Release Notes (April 10th, 1998) =-=-=-=-=-=-= *** *** * NOTE! This software is provided with ABSOLUTELY NO warranty. If something * * breaks, you keep both parts. Usage implies acceptance of these terms. * *** *** -- Read this, please. NEW COMMANDS: #msp This command toggles on and off msp support. Enabled by default, but you can add it to your startup file if you want to disable it. RELEASE NOTES: Sounds are expected to be found at /usr/local/share/sounds/ , and inside that directory, two more called samples (where the .wav files go) and modules (where the .uni files go). To successfully compile this patch, you need the MikMod 3.0.3 library available at sunsite.unc.edu (but you have to rebuild it, the normal build wont do). Or if you dont want to compile, why dont you just download the binary version? Midi files are NOT supported and prolly will never be: who would want to hear those ugly and cpu expensive files when they can have nice multichannel modules? This means the default extension for music files isnt .mid but .uni . As well, the maximum filename length is 32 bytes. Please put null.uni in its right directory when installing and dont delete it.. optionally, you might rename some other module as null.uni, and it will be played as background when no other music has been selected. .uni is the native module format for the mikmod library functions. I suggest you to use mikcvt to convert your old modules to .uni modules. This way, mikmod wont have to convert the modules over and over to its internal format when it loads a new one. mikcvt 3.0 is supplied with this patch, since for some weird reason it was left out of the 3.0.x UNIX / Linux libraries. !!SOUND Formats supported: wav !!MUSIC Formats supported: it xm s3m mod mtm stm dsm med far ult 669 uni The patch leaves lots of room for improvement.. it just works, doesn't aspire for efficience or elegance. I would had liked to add mixing of multiple sound effects, but msp only supports one at a time *mutter* If you have any patches for the patch or problems running with it, let me know.. I don't make promises, but I'll try to give you a hand. COMPILING: To compile, apply the patch and compile tintin as normal, and then gcc -O2 -s -DMSP_FINAL sndserver.c -o sndserver -Lmikmod/lib -lmikmod -lmmio Copy this file to the same directory where the new tintin is, and remember to copy null.uni to /usr/local/share/sounds/modules/ You can compile mikcvt too: gcc -O2 -s mikcvt.c -o mikcvf -Lmikmod/lib -lmikmod -lmmio KNOWN PROBLEMS: Note that in some development kernels sound support is broken (2.1.53 to 2.1.94, current last one), and for others you must manually insert the sound module (as in 2.1.43) before starting tintin. If tintin freezes just when it starts up at the point that you cant see what you are typing, that means it's still waiting for sndserver.. make sure its in the correct place. Btw this isn't tested: it compiles, it runs, you can turn it off in case of problems.. what else do you want for what you are paying? :) OTHER CHANGES: The other of the changes that come with this patch is that color is ignored when matchiing text and triggers. That is, Isildur's backstab ANNIHILATES you! ^^^^^^^^^^^ If the underlined word was, say, in red, an action trigger with the text {devastates you} wouldnt work before. Not too good :) Thats all, beta tester ;) PLUG: Btw, if you'd like to try a very unique MUD with non stock high quality areas, with all the good features and none of the silly ones, and a good role playing atmosphere with non abusing hard working underpaid imms and nice players, try: ARCADIA 2 (Beta) telnet://arcadia.net:6000 http://www.arcadia.net CONTACT INFO: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa | Since it's untested, I'd appreciate some | feedback: Does it work for you? Or maybe http://www.lightside.ddns.org | It doesn't? Why not? How did you fix it? ragnar@lightside.ddns.org | .. Don't be like Nezmor, write something tech.support@redestb.es | that does make sense ;) ____/| Ragnar Hojland Fingerprint 94C4B \ o.O| 2F0D27DE025BE2302C =(_)= "Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer for 104B78C56 B72F0822 U chaos and madness await thee at its end." hkp://keys.pgp.com