"Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

[Choofers]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

that's around 140 bpm, right? shouldn't be too hard as long as the patterns are good.

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Song name: Friendship is Magic (Faster Mix)
Style: Pad
Length: 2:00
Difficulty: Standard/Medium [6], Hard/Heavy [8]
Notes: I was never refined at making stepfiles, I feel as if I have many repeated patterns (mostly on Standard) and well I'm sure everything is more or less than average. Also a work-in-progress. Uses Dwi/Sm files.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?vg5lcynvq0cq5fl

[cedolad]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Song Name: Bonfire
Artist: Knife Party
Length: Just over 2 mins (cut)
Difficulty: haven't figured it out yet
Notes: Starting to get used to adding holds and mines to more of my files, really looking for feedback on hold/mine and jump/hand usage. First finished file that I actually took time to work on in years.

dl: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32295295/Bon...0(cedolad).zip

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

If someone would be kind enough to go through this chart below with a fine tooth comb I would appreciate it very much. I don't wish to post the DL link because I would like to use this in a pack in the near future.

Please PM me on here if you can spare the time so I can PM you the file. (I only do this in case the pack in the future requests that it not be a previously released chart. I'm sure you understand.)

[sayuncle990]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Song name: Friendship is Magic (Faster Mix)
Style: Pad
Length: 2:00
Difficulty: Standard/Medium [6], Hard/Heavy [8]
Notes: I was never refined at making stepfiles, I feel as if I have many repeated patterns (mostly on Standard) and well I'm sure everything is more or less than average. Also a work-in-progress. Uses Dwi/Sm files.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?vg5lcynvq0cq5fl

I tried the Medium, but it seems out of sync to me. All the notes were coming just a bit too early.

[storn42]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

-The name of the song: the livestream song
-Style played: 4key
-Length: 2:41
-Difficulty: hard - unrated
-this is my first file and i want to know what i need to improve/change
-you can find the artist here or here

EDIT: oops forgot download lol http://www.mediafire.com/?etx2dq676x87p8i

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Name - Christmas Memories
Style - Keyboard (4K)
Length - 2:00
Difficultly - Hard (7)
Notes - My first chart that I actually took it seriously, and spent a good few hours on it. Intentionally, there was supposed to be two charts but I'd rather release this as a W.I.P. so I can get some feedback.

DL Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?rmh2f1q74zf46jl

[ilikexd]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Name - Christmas Memories
Style - Keyboard (4K)
Length - 2:00
Difficultly - Hard (7)
Notes - My first chart that I actually took it seriously, and spent a good few hours on it. Intentionally, there was supposed to be two charts but I'd rather release this as a W.I.P. so I can get some feedback.

DL Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?rmh2f1q74zf46jl

The song is pretty straightforward and is a good choice to step as a beginner.

The file is a bit off-sync: notes are around 50ms early, and the bpm of the song is actually exactly 170 rather than the 169.8 something in the file.

There are a few ghost notes (notes that do not correspond to any sound in the music). This is in the form of just a few 12th notes every now and then that didn't actually go to a sound, and the 24th gallops toward the end of the song.
There are a few misrhythms: The few 32nds are actually 12ths (it's more noticeable with the music on sync).

In general, be mindful of what sounds you're stepping and why you're stepping it that way. A problem with this chart is that it seems to randomly switch from jumps to notes without anything changing in the song. It results in gameplay being counter-intuitive and lacking flow.

Decide which instrument you want to step, and step it as single notes (typically). Add difficulty to it by layering another instrument as you see fit. This means when two instruments in the song are played at the same time, step it as a jump. This will make gameplay a lot more enjoyable and intuitive, and it allows the player to "feel" the music more clearly, so to speak. Just make sure you're layering it consistently over significant periods of time, i.e. don't layer on the vocals for 5 seconds and arbitrarily switch to percussion without some noticeable change in the song itself. For example, 54 seconds in you go from stepping piano to vocals with 64ths/32nds. It's not bad to step vocals, but it's quite unexpected here and doesn't happen like that anywhere else in the file, and there isn't any significant change in the song to merit this IMO.

Pattern-wise, it's pretty good. Be mindful of creating minijacks (they appear in this file usually before jumps). They're not too much of a problem at this speed, but try to place them with purpose rather than by coincidence (not saying you necessarily did that). A trill followed by a minijack is an unfriendly pattern.

It's still good for a first chart. I hope I wasn't too negative or overwhelming. Also keep in mind that a lot about stepping is subjective, and this advice is purely my opinion based from my experience stepping and playing.

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

The song is pretty straightforward and is a good choice to step as a beginner.
The file is a bit off-sync: notes are around 50ms early, and the bpm of the song is actually exactly 170 rather than the 169.8 something in the file.
There are a few ghost notes (notes that do not correspond to any sound in the music). This is in the form of just a few 12th notes every now and then that didn't actually go to a sound, and the 24th gallops toward the end of the song.
There are a few misrhythms: The few 32nds are actually 12ths (it's more noticeable with the music on sync).
In general, be mindful of what sounds you're stepping and why you're stepping it that way. A problem with this chart is that it seems to randomly switch from jumps to notes without anything changing in the song. It results in gameplay being counter-intuitive and lacking flow.

Decide which instrument you want to step, and step it as single notes (typically). Add difficulty to it by layering another instrument as you see fit. This means when two instruments in the song are played at the same time, step it as a jump. This will make gameplay a lot more enjoyable and intuitive, and it allows the player to "feel" the music more clearly, so to speak. Just make sure you're layering it consistently over significant periods of time, i.e. don't layer on the vocals for 5 seconds and arbitrarily switch to percussion without some noticeable change in the song itself. For example, 54 seconds in you go from stepping piano to vocals with 64ths/32nds. It's not bad to step vocals, but it's quite unexpected here and doesn't happen like that anywhere else in the file, and there isn't any significant change in the song to merit this IMO.
Pattern-wise, it's pretty good. Be mindful of creating minijacks (they appear in this file usually before jumps). They're not too much of a problem at this speed, but try to place them with purpose rather than by coincidence (not saying you necessarily did that). A trill followed by a minijack is an unfriendly pattern.
It's still good for a first chart. I hope I wasn't too negative or overwhelming. Also keep in mind that a lot about stepping is subjective, and this advice is purely my opinion based from my experience stepping and playing.

Now this is exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks for all your advice! Hope I can apply this to make this chart a little better.

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Name - Cupcake in my Eye (Original Mix)
Style - Keyboard (4K)
Length - 1:09
Difficultly - Light (4)
Notes - My 2nd file that I took seriously, I even had to re-download Audacity and DDream to make sure it's at least decent haha. Thanks for the peeps at the Team Pony skype chat, this chart is intended to be put on FFR that's a pretty hard beginners/low-end intermediate chart. My main concern is how my take is on the ending of the chart, I think I might have over-done it.

DL Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?h1b5j5w07dsao2e

[Wayward Vagabond]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

Name - Cupcake in my Eye (Original Mix)
Style - Keyboard (4K)
Length - 1:09
Difficultly - Light (4)
Notes - My 2nd file that I took seriously, I even had to re-download Audacity and DDream to make sure it's at least decent haha. Thanks for the peeps at the Team Pony skype chat, this chart is intended to be put on FFR that's a pretty hard beginners/low-end intermediate chart. My main concern is how my take is on the ending of the chart, I think I might have over-done it.

DL Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?h1b5j5w07dsao2e

first things first. your notes are off by a 32nd so fix that plz. avoid one handed trills that are as long and as fast as you have them for files that are suppose to be easy. there is a huge jump in difficulty when you compare the beginning to the second half of this file. im not a big fan of the jacks in this file but thats more on you than anything. the ending little js bit i would get rid of it because thats just mean. i would go with something more like [13]x.x.[34][12][34] instead of what you have .

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

first things first. your notes are off by a 32nd so fix that plz. avoid one handed trills that are as long and as fast as you have them for files that are suppose to be easy. there is a huge jump in difficulty when you compare the beginning to the second half of this file. im not a big fan of the jacks in this file but thats more on you than anything. the ending little js bit i would get rid of it because thats just mean. i would go with something more like [13]x.x.[34][12][34] instead of what you have.

syncing is such a nightmare... Is there an easy and/or foolproof way for it? I'll get right to that. And I guess I did overdid it then, will work on some more.

[ilikexd]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

syncing is such a nightmare... Is there an easy and/or foolproof way for it? I'll get right to that. And I guess I did overdid it then, will work on some more.

Use ddream and visually sync the beats with the sound waveforms.

[.Rarity]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

I did, and I fixed it now but I'm not gonna put up a dl link for updated ver unless asked, can you check sync via this yt vid?

[storn42]

Re: "Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread V2

I did, and I fixed it now but I'm not gonna put up a dl link for updated ver unless asked, can you check sync via this yt vid?

find a song that doesn't change tempo. then find an auto bpm program. the one im using and i think works really well for one tempo music is mixmeister bpm analyzer. works well and can find multiple bpms at once. also try and use the wave filter to help, some songs with heavy drums dont need this but if its all around loud it will defiantly help.