Gotta stay caught up.

Docs/Changelog_sm5.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ StepMania 5.0 $next | 20111xxx
   if mods should be overridden on survival or not. Funny enough, this used
   to be true for the old Oni style mode, but...well, we'll cross that bridge
   later. [Wolfman2000]
+* [LifeMeterBattery] Added MaxLives metric, which limits the maximum amount of
+  lives. Setting this to 0 will remove the limit. [AJ]
 
 2011/11/27
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Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini

@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ OverY=0
 # The bar that shows up in Oni mode.
 # any score below this one will cause you to lose a life.
 MinScoreToKeepLife='TapNoteScore_W3'
+# Defines the maximum number of lives in the meter. (0 means no limit)
+MaxLives=0
 # how many lives you'll lose upon doing so.
 SubtractLives=1
 # how many lives you'll lose hitting a mine

src/LifeMeterBattery.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void LifeMeterBattery::Load( const PlayerState *pPlayerState, PlayerStageStats *
 	PlayerNumber pn = pPlayerState->m_PlayerNumber;
 
 	MIN_SCORE_TO_KEEP_LIFE.Load(sType, "MinScoreToKeepLife");
+	MAX_LIVES.Load(sType, "MaxLives");
 	DANGER_THRESHOLD.Load(sType, "DangerThreshold");
 	SUBTRACT_LIVES.Load(sType, "SubtractLives");
 	MINES_SUBTRACT_LIVES.Load(sType, "MinesSubtractLives");
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ void LifeMeterBattery::AddLives( int iLives )
 {
 	if( iLives <= 0 )
 		return;
+	if( MAX_LIVES != 0 && m_iLivesLeft >= MAX_LIVES )
+		return;
 
 	m_iTrailingLivesLeft = m_iLivesLeft;
 	m_iLivesLeft += iLives;

src/LifeMeterBattery.h

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private:
 	ThemeMetric<float> BATTERY_BLINK_TIME;
 	ThemeMetric<TapNoteScore>	MIN_SCORE_TO_KEEP_LIFE;
 	ThemeMetric<int>	DANGER_THRESHOLD;
+	ThemeMetric<int>	MAX_LIVES;
 	ThemeMetric<int>	SUBTRACT_LIVES;
 	ThemeMetric<int>	MINES_SUBTRACT_LIVES;
 	ThemeMetric<int>	HELD_ADD_LIVES;