XLive

See the Tron: Evolution Mod Documentation on XLive and the PCGamingWiki Games for Windows - LIVE entry for more information.

The game can also handle updates using GFWL via FuelUpdate.exe.

XLive Exports (Ordinal <-> Symbol Name)

FUEL.exe.cfg

This is a configuration file used by GFWL to retrieve information about the game.

US

<Liveconfig>
    <titleid>434D082F</titleid> 
    <titleversion>10000084</titleversion> 
    <lankey>FEEFF00D01020304506071728a8da99d</lankey> 
    <enableCrossPlatformSystemLink>false</enableCrossPlatformSystemLink> 
  <OriginalXliveTarget>2.0.0673.0</OriginalXliveTarget>
</Liveconfig> 

RU

<Liveconfig>
    <titleid>434D082F</titleid> 
    <titleversion>10000085</titleversion> 
    <lankey>FEEFF00D01020304506071728a8da99d</lankey> 
    <enableCrossPlatformSystemLink>false</enableCrossPlatformSystemLink> 
  <OriginalXliveTarget>2.0.0687.0</OriginalXliveTarget>
</Liveconfig> 

There are two differences between the regions (1) titleversion is 10000084 in US and 10000085 in RU and (2) OriginalXliveTarget is 2.0.0673.0 in US and 2.0.0687.0 in RU. It makes sense that these are higher in RU than US since the Russian release was later.

Exports

FUEL uses the following exported functions from xlive.dll. The "XLiveLessNess Status" column represents the completeness of the XLiveLessNess implementation of the function. ✔️ means that an honest attempt was made to implement the function, not necessarily that the function works as intended. ❌ means that the function is a TODO item, either entirely or in specific cases.

Ordinal	Identifier	XLiveLessNess Status	Priority
3	XSocketCreate	✔️
4	XSocketClose	✔️
5	XSocketShutdown	✔️
6	XSocketIOCTLSocket	✔️
7	XSocketSetSockOpt	✔️
11	XSocketBind	✔️
12	XSocketConnect	✔️
13	XSocketListen	✔️
18	XSocketRecv	✔️
20	XSocketRecvFrom	✔️
22	XSocketSend	✔️
24	XSocketSendTo	✔️
26	XSocketInet_Addr	✔️
37	XSocketHTONL	✔️
38	XSocketNTOHS	✔️
39	XSocketNTOHL	✔️
40	XSocketHTONS	✔️
51	XNetStartup	✔️
52	XNetCleanup	✔️
55	XNetRegisterKey	✔️
56	XNetUnregisterKey	✔️
57	XNetXnAddrToInAddr	✔️
62	XNetInAddrToString	✔️
63	XNetUnregisterInAddr	❌ (UnregisterSecureAddr)	High
65	XNetConnect	❌	High
66	XNetGetConnectStatus	❌	High
651	XNotifyGetNext	✔️
652	XNotifyPositionUI	✔️
1082	XGetOverlappedExtendedError	✔️
1083	XGetOverlappedResult	✔️
5002	XLiveRender	✔️
5003	XLiveUninitialize	✔️
5008	XHVCreateEngine	✔️
5022	XLiveGetUpdateInformation	✔️
5024	XLiveUpdateSystem	❌	Low
5030	XLivePreTranslateMessage	✔️
5031	XLiveSetDebugLevel	✔️
5034	XLiveProtectData	✔️
5035	XLiveUnprotectData	✔️
5036	XLiveCreateProtectedDataContext	✔️
5038	XLiveCloseProtectedDataContext	✔️
5215	XShowGuideUI	✔️
5251	XCloseHandle	✔️
5252	XShowGamerCardUI	✔️
5254	XCancelOverlapped	❌	Medium
5256	XEnumerate	✔️
5260	XShowSigninUI	✔️
5261	XUserGetXUID	✔️
5262	XUserGetSigninState	✔️
5263	XUserGetName	✔️
5264	XUserAreUsersFriends	✔️
5265	XUserCheckPrivilege	✔️
5270	XNotifyCreateListener	✔️
5276	XUserSetProperty	❌	Low
5278	XUserWriteAchievements	❌	Low
5280	XUserCreateAchievementEnumerator	❌	Low
5284	XUserCreateStatsEnumeratorByRank	✔️
5286	XUserCreateStatsEnumeratorByXuid	✔️
5291	XUserResetStatsViewAllUsers	❌	Low
5292	XUserSetContextEx	❌ (dwContextId (0x00008001) X_CONTEXT_PRESENCE not handled)	Low
5293	XUserSetPropertyEx	❌	Low
5297	XLiveInitializeEx	✔️ (pPii->wLivePortOverride not handled but we do not need it)
5300	XSessionCreate	✔️
5310	XOnlineStartup	✔️
5311	XOnlineCleanup	✔️
5312	XFriendsCreateEnumerator	✔️
5314	XUserMuteListQuery	✔️
5315	XInviteGetAcceptedInfo	✔️
5316	XInviteSend	❌	Low
5317	XSessionWriteStats	❌	Low
5318	XSessionStart	✔️
5321	XSessionSearch	✔️ (search criteria not handled but we do not need it)
5326	XSessionJoinRemote	✔️ (always says "Not enough slots" but this is likely due to a problem somewhere else)
5327	XSessionJoinLocal	✔️ (always says "Not enough slots" but this is likely due to a problem somewhere else)
5329	XSessionFlushStats	❌	Low
5330	XSessionDelete	❌	High
5331	XUserReadProfileSettings	✔️
5332	XSessionEnd	❌	High
5336	XSessionLeaveRemote	❌	High

XLiveLess

Originally a DLL replacement for GTA IV, XLiveLess has grown to become a staple in the Games For Windows Live space. Most GFWL games have a modification of this to patch out the GFWL requirement due to the service being awful, and FUEL is no exception (PCGamingWiki Fuel GFWL Fix (XliveLess)). Both the original XLiveLess and the one for FUEL do the bare minimum to stub out the xlive.dll exports meaning that basically none of the original GFWL functionality will work. However, there are projects which aim to maintain online functionality in addition to the expected XLiveLess features.

XLiveLessNess

It is a replacement for Games For Windows / Games For Windows Live (GFWL). That is (for clarity), you cannot use XLiveLessNess and GFWL at the same time. Xliveless is a different project and is not the same thing as XLiveLessNess. Xliveless does not restore any online functionality and has limited support for attempting to replicate GFWL functionality which leads to issues or crashes in the games themselves. XLLN tries to replicate GFWL functionality such that the game itself does not know it is not actually running on the real GFWL. - What is XLiveLessNess / XLLN?

• Wiki
• FAQ
• Discord
• Previously on GitHub - Archived

It is not yet possible to play FUEL multiplayer with another person using XLiveLessNess. While you will connect to the hub and the game will display as online, it is not possible to connect to another player in freeride or career races. Even if both players appear as connected to the hub, a session created by one player will never be found by the other. The closed XLiveLessNess issue Add direct IP joining / invitations improved things here, but FUEL multiplayer still does not work. The continuing issues with multiplayer are likely due to the large number of networking-related TODOs. See also: Networking

There is a FUEL module in the XLLN-Modules repository that fixes some crashes. The first crash this fixes is when during startup, the game looks up the achievements and assumes there will always be at least one, but XLiveLessNess returns uninitialized data by default. There is no plan to support achievements in XLiveLessNess. Secondly, the module fixes a crash where attempting to access the leaderboards will also crash the game. Finally, the module fixes a crash when xlive_xhv_engine_enabled is disabled.

This module also contains some quality-of-life improvements such as allowing XLLN base port to work, launching the game without the SecuROM launcher, and multiple instances of the game to run at once.

In terms of the configuration file, for xlive_user_auto_login_p1... to work you also need to enable xlive_auto_login_on_xliveinitialize if you don't want a prompt asking you to log in on startup; however, enabling this seems to break XLLN (the XLLN window stops responding and printing log messages) this may be due to some XOVERLAPPED problems, since FUEL uses the pXOverlapped argument to XUserReadProfileSettings.

XLiveLessNess is the most complete project in the "replace xlive.dll" market and will be the first thing I reach for when I decide to get FUEL working without GFWL, whenever that may be.

Age of Empires Online xlive bypass with online multiplayer

Far more incomplete than XLiveLessNess and specific to Age of Empires Online.