[THEMES] Takuya's Dance Dance Revolution Themes

[TakuyaMAXX]

Originally Posted by Xavious

Why not just make a difficulty bar like the latest versions but remove the double tap up and down shortcut from the metric file for increasing and decreasing the difficulty on the select music screen?

- Feet are shown under the difficulty images on the difficulty select screen.
- The preview music for a song continues playing while selecting the difficulty rather like the modifier screen.

Wonderful news Takuya! Browsing just now I found this video (with horrible foreign commentary but still very useful). I was wrong about a few things regarding the select music screen but now you can see Megamix in action for yourself.

Okay... Here's the answers for your questions:
- Double tap to change difficulties can't be switched off, because select difficulty screen doesn't work (in fact it can't set any selected difficulty).
- Feet can't be shown in difficulty screen, because lack of metrics.
- Available difficulties can't be shown as desired, because lack of metrics (available should be shown and not available should be hidden).
- Difficulty preview music will be analized. But as far as I know that is impossible to implemment (again the metrics).

Thank you for the interest in the project... I hope to improve it enought.

[hydrar]

hey takuya will ddrmax2 usa be created after the jap one gets perfected?

[captainjack360]

Hey Takuya, will you make a SuperNOVA Theme anytime soon (possibly after the dancing stage mixes/DDRMAX themes)?

[Xavious]

Originally Posted by Takuya20

Okay... Here's the answers for your questions:
- Double tap to change difficulties can't be switched off, because select difficulty screen doesn't work (in fact it can't set any selected difficulty).

Of course I meant after you'd got the select difficulty screen fixed. And it definatly can be turned off as when I fiddled around wih the metrics once I noticed it (it's in the section where select music screen cheats are) and turned it off.

- Available difficulties can't be shown as desired, because lack of metrics (available should be shown and not available should be hidden).

Ok but in the latest themes such as the fan made version of SuperNOVA people have managed difficulty bars on the select music screen so all you need is a modified version:



Of course I doubt the grades are possible but just leave those out for now.

- Difficulty preview music will be analized. But as far as I know that is impossible to implemment (again the metrics).

Hmm... so unlike in the Japanese and American themes where the difficulty is selected before selecting the music and the menu music carries over this can't be done when placing it after selecting the music and having the song preview music carry over?

What about the modifier menu? That has the preview music play. How does that part make it work?

Thank you for the interest in the project... I hope to improve it enought.

Thats OK. The Dancng Stage themes have been needing doing for ages. I'm actually fed up with how people still moan that your Max, Max2 and Extreme themes still aren't perfect but at least they've got some working themes they are familiar with. What do we Europeans get?

Anyway I'm glad to help.

Captured this from the vid:



Not much but I tried.

[TakuyaMAXX]

Site Updated!!

Theme Downloads and ScreenShots at:
Dance Dance Revolution Themes (Downloads)

DS MegaMix link added and DS Fever snapshots... enjoy :P

[SSGotenksUFO]

Yay! I can't believe you're making the Fever theme. I love you (without the actual love part). Thanks Takuya!

[Xavious]

Looking at the screenshots of Fever it makes sense how I got confused. It appears that Megamix was adapted from Max2 and Fever from Max. I just got it the wrong way round.

Good work Takuya. You know more about the Euro themes then I gave you credit for. Once you get the basic metrics working this will be well away.

[TakuyaMAXX]

Okay, after reading two non sense threads I'm here to talk about theming: DS EM2....
AJ, there's a way you can rip those graphics from disc?... or, Dancing Stage are only playable in Europe (I mean: impossible to get that game here in america)?... I'm still breathless with your latest AC releases.

LASER!!!... I need a new mirror for Dancing Stage MegaMix and for the arrows that match my themes (real DDR arrows).

[AJ 187]

Originally Posted by Takuya20

Okay, after reading two non sense threads I'm here to talk about theming: DS EM2....
AJ, there's a way you can rip those graphics from disc?... or, Dancing Stage are only playable in Europe (I mean: impossible to get that game here in america)?... I'm still breathless with your latest AC releases.

I've been asking around for a EuroMix2 disc for this exact purpose. No such luck yet.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Takuya20

Okay, after reading two non sense threads I'm here to talk about theming: DS EM2....

Would one of the nonsense threads be from DDRUK by any chance?

[Xavious]

Originally Posted by AJ 187

I've been asking around for a EuroMix2 disc for this exact purpose. No such luck yet.

Problem is seeing as EM2 is an arcade release you'd either have to buy the machine itself for the disc or know someone with a EM2 (arcade owner perhaps) who wil let you take it out of his machine and have a fiddle with it.

I remember once one guy on DDRUK made a thread about stealing a EM2 disc and everyone was not happy so I don't think stealing one is the best way to go either...

EM2 is a very common mix here in the UK but that doesn't mean it would be very easy to buy a EM2 disc (which I assume is what you were talking about doing).

I can easily get you screenshots (probably bad quality though) or at a push a short movie but people have already captured some bits, but getting the actual disc for graphics rips would be very hard. I assume graphics rips are what you prefer to work with Takuya?

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Of course they are.

The other option is, well, AJ 187 could get a DDR USA cabinet cheap somewhere and put EM2 in there if it works and he can get it.

He could ask around at DDRUK.

[TakuyaMAXX]

The thing is not about buying an EM2 machine.
Someone just copy the disk and send it to AJ via internet... it's illegal, but who cares...... Better if someone could sell the disk without a machine... that will be cheaper.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Then you could work on the theme with good quality materials.

[laser123454321]

Ok takuya, im going to send you a pm with the nessary information for the dancing stage megamix and one arrows page right after i post this.