Stepmania Online?

Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

Just wondering if StepMania ever had the idea of playing StepMania online, because I don't want to pay for xbox live. I would be willing to help make it but want to know if they have any idea for this.
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DarkDraco · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX

I had been thinking about this too, that would be really cool if they released that in a future version. I'd play it... Still need to get a USB-PS converter though.

Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

There's been some talk about it being online compatable soon. Possibly with the idea of combined user songlists.
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ddrKERMIT · Basic Member Joined: 27 Jan 2004

hmmm....i have heard that they were going to try it or all ready have and it didnt work...
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RedIIX~twinV~ · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:10 am Post subject:

that'd be wicked kool!!!
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[DMB]dman.exe · Trick Member Joined: 28 Mar 2003

I think that if StepMania LAN was once a fesible item that you could trick SM into thinking it's LAN when it's really connected to a central network, like some people did on tricking the GameCube into thinking its LAN. What they did is that they hooked their GCs to their computers then once online they could play games with LAN support online, this is a real thing, and it tricked the GC into thinking it was still LAN. I think since SM LAN was once happening (right?) use this same formula and create a program like the one for GC and try it! Only issue, to play online with the GCs, you need the exact IP address of the other computer you're to play against, you need DSL with faster than 128 KBps or 256 KBps for Kirby (for the GC version) If someone could 'trick' the SM program into thinking it's LAN, ya, it could be done.
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-joe- · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Location: lv

reach would dominate everyone!

lag... in stepmania... would be torture
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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

orb · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002

http://online.stepmania.com

coming soon :O
i wish

Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

lol, you do wish.
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[DMB]dman.exe · Trick Member Joined: 28 Mar 2003

I think the only bad part about SM online is that if you don't have the EXACT same DWI or SM then you're hosed because one's off beat from the other and it wouldn't be 'fair' if one was 'different' than the other....although I'd REALLY like to see the producer's best shot at it...
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CNLohr · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

---I already posted this on another part of the forum---

Dual-StepMania

Dual-SM is allows for two computers running a modified version of StepMania to function simultaneously in game play (up to four players) with use of a server. The mod, developed by Joshua Allen and Charles Lohr of University of Maryland Baltimore County, was publicly shown for the first time on January 31st. The system worked flawlessly for hours, details can be found at [url]http://umbc.levelxero.com:24842/ddr/projects.html [/url]

Incase that isn't working I have a mirror of it I will try to keep up to date (no promices)

[url]http://cnlohr.net/ddr [/url]

If anyone has any questions regarding the system, or suggestions, or if they want more than 4 players please tell us so we can mod up our code.

Also, There is only a Linux-Client Port we have working now and a Windows-Server Port now. Shortly we should have both compiled in both OSes.

Sorry, OSXers, we don't have any way of compiling for you. If anyone gets a windows port of our client working before us please email me with it. Same goes for OSX users.

Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Sinistar · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:45 am Post subject:

HipHOpNoTIc · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:41 am Post subject:

isnt there somethin like stepmania online here?.
its a fake azz stepmania tho. its all there is for now.
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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

ffr sucks (period). Well, I was thinking if there was StepMania Online it would have like StepPacks, and if you edited them then it would kick you off any server you join (and say why though

). That DualSM code could be used (w/permisson of course). You could do what xbconnect does and make it look like the other comp is on a lan when it really isn't.
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CNLohr · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

So, you guys were looking for like an interactive online service sort thing. Do you want something that just rates you against other people on the server? or what... Unfortunately since Stepmania is open soruce there is no way of preventing people from cheating. Expecially in that If I did code out things like autoplay, anyone with knowledge of compiling could just stick it back in and get all AAAA's.

In my project it was very easy to have bth computers having the same songs, that plus as long as the song was the same, the computers stayed in sync.

Do you guys want me to work on developing this idea? if so, what direction?

Right now I am still trying to compile a windows version so that most ppl can try this system out and see what it's like.

The actual reason for the development was to allow more ppl to play DDR at once in a that we were room. We've also been able to play across campus.

NAOKi SYNDROME · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it might be hard to figure out the difference between finger players and feet players too...

Bah, just go to the arcade and show your stuff there, no fun winning when you can't see them >.<!
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CNLohr · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

A developer of SM messaged me today. They took the code and I made some changes. I now have a Windows .EXE that can be easily used by anyone. It will be on the site for download.

I also apologize for the downtime.

Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

Most of it will be finger DDR'ers so it won't matter, I think you should kind of redsign that code and then close the source or something.
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