RB3Enhanced

RB3Enhanced 0.7 (Latest)

Released: 8th March 2025

[Xbox 360] Added Liveless room joining - you can play online with people just by sharing a room code, without Xbox Live.
[Xbox 360] Added a song library you can access from your computer or phone to search for and select songs.
[Wii] You can now get in-game without a microphone connected.
[Wii] Legacy SD mode improvements.
Added a 2x Bass Pedal modifier for MIDIs with a 2x Bass Pedal authored on pitch 95.
RBN songs will no longer appear as demos in Xenia emulator.
UPnP, NATPMP and PCP options for port forwarding for better connections in Liveless and GoCentral. (UPnP is Xbox 360 only.)
Added more DTA functions for Rock Band 3 Deluxe to take advantage of.
Miscellaneous bug fixes, crash fixes and slight additions over the past 2 years.
[RB3ELoader] Opening the disc tray on the Xbox during the startup animation will now disable the plugin.
[RB3ELoader] Improved reliability.

Note: If upgrading from RB3Enhanced 0.5.1 (Xbox 360), it is highly recommended to replace both RB3Enhanced.dll and RB3ELoader.xex.

Released (Xbox): 4th December 2022
Released (Wii): 4th February 2023

You can now play guitar, bass, drums and 5-lane keys with a gamepad, and bass/drums with a keyboard.
Custom songs without a correct song ID will now be fixed for score saving and online play.
Audition mode will now work regardless of GoCentral connection.
Re-added the ability to unlock all clothing and unlockables.
The Xbox download now includes the rawfiles required for game origin icons.
Added the option to force language selection in the INI.
Added the option to force rendering resolution in the INI.
Rawfiles can now be loaded from a hard drive or USB, including text-format DTA files.
Mods can now set their version number in the Message of the Day.
PCs on the network can be given song name and band information.
Implemented STUN for automatically determining your IP address for Liveless multiplayer.
Fixed a regression where song sources wouldn't show in the "Date Acquired" sort.
Fixed a bug where both RB3Enhanced and RB3ELoader would crash on some console configurations.
[RB3ELoader] Fixed a memory corruption bug that caused random crashes upon game load.
[RB3ELoader] Added notifications for successful (and failed) loading.

Note: If upgrading from RB3Enhanced 0.5.1 (Xbox 360), it is highly recommended to replace both RB3Enhanced.dll and RB3ELoader.xex.

Released: 10th July 2022

Note: If upgrading from an older version of RB3E on Xbox 360, ensure you replace RB3Enhanced.xex with RB3ELoader.xex in Dashlaunch.

These versions of RB3Enhanced are entirely unsupported and are only available here for archival purposes.

Mirror mode, black background and force HOPOs modifiers added
Fixes the speed modifier when in practice mode
Rawfile loading, replace files in the ARK with loose files in the game folder
Fixed loading INI from locations other than the RB3 directory
Removal of titleUpdateLocation patch - caused nothing but random hard-to-diagnose crashes
Removal of enableCustomModifiers from rb3.ini as the modifiers will now always appear
Removal of songLimitPatch from rb3.ini. song limit is now just set to infinite songs (true hard limit is somewhere around ~4,000-5,000 on a retail 360, dont go over this)
More debug output via Watson to diagnose crashes
Added fast start patch
Added liveless matchmaking - set directConnectIP in the INI to enable this
Added GoCentral support - set goCentralAddress in the INI to enable this
Last legacy release before open-source rewrite

Fixes a crash issue involving forcing venues without the black background modifier being present in the DTBs
Temporarily removes titleUpdateLocationPatch due to crashing issues
Adds "enableCustomModifiers" which allows custom modifiers to work if they are present in the DTBs

Play 5-lane keys on guitar without having the goal unlocked
Setting song speed ala Clone Hero
Ability to set a track scroll speed multiplier beyond the normal value
Removed anti-debugging check that occurs after splash screen
Ability to force a venue, including a black screen venue
Stability improvements that may fix crashes under certain circumstances and configurations
Re-enabled playing custom songs in the CON format
Support for some custom modifiers (add mod_force_hopos and mod_black_background to config/modifiers.dta, and then add the locale strings to make these appear in-game and be toggleable)

RB3Enhanced now uses a configuration file, RB3.ini, to determine which patches to apply
Stability improvement by changing the way the initial thread is created