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- │ This file tries to answer questions before you ask them. If you've │
- │ got a problem, read this first before contacting me. If this file │
- │ does not help you in your problem, the contact methods for the │
- │ author are listed near the end of morgul.doc or at the end screen. │
- │ At the end of this file you can read about the coming new features. │
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- Q: Where's the advanced filesystem with tagging and so on?
- A: Because of public demand, the "Easy" filemode is now the default
- mode, so you'll have to disable the easy mode first. (Alt-E, -e)
-
- Q: What about an "Working Directory" setting?
- A: I don't think that should be a feature of Morgul at all. If you
- use 4DOS, use the following batch file (name it MORGUL.BAT or
- something.)
- pushd
- cd E:\modules
- mo
- popd
- If you do not have 4DOS, just omit the pushd and popd lines.
-
- P: When playing modules with GUS, there is sometimes an odd
- "plim"-like sound which doesn't belong in the module.
- S: You could try to use the -g or -gt parameters to get rid of GUS
- problems.
-
- P: When playing UC2'ed files, UC2 displays an error message saying
- "not enough memory".
- S: Try using something like Vidram, Stretch or some other program
- which increases your conventional memory to 736kb. The other way
- is to install UltraStealth. Read Morgul.doc for more details.
-
-
- P: There's not enough memory to unpack some HA files, while others
- unpack just fine.
- S: Some HA files are packed with the ASC algorith while others are
- packed with the HSC algorithm. Unpacking HSC packed files needs
- lots of memory. Read the part concerning UC2 files above for
- more help.
-
- P: Morgul is too big and eats up lots of memory.
- S: Right. I'm planning to get Watcom C/C++ 10.0, which will have
- the capability of producing 16-bit executables. I've been told
- Watcom produces the smallest executables in 16-bit mode. Also I
- could try reducing memory fragmentation.
-
- Q: When is XMS going to be supported? I don't like memory managers but
- would still like to play large modules.
- A: Morgul/32, a 32-bit flat memory model protected mode (add your
- favourite buzzwords here: multi-threaded, symmetrical
- multi-processing, multi-user, object-oriented, whatever :)
- version of Morgul will hopefully available in a couple of weeks.
- In fact, it has been hopefully available in a couple of weeks
- for the last 3 months. Chances are it'll appear soon after this
- 16-bit version is released.
- It will be able to use all the memory in your computer with or
- without any memory manager software. Also, about 590kb of memory
- in dos shell is possible. Already, Morgul/32 is so ready it will
- stay up without crashing for about 20 minutes, if I handle it
- with care :)
-
- P: When I try to run MO.EXE, I just get an error message saying:
- "Moverlay initialization failure, expected MOVERLAY but got
- 8"%/·│}╚╚ d"
- A: Somebody has been tampering with the executable. Delete it, kill
- the guy you got it from and tell me everything about it.
-
- P: I'm running Qemm V7.x. Sometimes in DOS Shell Qemm gives an
- exception message when running a program in the shell, offering
- to shut it down or to reboot my machine.
- S: This problem is because DSMI seems to be partially incompatible
- with DIET 1.45f, a public domain executable file compressor.
- Files compressed with this software sometimes cause this
- problem. Uncompress these files and compress them with something
- else, if you like. To uncompress a Dieted executable, use Diet
- -ra or a program called Unp, which is an excellent executable
- file uncompressor.
-
- Q: Why is the graphics mode so slow?
- S: The code itself is not slow at all, it would work even on the
- slowest computer, but calculating real volume bars continuously
- takes much more power, especially on the GUS.
-
- P: My sound board is something else than a GUS, and Morgul just
- does not work under OS/2.
- S: Morgul/32 will work under OS/2 with other cards than GUS.
-
- Q: When running under OS/2, screen update is slow. Why?
- A: Because Morgul is releasing time slices to OS/2 so that the
- rest of the system would not slow down. Use Alt-F9 to toggle
- OS/2 timeslice releasing. (Unsupported and "undocumented"
- function)
-
- Q: Why is the scope in the graphics mode so crappy?
- A: On the GUS, the scope is a graphical presentation of the average
- of the currently playing samples in GUS memory. On other cards,
- it's a graphical presentation of the voice mix-buffer.
-
- Q: What new features are expected to be implemented during the next
- 2000 years?
- A:
-
- New features to be expected:
-
- Morgul '95, code named Theba, will be released in the beginning of
- '95, with lots of new stuff, some of which are:
-
- Much enhanced sound board code and support for FastTracker 2 and
- possibly others.
-
- WWW stuff. ( not in Morgul but on the Internet, of course :)
- When the binary mailing list is implemented, you can send mail to:
- morg-bin@kotakk.fi, with subject: subscribe Morgul with your name in
- the message body. Then you will receive the latest Morgul versions
- uuencoded in your mailbox. Then, later, if you want to unsubscribe,
- send mail to morg-bin@kotakk.fi, with subject unsubscribe morgul,
- message body can contain anything you want. This mailing list will
- probably work a week or two after release. You can find out whether
- or not it exists yet by fingering tnikkane@clinet.fi.
-
- Make Morgul work with every sound board under OS/2 ( currently only
- GUS works.)
-
- Support and building instructions for an external Volume Light
- System. This is an infinity project, because I don't want to spend
- nearly $10 for the parts.
-
- 32-bit flat-memory model protected mode version which will be able
- to use all the memory of your computer, and which also leaves 590kb
- of memory in shell, and is capable of loading several modules into
- memory at once.
-
- Easy to use configuration program which edits morgul.cfg.
-
- Features YOU suggest.
-
- An even better graphics mode.
-
- WAV playing.
-