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Cxbx Reloaded (2026/04/14) is an emulator for running Microsoft Xbox and future Chihiro games on Windows, originating as a 64-bit extension of Cxbx. Currently unstable, it aims to improve performance through backporting Dxbx advancements. Recent changelog updates include enhanced HLSL pixel shader support, small performance tweaks, and fixes for build issues. Additionally, it addresses host texture format checks and updates the NV2A LLE color format map. Work in progress includes implementing Xbox-specific texture state extensions in HLSL. Users should download the latest version for the latest features and fixes.
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Cxbx Reloaded (2026/04/14) has been released. Cxbx-Reloaded serves as an emulator that allows users to play Microsoft Xbox (and eventually Chihiro) games on Microsoft Windows. This project originated as a fork of Cxbx, incorporating added 64-bit support. Efforts are currently in progress to backport enhancements from Dxbx. Note that Cxbx-Reloaded is still quite unstable, so running games may not be reliable at this stage.
Cxbx Reloaded Changelog:
* Merged pull request #2233 from PatrickvL/hslsl_tss_xbox_exts
* Added support for COLORKEYOP, COLORKEYCOLOR, and ALPHAKILL in HLSL pixel shaders
* Implemented minor performance improvements (though barely measurable) in the tooling functions utilized in the libyuv-derived color conversion functions.
* In CxbxCalcColorSign, adjusted the signed-ness checks for host texture format components to be interdependent, also applying a fix that benefits the BumpMap samples (noted by medievil)
* Resolved build issues
* Passed host D3DUsage and D3DFormat as parameters to the SetHostResource registration function (using GetDesc only when the caller lacks access to those variables).
* Updated NV2A LLE kelvin_color_format_map with fixes from xemu over recent years
* Refactored retrieval of host D3DFORMAT to utilize it for COLORSIGN, including added signed-to-unsigned mapping
* [WIP] Implemented the Texture Stage State Xbox extensions COLORSIGN, COLORKEYOP, and COLORKEYCOLOR (similar to ALPHAKILL) in HLSL (covering both Fixed Function and regular template-based converted shaders).
