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- MULTIPLAYER HISTORY FILE
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- Release 2.11 (December 9th, 1993)
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- + MTM (MultiTracker) format added (in Classic Mode).
- + You can view VGA Dump Images (DMP) created by VGAGRAB screen dumper by W.
- van Leijer.
- + Channels option added. See documentation for more informations.
- + Up to 32 channels can be played now.
- + New coloured desktop with nice colors and windows.
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- Release 2.10 (November 28th, 1993)
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- - MsDos 6.2 makes MultiPlayer 2.05 out of order....! PC crashes every time a
- key is pressed while a module is played. All bugs are now removed, I hope!
- - Bug fixed : when you are in Automatic Mode, SoundBlaster Pro Mixer was di-
- sabled when a MED, P16 or OKT module was played.
- + Added WAV/RAW internal player.
- + Mouse (with graphical cursor) support added!
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- Release 2.05 (November 18th, 1993)
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- - Bugs removed in some Advanced Mode function.
- + Frequency rate can be increased up to 65000 (in setup menu) : you can know
- what is the maximum allowed by your card by using the WHICH utility.
- + Improved CMF-VOC playing screens.
- + MIDI support for SoundBlaster Pro, ASP or WAVEBlaster Cards (thru a SBMIDI
- driver installed and the PLAYMIDI program stored in your PATH).
- + ROL Bank File now should be present in the MultiPlayer directory.
- + Now LHARC archives can have .LZH or .LHA extensions.
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- Release 2.01 (November 1st, 1993)
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- - Bug removed on Jump Command (Classic Mode).
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- Release 2.00 (October 31st, 1993)
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- + A new world : you can play all mods in 4 playing modes (Classic, Advanced,
- DMP, Editing). Advanced Playing Mode can pump up the frequency rate up to
- 22000 Hz, resulting in a very good sound quality! Editing mode invoke Dark
- Tracker Editor (if you have it), and allows you to modify module.
- + More powerful sound devices are available in Advanced Mode.
- + MED support!! Since it's not still properly tested, it sounds good with a
- good number of OctaMED modules.
- + AMF internal support added (in Advanced/DMP mode).
- + Multiplayer is now a CMF/ROL/VOC (Type 0) player shell too. You should ha-
- ve SPUTROL for a correct working on ROL files.
- + LZMOD Archives supported. See documentation for more details.
- + Added the 'D' command during module playback. Like 'S' command, it saves
- all module samples to disk, but it converts them before saving (from unsi-
- gned to signed, or vice versa)
- + Now loop mode can be toggled by pressing '/' during module playback.
- + 25/28/43/50 line display mode support enhanced. Added an MPENV environment
- variable for automatic setting of this parameter.
- + Added a command line module player for all digital formats.
- - 286 processor can be used in Classic Mode only, while Advanced and DMP mo-
- des use 386 instructions. So, 386 or 486 is strongly recommended now.
- - SoundBlaster ASP 16's speaker volume setting removed from mixer. Now mixer
- supports only SoundBlaster PRO registers.
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- Release 1.60 (September 16th, 1993)
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- + MultiPlayer Professional is now available! It supports SoundBlaster PRO or
- SoundBlaster ASP 16, more memory for mods (about 8k!) and an internal mi-
- xer control panel!
- + Added ProTracker Studio 16 (.P16) digital module support.
- + MASTERVOL command in the Virtual Dos Shell is renamed to VOLUME.
- + Added HELP command in the VDS, showing full VDS command list.
- + Included the AMFPLAY program, allowing you to play AMF mods, and RAWPLAY,
- a raw-sample player.
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- Release 1.55 (September 5th, 1993)
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- + Added a command in the VDS: you can see compressed archive contents by ty-
- ping INSIDE <filename>.
- + Added PAK and ARC archive shell support.
- + Enhanced SoundBlaster Settings: you can change I/O Port, DMA Channel and
- IRQ directly from Setup Menu.
- + Added 50 display line mode on VGA cards.
- + Improved Bar Display Mode, making it more real.
- + Added 'S' command: you can save module samples while MultiPlayer plays.
- + Master Volume can be changed smoothly (at a step rate 1), if your keyboard
- has NUMLOCK key pressed.
- - Removed a bug in the file requester, calculating in a wrong way total disk
- drives available.
- - Removed a bug in the instrument loader.
- - Bugs fixed on the PKZIP archive shell support.
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- Release 1.50a (August 23th, 1993)
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- - Bugs Removed.
- + Now you can break a TYPE command in the VDS by pressing a key.
- + In the VDS,if an error occurs when you perform a COPY, a RENAME, or a MOVE
- command, the error number will be displayed.
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- Release 1.50 (August 20th, 1993)
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- - Several bugs removed.
- + Optimized Main Source Code and Module Library in some critical point.
- - Removed Time, since it conflicts with some DOS Interrupt Vector.
- + Added PKZIP 1.x/2.x shell support.
- + Added VDS (Virtual Dos Shell) subsystem: you can use a lot of DOS commands
- (especially file operations) while you play mods!
- + Now you can change both Left and Right Covox's Port Address, if you have
- this device mounted on another port. Covox SoundMaster ][ can be used if
- you specify $22F as Port Address. Also, you can change SoundBlaster port
- from setup menu, and SoundBlaster DMA Channel and IRQ line by changing
- configuration file directly.
- + Adjusted screen mode so that it can display up to 16 channels (bar mode)
- per song and 48 samples (sample mode).
- + Adjusted colors: display uses a 16-color text screen on VGA cards.
- + Enhanced support for MonoChrome Adapters (I know someone continue to use
- them....)
- + When NUMLOCK light is turned on,you can mute channels 11 to 16 by pressing
- 1-6 keys. Also, you can change its volume by pressing usual keys assigned
- to channels 1-6.
- + Quality Mode added: you can improve sound quality of mods (losing some
- chunk of memory).
- + Adjusted file requester on the screen, making it bigger for viewing more
- mods at a time.
- + ScreamTracker 3.0 extended commands are displayed correctly now.
- + Added MonoMode and Spatial Stereo Sound for 669 Composer's modules.
- + Who says: 'Intro Screen changed for last time?' :-) A new screen logo is
- shown when program is loaded.
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- Release 1.22 (July 22th, 1993)
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- - Mr. Bug strikes again! When you select more than one file, and play them,
- main window was not cleared. Now it's refreshed totally before a module is
- played.
- + Changed Intro Screen, for last time!
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- Release 1.21 (July 20th, 1993)
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- - Little bugs fixed...
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- Release 1.20 (July 18th, 1993)
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- - A lot of little bugs fixed!
- + File Device added to Sound Device Menu : it's possible to convert a module
- to a raw sample file.
- + Now the Sound Device Menu detects automatically sound cards installed on
- your system, making other devices unselectable.
- + Mono Mode and Spatial Sound Mode work also on STM mods now.
- + You can change single channel volume 'smoothly' at a step rate 4, while
- release 1.15 used step rate 8.
- + Module sample list can be displayed by pressing F7.
- + Module can be paused by pressing P.
- + Multiplayer loads constant strings directly from disk, so a lot of memory
- space is saved.
- + Modified the display look a little.
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- Release 1.15 (July 08th, 1993)
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- + Added Intro Screen, including thanks for VangelisTeam support.
- + Increased available memory for mods (about 2K). Maximum Module Size is so
- grown up, as described by the following table:
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- DOS Memory Free Maximum Mod Size
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- HIMEM.SYS 570k 345k
- HIMEM+VIDRAM 670k 445k
- QEMM386 635k 410k
- QEMM+VIDRAM 700k 475k
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- + Added pattern partiture display, 4 channels at a time.
- + Added song time.
- + Added help screens.
- + Changed default bar shape, you can change it by pressing '<' and '>'.
- + Enhanced LHA file selection window.
- + Multiplayer now recognizes the ModEdit format, but it can play only five
- octaves (0-4) while ModEdit plays ten octaves (0-9).
- - Removed system clock, 'cause of some conflict with song time.
- - S2M format is no longer supported.
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- Release 1.10c (June 27th, 1993)
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- + About 5k RAM space more is available for mods. Modules bigger than 400k
- can be played now (if you have an expanded or any video memory manager in-
- stalled).
- - Fixed some little bug in the soundblaster routines.
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- Release 1.10b (June 21th, 1993)
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- - Removed some little bug.
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- Version 1.10 (June 20th, 1993)
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- - Fixed some bug causing Loop Mode to work incorrectly.
- - Fixed a bug causing a new module loaded to keep tracks muted during last
- module playing.
- - Fixed a bug displaying an error message if the module is 'short', that is,
- with less samples than number declared.
- - Fixed a bug causing the configuration to be saved in the directory curren-
- tly selected by file requester.
- - Fixed a bug displaying an incorrect available memory rate in many circum-
- stances (eg. while module is playing).
- - Fixed other minor bugs.
- + Improved memory handling routines, so MultiPlayer has now about 20k RAM
- free space more for modules.
- + Improved volume settings: now you can change a single channel volume!
- + Added NoiseTracker Mono/Stereo Mode for stereo devices.
- + Added NoiseTracker Spatial Stereo Sound Mode for stereo devices.
- + Added some nice color to text windows, and modified the screen look sligh-
- tly.
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- Version 1.00 (June 13th, 1993)
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- + Initial release.
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