I have no actual DOS 286/386 machine with an MPU-401 to test it on, so I could only verify in DOSBox. All other original game bugs/features should be intact, just as Wolf3D was in 1992.ĭisclaimer: THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE. The only thing added is MPU-401 support (along with all sorts of minor fixes other devs have discovered just to get it to compile).
#Wolf 3d source port software#
I've just finished wolfdosmpu, a quick hack of the original id Software open-source release of Wolf3D. No timeline for this-I'm just working on this after hours. For those who want to use them in-game, refer to the github (requires ECWolf).Ĭurrently looking into real-time conversion and integration with the original DOS executable for an authentic retro experience on 90's machines. I've again attached the generated midi files here. I also fixed looping times since some tracks did not loop seamlessly (that required some minimal annotation).
Again, I used rule-based methods to determine when to use which drum (or any other) instrument - conversion is still automatic. Munt (both falcosoft's VSTi and regular versions)īiggest change is the use of the orchestral/analog drumkits whenever appropriate. Yamaha S-YXG50 VSTi (for those who prefer the XG sound over GS) Coolsoft VirtualMIDISynth (trevor0402's SC-55 soundfont recommended) Roland Sound Canvas (tested with SC-D70, CM-300, and SCVA VSTi) I have since updated the converter with further tweaks on the instrument map.
#Wolf 3d source port Patch#
Also try it on an MT-32/Munt (you will need the official Roland GM patch and then set the channels to 1-9) - it sounds WAY better than OPL2, and I genuinely think this is what Wolf3D would have sounded like if it had the same MIDI support as its contemporaries at Sierra and LucasArts. I have to say, Bobby Prince's Wolf3D music sounds AMAZING on a Roland Sound Canvas (IMO, it's just as good, if not better, than his DOOM work).
#Wolf 3d source port mod#
If anyone is still playing Wolf3D/SoD these days, please do try my mod out and let me know what you think! Also, I highly suspect that the official MIDIs have been edited by Bobby Prince himself after Wolf3D's release, so you won't get exactly the same music in this mod (particularly on the menu screen and E1L1), but I think the auto-generated versions perfectly capture the music's original feel. I based my GM instrument mapping from Bobby Prince's official MIDIs but took care of conflicts to make it sound consistent. The biggest contribution here is the instrument mapping - one map is designed to work for ALL of the Wolf3D/SoD songs consistently. (That way, you can also just extract the files and listen to them at your leisure.) pk3 with the auto-generated MIDIs in them. No per-track hand-tuning/hacking here, unlike previous music mods.Ĭurrently the conversion is not done in real-time - I would need to make a direct patch to ECWolf for that - but since ECWolf natively supports MIDI playback anyway for years now, I took the easy way out and just make a. While this has technically been done before by others to varying degrees, what's new in my mod is that the GM data are all automatically generated from the original music files. Wolfmidi is a simple mod for the ECWolf source port for Wolfenstein 3-D and Spear of Destiny to add a much-needed General MIDI soundtrack. I've been a long time lurker on these forums, but I just want to share a project I just finished. (For use with ECWolf, don't unzip just add the command line parameter "-file wolfmidi.zip" without quotes.)
This creates a MUSIC\ subdirectory under it, for wolfdosmpu to find. Wolfmidi: Unzip this wolfmidi.zip in your game directory. (No need to replace the current executable, in case you want to revert to OPL2 music at any point). You will need your original Wolf3D data files (.WL1/.WL6/.SDM/.SOD). Wolfdosmpu: Select your game version's EXE file from here. Wolfmidi: Converts the OPL2 music in Wolf3D/SOD to General MIDI, intended for use with wolfdosmpu or ECWolf. Wolfdosmpu: A simple fork of the original Wolf3D open-source release to add MPU-401 support. UPDATE: This project has now split into two:
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