MilkyTracker v1.05

@Capehill

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Thanks for the new version, I've played around with it a bit and I really like the new MilkyTracker interface, it looks a bit tidier and more modern.

There is no DSI or GrimReaper when I start MilkyTracker, everything seems to be stable.

@Maijestro

When you have the Peak Level meter displayed while playing a song, does the PATTERNS label to the left of the meter keep flashing for you? (To see this bug, you need to click on the PEAK button at the very top of the screen.)

@trixie


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Yes, the Peak option also flashes on the left-hand side of Patterns. Is this really an error?

@Maijestro

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I can't see a reason why a GUI label would flash. It certainly doesn't in the developer's walkthrough video. Plus, our port of MilkyTracker never did that before, so I'd say it's a bug.

@trixie

"Patterns" text flickers also on Linux, when volume goes to red.

@Capehill

That doesn't make any sense either

@Capehill

Now officially a bug!

@trixie

Thanks for the error report, you can also link to my video where it can be clearly seen in the last part of the video.

@Maijestro

Thanks, I can see it now. However, the developer was able to reproduce it on his machine as well, so we're covered

I can't wait to use the new version; too bad I'm working on another project at the moment

@trixie

DSI issue is caused because ListBox class getSelectedIndex returns -1, which ListBoxFileBrowser uses as an array index without checking. This is simple to fix. However file browser works differently on Linux, by showing the usual dot directories, possibly this is the reason why it doesn't segfault on Linux, because there is always some content in the box.

So something to fix, and perhaps something to improve.

@Capehill

I've reported this to the current code maintainer, thanks!

In case someone is interested to build MilkyTracker, here is a very rough guide. I have compiled some older versions natively using CMake, but since I don't have that on my current setup, I have been cross-compiling on Linux.

You need:

1) a working cross-compiler installation (adtools)
2) SDL2 headers + libs
3) git clone of https://github.com/capehill/MilkyTracker

Then you could create a build directory for cmake and configure project:

CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<your_path>/native-build/root-cross/ppc-amigaos/SDK/local/newlib cmake .. -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=ON -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=<your_path>/native-build/root-cross/bin/ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=ppc-amigaos-g++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=ppc-amigaos-gcc -DFORCESDL=1 -DAMIGA=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

If this worked, you can build it:

make -j8 VERBOSE=1

@Capehill
Hi

It compiles without any problems. Thanks for the update

@Capehill @smarkusg

Hey thanks for providing the new version @smarkusg has already compiled it (thanks mate) and made it available to me. The bug with the flickering pattern on the upper left side seems to have been fixed.

@Maijestro

Indeed, the flickering in the top-left corner is now fixed. There are still a couple of bugs left, but I keep reporting them to the program maintainer.

The two new synth modules added since the original 1.05 release are great!

@Maijestro
The programme is open source and there is no mystery about how it works even if it is not on os4depot. Here is my compilation
I just disabled some unnecessary *printf* and added lto optimization.
Built on recent changes with git for SDL2 from @Capehill

If anyone wants , you can download
https://github.com/smarkusg/patches/ra ... s/master/MilkyTracker.lha

@smarkusg

Good to hear it built OK.

Q: we can use LTO now? Which version of compiler is needed?

@smarkusg

Thanks for providing it. I like the icon very much

@Capehill
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Cross-compilation. I am using GCC version 11.x
It seems to me that it is working...