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#31

Feature Request Archive / Re: New pattern detail level

Last post by Saga Musix - November 15, 2024, 23:42:54

Cheers Current test builds can always be obtained from https://builds.openmpt.org/builds/ so you can check it out before the official release and provide feedback!

#32

General Chatter / Re: Colour scheme exchange

Last post by herodotas - November 15, 2024, 17:40:04

Brighter remake of default scheme

#33

Feature Request Archive / Re: New pattern detail level

Last post by chr15m - November 15, 2024, 12:32:08

In OpenMPT 1.32 it is now possible to hide individual columns, so you can now hide the volumne column but keep the effect column visible.

Super cool! Can't wait to try it.

#34

Feature Request Archive / Re: New pattern detail level

Last post by Saga Musix - November 10, 2024, 13:07:57

In OpenMPT 1.32 it is now possible to hide individual columns, so you can now hide the volumne column but keep the effect column visible.

#35

Development Corner / Re: dotnet/C# wrapper library ...

Last post by manx - November 09, 2024, 06:46:42

Great. I have added a link to it at https://wiki.openmpt.org/Libopenmpt#Language_bindings.

#36

Development Corner / dotnet/C# wrapper library for ...

Last post by Xpl0itR - November 08, 2024, 19:54:29

Hi all,

I wrote this library a few months ago, but somehow forgot to post about it here lol.

Basically, I set up a GitHub action to poll daily for new versions of libopenmpt, If a new version is found, a source generator will parse the C header files and generate corresponding wrappers in C# + some extension methods to consume the C API in more of an OOP fashion.

Source: https://github.com/Xpl0itR/LibOpenMPT.NET

#37

General Chatter / Re: Utilizing libopenmpt in Ga...

Last post by lucckasmarciel - November 08, 2024, 18:14:33

You can use extreme sample converter to convert your vst sounds into wav files.

#38

Help and Questions / Re: Cannot download from Firef...

Last post by Saga Musix - November 05, 2024, 17:29:42

My guess would be that Xfinity is blocking that subdomain because some antivirus software falsely claims that some OpenMPT versions contain viruses. There is probably a way to turn off this "safe browsing" feature with your ISP, or tell your browser to use a different DNS server to avoid their nanny DNS server. In Firefox in particular, there's this setting you could try.

Apart from that, once again the only thing we can do is reporting those false positives - to antivirus vendors, to ISPs doing the blocking (though I doubt they will be able to do anything because they probably just get their data from a third party like Google Safebrowsing).
While I occasionally do this, I cannot dedicate my entire spare time to reporting false positives. As I already mentioned in the linked thread, everyone in the OpenMPT community can help us by uploading the various packages available from https://download.openmpt.org/archive/ to https://www.virustotal.com/ and check if they are reported as malicious - and if they are, figure out how to contact the antivirus vendor in question and ask the software to be whitelisted. If we get this done for enough OpenMPT versions, we might able to get off those pesky "safe browsing" blocklists.

#39

General Chatter / Re: why are mid sized open sou...

Last post by Alice (Midori) - November 05, 2024, 16:27:15

We all forget it, since we are so used to the way ompt works, but it is terribly designed. For a new user it is dauntingly confusing, and always finds a new way to trip up their creative flow. It is a godaweful mess, and we need to own that, accept it, before we can begin to change it.
There are some real positives, the tab system is a strong intuitive one. But the contents of the tabs get in the way of things, presenting options that a person cant even interract with (greyed out options) to overwhelm the mind giving our present system an information overload.
I know when I first started in mpt (before I knew there was an o version, which i think was only a few years old at the time) I was forced to read the help section almost every time I used it, and these days the help isnt even an offline thing, new users have to go to the wiki.
The reason I eventually came to these forums in the first place was to learn things I was sure I could do in ompt but had no help in the help learning about such as  Zxx macros and how to take full control of vsts. I had to search the forums here just to properly learn what I was doing because I learn very slowly and always have.
The point is, what a programmer thinks is self explanatory almost never actually is. The things us wizened old users of a bit of software think are logical pretty much never are. And to see that difference and fight to bridge that gap is the power of carefully thought out design... which is what is lacking in the majority of open source projects out there, including this one.

While i agree with you on several points (mainly all what you said about Blender), i also don't think that a dedicated team of designers is a must for the GUI to be usable and/or intuitive. It really depends, because there do exist people who are good at both programming and design at the same time. I feel like it's more likely to become problematic when there's a lot of contributors, each with different ideas and no strong leadership in regards to this area of design.

I completely disagree with what you said about OpenMPT, it has always been the simplest to use among all trackers i know, with the most intuitive GUI layout. Especially compared to old DOS trackers without mouse support, with big, obtuse menu buttons thrown around with no logic applied to their placement and context.

#40

Help and Questions / Re: Cannot download from Firef...

Last post by manx - November 05, 2024, 10:52:12

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Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for download.openmpt.org. The certificate is only valid for low-xdns.xfinity.com.
 
Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN


If xfinity is your ISP, it looks like your ISP is man-in-the-middle-attacking your internet connection. As far as I know that might probably not be legal in the US (but I am not a US citizen and not really familiar in detail with the net neutrality, data protection, and security regulations in the US; and I am not a lawyer).

I tried clicking the link with a VPN on, and it downloads.

If you trust your VPN provider more than your ISP (and the quoted attack is a good hint that that would be reasonable), this is a valid solution/work-around. Another would be using a different ISP (but that might be difficult or impossible depending on the market situation at your location).

I have no idea why xfinity would do what they are doing. I suggest you contact their support and ask for clarification and explanation, and possibly demand that they stop doing that. Firefox (rightfully so) prevented the interception of your connection.