[nineko]

Link to the page on the wiki. Old post follows.
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Ok guys... Let's start with a teaser pic:


I finally won my lazyness and I began to work on xm3smps, which is a crappy name for xm2smps's sequel. If you don't know what xm2smps is, read here or here.

As I post this new topic, xm3smps is almost ready, I already have a working build which can successfully convert XM files. I'm not releasing it now of course, I want to take a few more days to test it more, but I would be lying if I say that you won't get it until 2008, it's a matter of days, really :P
This VB port was long overdue, several people was asking for a better interface... and even if this goes against my original idea of an user-unfriendly converter I decided to do that.

It is completely based on xm2smps's code, so the base features are exactly the same of the previous incarnation.
However, I'm adding several nice features, like a much better voice manager (which allows you to import ymx files and extract voices from Sonic 1 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles songs), and the chance to output songs to asm files.

The credits from the old version of course stand: in alphabetical order, Puto, R. Solaris, Tweaker. As I said, xm3smps is completely based upon xm2smps, so it's just fair to thank them again.
As for the development of the new version, Puto gets a special mention because he really helped me.

Now, opinion plz.


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edit: updated topic description for release. Post content is unaltered.
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This post has been edited by nineko: 12 July 2008 - 06:17 AM

[SMTP]

I still say icon B.

[Chimpo]

<3

[Tweaker]

Here's a very fine example of what this program can do!

[Aurochs]

Tweaker, on Dec 9 2007, 10:15 PM, said:

Here's a very fine example of what this program can do!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[Jayextee]

Icon B.

PS; I love you, man. XD

[Tweaker]

Oh, sorry—as for the icon, I pick E.

[JcFerggy]

I pick F, but If I really had to pick one, I'd be E.

[nineko]

[Armada]

I fucking love this program. It's what inspired me to create Mozart (maybe I'll use Visual C++, I'm better with visual design). Keep it up nineko!

[nineko]

Armada, on Dec 10 2007, 10:20 PM, said:

I fucking love this program. It's what inspired me to create Mozart (maybe I'll use Visual C++, I'm better with visual design). Keep it up nineko!

Hey, thanks for the kind feedback :D
Interestingly enough, my original idea was to write a complete song editor/tracker/sequencer/whatever (like Mozart will be, if I got it right), but I quickly dropped the idea because of my incredible lazyness. I may give it a try eventually, but don't expect for that, right now I'm happy with this converter.

Good luck to you as well with your project!

edit: spelling. I can't believe I didn't notice it for a week

This post has been edited by nineko: 17 December 2007 - 03:36 PM

[Armada]

If you ever feel like continuing that idea, I could really use your help.

[Flygon]

Odd, this for some reason won't work, whenever I try to open an XM file it says some kind of error has happened.

XM2SMPS however never gave me this error and it would go ahead and convert the files anyway.

This post has been edited by flygon: 10 December 2007 - 07:35 PM

[nineko]

flygon, on Dec 10 2007, 11:45 PM, said:

Odd, this for some reason won't work, whenever I try to open an XM fail it says some kind of error has happened.

Tweaker told me about that, but I can't seem to replicate the problem at all.
I know for sure that xm3smps is working not only for me, but also for Puto, so you're probably doing something wrong.
I double checked the code, and I can't find any error. There was a minor error that would screw up the mouse pointer, so I already uploaded a new build at the same address, but that's pretty much it.

edit: it works fine also for R. Solaris, now I'm 100% confident it's a problem on your end. Most likely a wrong version of the libraries or something.
See, this is why I love QB over VB. In Windows you have to have the library, the DLL, the OCX, the WTF... in ms-dos you only have the fucking EXE and that's it, 0% chance to screw it up.

Sorry for the mess.

This post has been edited by nineko: 10 December 2007 - 07:36 PM

[Puto]

nineko, on Dec 11 2007, 12:19 AM, said:

See, this is why I love QB over VB. In Windows you have to have the library, the DLL, the OCX, the WTF... in ms-dos you only have the fucking EXE and that's it, 0% chance to screw it up.

You need to learn REALbasic then :P. No DLL/OCX/GAC Assemblies/.NET/whatever involved.