Ok, WTF

Disillusioned · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: Burning AZ

Alright, when I go to the arcade, I usually play most songs on standard because I'm used to the ignition pads. I got nothing but B's. It takes me a little bit to get used to the platform and then I move up to heavy, but still get B's even after playing for an hour. And then yesterday, I go to my friend's house and we played MAX because he just got it (we had been playing MAX2). I started on heavy, and every song I played, I A'd or better. How in the world does that work? I didn't have to warm up or anything. It was like 20 mintues and I was A'ing every song. (and one B on Paranoia Evolution)
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justindh · Trick Member Joined: 04 Feb 2004

yup on home versions some heavy songs that i AA, i get b at the arcade
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

The home versions don't judge your timing quite as strictly as the arcade versions. Something that's difficult to PA at the arcade could be easy as pants to AA on the home versions.
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~Reign~ · Trick Member Joined: 16 May 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA

That's simple: The timing is different. At home, the "perfect" window is larger than the "perfect" window in the arcade. Next time you play, pay close attention to your # of perfects, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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Bri · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Location: Niceville, FL

The perfect window (the timeframe in which you must step to score a perfect) is much larger on a console version. It takes more precision to get the same score at an arcade machine.
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

*Notices the post times of replies 1, 2, and 3*

Wow.

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Footstep · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject:

I agree.I was at the arcade and I attempted Afranova on maniac.I knew it was suiside,but I gave ot a shot.I notised that that 4th mix was harder to do than a home version.
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RadMooseKiller · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

i always wondered that too, i have the same problem. thanx for clearing that up for me.

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dlm · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Location: Columbus, OH

Don't forget also that home timings tend to be a bit *earlier* than arcading timings too. Most mixes I need to use about +1.5 timing for the center of the perfect window to be a decent match for the arcade. If you're getting a lot of greats at the arcade, you're probably rushing.

MikeOMG! · Trick Member Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Location: St. John's, NL

Don't forget that it's also possible that he had the difficulty setting changed on his home version.
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DJX · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Location: CA

Yeah, you can't change the timing window on the home versions...you'd have to get Stepmania to do that.
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Hellkite664 · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Oh this question is easily answered.
I used to work at an arcade, and had to replace the dance pads once. Its because the electrical relay time on the pads is slower on the Machine than it is at home. At home, it takes less power to make a DDR pad work, so less energy is needed. But on the machine, the system needs to send the pressure info to the main board(Thats why you have to step on arrows rather than press buttons to play). It takes more power to get the machine to work, so more energy is wasted that way. And sometimes the step sensors are more sensitive than others.
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Pantera · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

diddrstrait · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jan 2004

haha! here it is...from the thread in simulators when someone was asking about if there would be a lag between seeing the arrows using a projector with stepmania and the actual processing of steps.

Arrow098 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Nov 2003

The perfect window at home is much larger, plus the timing is slightly different (easier in my opinion, but most likely because I'm more used to home version timing). Many home pads are also more sensitive than arcade pads which helps to prevent random non-combo steps. On average, I get about 15 times as many greats at the arcade than I get at home.
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Ian2K3 · Trick Member Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Berlin MA

The perfect window at home is 35 m/s whereas in the arcade its only 30 m/s
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Disillusioned · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: Burning AZ

Ok but that doesn't explain why I get a D on Max 300 on the console system, but get an A at the arcade.

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justindh · Trick Member Joined: 04 Feb 2004

metal pads are easy to play on
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