remove per-difficulty characters in favor of text coloring and stroke fonts. Not all themes are going to want coloring based on Difficulty (e.g. Pump)

stepmania/src/DifficultyMeter.cpp

@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ void DifficultyMeter::Load( const RString &sType )
 
 	if( m_bShowTicks )
 	{
+		RString sChars = "10";	// on, off
 		m_textTicks.SetName( "Ticks" );
-		RString sChars;
-		for( unsigned i = 0; i < NUM_Difficulty; ++i )
-			sChars += char(i + '0'); // 01234
-		sChars += 'X'; // Off
 		m_textTicks.LoadFromTextureAndChars( THEME->GetPathF(sType,"ticks"), sChars );
 		ActorUtil::LoadAllCommandsAndSetXYAndOnCommand( m_textTicks, sType );
 		this->AddChild( &m_textTicks );
@@ -181,8 +178,8 @@ void DifficultyMeter::SetInternal( const SetParams &params )
 
 	if( m_bShowTicks )
 	{
-		char on = char(params.dc + '0');
-		char off = 'X';
+		char on = char('1');
+		char off = '0';
 
 		RString sNewText;
 		int iNumOn = min( (int)m_iMaxTicks, params.iMeter );

stepmania/src/DifficultyMeter.h

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ private:
 	void SetInternal( const SetParams &params );
 
 	AutoActor		m_sprFrame;
-	BitmapText		m_textTicks;	/* XXXX000000 */
+	BitmapText		m_textTicks;	/* 111100000 */
 	BitmapText		m_textMeter;	/* 3, 9 */
 	BitmapText		m_textEditDescription;