hUGETracker 1.0 Beta 10

Important note

UGE files generated with this version cannot be loaded by GB Studio 3.1. Be aware of this before composing! If you want to make songs for GB Studio, until they update to support this version, use their built in music editor, or hUGETracker 1.0b9.

This is a pretty big release which includes a bunch of new stuff and bug fixes. I've been saving most of this for a proper, true, definitive, no screwing around, 1.0 release, but I've been busy with other projects so it might take a little longer to get that done. Until then, here's another new beta release which includes:

Features

• Subpatterns - this is a highly requested thing which massively improves the flexibility of instruments. It's like the instruments in FamiTracker or Deflemask, in that you can now have built-in arpeggios for instruments, or call whatever effect you want on each tick.
• Pattern looping - no longer do you have to hit play and then scramble to stop playback before it leaves the pattern you're editing! Just toggle the loop box and the song will loop the pattern repeatedly until you untoggle it.
• VGM export
• FamiTracker paste - Allows you to copy pattern data in FamiTracker and paste it into HT
• New sample songs by @datguywitha3ds and FΛDE
• The ability to preview all octaves in the instrument editor
• Much better support when holding multiple keys to preview notes in the pattern editor
• Hex labeling for the order list
• Mix Paste - doesn't overwrite cells when pasting an empty cell. Similar to OpenMPT
• Implement regular save with (Ctrl+s) which doesn't open the annoying file dialog every time
• Work-in-progress TrackerBoy import. Not 100% really ready, as it doesn't import some things fully, but should save time if you're porting a song.
• Ability to import the noise channel correctly from MOD songs, so now it should be 100% compatible with GBT Player (for the most part).
• Fix the annoying bug where it would reset position to 0 when halting the song sometimes
• Lots and lots and lots and lots of bugfixes.

PRs that other people made

• better uge2source help message by @untoxa in #46
• Improve custom font handling on Linux by @ISSOtm in #49
• Add CI by @ISSOtm in #50
• Detect failures in generating ROMs on Unix by @ISSOtm in #53
• Sync Ubuntu package dbs before installing by @ISSOtm in #54
• Run CI on PRs as well by @ISSOtm in #55
• Update Famittacker/milkytracker note keymap by @RichardULZ in #56
• more natural rolling note previews by @cluckfox in #58
• Add halt.gb to gitignore by @ISSOtm in #60
• Support opening ROMs read-only by @ISSOtm in #61

New Contributors

• @untoxa made their first contribution in #46
• @ISSOtm made their first contribution in #49
• @cluckfox made their first contribution in #58

Full Changelog: 1.0b9...1.0b10

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this! See you soon (hopefully) for the true 1.0 release.