PS2 XtremeEliteBoot + (PLUS) - First (limited-preview) Release!

PlayStation 2 Developer Howling Wolf & Chelsea known here in the psx-place forums as (@HWNJ) released a first OPEN Test-build of their long-term project "XtremeEliteBoot + (PLUS)", although for the time being it is intentionally limited in some aspects (until the release of the first stable/full release)! Consider this release as a Preview/Showcase and Playground (especially for developers interested in LUA) of the full project that is come later on,

Learn more about the PS2 Project in the information provided below and the links provided​

About Included in Preview DL Link

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  .XtremeEliteBoot+'s Dashboard Special Xmas Showcase​
  
  History:
  This project started out as a Noob-friendly app-package which included and crosslinked various apps like OPL, SMS and an own Bootloader and interface for the PS2 called "XtremeEliteBoot (XEB)".
  
  
  "XtremeEliteBoot + (PLUS)" (XEB+) is the successor of this project, but is basically "rebuild" in many ways.
  
  It uses the new LUA-Engine "Enceladus" for it's interface and is heavily customizable and flexible. The old XEB was WAY more "static" and limited in that regard.
  
  XEB+ allows you to easily enhance your interface via plug-ins as well as allows you running LUA-Based Programms in it. It comes with an example for testing your controller and a "game in a theme", to showcase that.
  
  About the Preview Release via @HWNJ
  

  "This is a very special showcase for everyone who wants to take a sneak peek at XtremeEliteBoot+'s dashboard and play around with it.
  Keep in mind it is not a final build and it is extremely limited.
  What you will see there is just a 30% of XEB+.
  
  In addition, it will NOT autoboot with your console, initialize it or anything of that sort. That's the bootloader's task and it is not included in this package.
  
  On the brighter side, you can run this build from any place you want, so drop it somewhere and launch it, but I warn you: ROMFS theme support and parallel folder reads are not available, so launching from a Memory Card could be slow. Since this is a build made for you to look at what is coming and have fun with it, it will be better to run it from a pendrive. In any case, you can use PS2BBL to autoboot it from USB if you want to, or you can also configure FMCB to launch it automatically.
  
  By the way, we locked EVERY setting except for FMCB's Configurator, so if you have FMCB installed, you can still access the configurator from the XEB+'s dashboard."

  
  
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  - Smasher, as a good example of a modular Lua application.
  By the way, if you wish to exit it, hit Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Cross, Square
  
  
  
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  - Some other well-known PS2 applications (OPL, SMS and GSM) with example plugin files. Please, read the documentation in the "PLG" folder if you are interested in creating your own plugin files. Some already released apps (like Memory Card Annihilator v2.0a) already comes with PLG files for XEB+ since months ago. Ain't that neat?
  Credits of these apps goes to their respective creators.
  
  - Five themes (six if you add the meme one) where included as tech demos of what can be done with XEB+'s dashboard. Detailed instructions on how to make theme files will be posted at http://www.hwc.nat.cu/ps2-vault/hwc-projects/xebplus/ on a later date. Anyway, don't rush out to make theme files now. The theme's format will be tweeked a bit in the next months, so better wait for the release of the stable and complete XEB+ in 2023. Credits goes to Berion, Daniel Santos, Julia and us, Howling Wolf & Chelsea.
  
  - Quick ESR Launcher as a fine example of a trigger script. The ESR IRX files where developed by ffgriever. The script was made by us, Howling Wolf & Chelsea.
  
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  Official Download Link:
  http://www.hwc.nat.cu/ps2-vault/hwc-projects/xebplus/
  
  And here's a mirror, just in case site is down:
  http://web.archive.org/web/20221225042045/http://www.hwc.nat.cu/ps2-vault/hwc-projects/xebplus/
  
  Yes, the RAR file has a password, but the license file inside that RAR does not has a password.
  Download the RAR and read the license to get the password to extract the complete file!
  

Take a look at the resource the developer recently posted, as well as the thread where it is being discussed.

Download & Additional Info about preview Release here @:
psx-place.com/.

Official Thread for more info on the Project @:
psx-place.com/forum/....
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Thanks @TnA for the news and also of course to @HWNJ for the preview..
Good to see it to this point, when is the full release scheduled to come?

 

wow... PS2 scene is evolved so much.
thats amazing cool.

 

when is the full release scheduled to come?

SOON!™

 

You guys might want to look at what I just posted in XEB+'s thread:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/x...oard-special-xmas-showcase.38959/#post-351594

 

Hello, I have a question: I want to replace the OPL 1.2.0 beta 1959 that XEB+'s brings by default with the stable OPL 1.1.0 but when I do it and then run it from the XEB+'s menu the screen stays black, I have tried to replace it with other versions of OPL and other APPS and with those it works, what could it be?

 

Wow! I can't wait to see it ready. Amazing project, thank you so much for giving time of your lives to make the ps2 scene always alive!!! Thank you Howling Wolf & Chelsea, you are amazing!!!!

 

Hello, I have a question: I want to replace the OPL 1.2.0 beta 1959 that XEB+'s brings by default with the stable OPL 1.1.0 but when I do it and then run it from the XEB+'s menu the screen stays black, I have tried to replace it with other versions of OPL and other APPS and with those it works, what could it be?

I will test it on my end. Maybe it is something I did wrong.

Wow! I can't wait to see it ready. Amazing project, thank you so much for giving time of your lives to make the ps2 scene always alive!!! Thank you Howling Wolf & Chelsea, you are amazing!!!!

You're welcome!