Changed LifeMeterTime to not crash when not in course mode. Changed _fallback's life settings back to forcing together. Added ForceImmediateFailForBattery theme metric. Gave up on FailFadeRemovePlayer lua function and removed it.

Docs/Luadoc/Lua.xml

@@ -1326,7 +1326,6 @@
 		</Class>
 		<Class base='ScreenWithMenuElements' name='ScreenGameplay'>
 			<Function name='Center1Player'/>
-			<Function name='FailFadeRemovePlayer'/>
 			<Function name='GetDummyPlayerInfo'/>
 			<Function name='GetHasteRate'/>
 			<Function name='GetLifeMeter'/>

Docs/Luadoc/LuaDocumentation.xml

@@ -3791,9 +3791,6 @@ save yourself some time, copy this for undocumented things:
 	<Function name='Center1Player' return='bool' arguments=''>
 		Returns <code>true</code> if a single <Link class='Player' /> has its NoteField centered.
 	</Function>
-	<Function name='FailFadeRemovePlayer' return='void' arguments='PlayerNumber pn'>
-		Removes the notes for the specified player.
-	</Function>
 	<Function name='GetDummyPlayerInfo' return='PlayerInfo' arguments='int index'>
 		Returns a dummy PlayerInfo for the specified index.
 	</Function>

Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini

@@ -2540,19 +2540,19 @@ Persp,5="mod,distant;name,Distant"
 
 # Song options
 # LifeType="3"
-LifeType=(GAMESTATE:IsCourseMode() and 3 or 2)..""
+LifeType=(GAMESTATE:IsCourseMode() and 3 or 2)..";together"
 LifeTypeDefault=""
 LifeType,1="mod,bar;name,Bar"
 LifeType,2="mod,battery;name,Battery"
 LifeType,3="mod,lifetime;name,LifeTime"
 #
-BarDrain="3"
+BarDrain="3;together"
 BarDrainDefault=""
 BarDrain,1="mod,normal-drain;name,Normal"
 BarDrain,2="mod,norecover;name,NoRecover"
 BarDrain,3="mod,suddendeath;name,SuddenDeath"
 #
-BatLives="10"
+BatLives="10;together"
 BatLivesDefault=""
 BatLives,1="mod,1 life;name,1"
 BatLives,2="mod,2 lives;name,2"
@@ -3301,6 +3301,7 @@ UnpauseWithStart=true
 InitialBackgroundBrightness=1.0
 SecondsBetweenComments=10.0
 ScoreKeeperClass=ScoreKeeperClass()
+ForceImmediateFailForBattery=true
 TickEarlySeconds=0
 LightsMode="LightsMode_Gameplay"
 SurvivalModOverride=true

src/LifeMeterTime.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "LifeMeterTime.h"
 #include "ThemeManager.h"
+#include "Song.h"
 #include "Steps.h"
 #include "ActorUtil.h"
 #include "Course.h"
@@ -94,11 +95,36 @@ void LifeMeterTime::OnLoadSong()
 	if( GetLifeSeconds() <= 0 && GAMESTATE->GetCourseSongIndex() > 0 )
 		return;
 
+	float fOldLife = m_fLifeTotalLostSeconds;
+	float fGainSeconds = 0;
+	if(GAMESTATE->IsCourseMode())
+	{
 		Course* pCourse = GAMESTATE->m_pCurCourse;
 		ASSERT( pCourse != NULL );
+		fGainSeconds= pCourse->m_vEntries[GAMESTATE->GetCourseSongIndex()].fGainSeconds;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		// Placeholderish, at least this way it won't crash when someone tries it
+		// out in non-course mode. -Kyz
+		Song* song= GAMESTATE->m_pCurSong;
+		ASSERT(song != NULL);
+		float song_len= song->m_fMusicLengthSeconds;
+		Steps* steps= GAMESTATE->m_pCurSteps[m_pPlayerState->m_PlayerNumber];
+		ASSERT(steps != NULL);
+		RadarValues radars= steps->GetRadarValues(m_pPlayerState->m_PlayerNumber);
+		float scorable_things= radars[RadarCategory_TapsAndHolds] +
+			radars[RadarCategory_Lifts];
+		if(g_fTimeMeterSecondsChange[SE_Held] > 0.0f)
+		{
+			scorable_things+= radars[RadarCategory_Holds] +
+				radars[RadarCategory_Rolls];
+		}
+		// Calculate the amount of time to give for the player to need 80% W1.
+		float gainable_score_time= scorable_things * g_fTimeMeterSecondsChange[SE_W1];
+		fGainSeconds= song_len - (gainable_score_time * INITIAL_VALUE);
+	}
 
-	float fOldLife = m_fLifeTotalLostSeconds;
-	float fGainSeconds = pCourse->m_vEntries[GAMESTATE->GetCourseSongIndex()].fGainSeconds;
 	if( MIN_LIFE_TIME > fGainSeconds )
 		fGainSeconds = MIN_LIFE_TIME;
 	m_fLifeTotalGainedSeconds += fGainSeconds;

src/ScreenGameplay.cpp

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 static ThemeMetric<float> INITIAL_BACKGROUND_BRIGHTNESS	("ScreenGameplay","InitialBackgroundBrightness");
 static ThemeMetric<float> SECONDS_BETWEEN_COMMENTS	("ScreenGameplay","SecondsBetweenComments");
 static ThemeMetric<RString> SCORE_KEEPER_CLASS		("ScreenGameplay","ScoreKeeperClass");
+static ThemeMetric<bool> FORCE_IMMEDIATE_FAIL_FOR_BATTERY("ScreenGameplay", "ForceImmediateFailForBattery");
 
 AutoScreenMessage( SM_PlayGo );
 
@@ -1095,8 +1096,9 @@ void ScreenGameplay::LoadNextSong()
 	// No need to do this here.  We do it in SongFinished().
 	//GAMESTATE->RemoveAllActiveAttacks();
 
-	/* If we're in battery mode, force FailImmediate. We assume in Player::Step
+	// Force immediate fail behavior changed to theme metric by Kyz.
-	 * that failed players can't step. */
+	if(FORCE_IMMEDIATE_FAIL_FOR_BATTERY)
+	{
 		FOREACH_EnabledPlayerInfo( m_vPlayerInfo, pi )
 		{
 			if(pi->GetPlayerState()->m_PlayerOptions.GetStage().m_LifeType == LifeType_Battery)
@@ -1104,6 +1106,7 @@ void ScreenGameplay::LoadNextSong()
 				PO_GROUP_ASSIGN(pi->GetPlayerState()->m_PlayerOptions, ModsLevel_Song, m_FailType, FailType_Immediate);
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	m_textSongOptions.SetText( GAMESTATE->m_SongOptions.GetCurrent().GetString() );
 
@@ -1652,7 +1655,6 @@ void ScreenGameplay::Update( float fDeltaTime )
 
 				FailType ft = GAMESTATE->GetPlayerFailType( pi->GetPlayerState() );
 				LifeType lt = pi->GetPlayerState()->m_PlayerOptions.GetStage().m_LifeType;
-
 				if( ft == FailType_Off || ft == FailType_EndOfSong )
 					continue;
 
@@ -1820,10 +1822,7 @@ void ScreenGameplay::Update( float fDeltaTime )
 						if( !GAMESTATE->IsCpuPlayer(pi->m_pn) )
 							continue;
 
-						SOUND->PlayOnceFromDir( THEME->GetPathS(m_sName,"oni die") );
+						FailFadeRemovePlayer(&*pi);
-						pi->ShowOniGameOver();
-						pi->m_NoteData.Init(); // remove all notes and scoring
-						pi->m_pPlayer->FadeToFail(); // tell the NoteField to fade to white
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1926,14 +1925,6 @@ void ScreenGameplay::FailFadeRemovePlayer(PlayerInfo* pi)
 	pi->m_pPlayer->FadeToFail();	// tell the NoteField to fade to white
 }
 
-void ScreenGameplay::FailFadeRemovePlayer(PlayerNumber pn)
-{
-	if(pn < m_vPlayerInfo.size())
-	{
-		FailFadeRemovePlayer(&m_vPlayerInfo[pn]);
-	}
-}
-
 float ScreenGameplay::GetHasteRate()
 {
 	return m_fCurrHasteRate;
@@ -3004,12 +2995,6 @@ public:
 		lua_pushnumber(L, true_bps);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	static int FailFadeRemovePlayer(T* p, lua_State* L)
-	{
-		PlayerNumber pn= Enum::Check<PlayerNumber>(L, 1);
-		p->FailFadeRemovePlayer(pn);
-		return 0;
-	}
 	
 	LunaScreenGameplay()
 	{
@@ -3027,7 +3012,6 @@ public:
 		ADD_METHOD( HasteTimeBetweenUpdates );
 		ADD_METHOD( HasteLifeSwitchPoint );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetTrueBPS );
-		ADD_METHOD( FailFadeRemovePlayer );
 	}
 };