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[Suggestion] Making 9xxx continuous
Some ProTracker tracks, like professional tracker by hoffman and daytripper, make use of ProTracker's 9xx
"Set Offset" effect, which seems to be continuous until a new or the same instrument is used.
The aforementioned song does this to avoid the newly set offset being overwritten when using the same instrument again:
ModPlug Tracker MOD
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...01...948|...........
|G#5.....C1A|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...01...948
|........F02|C#6.....C1A
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|F#6........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|D#6.....F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|G#6........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|G#5.....F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|C#6........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|F#6.....F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|D#6........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|........F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
|...........|G#6.....F04
|...........|...........
|...........|........F02
|...........|...........
I hope this makes sense
If this feature is added to Furnace as a compatibility flag, it'd make for some really great stuff (especially when used in conjunction with 0CXX
)
I don't think this will be easy to implement given the way Furnace works...
It's funny that Eon, the module that made me add .mod import to Furnace, also abuses this behavior and I decided not to deal with it for being PT1/2's only behavior. Deflemask compatibility is already hard enough.
I added #728. However if these are decisions, It might be best to describe these limitations as part of the documentation.