Be-Pachi Music!! My continued attempt at a BMS Player / BM simulator

Ultra Violette · 06-28-2006, 01:13 AM

As the topic title says, Be-Pachi Music is a BMS Player I made in Delphi 7. It supports BMS and BME files, and supports both 5-key and 7-key single-player songs, through the use of an option on the Start-Up Config window (System>BMS File Type).

Be-Pachi Music will most likely be an eternal 'Work in Progress', and I'll keep trying to update this on a regular basis.

BPM is now version 0.05192, and due to the length of time between updates, this version has the largest list of updates yet. Themes from all v0.04x versions are no longer compatible, so if you have one of those versions of BPM, a complete re-download of the program is necessary.

Don't worry, it's still not a big file. In fact, the size is smaller than previous versions

Here is the program + both current themes (2D+3D Themes):
http://x-raise.cjb.net/bpm_dl/bpm_v0.05192.rar - 3.13 MB
http://x-raise.cjb.net/bpm_dl/bpm_v0.05192.zip - 5.72 MB

Here's some screen shots of the newest version (v0.05):

Enjoy, and as always, I welcome any/all feedback about this

Arimasen · 06-29-2006, 12:48 AM

Screenshot of current version in first post, please?

Also, this sim cant find my BMS files. I have them all in the BPM folder inside a /BMS/ folder, like: G:\Games\Be-Pachi Music Complete v0.0365a\BMS\beatmaniaIIDX 12th Style HAPPY SKY\Xepher\Xepher [ANOTHER].bme

Why wont it load...

Ultra Violette · 06-29-2006, 03:04 AM

I'll add in some new images from the current version (and next version) tomorrow

And, is the MusicFolder entry in the BPM_CFG.TXT file pointing to that folder? By default, it points to 'Songs' folder (unless I made a mistake in the current version!)

For now, that setting can only be modified by editing the config file. Maybe try setting the line to this...

MusicFolder=.\BMS

Also, a better interface to select folders is something I'll definitely add to the next version.

Snapps · 06-30-2006, 10:45 AM

Can you implant a feature for making sims that is a hell of a lot easier than bmse haha.

Ultra Violette · 06-30-2006, 11:11 AM

I could try implementing something like that

What is it about BMSE that's difficult (Other than having to re-load the entire song just to preview it, which is a pain)?

Snapps · 06-30-2006, 11:51 AM

Reloading the entire song just to preview it.

And that I want to be able to start where I want to listen to the music if it's a solid mp3.

Trick · 06-30-2006, 12:56 PM

Just dropping by to show my continued interest in a lending a hand in the graphics department whenever skinning is available and functioning 100%

-Miz- · 07-03-2006, 12:20 AM

When you say you "support BMS/BME", exactly what do you support?

Ultra Violette · 07-03-2006, 12:30 AM

I don't know if there's a difference between BMS and BME, other than the extensions. (Most likely there are plenty differences that I'm un-aware of!)

There, 'BMS' refers to 5-key songs, and 'BME' refers to 7-key songs.

The 2 file type suffixes seem to be used interchangeably for 7-key songs.

-Miz- · 07-03-2006, 01:08 AM

Ah.

BMS defines certain core functionality (it can even be used for DDR songs, for example). BME adds some tweaks to basically make 7-key support possible. (I put up a summary of the basics a while ago at http://sacredchao.net/~arashi/bme.txt a year or two ago.) There are tons of "extensions" of the BMS format that various Japanese players have made over the years, though, that I've just started learning about tonight; there are almost 60 commands that can occur in the header, and something like 80 useful play channels defined. There's even long note support for EZ2DJ-like charts, but it looks like only one player I've never heard of supports it.

BMS is pain :3 But it's cool to see people actively working on sims.

KKyuubi · 07-11-2006, 03:21 PM

I rigged up a nice new little installer for the current BPM version using NSIS (which also powers the Stepmania Installer, coincidentally)

http://rapidshare.de/files/25600170/...Setup.exe.html

It's a start in the right direction...

Ultra Violette · 07-11-2006, 09:00 PM

I like the interface of that installer

Thanks for making that!

If it's okay with you, can I put that link in the first post of this topic?

KKyuubi · 07-11-2006, 09:02 PM

Of course, that's what I intended it for! It even emulates the behavior of the Stepmania installer (not removing the Songs folder)

Also, think maybe you could donate me some tokens and rep for that I did? You do seem pleased and all...

You can host it on your server if you want.

Ultra Violette · 07-11-2006, 09:36 PM

While I do thank you for creating that, you do know I only have 200 tokens, right?

However...

The board's pro-vision theme is buggy, so I switched to a different one and gave rep.

Edit... I won't ever spend them I think, so if you really want the tokens, I'll give them to you.

KKyuubi · 07-12-2006, 04:24 PM

Never mind about tokens...but I did however rework the UI of this installer so it will look ALOT better...believe me it's stunning what I did!

http://rapidshare.de/files/25678956/...Setup.exe.html

Changelog:
- BRAND NEW INSTALL UI!
- Nothing else