Application: X-Moto
Category: Games
Description: X-Moto is a challenging 2D motocross platform game, where physics plays an all important role in the gameplay. You need to control your bike to its limits, if you want to have a chance to finish the most difficult challenges.
Download X-Moto Portable 0.4.2 Development Test 4 [23.4MB download / 35.4MB installed]
(MD5: b91ccbae324750daa5fcb2fd6cb8d277)
Portable Apps Theme by MrElchbau (included in the release): screenshot
Theme download (also included in the release) here
Install Notes:
1) Extract the .zip file
2) Copy the 2 folders to your "Data\settings\" directory
3) Start X-MotoPortable
4) Press F5 to refresh the theme list
5) Go to "Options"
6) (Double-)click on "X-Moto Portable"
7) Close and Restart X-Moto
8 ) Play!
Release Notes:
Development Test 4 (2008-04-07):
- Added a new icon and theme made by MrElchbau
Development Test 3 (2008-03-23):
- Fixed a typo in the help file
- Removed unnecessary launcher code
Development Test 2 (2008-03-23):
- Updated the launcher and the package to fully meet the PortableApps standards
Development Test 1 (2008-03-17): Initial release
I used the PortableApps.com App Compressor to compress the game.
Big thanks to Patrick Patience for hosting! 
Big thanks to MrElchbau for creating the theme and icon!
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But compression is more than UPX. It's also Pangout, cleanup, tarballing, recompressing...Check here
Patrick already registered the project Here. But I've been like that too, he'll probably say that it's better now than later, and let you keep it.
*Off-Topic*I just wanted to tell you that I'm working on a SuperTuxkart, with the newer PAF specs.
Looks very, very nice.
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I didn't know Patrick was doing this one! I'm sorry Patrick. :S
Glad to hear that someone is doing SuperTuxKart!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
everybody seems to take Patrick's Projects because he registers way ahead of time :P.
Anyways, I'm trying to figure out the unTGZ plugin...
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I'm glad you did it. I did do it one night, but I had a was trying to see if there was a switch and the X-Moto devs told me there was, but I don't think the switch provided the functionality I needed. I'll assume your copying files back and forth, but I'll take a look.
k cool!
Yes the launcher moves data files between the Data folder and the App folder.
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
Xmoto is now updated to version 0.4.2
Check the changelog for more info.
I need some more beta testers: i know a lot of new beta's are coming out but i'd appreciate some more testing or if you do some more comments.
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
If the base app is updated, the Development Test version should be reset.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
ok sorry i did not know this: i'll change it asap.
EDIT: Changed the topic title. Do i really need to re upload this release just to rename the installer?
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
no, that's not a big deal. Thanks for changing the title.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
I've uploaded this release to the Sourceforge project Dev Test section and renamed the installer to current standard:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/XMoto_Portable_0.4.2_Devel...
formerly rayven01
Thanks!
I edited my original post!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
Awesome! i didn't even know about this game. i remember back in the day i played a flash version of something like this that i loved and now it's a real game!
wow, this game is way too hard. i can't beat any of the levels!
Again, thanks for doing this, I love this game. Here's the changes you will want to make. Remember, I'm just picky.
If you get a change, look at Simeon's Assault Cube Portable in beta to see how he uses a string to launch a string that will in turn hide the command window.StrCpy $EXECSTRING `"$EXEDIR\App\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}\${DEFAULTEXE}" --configpath "$EXEDIR\Data\settings"`That's all. You did awesome man, can't wait to see it with those changes. I'm trying to talk to the developers for a better logo right now, but for now stretch the current one for the 48.
Also, update your post to the format stickied at the top of beta testing when you get a chance please.
Edit: And... lol, well I won't explain, so one of the other devs is giving me the e-mail of another developer.
I tried the "StrCpy" before but I didn't get it to work back then so i used the .bat file instead. It works now though so thanks for that!
Everything is done and fixed. I also updated the main post.
Thanks for the help Patrick!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
Nice work updating those changes so quickly. Here's just a couple small things I missed that you don't need to update for, but change them now before you forget. 1. The link to the portable website in the help file goes to \xmotoportable as apposed to /x-motoportable like appinfo.ini reads. 2. Line 123 and 124 of your source are not needed.
That's it! Awesome work. If no one finds any registry entries or anything, I think this one's pretty good to go. I'm still waiting on a reply from the developer about the icon.
Fixed! Uploading as we speak!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
Do you want some better hosting? Check out my contact on my user page if you're interested.
I mailed you! Check your inbox!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
No comments nor bug reports.
I assume this one is ready for release then? *hint*
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
Development Test 4 is now out. I added the PAM theme and icon of MrElchbau! Big thanks to MrElchbau!
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
i don't think you should have changed the app icon to a flash drive; a flash drive has nothing to do with x-moto. you should leave the x-moto logo, as the game is still x-moto; the only thing that changed is that you added a portable app theme. btw, i don't know how i feel about the evil hippo lookin guy but the theme is still cool. anyways, that's my opinion
In the theme? I believe that's MrElchbau's moose logo.
"Evil hippo"
You made my day
Life is crunchy, anywhere
I didn't really like the original icon and since MrElchbau made me a new icon without me asking him i thought i'd use it
If everyone has your opinion on the icon then i'll change it back but for now i'm not gonna reupload the whole thing just for a new icon
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
I'd keep the original icon, or find somebody to make a nicer version of the original. As said above, a flash drive has nothing to do with x-moto
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
I don't think this has anything to do with your launcher and all, but I've tested this on several XP computers, and sometimes... just sometimes, it will freeze at the start of loading (caching) the graphics. It just freezes, and the computer needs a hard shut down.
I can't figure out WHEN it happens, but it just does every so often.
/sylikc
Strange.. you're the first one that has this problem.
But the caching of the graphics only happens at first start. After one successful launch it should launch a lot quicker.
As it is now i can't help you on this.
Keep me updated though.
PieterK
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
I haven't checked your code yet, but when you say "at first start" do you mean at first start with regards to the same drive letter?
I really love this game, though I wish there were easier levels. I run this in various environments. I could be running this over a network share off my USB drive, or running on different computers that use different drive letters for the drive.
When you say "at first start" does it mean that only when you run in the first time and never again does it do the cache?
It freezes showing on the screen "0% ....." yada yada.
/sylikc
Sorry for the possible misunderstanding: yes I mean at the very first start (= right after the installation) on the drive. It builds the level cache which is stored in "\Data\settings\LCache" which, I think, allows it to load the levels faster after the first start. Are there files in "LCache"? When you close x-moto are those files still there? If they don't then that explains the caching of levels everytime.
It seems it's not a launcher problem so i can't help you on this one until you give me some "better" information.
On a side note:
The PA theme for x-moto is also available from the main x-moto site and Mr Elchbau's icons will be used in the next official x-moto release!
(They're in fact already available on the main site under "Extras")
Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper
i noticed that the folder LCache in Data\settings filled up to 20 MB after a long time of playing. this folder can probably be emptied on exit.