stepfiles

[neobahamut0zero]

This may not belong here or might have been posted before, but I was just curious what a stepfile is supposed to look like from the code view(or simfiles?). Most of you have created them and I'm just curious what languages you can make them in or do you have to download a certain software to make them? Any information would be nice I kinda` want to create my own stepfiles to be honest, just for myself.

[dAnceguy117]

Re: stepfiles

The contents of a .sm file are actually read in as a data file (right?) of which StepMania or some other program will generate the results. Here's a snippet of code from a simfile, where a '1' represents a note in its respective position, and the whole block corresponds to a measure of a song:

,
1001
0000
1010
0000
0100
0000
0011
0000
1000
0000
0101
0000
0100
0000
0011
1000

A lot of your questions can probably be answered by reading through Patashu's Stepping Guide. Take a look at section B in particular. Most people use StepMania's built-in GUI to create their own simfiles. StepMania will create the .sm file for you without any need for slogging through the code yourself.

Have fun!

[Patashu]

Re: stepfiles

This may not belong here or might have been posted before, but I was just curious what a stepfile is supposed to look like from the code view(or simfiles?). Most of you have created them and I'm just curious what languages you can make them in or do you have to download a certain software to make them? Any information would be nice I kinda` want to create my own stepfiles to be honest, just for myself.

You can make them in stepmania or in ddream studio, if you mean 'what does a program that makes stepfiles look like' stepmania's source code is available if you want to read it (it's a hefty read though)

[neobahamut0zero]

Re: stepfiles

OOOooo interesting, I see but in response to the code that uses binary 10001010101, how do you time when the arrows appear and what not? Thanks for the links and information, I'll start looking through them now

[bmah]

Re: stepfiles

Don't use the binary coding itself in notepad to create a stepchart; that's an extremely archaic method used about 10 years ago. You can create a stepchart using the Stepmania program or DDream Studio. For more information on how to step, refer to Patashu's Stepping Guide as dAnceguy pointed out above - click on the link and follow the steps.