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Left Shoe
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0.  Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject: Writing an uber-strange ".crs" on notepad |
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Yes, I actually used the word "uber" 
BTW, I'm extremely paranoid about screwing up my brand-new college
computer, so I want to post is online for review/trial by others first.
Sorry that I didn't put this in the "correct" thread, but lately I've been
getting the cold shoulder around here ... a lot 
I firgued that a new thread would grab more attention. Rant complete.
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Anyway, I was wondering how I would write a Wordpad file to make a
.crs - a course, of course. *prepares for savage beating*
I am trying to make this course Nonstop for 6 songs, and the six songs
are in a predetermined pool from which the player chooses the
order of succession, as well as difficulty level (beforehand).
The songs are: Jam Jam Reggae (either), Daikenkai, Exotic Ethnic,
Afronova, Gamelan de Couple, and Tsugaru.
This is my lame first guess (not my final answer):
#COURSE:LeftShoesLameFirstGuess;
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
#SONG:*: 
...Something tells me that this isn't going to work ...
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PedanticOmbudsman
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Location: Fayetteville, AR |
| 1. Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I am trying to make this course Nonstop for 6 songs, and the six songs
are in a predetermined pool from which the player chooses the
order of succession |
The course will always be in the order specified in the course file. The only way to change the order is to edit the course file.
| Quote: | | as well as difficulty level (beforehand). |
The player can shift all the songs up by one difficulty or down by one difficulty by the normal means (up-up) or (down-down). You can't change the difficulties of individual songs in a course in-game.
Further notes:
If you include random song selection in courses, but want the player to be able to see what songs have been randomly selected before starting, you can use the "showcourse" mod in the course file. Without "showcourse", randomly-selected songs in a course show up as "Random", and you can see if the song will be Standard, Heavy, etc., but not the actual foot rating, even though the game has already picked out the song and difficulty by that point. With "showcourse" you see the name and foot rating of the randomly-selected songs on the course selection screen.
You might also want to read this section of the readme file:
| Quote: | The .CRS File Format (top)
CRS files define the courses used in the Nonstop, Oni, and Endless modes. All CRS files must reside in the "Courses" folder in the StepMania program folder. These rules determine which of the three modes a course will appear in:
Nonstop: Will appear if there is no #LIVES tag and #REPEAT is OFF.
Oni (Challenge): Will appear if there is a #LIVES tag and #REPEAT is OFF.
Endless: Will appear if #REPEAT is ON.
#COURSE:...; - name of the course
#LIVES:<0..10>; - An integer between 0 and 10. This line is optional.
#REPEAT:<YES|NO>; - start over after last stage?
#SONG: - can use any one of the following formats:
A fixed song:
#SONG:<group folder>/<song folder>:<difficulty>:<modifiers>;
example: #SONG:Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Flight of the Bumblebee:BASIC;
example: #SONG:Oldies/Jump Jive and Wail:MANIAC:sudden,shuffle,reverse;
A random song:
#SONG:*:(<difficulty>|<meter range>):<modifiers>;
example: #SONG:*:MANIAC;
example: #SONG:*:8..10:1.5x,reverse;
A random song within a group:
#SONG:<group folder>/*:(<difficulty>|<meter range>):<modifiers>;
example: #SONG:Classical/*:3..6;
example: #SONG:Techno/*:MANIAC:1.5x,reverse;
A players best song:
#SONG:BEST<number>:(<difficulty>|<meter range>):<modifiers>;
example: #SONG:BEST1:TRICK;
example: #SONG:BEST4:MANIAC:1.5x,reverse;
A players worst song:
#SONG:WORST<number>:(<difficulty>|<meter range>):<modifiers>;
example: #SONG:WORST4:MANIAC;
example: #SONG:WORST1:TRICK:1.5x,reverse,drunk;
Descriptions:
group folder - The name of the folder that contains the song folder. (e.g. "Techno")
song folder - the name of the folder that contains files for the song. (e.g. "Flight of the Bumblebee")
difficulty - Can be one of the following: BEGINNER, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, CHALLENGE.
meter range - A value in the format "x..y" where x is the lowest meter allowed and y is the highest meter allowed. For example, the string "7..9" would choose only from songs with a meter of 7, 8, or 9.
modifiers - A comma separated series of modifier strings. This value may be left blank. Any string you see on the Player Options screen is a modifier string. Some examples are:
0.5x, 0.75x, 1.5x, 2.0x, 3.0x, 4.0x, 5.0x, 8.0x
boost, wave, drunk, dizzy, space, mini
hidden, sudden, stealth, blink
mirror, left, right, shuffle, supershuffle
little, reverse, note, flat, plain
noholds, nofreeze, dark
0.7xmusic, 0.8xmusic, 0.9xmusic, 1.0xmusic, 1.1xmusic,
1.2xmusic, 1.3xmusic, 1.4xmusic, 1.5xmusic |
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PedanticOmbudsman
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| 3. Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well, yes, there's always a possible way. But it would take some effort.
1. Download the Stepmania source code.
2. Sign up for some programming classes at your local community college.
3. Time passes...
4. Time passes...
5. Time passes...
6. Congratulations. You are now a computer programmer.
7. Make any changes that you'd like to Stepmania. And while you're at it, code some decent Beatmania support for Stepmania, because, y'know, a lot of people want that. And make Stepmania's PIU support not suck so much (because right now it kinda does).
8. Recompile.
As an added bonus, you now qualify for employment in many new and exciting jobs. Unfortunately, these jobs have all moved to India. Fortunately, India's nice this time of year.
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