Invalid zip archive? Initial beat?

[Abbas]

I just downloaded my first song, and it won't open! It's a .smzip and I get an error saying "[file name] is an invalid zip archive". I tried opening it with smzipackage or whatever (which I found on the program list but didn't find it anywhere else) and it gives me the same error.

What do I do?

Also, I tried creating a song, and the tutorial says that I need to specify the initial beat, and I do this by opening the song using the editor. What editor? And how do I do this?

As a side note, the tutorials at stepmania are really horrible. They have yet to help me with anything.

[nforcer06164]

Re: Invalid zip archive? Initial beat?

The zip file you have is probably corrupted, meaning it won't work at all. Get a different song.

To open up the editor, make sure you have the mp3 or ogg you want to make steps for in its own folder in a category folder, in the "Songs" folder of stepmania. Then, open up stepmania and choose "Edit Songs / Courses" from the main menu, and choose your song. It's pretty easy to figure out from there if you use the help shortcuts.

[zero1dude]

Re: Invalid zip archive? Initial beat?

I just downloaded my first song, and it won't open! It's a .smzip and I get an error saying "[file name] is an invalid zip archive". I tried opening it with smzipackage or whatever (which I found on the program list but didn't find it anywhere else) and it gives me the same error.

What do I do?

Also, I tried creating a song, and the tutorial says that I need to specify the initial beat, and I do this by opening the song using the editor. What editor? And how do I do this?

As a side note, the tutorials at stepmania are really horrible. They have yet to help me with anything.

The "beat" is used by using a certain program finding the BPM.
Or you could just tap your spacebar to the beat and after a minute, see how many beats there were (but that's just how I do it sometimes).
Example:
You tap the spacebar 200 times each beat. The BPM is 200.
For the corrupt file, redownloading it might help.

[Ramengan]

Re: Invalid zip archive? Initial beat?

You tap the spacebar 200 times each beat. The BPM is 200.

You mean each minute, right?

Abbas, if you want to create a new song, start in notepad (yes, notepad) to make things like the title and initial "beat" (bpm), and enter what .mp3 or .ogg file you'll use for a song. There's a good FAQ here on the Forums, just go here:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=11249