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File contents
Q The Music patch for Flashback v1.00 � Stephen Harrison, 1996
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This program was written in response to a plea in the software request
section of the excellent Acorn User PD column in the July '96 Acorn User
magazine.
Background
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Anyone who has played the Acorn version of Flashback, and has seen the
versions availble on the Amiga and PC etc. will have noticed there is a big
difference in one area... Music! The original Amiga version of Flashback has
excellent music, sound, graphics and gameplay. The Acorn conversion is equal
gameplay and graphics - if not better(!) with support for VGA monitors and
better graphics, but is sadly very lacking in the sound department - which
just happens to be one of the most important parts of this game!
An example of the poor playing of the music in the Acorn version is the
background music to the loading intros. If you have not seen the Amiga or PC
versions of Flashback you won't know that the USGold title page is meant to
appear in time to music, not seemingly randomly to a buzzing noise, as in the
Acorn version.
The cause of the problem in the Acorn version is the music player. The play
routine used in the Acorn version of Flashback was probably writen by the
game's author - which is always a bad sign, games authors should stick to
games, and let music player authors handle the music!
Solution
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Luckily all is not lost! The music files stored in the Flashback game,
although altered, still contain most of the original data from their original
ProTracker format, and with a little effort can be converted back to their
original glory!
This program, !FBackQTM, does just this, and converts ALL the music played in
the game, while it is running, into their original ProTracker format - fixing
badly converted effects and volumes as it goes, and sends the results to the
best ProTracker music player available for your computer, QTM, Q The Music!
Jingles in the game, although much more altered in the Acorn version, are
converted back to ProTracker format too, and are played by QTM using it's
'transparent sound system' which allows Flashback's sound handler to play all
the sound effects through the music.
The result... is a MUCH better game! Flashback's intro sequences are now
perfectly timed to the music just as on the Amiga, and the whole game
benefits from in-tune music, with much better timing and syncronisation!
How to use !FBackQTM
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To play Flashback with the new, correct, high quality sound simply run this
application, then run the Flashback game! Hard disc users can simplify this
even more by copying !FBackQTM into the same directory as !Flashback, double
clicking !FBackQTM will then load the patch and run the game in one go.
Note: This program only alters memory contents and does not modify ANY files
in the Flashback game, so it won't alter your original discs.
Apologies to: 1Meg users, deeply sorry guys, this won't run on 1Meg. Well it
will run, but Flashback won't run with it, if you see what I mean... Maybe
you should consider getting 2Meg? Humm but if you've managed to survive so
far with only 1Meg, you probably don't need 2..!
This program will definatley run on RiscOS 3.0 and above, but has not been
tested on RiscOS 2, as my RiscOS 2 test-computer only has 1Meg(!), but it
should run! If it doesn't I will release an update to do so as soon as
someone tells me about it!
Credits for !FBackQTM
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Q The Music v1.27, was written by myself, Stephen Harrison, otherwise known
as Phoenix. The latest version of which can be obtained from all good PD
libraries - see Acorn User PD page for details, and all good BBSs.
This program also uses the 'ProcessorVector' module, again written by myself,
on pre-RiscPC computers to provide SWI "OS_ClaimProcessorVector" to claim the
SWI vector. This is PD and available at the same sources as QTM.
Special mention to Andrew Clover of Doggysoft, without his excellent Desktop
Hacker program this patch would not have been possible!
Thanks to: Nathan Atkinson for suggesting in Acorn User that this would be a
good idea - I'd always thought it would be good to write such a program, but
had never thought anyone else would be interested!
Also thanks to Paul Wheatley for publishing the software request in the first
place, and for keeping the Acorn PD scene alive with his PD column! ;-)
Contacting the author
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If you want to contact me about this program, about QTM, or for any reason,
the following addresses are fine:
e-mail: sah195@soton.ac.uk
snail : 613 Kenilwoth Road,
Balsall Common,
Near Coventry.
CV7 7DX
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Hard disc | 00000a70 75 73 65 72 73 20 63 61 6e 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 69 |users can simpli| 00000a80 66 79 20 74 68 69 73 0a 65 76 65 6e 20 6d 6f 72 |fy this.even mor| 00000a90 65 20 62 79 20 63 6f 70 79 69 6e 67 20 21 46 42 |e by copying !FB| 00000aa0 61 63 6b 51 54 4d 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |ackQTM into the | 00000ab0 73 61 6d 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 |same directory a| 00000ac0 73 20 21 46 6c 61 73 68 62 61 63 6b 2c 20 64 6f |s !Flashback, do| 00000ad0 75 62 6c 65 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 21 46 |uble.clicking !F| 00000ae0 42 61 63 6b 51 54 4d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 |BackQTM will the| 00000af0 6e 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 63 68 |n load the patch| 00000b00 20 61 6e 64 20 72 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d | and run the gam| 00000b10 65 20 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 67 6f 2e 0a 0a 4e 6f |e in one go...No| 00000b20 74 65 3a 20 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |te: This program| 00000b30 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 6c 74 65 72 73 20 6d 65 6d | only alters mem| 00000b40 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 64 |ory contents and| 00000b50 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6d 6f 64 69 66 79 | does not modify| 00000b60 20 41 4e 59 20 66 69 6c 65 73 0a 69 6e 20 74 68 | ANY files.in th| 00000b70 65 20 46 6c 61 73 68 62 61 63 6b 20 67 61 6d 65 |e Flashback game| 00000b80 2c 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 61 6c |, so it won't al| 00000b90 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 |ter your origina| 00000ba0 6c 20 64 69 73 63 73 2e 0a 0a 41 70 6f 6c 6f 67 |l discs...Apolog| 00000bb0 69 65 73 20 74 6f 3a 20 31 4d 65 67 20 75 73 65 |ies to: 1Meg use| 00000bc0 72 73 2c 20 64 65 65 70 6c 79 20 73 6f 72 72 79 |rs, deeply sorry| 00000bd0 20 67 75 79 73 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 6f 6e 27 | guys, this won'| 00000be0 74 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 6e 20 31 4d 65 67 2e 20 57 |t run on 1Meg. W| 00000bf0 65 6c 6c 20 69 74 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 75 6e 2c |ell it.will run,| 00000c00 20 62 75 74 20 46 6c 61 73 68 62 61 63 6b 20 77 | but Flashback w| 00000c10 6f 6e 27 74 20 72 75 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 |on't run with it| 00000c20 2c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 73 65 65 20 77 68 61 |, if you see wha| 00000c30 74 20 49 20 6d 65 61 6e 2e 2e 2e 20 4d 61 79 62 |t I mean... Mayb| 00000c40 65 0a 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 6f 6e |e.you should con| 00000c50 73 69 64 65 72 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 32 4d |sider getting 2M| 00000c60 65 67 3f 20 48 75 6d 6d 20 62 75 74 20 69 66 20 |eg? 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