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New features in CD-Box v3.00:
Major improvements:
- RAY-TRACED GRAPHICS!!!
- FULL INTERNAL .VOC SUPPORT
(any size, using homemade double-buffer technique, VPLAY no longer needed!)
- FULL INTERNAL .ROL SUPPORT
(great news for AdLib users!)
(uses extended waveform capabilities of AdLib v1.51 & SB v1.5 and later)
- INTERNAL .WAV SUPPORT
(same as .VOC, but 8-bit mono only, I've only got a SB!)
- files can be played from any drive and/or directory; CD-Box can also recurse
directories when scanning (/S parameter). Examples: CD-BOX \ /S
CD-BOX A: B: D:\MUSIC
- the documentation has gone through major surgery and is directly available
from CD-Box (press F1)
- I've tried to make CD-Box (the program, the registration procedure, support,
etc) conform to the ASP standard. I am NOT a member yet, the application
is in progress!
Bug fixes:
- the .MOD volume controls and the volume the song was played at weren't
always consistent when a new .MOD started playing - fixed
- CD-Box won't crash when extracting .VOC length (even if infinite loop)
- CD-Box won't try to analyze again (when you press Rescan) files that for
some reason could not be analyzed at startup
- files that cannot be extracted are now ignored (instead of stopping CD-Box)
- outrageous playing time for .MODs - fixed
- unknown blocks in .VOC samples are skipped instead of crashing (oops!)
Small improvements:
- Random mode will ignore clicks on other mode-buttons (Files, Goto...)
- Infinite .MOD songs should always terminate (disallowed backward jumps)
- Percent bar updated while scanning
- Index of archives maintained instead of searching through the disk each time
a song needs to be exploded -> much faster to start playing (drawback:
increased memory usage :-)
- Building the file index is MUCH MUCH MUCH faster
- CD-Box can be run from any directory, it will look for all its kids in its
own directory anyway (including SONGS.DAT)
- memory fragmentation much decreased!
- checks that temporary drive/directory is valid
- protection about viruses and hacks
- Esc key cancels current mode and hints user for quitting
- /O switch added & Register button
- sprite manager much improved; notice how the sprites can move past the
borders of the screen (without hanging the computer of course)
- one new animation
- uses 80286 & 80386 specific instructions in some routines if proper CPU
is detected
- DefaultBNK= command added
- Text=yes command added (you can now use players that display something)
- Again button added to repeat current song
- some buttons have more than one keyboard equivalent (Rewind & Forward!)
- Registration much easier & better (extra programs!)
- SoundBlaster port & IRQ automatic detection
- CT-VOICE.DRV no longer needed, but BLASTER, yes
- volume & echo control for .VOC & .WAV
- the same volume is kept throughout the whole session (instead of being reset
to full each time you start playing a selection)
- .WAV made more robust (some .WAV don't follow exactly the WAVE format
definition, like KLAXON1.WAV - CD-Box reads some of them anyway)
- CRASH! error messages are more "context-dependent"
- added .PAK support
Changes:
- duplicates are now only reported in debug mode (CD-BOX/D).
- removed Driver= command from CD-BOX.CFG (it was useless when you think about
it, the player doesn't necessarily detect it the way CD-Box does)
- /I switch changed, now displays more technical data, not for everyday use
- it's not MDI anymore, but MID. I was fooled by some software which uses the
MDI extension, but it turns out after all that both extensions are used
for the same format, and MID is much more used (thanks to Windows for
instance).
- BLASTER variable highly recommended!
Note to registered users:
CD-BOX.REG is of no use anymore, you can delete it. You'll have to register
CD-Box again using the same instructions I sent you. If you lost them, write
me, I'll send them back!
Coming attractions:
- Support for .LZH and .ZOO archives when I find a quiet extractor
- Support for stereo music & sounds on stereo cards (SB Pro, PAS-16...)
- Support for 15-instruments .MODs
- Capacity for two thousands songs & huge .MODs
- I am fooling around with .MID... stay tuned!
- Audio CD support
- Anybody out there got .MID or .MUS routines I can use or get inspired by?