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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>what's new?</h2>

<p>From June to August 2024, some new exciting features have been added:</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/IIDX-TDJ-Camera-Hook-and-Play-Recording">TDJ camera hook</a> - replaces 2dxcamhook</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/IIDX-TDJ-Camera-Hook-and-Play-Recording">TDJ play recording</a> enabled out of box, no need for touch screen</li>
  <li>XG2/XG3 support</li>
  <li>Windowed mode subscreen improvements for UFC and TDJ</li>
  <li>Reliability improvements for auto-card-insert to work in all games</li>
  <li>Fix various bugs with Unicode paths (such as patch manager failing)</li>
</ul>

Please see <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases">Releases page</a> for more information.

<h2>beta downloads</h2>

<p>Last updated on: October 29th, 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.
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<ul class="downloads-beta highlight-latest">
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-10-29/spice2x-24-10-29.zip">
      spice2x-24-10-29
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>(IIDX31+) apply signature patch to force WASAPI by default; use -iidxsounddevice to override - Contributed by bicarus </li>
      <li>Fix SDVX EG song search when using Japanese touch keyboard (when OS is not ja-JP) - Contributed by bicarus</li>
      <li>Nostalgia I/O improvements - Contributed by bicarus </li>
      <li>Expose DDR Gold cabinet tape LEDs via Spice API - Contributed by skogaby</li>
      <li>Please see the <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/tag/24-10-29">full changelog</a> for details.</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>latest stable downloads</h2>

<p>Last updated on: October 14th, 2024.</p>

<ul class="downloads highlight-latest">
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-10-14/spice2x-24-10-14.zip">
      spice2x-24-10-14
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Apply patches earlier, on DLL load notification - Contributed by aixxe
        <ul>
          <li>
            If your game starts to crash or behave in unexpected ways after updating, please double check enabled patches in the Patches tab. Specifically, any Omnimix patches that were enabled (that did nothing on older spice2x versions) will now start working.
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>SMX dedicab lights improvements - Contributed by skogaby</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-10-12/spice2x-24-10-12.zip">
      spice2x-24-10-12
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>SMX dedicab lights support (requires forked SMX.dll - see <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/issues/228">Issue #228</a>) - Contributed by skogaby
        <ul>
          <li>
            This is a breaking change for SMX pad / cab users using lights binding. You will need to provide SMX.dll which is not included in spice2x.
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>Option to show FPS overlay on top left (-fpsflip) - Contributed by guardianblue</li>
      <li>Allow TDJ camhook to load without -iidx (for cabs) - Contributed by guardianblue</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-09-21/spice2x-24-09-21.zip">
      spice2x-24-09-21
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Add Inject Early DLL Hooks option (-z) - Contributed by aixxe</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/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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