The developer SvenGDK has just published the very first version of OrbisPro in Beta version v0.1. Under this name hides a Media Center which allows you to launch Windows games all with an interface very close to that of the PS4.
He does a demonstration on an Asus Ally Rog and the result is impressive. A quick setup and test of the new Home Return and App Switcher combination. Games will now be paused when returning to “Home” and will resume when returning to the game. The second change bug in this video is already fixed.
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Recommended requirements:
– CPU: AMD Zen 2 / Intel Skylake with 6 cores and 12 threads, 8 cores or more (x64, AVX2 support)
– GPU: AMD RX 400 / NVIDIA GTX 900 or newer (with Vulkan API support)
– Current display limitation: Full HD (1920 x 1080) screen resolution with 100% scaling.
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– RAM: 8 GB dual channel RAM (2×4 GB)
– Operating system: Windows 10 or 11 x64
Configuration changes
– Support for Asus ROG Ally
– Custom configuration
– Currently stuck on first setup (video won't start…), just press the A button to continue
– Supports all necessary buttons -> Switch control mode to “Gamepad”!
– Press the “Options” button to open the application switcher.
– Simultaneously press the “Window” (Back) + “Options” (Start) button to simulate a HOME button
– Configuration changes for all other devices
– Now check for updates
– OrbisPro will automatically restart when an update is applied
– Now check installed games
– Quick check by default in “C:Program Files (x86)” and “C:Games”
– More games can be added manually later
– Now check installed apps
– Scans of installed apps in the registry (portable apps are excluded from this scan)
– More apps can be added manually later
– Emulator configurations are now available in settings
– Customize OrbisPro user interface
– Set your username
– Set navigation audio pack
– Set background
New core features
– Pause and resume a running game or application (like on game consoles)
– Return home
– Return to the home screen from ANY running game or app
– Simultaneously press the “Back/Share” AND “Start/Options” buttons (or the HOME key on a keyboard)
– Application/window switcher
– Switch between running executables (like return to game)
– Kill running processes that have an active window
– Press the “Back/Share” button (or the “O” key on a keyboard) to open the Switcher.
– Bluetooth management
– Search for Bluetooth devices
– Pair/unpair Bluetooth devices (supports PIN entry)
– Connect/Disconnect Bluetooth devices
– Wi-Fi network management
– Search for available WiFi networks
– Connect/disconnect secure and open WiFi networks (supports password entry)
– Shows the connection status of WiFi networks
– Added support for multiple gamepads (not yet enabled in version 0.1)
– Media Player
– Can be started from File Explorer
– Uses VLC (LibVLCSharp)
– Work still in progress
– The gamepad button layout changes depending on the gamepad/connected device.
– Gamepad button layout can be set manually in settings
– System message window
– Displays information, warnings or errors from OrbisPro
New settings
– Added new settings:
– Account management settings added
– Network settings added
– Connect to the Internet -> Enables/Disables the Ethernet connection
– Configure Internet connection -> Use for Wi-Fi connections
– Notification settings added
– Emulator settings added
– Enable/Disable background animation
– Enable/Disable background music
– Enable/Disable background change animation
– Set a custom background
– Enable/Disable notifications
– Set notification duration (in seconds)
– Enable/Disable Internet connection
– Set a download path
Settings changes
– Settings have been reorganized
– Fixed visual selection of items (the line under the selected item was still visible)
– Fixed reselection of previous item when returning to previous settings
User interface changes
– Home menu items should now maintain their position and size
HOWEVER, this is not completely fixed yet as gamepad input could react too quickly outside of the current animation (if not adjusted). This results in a messed up home menu.
– Pressing the arrow keys on a keyboard too quickly also messes up the Home menu.
– To reset the Home menu, simply press the L & R buttons together (currently absent in version 0.1) (press F1 on the keyboard)
– FIXED: Crash when trying to switch to nothing (very left/right)
– Added some missing sounds
– Added new PS2 Dots animated background
Changes to the games and apps library
– Added button controls (Close/Start/Delete/Options)
– Added navigation support for the gamepad (was missing in the Alpha version)
– Games and apps can now be deleted from the library
– The “Other options” menu ONLY allows you to start the selected game/application
– Folder organization will be added in a future version
– “Information” will show more information about the selected game/app in a future release
– “Uninstall” will launch the uninstaller of the selected game/app in a future version
File Explorer Changes
– “Add to Game Library” option now supports more file formats
– Select .exe file OR game ROM file
– Open “More options”
– Select “Add to Game Library”
– Added “Add to App Library” option
– Added “Play Media”
– The “Delete” option now works
– Directories will be deleted recursively.
– WARNING: No confirmation dialog.
– FIXED: crash when opening an empty folder
– FIXED: Go back to previous folder from an empty folder
– More file extension icons added
– Work still in progress
Emulator configuration changes
– Some emulators require additional configuration to run game saves like rpcs3 and vita3k.
– OrbisPro does NOT provide firmware files but helps you download and install them for these emulators.
– BIOS files for other emulators like ePSXe and pcsx2 need to be added manually at the moment.
– The gamepad is preconfigured for most emulators (default layout).
– If the controls do not work, you need to adjust the gamepad settings manually using the emulator. (SystemEmulators..)
– Emulator configuration is available in Settings -> Emulators -> Configure Emulators.
– Configuration for PS3 (rpcs3)
– Configuration for PS Vita (vita3)
– New emulators supported
– Added Fusion Sega emulator (SG1000, SC3000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SegaCD/MegaCD and 32X)
– Added Dolphin emulator (GameCube and Wii)
– Updated Mednafen Emulator Bootable ROMs
Other internal changes
– Changed the project compilation option “Option Strict” to “On”.
– Removed duplicate code, unused elements and some comments
– Changed almost all labels to TextBlocks (using TextBlock.Text instead of Label.Content.ToString)
– “Settings.ini” moved from “ConfigSettings.ini” to “SystemSettings.ini”
– Keyboard navigation fixes (this should avoid focusing the wrong element)
– Currently prevents opening multiple apps/games (needs further adjustment to enable multitasking)
– A notification will be displayed if an executable is still running
– Now uses SharpDX.XInput & SharpDX.DirectInput instead of XInput.Wrapper for gamepads
– Replacement of ManagementEventWatcher with WNDPROC and DevBroadcastInterface
– DevBroadcastInterface uses WM_DEVICECHANGE to detect device and volume changes
– Most animations now run on separate threads
– The Settings window now uses a single ListView for all settings instead of multiple ones
– Now reads INI, JSON and YAML configuration files and emulator settings stored in the registry
– Updated GameStarter
– Check ISO File Utility
– DolphinJSON added
– Used to deserialize/serialize DolphinTool output
– Added ProcessUtils
– Thread suspend/resume utility
– Other ThreadAccess options
– Added Orbis entry
– Charges gamepads
– Sets gamepad properties
– Sets the general polling rate of the gamepad
– Added Orbis structures
– OrbisUtils added
– URL Checker
– Get the executable icon
– Various ListView utilities
– Asset Finder for games (apps coming soon)
– Monitor frequency checker
– Show process utility
– Show/Hide virtual keyboard utility
– Get Hex from String utility
– Added OrbisBluetooth
– Manages Bluetooth command line tools
– Get information about Bluetooth adapter
– Configure Bluetooth adapter
– Discover devices and services
– Associate/Disassociate devices
– Added OrbisPowerUtils
– Checks if the mobile device
– Get battery information
– Network adapter added
– Wrapper for Win32_NetworkAdapter, created using “mgmtclassgen Win32_NetworkAdapter /L CS -p NetworkAdapter.cs”
– Converted from C# to VB
– Added Orbis network
– Enable/disable WiFi utility
– Get WiFi SSID Utility
– Create secure/open WiFi profile utility
– Obtain the Ethernet interfaces utility
– Enable/Disable Ethernet Utility