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Post by Omni on Jun 1, 2007 20:37:03 GMT -5
Huh. That's odd, because according to the player profile Chicky has played at least a few games online... Maybe it's just someone else with the same name.
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Post by bag on Jun 4, 2007 17:07:27 GMT -5
Wait, did you register for the SMO forums or just the Stepmania forums? I don't know. I remember trying out SMO before, but that was a long time ago.  |
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Post by Omni on Jun 4, 2007 17:31:59 GMT -5
Actually, it was just the SMO forums, I haven't registered with the StapMania forums. Not yet at least. Add-on: Someone gave me a link to an older version of StepMania that actually works with SMOnline. I can access boards and everything! Anyone wanna play?  |
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Post by bag on Jun 8, 2007 15:38:26 GMT -5
Ooooohh is it an old 4.0 build? If so, could you link me? I've been looking for one but I can't find one.
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Post by Omni on Jun 8, 2007 19:37:46 GMT -5
Ah.. Well the earliest build of 4.0 that I could find is here under "2007-02-11 Intermediate". It doesn't crash when you enter your password, but it might give you an 'invalid login' message. (even if you correctly entered your username and password) That's what it did with me, but it might work differently on computers besides Mac. I'd test the windows version out, but I only have a windows emulator and it takes up enough memory without a program as big as StepMania. If that doesn't work, there are a bunch of old versions here that work, but from what I can tell, they're all 3.9. (there is one link for a 4.0, but the link seems to be broken.) Personally I'm using 3.95, simply because it works. Sorry. |
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Post by Omni on Jun 9, 2007 17:22:05 GMT -5
*trumpet: duh, duhduhduh duh BLAT!* Okay, so I've never played a trumpet.  Anyway. Introducing: Hexadecimal Genome with a finished Hard mode. and... Particle Charge, also by Bit Shifter. Particle Charge only has an easy mode right now, but I'll work on others. |
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Post by bag on Jun 12, 2007 7:11:24 GMT -5
I've found out that the Chicky is an impersonator after receiving a PM from a guy asking me if I wanted to play with him again. He said he played several songs that I don't have (one I used to though) So it's an impostor. Oh well. And-oh. I have the earliest build too then. I just hope they finish 4.0 soon. :< And I'd love to download the two new ones but the link aren't valid ^^; And if anyone would care to review any of mine (I don't care which), that'd be great  |
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Post by Omni on Jun 12, 2007 13:58:13 GMT -5
And I'd love to download the two new ones but the link aren't valid ^^; And if anyone would care to review any of mine (I don't care which), that'd be great Not valid?  *checks links* Huh, that's odd. I'm pretty sure I did the links right. *checks post* Oops, I guess not. Try it now. As for reviews... Ageha (which I misread as 'Agenda'  ) by Ryu I can see why you'd want to re-step this if the steps were bad. That's one catchy tune.  I've only played Beginer and Light so far, but I've found the steps fun... except for this annoying part near the beginning of the Light version where the hold notes force me to play with my left foot on the right panel and vise-versa, and there doesn't seem to be a way to avoid it except starting out facing the back. You're right about it being out of sync. Would you like me to re-sync it for you? I had to sign up for the Bemanistyle forums to download it. I was going to put you as my referrer, but then I realized I didn't know your username.  |
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Post by bag on Jun 12, 2007 19:06:51 GMT -5
And I'd love to download the two new ones but the link aren't valid ^^; And if anyone would care to review any of mine (I don't care which), that'd be great Not valid? *checks links* Huh, that's odd. I'm pretty sure I did the links right. *checks post* Oops, I guess not. Try it now. As for reviews... Ageha (which I misread as 'Agenda' ) by Ryu I can see why you'd want to re-step this if the steps were bad. That's one catchy tune. I've only played Beginer and Light so far, but I've found the steps fun... except for this annoying part near the beginning of the Light version where the hold notes force me to play with my left foot on the right panel and vise-versa, and there doesn't seem to be a way to avoid it except starting out facing the back. You're right about it being out of sync. Would you like me to re-sync it for you? I had to sign up for the Bemanistyle forums to download it. I was going to put you as my referrer, but then I realized I didn't know your username. Actually, I made an update of Ageha for an upcoming pack where I'm redoing all of my current songs with update graphics, better sync and new stepcharts/updated steps. Ageha is available here. Reviews for you to come later when I'm done with what I need to do now. |
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Post by Omni on Jun 14, 2007 17:48:52 GMT -5
Hehehe...
You know what's fun? Take some bubble wrap, put it on at least one of the arrows of the dance pad, and dance. Though I imagine it's most fun with enough bubble wrap to cover the whole pad, dancing on a metal pad... with shoes. Hehehe... *pop, pop, poppop, POP!*
Anyway... *clears throat* That more recent stepfile is a lot better in terms of being synced. The stepping is also trickier. I think it's the first stepfile in a long time where I've had some trouble with the four-foot difficulty, and not just because I have to turn my pad diagonally. ...I think I'll go play it again and try to get more familiar with the steps. Not to menton... *pop, pop, pop*
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Post by bag on Jun 15, 2007 9:23:57 GMT -5
R-E-V-I-E-W-S! Top Notch, even for just one chart. I'm disappointed by the lack of background, but I'm sure you'll make one eventually. ((Remember: 256x80 and 640x480-They're hard to remember but you'll need them! )) I'd like to try my hand at cutting this song, along with Hexidecimal Genome sometime, but that's for another time. I do have one complaint though: I especially like the pattern after measure 15, I didn't really like how you changed it after measure 21. I know you probably did it for the sake of nonreptitiveness, but I really liked it. :< BY THE WAY (Something I noticed after writing this review): Put the sample start @ 86.86 It sounds better there, I think, but if you don't like it that's okay.  Ooh boy. All this may seem a bit much, but I really like what you did with this chart and I just want it to be perfect. Measures 1-4: Get rid of them and change the offset so that you start at measure 5. It's just for more orginizational purposes, but still. You may want to toy around with the offset after that, it could be a few .20 seconds off than what you think it is. Measures 5-16: First of all, you should make the quarter streams all jumps, not a mixture of just tap steps and jumps. That would be insanely fun. Also, you should take your pick between either making the steps go duhn-duhnduhn or duhn--duhn. Measures 17-24: Excellent up until measure 21. Keep it like you did the previous measures. Measures 25-33: I wasn't really sure what the steps were following. You need to clearly define your patterns here. Measures 34-40: Stick to just one pattern here. By the way, extend that last freeze arrow just one more quarter beat down and you'll be good there. Measures 41-49: Again, decided between duhn-duhnduhn or duhn--duhn. Also, you should choose if you want to have quarter streams or quarter streams while holding down a freeze arrow. Measures 50-60: Stick to a pattern, again, and also: have a step when a note begins. You must do that. Measures 61-65: Add some freeze arrows in here and perfect. Measures 66-73: Add some eighth notes in and get rid of the jump during the second part. In addition, the spaces are too big. The beat is every other quarter note here. Measures 74-95: Holy cow, that's a big chunk. Not much you can do here but stick one or two patterns. Measures 96 & 97: Okay. That step pattern doesn't begin until the first eight note, so get rid of that quarter steps there to add emphasis to your steps. Then, for that last freeze arrow, put one quarter freeze arrow then an eight freeze arrow of a different arrow after it. You've got the hang of this chart, it just could be more solid. Also, this song is more of a 6, not a 5. First off, get rid of the cdtitle. That's too huge for one. It needs to be tiny so it doesn't block the song background. A good cdtitle is also transparent. But it's easier to just not have one. if you want good examples of cdtitles, peek around in the folders of simfiles from nDDRo: nddro.mistrust.com (They have really good pad files too! ) ALSO: Move the sample .2 to seconds up to 20.18-It eliminates that ever-so-slight pause at the beginning. Anywho, Standard-Later on in your stepfile making career, you'll learn to come to hate making a certain difficulty. Mine used to be Beginner, but now it's Standard. It's hard for me to delicately hit the balance between Easy and Hard. Anyway, you did great on this chart. Your patterns were clearly defined and solid. Just again, omit the first 4 measures. And by the way, you can get away with that end freeze note on Standard.  SIDE NOTE: Chart difficulty should be 5. Light-Again, good work. Just get rid of the first four and omit some of those corner (Up-right, down-left, down-right, Up-left) jumps toward the end. People who play light really can't do those. And there you have it! There you go. :3 Oh yeah, closing note: For the song folders, they can have spaces in them (Unless you're a mac user, I forget >>, in which case I don't know) And they can be capitalized. :3 |
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Post by Jacob on Jun 21, 2007 4:07:34 GMT -5
Hehehe... You know what's fun? Take some bubble wrap, put it on at least one of the arrows of the dance pad, and dance. Though I imagine it's most fun with enough bubble wrap to cover the whole pad, dancing on a metal pad... with shoes. Hehehe... *pop, pop, poppop, POP!* Anyway... *clears throat* That more recent stepfile is a lot better in terms of being synced. The stepping is also trickier. I think it's the first stepfile in a long time where I've had some trouble with the four-foot difficulty, and not just because I have to turn my pad diagonally. ...I think I'll go play it again and try to get more familiar with the steps. Not to menton... *pop, pop, pop* sounds like wonderful fun to me. it's akin to jumping around in puddles of water i suppose, which everyone enjoys to do...or used to, as we now realize wet clothes aren't too good on a cold day. |
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Post by Omni on Jun 21, 2007 19:45:18 GMT -5
R-E-V-I-E-W-S! Top Notch, even for just one chart. I'm disappointed by the lack of background, but I'm sure you'll make one eventually. ((Remember: 256x80 and 640x480-They're hard to remember but you'll need them! )) I'd like to try my hand at cutting this song, along with Hexidecimal Genome sometime, but that's for another time. I do have one complaint though: I especially like the pattern after measure 15, I didn't really like how you changed it after measure 21. I know you probably did it for the sake of nonreptitiveness, but I really liked it. :< BY THE WAY (Something I noticed after writing this review): Put the sample start @ 86.86 It sounds better there, I think, but if you don't like it that's okay. Ooh boy. All this may seem a bit much, but I really like what you did with this chart and I just want it to be perfect. Measures 1-4: Get rid of them and change the offset so that you start at measure 5. It's just for more orginizational purposes, but still. You may want to toy around with the offset after that, it could be a few .20 seconds off than what you think it is. Measures 5-16: First of all, you should make the quarter streams all jumps, not a mixture of just tap steps and jumps. That would be insanely fun. Also, you should take your pick between either making the steps go duhn-duhnduhn or duhn--duhn. Measures 17-24: Excellent up until measure 21. Keep it like you did the previous measures. Measures 25-33: I wasn't really sure what the steps were following. You need to clearly define your patterns here. Measures 34-40: Stick to just one pattern here. By the way, extend that last freeze arrow just one more quarter beat down and you'll be good there. Measures 41-49: Again, decided between duhn-duhnduhn or duhn--duhn. Also, you should choose if you want to have quarter streams or quarter streams while holding down a freeze arrow. Measures 50-60: Stick to a pattern, again, and also: have a step when a note begins. You must do that. Measures 61-65: Add some freeze arrows in here and perfect. Measures 66-73: Add some eighth notes in and get rid of the jump during the second part. In addition, the spaces are too big. The beat is every other quarter note here. Measures 74-95: Holy cow, that's a big chunk. Not much you can do here but stick one or two patterns. Measures 96 & 97: Okay. That step pattern doesn't begin until the first eight note, so get rid of that quarter steps there to add emphasis to your steps. Then, for that last freeze arrow, put one quarter freeze arrow then an eight freeze arrow of a different arrow after it. You've got the hang of this chart, it just could be more solid. Also, this song is more of a 6, not a 5. First off, get rid of the cdtitle. That's too huge for one. It needs to be tiny so it doesn't block the song background. A good cdtitle is also transparent. But it's easier to just not have one. if you want good examples of cdtitles, peek around in the folders of simfiles from nDDRo: nddro.mistrust.com (They have really good pad files too! ) ALSO: Move the sample .2 to seconds up to 20.18-It eliminates that ever-so-slight pause at the beginning. Anywho, Standard-Later on in your stepfile making career, you'll learn to come to hate making a certain difficulty. Mine used to be Beginner, but now it's Standard. It's hard for me to delicately hit the balance between Easy and Hard. Anyway, you did great on this chart. Your patterns were clearly defined and solid. Just again, omit the first 4 measures. And by the way, you can get away with that end freeze note on Standard. SIDE NOTE: Chart difficulty should be 5. Light-Again, good work. Just get rid of the first four and omit some of those corner (Up-right, down-left, down-right, Up-left) jumps toward the end. People who play light really can't do those. And there you have it! There you go. :3 Oh yeah, closing note: For the song folders, they can have spaces in them (Unless you're a mac user, I forget >>, in which case I don't know) And they can be capitalized. :3 I'll try to come up with a background, though I don't see any huge reason to have a background other than just for the sake of having a background. (unless there are compatibility issues I don't know about) I guess the feel of the steps does change kinda abruptly... That part was rushed, most of it anyways. I see what I can do to fix it. I'll think about changing the preview. I guess getting rid of the first four measures would give the dancer a better chance to pick up on the rithem before they start dancing. Okay.
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Post by bag on Jun 24, 2007 8:40:40 GMT -5
It's not really time to prepare, just more customary, if you get what I'm saying. Backgrounds are there I don't know why, but still, it gives you something to look at instead of that ugly stepmania logo. Besides, graphics show that you care. |
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jun 24, 2007 8:52:00 GMT -5
I have to agree with bag. Don't be like those lazy simfile makers who only care about steps and nothing more. If you really wish to have positively-criticized simfiles, show that you do put effort in your simfiles by not only focusing on the stepcharts, but also on the miscellaneous things like BGs and banners (or .lrc files if you're daring enough).
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I am saddened by simfile makers nowadays. More and more of them simply put notes and nothing more. All of their works have BPMs of 140, and use even the really useless 64th notes (which is WTH). Simply seeing those things already hints the player that they're just making simfiles for the sake of it. >.>
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SIDE NOTE: Chart difficulty should be 5.
