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From: Elliott Lee <tenchi@netmagic.net>
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Subject: Re: Multiple VAGs...
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:20:06 -0800
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Jim wrote:
> Elliott Lee wrote:
> > + Mysterious Error:
> >   I've been working with a VAB having 5 VAGs in it, however adding
> >   the 6th produces an error message something like "cannot find vag
> >   (6)".  Has anyone run into this?  I checked my DEF file and its
> >   okay.  I made sure each waveform was evenly divisible by 28
> >   (though none loop).  Each waveform converted to VAG just fine.
> 
> I had this same problem yesterday, also on the 6th vag.
> Be sure the filename of the 6th vag is not longer than 8.3 and you're
> not overflowing the command line length.

Yup, everything I use is 8.3 compliant.  PKZIP likes that.  ^_^

> > + Managing Many VAGs in a VAB:
> >   Does anyone know how many VAGs can be specified as command-line
> >   inputs to mkvab?  I want to be including dozens of sounds but
> >   am wondering if the environment will stop me from doing that.
> >   Can we use a list file of some sort to name each VAG in order?
> >   (I figure using *.VAG as the input parameter may produce
> >   unexpected results?)
> 
> I believe the official work around was to make the filename of each .vag
> smaller.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jim

Argh.  That does not bode well.  I was seriously considering creating
a S3M to VAB/MIDI converter.  You figure with 40 samples (minimum 7
chars for the file name and space char), 280 chars is a little too
much for a DOS environment...  And, we can only have like 16 VABs,
aye?  *ponder*  Maybe I'll have to get more creative to stretch the
sample base---e.g. using detuned snares for explosions/gunfire.

- e!
  tenchi@netmagic.net
  http://www.netmagic.net/~tenchi/yaroze/