Difference between revisions of "Xm3smps"

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A glance of the GUI

xm3smps is a program created by nineko that converts songs from the XM (eXtended Module) format to the SMPS (Sample Music Playback System) format used in Sonic games, hence allowing hackers to easily put custom music in their hacks. It runs under Microsoft Windows and obsoletes its previous MS-DOS incarnation, xm2smps.

The addition of a new GUI and some new features make it much better and much more usable than its predecessor. However, despite its colorful look, it's actually xm2smps in a wig, since the main conversion code is exactly the same.

It has never been officially discontinued, though the release of Puto's xm4smps made it obsolete. Furthermore, nineko gave a copy of xm3smps's complete source code to Oerg866, who has been granted the permission to take over nineko's work, and is proceeding with the development, fixing some bugs and adding several new features, in his xm3smps/oerg branch. For these reasons, it's not particularly advised to use any of the versions listed belove, as two better programs exist.

Downloads

Download Xm3smps

File: Xm3smps332.rar (78 kB) (info)
Current version: 3.3.2

Old versions

xm3smps v3.2 ^(info) (66 kB)
xm3smps v3.0.4 ^(info) (57 kB)
xm3smps v3.0.2 ^(info) (55 kB)

Sample songs

These are a couple of songs converted with xm3smps, to show its capabilities.

WilyCastle.vgz ^(info) (59 kB) Wily's Castle from Mega Man, courtesy of Tweaker.
Bob.vgm ^(info) (150 kB) Bubble Bobble's main theme.

External Links

Release thread on the forum

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 However, despite its colorful look, it's actually xm2smps in a wig, since the main conversion code is exactly the same.
-It has never been officially discontinued, though the release of [[Puto]]'s [[xm4smps]] made it obsolete, an official continuation by [[Oerg866]], [[xm3smps/oerg]] is in development and has recently seen a demo release.
+It has never been officially discontinued, though the release of [[Puto]]'s [[xm4smps]] made it obsolete. Furthermore, nineko gave a copy of xm3smps's complete source code to [[Oerg866]], who has been granted the permission to take over nineko's work, and is proceeding with the development, fixing some bugs and adding several new features, in his [[xm3smps/oerg]] branch. For these reasons, it's not particularly advised to use any of the versions listed belove, as two better programs exist.
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