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

It's actually in the theme's metrics. Near the top of the section [ScreenSelectMaster], there's a line that reads: "Choice1=PlayMode,Regular;Difficulty,HARD;name,A". Where it says "Difficulty,HARD", change that to the level of your choice. BEGINNER, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, CHALLENGE, EDIT are the names StepMania uses.

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It's funny that it only happens with this theme and not the others that I have, but yeah I'll look at the metrics for this theme and make the adjustments.

About the combo meter, I think (i could be wrong about this) if the Step Zone is in the center of the screen or use the 2p side of the screen instead of the left side you should be able to view the combo meter surpass 999.

They would work, or you could just either resize the combo meter, or move it just enough to the right to accomodate the extra digit.

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well, my bad... sorry...


but now, the 4-digit combo display in screengameplay have been fixed in my new update... i just reduced the original zoom size when it reaches 100 combo max. So the new reduced zoom size from 100 up combos will be permanent to make it viewable.

about the standard mode default difficulty, it was intentional to set to Hard/Expert Difficulty... Just as what Oni asked, who care to play beginner/basic?... so if somebody want to set default to beginner, either play to Training mode (SM) or modify the metric...

I will release my new update (v1.0) with many changes one week later upon posting this. thnx for your appreciation

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Sorry I'm a little bit of a completeness freak on that, cause like I said before the other themes that I currently have didn't do that, but I respect your choice since this is your project. Also I'll be willing to admit to this I prefer beginner/basic (more so basic) cause my brain can't process the arrows fast enough in order to get to my feet in time to get the timing right. this is one reason I came to Z-I-v because of the official charts instead of the heavy, challenge or both found on the majority of the files on bemanistyle.

fix for 4 digit display combo

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Sorry to nitpick on this, but...



Is there any way of fixing this? (problem area outlined in red)

posted above:

i assume you are using regular Stepmania 3.9 so there is odd display at the scores...
i will release a separate minor patch for Stepmania 3.9 version of DDRX2 theme... just patch it to my soon to be released update DDRX2 theme (which is supposed to be best suited for 3.9+Redux).

why don't you switch to SM 3.9+Redux instead of regular 3.9? there are many features that aren't present in regular 3.9 especially the scoring display (7 to 9 digits as opposed to MAX's fixed 9 digits) and behavior(DDRSN1, DDRSN2, PIU, HYBRID etc.)..

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Long story short, it's designed for the SuperNOVA2 scoring system, which goes up to 1 million.

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and besides, DDRSN2's scoring system is still being applied to DDRX1 and X2...

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To be honest there's not really any reason to have 3.9 vanilla anymore. Plus is just that much better, and there's only one minor drawback I remember from it (if you save an edit, sometimes the DWI and SM file records auto-gen for every other chart format).

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yes i noticed them... autogen charts from almost any bemani games aside from Pump and DDR (Pop'nMusic,BM, DM etc.)... not recommended for simfile editing though...

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Although if you fix it once, you'll probably not have to fix it again. Unless you do doubles charts.

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If I were to get Redux, would it be able to write over the existing 3.9? Then again why should I worry since I still have 18gb of HD space remaining.

Great work friend. Thank you so much for this great theme conversion.

Redux (and the initial 3.9 plus versions) were designed to be written over the default installation. It's too much of a drag to create a separate 3.9+ installation when you know that compatibility with existing add-ons will be maintained (and yes I've tried doing that). If you made edits to any of the stuff you got after installing stepmania 3.9 for the first time (changed default theme's music, replaced Solo arrows, etc.) it would be best to restore them to the way they really are before applying redux.

If this is your initial installation, delete the contents of your cache folder (the individual files, not any sub-folders that might be there) if you don't like to see a reverse pentagon as a groove radar reading, and optionally, copy splash.png (from the Data folder) to another folder if you like the default 3.9 splash image.

P.S. I still have an estimated 50 GB worth of HD space and I'm already worried.

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I really like this theme! Thanks. I have a question, in the song selection screen(in stepmania 3.9 + redux) will you delete the "single" word in the down-bottom of the screen? Thanks and keep goin with the theme!

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Okay, remember when I said that the arrows doesn't show up? well when I upgrade to windows 7, the arrows shows up on sm... it's strange... I even use sm and this theme you made and ran it on my friend's pc who has windows xp, it didn't show up too but on my other friend's pc who always has windows 7 like mine it shows up..

Actually, that's defined in the metrics, under [ScreenSelectMusic]. Here's the default code I have:

[ScreenSelectMusic]
UseModeSwitcher=1
OnePlayerModes=
TwoPlayerModes=
CurModeX=320
CurModeY=440
CurModeOnCommand=
CurModeOffCommand=

To disable this feature, set UseModeSwitcher=0.

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I dont have the same code =( and I set "usemodeswitcher" into 0 and nothing happens =(

My code:


// Dance Dance Revolution X2
// Metrics Version: Rev. 0.9b (March 01,2010)
// Compatibility: StepMania 3.9 and 3.9 Plus Redux
// OS: PC, Mac, Linux
// Metrics Type: PS2 US
// StepMania Metrics Version: SM3.9 Plus Redux
// made by: sillybear

[ScreenSelectMusic]
AlignMusicBeat=0
HeaderX=0
HeaderY=0
HeaderOnCommand=draworder,4;sleep,0
HeaderOffCommand=
FooterX=0
FooterY=0
FooterOnCommand=draworder,8;sleep,0
FooterOffCommand=
BPMDisplayOffCommand=sleep,0.266;accelerate,0.133;addx,-316
BPMDisplayOnCommand=zoom,0.6;draworder,6;addx,-316;sleep,0.2;decelerate,0.233;addx,327;linear,0.066;addx,-11
BPMDisplayX=279
BPMDisplayY=160

..... etc, and in the bottom of this category:


# Used by mode switcher, example on next line
# OnePlayerModes=single,double,solo
UseModeSwitcher=0
OnePlayerModes=
TwoPlayerModes=

CurModeX=320
CurModeY=440
CurModeOnCommand=
CurModeOffCommand=
ShowCDTitles=1

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