Xfire een instant messaging-programma dat speciaal voor gamers wordt geschreven. Zo kan er niet alleen worden gechat met mensen op de contactlijst, maar is er ook te zien waar ze op dit moment aan het spelen zijn en kan men zichzelf vervolgens aan dit spel toevoegen. Op dit moment worden volgens deze pagina 286 spellen ondersteund, waarvan er aan 106 vanuit het programma via "Instant Joining" meteen kan worden meegedaan. De ontwikkelaars van Xfire hebben versie 1.35 uitgebracht met het volgende changelog:
Version 1.35:Technical Support Note:Integrating Xfire In-Game with dozens of games is complicated and difficult. If you notice any problems with a game you play immediately after updating Xfire, please try disabling Xfire In-Game by going to the Tools menu, Options, Chat tab, and clear the check box labeled "Show chat messages in game". Then, exit Xfire through the Xfire menu, Exit. Logging out is not enough--you must exit Xfire and restart it for the change to take effect. You can see which games are supported by Xfire In-Game on our games page.
- There are now 3 different bandwidth settings for file transfers depending on whether you're in game, active at your computer, or idle. The old bandwidth setting is gone, so if you changed it, please visit the Tools > Options > Files dialog and adjust the new preferences to your liking.
- Column widths in the list views are now saved between settings (this is for you, Kevin R of CGM).
- Fixed some stability issues with Xfire In-Game with certain games.
- The Skins menu now has a More Skins... link.
- The Skins menu is now added to the context menu on the tray icon.
- Fixed a bug with IP addresses for World of Warcraft going in and out.
- Channel names are updated in the interface when they're changed on the server.
- Fixed a bug where you could not add a channel after removing that channel unless you restarted Xfire.
- Fixed several bugs with downloading large files for some users.
- Many enhancements to the File Download pages.
- "Remove from Recently Visited" menu item added to context menu of recent servers.
- You can now delete friends by hitting the delete key.
- Xfire In-Game support added to Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude.
- New games supported: Planetside (Aftershock expansion), Star Wars Republic Commando Demo, The Punisher, Postal 2 Share the Pain, SWAT 4 MP Beta, Winning Eleven 7 INTERNATIONAL, The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Demo, City of Heroes EU, Hearts of Iron II, Risk Your Life (North American version), Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Single Player Demo, and 4x4 Evo2.
Enjoy!
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