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< H1 > StepMania FAQ< / H1 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > The error " Your system is reporting that Direct3D8 hardware acceleration is
not available. In most cases, you can download an updated driver from your
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card's manufacturer" .< / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > This means one of two things:
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< li > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Your video card does not support Direct3D 8. If your computer is more
than 4 years old, this is very likely the case. StepMania can not run
without hardware acceleration, so your only option is to buy a new video
card (< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=radeon+7000+agp" > AGP< / a >
or
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=radeon+7000+pci" >
PCI< / a > ).< / font > < / li >
< li > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Your video card does support Direct3D 8, but you have a very old driver
installed. You need to obtain an updated video driver from either the PC
manufacturer (< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://support.dell.com/us/en/home.asp" > Dell< / a > ,
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://h71025.www7.hp.com/support/home/index.asp" >
Compaq< / a > ,
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/dlcenter.asp" >
Gateway< / a > ,
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html" >
HP< / a > ) or directly from the graphics card maker (< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp" > Nvidia< / a > ,
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/powered.html" >
ATI< / a > ).< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > The error " Cannot find Dinput8.dll" appears when launching the game./ StepMania
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reports " Direct3DCreate failed" .< / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > You need to download DirectX 8.1 at
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.microsoft.com/directx/" >
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/< / a > .< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > When playing with a dance pad, the game doesn't register presses of Left
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and Right simultaneously or Up and Down simultaneously.< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > This is a hardware limitation of many PlayStation-> USB converters. In
some cases, it can be solved by turning on the option " Ignore Joy Axes" on
the Input Options screen. See our
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/adapter.php" >
adapter compatibility page< / a > for more information on this problem.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > The graphics appear blurred on the right and bottom edges. for example,
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" Stage One" will appear as " Stage O----" (blur).< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > You probably have a Savage video card and are running StepMania 3.0
final. Please download the latest intermediate version of SM, and the
problem should be fixed.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > I'm using an EMS2, and pressing 2 buttons simultaneously resets the game
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to the main menu.< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Apparently this is a know problem with the latest batch of EMS USB2's:
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.levelsix.com/L6news.shtml" >
http://www.levelsix.com/L6news.shtml< / a > < / font > < br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > Can newer StepMania versions import my StepMania 3.0 final high scores?< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< p > < font size = "2" face = "Arial" > As of StepMania 3.9 alpha 5, the answer is yes. To use
this feature, copy the file " statistics.ini" file from the StepMania 3.0
final directory (usually C:\Program Files\StepMania) to the StepMania 3.9
directory (usually C:\Program Files\StepMania CVS). < / font > < / p >
< p > < font SIZE = "2" face = "Arial" > * Be sure that you have copied all of your songs over from
SM 3.0 final or else some scores will fail to import. < / font > < / p >
< p > < font SIZE = "2" face = "Arial" > * When copying songs from 3.0 to 3.9, do not rename any
song folders. For example, if have a song in StepMania 3.0 at " Songs\4th
Mix\B4U" , the song must exist in SM 3.9 at " Songs\4th Mix\B4U" . If these
names do not match exactly, scores will fail to import.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > The versus, double, and couple styles aren't selectable. I see them, but
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I can only choose single or couple.< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Press Start on the 2nd pad, then you'll be able to select styles that
require both sides to be joined.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > When I run StepMania on Windows Server 2003, I get an error " hardware
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acceleration isn't available" .< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > D3D hardware acceleration is disabled by default in Windows Server 2003.
This web page has instructions on how to re-enable hardware acceleration:
< a style = "color: #B30000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none" href = "http://www.msfn.org/win2k3/hardwareacc.htm" >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > How do I run StepMania on an Xbox?< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > StepMania will only run on a
< a href = "http://www.xbox-scene.org" > mod-chipped Xbox< / a > . For legal reasons, we cannot distribute an
executable of StepMania for Xbox. See the the #xbins channel on EFnet or
the < a href = "http://www.xbins.org/" > Xbins web
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site< / a > for more information.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > I can't press more than 2 keys simultaneously. How do I fix this?< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > This is a hardware limitation of nearly every keyboard - both PS2 and
USB. See
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here< / a > for more info. In some cases, you can get around this by
carefully choosing which keys you map.< br >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > Joysticks don't work in the Linux version.< / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< p > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Some notes courtesy of Aaron VonderHaar:< / font > < / p >
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< li > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > Depending on SDL compile-time options, it may only be looking for
/dev/js?. If the system has devfs, then the joysticks may actually be in
/dev/js/? -- I couldn't figure out how to tell SDL where to look, so I ended
up making symlinks (e.g. /dev/js0 => /dev/js/0).< / font > < / li >
< li > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > A common problem is that the necessary joystick modules aren't properly
loaded.< / font > < / li >
< li > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > There are latency issues with the parallel port joystick driver.< / font > < / li >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > When I run under RedHat 9, I get the error
" libmad.so.0 is missing" < / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< p > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > You can get the libmad RPM for RedHat 9
< a href = "http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/9/libmad/" > here< / a > .< / font > < / p >
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< font face = "Arial" size = "2" > < b > When I run under Linux, I get the error
" SDL 1.2.6 is required" < / b > < / font > < / H3 >
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< p > < font face = "Arial" size = "2" > RedHat and Mandrake users can get the RPM
< a href = "http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm" > here< / a > . If
you're trying to compile StepMania, you can get the SDL-devel RPM
< a href = "http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-devel-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm" > here< / a > .< / font > < / p >
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