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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: August 6th, 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/24-08-06/spice2x-24-08-06.zip">
      spice2x-24-08-06
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>IIDX TDJ camera improvements
        <ul>
          <li>Automatic cropping for 16:9 resolutions</li>
          <li>Toggle to keep or override camera parameters</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>Fix Unicode path handling for config files</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-08-03/spice2x-24-08-03.zip">
      spice2x-24-08-03
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>IIDX TDJ camera improvements - Contributed by guardianblue
        <ul>
          <li>Camera control overlay (bind a key in Overlay tab) #204</li>
          <li>Hardware acceleration for camera rendering #206</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>IIDX TDJ play recording improvements - Contributed by guardianblue #208
        <ul>
        <li>NVENC hooks have been added to fix crash on song start; <code>-nod3d9devhook</code> is no longer required. This means a touch screen is no longer a requirement to enable play recording.</li>
        <li>As a result, <code>-nod3d9devhook</code> is deprecated (became a hidden option, but it&#39;ll continue to work).</li>
        <li>Read <a href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/IIDX-TDJ-Camera-Hook-and-Play-Recording">this wiki page</a> for more details.</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>latest stable downloads</h2>

<p>Last updated on: July 29th, 2024.</p>

<ul class="downloads highlight-latest">
  <li>
    <a class="download-link" href="https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases/download/24-07-29/spice2x-24-07-29.zip">
      spice2x-24-07-29
    </a>
    <ul>
      <li>Fix IIDX TDJ not launching in fullscreen with two monitors</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.
</p>

<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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