StepMania 5 beta 2a is now available

edit: ninja'd kinda not really oh well +1 post now

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I'm (legitimately) not sure what you mean when you refer to "the conflict." If you are able to expound on this, I can attempt to explain the current state of your concern to the best of my ability.

I believe the Stepmania.com download pages says it best when it states "StepMania 4.0 has been superseded by StepMania 5."

I've asked you this question before (you didn't answer me then) and I'm still curious -- what does SM4 offer that SM5 doesn't? I'll ask again: Why are you using SM4?

Can you expound, preferably in a step-by-step fashion of what you expect to happen versus what actually happens in Stepmania 5 beta 2?

I tested this just now in In Stepmania 5 beta 2's default theme and did not encounter any issues. You can set a DisplayBPM in the default theme's editor in Stepmania 5 beta 2 by:

0. take note of whether you are in Song Timing or Chart Timing. If you want your DisplayBPM to affect ALL difficulties across ALL games types (dance, pump, techo, etc.), you'll want to be in Song Timing. If you want your DisplayBPM to only affect the particular difficulty you are currently writing in the game type you are currently in, you'll want to be in Chart Timing. Song Timing and Chart timing can be toggled between with the T key.

1. press escape
2. press enter the on the "Edit Steps Information" option
3. press left/right on the "Display BPM" option to toggle to "Specified"
4. press enter on "Min Specified BPM"
5. type your desired minimum DisplayBPM and press enter
6. press enter on "Max Specified BPM"
7. type your desired minimum DisplayBPM and press enter
8. Save


If Stepmania is causing you stress, you may want to consider taking a break from Stepmania. Maybe go outside, get some fresh air, see the world, that sort of thing. Extreme motions can be dangerous, you know?

But seriously, it's just a free game.

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Beta 2a has been released to fix a few quick issues with Beta 2. The original post has been updated with the appropriate info. Be sure to read the upgrade notes!

dbk2's upgrade tutorial is still applicable, for anyone who needs a more detailed walkthrough.

Of course this new StepMania 5 beta 2a didn't work for me. It won't work with my version of MAC OS X. Once again, the geniuses behind this game have done it again.

Get your act together developers, because you're doing it wrong!

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If you think it's so easy feel free to try coding the game yourself

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Yeah, unfortunately the Apple business model is to deprecate old OSes pretty quickly and force people to upgrade. If you have a patch that would make StepMania work on more versions of OSX, that would be great!

If not, you're free to return your copy of StepMania for the full cost of the license.

At this point, I'm pretty much desperate to get a Windows laptop. Besides StepMania (the good ones), there are a whole bunch of programs I would like to use that simply cannot exist for MAC, but only for Windows. Luckily, I'm going to be given a Windows laptop as a graduation gift very soon, so hopefully I can get this new StepMania 5 beta 2a to work on it. However, I'll also have to reacquaint myself with a Windows OS after not being used to it for more than 4 years.

Turns out, the copy of SM 5 that I DO have, is StepMania 5 alpha 1 . At least it works.

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I'm curious which version of OS X you're running. Unless your machine in ancient you should be able to BootCamp at least Windows XP.

I have a Mac OS X Version 10.5.8, which my family purchased back in 2008.

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Hi, NuVirus. Thank you for the information that you are using Mac OS 10.5. As djpohly noted, Apple's business model is to rapidly deprecate older OSes and pretty much force Mac users to upgrade their OS regularly. This is more an Apple thing than a Stepmania thing.

That said, I made a few changes to the code and am uploading a custom build of SM5 beta2a for you. I don't have a copy of Mac OS 10.5, so I have no idea if it'll actually work. When you have the time, please download this custom build, and let me know if it works for you.

EDIT: After speaking with the development team, I've learned that Mac OS 10.5 is not and will not officially be supported by SM5. If you are interested in running up-to-date versions of SM5, you'll need to upgrade your OS to at least 10.6. You can do so here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

After upgrading to Mac OS 10.6, upgrading to the most recent OS (10.9) is free via the Mac AppStore.

If you need help installing SM5 on Mac OS 10.6 or newer, my installation/upgrade guide for Mac OS still applies.

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Do you know what Mac you're using?

I don't understand why it won't work on your Mac computer. I realize that many games are Windows exclusive, but Stepmania has been developed to be available on all major operating systems. Are you sure there isn't anything wrong with your configuration?

It would also help if you explained exactly what happened instead of just saying "derp it didn't work" and blaming the developers. There should be something in Stepmania's error logs that explains what went wrong exactly.

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It's because the newest betas of StepMania 5 dropped support for older versions of OS X. I'm trying to find out exactly what Mac he has because he should be able to install a copy of Windows on his Mac computer and boot into it to use exclusive software and the latest StepMania.

When downloading the StepMania 5 beta 2 that wouldn't work for me before, I managed to download it successfully, but when I opened the folder with the program icon arrow, there was a circular "no" symbol in front of the arrow. I clicked on the arrow icon anyways, and a message popped up stating that the game was not compatible with my version of Mac OS X.


The link is broken. It says "Not Found".

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Sorry about that. >_< I've fixed the original link.

Again, I don't actually have access to a computer with Mac OS 10.5, so I have no idea if this will work. Still, it's worth a try.

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I've had the same issue with SM5 for a while now, through different versions of it, where during gameplay after a few songs, the gameplay will suddenly become extremely choppy and will not be fine again until I restart Stepmania. Then it's fine for a few more songs, and I'll have to restart it again. Any ideas what could be causing something like that? I know the hardware in the box I am using to play SM is pretty old, but it seems to work fine for a while, BGvideos and all, and then crap out suddenly. Running on Windows XP. Thanks!

Anyone know of an update or fix for this? Tried this out today. Omega GX works fine under beta 1 and under OpenITG. Not seen at all by beta 2. Freshly loaded Windows 7 x64 system with DirectX 9 I stalled via the web installer earlier today to fix the missing DLL issue.

I realize this is an old thread, but it was the only thing relevant a Google search was turning up.

Are you using beta 2 or beta 2a ?

If beta2, try downloading and using beta2a: http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Downloads

If you're already using beta2a, you could give the most recent nightly build a try: http://smnightly.katzepower.com/

The one at the top of the list there is the most recent nightly build, which I can't comment on (it's less than a day old) but I have been using the last build from Nov 30, 2013 since it was built without any problems. It should almost certainly be safe, but there's no guarantee it'll actually be any better regarding the Omega GX pads.

So, yeah, let me know which version of SM5 you're using, and I'll see what I can do, since I happen to know someone with two such pads that I could... feasibly ask to borrow... >_>

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I had tried beta 2a and then dropped down to 1a when it didn't see the pad at all. I've used OpenITG for a long time, but wanted to give SM5 a try. I'll try the nightlies tomorrow and get back to you.

Cool, thanks. I'll see if I can acquire one of those pads, but it might not be until next week.

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