Official Simfile Error Thread

Fixed. My bad.

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DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY 3
HOTTEST PARTY (nonstop megamix)

The SUPER SAMURAI segment is off by an 8th beat near the end.

The error starts at line 5356 (that note should not be there, should start with the note at line 5358). The rest of the correction is just adding 2 16th (non-note) beats at the end (the freeze arrows near the end should be slightly longer).

If you copy over the ending of the original SUPER SAMURAI from HOTTEST PARTY that should fix this.

MEGALOVANIA is missing a #VERSION tag (usually #VERSION:0.83;). I ran a script and didn't find any other instances of this in official SSC files.

This causes problems when parsed by some libraries, such as simfile (https://simfile.readthedocs.io/en/main/index.html), returning incorrect timing data on beats since it searches for the version tag and uses a different version as the default. Please add the tag to the simfile on zenius.

Fixed. Thank you for pointing it out.

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Some errors regarding recent official simfiles:
- Kiyarora eisei no kiseki (A3) has its artist written as 工藤吉三（ベイシスケイプ） (with fullwidth parentheses and no spaces) and its artist translated as Yoshimi Kudo (Basiscape), but Crimson Gate (2014) has its artist written as 工藤吉三 (ベイシスケイプ) (with normal width parentheses and a space) and its artist translated as Kudo Kichizo (Basis Cape). Crimson Gate should ideally use Kiyarora eisei no kiseki's artist (with the fullwidth parentheses) and the correct artist transliteration of Yoshimi Kudo (Basiscape) for consistency not just with Kiyarora eisei no kiseki, but also other Yoshimi Kudo BEMANI songs prior to 2025.

- Pa pi pu Yeah!'s actual BEMANI game of origin is BeatStream, but the #CDTITLE tag points to DDR 2014 instead.

- Zettaireido (WORLD) has its artist transliterated to Chiharu Kaneko, while Lachryma (Re-Queen'M) (A20) has its artist transliterated to Kaneko Chiharu, which is incorrect considering that when Japanese names are translated, the given name (in this case, Chiharu) is written first and the family name (in this case, Kaneko) is written last (which RemyWiki artist pages follow). Additionally, both songs are missing #BGSTAGE tags in their .sm files in relation to their appearances in DDR GRAND PRIX: Zettaireido should be on #BGSTAGE:3; (CRYSTALDIUM), while Lachryma should be on #BGSTAGE:30; (BOOM WHITE).

- The recently updated Remain and True Blue both are missing #BGSTAGE tags in their .sm files as well. They should have #BGSTAGE:14;(BOOM DARK) and #BGSTAGE:3; respectively in accordance to their appearances in DDR 2014-A3 and GRAND PRIX. For reference, Plan 8, Wadatsumi, and FUNKY SUMMER BEACH (all three being DDR 2014 songs) already have #BGSTAGE tags in their .sm files.

- As NicholasNRG recently pointed out, several simfiles in both the DDR EXTREME AC and SuperNOVA AC categories are duplicated with their previous transliterated names still showing up in the pack downloads for some reason. The simfiles with the outdated transliterated names prior to the romanized title update should be removed from the packs to avoid unnecessary bloat.

This part is not true. There are no duplicates to speak of. I've already taken care of removing the old folders from the pack.

What happened is that Nicholas must have forgotten to delete his old folders when updating the simfile pack.

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Also confirming the Extreme (fbf6f9) SuperNOVA (5c06fd) packs did not have duplicates when I downloaded them a few weeks ago.

fixed

Can confirm. My bad lol

i feel (TOY Remix) may have an error on the Double Beginner chart. The first note is charted in the first line. I was unavailable to find game footage to verify if this is a transcription error or whether it's an error in the game itself:
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewsimfile.php?simfileid=326
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/simfiles_getstepchart.php?simfileid=326&difficulty=beginner&style=dance-double

Long Train Runnin' likely has a transcription error in the Double Basic chart. The first note is charted in the first line. I couldn't find game footage of this either, but chewi mentions in the comments that the first note in MAX2 US training mode is in measure 3 after the music starts:
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewsimfile.php?simfileid=831
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/simfiles_getstepchart.php?simfileid=831&difficulty=basic&style=dance-double

I ran a script to check for the first charted note of any type in seconds and milliseconds, and these are the only two that start exactly at 0, so other files are likely not affected.

The newly updated official simfiles since the release of GRAND PRIX chart pack vol.3 (2025/08/28) seem to have quite a bit of issues, some even leading to a potentially unplayable simfile:

1. TRIP MACHINE~luv mix~, LOVE LOVE SHINE, Destiny lovers, think ya better D, JET WORLD, and The Least 100sec are missing their #BGSTAGE tags. For reference, their stages in DDR A-A3 and GRAND PRIX are CRYSTALDIUM (3), BOOM LIGHT (16), BOOM LIGHT (16), DANCING RAYS (2), DANCING RAYS (2), and BOOM BOOM BOOM (1), respectively. Confirmed from the following videos (all yuisin videos unless explicitly stated otherwise):
- TRIP MACHINE~luv mix~ CSP/CDP on DDR GP
- LOVE LOVE SHINE CSP/CDP on DDR GP
- Destiny lovers CSP/CDP on DDR GP
- delaywailing's DDR A gameplay video of think ya better D (while it is DDR A, it still uses the same stage in GP)
- delaywailing's DDR A gameplay video of JET WORLD (same situation as think ya better D)
- The Least 100sec CSP/CDP on DDR GP

2. Music In The Rhythm's .sm file has an #ARTISTTRANSLIT field which incorrectly has an exclamation mark where a semicolon should be, causing the simfile to have issues when loaded into Stepmania. It should look like this: #ARTISTTRANSLIT:nc ft. Electric Touch;

3. Blind Justice ~Torn souls Hurt Faiths~'s .sm file should not have commas in the #BANNER, #BACKGROUND, and #AUDIO fields as otherwise the banner, BG, and audio will not load correctly (i.e. when loading the .sm into ArrowVortex). Furthermore, the song's title is actually listed as Blind Justice ～Torn souls, Hurt Faiths ～ (with a space before the last fullwidth tilde "～") in all DDR arcade releases since DDR A (plus GRAND PRIX). (can confirm from O4MA's DDR WORLD gameplay video of Blind Justice CSP)

4. SEXY PLANET's BPM is not actually listed as 181, but just 180 (rounded down from 180.255).

I've fixed issues 2 to 4.

As for the #BGSTAGE tags, most of the classic-era simfiles don't have any of those tags at all, including the ones you've mentioned. At some point, we'll need some sort of automation to add those tags and upload them when ready.

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The #BANNER property for Blind Justice ～Torn souls, Hurt Faiths～ is malformed since a recent update. It is now

#BANNER:Blind Justice ~Torn souls Hurt Faiths~;.png;

with an extra ; and should be

#BANNER:Blind Justice ~Torn souls Hurt Faiths~.png;

冥 DP is incorrectly rated as an 11, when it was rerated to a 12 in DDR X3 vs 2ndMIX