Starting A background video Before the song gap?

[lorenzo6596]

Hey guys i got a hold of some IIDX songs for stepmania and im trying to add their appropriate background video, the problem im having is the fucking gap!! ugh is their anyway in the .SM or .DWI file to have the video start before the gap? help is much needed thanks ahead of time for the help <3

[lorenzo6596]

#TITLE:MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD;
#SUBTITLE:;
#ARTIST:SLAKE;
#TITLETRANSLIT:;
#SUBTITLETRANSLIT:;
#ARTISTTRANSLIT:;
#CREDIT:;
#BANNER:MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD.jpg;
#BACKGROUND:MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD-bg.jpg;
#LYRICSPATH:;
#CDTITLE:CDTITLE.PNG;
#MUSIC:MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD.mp3;
#OFFSET:-3.523; <<<<<<I think thats whats the problem
#SAMPLESTART:15.460;
#SAMPLELENGTH:12.000;
#SELECTABLE:YES;
#BPMS:0.000=144.000;
#STOPS:;
#BGCHANGES:0.000=MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD.mpg=1.000=0=0=1,
260.000=MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD-bg.jpg=1.000=1=0=1,
99999=-nosongbg-=1.000=0=0=0 // don't automatically add -songbackground- <<<<<see i dont know what all that means
;

see so how do i start the video before the offset? or gap or whatever is going on, cause the video is delayed with the music

[Akira]

Try a negative value for the BG Change, like this

#BGCHANGES:-4.000=MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD.mpg=1.000=0=0=1,

then save and reload. Trial and error is your friend.

[lorenzo6596]

O wow thank you for that, also does the .DWI file need to be edited as well or can i delete the .DWI and just keep the modified .SM file and have it load just that?

[Akira]

no. When a SM and a DWI exists, the DWI file is ignored. It's there for double-compatibility with Dance With Intensity

[Patashu]

Which no one ever uses ever anymore, so you can safely delete the .dwi