Here's yet another Noisetracker module. It's called "RainyNight"
and is from the "Tropical Nights" Euro-demo. I didn't think much of the
demo, but I'm sure you'll agree that the "Mod." is one of the finest
you've heard. It's also the biggest one I've seen, weighing in at 215
kilobytes! Make sure you have enough CHIP ram available. There are some
really large samples in this piece!
        How did I remove it from the demo? First of all, when the demo
decompresses itself (when you see the strange colors on the workbench) it
decompresses the Mod. into an area of chip ram that gets clobbered when
you reboot. So, you can't simply reboot and use your favorite Ripper. The
method I use is to use a "monitor" program that allows you to edit,
dissassemble and execute code in memory. I first use the monitor to load
the demo into ram, then I dissassemble the decompression routine, and look
for a JMP to somewhere in CHIP ($00000 - $80000) ram. Then I changed the
JMP to a RTS, so when the code is run, it will RETURN TO the last address
on the STACK, ie, the Monitor, the program that called it. The Demo will
be decompressed and in chip ram, starting at the address where the JMP was
pointing.
        Now, all that remains is to find the module. The easiest way to do
this is to search for text like "st-" or "hihat". Then save out the memory
to disk.
        So far, I'm only able to remove the modules from demos whose
decompressors don't take over the machine, but I'm working on those. One
idea I have is to force the code to multitask, the other is to change
where the code decompresses to. We'll see if those ideas will work on some
of the "tougher" demos.
        Anyway, enjoy the music! It'll play with either Noisetracker,
Soundtracker, or Intuitracker.


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