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- --------------------------------\
- -------------------- 15-Jan-95 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.12
- --------------------------------/
-
-
- * Bugs with the Color-Patch :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Arrghhh ! Pro-Wizard v2.11 was spread at The Party IV (and more)
- with *nice* Enforcer Hits !! Again a problem due to the Text() patch !
-
- But, above all, due to the fact that I haven't go a MMU in my 4000/030 :(
-
- )))-: Thanks to C= for this !! :-(((
-
- The hits have been reported to me by my friend Pascal, 4000/040 owner ;-)
-
- During some days (and nights), I thought that I'd be obliged to remove
- the patch ! Too bad.... but fortunately, I found a solution... ouufff!
-
-
- * Otherwise, several new things :
- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - In the View-Window, the "LoadReco" button has an underscore shortcut.
- And you can leave the window with "Return" as well as "Esc".
-
- - The characters in the module names are now checked (only true ASCII).
-
- - In "One-File" Mode, you may now overwrite a file.
- Useful when you want to type some infos in the sample_names and
- then want to save over the top of the loaded file.
-
- - New "Display Beep" function (optional of course) warning you at the end
- of a loooOOoooOOoong multi-conversion (for those of you who
- load 99 (buffered) files of 2MB each !! :-))
-
- - New recognized format : ZEN PACKER ! Written by Dweezil/Stellar '92
- (Stellar "Darkroom", Valeansininen Huivi....)
-
- - New version of ChipSaver by The Cyborg/NGC ===> v1.31 !
- (v1.57 is coming soon... with many new great features !)
-
- - New version of Deli-Wizard of course, with the Zen Packer included...
-
- - ProPacker 2.1-3.0 check-routine fixed.
-
- Enjoy it !!
-
-
-
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 25.12.94 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.11
- --------------------------------/
-
-
- Whhooo!! Two bugs fixed in this new update :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - NTPK Convert routine was buggy... (tested with ONE module ONLY !)
-
- Thanks to Marley/Infect who sent me another NTPK module,
- so I could discover the problem and fix it...
-
-
- - My Text() Patch in PW 2.1 was a little buggy too ;)
-
- When Pro-Wizard was running, the patch created some strange bugs
- in AmigaGuide, Csh, etc... (argh).
-
- This was reported by The Cyborg (Yohoooo merci Alex ;-)))
-
-
-
- Hopefully (!?) Pro-Wizard 2.1 wasn't released as a Public Version yet...
-
- Only a (large) majority of Registered Users has received it !
-
- I want to apologize to them for this annoying problem !
-
-
-
-
- - Otherwise, various little things have been fixed (suggested by Melkor) :
-
- . Underscore-shortcuts added in the button-gadgets (main window),
- . "Esc"-key to Abort a scan (as well as "a"),
- . Menu item texts modified ("..." added where needed) to respect the
- usual style of menu texts ;)
-
-
-
-
-
- M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S ! !
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- A N D
- ~~~~~~~
-
- H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 18.12.94 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.1
- --------------------------------/
-
-
- First note : I want to thank -deeply- all the registered users !!
- ~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for supporting the tools you love !
- Thanks for supporting shareware !
-
- --------------------------
-
- Woohh! Woohhh! Again a long delay till this new -v2.1- upgrade !
-
- But you'll see it was worth waiting ! ;-)
-
-
-
- Let's start with the new features :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- (For further details, examples, hints, just read the documentations.)
-
-
- - "Scan Buffer" which looks for a memory buffer allocated
- either by Exotic Ripper or ChipSaver, and then
- scans directly in this memory for modules !
-
- --> Hi The Cyborg and Turbo & Marley ! :)
-
- - "Free Buffer" which deallocates the buffer and
- frees the memory. Also displays Available Memory Status.
-
- - Several OPTIONAL functions like : Quit-Confirmation,
- Enter Author's name, Edit SampleTexts, PlayTime
- calculation & insertion in the DOS_Comment, and
- Saving of the original (packed) module too...
-
- - Modifications in the Graphic User Interface ! All formats
- now appear in a listview (no more checkboxes), and
- another listview is used to display all the actions
- that Pro-Wizard makes (kind of history).
-
- - Main window is re-sizeable in its heigth (maxi 512).
-
- - Colors allowed in reqtools requesters, gadtools gadgets,
- window titles....
-
- --> Hi Novice(WJ) ! :)
-
- - Public Screen ! So you can put Delitracker's window on
- Pro-Wizard's screen ;-)
- In order to play the just-converted modules
- without swapping screens !
-
- - New Recognized Formats (10). See below.
-
- - P60A modules with packed/delta samples are now recognized !!
-
- --> Hi Chexum ! :)
-
- - Reqtools File-Requesters are now REFRESHED.
-
- --> Hi Slight ! :)
-
- - Iconify Window's positions are saved in the preferences.
-
- --> Hi Atoll ! :)
-
- - Come back to "Right Mouse Button" to Uniconify.
-
- --> Hi Throb ! :)
-
- - Several check-routines improved and/or debugged. See below.
-
- - Internal "Help-Mode" (as the mousepointer states...)
-
- - The "Status-Window" texts can be saved in a file (ANSI-form).
-
- --> Hi Mexican Boy ! :)
-
- - Edit SampleTexts option : so that you can enter some texts
- in the sample_names. (Module's provenance, compodate,
- informations about the author, or whatelse you want).
- But PLEASE don't write : "Ripped by (YOU) !",
- everybody can ripp a module now... ;)
- There's no fame in "easy"-ripping using a tool.
-
- IMPORTANT : Pro-Wizard now checks if there are some empty
- ~~~~~~~~~ text lines before inserting its informations (original
- format, ripped & converted by....., etc...).
- This, to avoid erasing of important data
- like the author's name & address... etc...
-
- - PlayTime calculation option, and insertion at the beginning
- of the saved module's DOS_Comment.
-
- --> Hi Peter & Frank ! :)
-
- - Saving of the original (packed) module as well as the
- converted module (this is optional !). Useful for
- those who want to use the packed modules with
- Deli-Wizard (Delitracker-2's Genie).
-
- --> Hi Frank & Peter ! :)
-
-
- So what !?? Is this enough ?? héhé.. (who said NO !?!? :-)
-
-
-
-
- Let's come to the new recognized formats :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - The Player 4.0a/4.0b/4.1a :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- At least !! Thanks to Jarno himself (Hi!) but I had to
- fix some problems concerning some particular modules.
- I've tested my converters with more than 60 P4xx modules,
- all were converted right !
- Note : Doesn't handle multi-songs modules !
- And I don't know if it's worth implementing this ?
-
- - Tracker Packer 1/2/3 :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- At first, I discovered Tracker Packer 3 in several prods
- (COMPLEX "Seduction", BANANA-DEZIGN "Wonko",
- some Assembly'94 intros, etc...)
- This format seems to be very often used ! Great ! hehe..
- Then I was sent a TP2 module, which looked very similar
- as TP3 ! It was easy to include it.
- And finally, I got a TP1 module (Thanks Marley!), rather
- different from its successors.
-
- - NoiseTracker Compressed :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I had a module of this kind , lost in my "non-PTK"
- directories, and it appeared to be a PTK-Clone.
-
- - Polka (?) Packer :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I called it "Polka" because I found it in several
- PolkaBros demos. I don't know who did code this ?
- NOTE : If you ripp PolkaBros' modules from the demo-file
- directly, you will find a normal Protracker module.
- But if you ripp it after running the demo, in memory,
- you'll find this format, which is very similar to Wanton.
-
- - Power Music :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- This format can be created with Optimod (by J. Ögren).
- Only the samples are modified (without speaking about
- the pattern optimizations...).
-
- - SoundTracker Pro 3.0 :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I only have 2 modules of this kind, sent by ROPA (hi!).
- Kinda old STK-15 packer...
- Read the "Formats.guide" for further details...
-
-
-
- ======> Up to >>> 50 <<< formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzzzz !
-
- !!! Gosh !!!
- Remember Pro-Wizard v1.0....
- It was able to convert 18 formats ! <:-)
-
-
-
- And finally, let's talk about the bugs fixed :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - Xann Packer conversion improved (now handles "Liquid-Reflex tune").
-
- - Laxity problem with the "replay-byte" inserted at the end of the last
- played pattern. This MUST be done for UNIC modules,
- but not for Laxity ones... Thanks to Mr.Styckx !
-
- - Several checkroutines improved (NoiseRunner, Protracker, ProPacker,
- ModuleProtector, ProRunner 2).
-
-
- In fact, not so many problems with the recognition routines...
-
- And, above all, thanks to Janos "Chexum" Farkas and his 'Lost Converter',
- P60A modules with packed or delta samples are now recognized and fully
- converted ! Cooooool :-)
-
-
- Well, enjoy this new version ! Refer to the AmigaGuide documentation
- for further details...
-
-
-
- S E E Y O U A T T H E P A R T Y I V ! ! !
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 20/04/94 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.0
- --------------------------------/
-
- Note : It's my birthday today ! ;-)) Let's partyyyyyyyyy !!! <8-)))
-
-
- Wooaahhhh !! I had told you that Pro-Wizard 2 would be available
- in February !? hem...hem... It took so much time, in fact !
-
- But, at least, it is here ! The shareware version of Pro-Wizard.
-
- As you'll be able to read it in the doc-files, Pro-Wizard is now able
- to load SEVERAL files at a time ! (Multiselect) and, and, and :
- Pro-Wizard is now a File-Ripper ! It scans your files ENTIRELY,
- from the beginning to the end, searching for known music-formats !
- Just read the doc-files or the doc-windows in the program for more !
-
-
- Let's start with the new formats :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - Parasite PP21 is in fact ----> ProPacker 3.0 !
-
- - 12 new formats !!!
-
- - NoisePacker 1.0 (!!) Thanks to Marley / Infect !
- - The Player v6.0a Very similar to P50A. (only normal samples)
- - Game Music Creator Kinda old-soundtracker format...
- - Soundtracker 2.6 By Mnemotron, some years ago...
- - Ice-Tracker Only "IT1.0" tested !
- - StarTrekker Packer By Mr Spiv / CAVE in 1991. Thanks Speedy !
- - Module Protector Several kinds... i.e Grapevine mags.
- - Avalon Packer Only one test-module, an Avalon demo.
- - Fuzzac Packer In old Silents '90 prods. Thanks Speedy !
- - FC-M Packer Scoopex "Occasions of Sin" tune.
- - Old-Kefrens Yeah !! Some tunes in the old Kefrens
- MegaDemo 7 !! yep !
- - And of course the Noise/Star/Protracker modules too. (just ripped)
-
-
- Not so bad !?!?
-
-
- ======> Up to >>> 40 <<< formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzzzz !
-
-
-
- Concerning the bugs fixed :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - P50A recognition problem when similar samples were used.
- (Thanks to Exotic'Men for sending some test-modules :-)
-
- - KRIS big problem encountered : there is a "transpose-note" function !!
- Again thanks to Turbo/Infect who sent me some modules that showed
- this fact ! I had to re-write entirely my check & convert routines.
-
- - UNIC recognition problems in very small modules.
-
- - SKYT bug in the PTK-heading build routine.
-
- - NP2 and NP3 problems with the replay position.
-
- - DIGITAL ILLUSIONS convert-routine improved.
-
- - PM40 recognition improved.
-
- - And, in fact, * ALL * the check-routines have been improved !!
-
- Thanx to Mexican Boy, my Beta-Tester (hehe), we found a lot of
- recognition problems due to the fact that Pro-Wizard doesn't only
- scan for modules at the beginning of a file, but in the WHOLE file!
-
- I can't remember how many bugs of this kind we found, but A LOT !!!
-
- And I'm afraid that there still remain some reco-bugs like that....
- Due to the fact that Pro-Wizard runs entirely automatically
- in "multi-files" mode, it's very dangerous if there is such a
- recognition problem ---> crash ! Coz there are no "Are you sure ?"
- request in multi-files mode...
-
-
- ............test and see............
-
-
- =========================================================================
- = H A V E F U N W I T H T H I S V E R S I O N 2 ! ! ! ! =
- =========================================================================
-
-
-
- _/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\_
- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 31/01/94 --> Version 1.75
- --------------------------------/
-
- (New) format : Parasite ProPacker 2.1 !
-
- In fact, this convert-routine has been in Pro-Wiz since
- the beginning, but I didn't know its real "name"...
- Pro-Wizard was able to make the difference between the
- Static Bytes PP21 and this Parasite PP21.... now, it's
- seperated as it's a particular format!
- By the way, it's often called "PP2?" or "PP2x".
-
- Real NEW one : The Player v5.0a !!
-
- As it seems to be quite often used in demos now,
- (Ref: The Party 3 Virtual Dreams Demo for example...)
- I've decided to include it so...
- But I still don't know if I'll include The Player 4.xx
- versions, coz, as the author - Jarno Paananen - said,
- "Those 4.x-versions were all more or less beta-versions" !
- By the way, the P50A pattern-packing method is really
- GREAT !! (A bit hard to analyse at the beginning, hehe :-)
-
- Bugs Fixed : As always, some stricter check-routines (for PRU2, XANN and
- Eureka Packer) and a pattern-counting problem for the
- Digital Illusions format.... but it didn't occured all the
- time... well, that's fixed now !
-
-
- ***************
- * IMPORTANT * ---> This v1.75 version is probably the last Freeware one.
- *************** Yes, I'm actually working on Pro-Wizard v2.0 which
- promises to be OUTSTANDING !! Really...
- Hope I'll receive many registrations !! :-)
- Be sure it will be worth paying the Shareware fee !
- This new version will be released soon, in February.
-
-
- Well, up to * 28 * formats in this v1.75 version !
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 25/01/94 --> Version 1.7
- --------------------------------/
-
- ATTENTION !! New formats recognized (4) :
-
- - Channel Player v1
- - Channel Player v2
- - Channel Player v3
-
- These 3 versions of the Channel Player were found in
- the game "Fury of the Furries" (tunes by Moby !) and
- this format was coded by a great friend of Moby :
- Alan / Impact Inc.
- I HAD TO convert this ! And I fortunately managed to !
-
- - Promizer v4.0 !
-
- This convert-routine was based on ONLY ONE module !!
- Which is supplied with EaglePlayer you know...
- "PM40.Do you wanne"
- So, I might have missed some values or fonctions
- not present in this module..... to be continued...
-
- Now, up to * 26 * different formats in Pro-Wizard !!!!
-
-
- Also a little change concerning the requester "Who Composed It ?" :
- As the following formats still contain the original text in the samples
- names (Wanton, Kris, Unic, Laxity, ProRunner 1 & Eureka), I thought that
- it wasn't useful to ask for the composer name... as the authors often
- write their name or handle there (in the first sample_name).
- Therefore, this requester won't appear any more for these formats...
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 21/01/94 --> Version 1.6
- --------------------------------/
-
- Bugs Fixed : Again some stricter check-routines for PP21 & Heatseeker 1.0
-
- New Format Recognized :
-
- DIGITAL ILLUSIONS ! All the tunes from Pinball Dreams and
- Pinball Fantasies.
- and some others...?
-
- I didn't want to analyse this format but I finally gave in
- to some friends' insistence on asking me to include it in
- Pro-Wizard... So ? Hope you're satisfied now :-)))
- Hein! Franky...
-
- Anyway, there are now -22- different formats in Pro-Wizzzz!
-
- Nota : When you convert all the Pinball D&F muzaks, don't forget to write
- the name of their author : Olof Gustafsson ! Thanx for him...
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 16/01/94 --> Version 1.5a
- --------------------------------/
-
- Happy New Year Amiga Freaks !! :-)
-
- Bugs Fixed :
-
- * Again some stricter check-routines for PP10 & PRU2.
-
- * Two effects had been forgotten in the XANN Depack routine,
- Thanx to -- Lux Interior / SYNTEX -- for the test-module.
-
- * And finally, after depacking the modules from Sanity "ARTE",
- I discovered that some samples would need a finetune !
- Gosh!! I compared these new mods with the old I already had
- (Jesterday Loader & WOC92 1st tune) and it turned out that
- a new NoiseRunner version had been used in "ARTE" !! (grrmbbl)
- A new version which was able to handle finetunes, not as the
- first one..... so, I added the appropriate routine to check
- if there were finetunes or what in a NoiseRunner module.
- All is in order now.
- I want to apologize to my great friend - Moby - for all the
- annoyances that problem involved :-)
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 18/12/93 --> Version 1.5 (Encore une...)
- --------------------------------/
-
- // Special version for **** THE PARTY ]I[ **** :-)))
- // I won't be present, but Pro-Wizard will !
- (( Thanx to all friends who will spread my tool at the party!
- \\ And have fun freaks !! Special HELLO to Turbo/Infect !
- \\ Hope you'll release EXOTIC 3.0 !!
-
- New format recognized : PYGMY PROJECTS !! (Extension Demo)
-
- Yeah! Refer to the doc_files for more infos but I'm proud
- of this new convert routine ! :-)
- It works thanks to a pretty TIP ! (Nice "Bidouille" !)
- Hope it'll do same with the next modules from that format !
-
- Do you know WHO coded this bloody format ??????
- This guy enjoyed himself writing the notes BACKWARDS !!!!
- What a joke !! :-))))
-
- The format that I had named "SANITY" is in fact called "NoiseRunner" !
- Thanx to the player info from EaglePlayer.
- And, this new "Pygmy" format may be the "NoiseRunner 2", I think...
- It's so similar...
-
- Well, there are -21- different formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzz !
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 16/12/93 --> Version 1.4a (!!!)
- --------------------------------/
-
- Problem with AC1D format (Yes! The new one :-)
-
- Well, in the v1.4, the raw_file I worked from WAS NOT
- the REAL raw_module ripped from the DEMO !!
- (Ou tu l'as choppé Croquik ???? :-)
-
- By chance, I went to see a friend who had got this demo
- (Anarchy "In The Kitchen"), so I decided to ripp the tune
- by myself, just to verify..... And then, what a surprise
- when I tried to convert it with the FRESH NEW v1.4 !!
- No crash nor guru but, no notes either !!!
- The patterns were EMPTY ! (Damned ! The v1.4 was already
- spread !!! arrghhh..)
-
- The problem comes from the pattern_addys in mod+$100
- (refer to the doc files). In the first raw_file I had,
- these values were relative to the beginning of the
- module, so I coded the appropriate routine.... but in the
- new raw_file I ripped, these values were relative to the
- beginning of CHIP-MEMORY !! So, the routine was adding
- a $996A value instead of a $380 !!! Gossshhhhh !
-
- Hopefully, I discovered this fucking bug !! :-)))
-
- Hey, plus jamais ca Croquik !!! ok ???
- Dorénavant, si vous voulez m'envoyer un nouveau format,
- assurez-vous qu'il est bien TEL QU'IL ETAIT EN MEMOIRE !
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 12/12/93 --> Version 1.4
- --------------------------------/
-
- New format recognized : AC1D !!
-
- Thanx to Croquik/DRD for the raw_file...
- Test-module : Anarchy "In The Kitchen" Demo !
- Thus, there are 20 different formats in Pro-Wizzzzz !
-
- Crypto Packer was renamed as "Heatseeker-module-cruncher v1.0" !
- Its real name... Thanx to Speedy/Parasite for the info !
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 11/12/93 --> Version 1.3c
- --------------------------------/
-
- Bugs fixed : Another bug in the NP2 & NP3 depack_routines :
- I've forgotten to test the command 5 (TonePorta + VolSlide)
- The value also needs a NEG.B to be well-depacked,
- as well as the 6 & 7 (=A) commands.
-
- And another little bug in the ProRunner 2.0 check-routine,
- also fixed now...
-
- Thanx to -- VideoKid & MexicanBoy -- for these ones !
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 02/12/93 --> Version 1.3b
- --------------------------------/
-
- Bug fixed : Some ProRunner 2.0 modules ("SNT!") were intercepted by the
- Crypto-Packer check-routine, so they were recognized as
- Crypto-Packer Modules !!! I fixed the check-routine to make
- it stricter... All is in order now.
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 15/11/93 --> Version 1.3a
- --------------------------------/
-
- Bug fixed : NoisePacker v2 & v3 bug when all the 31 samples were used
- in a module ! That caused a "nice" GURU 8000 0025.
- I discovered this bug when I tried to depack the module
- from the LEMON Demo : GROOVY.
-
- Hanni-Packer was renamed as "Pha-Packer" --> its real name !!!
- (coded by Azatoth/PHA)
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 23/09/93 --> Version 1.3
- --------------------------------/
-
- New format recognized : EUREKA_Packer !!
-
- A rather old pack_format coded by EUREKA, a french guy.
- You can find it in the old TuneDisk CONCEPT in 3 discs,
- in ANARCHY "Spring Melodies", & a demo from SILENTS...
-
- This brings the reco_formats up to 19 types !
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 17/09/93 --> Version 1.2
- --------------------------------/
-
- Home released...
-
- Bug fixed : Wanton_Packer convert-routine omission !!
- Just a "SUBQ #2" forgotten
- so that all the "B-3" notes were fucked !
- (replaced by a "???" in Protracker)
- Which modules ? ----> FINLANDIA 3discs Music-Disk.
-
- Thanx to -- Sun / DreamDealers -- for this one !!
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 25/08/93 --> Version 1.1
- --------------------------------/
-
- Released chez moi (!!)
-
- Bugs fixed :
- - ProPacker 1.0 & 2.1 : Patterns_table troubles...
- (When tracks were too high)
- - HanniPacker : Patterns_table overflow (and crash !!)
-
-
-
- --------------------------------\
- --------------------- 21/08/93 --> Version 1.0
- --------------------------------/
-
- Released at the Garden Party III, Aurillac, FRANCE.
- Handles 18 formats...
-