[In Progress] Metallica - The Videos 1989-2004 Pad Pack

Dark Coz · 11-18-2008, 02:44 PM

As of this post, the GH3/RB DDR Pack is suspended indefinitely until further notice. The reason is simple - not many people were supporting this pack and it was a bit too much to handle simply. Instead, I have decided to work on another pack, something that appeals to fans of this group - Metallica. I wanted to work on this and use music videos in the pack simply because they have been a hit in the late 80's-early 90's. If you've been around for this time (like me), then you will enjoy every minute when it comes out. The songlist is slimmer (21 songs+2 bonus tracks), but it makes up with high-quality music videos that are on-sync. To top this off, I may also incorporate Couples steps where two players play cooperatively and share the lifebar (if that's how SM does it). If possible, I'll ask someone to make a Metallica theme.
If anyone is interested in supporting this, give me a PM at these forums - Bemanistyle, StepMania, and Mungyodance. I am in these forums often than not. Now this is settled, here is the complete list of the songs that have music videos, in order of appearence.

One
Enter Sandman
The Unforgiven
Nothing Else Matters
Wherever I May Roam
Sad But True - Metallica
Until it Sleeps
Hero of the Day
Mama Said
King Nothing
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven II
Fuel
Turn the Page
Whiskey in the Jar
No Leaf Clover
I Disappear
St. Anger
Frantic
The Unnamed Feeling
Some Kind of Monster

Bonus Features
One (Jammin' Version)
The Unforgiven (Theatrical Version)

Rules for anyone interested in making steps for this
* The steps must be DDR-quality steps and are not a joke-type steps. None of these songs should be a joke to step anyway. DDR-quality means no mines, no hands, no triples, and no quads or rolls or lifts.
* The stepcharts must have a scale of 1-13. If a Beginner step goes at 180 BPM or more (such as Fuel), then it has to be a 2 (like DDR does). Otherwise, slower songs are a 1. If the notes are 300 BPM or faster, then it has to be a 3 in Beginner.
* Regards to beginner, you cannot use Up, Left, Right on 4th notes - there needs to be a break in between 4th notes. The exception is placing the same step every 4th note.
* If anyone does want to work on them, I will send the audio, video and stepfile. All audios are .ogg vorbis in 44 Khz (in case some are Linux users).
* If anyone wants to work on a Metallica theme for Stepmania, give me a PM and show me the progress. The catch here is that the theme needs to have a Couples Play supported It needs to be worked on in these builds - SM 3.9 Plus Redux, OpenITG, and SM 4.0 builds. Pick one because one will be incompatible with the other two builds (I used SM 3.9 Plus for building charts). For example: OpenITG themes will not work in SM 4.0 and 3.9. Same goes to 3.9 themes will not work with OpenITG and 4.0.
* Graphics are WIP, too.

If you have any questions about this, feel free to post in this thread, and I'll be happy to answer.

Update 11/19/08: I've uploaded a demo version of Fuel, and it will have the video separate at a uploader site. Check my signature (the bottom) for more details.

Dark Coz · 12-17-2008, 03:18 PM

Bump for an announcement. By the time I get finished with this pack, I'll also try to work on (the smaller) Death Magnetic pack. As of now, I did Fuel Challenge in the video pack, so check my signature for more details.

MixMasterLar · 12-25-2008, 07:00 PM

Looks good, see if you cant get the sims in .ogg for some ITG action! I can supply the patch for long versions if you dont have it.

Dark Coz · 12-26-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

Looks good, see if you cant get the sims in .ogg for some ITG action! I can supply the patch for long versions if you dont have it.

Don't worry, all are in .ogg. However, I won't patch them. I may leave that to you by the time the pack is complete. Release date is unknown so far, but it may be in the Spring. Also, videos were included, so spanning the files may be necessary.

Dark Coz · 01-16-2009, 03:53 PM

Actually, I may scratch the Spring release. I'm going to be really busy stepping the Guitar Hero: World Tour stepfiles (gotta love the Tool songs) that I may have no time working on the Metallica pack. I'll still work on it occasioanlly, but I have to do the WT sims for my school before March for some impressions. This may also be why I may assist one user for the Dream Theater keyboard pack (Pull Me Under is the example).

Virus881 · 01-16-2009, 05:47 PM

Orion would be a very good song for the pack...

Dark Coz · 01-20-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Virus881

Orion would be a very good song for the pack...

Orion didn't have a video, did it? Can't do that, unfortunately.

Parama · 01-20-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Coz

Actually, I may scratch the Spring release. I'm going to be really busy stepping the Guitar Hero: World Tour stepfiles (gotta love the Tool songs) that I may have no time working on the Metallica pack. I'll still work on it occasioanlly, but I have to do the WT sims for my school before March for some impressions. This may also be why I may assist one user for the Dream Theater keyboard pack (Pull Me Under is the example).

Tool songs really don't seem good for Stepmania IMO. I mean, they're great musicians, but the music is usually slow and repetitive.
Also, a PMU chart would be nice, just make sure to step more than just the guitar.

Dark Coz · 01-21-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Parama

Tool songs really don't seem good for Stepmania IMO. I mean, they're great musicians, but the music is usually slow and repetitive.
Also, a PMU chart would be nice, just make sure to step more than just the guitar.

It may help my syncing skills, though. Same goes to the Dream Theater songs. This could help out in the future, since they aren't easy to sync.

Dark Coz · 02-04-2009, 03:12 PM

Another announcement to make here.

I hate to say this, but I will have to hold the Metallica SM pack for a few reasons...
First of all, the studio versions of some songs like Enter Sandman and Wherever I May Roam, don't have an ending, as they fade out instead of a rock ending. I know that the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica will have song endings for them, so until I can play this game once, the pack I'm working on is at hold. And yes, I can record from the console system to a computer with decent quality.