Download Xfire 1.53

Xfire is a program specially written for gamers to communicate with each other. For example, not only can you chat with people on the contact list, but you can also see where they are currently playing and you can then add yourself to this game. At present, according to this page more than 500 games supported, of which 150 games can be joined directly from the program via the “one-click join”. The developers of Xfire have released version 1.53 with the following changes:

Version 1.53:

• Clicking on the advertisement will now open the ad in your default browser (it used to always use Internet Explorer).
• Fixed the error message displayed when opening a chat window between two people with incompatible NAT devices for our P2P system.
• Added a button in the Battlefield 2 infoview to display the rank of each person on the server.
• Revamped the Files pages on the web site to have the same look as the front page and profile page.
• Fixed a few focus issues with the Tools | Manage Screenshots dialog.
• Fixed several UI problems with Chat Windows’ Actions | Invite More People dialogue.
• Improved the NAT type information at the bottom of the Files Tab Help infoview.
• New games supported: Rainbow Six Lockdown, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up – Contents Under Pressure, GT Legends, Trackmania Nations, C&C Red Alert, Command & Conquer, all of the games from C&C: The First Decade, SpaceCowboy, Battle for Middle-earth II , Toca Race Driver 3, and RF Online.

There were major changes underneath the hood to reduce the number of bugs and crashes in the future. We were able to get these changes done and tested quickly, so this release is out a few days early.

Also, for skinners and mudders–each release will now have Technical Notes describing changes that may affect you.

Version 1.52:

• Significant improvements to direct file transfers. The infoview shows uploads and downloads separately, completed downloads have a link to open them, and resuming an aborted transfer now works seamlessly.
• Voice call enhancements: added different send and receive ringing sounds, added connect and disconnect sounds, and removed the dialog to accept a call.
• Changed custom friend groups to save them in the database. If you use Xfire from multiple computers you should see your friend groups in the same order from every computer.
• Organized and cleaned up the chat window Actions menu and the friends tab context menu.
• Updated the games page to show games with lobby support in group chats.
• Added logging for group chats if you have enabled chat logging in Tools | Options | Chat.
• Significant improvements to game lobbies in group chat. Age of Empires 2 and Jedi Knight launching should now work well.
• Better feedback on the servers tab when you select a game with no servers.
• Much more reliable and accurate error messages when you attempt to send a file to or voice chat with a friend and you have incompatible firewalls.
• Fixed a bug which set the focus to Xfire for xfire:status URLs (used in music player plugins).
• Fixed a bug that could display a balloon tooltip for a friend logging off even if you had not seen the friend logon.
• Fixed a few misspellings and rare crashes.
• New games supported: FSW Ten Hammers, MX vs ATV Unleashed, Devastation, Heroes of Might and Magic IV, and more Windows games.