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<h2>about spice2x</h2>
<p>spice2x is a fork of SpiceTools, focused on addressing bugs, usability, and quality-of-life improvements.</p>

<p>spice2x binaries are meant to be drop-in replacements for existing installs (spice.exe, spice64.exe, spicecfg.exe).
  For a list of features, check out <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/spice2x-features">this page</a>.
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<h2>beta downloads</h2>

<p>Last updated on: July 3rd, 2024.</p>

<p>Note that while beta releases are mostly stable, there may be some glaring bugs. If you experience any issues, please
  use the most recent stable release. Additionally, some of the new features and option flags may change. It is
  recommended that you back up the config file (%appdata%\spicetools.xml). These builds will be promoted to
  stable once they have been thoroughly tested.
</p>
<ul class="downloads-beta highlight-latest">
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-07-03/spice2x-24-07-03.zip">
      spice2x-24-07-03
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Fix SMX stage compatibility - Contributed by <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/issues/185">DinsFire64</a></li>
      <li>Patch manager: <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/patches.json-specification#header--metadata">
        log header in patches JSON</a>, better error handling - Contributed by bicarus</li>
    </li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-06-26/spice2x-24-06-26.zip">
      spice2x-24-06-26
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Fix MDX-003 not retrieving patches from online source</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-06-22/spice2x-24-06-22.zip">
      spice2x-24-06-22
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Reliability &amp; performance improvements for auto-card-insert</li>
      <li>Update -sdvxnosub to prevent creation of subscreen in windowed mode</li>
      <li>Bug fixes</li>
      <li>See <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/tag/24-06-22">here</a> for more details</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-06-20/spice2x-24-06-20.zip">
      spice2x-24-06-20
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Improve experience for windowed SDVX UFC (always launch subscreen window). 
        <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/tag/24-06-20">See here for details.</a></li>
      <li>Add Delay option in analog binds</li>
      <li>Fix pop'n soft-lock with auto card insert</li>
      <li>Fix -graphics-single-adapter not working in Beatstream/Nostalgia</li>
    </ul>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-06-14/spice2x-24-06-14.zip">
      spice2x-24-06-14
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Touch emulation improvements for windowed mode - Contributed by <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/issues/176">guardianblue</a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>latest stable downloads</h2>

<p>Last updated on: June 8th, 2024.</p>

<ul class="downloads highlight-latest">
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-06-08/spice2x-24-06-08.zip">
      spice2x-24-06-08
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Patch manager bug fixes - Contributed by bicarus</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>past versions</h2>

For older versions, please see <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases">Releases page</a>.

<h2>wiki pages</h2>

<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Known-issues">Known issues</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/PC-optimization">PC optimization guide</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Audio-modes-demystified">Audio modes demystified (ASIO, WASAPI, DirectSound...)</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Patching-DLLs-(hex-edits)">Patches / hex edits</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Asus-Xonar-AE">Info for Asus Xonar AE owners</a>
  </li>
</ul>

For more, please visit the <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki">wiki home</a>.

<h2>suggested addons</h2>

Check out these cool tools that can be used with spice:

<ul>
  <li>SpiceCompanion 
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spicecompanion_archive/releases/download/archive/spicecompanion-android.zip">Android</a>, 
    <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spicecompanion/id1512681974">iOS</a>, 
    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spicecompanion_archive/releases/download/archive/spicecompanion-windows.zip">Windows</a> - 
    control spice from your phone / tablet / another PC
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/mon/ifs_layeredfs">ifs_layeredfs</a>
    - for live game asset modding; spicetools ships with one built-in, but it's an old version; recommend that
    you download a newer version instead and add it as a DLL hook.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/decafcode/hypersonik">hypersonik</a> - DirectSound audio latency reduction for IIDX 24 and below
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/CrazyRedMachine/popnhax">popnhax</a> - various mods to make popn more playable
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/dechamps/FlexASIO">FlexASIO</a> - software ASIO stack with multiple backends
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://asphyxia-core.github.io/">Asphyxia</a> - offline EA emulator & plugins
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/aixxe/2dxcamhook">2dxcamhook</a> - IIDX camera hook for OBS
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/kinetic-flow/spicehue">spicehue</a> - control Philips Hue lights over spice API
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/4yn/slidershim">slidershim</a> - use your phone / tablet as keyboard input
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>disclaimers</h2>

<p>spice2x team does not provide any tools to circumvent software copy protection, nor distribute any copyright-protected game data.</p>

<p>We are not associated with the original SpiceTools developers.
  SpiceCompanion apps are also separate projects owned by the app developers.
  Efforts will be made to keep up to date with upstream changes.</p>

<p>
<strong>If you want to run spice2x on a real arcade cabinet, do note that the developers take no responsibility for any damage done to your hardware.</strong>

For example, some modes in certain games are known to push (practically permanent, difficult to reverse) firmware onto I/O boards, rendering them unusable.
While efforts have been made to hook some of these codes from running, there is no guarantee that this will always work (e.g., if newer version of the game decides to a
new method that isn't hooked). It is also no means comprehensive, as there may be yet-to-be-discovered code that may render your expensive hardware completely useless.
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<h2>issues, questions, bugs, feature requests</h2>

Please use the github repo below.

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    <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io">project home on GitHub</a>
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