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- What's new in Morgul Player:
-
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- Version 1.49 - Theba'95 release 27.04.95 19:34:04
-
- Since I got a little busy, I couldn't release 1.50 with
- everything I promised, so I'll release this 1.49 beta version for
- those who really need the new features and fixes. The older 1.10
- non-beta version will still be available from my WWW home page.
-
- NOTICE! Diskettes for registered users will _NOT_ be sent out for
- this BETA version. Version 1.50 should come out soon, and for
- that version diskettes WILL be sent. Please be patient.
-
- Distribution site people: Those of you who didn't receive e-mail
- from me should contact me, as I noticed I don't have all of your
- e-mail addresses.
-
- New features:
-
- - You can get the latest version and news, pictures and
- modules from my WWW home page at http://www.clinet.fi/~tnikkane.
- - Graphics mode has now a full-screen picture and the stars
- are gone.
- - The documentation is now in AmigaGuide hypertext format. The
- readme.exe is now mreadme.exe and is meant for reading the
- morgul.doc file. If you need to access the documentation
- inside Morgul with the F1/Alt-H function, you must have
- mreadme.exe in your path, or in the directory where Morgul
- was started from.
- Note that the regged.txt, morgul.faq and distroes files are
- now inside morgul.doc.
- - Added PCX background picture loader. With the -x command
- line or environment parameter you can load an external
- 320x200x256 PCX picture for background bitmap. You can also
- change the bitmap while Morgul is running by selecting the
- bitmap from the file list. NOTE: The bitmap MUST be 256
- colors. Too large bitmaps may look strange or very strange.
- Support for the .PNG format will come eventually, .GIF never.
- - Text mode changes: 80x30 and 80x60 instead of 80x28 and
- 80x56. If you encounter problems with these text modes, like
- unable to change screen or scroll etc, please inform me
- about it. You MUST tell what your graphics adapter is.
- - Added automatic 4Dos descript.ion support; file descriptions
- are saved for modules, modules in archives and for pcx
- pictures. If a file already has a description, it will not
- be changed.
- - Added 4DosDescription option into config file.
- - Added the -586 switch. It is meant for computers having
- strange compatibility problems either with module loading or
- in the Dos shell. Try this switch first before sending a bug
- report. You should use it if you have ASPI drivers.
- - The Boxcolor option in the cfg file is now replaced with the
- Scopecolor option. It sets the color of the graphics scope.
- - The startup directory is now restored at exit.
- - You can abort the copying of multiple files if you press
- something while copying.
- - Added the -y cmdline/environment switch to disable the end
- screen.
- - The current tempo and row are now also displayed, and the
- tempo can be changed from the { and } keys.
- - The module being played can now be stopped :) ( the pause
- function has always existed but somebody wanted this so..)
- You can stop the module from F8, and restart from F5.
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- - OOPS! With the config file Soundcardaddress setting, Morgul
- used to read it as a DECIMAL value, but usually they are in
- HEX format, which of course caused lots of trouble. It is
- now fixed.
- - WAV files saved by Morgul are now much more compatible.
- - When in Suppress Unarchiver Output mode, HA texts no longer
- become visible.
- - Fixed scope problems with 16-bit cards.
- - Finally fixed the problem with .669 song names.
- - Various internal changes throughout the program.
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- Version 1.10 27.11.94 01:54:14
-
- New features:
-
- - I am now accepting CDs and CD-Roms as VIP registrations.
- There is a VIP section in the regged.txt file for CD and
- money senders.
- - You can now view the current status of the next Morgul
- version by fingering me on the Internet (finger
- tnikkane@clinet.fi). WWW stuff is coming, as well as a
- binary mailing list. When the binary mailing list is
- implemented, you can send mail to:
- morg-bin@kotakk.fi, with subject:
- subscribe Morgul
- with your name in the message body.
- Then you will receive the latest Morgul versions uuencoded
- in your mailbox. Then, later, if you want to unsubscribe,
- send mail to morg-bin@kotakk.fi, with subject unsubscribe
- morgul, message body can contain anything you want. This
- mailing list will probably work a week or two after this
- version is released. You can find out whether or not it
- exists yet by fingering tnikkane@clinet.fi.
- - The EASY filemode is now default, be warned!
- - Added the Easymode option in the configfile.
- - Added realtime reverb effect setup from Ctrl-F.
- - Added a Morgul logo to the gfx mode.
- - F1 now also acts as the help button. The directory save
- feature has been moved to F2.
- - H now gives quick help, and, as always, if the F1/Alt-h
- document help feature can't find the document file, it will
- use the quick help instead.
- - Added support for the HA archiver.
- - There is more free memory in shell.
- - Some stuff moved to overlay (at the end of mo.exe). Do not
- fear the growing size; there IS more memory free because of
- these actions, and the archive is about the same size,
- except that the Morgul logo takes space..
- - Added an option to start in graphics mode (StartInGraphics)
- in the config file.
- - Added Monochrome mode (parameter -m, configfile option
- Monochrome) for laptop systems etc.
- - Deleted the coming.up file and moved the information to the
- end of morgul.faq.
- - Added a (crappy) graphical scope into the graphics mode. You
- can now switch between the volume bars and the scope by
- pressing Alt-1 and Alt-2 in the graphics mode.
- - With F4 you can cycle colors in graphics or text mode one
- step at a time. With F3 you can create a negative image.
- These features are just for playing around without any real
- use.
- - Added channel muting (pausing) to Panning setup screen, the
- key is P.
- - The delete command now also deletes subdirectories (but not
- if they have files inside.)
- - Slightly smarter command line parameter handling.
- - If you press something while Morgul is reading a directory,
- the Quickmode will become default ( that is, Morgul won't
- read the songnames from the rest of the modules. ) I noticed
- this to be a very good feature after getting a CD-Rom with
- 700+ modules :)
- - Samples can now also be saved in Signed raw format (the
- Amiga format)
- - Default panning is now 40. This means that on stereo sound
- boards, the channel panning is NOT 100% Left-And-Right but a
- bit more to the middle. You can change it with the -n
- parameter or with the config file.
- - Saved directory files are now new format. If Morgul sees old
- format files, it will delete them and reread the directories
- and then save the new format files automatically.
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- - You can now use Morgul under OS/2 with a GUS. If Morgul
- detects OS/2, it automatically forces the -g and -gt
- parameters!
- - Added the -gt parameter for GUS, it disabled GUS timer usage
- and uses the PC's timer instead.
- - Removed keyboard problems in DOS Shell.
- - Removed some problems with damaged floppies.
- - Works slightly better under MS Windows.
- - Nonexistent drives are no longer detected. If you still see
- them, re-read the directories and save your saved directory
- files again.
- - If using Quickmode specified in config file, most mod/nst
- files were skipped.
- - Small fix in Scream Tracker 3 saving, thanks Maral!
- - Various small fixes which I no longer remember.
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- Version 1.01 - Fixed that nasty hangup bug 29.08.94 18:58:53
-
- New features:
-
- - The graphics mode is now Much Better.
- - Added pattern skipping to the help viewer
- - Added WAV format into instrument saving.
- - Removed the useless GameOfLife screen saver since it occupied
- space.. (and scared people :)
- - Included a README.EXE for the document.
- - ESC in graphics mode no longer exits the program..
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- - The nasty hangup bug which caused Morgul to hang on some
- machines at startup is now hopefully gone once and for all.
- - Lower-case module names are now accepted (another FUNNY bug
- :). This fixes problems with Info-Zip, Unix/OS/2 archivers and
- so on..
- - Removed heap corruption problems in sample saving.
- - Even smarter temp directory handling..
- - The Out Of Memory problem when playing with effects is now
- removed.
- - A simple critical error handler is now implemented, so Morgul
- will act nicer when you try to change to an invalid drive
- (like if you don't have a floppy in A: and so on..)
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- Version 1.00 - First non-beta release 30.07.94 04:50:34
-
- New features:
-
- - Configuration file morgul.cfg. This file is not necessary for
- the operation of Morgul, but if you need to change the default
- values, you can use it.
- - Added reverb and filter effects. Activate with Alt-F. See
- morgul.cfg. Can be changed with -f parameter.
- - Slight change in keys: N now goes to the next module, and
- Enter and Space both tag/untag files and change
- drives/directories.
- - Much improved look and new volume bar system. And the flashing
- box is gone.
- - Added Drum Machine mode from Ctrl-D.
- - Added UC2 support. Because of the oddiness of the UC2 format,
- you MUST have uc.exe in your path so that Morgul can read the
- contents of the archives; this is the only way to read UC2
- archives.
- - Scanning of UC2 files can be disabled in the configfile by
- setting ScanUc2Files=Off.
- - Added QuickMode setting into config file. With this switch,
- you can disable the scanning of module files for songnames and
- other info, which speeds up dir loading.
- - Reduced memory consumption.
- - Can now load up to 3000 file names, instead of the previous
- 446 file names. If somebody really has more than 3000 files in
- one directory, he could drop me a line and I will push the
- limit to 5000.
- - S3M sample amount is shown, and MTM sample/pattern amount, at
- last..
- - Enter is now also accepted as an exit in many screens, so you
- don't have to press ESC (which always has the danger of
- exiting..)
- - Much better message when no sound card found.
- - Added option to hide the unarchiving output in morgul.cfg.
- - Soundcard info shown at top screen, lowest line.
- - Autogain for 16-bit sound cards
- - Alt-4 changes the screen so that you see both the module and
- file screen, partially.
- - Current dir is shown at the bottom of file window.
- - Buffer size is automatically set to fit current sound card
- selection.
- - Added Surround panning to the Ctrl-P panning setup screen.
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- - Helpviewer did not work without a mouse driver.
- - Sample playing with other cards than GUS now works.
- - Fixed lots of small, non-fatal bugs which I don't care to
- mention here.
- - Fixed amplify bug.
- - Improved unarchiving logic.
- - Fixed small bug in ARJ file handling which caused Morgul to
- skip archives on rare occasions.
- - The -n default panning switch now works.
- - Less UltraClicks
- - Fixed tremolo
- - New DMA download for GUS
- - SB,GUS and WSS bugs fixed
- - Now you can use mixing rates >32767hz (damn _signed_
- integers :)
-
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- Version 0.99 - First public beta release 26.06.94 15:01:19
-
- - Morgul is now released. This is the first public beta release.
- If the bugs found from this version are not severe, the next
- release will be 1.0 and non-beta.
-