This is an update of the *EXPERIMENTAL* BGM branch that began with RC3 EX + alpha.If you didn't know about the EX + alpha series, it is an alpha/testing/unstable branch of the RC series that is intended to overhaul BGM handling. It features more robust MP3 and Vorbis support, an extensible plugin architecture, and loop point specification for BGMs, as well as miscellaneous improvements to sound handling in general. You can see the original blog post for more details.
Since this is a testing release, your feedback on problems (or on lack of problems!) is appreciated. If all goes well, the EX + alpha code is planned to be folded into the stable release of M.U.G.E.N 1.0.
New in RC7 EX + alpha:
- Ogg plugin (vorbisplug) supporting loop points and ReplayGain.
- Engine now provides high-quality resampling services (for plugins that require it) using libresample.
- Optional high-quality resampling for sound effects.
- Support for WAV, MP3, and OGG removed from sdlmix plugin, since there are better alternatives.
- Plugin API finalized.
Download here: M.U.G.E.N 1.0 RC7.01 EX + alpha (UPDATED)
Make sure to read README-ALPHA.html in the distribution archive for details and instructions. For those of you who are interested in creating plugins for your favorite file formats, an SDK will be released on this blog Sometime Soon (TM).
UPDATE NOTICE: The distribution archive has been updated to RC7.01a, which addresses wave loader incompatibilities that were reported in RC7a. If you previously downloaded RC7a, you can either redownload the full distribution using the above link, or just get the fixed executable here.
- R.
Positional Sound Bug
Just picked up the alpha and not but a few minutes in I noticed that all of the sound tends to lean towards the RIGHT speaker.
Example:
Sound comes from right of screen = Comes out of right speaker.
Sound comes from center of the screen = Comes out of the right speaker.
Sound comes from the left of the screen = Sound comes out of both speakers.
I use WinXP x64 and have not had any audio issues with any other program.
If you happen to need more information, feel free to ask.
"Application configuration is incorrect" error
"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect."
We have some reports of people seeing this error when starting RC7. If you are affected, please try installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86).
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Feedback needed
If you've tried ex+a, please leave a comment if it works for you. If not, we're interested to know what's malfunctioning. We'd like to make this part of the 1.0 line once we're confident of its stability.
mugen rc 7 + alpha
is this the best version of mugen o just the most rescent ?
Some characters don't load
I get "Error, cannot load charname.snd" for some characters that worked fine after installing the non-ex+alpha RC7 instead.
The characters in question are Serika and Sakura (both available on my site), I didn't check the others after the errors, but there might be more. I always use fighter factory for making the snd file.
Workaround
Thanks for the report; we will check out the characters you mentioned. Several users have reported similar loading problems. You can see the known issues post for more information.
In the meantime, for anyone with this problem, the quick workaround is to change your SFXResampleMethod (in mugen.cfg) back to SDL. If you find character .snd files that don't load in EX+a but did in the usual RC series, then please send links to the .snd files so that we can address the loader compatibility and get a fix out.