DDR X2 CS Theme ver2.1 for SM 3.9a, SM 3.9 Plus REDUX and SM AMX

Can it do this in stepmania 3.9? I think this is the theme for DDR X2 Japanesse Version.

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1. finding a way to have the BG show up and not the Banner
2. multiple song art can't be shown on 3.9
3. 3.9 has no widescreen support

That theme on 4.0 maybe, but 3.9? there's just no way.

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It's a no no to 3.9! Pandemonium X is correct. So far sillybear is making the same theme but this time on the 4.0. And we have to wait for the final GUI of that select music once X2 comes out in June this year (I think).

Let's not rely first on that GUI anyways since it's still in beta. Maybe on the final release of X2, GUI's of all modes have been improved somehow.

It'll be possible on 4. As I've seen a banner wheel implemented properly, I see no reason why you can't do a background wheel like that. Also the widescreen, too. 3.9 can only do 4:3 normally.

However you can sorta do a title wheel in that style (like 4th mix).

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yes he's correct. Those we see on the DDR X2 AC image pics are all possible on SM4, not SM3.9... Lua code programming in SM4 has a very wide extensive possibilities over 3.9... i like the coding scheme in SM4 more than 3.9 though it looked complicated for the first time. It is possible to have a box-art inside the text banner in music in select music...


here my 2nd day on SM4 version of DDR X2 theme (i can still manage to take time for this even it i'm very busy at work):








At this image above, since yesterday i am expecting that my contact at stepmania site will give me solution to that 3D music wheel code sampled in the original default theme since i changed it from the original linear type music wheel. It crashed when i swapped the codes for music wheel, from linear to 3D type.



about this image above, i intentionally moved the streaming linear type lifebar to see what's going while i change the codes. from the beginning i tried to swapped the display type for streaming lifebar, from the original zig-zig type ala DDR Extreme to linear type ( ala SN1 onwards) sampled in the orig default theme. Then it happened that the linear lifebar looks different: it looked like it was being garbled (i dunno why). So i just added it up to the request list at the SM site through my new friend AJ. So they can modify the code to make it work for this. Look also for the additional Artist name text display at the image
i'm about to plan to stretch the header and footer to screen width as well as the lifebar and frame and the score frame..

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More Suggestions:

-can you perhaps make it able to see the scores through difficulty?
for example:
if I got AAA in Challenge it would look like this:

AAA Beginner [][][][][][][][][][]
AA Easy [][][][][][][][][][]
AA Difficult [][][][][][][][][][]
AA Expert [][][][][][][][][][]
AAA Challenge [][][][][][][][][][]

or like this:


-also, can you change the options?

to look like this?

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The last picture, that wasn't a mock-up (edited), isn't it?

I might actually try to grab SM4 just for this theme!

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@ Nicholas:
the 2nd image can be made in SM4, by creating a ScreenSelectMaster class (where the MoreOnPage codes are in... and the mapping of button when going to the players' otions.) and also modify the Lua script codes in Script folder of the theme.

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well, how about on SM 3.9/ 3.9+? is there any similarities on how you can make the options look like the picture, or is there more scripting to achieve such DDR-like options?

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Because 3.9 (and +, they're coded the same) use their own theming language, not Lua, you can really only work with what the SM language lets you work in, and I don't think it'll allow you to do that with two different options menus. I'm not entirely sure. Basically if Takuya's SN1 theme doesn't have it, it can be assumed it can't be done.

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I forget it, In ddr X2 when you catch all the arrows, it appears the graphics and the sound "FULL COMBO". Can it do this in stepmania 3.9 or 4.0?

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As far as I know, in 3.9 that can't be done. Not sure about 4.0 though.

i seconded...

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Q : When I add this theme to 3.9 how come the arrows are invisible when the options is display as visible?

maybe you didn't upgrade your SM 3.9 to SM 3.9+?

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No. I am using this theme with 3.9 and i have no arrow issues, his issues is probably having to do with a noteskin.

i noticed that when i used ddrx2 theme, there's a maximum of three digit combo.......

when i reached 1000+, the screen looks like this

the real combo there is 1165, but only the last three digits is shown......

the X2 theme isn't bad, though 2 things to point out.

1) why is Expert the default difficulty selection instead of Basic or Beginner?

2) how's come the recorded score can't fit into the black space on the song wheel?

This would be because the combo counter digits actually get larger over time. The extra 1 would be beyond the left edge of the screen. As DDR songs (except for courses and possibly one of the Xmixes) don't havemax combos over 999, it's a minor thing.

1) I think this can be changed easily, but seriously, who here plays Beginner/Basic?

2) I suppose with a bit of finetuning it could fit, but you can't blame him for not wanting to arse around with it before finishing the rest of the theme.

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I'm actually pretty certain that this is down to your own settings. change it in your options?

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