Winter Chip XIX

182084

Level 31 Chipist

kleeder

post #182084 :: 2024.01.02 12:06am

Viraxor, sean, lasersphaser, SnugglyBun, Opilion, damifortune, mirageofher, cabbage drop and Arcane Toaster liēkd this

winter xixixixixixix

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oh my gosh

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this is a quite small starting batch, i might do an adlib thing first.
Also if format request are a thing for this battol, can NSF+, YM2151 and Wildchip be added? At least one of these three

182091

yeah and mandatory fakebit and midi too heheh

182092

mt32 wld be sweet to have

182093

wait is there any bitpack or can we just go wild with this one and make anything?

182094

@SRB2er just go wild - do anything ~~like a wildchip does~~

@kleeder MS-GS too!

182095

yo its winter already, lets friggin g0g0g0g0g0g0g0g0

182096

Allgear? Pls it would be really cool:3

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@rg wait for spring tracks since that's more of a mixist format. (i'm not an admin btw)
we have fakebit as a category that can be added tho

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Sure!

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me when winter chip xix

182101

nsf+ and mt32 would be epic

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brrrr! it's cooold in here

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Can't wait for nsfc and tia, let's do some square waves again!!

182106

My Game Boy is ready
*checks notes*
well my goggles are ready at least!

182108

nsf+ pl0x

182109

babe wake up new wintar chip just dropped

182112

the lyceum for NES/Famicom Classic says: You must not update those channels more than once per NMI. My question is: What is NMI?

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haha xix
like six haha
because there are uhh
six formats and uhh
sex
haha

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@Ahornberg pretty sure that means vblank. IE no refresh rates above 60 Hz. This should be the default in most tools.

Having 2 of the formats be TIA and channelF is really funny

puke7 add furance plz

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There we go! LOL

But I have a few plans to do, Making my Instrument Templates from YM2151, Sega Genesis and Master System, NES, SNES, and more.

But i'm trying to learn chords and more stuff

I will decide if Wants more chips

Good Luck

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i'm cold

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🎶 Time to learn some new formats 🎵

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when will we have a major with 56 formats? :o)

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[ ] SPC

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[x] January 12th

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NSF would be sweet. DPCM spam is love, DPCM spam is life.

And good'ol MIDI... though I don't want to suggest formats for which I'd end up not having enough time to make anything on them :( .

Let's see if 2024 gives me some more free time.

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Question re: chip battle art - lyceum says .gif is an accepted format - does that mean an animated entry is allowed? (not sure I'm actually that ambitious but)

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Animated cover arts are allowed, see Winter Chip XVI, or Advent Calendar 2022. Those are just a few of them, there are more animated covers if you browse through the list of major battles.

182177

no more formats please, I want to completionist

(just kidding, all formats welcome)

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yeai agree and also we should instead remove formats from the battle if they get too many entries

182189

"the battle ends if it reaches x entries" sounded like a sillyfun concept until I noticed that it wld just encourage low effort spam and if you worked a week on ur entry and someone else submits the last entry instead you're fucked, oh well...

182192

Cursed idea : "This format closes tomorrow unless someone submits an entry today"... for every day

182194

let me submit vgm to adlib plz
or fur

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i think vgm should be fine for adlib on the grounds that sbvgm can play vgm files on dos pc's

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i have done .fur before and it was fine! and i will do it again unless the powers that be decide otherwise! i think it's reasonable since .mptm is also allowed and both export to .vgm as their "route to hardware playability"

i wouldn't exactly be offended by .vgm in adlib but i know puke doesn't want it and i think it's also reasonable to ask for the modules (fur and mptm) to kinda match with the other filetypes being DOS modules i.e. source viewable

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mod32k... mod16k, things of this nature. It's the taste they crave

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Fakebit plssssssssssssssssss:3

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I might could go for an mt32

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will this be the foray into the corporatization of botb

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I know it gets a lot of attention most years but I had a cool idea for s3xmodit that I was hoping to do for Winter Chip... Slim chance but it would be a nice format to see!

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i think we're missing a few chips guys

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in case youre wondering why theres only 6 formats -
the way its "worked" in previous years it that when theres at least one entry in the formats that have been released, further formats have been opened up afterward

tl;dr - want more formats? start entering where there's 0 atm : )

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a part of me hopes there's no more formats added, helps put a light on some of the more obscure formats as part of a mainstream winter chip thing?

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extra extra read all about it channel F wins winter chip 19

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Of course, but too many people had the decision how to choose the format but i don't know how to start this to avoid commitments
This choose the format that were simple to start with as few were available, a week later 5 more formats are added

182338

@dami always remember, channel f once won a major

182355

just stop oil protests botb edition when

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6 moar formats appear o__O

182362

>mfw NSF instead of NSF+
leaves BOTB

jk lol i'll try to make a thing for that format if i can and have the energy to do so. also still figuring out what to do for my adlib entry

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omg tracker module and mt32, now i actually need to work on something

snuggybun, nsf+ is more of a summerchip format. in winter chip its usually the more limited systems/chips

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ah i see

is there a possibility wildchip and YM2151 can appear this time though? since they both appeared in previous winter chips. or has been there been a shift over what formats are considered suitable for the seasonal majors and all?

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honestly i been having a beeg hankering for wildchip too. might be biased tho but i wanna!! also i might wanna try my hand at ym2151 too. any chance for that? i have long wanted an excuse to mess around in the format

oh and also pc98 wld be great :3

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To do
• NSF Classic (Done!)
• Channel F (Done)
• Sunday Master System (Done)
• NSF DPCM (Done)
• AdLib (Done)
• SNES
• 24K
• 8K
• YM2151
• SEGA Genesis
• Wild Chip (Done)

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I am dying for c64 ngl

gonna see if I can get sms, nsf and hopefully one of the modk formats

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[*] NSF
[ ] Try something new

Probable if my available time doesn't turn into smoke:

NSFc
Chip Battleart

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To do:
TIA - done
SNES
NSF and/or NSF classic
Channel F - probably Sleizsa Duo
AdLib - gonna try out RAD for this one
Maybe one of those sexmodit formats

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to do (maybe):
adlib
maybe genesis and nsf

182435

i'm almost done with my NSF entry and then i read into rules... disallowed because expansion chips. FFFFFFUUUUUUUU :|

182534

just got mt32 to work... gonna try submitting something witht that format at some point, although rn im cooking up two nsfs and i have some ideas for an 8k :think: adlib's also on my to-do list but FM stuff is hard so ill try the other stuff first heheas

182538

sapx2 would be cool (said no one ever (until now))

Edit: I've made one now so if it gets added that's at least one
otherwise happy to wait for the next rare formats

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midi when (i need that midi fix now now now now /j)

182777

A WILD 6 MOAR FORMATS APPEAREDS

"midi","hes","gameboy","sgen","vic20","sid"

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YAY MOAR FORMATS!!
...just curious about gb btw

1) can I use furnace, since it has vgm export?
and 2) if I use lsdj, can you use the .sav as your entry (idk what the sav is really lmao)

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GB allows mp3 submissions, too!

182815

yes you can do vgm or sav for gameboy, though using LSDpatcher to get an lsdprj is the best lsdj method since it's a self contained song (a sav would be a record of the entire cart, and also not contain custom sample kits if you use those)

indicate which version of lsdj you used in the description if you do :D

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will whisper once again, kneeling before the high jury: NES/Famicom + expansions... please :(
i swear i'm gonna do a NES classic, 24k module, Master System, Commodore 64 and AdLib as well if you comply, kick me out of here if i won't ;)

182876

hey can someone move my GB entry to the proper format?
I accidentally put it in Channel F because I apparently am half-asleep
so uhhh sorrry

edit: its been fixed

183158

Time to say I'll participate and not accidentally ghost everyone again this time(?)

183184

SRB2er needs help: the 1207353th time

so im using impulse tracker and I wanna try the modk formats (probably 24k, 8k if I'm really lucky)

but I have no idea where to get small mono samples from
hellpppp

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dunno if impulsetracker has any sort of built in stuff for resampling and the like, but you could use audacity to load in the samples you want to use, and then resample them, cut them down to mono + export them as 8-bit!

183186

I know it's not what you asked for, but openmpt has a sample editor where you can draw the waveforms yourself!

also: botb has a browser where you can filter by format. easiest is to just check out existing small modules and steal the samples :3

183229

[x] seeing more completionists around! so cool! \o/
[x] completionism again... (18/18 for now, expecting more formats to be added until deadline...) (edit: 26/26 as well)

183232

agree with kleeder! a related easy source would be to grab the bitpacks of those battles as well - both ohbs and from last year's tinymod grandprix which has several bitpacks! my tiny songule series has a lot of them, too, and hanna's ok fourkay series

you could also play around with snes samples, many are small enough to work, though you'll want to convert them to 8bit depth and maybe do some trimming or downsampling to them! idk if IT has editing tools for that but OpenMPT definitely does

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imho milkytracker has a great optimizer and sample resizer, I used it a lot - perhaps you might want to try it, keep a backup of your song, make some experiences and compare their file sizes

183411

extension plz? 🥺

183427

pc98???

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It would be cool to have pxtone format but with a "no samples" rule to keep it truly chiptune!

183540

two extra weeks for entries

and 8 more formats!! D:

pc-x801 ym2151 zxbeep pixel wildchip sap ted mariopaint

183543

the miracle finally came true

183544

now is a great time to answer the question of whether .fur is being removed from sap or not

and thank you for pc98 i will gleefully put something together!

183545

wouldn't that render the previous fur saps illegal?

183559

ok wait, im confused

the zxbeep page mentions furnace and its special 6 channel engine
then i go and check the accepted file formats

'Despite the officially listed "accepted file formats", .tap is the preferred file format for zxbeep entries on BotB.'

i then go to the furnace page and its mentions nothing about zxbeep...

wait so what can and cant i use for zxbeeep ??? What's the file format???

183563

thanks, among other merits, for the WILD category *dances clumsily*

183567

@SRB2er the part you quoted is outdated, i updated the allowed file types years ago.
.z80 .sna .tap is allowed, and thats it.
i changed the lyceum article to reflect that

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formats submited so far
✅ Wildchip
✅ YM2151
✅ PC Engine
formats i absolutely want to do
❌ Adlib
❌ NSF
❌ Mega Drive aka Sega Genesis
formats i might do if i feel spicy
❌ 24k tracker module
❌ NSF Classic
❌ Game Boy
❌ PC-9801

183594

i hope for one more format because i am curious which letter nitrofurano wld use for his 27th entry in this battle

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i am very busy these days but ii will attempt to finish a wildchip entry :>

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no nu11 entry :c

184028

>no nu11 entry :c

...yet.

Do we still have hope?

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There is still hope, though it's going to be a bit different this time. Still 50/50 on whether i'll actually participate or not.

184214

To do
• NSF Classic (Done!)
• Channel F (Done)
• Sunday Master System (Done)
• NSF DPCM (Done)
• AdLib (Done)
• Wild Chip (Done)
• SNES
• 24K
• 8K
• YM2151
• SEGA Genesis
• PCE

But. I don't have time to finish Unfortunately :(
We got Another Vacation Next Week

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Well, in my todo list I included "something new". As I love(d) the SPC700 I decided to try SNES... oh, boy, I chose a very complex format.

It's been two weeks and I'm still setting everything up (C700 method), I've not even placed a single note yet. I hope I can come up with something by the deadline.

As for, why I said "love(d)" when referring to the SPC700, it's just like real life relationships. First, you idealize them, you can only see the qualities and good things about them. But when you realize how they really are... well... I hope that my love for the chip surpasses de "un-idealization" phase ^^.

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personally I think an extendo would be so cool. My list is three formats but it's lookin' like a zero without 😔

184230

nevermind, all the other renders are like that aswell

guys I think I butchered my ansi render

when I tap on it its showing garbled text
but on the actual page it's fine

184232

you can view it at full size by right clicking the render and choosing open image in new tab. all the visual renders have this bug unfortunately

184246

extension would be nice!!

184247

I wouldn't say no to an extension either, working on a couple of songs at the moment and it seems unlikely they'll both be finished in 9 days...

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if theres an extension ill shoot for a gameboy entry as well :))) if not then im satisfied with my submission <3

184288

goddamit mariopants i have the "msvcr100.dll" file in the folder why wont you work??????????

guys help i wanna do dis format but the program ain't workin

(Im on windows)

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SRB2er: it sounds like you have the msvcr100.dll in the mariopants folder itself. mp checks for msvcr100.dll where visual c++ redistributable installs it, so i would reinstall it (i believe that's vc++ redistributable 2010) and try again after it's installed.

hope this helps!

184357

news of Winter Chip is buzzing around the office

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idk i only have the relevant dll file in the same folder as mariopants.exe and it works fine; i don't think i had to do anything else? but i could be misremembering. maybe try a different download source of the file just in case?

184374

hello all :D greeting

184528

I hope there's another extension, I want to make a gameboy entry and maybe some cover art

184549

So if I only submit something in a single format, what does that mean overall?

184550

It means that you are both competing against entries of the same format (format category) and against all other entries (overall category).

184561

right, it means nothing aside from the fact that entries get rankings both overall and in their format

184667

water closet xix

184723

feels wrong to ask for an extendo but...

184734

lets take the extension challenge

184736

edit: seems like i got it to work
* gets munt (and roms)
* makes it the output
* makes a quick test tune in openmpt
* records in munt
* saves as midi

* plays midi in some other software... is a piano and sounds nice

* plays on munt..... no sound

did i miss anything here?

184738

I don't think I'm going to make it within a day or two for my SPC entry, mostly due to production difficulties with my sound driver, since I wanted to use it for a song. Specifically, it's a fault with my timer event core on wraparound with the 16-bit timer.

184766

it would be so cool if there was another extension...

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👍

184775

Extension? Pwetty pwease? ＞﹏＜

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Happy to joined. Submitted 2 entries are enough, right? :D

184835

METEOROLOGICAL WINTER LASTS FROM DECEMBER 1ST TO FEBRUARY 29TH

184845

felt like spring to me yesterday ... temperature-wise

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@Shakaboyd same in the 2 entries club! I am glad i could have joined and will probably be more active during voting

184898

whoops three moar days

this is the final extension!

184910

it's not a botb competition if it doesn't last at least 2x the original length

184914

it's a presidents day miracle

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yes nu11 entry :3

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as of Feb 26 2024, Fluffy has a new knee! big knee recovery. surgery went great, surgery's just the start; gotta do lots of exercise! busy past week, busy next weeks; gonna sit out doing the vote synclisten for Winter Chip XIX and mb a major or two. we'll be back strong!

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109 botbrs entered winter chip xix but most emtries have only 8-12 votes! we need MOAR!

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Results Stream this Sunday

https://youtube.com/live/FzoX1o8wJLc?feature=share

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This is gonna be a Yuzu's Weener Sunday. . .
- Question Mark?
Results Stream at 12:00PM PT

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50% we can do thiiiiiiiiissssssssssss (if we cool it down with the 5+mins submissions xD)

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I compiled my tracks from this batol into an album for convenient consumption!

https://agargara.bandcamp.com/album/winter-chip-xix

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Average Score: 24.415