General StepMania Q&A

[Fission]

there isn't a thread for this, and i thought it would be useful for there to be a thread dedicated to asking short questions related to stepmania instead of there being many disparate threads with the same objective of resolving simple questions.

try not to repeat questions that can be found in http://www.keybeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2377 to avoid clutter.

with that being said, i'll start.

in stepmania 5, how do i modify the song options menu to include whatever i want to have on it(rates, fail options, etc.)? i am using the ultralight theme and i used to know how to do it, but i don't recall and need a refresher.

secondly, how can i remove the shortcuts that add appearance modifiers in stepmania 5? it's really annoying to accidently trigger them and it happens frequently.

[Wafles]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

Ultralight uses _fallback for a lot of the options, so you either have to modify _fallback or override it.

I wrote this for Skwid a while ago to show him how to add rates to the song options menu in Ultralight.

If you don't want to override _fallback you can fiddle around with the themes metrics. Just adding the following to [ScreenPlayerOptions] should also work. If you want to add fail options you'll have to find the name for it (I'm sure its in the _fallback metrics somewhere)

ALRIGHT SO HERES WHAT YOU DO

OPEN YOUR C:/Path/To/Stepmania5/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini FILE

Replace the [ScreenPlayerOptions] section with the stuff below and you're done!


[ScreenPlayerOptions]
Fallback="ScreenOptions"
Class="ScreenPlayerOptions"
#
PrevScreen=Branch.BackOutOfPlayerOptions()
NextScreen=Branch.SongOptions()
#
PlayMusic=false
#
TimerSeconds=30
#
LineNames="1,19,2,3A,3B,4,5,6,R,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17"
Line19="list,Rate"
Line1="lua,SpeedMods()"
# Line1="list,Speed"
Line2="list,Accel"
Line3A="list,EffectsReceptor"
Line3B="list,EffectsArrow"
#
Line4="list,Appearance"
Line5="list,Turn"
Line6="list,Insert"
LineR="list,Remove"
Line7="list,Scroll"
Line8="list,NoteSkins"
Line9="list,Holds"
Line10="list,Mines"
Line11="list,Attacks"
Line12="list,PlayerAutoPlay"
Line13="list,Hide"
Line14="list,Persp"
Line16="list,Steps"
Line17="list,Characters"
#

[Fission]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

oh, it's in _fallback metrics. should have known. thanks.

do you happen to know anything about the second question i asked?

[Wafles]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

Not a clue, sorry

[TwistedPhoenix]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

In the base.ini file, look for this section. Haven't tested to see if removing the shortcuts gets rid of them, but it's something at least.

[CodeDetector]
PrevSteps1="Up,Up"
PrevSteps2="MenuUp,MenuUp"
NextSteps1="Down,Down"
NextSteps2="MenuDown,MenuDown"
NextSort1="@MenuLeft-@MenuRight-Start"
NextSort2="MenuLeft-MenuRight"
NextSort3="@Left-@Right-Start"
NextSort4="Left-Right"
ModeMenu1="Up,Down,Up,Down"
ModeMenu2="MenuUp,MenuDown,MenuUp,MenuDown"
Mirror="Up,Left,Right,Left,Right"
Left="Up,Down,Right,Left"
Right="Up,Down,Left,Right"
Shuffle="Down,Up,Down,Up"
SuperShuffle="Down,Up,Left,Right"
NextTransform=""
NextScrollSpeed="Up,Left,Down,Left,Up"
PreviousScrollSpeed="Down,Right,Up,Right,Down"
NextAccel="Left,Right,Down,Up"
NextEffect="Left,Down,Right"
NextAppearance="Left,Up,Right"
NextTurn=""
Reverse="Down,Left,Right,Left,Right"
HoldNotes="Right,Left,Down,Up"
Mines=""
Dark=""
CancelAll="Left,Right,Left,Right,Left,Right,Left,Right"
NextTheme="Left,Left,Left,Right,Right,Right,Left,Right"
NextTheme2="MenuLeft,MenuLeft,MenuLeft,MenuRight,MenuRight,MenuRight,MenuLeft,MenuRight"
NextAnnouncer="Left,Left,Right,Right,Left,Left,Right,Right"
NextAnnouncer2="MenuLeft,MenuLeft,MenuRight,MenuRight,MenuLeft,MenuLeft,MenuRight,MenuRight"
NextBannerGroup="MenuUp,MenuRight,MenuRight"
NextBannerGroup2="MenuUp,MenuDown,MenuUp,MenuDown"
Hidden=""
RandomVanish=""
SaveScreenshot1="MenuLeft-MenuRight"
SaveScreenshot2=""
CancelAllPlayerOptions=""
BackInEventMode=""

[Fission]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

i don't see why removing those wouldn't work. i'll try it and report back, thanks.

[icontrolyourworld]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

this should be pretty helpful for a lot of stuff

http://www.keybeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2377

[xNiX]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

How do you make the combo appear to the right? And can you do that with the accuracy as well?

[Fission]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

this should be pretty helpful for a lot of stuff
http://www.keybeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2377

will add this to the op, thanks for informing me of it

[AlexDest]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

How do you make the combo appear to the right? And can you do that with the accuracy as well?

Depends on the theme and version of Stepmania you're using.

[xNiX]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

Depends on the theme and version of Stepmania you're using.

how about for 3.95 cvs

[mi40]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

whoa people are good at stepmania science ;o

[Wafles]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

how about for 3.95 cvs

Gotta modify your theme to change the position of the combo. Should be in the metrics.ini

[DefTeaMachine]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

You know that thing when your combo counter changes color depending on if you are AAAing, Fcing, and whatnot. I need to make that thing stay at white because it really fucks with me.


sm5

[Wafles]

Re: General StepMania Q&A

Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini

Under [Player] you should find a line that says

PercentUntilColorCombo=0.25

Change that to 1.0, or copy that line and put it under the same section in whichever theme you're using.