Re: Extract Sierra resource files.

Posted on 2013-02-05, 22:03

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

That's right --- loop points must be interpreted by the MIDI player. Since SCI uses a very idiosyncratic way of defining loop points (using program change value 127 on channel 16, if I remember correctly), you'll have to either write your own MIDI player to interpret it that way, or edit the …

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Re: Extract Sierra resource files.

Posted on 2013-02-03, 22:00

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

I wrote it in the 1990s, so it's an x86 assembly language program... not very portable. I once started rewriting it in portable C, but considered it a waste of time, since the original runs well enough in DOS emulators.

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Re: Extract Sierra resource files.

Posted on 2013-02-03, 20:40

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

Of course the source exists --- I'm not dead yet... 😀

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Re: Extract Sierra resource files.

Posted on 2013-02-03, 20:01

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

SND2MID is Ravi Iyengar's utility for SCI0 This one isn't. (Maybe it should be called something else to avoid confusion.)

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Re: Extract Sierra resource files.

Posted on 2013-02-03, 17:42

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

Sure there is. SND2MID.COM is a command-line utility to convert Sierra Music Files (used by SCI, among other Sierra products) to standard MIDI files. Syntax is snd2mid devices files Devices is a sequence of letters denoting which devices' tracks you want. "a" is adlib, "m" is Roland MT-32, "h" is …

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Re: Is this the "hanging note bug" or something else?

Posted on 2013-01-26, 14:35

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

CT1750, but it's DSP 1.04 CT1750 most certainly does not have DSP 1.04 mounted.

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Re: MIDI device numbers changing

Posted on 2013-01-08, 02:24

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOSBox General

Those subkeys' MidiOutId value are also identical to the original ordering, not the one that DosBox displays now.

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MIDI device numbers changing

Posted on 2013-01-08, 00:41

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by NewRisingSun

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I have installed BASSMIDI for General MIDI and the recent MUNT release for Roland MT-32 emulation. After installing, "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" became MIDI device 0, "MT-32 Synth Emulator" became device 1, and "BASSMIDI Driver" became device 2 when using DosBox' "mixer /listmidi" command. I then …

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Re: Munt Reloaded - Development

Posted on 2012-10-30, 18:17

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by NewRisingSun

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in MT-32 Development

No, thank you for fixing it.

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Re: Looking for games / demos / shareware that trigger the Buffer Overflow

Posted on 2012-10-27, 08:04

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by NewRisingSun

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in MT-32 General

For a real treat, try the floppy version of X-Wing. It's the only game (that I know of) that actually manages to crash the firmware of the old MT-32.

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Re: Munt Reloaded - Development

Posted on 2012-10-27, 07:53

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by NewRisingSun

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This problem: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27560&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=420#275405 has been fixed by the new build as well. Good job. However, I have discovered a new problem (that existed in the previous version as well :)). Attached find INIT.SYX plus a Standard MIDI File from …

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Re: We got a problem here

Posted on 2012-10-26, 20:46

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

It says "V2.00 5/25/87 That would explain why you don't have generic disk labels on the 5.25" disks, because those were only used starting in 1988, on disks containing version 2.14 from March 1988. As far as I see it, at least the 5.25" disks are legit. The 3.5" disks could be from another system, …

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Re: We got a problem here

Posted on 2012-10-26, 17:06

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

I should have 5.25" and 3.5" disks that look like this No. Generic disk labels were not introduced until mid-to-late 1988. All Sierra disks before that have labels specifically designed and printed for each game, both in gray (one-piece) and slip cover boxes. I've got a gold KQ1AGI with non-generic …

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Re: CGA emulation feature we still need to have

Posted on 2012-10-23, 21:32

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOSBox Development

Screen shaking on CGA320C.DRV (and AGI) is implemented by modifying the horizontal/vertical sync position registers. Normally, those are used for centering the text/graphics data within the overscan area. Which is why it's conceptually nontrivial to emulate screen shaking on CGA without also …

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Re: Ultima 7 Snow Reversed?

Posted on 2012-10-11, 06:41

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

-it's additional usecode (the u7 scripting language) and u7 doesn't allow loading additional usecode - - it's not only additional usecode but additional graphics abd other modifications that the original can't load Well, that would be easy to change --- with their format known, just reassemble the …

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Re: Ultima 7 Snow Reversed?

Posted on 2012-10-11, 06:15

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

I also don't like using Exult. What kills me is that people have developed script patches fixing bugs in Black Gate and Serpent Isle that only work on Exult, not the original game. I wonder if there's any way of modifying those patches to work with the original game?

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Re: CGA Composite Mode under DOSBOX

Posted on 2012-10-10, 16:11

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

I disliked the U3-5 patches for the reasons already mentioned, and once actually started out to rewrite the patches into a "contemporary computer friendly" manner. I more-or-less finished one for Ultima III but then lost interest... :) I don't like to use the C64/Apple versions for playing because I …

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Re: Anybody know which synth the ultima series soundtrack was composed on...

Posted on 2012-08-14, 18:49

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by NewRisingSun

in Milliways

in Milliways

while Ultima 6+7 are MT-32 games. I agree about Ultima 7, but Ultima 6 was definitely composed for FM, not MT-32: the *.M format music files, when decompressed, contain no instrument numbers but OPL2 instruments directly hard-coded into the song data, with the MT-32 driver getting its instruments …

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Re: Munt Reloaded - Development

Posted on 2012-08-06, 06:20

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by NewRisingSun

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MUNT currently does not seem to implement controller 64 ("hold" pedal) correctly under non-default assign modes. Please consider the attached MIDI file. It plays a sequence of four notes twice, the first time with assign mode POLY1 (the default), the second time with assign mode POLY3. POLY3 will …

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Re: Sierra/Dynamix sound driver hacking

Posted on 2012-07-22, 05:52

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by NewRisingSun

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in DOS

Regarding that Space Quest III patch: SOUND.033 is a non-MT-32 explosion sound effect. Why do you need different drivers for the floppy and CD version? A well-behaved program that modifies the Sound Blaster Pro/16 mixer will restore the start-up value upon exit. During SB initialization, the fast …

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