Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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i suspect it's similar for unity these days but can't easily check.
this isn't a complaint about software bloat, anything below 100MB feels "lightweight" these days, but it is interesting.
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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oh my god it comes with a .chm (windows html help) file π₯Ί
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Jernej SimoncΜiΔ οΏ½
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@hikari Want to know something cursed? Ultrasound cardiology software made by a certain US multinational defaults to exporting diagnoses as CHM files.
Jernej SimoncΜiΔ οΏ½
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@hikari According to one of their techs, they wanted a solution where they could have a single file with rich text, tables and images, which would be readable anywhere, and 25 years ago CHM files seemed like the perfect solution, since the viewer was already installed on practically every Windows install, and the resulting files were small.
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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i don't want to fetishise the past but. okay well maybe we should, a detailed manual being in a tiny file on your disk in a standard format that has an excellent built-in reader, that was great. i'll take this over a pdf or online-only help any day.
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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all the background music tracks are just midi files <3
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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035-Dungeon01.mid from RPG Maker XP sounds really beautiful on my Roland SC-7 π
for some reason, every single BGM included with this software is titled "Clipping" in the MIDI metadata
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Hayley Question-Mark
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@hikari The hip hop artist clipping. made them, maybe?
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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@barrowofdirt that seems more than a little unlikely :p
Elfififififififi...
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@hikari Gods, RPG Maker XP's RTP music really killed it in a way that none of the others did. Such a treat to listen to even now
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Elfififififififi...
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@hikari Runtime Package, the default assets that come with RPG Maker games
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@hikari If you do end up playing around more with RPG Maker XP and want some other sources of looping MIDI music of similar quality, check out http://fhouse.s17.xrea.com/ and https://www.tam-music.com
Kanbaru π (one hikari of too many)
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@elfi thanks for the recommendations!
Saagar Jha
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βͺthis is pretty close to how it sounds normally! RPG Maker XP uses the DirectMusic synth which uses the same soundfont as Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (derived from Roland GS modules), but isn't so goddamn dry because it actually has reverb and chorus (like Roland GS modules do)β¬