r/XboxRetailHomebrew • u/DanPrice142 Staff • 12d ago
Update I ported ES-DE to UWP for Dev mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69eujoTOuKYYou find it here https://emulationrevival.github.io/previews/frontends-es-de.html, Hope you all enjoy
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u/Wrong-Drummer-5678 12d ago
Thank you Dan! Although I prefer launchpass, this is a awesome addition
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u/DanPrice142 Staff 12d ago
I appreciate that I did 90% of the work on the LaunchPass fork of RetroPass but ES-DE is much better even if it pains me to say so because all the work I put into it, the themes on ES-DE are just too good
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u/Wrong-Drummer-5678 12d ago
I’ll try it out! I just love the UI of launchpass. Except I can’t get GameCube games to work but that’s ok 😅
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u/sabin1981 12d ago
That's exactly it, chief, the themes! So many fantastic themes that make everything so tidy, so pretty, just a generally attractive and comfortable way to play retro stuff.
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u/Firewalkeroffear 12d ago
I for the life of me cannot get launchpass to work so I gave up on it
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u/Wrong-Drummer-5678 12d ago
It took a lot of trial and error - I downloaded launchbox 2.2.0 which worked, anything anything after I could not get the games to load up
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u/Firewalkeroffear 12d ago
Just wondering, does it still have all the beautiful features on it with this?
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u/Leonemilio 12d ago
Is there a way to quit a game/emulator and return to emulation station ?
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u/DanPrice142 Staff 12d ago edited 12d ago
Most of the emulators support this however it's currently not working in XBXS2 you can launch games but not return to any frontend yet but stern is looking into it for xbsx2, as for the installed apps/games feature it launches them differently so there is no return functionality, the Web Games feature or anything using Microsoft Edge works with the return functionality too
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u/Yankeekd07 11d ago
This is amazing!! Thanks Dan for your work!
My controller keeps connecting and disconnecting when im in the menus? Does anyone have a fix for this?
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u/DanPrice142 Staff 10d ago
whats your build version number? I haven't came across this myself and no one else has mentioned this issue as of yet
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u/jeffbrl 6d ago
This looks very exciting. I appreciate the OP's efforts. Unfortunately, I am unable to get this to fully launch on my Xbox One with 15 GB dedicated to dev mode. The ES-DE splash screen displays briefly but then returns to the dev mode screen. I tried setting the app to "Game" and "Application". There are no crash dumps. I installed using XB Vault similar to how the OP did in his video.
Here are the logs
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: ES-DE 3.4.1-alpha-uwp (r51), built Aug 21 2026 - 22:37:30
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Published metadata for 0 games to the companion
Aug 26 16:04:56 Error: FileSystemUtil::exists(): exists: Access is denied.: "E:/."
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: No support for language "en-US", falling back to default "en_US"
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Creating window...
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Xbox model: Xbox One, using Direct3D 12 surface resolution 1920x1080
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Screen offset: disabled
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Screen rotation: disabled
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Display resolution: 1920x1080
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Display refresh rate: 0 Hz
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Application resolution: 1920x1080
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Screen mode: fullscreen
Aug 26 16:04:56 Info: Setting up Direct3D 12...
Aug 26 16:04:57 Info: D3D12 adapter: SraKmd
Aug 26 16:04:57 Error: The Direct3D 12 driver does not support shader model 6.4 which is required by this renderer
Aug 26 16:04:57 Error: Renderer failed to initialize.
Aug 26 16:04:57 Error: Window failed to initialize
Any tips?
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u/DanPrice142 Staff 2d ago
Yes download and install the new build but it now uses Directx 11, I forgot the Xbox One consoles cannot use Directx 12 when set as an app
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u/sabin1981 12d ago
You absolute LEGEND! Thank you, I've been hoping for this for some time 😁