Changing group color in stepmania

[hydrar]

hey is it possible to change a group of songs color. like the color display on the music select? if so how?

[andrewseburn]

I think it's in your theme's Metrics.ini file:

[SongManager]
NumGroupColors=13
GroupColor1=0,1,1,1
GroupColor2=0.2,0.8,1,1
GroupColor3=0.5,0.6,1,1
GroupColor4=1,0,0.7,1
GroupColor5=0,1,0.5,1
GroupColor6=0.6,0.6,1,1
GroupColor7=1,0,1,1
GroupColor8=0,0.8,1,1
GroupColor9=0.9,0.8,0,1
GroupColor10=0,1,0,1
GroupColor11=0.7,0,1,1
GroupColor12=0.4,1,0,1
GroupColor13=0.9,0.7,0.2,1
ExtraColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0
ExtraColorMeter=10

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Back up your metrics.ini file then change it, and see if that works. (I say back it up, because I'm not positive on this.)


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By the way, you could probably ask this in the THEME DISCUSSION threads.

[ZanasoBayncuh]

Originally Posted by andrewseburn

I think it's in your theme's Metrics.ini file:

[SongManager]
NumGroupColors=13
GroupColor1=0,1,1,1
GroupColor2=0.2,0.8,1,1
GroupColor3=0.5,0.6,1,1
GroupColor4=1,0,0.7,1
GroupColor5=0,1,0.5,1
GroupColor6=0.6,0.6,1,1
GroupColor7=1,0,1,1
GroupColor8=0,0.8,1,1
GroupColor9=0.9,0.8,0,1
GroupColor10=0,1,0,1
GroupColor11=0.7,0,1,1
GroupColor12=0.4,1,0,1
GroupColor13=0.9,0.7,0.2,1
ExtraColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0
ExtraColorMeter=10

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Back up your metrics.ini file then change it, and see if that works. (I say back it up, because I'm not positive on this.)


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By the way, you should probably have asked this in the THEME DISCUSSION threads.

Welcome to things I explained in this thread.

Also, since this person did not know that this was a question partaining to the theme, there's no reason to be critical over where it is posted, I'd think. This is appropriate enough.

[cusicat]

What are the colors available for stepmania?

[Wan]

Whatever you can imagine/create.

Let's use an example:

GroupColor1=0,1,1,1

That means:

0% red
100% green
100% blue
100% opacity

This color: ██████
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You can create your own color, for example:

GroupColorX=0.123,0.456,0.789,1 = ██████

[Ætheros]

So basically any color ever. what format is this BTW? I know Hexidecimal doesn't use transparency.

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by diggit_6

So basically any color ever. what format is this BTW? I know Hexidecimal doesn't use transparency.

its RGBA
Red, Green, Blue, Alpha

diffuse, R, G, B, A;

If you want a half transparent green block:

diffuse, 0, 1, 0, 0.5;

etc...

[andrewseburn]

Actually, I think you CAN use HEX #RGB instead of the 1.1.1.1 method there. (Don't know if it'll work here, just know it works on several properties in the metrics file)

Anyways, Not sure what you call it, but it essentially seems to work in Percentage.
For each Value:

0 is 0%
1 is 100%

If you have a hex Colour such as #99DDFF (RRGGBB)
You can convert it to decimal to figure out what it would be with the stepmania notation.

Using windows calculator, I can convert these by choosing "Hex", punching in the number, then flipping the calculator to "Dec":
99 for example is = to 153
DD = 221
FF = 255

Since 1 represents 100% of the colour, we can just divide each of these by the full colour amount of 255 to get our percentages of colour.

99 - 153 divided by 255 = 0.6
DD - 221 divided by 255 = 0.867 (rounded off)
FF - 255 divided by 255 = 1

Final product is: 0.6,0.867,1,1 (< I'm using full opacity here)

[AJ 187]

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