making battery mode default

[Xayro]

Does anyone know the code for a theme to make the battery life, instead of bar life, the default life method in Normal gameplay? As in... not course mode? I've tried next to everything. I can't figure it out. Help?

[captainjack360]

Originally Posted by Xayro

Does anyone know the code for a theme to make the battery life, instead of bar life, the default life method in Normal gameplay? As in... not course mode? I've tried next to everything. I can't figure it out. Help?

Just go to the select options screen after you've picked your song and on the "2nd" options screen choose "Battery" and choose the # of bat lives you want in game, and hopefully those settings will save

edit: you need to also have a "profile"

[Xayro]

well.. I want it to stay that way without a profile. I never thought of that method, and it will work temporarily,

but I'd like a way to incode it into the Gameprefs.ini of stepmania, or the metrics.ini of the theme.

[chaosrain37]

Run SM while having a USB memory plugged in, itll act like a memory card
automatically and will save your settings.

[TNT Xplosiv]

Originally Posted by Xayro

Does anyone know the code for a theme to make the battery life, instead of bar life, the default life method in Normal gameplay? As in... not course mode? I've tried next to everything. I can't figure it out. Help?

Originally Posted by Theme metrics.ini

# Song options

LifeType=2,together
LifeTypeDefault=
LifeType,1=mod,bar;name,Bar
LifeType,2=mod,battery;name,Battery

BarDrain=3,together
BarDrainDefault=
BarDrain,1=mod,normal-drain;name,Normal
BarDrain,2=mod,norecover;name,NoRecover
BarDrain,3=mod,suddendeath;name,SuddenDeath

BatLives=10,together
BatLivesDefault=
BatLives,1=mod,1 life;name,1
BatLives,2=mod,2 lives;name,2
BatLives,3=mod,3 lives;name,3
BatLives,4=mod,4 lives;name,4
BatLives,5=mod,5 lives;name,5
BatLives,6=mod,6 lives;name,6
BatLives,7=mod,7 lives;name,7
BatLives,8=mod,8 lives;name,8
BatLives,9=mod,9 lives;name,9
BatLives,10=mod,10 lives;name,10

Search for that in the metrics
Where it says..., put...
LifeTypeDefault=2
BarDrainDefault=1
BatLivesDefault=4

I need to become a themer...

[MegamanZ]

in addition to what TNT Xplosiv said:

[Common]
ColorP1=0.4,1.0,0.8,1		// sea green
ColorP2=1.0,0.5,0.2,1		// orange
FirstRunInitialScreen=ScreenCompany
InitialScreen=ScreenCompany
WindowTitle=StepMania
DefaultModifiers=
DefaultCpuModifiers=
JoinPauseSeconds=0.8
DifficultiesToShow=beginner,easy,medium,hard,challenge
CourseDifficultiesToShow=easy,regular,difficult

set DefaultModifiers to 4 lives. DefaultCpuModifiers shouldn't have to be touched (correct me if I'm wrong on this)

[TNT Xplosiv]

Originally Posted by MegamanZ

in addition to what TNT Xplosiv said:

[Common]
ColorP1=0.4,1.0,0.8,1        // sea green
ColorP2=1.0,0.5,0.2,1        // orange
FirstRunInitialScreen=ScreenCompany
InitialScreen=ScreenCompany
WindowTitle=StepMania
DefaultModifiers=
DefaultCpuModifiers=
JoinPauseSeconds=0.8
DifficultiesToShow=beginner,easy,medium,hard,challenge
CourseDifficultiesToShow=easy,regular,difficult

set DefaultModifiers to 4 lives. DefaultCpuModifiers shouldn't have to be touched (correct me if I'm wrong on this)

DefaultCpuModifiers not being modifyed will result in CPU's using the lifebar in the Demo. Not needed, but I'm thinking SM will crash if either one dies during the Demo.