********************************************************* *** P R O - W I Z A R D ----- H I S T O R Y *** ********************************************************* --------------------------------\ -------------------- 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 ! ! ! ! = ========================================================================= _/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\_ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ --------------------------------\ --------------------- 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...