Tracker Packer v3 format Created by Crazy Crack / Complex (1993-1994) Analysed by Asle / ReDoX (asle@mygale.org) Source : - Own converted MODs with the packer (sent by Gryzor !) - Tons of intros/demos/zikdisk ... Note: It's the same format as the version 2 save for the repacking of the notes. I guess it was done for the replayer because this version does not gain one single byte. I had to fight hard to understand this new packing ... I cant figure out how Crazy Crack managed to enhance his replayer with such a way of packing !. Offset size (byte) Comment ------ ----------- ------- 0 8 ID "CPLX_TP3" 8 20 (14h) title 28 2 (NOS) Number of sample (*8). Also, that's the size (1Ch) of the whole sample headers. *************************************** * the following is repeated NOS times * * with 8 bytes description for 1 smp * ****************************************************** * 30 1 Finetune (0 -> F) * (1Eh) * 31 1 Volume (0 - 40h) * (1Fh) * 32 2 Sample Size / 2 * (20h) * 34 2 Loop Start / 2 * (22h) * 36 2 Loop Size / 2 * (24h) * * ****************************************************** 30+8*NOS 1 ?!? ($00) 31+8*NOS 1 (PLS) Pattern list size. 32+8*NOS PLS*2 The pattern list. Each number of pattern is *8 !. 32+8*NOS NOP*8 (NOP stands for the REAL number of pattern which value +PLS*2 is known by getting the highest value in the previous table and by adding 1 since the first is 0) Track table per pattern. Each SAVED pattern is made of 4 tracks and here are the addresses of each track. This is a table of words. The first address is $0000!. To get the real track address, add to the present value : (34+8*NOS+2*PLS+NOP*8). 32+8*NOS 2 ?!? +PLS*2 +NOP*8 34+8*NOS ? Tracks datas. Each track is saved one after another. +PLS*2 It consists of 64 possible notes. the size of each +NOP*8 track is variable and is between 1 byte and 300h bytes. Here follows the whole lot of cases one can find in the track data (the note packing). case 1: value / \ | | 1100-0000 || if these bits are set, you have to bypass (80h - value) bytes for those are empty notes. case 2: -description bit set to 0 / | 1000-0000 0000-0000 | | | | | | \ / \ / | effect effect value \ -description bit set to 1 case 3: no effect - sample number / /\ | | | 0000-0000 0000-0000 | | | | | / \ / \/ | relative effect | note | number |------------description bit set to 0 Note: effect, here, is EMPTY !. Note2: To get the real note number, here, you have to NOT this value, or you can do that: result = 7Fh - byte1; case 4: - sample number / /\ | | | 0000-0000 0000-0000 0000-0000 | | | | | | | / \ / \/ \ / | relative effect effect | note value | number |------------description bit set to 0 For all those cases: effect: the arpeggio (0) effect has been remapped to 8 Note that all the volume slide commands (5,6,A) are signed !. Here an example: A 01 -> A 10 A FF -> A 01 etc. .. relative note number: (Protracker) C-1 to B-1 : 856,808,762,720,678,640,604,570,538,508,480,453 C-2 to B-2 : 428,404,381,360,339,320,302,285,269,254,240,226 C-3 to B-3 : 214,202,190,180,170,160,151,143,135,127,120,113 becomes : (TP3) C-1 to B-1 : 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,0a,0b,0c C-2 to B-2 : 0d,0e,0f,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 C-3 to B-3 : 19,1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,20,21,22,23,24 Follows Sample datas stored like Protracker. Note: As in NoisePacker v3, the sample data address MUST be even !. It means you have to bypass one byte after reading the tracks datas if the address where you are is uneven. Note: Tracker Packer 3.1 (the original packer) puts two empty bytes at the end of every module it converts. No matter the MOD I converted, these two bytes are always here ... .