Until version 0.90 : -------------------- Updates ------- - added DMF with all effects which are known to me plus showbeat ! - added IT-support (sample based, instrument based, old formats, envelopes,...) - added MPEG1,2 layer 1,2,3 support for all soundcards (even SB mono) - added a diskwriter, calling XTC-PLAY with switch /CW will create XTC-PLAY.WAV - added osci on Soundblaster cards Improvements ------------ - water now in red,green,blue through TAB or setup (!!!) - DMA download on GUS now 40% faster (threaded loading[yeah, DOS in multitasks]) - Better support for multitasking system, older versions seemed to stop the player after a while Fixes ----- - super fix for GUS (not interwave) : DMA download now works under Win 95 - extra fix : if no DMA memory for DMA download is available, poking is used - water screen resize does not flicker any more - fixed several bugs concerning VESA modes Until version 0.81 : -------------------- Fixes ----- - major expiration bug, that caused xtc-play to expire 3 days after the release! - memory setup bug : sb16 probably won't work correct , grmpff - bug in antijazz : protracker multiple effects caused an error - recompiled with optimizations (CPP rulz!!) Until version 0.80 : -------------------- Updates : --------- - added support for Soundblaster Mono,Pro and 16 - VESA 1.2 and 2.0 (Linear frame buffer) support featuring : - all possible resolutions in tunnel/sinus mode (look into setup) - speedup of all screens via VESA and LFB (if activated) - TGA background for Oszi : XTC-PLAY.TGA as 24,16,15 or 8 bit - Setup and quickpaths (S or /S) - added echo / chorus menu with 6 predefined values - added DSM loader - added FAR loader - added STM loader - Alt-S for change sort order implemented - added VOC loader and player - added WAV loader and player - help toggle f1/f1 - added /Q for quiet - added /E for quit when song ended, also works in selector - added mixer 4 max (if it fails, write a mail !) - wavs do now also end with /E... Improved : ---------- - Added 132x50 mode on normal cards and 132x60 on Tseng ET3000/ET4000 - Water algorithm improved (+15% VGA) (additional +25% for LFB) - Oszi now in VESA and without statics... - Oszi now 100% faster without LFB and 50000% with LFB(hehe) Fixes ----- - Multi retrig(XM) - whoops I forgot it... now works fine - some problems occured when a module was played backwards completly (muting) - several different pattern jumps caused the player to crash (gotcha) - notes with octaves higher than 6 were disabled in mods - several memory allocation errors which caused various crashes - STM loader now rejects MENTAL.STM and other NON-S2M files - ATOMOS.MOD : Loop inside pattern - ANTIJAZZ.MOD : Jump to -1 caused player to DIE, s.a. - fixed file selector, selecting with "." is ok, fastsearch works again - MDL loader fixed - XM frequency bug fixed - Sample Lister now with currect notes and bugfix (and on sb...) - pkunzip bug (ver 4.1) partly fixed... - winding works now - samples were played with length of size+1 (0..size), now correct: (0..size-1) - correct osci's with palette (should now work on all computers) Until version 0.70 : -------------------- Updates : --------- - PNP support up to 16MB, PNP maximum has been reached - Loader up to 16MB, Interwave Pro supported (512kb+8MB) - Load progress bar - Vesa support - No longer external programs (SETVGA.EXE) required ;-) - ARJ support added - CFG File - all settings are remarked (font,screens,volume,...) - SampleLister - MIXER ! - GUS/IW detection, GUS/IW force (/C1 /C2) - Extension-less loading module (ooops, I forgot about it) - Notelines - EWS - Enhanced windows system - 3 resizeable and selectable screens - Support for 669-modules - Memory Setup - Timeslices - Command line option /D non DMA download - Full MDL Support, i.e. all effects, 16 bit samples (packed/unpacked) - p : Pause - M : Channel muting can now be reseted by pressing SHIFT-m - ALT-1..3 : Turn on/off part x on screen 1 - SHIFT-1..3 : Select only part x - SHIFT-^ (ø) : Select all parts - i : Interwave Mixer - Automatic : 4MB+No use of low memory - Memory Setup : TAB defaults to 4/no - Displays now DMA off when poking, POKING IS FAST NOW (GUS), FASTER(IW) - Timer now 320us - 32bpm to 255 bpm now allowed - More NOTELINES ! - FileLister : ALT-I is mixer - ALT-F3 : Third Screen : GUS/Interwave Info - Changed F1 into help and F2-F10 for screens (currently F2-F4) - Mixer keys and for no/full volume - Volume bars Screen 1 Part 1 now envelope dynamic... - CTRL-C now catched... - SUPER DRIVE CONTROL: - changing to a non-existant drive (no disk in A:) is catched - BIOS is used to determine if A: or B: exists... hehe... - Another color in fileselector ... prepare for different module colors - modules now with different colors - Loader 32 byte succ/preceder removed... full memory use - Home/End for sample lister - effects menu 'e' - effects save in config - F4,F5,F6 now graphic screens (volume/water/osci) - effects finalized (volume/on.off/delay.ms.æs) - help completed (for now) - effects split up in new module gm_fx - effects now configure 10% of dram for FX (1 channel on 512,2 on 1024, 4 on 2048,8 on 4096 or more - part 1 screen 1 now with "there is more up/down" - effects now configure 10% of dram for FX (different tab) - removed osci - added plasma (TAB switches two modes) - added echo and modified panning Improved : ---------- - Filelister now with modulesize Fixes : ------- - Bug in Note Off Command: Kingdom Skies by Jarre had a hanging sample - Wrong number of channels in inferno.xm (too less) and in panic.s3m (too much) - Improved 15-instruments detection: No "garbage" files are now detected as 15instr. - A major bug in the envelope offset of XM. - If some commands was set, and just continued with 00, xtc had not recognized this - Memory overload... - Bugfix in FileLister - Bug in FALLACY.XM - empty samples crashed the player - No Music while unpacking - more stable now - Lister did not allow to enter twice the same archive (sometimes) - Bugfix in high MDL notes - DOSSHELL FONT OFF! - IW Memory banks with HOLES are detected and properly used... finally... - notes in part1 fixed - font fixed