SM n00b

[makaveli121212]

yeah thats me ; im not a patient person and i cant get my songs to work in the game, so i just quit trying ; i really enjoy ffr but now its kinda gettin boring, so i need something else like SM; r there songs specific to SM and DWI, or are they interchangeable; i put each song in the song folder, inside another genre folder, and then in its specific song folder; i must be an idiot ; could someone give me an idiot proof way of doing this because im really an idiot;

[plasmix]

Here's the folder breakdown I use.

StepMania >>> Songs >>> (*1) Arch0wlOriginals >>> (*2) Payon >>> *song junk* (.mp3 , .dwi , images)

(*1) Create a folder for the place you got it from. This doesn't really matter. *SONG CATEGORY*

(*2) Create a folder SPECIFICALLY for the song you want. For example, if you wanted to d/l Arch's Payon song. Open up the .zip file and create a folder INSIDE the SONG CATEGORY called whatever the name of the song is. Extract the .dwi, .mp3, and the two images into the *SUBCATEGORY SONG FOLDER*. Refresh and load up StepMania. Now you have your first song.

If you get songs from other websites, you can simply name the *SONG CATEGORY FOLDER* according to where you got it from. (i.e. BemaniStyleOriginals) and make new *SUBCATEGORY SONG FOLDER*'s inside the *SONG CATEGORY FOLDER* according to the song name and extract all the *SONG JUNK* into it.

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I hope that helped. It took me 5 whole minutes to type that.

[makaveli121212]

my question is does the name of the folders really matter; like if the category was plasmix and i named the folder as X, and the song was makaveli, but i put it in folder M, would there be a problem

[fleenx]

the name of the folder doesn't matter at all

[makaveli121212]

ok so do DWI songs work in SM; maybe thats y mine dont work

[plasmix]

These two files are extremely essential to loading the song :

(filename).dwi

and

(filename).mp3

Only mp3 music will work on Stepmania. Here are the other two common files.

(filename for song banner).png
(filename for song b/g).png

Once you have everything in the right place, Stepmania will load the songs. When it opens, you will know if it worked if you look in the top left corner. It will say "15 songs found" or whatever how many you did.

[makaveli121212]

yup, i got it to work ; i guess had too many folders; i dont know im an idiot; thanks though

[plasmix]

I recommend Flight of the Bumblebee (Rock Guitar).

[makaveli121212]

yeah since i am just gettin started and am fairly good at ffr, i was wondering if u guys could recommend soe songs; something with a nice beat, and not too asian, if you know what i mean; i only have 2 songs now, max300 and a zelda song; theyre not too hard; hope to hear your suggestions; also where is the best place to get songs, you know from what site

[87x]

umm... LOM, Snadstorm, Colors radio edt, max dinosaur..

[makaveli121212]

could u help me with web site; as i said im a SM n00b and quite the idiot; i look at some of these sites and either the page is expired or the simfiles are down or they havent put them in yet or something; can u get these dwi's with mp3's in a zip file off kazaa

[DiGiCharat]

Um...even though your post was like in May, and responding to it now is completely stupid, I can offer a place. I saw this in another thread and it was good:

https://www.ddrstlying.it

[makaveli121212]

thanks digi, but that site is down too; y do you all mock me

[DiGiCharat]

Sorry, I meant to write:

https://www.ddrstyling.it

try it again now. Just click Downloads and the spanish file thingy then you'll get a choice of mixes.

[makaveli121212]

thatll do, thanks