rather random, but could there potentially be support for DOS modules later down the line? based on the interface and sample it somehow makes sense for there to be s3xmodit imports/exports eventually.
I'm not a dev, but if this is written from scratch, I suspect support for these old formats would require an entire re-write of the codebase. OpenMPT also already supports all of those formats (to my knowledge), so the functionality would be a bit redundant, within this already niche scene.
Just because the interface looks similar to other trackers, does not mean the software is handling all of the necessary legacy effect commands, or the audio itself, the same way.
Yeah, me neither, but I assume that it might be possible.
While yes, OpenMPT supports those formats, it uses a much blander interface and prefers the ImpulseTracker interface style. Many people (myself included) much prefer the FastTracker II interface style and this program uses that. I’m sure it’s more wishful thinking than anything, but I’d love to see a modern DOS module tracker with the FT2 interface style.
Also, wasn’t OpenMPT designed around a sound plugin that could be used virtually anywhere? Not to mention it’s open sourced?
Sorry about latching onto a trivial detail like this xD, and it doesn't really have an effect on anything relevant; in any case, having used MS-DOS trackers already back in the day, I feel the need to remark that OpenMPT does not use the Impulse Tracker interface style, wahh... :') Unless there's some theming available for OpenMPT that I'm not aware of, that is. OpenMPT uses the operating system's window elements, panels, file selectors... and so on. It is very "Windowsy" because of these default elements being used so much. Impulse Tracker is _entirely different_.