[StepMania 5 Theme] [WiP] DanceDanceRevolution STARLIGHT

Why not make a video recording of bg in avi form (preferably 640x480 in 16:9 pixel ratio)? This will not slow our pc.

remember, lua driven bg + jackets in music wheel items = slow music select screen.

I swear to god dude, this needs to be released on console and arcade! This is like THE most awesomest theme I've EVER witnessed!

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I'll talk to my coder about it and see what we can do.


You know... if I had the resources, I'd gladly work out something with Konami or just take over every machine in the country since Konami USA doesn't show much promise at the moment.

Side note: Still think it looks like me? XP

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Gee man, That does Kind of look like You, But that's cool....

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Well there's about 6 hours left in 2012 and unfortunately nothing is close to being ready so I'm changing the release date to TBA instead of an actual day/year because I'm not sure what's going to happen.

Let's see what happens...

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if only SM communities don't bitch up SM5, AJ may be able to help you

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Yea that seems to be the weird thing about that. SM5 just being constantly bashed. Always seems to be the case with something new: people don't like it and therefore don't see any point in putting effort in it. That and I was told anyone who can code well for SM5 will just refuse to work on anything DDR related.

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so yet another SM5 hope for survival has been taken down

but still, I'll wait for this theme although it's still a year or two years ahead. I know you and the team won't disappoint us as I trust you all.

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Eh... I'll try not to. Not much teamwork going on as of late. :/

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OMG I WANT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh damn yet another useful bump

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This must be done!

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You're welcome! =p

Unless there's progress made in this project or dan has some important news regarding it, lets not post in here, cause all it does is create false hope that something productive actually happened

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how about locking it until more progress have been done?


EDIT: I suddenly have an urge to -5 him but seeing the rules I decided to back off

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I'm sorry if this is another useless bump, but since stepmania 5 beta 1 came out, and the scoring is very broken, as well as the option menu breaking down into a fatal error, will you make the theme compatable for stepmania beta 1???

Again, very sorry for anyone who hoped for a theme update...

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I think SM5 beta 1 is getting better in the case of scoring system (it's not broken like in alpha 2 or alpha 3)
and I think this theme will be compatible for all version of SM5 since alpha 1

side note, I recalled getting new scoring script from AJ some times ago to get around the scoring error but now I can't find it anywhere. if someone has it and can implement it to this theme successfully then it will be fine

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This has been in development since 2011?

1) How did I not learn of this before now...
2) I must have it.
3) Give it!!!

I'll make sure to sort those issues out so there won't be any errors like that. When the theme is closer to completion, I'll have some people do some beta testing for me or something so I can have a list of what bugs need working out. I have one of the best coders helping me so we'll get these things fixed one way or the other.

I actually do have a small update, I've just been busy with work and job offers that I haven't had time to post it:

STARLiGHT Select Music update (click on image for full size)

-Groove Radar and BPM are fully functional.
-The little side arrows bounce back and forth, and the meteors in the backdrop have been reduced slightly.
-We added a hard glow below the groove table since it gives off a light and a blurred reflection below it to make the surface look like frosted glass.
-If songs don't have album art, it will use the song's BG graphics as a default.
-The LED lights on the sides light up fast or slow according to the selected song's speed.

The theme actually has been in development since early 2012 rather than 2011. In late 2011, I conceived the ideas for several themes but this one grew much more than the others at that point so I went ahead and designed the tenative interface (it looked more like a modded X2 back then). Actual coding didn't really start until around April/May 2012 when my current coder reached out to me and offered his help that's when things ACTUALLY did take off.

My new characters are being implemented in the Select Style screens but when we manage to get a bigger chunk of updates, I'll upload another video showing off what we have.

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