there are “secret” button combos, which enable a player to jump to next level and get bombs as well as other goodies.

The game will only work on custom PSP 3.XX firmwares.

JoJo_ReloadeD has udpated GPfrontier, which is an Elite 2 “port” for GP2x.

Release notes:

Hi, I’ve released my last version of my Elite 2: Frontier port for the gp2x. This will be my last version, since I don’t have a F200 to simulate the mouse. I’ve released the code so anybody can do this.

Changes:

– Several optimizations

Quote:

Hi all,
this is another auto locking program which utilizes the Windows Locking.

It can be considered as an add-on to other programs which provide the User Interface and also an ‘In Call Locker’.

It can be activated at the following events:
1. After a specified period of idle time (no tapping or touching the keyboard).
2. After the device has waken up.
3. During a call (“In-Call Locking” Partial or Full).

Also for any of the first 2 events (idle or wake up) the program can run a specified executable/registered file together with any command line arguments that might be required.

The behavior of this program is driven by the next key/values:

> Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCSDevCtrlOptions

> Values

– LockWhileOnExternalPwr=0 or 1 (Default is 0)
If set to 1 it will try to apply the lock even while running on external power.

– LockAfterWake=0 or 1 (Default is 1)
If set to 1 it will try to apply the lock after the device has waken (not soft reset).

– LockAfterIdleSeconds=xxx (Default is 45)
xxx are in seconds the inactivity timeout before a lock is applied (not during call).

– LockDuringCall=0 or 1 (“In-Call Locking” Partial or Full). (Default is 0)
If set to 1 it will try to apply the lock. The first time the call is initiated the locked will be instant.
This lock is partial and still allows for the keys of the phone to be used (Usuall case of windows lock).
The user is given the chance to unlock while the call is taking place.
After unlocking, the program will use the parameter
–LockAfterIdleSecondsInCall=xxx (Default is 10)
where xxx is the second to reply the lock while the call is still on.

Also while having LockDuringCall=1, if the next parameter:
–LockDeviceDuringCall=0 or 1 (Default is 0)
is set to 1, then the lock is a Full lock and the device should not react in any keystroke.

– DelayBeforeLockMsAfterWake=250 (Default is 250)
Time in ms to wait before applying the lock from wake and running any program (no need to change).

– DelayBeforeLockMs=250 (Default is 250)
Time in ms to wait before applying the lock from dim and running any program (no need to change)

– ShowTodayAfterLock=0 or 1 (Default is 1)

If set to 1 it will bring the Windows Today Screen after applying the user selected lock.

— AfterTodayRunFilePath=XXX (Default is blank)
XXX (if not left blank) it can be an executable/registed file which will be run after the lock and the Today focus
— AfterTodayRunFileParm=XXX
XXX (if not left blank) they are the command line arguments of the previous option.
— LockAndBackAfterToday=0 or 1 (Default is blank)
If set to 1, after unlocking the Today screen will be hidden so that the rest of the windows are visible.

If set to 0 then the next values will be used

— AfterLockRunFilePath=XXX (Default is blank)
XXX (if not left blank) it can be an executable/registed file which will be run after the lock.
— AfterLockRunFileParm=XXX (Default is blank)
XXX (if not left blank) they are the command line arguments of the previous option.

>>>>> If you change any of the parameters the program will need to be restarted (Re-run it as mentioned further on).

To install it:
> copy the csdevctrl.exe to a folder

To run it:
> Simply run it and it will spawn at the background as another process.

To stop it:
> Running the program second time will cause the program to exit (It will show a confirmation window which will close in 3 seconds unless you close it sooner).

To uninstall it:
> Close the process as usual (run it again or kill the process) and delete the file.
> Also delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCSDevCtrl

As a note, do not rename the csdevctrl.exe as the uninstall depends on this name.

It has been compiled for WM5 so it should run on both WM5/WM6 (i am using a Kaiser with WM6.1)

Cheers
Chris

P.S:
v.3.0 is still on beta any comments etc are welcomed.

Log:
08/05 – v3.0(Beta) – Implemented timeout and In-call support-Removed bluetooth.
03/05 – v2.5 – Added option to lock only if bluetooth is on after wake
01/05 – v2.4 – Default Registry entries are created with the initial run of the program.
27/04 – v2.3 – Added option to wait before locking after dim. Gives user time to re-act.
26/04 – v2.2 – Using registry for all available options.

Move Ken using directions to punch ennemies.

According to Nathan Tolbert, coder of the homebrew GBA RPG “Aguna”, there was a minor bugfix recently.

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By the way, I just reposted the rom with a minor bug fix, so if you happen to end up hosting a copy of the file, make sure you get the latest.

Anguna is an older-style adventure game, which encourages exploration, and doesn’t hold your hand and tell you where to go at every step of the way.