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#51

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by phanoo - August 09, 2025, 11:40:02

Yeah I very much know how difficult it can be to design a well-thought UI. I wouldn't mind if the default is to create an instrument. I probably belong to the minority here, using OpenMPT to design multisamples for work (and occasionnally composing tunes as a hobby)

#52

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by Saga Musix - August 09, 2025, 09:49:59

We can add many buttons to the user interface. Whether they make sense in the workflow of most users is a completely different question though. Creating a new instrument for newly-created samples is the most important workflow here and if this was no longer the default action when adding new samples, I can already tell you that most users would be completely confused that they first have to dive into a menu they probably never noticed before - there would be tons of questions why adding a new sample no longer makes it accessible in the pattern.
But on the other hand, there are also valid use cases for not creating a new instrument (e.g. when you want to create a multisampled instrument), which are probably less common but still important to be supported.
There's a few options to be explored here. If we want to get rid of the prompt completely, it would probably make more sense to add a "Create sample without instrument" option to the dropdown, not the other way around.

#53

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by phanoo - August 09, 2025, 09:44:03

Since there is already a dropdown menu available for the create new sample button, a new line "Create associated instrument" could be added which would be a check on/off that is remembered within the settings.

#54

Help and Questions / Thanks

Last post by WinXPfan - August 08, 2025, 16:37:25

Thanks for the help, I got the music working by renaming the file from .it to .mo3.

#55

Help and Questions / Re: Is there any way to conver...

Last post by Saga Musix - August 08, 2025, 15:17:31

Bejeweled should have no issue loading an IT file instead of an MO3 file, as long as you rename it to the expected filename. If you still want to create a true MO3 file nevertheless, you have to use the official MO3 encoder by un4seen to convert the IT file: https://www.un4seen.com/mo3.html - however given the age of Bejeweled 2, it might not be able to read MO3 files created with the latest version of the MO3 converter, so using a normal IT file might still be the more practical solution.

#56

Help and Questions / Is there any way to convert an...

Last post by WinXPfan - August 08, 2025, 15:04:44

Hello, I am writing here today because I am having some trouble with a project of mine, I'm trying to modify the music in Bejeweled 2 but OpenMPT seems to not have any way to save .mo3 files despite being able to open and edit them, I've tried googling the solution but Google keeps insisting that I'm misspelling mp3, if any one can help me find a way to save my file as or convert the .it file to a .mo3 file I'd appreciate it.

#57

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by n0cturn - August 08, 2025, 14:20:05

Can't it be moved to a button on the sample page? 'Create instrument'. I too find that popup windows gets in the way too often, but a remember choice would suffice.

#58

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by phanoo - August 08, 2025, 13:22:07

Thanks! I think it would be a good enough solution. My sessions usually last for days or weeks 

#59

Help and Questions / Re: Remove that annoying confi...

Last post by Saga Musix - August 08, 2025, 13:06:23

This prompt is one of the first candidates for converting to a task dialog, together with a checkbox to remember the choice for the duration of the current session. Would this be an acceptable solution for you, or would a single prompt per session still be too much?

#60

Help and Questions / Remove that annoying confirmat...

Last post by phanoo - August 08, 2025, 11:04:24

Hi,
Just a simple and easy life improvement, i am constantly dealing with that popup "This sample is not used by any instrument. Do you want to create a new instrument using this sample ?". I don't care about the outcome (creating a new instrument for it or not), i just want to create a new sample.
Could you add an option to disable that popup? (maybe two options : create an instrument by default, or don't create an instrument)