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Okay so we have some progress.
Check it out I found official documentation on stepmaina forums Quote:
Originally Posted by AJ 187  Did you know? StepMania may already support your favorite gametype!
Here's a list of currently supported gametypes: dance - DDR and other four panel dancing games pump - Pump it Up ez2 [ 3.9] - Ez2Dancer para [ 3.9] - ParaParaParadise ds3ddx [ 3.9] - DS 3D DX beat [ 3.9] [ 4.0] - beatmania (and IIDX) maniax [ 3.9] - Dance ManiaX techno [ 3.9] - Technomotion popn [ 3.9] - pop'n music
In addition, there are more gametypes being worked on for StepMania 4 such as guitar (Guitar Hero) and karaoke.
If you've ported one of the above gametypes/noteskins to SM4, let us know in this thread so I can add a link.  |
So there are the official "supported" games for stepmania.
What I did was downloaded a fresh copy of stepmania 3.9
downloaded the "maniax_3.9.smzip" and extracted it to the appropriate locations.
Extracted the songs of course...
In stepmania, on the main menu screen, I selected "select game" and chose "maniax"
Then in the main menu I selected "options" apperance options" then selected "maniax"
And this is what I ended up with
The channels are a static image. This is really odd. I would have assumed that the notes would load where the channels are for one player default. But then again this I guess would be a theme issue.
So three theme questions/considerations.
I would have to make the notes load on different sections of the screen. In Dance maniax a single player can play on the left, middle or right. I would have to make an option menu for this at the start screen. Also I would have to make three static channel sets to go with these accordingly.
For two players I would have to make the notes load simultaniously on the left and right, with the appropriate static channels. Though the notes load with versus mode, the channels do not.
For doubles play I would have to have a different static channel.
So were off to a good start!
If anyone knows any really good stepmania themers that wouldnt mind some cash thrown at them please post!!