I have installed phpBB3 and converted the old data of the Game Research Forum to the new one. Now we should have more functionality for users and be up to date at the same time. Some features may still be missing, which I hope to fix soon. Visit the new forum at: http://forum.xentax.com !

There was some bug in the application system for people that wish to apply for access to the Game Research forum the last few weeks. This resulted in the application not being confirmed/approved. This issue has been resolved and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We’d like to ask those that still do not have an account to apply once again to gain access!

We have finally upgraded the Mediawiki code to the latest version over at Game File Format Central! Indeed, it was about time the XentaxWIKI code was renewed! The latest installment of Mediawiki is now powering GFFC, and we hope to do all kinds of neat stuff with it. If you tried to access it while we were working on the upgrade and experienced some disappointing behaviour, please excuse us. It should all work now! Head on over to http://wiki.xentax.com !

The first MultiEx Commander language pack is released! It will install all supported languages: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German and Hungarian. If you feel you could do other translations, drop in at the forum here! Get the Language pack herel!

Update: Thanks to Carlos at the forum we also have a Spanish version! It’s in the language pack!

Though an obscure game and hard to find, a request came in by fatduck to support *.DAT files of this game called Robot Wars. Notably, this should be from the Playstation (Portable?) version. You’ll note all the *.GIM files in the DAT archive, so this tells you it is indeed from some console game that used OPTPIX iMagestudio to edit the games’ textures etc. Get the plugin here.

Thanks to Sziládi Zsolt we now have a Hungarian version of MultiEx Commander! To install this translation all you need to do is unpack the zip archive and copy the “data” folder you obtain to the folder where you installed MultiEx Commander. You have two files: one in the data/eul folder and one in the data/languages folder. Simple!

Of course, with this comes also a Hungarian MultiEx Commander webpage, thanks a bundle Sziládi

Download the MexCom Hungarian Language files!

Finally, after more than a year, we release the latest installment of MexCom to the public. As other activities had priority for quite a while, users of MexCom had to wait, but now there’s the new version. And what has it got to offer? I think it best to just show the readme for all to see. If you don’t care and just want to get it, hop on to the download page. Otherwise: (more…)

The current issue of the Belgian PC games magazine PC Gameplay (October 2006) features MexCom! With the new release, 4.3.0, comes the Dutch language as optional language setting for the GUI. PC Gameplay was able to offer it to their Dutch-speaking readers exclusively before the rest of the world on September the 28th. Later today, we’ll release MexCom 4.3.0 to the public. Some quotes of their review of the new version: “MexCom uses a very simple user-interface that enables us to do much with just a few clicks“, “you always have a good overview of what’s going on“, “We were very positive about MexCom ‘s user-friendliness and support by its community“. Want to read the whole feature for yourself? Then rush out and buy the magazine!

Just a small teasing, yet informative post that the release of version 4.3 of MexCom is imminent. The public release is scheduled for the 1st of october. MexCom 4.3 will feature wiki ( http://wiki.xentax.com ) based game support, new games, new load archive dialog, new additions to the MexScipt, running non-compiled MexScript of game archives and more. So be sure to get it when it’s released. As the new version will make more use of our server, and a lot of effort was put into it, the minimum donation required to be able to make use of all advanced features will rise to a fee of $10. The unlocked features will continue to be available in up to three subsequent releases of MexCom!

How about some original ways to support MultiEx Commander, Chas and DavehI must have thought, and get a MexCom key in the process. First came Chas, a 16 year old young man from Michican, USA, who’s racing his bikes (4 of ’em) at national level, and an absolute fan of MX vs ATV Unleashed (“and I happen to be quite good at it”). He races the B class, but plans on moving up to the A class next year. Check out some of his racing pics here. He then came up with an original idea to support MexCom. (more…)