Xfire Updated to v1.43

[CSN NewsBot]

Xfire, the popular utility that allows you to quickly find where your friends are gaming, has recently reached version 1.43. In addition to the usual increase in supported games and bug fixes, there is also a voice chat feature that is in a beta stage.

• Added a new *BETA* voice chat feature, for one to one voice conversations. Please test it out, and read the FAQ if you have problems.
  
  
• New Continuous mode in Xfire In-Game shows you all messages you receive on screen at all times. Enable it inside games by pressing scroll lock + x, then F2 for the main menu, then select In-Game Options and then Enable Continuous Mode.
  
  
• Group Chats are now accessible in Xfire In-Game.
  
  
• You can drag and drop friends into custom groups to more easily organize them.
  
  
• Major enhancements to the interface in the files tab.
  
  
• You can put links to add an Xfire friend on web sites. The format is xfire:add_friend?user=yyy . Change yyy to your username, all lower case, of course!
  
  
• We now save the size of the infoview in the main window and chat windows, so if you don't like the extra wide infoview you can shrink it.
  
  
• Adjusted the infoview game skins to waste less space, and added an infoview game skin for CoD: UO.
  
  
• Added support for the arrow keys in the infoview.
  
  
• Fixed extra character when chatting in Xfire In-Game.

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• The Xfire window will now "dock" with any border of the screen, and stay that way if you close and reopen the window. This feature has been broken since May 2004, but has been restored due to the constant nagging of TFS|Offy :).
  
  
• Added Xfire In-Game support to
  
  Direct3D 9 games
  
  
• Men of Valor, Prince of Persia Warrior Within
  
  
  
  Direct3D 8 games
  
  
• Pariah, Postal 2: Share the Pain, Red Orchestra, Soldner - Secret Wars, Star Wars Republic Commando
  
  
  
  DirectDraw
  
  
• Hearts of Iron II, The Sims.
  
  
  
  OpenGL games
  
  
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  
  
• New games supported: Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4, Baldur's Gate, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader, Gothic II, The Sims Online, Magic Online, Thief, Thief 2 The Metal Age, Live for Speed, Spartan, and Gates of Troy.

[Urban Terror]

Too bad friends still doesent work.

[n1k23]

Wow, probably the best update so far.

[Billiam]

Too bad friends doesn't work? That is kinda the whole point to the application. I've never had any problems with Xfire, but as for the voice chat... eh. I'll stick with TeamSpeak.

[GeOTek]

The voicechat is pretty good quality from what I've experienced. Just needs to be added to feature multiple people instead of just 1v1. But that may not be possible under xfires limited capabilities. Fantasic update anyhow.

[elite-mafia]

xfire is t3h pwnz0rs man! I love it, the beta voice test thing sucks though...