how do i create a new sim file?!?!

[kage46]

oookay. i want to make a sim file for blue bird naruto shippuden op 3. i have the mp3. i'm still looking for the avi. video file. but if i have the mp3, how do i make a sim file outta it? and once i have the avi. video file, how do i add that to the song, so that it will play as i play the song? help me plz.

[-Yukari-]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

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[rzr]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

Open SM. Go to Edit songs > Make new steps > then edit it.

[kage46]

yeahh, about that. heres what happens - *clicks create song on sm tools menu, window appears saying "failed to create directory 'song/my creations/': access is denied" hmmmmm, yesss. maybe because i created a file 'my creations' before it tried to do it atomaticly. maybe thats the default, and since i've already done it, it can't create a file in the same file 'songs/my creations' because its already been made... hmm, i'll change it to somthing else and see if it'll do it. hang on a sec.

yep, that was the problem. hehe. good thing i thought of what i had done, or else i would have been pissed. xD so now how do i add a video file, so that it will play as i play the song?

yeaahhh, okay, nvm, it dosen't work any more. i accedentally deleted the sim file, and now i try to make another go to sm tools menu again and to 'creat song' and *clicks create song on sm tools menu, window appears saying "failed to create directory 'song/my creations/': access is denied* happens again. idk why, i deleted the 'my creations' folder. it should be able to create it. jeez, wtf do i do. D:

[TC_Halogen]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

Kage, do this:

1.) Create a new folder, name it what you want (preferably the song's title)
2.) Place the music file of that song into the folder you just created.
3.) Open Notepad.
4.) Save a blank text file in the folder as a .sm (change to files of all type. So, if your song is Max 300, you would name this Max 300.sm.)
5.) Open Stepmania. If you did this right, your song SHOULD show up in Edit Mode. This is a bit longer, but it's much less of a hassle, and when you start getting good at making steps, you'll use 3.95, where you have to do it this way anyway. If you need more help, I'll gladly make a picture guide for you.

[kage46]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

thanks halogen, i got it, it turns out i was some how using a sm tools from a DVDR that was in, and it was read only, or somthin. lolz. i downloaded stepmania again, and saved all my songs, noteskins, and themes in another folder, and took only the sm tools, the one i needed, and i did what you said, after that didn't work. so thanks alot. but how do i make a video play in the background of the song? i have the Opening video on real player, and i have the file ready, but when i put that into the song folder it dosen't show while playing... can ya help me on this problem??

[Silver_Brian]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

Try not to post so many times in a row. Use the edit button.

[TC_Halogen]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

thanks halogen, i got it, it turns out i was some how using a sm tools from a DVDR that was in, and it was read only, or somthin. lolz. i downloaded stepmania again, and saved all my songs, noteskins, and themes in another folder, and took only the sm tools, the one i needed, and i did what you said, after that didn't work. so thanks alot. but how do i make a video play in the background of the song? i have the Opening video on real player, and i have the file ready, but when i put that into the song folder it dosen't show while playing... can ya help me on this problem??

Videos do not play in SM unless they are in .avi format. Convert your video to be that format.

[kage46]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

kay, thats what i thought, i said it in the first post at the top 'i have avi. file...' it turned out not to be the right one, so i downloaded this right one, and its not avi. how do i convert somthing into an avi. file?

[irishknight]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

Open the video in your real player application, and then -re-save-as- it by altering the title from whatever it is now into .avi.

You do that by manually typing.

[kage46]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

okay i did that, i even right clicked on the video file and went to proporties, and it told me that it is a AVI file. but when i put it into the song folder it didn't play during the song. creating the simfile is going good so far though, thats about it.

[cyrx900]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

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[irishknight]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

okay i did that, i even right clicked on the video file and went to proporties, and it told me that it is a AVI file. but when i put it into the song folder it didn't play during the song. creating the simfile is going good so far though, thats about it.

You might need to reload songs and courses.

You can find that under options in the menu screen.

If none of this works, you probably haven't set FADE BG to vid. Without that, of course your video won't play.

[kage46]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

You might need to reload songs and courses.

You can find that under options in the menu screen.

If none of this works, you probably haven't set FADE BG to vid. Without that, of course your video won't play.

umm, how do i set FADE BG to vid?? heh eeh. i'm really confused, do i do that in the folder, or what?

[kage46]

Re: how do i create a new sim file?!?!

got the video to work. i'm having trouble getting my bg to the right dimensions. same goes for banner. i have the image, but i can't seem to crop them to the right amount of pixels. i get that i save it as <song name>-bg.png its just the pixels aren't correct, and every time i crop it or edit it, it won't go to the 640x480, and same for the banner. does anyone know of a program thats good to crop it to the right dimensions??