Battle Isle 3 release version 1.0.5

games/Battle Isle 3/release/linux/BI3.cfg

@@ -10,19 +10,21 @@ Outro_Play=yes
 # Audio settings
 # --------------
 #
-# Audio_MidiSubsystem=alsa/wildmidi/bassmidi/adlmidi - use ALSA sequencer, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI or ADLMIDI for MIDI playback (ALSA sequencer can use hardware or software synth (like Fluidsynth or TiMidity++). WildMIDI uses GUS patch files for playback. BASSMIDI uses soundfont for playback. ADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for playback.)
+# Audio_MidiSubsystem=nativewindows/wildmidi/bassmidi/adlmidi/original/mt32-nativewindows - use NativeWindows, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI, ADLMIDI or the original (Windows 3.1 compatible) method for MIDI playback (WildMIDI uses GUS patch files for playback. BASSMIDI uses soundfont for playback. ADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for playback. Music can be played on MT-32 synth using NativeWindows.)
 # Audio_MidiVolume=0-127 - midi volume
 # Audio_SoundFont_Path=X - X = path to soundfont file (used by BASSMIDI)
-# Audio_MidiDevice=X - X = client name or port (e.g. 128:0) (used by ALSA sequencer)
+# Audio_MidiDevice=X - X = name of MIDI device (used by NativeWindows)
 # Audio_OPL3BankNumber=0-77 - OPL3 bank (used by ADLMIDI; list of banks: https://github.com/Wohlstand/libADLMIDI/blob/master/banks.ini)
 # Audio_OPL3Emulator=fast/precise - use fast (DOSBox) or precise (Nuked) OPL3 emulator (used by ADLMIDI)
+# Audio_MT32_Delay_Sysex=yes/no - select whether to add delays when sending sysex messages on MT-32 (to prevent buffer overflow with Rev.0 MT-32)
 # Audio_MidiResamplingQuality=0/1 - midi resampling quality (higher = better) (used by WildMIDI, BASSMIDI and ADLMIDI)
-Audio_MidiSubsystem=adlmidi
+Audio_MidiSubsystem=nativewindows
 Audio_MidiVolume=100
 Audio_SoundFont_Path=
 Audio_MidiDevice=
 Audio_OPL3BankNumber=59
 Audio_OPL3Emulator=precise
+Audio_MT32_Delay_Sysex=no
 Audio_MidiResamplingQuality=1
 
 # Display settings

games/Battle Isle 3/release/linux/BattleIsle3.sh

@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@ fi
 # Uncomment and set SDI_CD_PATH to contain path to the directory where the game CDs are copied (in case it's not in the DATA subdirectory of the directory where the game is installed)
 # export SDI_CD_PATH="/path/to/game/cd/directory"
 
-wine SR-BI3.exe.so
+# Set SDI_LANG to change the language in game (text only)
+# 0 = german (deutsch)
+# 1 = english
+# 2 = french (français) - use only when your CD contains french resources (i.e. FRA directory)
+SDI_LANG=1
+
+wine SR-BI3.exe.so -$SDI_LANG
 sync

games/Battle Isle 3/release/linux/readme-Linux.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Battle Isle 3 for Linux (x86)
-Version 1.0.4
+Version 1.0.5
 
 Original Battle Isle 3 is required for playing.
 (version from GOG.com can be used for playing)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ libADLMIDI requires no additional files for MIDI playback,
 WildMIDI requires GUS patches for MIDI playback,
 BASSMIDI requires a soundfont for MIDI playback,
 libADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for MIDI playback.
+Music can be played on MT-32 synth using ALSA sequencer.
 
 ALSA sequencer can detect usable synth automatically or it can be selected in the configuration file.
 
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ Source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/M-HT/SR
 Changes
 -------
 
+v1.0.5 (2024-12-15)
+* add option to play music on MT-32 synth
+* add french resource texts
+* bug fixes
+
+
 v1.0.4 (2024-09-15)
 * add option to use higher quality midi resampling in libADLMIDI, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI libraries
 * use latest versions of libADLMIDI, WildMIDI libraries

games/Battle Isle 3/release/windows/BI3.cfg

@@ -10,19 +10,21 @@ Outro_Play=yes
 # Audio settings
 # --------------
 #
-# Audio_MidiSubsystem=nativewindows/wildmidi/bassmidi/adlmidi/original - use NativeWindows, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI, ADLMIDI or the original (Windows 3.1 compatible) method for MIDI playback (WildMIDI uses GUS patch files for playback. BASSMIDI uses soundfont for playback. ADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for playback.)
+# Audio_MidiSubsystem=nativewindows/wildmidi/bassmidi/adlmidi/original/mt32-nativewindows - use NativeWindows, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI, ADLMIDI or the original (Windows 3.1 compatible) method for MIDI playback (WildMIDI uses GUS patch files for playback. BASSMIDI uses soundfont for playback. ADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for playback. Music can be played on MT-32 synth using NativeWindows.)
 # Audio_MidiVolume=0-127 - midi volume
 # Audio_SoundFont_Path=X - X = path to soundfont file (used by BASSMIDI)
 # Audio_MidiDevice=X - X = name of MIDI device (used by NativeWindows)
 # Audio_OPL3BankNumber=0-77 - OPL3 bank (used by ADLMIDI; list of banks: https://github.com/Wohlstand/libADLMIDI/blob/master/banks.ini)
 # Audio_OPL3Emulator=fast/precise - use fast (DOSBox) or precise (Nuked) OPL3 emulator (used by ADLMIDI)
+# Audio_MT32_Delay_Sysex=yes/no - select whether to add delays when sending sysex messages on MT-32 (to prevent buffer overflow with Rev.0 MT-32)
 # Audio_MidiResamplingQuality=0/1 - midi resampling quality (higher = better) (used by WildMIDI, BASSMIDI and ADLMIDI)
 Audio_MidiSubsystem=nativewindows
 Audio_MidiVolume=100
 Audio_SoundFont_Path=
 Audio_MidiDevice=
 Audio_OPL3BankNumber=59
 Audio_OPL3Emulator=precise
+Audio_MT32_Delay_Sysex=no
 Audio_MidiResamplingQuality=1
 
 # Display settings

games/Battle Isle 3/release/windows/BattleIsle3.cmd

@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ rem set SDI_INSTALL_PATH=?:\path\to\game\install\directory
 rem Uncomment and set SDI_CD_PATH to contain path to the directory where the game CDs are copied (in case it's not in the DATA subdirectory of the directory where the game is installed)
 rem set SDI_CD_PATH=?:\path\to\game\cd\directory
 
-start SR-BI3.exe
+rem Set SDI_LANG to change the language in game (text only)
+rem 0 = german (deutsch)
+rem 1 = english
+rem 2 = french (français) - use only when your CD contains french resources (i.e. FRA directory)
+set SDI_LANG=1
+
+start SR-BI3.exe -%SDI_LANG%

games/Battle Isle 3/release/windows/readme-Windows.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Battle Isle 3 for Windows (x86)
-Version 1.0.4
+Version 1.0.5
 
 Original Battle Isle 3 is required for playing.
 (version from GOG.com can be used for playing)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ WildMIDI requires GUS patches for MIDI playback,
 BASSMIDI requires a soundfont for MIDI playback,
 libADLMIDI uses OPL3 emulator for MIDI playback,
 original uses Windows 3.1 compatible method for MIDI playback.
+Music can be played on MT-32 synth using NativeWindows.
 
 NativeWindows can use the default synth or it can be selected in the configuration file.
 
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ Source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/M-HT/SR
 Changes
 -------
 
+v1.0.5 (2024-12-15)
+* add option to play music on MT-32 synth
+* add french resource texts
+* bug fixes
+
+
 v1.0.4 (2024-09-15)
 * add option to use higher quality midi resampling in libADLMIDI, WildMIDI, BASSMIDI libraries
 * use latest versions of libADLMIDI, WildMIDI libraries

midi-plugins/README.md

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ To compile the plugins with SpeexDSP support either run the compilation script w
 
 **midi-adlmidi** plays General MIDI music using [libADLMIDI](https://github.com/Wohlstand/libADLMIDI/ "A Software MIDI Synthesizer library with OPL3 (YMF262) emulator") library. libADLMIDI uses an OPL3 emulator to play MIDI music.
 
-**midi2-windows** plays General MIDI and MT-32 music using [Windows API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/multimedia/midi-reference "MIDI Reference"). Windows API can use hardware or software synth. The default software synth doesn't require additional files to play MIDI music.
+**midi2-windows** plays General MIDI and MT-32 music using [Windows API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/multimedia/midi-reference "MIDI Reference"). Windows API can use hardware or software synth. The default software synth doesn't require additional files to play MIDI music. Plugin can also play General MIDI music on MT-32 synth.
 
-**midi2-alsa** plays General MIDI and MT-32 music using [ALSA sequencer API](https://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/group___sequencer.html "MIDI Sequencer"). ALSA sequencer can use hardware or software synth (like [FluidSynth](https://www.fluidsynth.org/ "A SoundFont Synthesizer") or [TiMidity++](https://timidity.sourceforge.net/ "TiMidity++")).
+**midi2-alsa** plays General MIDI and MT-32 music using [ALSA sequencer API](https://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/group___sequencer.html "MIDI Sequencer"). ALSA sequencer can use hardware or software synth (like [FluidSynth](https://www.fluidsynth.org/ "A SoundFont Synthesizer") or [TiMidity++](https://timidity.sourceforge.net/ "TiMidity++")). Plugin can also play General MIDI music on MT-32 synth.
 
 ## Game-specific plugins
 
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ These plugins use small x86 emulator to run the music driver from the game. The
 **adlib-dosbox_opl** plays Adlib (OPL2) music using OPL2/OPL3 emulation library from [DOSBox](https://www.dosbox.com/ "DOS-emulator") or [Nuked OPL3 emulator](https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-OPL3 " Highly accurate Yamaha OPL3 (YMF262, CT1747) emulator") (sources are included). No additional files are required to play music.
 
 **mt32-munt** plays MT-32 music using [Munt](https://munt.sourceforge.net/ "multi-platform software synthesiser") library (source is included). It requires Control and PCM roms from MT-32 or CM-32L (LAPC-I) to play music. CM-32L (LAPC-I) roms are preferred. The CM-32L (LAPC-I) roms filenames must be CM32L_CONTROL.ROM and CM32L_PCM.ROM. The MT-32 roms filenames must be MT32_CONTROL.ROM and MT32_PCM.ROM.
+
+**awe32-emu8k** plays General MIDI music using AWE32 emulator from [PCem](https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ "Personal Computer emulator") (source is included). It requires AWE32 rom file (awe32.raw) to play music.

midi-plugins/komp-x86-windows.cmd

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ gcc -s -shared -static-libgcc -o awe32-emu8k.dll -m32 *.o src/*.o src/pcem_emu8k
 
 del *.o
 del src\*.o
-del src\munt-2.7.0\mt32emu\*.o
-del src\munt-2.7.0\mt32emu\sha1\*.o
+del src\pcem_emu8k\*.o
 
 cd ..