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Post #1 · Posted at 2013-04-13 12:25:33pm 10.9 years ago

Offline iTurret
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Is There Some Way To Play Only 1 Random Movie On SM5 (Beta 1)?
Already Tried This: http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewthread.php?threadid=5492&page=1
Does Someone Know What Can I Do?

Post #2 · Posted at 2013-04-13 12:36:41pm 10.9 years ago

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I too wish to know this. I tried the "numbackground" trick with older versions of stepmania, but when I use it on SM5 it rotates through all of the movies.

Post #3 · Posted at 2013-04-14 01:13:24am 10.9 years ago

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Is There Like Some Script Code Or Something That Can Change The Maximum Number On The Random Movies.

Post #4 · Posted at 2013-04-14 01:24:13am 10.9 years ago

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find and edit this line in your Preference.ini:

SongBackgrounds=1

Post #5 · Posted at 2013-04-14 01:24:46am 10.9 years ago

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Place NumBackgrounds=1 in Static.ini, not in Preferences.ini.

Make a copy of Preferences.ini in the same folder, rename the file to Static.ini, open it with notepad, delete everything and add NumBackgrounds=1. Save. Move Static.ini to StepMania5/Data folder.

Have you tried this? This was pointed out by razorblade in the other thread concerning this issue. I haven't tried this method out yet, so I'll give it a shot and tell you if it works. Happy

Post #6 · Posted at 2013-04-14 01:26:53am 10.9 years ago

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seems like NumBackgrounds has been replaced into SongBackgrounds in current version of SM5. NumBackgrounds is nowhere to be found in latest SM5 build.

Post #7 · Posted at 2013-04-14 01:50:08am 10.9 years ago

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Yeah, I think that was the issue. I literally drove myself insane trying to fix Numbackgrounds on SM5. I'll give it a shot! Thanks, razorblade!

I looked into the preferences.ini under the data folder and there is no "Songbackgrounds" line, only "Numbackgrounds." Any explanation for this? Dead

Post #8 · Posted at 2013-04-14 02:03:23am 10.9 years ago

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Quote: xepheroth
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Place NumBackgrounds=1 in Static.ini, not in Preferences.ini.

Make a copy of Preferences.ini in the same folder, rename the file to Static.ini, open it with notepad, delete everything and add NumBackgrounds=1. Save. Move Static.ini to StepMania5/Data folder.

Have you tried this? This was pointed out by razorblade in the other thread concerning this issue. I haven't tried this method out yet, so I'll give it a shot and tell you if it works. Happy

I Tried This But It Doesn't Work But The Weirdest Thing Happened, I Opened Preferences.ini To See If I Can Solve The Problem And I Saw This "NumBackgrounds=5" And I Changed The Number To 1, I Saved The File And Closed Notepad. I Opened Stepmania And It Worked But When I Opened Preferences.ini Again And "NumBackgrunds" Didn't Appear, This Is Weird.

Post #9 · Posted at 2013-04-14 02:22:45am 10.9 years ago

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Quote: razorblade
find and edit this line in your Preference.ini:

SongBackgrounds=1

Quote: razorblade
seems like NumBackgrounds has been replaced into SongBackgrounds in current version of SM5. NumBackgrounds is nowhere to be found in latest SM5 build.

Post #10 · Posted at 2013-04-14 02:37:45am 10.9 years ago

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I Think I Solve The Problem, Open Stepmania (Do Not Close It), Then Open "Preferences.ini", Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Close Stepmania And Open It Again.
If This Doesn't Work Do The Same Thing Again But This Time Don't Open Stepmania.

The SongBackground Thing Did Not Work For Me.

Post #11 · Posted at 2013-04-14 02:54:33am 10.9 years ago

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I Think I Solve The Problem, Open Stepmania (Do Not Close It), Then Open "Preferences.ini", Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Close Stepmania And Open It Again.

Still doesn't work...

Post #12 · Posted at 2013-04-14 02:58:22am 10.9 years ago

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Quote: xepheroth
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I Think I Solve The Problem, Open Stepmania (Do Not Close It), Then Open "Preferences.ini", Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Close Stepmania And Open It Again.

Still doesn't work...

That's Weird, It Worked For Me, Try Doing The Same Thing But Without The Stepmania Opened.

Post #13 · Posted at 2013-04-14 11:54:18pm 10.9 years ago

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Quote: iTurret
SM5 (Beta 1)?
It's important to always be up-to-date with the latest version of Stepmania. Beta1 is no longer current. You can downoad Beta 1a here: https://code.google.com/p/sm-ssc/downloads/list

The answer lies within Preferences.ini There are multiple lines you'll want to verify. This isn't documented anywhere (that I know of) so it's okay to ask.

1. You need to use the most recent version of Stepmania. As of this post, the most recent version is Beta 1a. If you are unsure what version you are running, download Stepmania at the link above and use that.

2. Exit the Stepmania program if you are running it. In general, you shouldn't make changes to settings files while the program is running, because the program may have a different setting in memory, and change the setting back later. This can be frustrating at first, but it makes sense when you understand what is happening.

3. You need to open and view Preferences.ini in a text editor like Notepad.exe or Notepad++. Where Preferences.ini is located depends on what Operating System you are using (Windows 7, Windows XP, Mac OS, Ubuntu, etc.) Respond if you need help locating Preferences.ini

4. There are three relevant lines in Preferences.ini that each do something different, NumBackgrounds, RandomBackgroundMode, and SongBackgrounds. You need to find each.

SongBackgounds is (I think) looking for a boolean (0 or 1). 0 will disable SongBackgrounds. 1 will enable SongBackgrounds. If you want there to be Backgrounds at all, your line should read

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SongBackgounds=1

RandomBackgroundMode is looking for a string (which is a programmer's way of saying "text"). If you want a random movie to be used, your line should look exactly like this:
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RandomBackgroundMode=RandomMovies
Captialization is very, very important. Stepmania is looking for a very specific string, and won't see it if the wrong letters are capitalized.

NumBackgrounds is looking for an integer (like 1, 3, 10, 100, etc.) and will set how many random backgrounds are used in each song.

If you want there to be only one, you line should look like:

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NumBackgrounds=1

If you want there to be fifteen, your line should look like:

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NumBackgrounds=15

5. Save Preferences.ini, close it, and start Stepmania again.

Let me know what happens.

Post #14 · Posted at 2013-04-15 03:33:19am 10.9 years ago

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Quote: dbk2
As of this post, the most recent version is Beta 1a. If you are unsure what version you are running, download Stepmania at the link above and use that.

I Checked And It's Beta 1a, Sorry Guys For The Misunderstanding.

Quote: dbk2
Exit the Stepmania program if you are running it. In general, you shouldn't make changes to settings files while the program is running, because the program may have a different setting in memory, and change the setting back later. This can be frustrating at first, but it makes sense when you understand what is happening.

Thanks For Letting Me Know This, Cause I Had To Try It Over And Over Again To Figure It Out.

Anyways, I Decided To Do The Same Thing All Over Again, I Tried My Method It Didn't Work This Time, So I Grabbed 2 Laptops And Tried To Solve The Problem:

Quote: iTurret
Open Stepmania (Do Not Close It), Then Open "Preferences.ini", Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Close Stepmania And Open It Again.
If This Doesn't Work Do The Same Thing Again But This Time Don't Open Stepmania.

Laptop 1:

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Open "Preferences.ini", Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Open Stepmania.

Laptop 2:

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Open Stepmania, Then Open "Preferences.ini", Close Stepmania, Click "Edit" Then "Find...", Type On "Find What:" NumBackground. If It Appears, Change The Number To 1 And Save The File, Open Stepmania.

Thanks A Lot dbk2 For Letting Me Know About Some Important Details.

Post #15 · Posted at 2013-12-20 05:51:30am 10.2 years ago

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Quote: "dbk2"
Where Preferences.ini is located depends on what Operating System you are using (Windows 7, Windows XP, Mac OS, Ubuntu, etc.) Respond if you need help locating Preferences.ini
Someone asked about this, so I figured I would try to update this to the best of my knowledge.

If you are not using the most recent version of Stepmania 5, this may not work for you. The most recent vesion is beta 2a. You can download Stepmania 5 beta 2a here: http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Downloads
Please, please upgrade if you haven't already.

So, then, here is a list of where you can find Preferences.ini in your particular operating system:


Windows XP and Windows 7
Use a Run dialog. You can do this by pressing [windows key]+[r]. Copy and paste this line into the dialog box that pops up:
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%appdata%/StepMania 5/Save
You can edit Preferences.ini by double-clicking on it.

This procedure should be the same for Windows Vista and Windows 8, but I don't have those and can't actually test it. Can someone try it out and respond?

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Mac OS 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.8 / 10.9
Use the Go to Folder... command. It can be found in the Go menu at the top of your screen while on your Desktop. Copy and paste this line into the dialog box that pops up:
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~/Library/Preferences/StepMania 5/Preferences.ini

You can edit Preferences.ini by double-clicking on it.
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