[BePachiMusic][THEME]IIDX13 DistorteD[WIP] - Page 2

Vospi · 12-26-2007, 08:30 PM

please mirror this elsewhere. mediafire glitches for some reason

shakesoda · 12-26-2007, 10:52 PM

http://www.shakesoda.com/stuff/DD%20(Arcade).rar

Vospi · 12-27-2007, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shakesoda

http://www.shakesoda.com/stuff/DD%20(Arcade).rar

thank you. I'll try it out

shinnohara · 12-28-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Solefald

This theme is the shit. But I have a couple of questions.

- Are you planning on making a Consumer theme?
- Is it possible with the current version of Bepachi to make the numbers to the left of the song red or blue for when you pick Normal or Another?

Thanks

Glad you like it

By Consumer, do you mean like a console style (CS) version of theme? Right now I'm trying to finish the GOLD theme but after that I don't see why not.

As of now it is not possible to change the color of the star ratings. UV has done a great job with the skinning system but there are still a few small things here and there that aren't fully customizable.

Also I'd like to change the fonts to somewhat like the real thing so if anyone has close to any idea what the fonts are let me know.

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Thanks shakesoda for the mirror btw

Ultra Violette · 12-28-2007, 10:17 PM

I could easily add in the multiple colors for the numbers

Is the song title text the same way?

And of course, if there's certain features that you want me to add in to the skin system, I'll try to do so.

hydrar · 12-28-2007, 10:22 PM

not meaning to sound pushy, but it would be a buzz to see the distorted mode select simulated

jsw1188 · 12-29-2007, 04:59 PM

Original/Consumer Mode would be really nice

I find it's much easier to read notes, especially on a small PC screen

Oni-91 · 12-30-2007, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by shinnohara

Also I'd like to change the fonts to somewhat like the real thing so if anyone has close to any idea what the fonts are let me know.

I think a hugh guess at the font for the song name in the Select Music screen would be Haettenschweiler.

shinnohara · 12-31-2007, 08:55 AM

Damn, you're right I think it is Haettenschweiler. Thanks!

hydrar:
Funny you mention that, I had some ideas about what to do with the mode select screen but simulating it to BPM's modes would be pretty cool. I've been meaning to do something with the mode select screen anyways since the current theme just skips it entirely.

jsw:
Actually I do have an Original mode theme already made but it's for an earlier version (.0422 I think). Recently I tried to do some quick edits to make it work with .05x but it just crashed so once I have some more time to work on it I'll get it finished.

UV:
Only the numbers change colors in correspondence to the difficulty. It's not a big detail so it's up to you if you wanna change it, although I am a fan of accuracy

As for suggestions corcerning the skinning system, uhh...the only thing I can think of is perhaps .avi/.mpg support for the title/song select bga's since 600 frame dxg files take quite some time to load.

Also what's the easiest way of converting fonts to individual bitmaps? I don't think I have the patience to cut and paste about 90 characters in Photoshop.

Ultra Violette · 12-31-2007, 09:58 AM

I'll implement a new mode select (Arcade/Free/Expert/etc) and put an option in the skin_cfg.txt to decide which mode select to use (BPM or Be-Music, I'm thinking).

And only the number change? That's a relief

The reason I originally made those numbers yellow was because that's all I could see from the old blurry DistorteD location test videos (I had to improvise on some things). I'll create the multi-color numbers and add in some options to allow for it.

And the BGA displaying/loading for the Title/Song Select does need to really be improved... DirectShow is proving to be a PITA to implement correctly (one of the reasons I almost never released v0.05), so I'll try Video For Windows instead. Of course, that would mean no MPEG support (only AVI), but better than nothing I think.

As for the font creation, I've been using GIMP, creating a new 4096x100 image, and typing out all the letters/numbers/symbols on the keyboard, applying effects, and then highlight/copy/paste. It only takes 30 minutes (Time I'll never get back

)

So I've also been working on a DXG font generating utility, which would take those 4096x100 (or whatever) images and create a DXG from it.

I'll send it to you once it's in a good enough condtion

[Edit: Actually, I'll probably make a better 'Import/Export' option in the DXG Editor, which would place all images in 1 big BMP file, along with a generated text file indicating the locations of each image, and go from there]

hydrar · 12-31-2007, 08:19 PM

Hey could u chuck in a mode decide if its not that hard?

Ultra Violette · 12-31-2007, 08:59 PM

It wouldn't be hard at all

Free Mode is basically implemented, and a 4-song (or so) Arcade mode would be simple. Same with a Practice mode and Options, although I'd have to make a 'Create an Expert Course' option for the Expert mode.

But all in all, it shouldn't take me any longer than a few days

And some time after that when shinnohara gets time to add it in to his theme.

hydrar · 12-31-2007, 09:42 PM

I don't know if this is possible, but could you create like a beginner mode that picks out songs at "difficulty 3" or lower?

shakesoda · 12-31-2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hydrar

I don't know if this is possible, but could you create like a beginner mode that picks out songs at "difficulty 3" or lower?

and uses beginner charts, if available.

(also, I need to have a better look at the theming system for BPM, I might have a go at making something later)

Ultra Violette · 12-31-2007, 10:56 PM

It's definitely possible, actually should be easy... As long as a song has 4 sets of single player charts, BPM automatically assigns the easiest of those to the 'Beginner' level (which is displayed above the others on the song select in the main theme, but it's hidden in the DD theme).

I'll work on it and try to figure something out

And here's a couple of utilities (One which I posted some time ago in another thread), that might help with BPM Theme creation.

SeqEdit - http://x-raise.cjb.net/bpm_dl/utils/SeqEdit.exe - Edits the various 'Event sequences', and has a built-in 'DXG' editor (DXG is the graphical format currently used)

DXGFontBuilder - http://x-raise.cjb.net/bpm_dl/utils/...lder_v0.01.zip - A quick way to design fonts for BPM. Select a font, it creates a BMP file. edit that in whatever, and convert to DXG, and that's that!

More to come later

Although the audio files can be replaced with normal WAV files, with no problems.