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Todo

This list captures historical project tasks and open engineering topics. Current bring-up work should be tracked through the Meson build, conformance probes, and issue/PR workflow.

Priority markers from the original file:

  • high was marked with *
  • medium was marked with +

High Priority

  • Go lower level with mutants, possibly using \??\ and setting the root directory to null.
  • Investigate DirectSoundUseFullHRTF -> 0x192D8 in Halo; the target may be too small to detect.
  • Actually use the palette rather than only allowing palette paths to execute.
  • Check whether 4361 Resource8_Release matches 4627, 3925, and 3911.
  • When focus is lost, enumerate and pause all threads except the input thread and any other critical threads. Another option is to keep thread handles in a list and suspend them when necessary.
  • Add a configurable dead zone for touchy controllers.
  • Investigate the push-buffer size global; it may be important.
  • Improve global-variable detection with function/offset probe pairs so a title that does not link one function still has other chances to locate the variable. If none are found, set the global pointer to null and make references handle null safely.
  • Track temporary X_D3DResource handles and periodically garbage collect them. Garbage-collection frequency can be a core configuration option.
  • Avoid re-unswizzling on every Register() call if possible. Cache the address or maintain a global table, then update the data pointer to the matching IDirect3DTexture8 instance.
  • Support cards that do not have 32-bit color.
  • Debug the heap allocation crash at a lower level instead of intercepting the entire Rtl heap function set.
  • Stabilize TLS.

Medium Priority

  • Closing a console should not terminate the entire process.
  • Perfect timing for KeTickCount. This can be updated with the Xbox-never-sleeps behavior for higher precision than the current separate thread method.
  • Add delete-after-emulation functionality.
  • Use SetDataFormat instead of parsing device input by hand.
  • Add batch configuration for all buttons.
  • Reconsider whether configuration screens need to be modal windows.
  • Add XBE file associations through user configuration, with options to run an XBE automatically or open it in the Cxbx main window. For this, Cxbx.dll should also be registered so a converted EXE can run from anywhere.

Unprioritized Items

  • Converted EXE files should use the Cxbx icon.
  • When loading a file, menus and WM_CLOSE should be disabled and progress should be sent through a callback from core.
  • Encapsulate recent files into a small class.
  • Allow a logo bitmap to be added if one does not exist. This may require increasing sizeof_headers.
  • Allocate Xbe::m_Header dynamically to make room for huge headers.