©2001-2003, StepMania team, All rights reserved. ©2001-2003, StepMania team, All rights reserved.
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+Stepmania now supports an unlocking system. This means you can choose to make some songs or courses hidden from the selection interface until a certain condition has been met. Some of the methods implemented are:
Dance points (DP)
Arcade points (AP)
Song "Paranoia Survivor MAX" is locked either by clearing 30 stages, or by landing on it in roulette.
#UNLOCK:POP 4:CS=50;
Course Pop 4 is locked until 50 stages are cleared. (Stepmania doesn't distinguish between song and course titles yet.)
-A note about roulette seeds – Each entry to be locked via roulette must have its own seed – if multiple songs have the same seed and one of them is landed on, all of them become unlocked. A song locked by roulette does NOT need to be cleared in order to become unlocked.
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http://www.stepmania.com
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About StepMania
Minimum Requirements
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See the file COPYING.txt for license information.
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About StepMania (top)
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+About StepMania (top)
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StepMania is capable of playing many game types. Currently, it supports games
similar to Dance Dance Revolution, Pump It Up, EZ 2 Dancer, and Para Para
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hand sensors.
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Minimum Requirements (top)
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+Minimum Requirements (top)
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* Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
* Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Athlon, or compatible processor, 266MHz
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DirectX (top)
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+DirectX (top)
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DirectX 8.0 is required before installing StepMania. If DirectX 8.0 is not
installed on your computer, the StepMania installer will display a warning and
abort the installation.
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Installation (top)
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+Installation (top)
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To install StepMania, download the file stepmania300.exe to a known location on
your hard drive, then double-click the file icon to begin the installation. The
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present. The default installation directory is 'C:\Program Files\StepMania'.
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Controls (top)
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+Controls (top)
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Use the "Config Key/Joy" option from the Title Menu to configure your keyboard,
dance pad, or other game controller. This menu allows you to map up to 2
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* F9 = Toggle title translations
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How StepMania Loads Songs (top)
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+How StepMania Loads Songs (top)
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All files for a specific song (data file, music file, banner, background) must
reside in a single folder. This folder must have the following path:
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background change to that movie at beat 0.
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Connecting Dance Pads (top)
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+Connecting Dance Pads (top)
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There are several devices that allow you to connect PlayStation dance pads to
your PC.
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StepMania now natively supports USB Pump It Up pads.
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Compatibility Issues (top)
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+Compatibility Issues (top)
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Some video card/driver combinations have visual errors when running StepMania.
If you experience any visual errors, please visit your video card manufacturer's
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bugs. Please upgrade to the latest drivers, which will hopefully fix the errors.
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FAQ / Troubleshooting (top)
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+FAQ / Troubleshooting (top)
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* The error "Cannot find Dinput8.dll" appears when launching the game.
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make anyone angry if it takes longer than expected (it usually does).
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StepMania Packages - .smzip (top)
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+StepMania Packages - .smzip (top)
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The StepMania package format was created to make the distribution of songs and
other add-ons very easy. StepMania package files have the extension '.smzip'
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the list.
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Questions, Bugs, Suggestions,
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+Questions, Bugs, Suggestions,
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If you have a question about or problem with StepMania, please first ask your
question a StepMania message board. For a list of StepMania message boards, see
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The StepMania editor (top)
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+The StepMania editor (top)
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The StepMania editor allows you to edit, record, synchronize, and play back note
patterns. When you choose 'Save', your song will be saved in both the .SM format
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* R - Record over current selection (if no selection, record whole song)
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The .SM file format (top)
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+The .SM file format (top)
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The .SM song file format was created to be one file format that supports all
game types that StepMania can play (dance, pump, beat, guitar, etc). The syntax
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a backgound, it searches in this order:
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Each pattern of notes has the same basic format:
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Backgrounds (top)
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StepMania supports three different modes of backgrounds. The default background
mode can be set in the Graphic Options menu.
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www.stepmania.com.
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BGAnimations Format (top)
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+BGAnimations Format (top)
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The BGAnimations folder in the StepMania program directory may contain several
BGAnimation folders.
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- Tiles zoom in and out.
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The .CRS File Format (top)
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+The .CRS File Format (top)
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CRS files define the courses used in the Nonstop, Oni, and Endless modes. All CRS
files must reside in the "Courses" folder in the StepMania program folder.
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1.2xmusic, 1.3xmusic, 1.4xmusic, 1.5xmusic
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Extra Stages (top)
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+Extra Stages (top)
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You can manually specify extra stages for each song group by creating .CRS files
called "extra1.crs" and "extra2.crs" and placing them in the song group folder
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Unlock System (top)
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-Stepmania now supports an unlocking system. This means you can choose to make some songs or courses hidden from the selection interface until a certain condition has been met. Some of the methods implemented are:
Song stays locked until a certain number of dance points are accumulated. A Perfect is worth 2 points, Great is 1, etc.
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Creating an Announcer (top)
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+Creating an Announcer (top)
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Announcers folders must reside in the "Announcers" folder inside the StepMania
program directory (e.g. "Announcers\DDRMAX\"). An announcer folder contains
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that are available at www.stepmania.com.
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Creating a Note Skin (top)
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+Creating a Note Skin (top)
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Note skins allow you to customize the way notes appear. Note skins must reside
in the folder "NoteSkins\<Game Name>\<Note Skin Name>". Note skins are specific
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"How StepMania Loads Textures" in this document.
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Creating a Theme (top)
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+Creating a Theme (top)
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All themes must reside in the Themes folder below the StepMania program
directory. Inside a theme folder, you will all or only a few of the items below:
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- Start StepMania, go to Appearance Options, and change your theme to "MySuperTheme".
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Actor Commands (top)
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+Actor Commands (top)
In the old paradigm, you would define the position of an Actor with two
different metrics - one for the X position, and one for the Y. For example:
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ScreenSelect (top)
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+ScreenSelect (top)
ScreenSelect is a type of screen that presents the user with a list of choices.
The choices shown on these screens can be Styles, Difficulties, PlayModes, or
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How StepMania Loads Textures (top)
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+How StepMania Loads Textures (top)
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* What are textures?
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Building StepMania from CVS source
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+Building StepMania from CVS source
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CVS is the repository that manages the StepMania source code. Our CVS server is
graciously provided by SourceForge. You can get the absolute-latest bleeding
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* All done! Congrats.
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Thanks (top)
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redcrusher (Michael Curry) for help on ez2 graphics
Dj Slash & Tony Thai for the caution graphic
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