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X-FACTOR DEVELOPMENT HOME PAGE
Welcome to X-Factor Software Developments home page. With an aim on
taking XBOX programming to a whole new level. If your interested in
learning xbox console programming, then don't wait around, take a look at the
tutorials on the site - and keep re-visiting for updates and further news.
Also you can talk to us directly on #EFnet, in channel #xfactor. For those
who don’t know what EFnet is, you need a chat program that uses irc. Now if
your new to chat programs etc, you can get a version of irq from
www.mirc.com. Where always ready to help others, and answer any of your
questions - everything from what a pointer is, to how the xbe (xbox) file format
works.
: X-Factor Development is aimed at software development for
the Xbox :
: From simple applications to full 3D Game Engines - not at warez
or illegal pirating :
Happy Coding.
Upgrade - and yes, as you may be aware, some of the web pages (e.g. links
etc) are under construction and will be up shortly. Any
feedback/news/ideas are always welcome...and as usual thank you for any positive
emails of thanx as well.
Latest News
23rd May 2004 - Its alive..Mhahahahe
So many people have given up hope on xfactordev, saying its dead and not updated? And that some of the tutorials arn't hard enough.
Well I don't want to do code dumps of games so people could just copy and paste sections of code and if they want to understand, would have to trudge through tons of messy wrapper classes...there's loads of that code already
out there.
X-Factor Development is to help you on your way - to share code and make programming the xbox fun. Some of the tutorials are simple but they get you going...and then you can move on to looking at the weekly
projects and possibly improving and updating the game-engine project. Updates will come soon! Sorry for delays and site problems. X-Factor Development will be around for a long long time. And if you have any questions or
feedback and I'm not around...just post them on the forum or even pop in the channel on #EFnet, as there's always a happy and helping person who'll try and give you a hand.
Happy Coding :)
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| 22nd July 2003 - Well, bugger me, news hasn't been updated in a while
I've been a bit lax on the news and updating front, but I personally blame the coding. The chat room is always welcoming and ready to help anyone with development issues (No we will not help you find the XDK! (And surprisingly enough there is no !list))
If you check out the August '03 issue of Edge magazine in the UK (Issue 126) then on pages 65-66 you'll see a couple of quotes from me. I don't attempt to represent the scene, these are just my opinions, but it did get a nice link to us into Edge so I'm happy overall.
If you've got any ideas about what you'd like to see on the site or any suggestions or improvements that we could make then email me at
webmaster@xfactordev.net. I'll usually reply within a day unless I'm away somewhere (but why the hell would I need to leave the computer?! Me a geek? Yes, and proud of it)
I've upload a snippet from the article which you can read here.
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| 19th May 2003 - Code Snippets Database
I've just added the brand new Code Snippets Database (link on the left) where we'll be storing common code in all different categories of Xbox programming
Go and check it out and submit some snippets ... if you dare!
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| 25th April 2003 - X-Factor Weekly Challenge
We've just started up the weekly challenge/project. You can find the link on the left with much more information on it
Join in if you can! Any entry is fine no matter how bad/good :)
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| 24th April 2003 - Site Updates Start Again
We've just got back into Xbox programming after a (much too long) break and so we're updating the site much more now. There's
new tutorials, the game engine section and tomorrow we'll start the first weekly project.
So keep reading as we'll be updating much more often now!
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| 14th April 2003 - It could
cause problems.... Have you heard anything about M$ moving the
media check or something so new games don't work off the HD anymore?
Well its seems that MicroSoft is fighting hard to stop people creating
backups of software by preventing them from running them from there hard
drives in future. Of course there are already methods of patching
certails game xbe's to bypass this protection...read more at
www.xbox-scene.com
Games with the Protectoin: Red Faction 2, Pro Race Drivers, etc, etc
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31st March 2003 - What on earth...an xbox without a
mod chip running linux!
Yes my worried friends, the barrier has finally
been broken - as of yet it is really not a viable solutions, but still its a
start. It is now possible for people to load an xbox without a mod
chip with the open source code version of linux onto there xbox. Get
the full story now...hot from the press at:
http://www.xbox-scene.com/ |
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