[woodcreeker]

Well, the news is we NOW have a completed Map emulator. The bad news is, in its current form, it will only run on a unicode based pc. The good news is that with this finished emu to run tests on, we can get specific timer values, so they can be written into C for patching each new ecm. While this isn't nearly as good as having every possible combination already written in C, it does give the coders a much better way of getting fixes written properly and quickly. In other words, Providers won't be able to blind side us anymore. Whatever they throw at us can now be fed into the emulator to test and get proper values from Map. No more brute forcing necessary. The current emu is huge and very resource hungry. While it could be written into certain bins, a 200 Mhz processor would only be able to render the proper answers at about 1/10 the needed speed. As more & more routines are thrown our way, more & more patches will be added until we basically will have an emu running in the bins. This will take a bit more time and each bin will of course improve as providers show us their hand. This may not be the "Good News" everyone has been expecting, but it's a very positive step towards that end. This is no small task the coders have undertaken. I don't want to give false predictions about how soon we may have a more permanent lasting fix, but it is in the works, and will require many man hours from various contributors to finish. Providers have stepped up the game for sure, but coders now have something to work with, so that puts us one up for whatever is headed our way.

Relax, the game is far from over, but as I said earlier, it is certainly getting interesting.

Those companies that don't have the juice to keep up will obviously be in very short order. I will say this, Sonicview and Viewsat owners have nothing to worry about. As usual, stay tuned right here for the best help and latest news concerning our ever growing and ever more popular hobby...

[DJ COOKIE]

Thank's woodcreeker ! I imagine that captive work's is going to be one of the companies along with viewsat , sonicveiw that's going to be around for a long time

[icechip1]

yes, thanks woodcreeker ,for all your help and work in fta , and your right it is getting fun ,found fta to be a great hobby ,its challenges have kept this mechanic hoping. i hope coolsat will be one of the companies as well as the others mentioned to keep up. everyone have a great day . Spring is in the air