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04/20/26(Mon)17:59:53 No.108648216

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Anonymous 04/20/26(Mon)17:59:53 No.108648216

MIDI for Construct Classic #3

We're trying to create a MIDI plugin for Construct Classic, a free game builder https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct/

As it turns out, it doesn't support the .mid format. Older versions before 0.98.3 and systems before Windows Vista supported it in the DirectSound.csx plugin.

The source code is available at https://github.com/aolko/construct/ but it doesn't include the DirectSound plugin. Perhaps it's been converted to
".\Plugins\XAudio2.csx" and ".\Plugins\Runtime\XAudio2.csx" which contains libraries for several formats.

Can anyone with C++ knowledge help? The forums say the project used Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
If it can't play MIDI files directly, then maybe it can play MIDI files via hex commands.

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One option shown in the video is launching MIDI files via playsmf.exe (https://github.com/MrBMueller/playsmf)
But this isn't very convenient and there's a delay.

I had to remove the audio track. Video with sound: https://limewire.com/d/hGxrO#NeoQFBl7Bx

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What the plugin should be able to do:
- Play/loop/pause/stop/change track, load *.mid from resources or a file. Also, position and stop data. This is used as background music.
- MIDI playback using MIDI Hex Commands. Examples: NoteOn - 903C7F, NoteOff - 803C00. These are game sounds (SFX).
- Optionally use your own .sf2 sound bank from resources or a file (https://github.com/bradhowes/SF2Lib https://github.com/schellingb/TinySoundFont)

Alternatively, you don't need a full-fledged MIDI player to play MIDI files. You can convert MIDI files into a 2D array with a set of commands and save them as such.