[StepMania 5.0.12] In The Groove 2

Heya! I've been practicing SM5 theming for the past month, and finally it was time to post about it.
I've been doing a Semi-Conversion/Recreation of In The Groove 2 to StepMania 5.

I know that someone already ported ITG2 before, but it looked quite, weird. I wanted to make a more exact approach to the real thing. This is my attempt at it.

Have some screenshots, showcasing what's done.
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Title Screen


Warning Screen


Select Style Screen
(I still need to figure out how to make zbuffering work on this...)


Song Selection


Player Options


Gameplay


Evaluation


Options Menu


Key/Joy Mapping


Screen Attract / Instructions


The theme also supports widescreen already.





Additionally, Spanish support is being added slowly.



You can get the theme here:
https://github.com/JoseVarelaP/In-The-Groove2-SM5

Some special thanks I want to give.
dbk2 - Script help, Feedback
MadkaT - Script Suggestions
Telperion - Feedback

Feedback on the theme will be much appreciated!
This is technically the 2nd SM5 theme i've done, but it's the one I've made more progress than before. Let alone put way too much time to perfect.

- Jose_Varela

This is a very authentic looking ITG2 theme for SM5, compared to the one before it.

Looks alot more like oITG, although :
-The mode select screen can use images from the ITG3 theme if you're missing some.
-Song names should appear in the song selection for edit mode.
-There should be smaller fonts in many places, becuase of stuff like this:


Unless that's just my SM5. Maybe.

-Some options menus lack fonts, like the options menu in edit mode after a few times.

You did good.

Suggested: the roulette should work more like the one from Simply Love.

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EDIT: Ok, i've checked everything, and I fixed some of the bugs. including the huge font, and the spacing.
Still haven't figured out about the highlight thing dissappearing...



I'll probably going to have to look at that, yeah.

I am checking as to what actor is controlling that. Haven't figured out which is yet.

That's definetly big fonts. I need to fix the sizing, it's not your SM5.

I haven't been able to replicate this... Could you explain how it happened?

boop


open player/game options twice in edit mode

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idk how u did to recreate the MusicWheel so well done, this is 100 times better that the one I did years ago. Absolutely a nice port of ITG2 for SM5

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A lot of math calculations and trial and error.

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math

Did some updates.

- Song info in EditMenu now appears

Took a little to figure out exactly how to fix this without breaking the wheel.



- Random and Portal are now correctly placed and colored



- Attack display is there now
- Combo position has been corrected
- Combo position correction when reverse has been added



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Finally out of uni for now, stuck on finals. So now I can return to this.
Project is now being reworked, as I had the idea to merge ITGPC like elements to it.

It was interesting to work around with it, since the ITGPC theme is somewhat encrypted due to the files being compiled lua files.

I'm also thinking of adding a color option, like Ov3rHell3XoduZ's ITG2 theme... We'll see how that goes.

The Github doesn't seem to have been updated with these changes

The changes haven't been pushed. I'm still fixing a few things that came along this rebuild. Expect it tomorrow.

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Updated the repo, and also included a new TextEntry screen and Overall info in the Title Screen.





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August 14th, 2019

A bunch of new stuff is in now.

+ Fixed grade trophy for Tier16.
+ Replaced LoadActors with appropiate actors and reorganized tweens on ScreenWithMenuElements, ScreenTitleMenu and ScreenLogo
+ Added warning Threshold to Lifebar.
+ Speed can be set to Stock ITG speeds
+ NoteSkin list can be filtered to remove stocks, or have the standard ITG noteskins
+ Character list can be toggled (off by default)
+ Cleaned Nonstop animation, not needing a spritesheet anymore, now it uses the correct files
+ Nonstop Mode PaneDisplay now shows step data
+ Fixed major bug with Final Stage involving GetCurrentStage() naming shenanigans.
+ Script cleaning continues.
+ (Option) Added Step Artist credits in Stage Information
+ Fixed 2.png to be actually divisible by 2.
+ Ensure said 2.png actually appears only in VerTex^2
+ Moved Course Song Display to Gameplay Overlay in order to make tweens in it.
('ScreenGameplay in' makes everything freeze in place, only allowing for texture/text swapping to happen.)
+ Fixed background stretching on next song transitions in Course Mode.
+ (Option) Added Experimental Lifebar for Gameplay
This is a completely done from scratch Lua lifebar that recreates ITG2's version. This is done to recreate the BPM based texture scroll that occurs on the AC release.
Do note that this is experimental, as the update rate is a bit wonky.
+ Songs and Courses now have appropiate color automatically assigned.
/ Replaced "CharacterList" with "HideSM5Options", to include PlayerAutoPlay in the list of removed options.
/ Moved ScreenGameplay stage/song [N] textures to a separate folder in Graphics called "StageAndCourses".

Experimental Lifebar in action: https://streamable.com/ytbwv
New Course Song display tween: https://streamable.com/2ays1

Finally tested this one out. Heckin impressive port! Appreciate the work you put into this. It's hitting me in the nostalgia from loading up custom songs for the first time.

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Another massive update.

+ Added support for 3x3 frame files
+ Song Credit Display's Stepcharter Info can now filter between same difficulties or none at all.
+ PlayMode is now available and (along with Style Select) reacts with Coin mode.
+ Unlock system implemented
Unlock codes can be found in 'ITG_StyleSelect overlay.lua'
'Use Unlock System' must be enabled first and the game must be restarted for the unlocks to work.
+ Fixed depth display on character illustrations
+ ScreenDemonstration2 is now translator friendly and adapted for all displays.
+ ScreenEditOptions now has a dark background to make text readable.
+ Help display text in ScreenEvaluation has been adapted to prevent it from clipping out of the screen.
+ Gameplay score now hides when entering ScreenGameplaySyncMachine.
+ Survival mode scoring is now implemented, along with the judgment prizes per hit.
+ Calorie counter is implemented (Workout mode needs to be enabled to see it).
+ Initial Stage of ScreenNameEntryTraditional is added. You can only enter your name on this screen, but it does save.
+ Initial Stage of ScreenRankings.
+ Added backout Transition to ScreenNetworkOptions.
+ Remade ScreenOptionsService and its submenus to make it more smooth ala ITGPC.
+ ScreenOptionsManageProfiles now displays information about the player when selecting.
+ ScreenPlayerOptions was tweaked to make it smoother during transitions.
+ More/Done switch now toggles depending on players being on it.
+ Workout help text shows in ScreenSelectMusic when enabled.
+ Help text added to ScreenTitleMenu.
+ ScreenWorkoutMenu added. Currently the only option that is untested is Endless mode.
+ Replaced every string on the Combo/Stage Awards to be translatable.
+ Added support for Survival mode lifebar.
+ Switched Highlight animation of the music wheel to be more reactive to the music.
+ OptionRows on ScreenOptionsService now tween in a wave (Just like in ITGPC!)
+ Script Cleanup continues...
+ Fixed draw order on each PlayMode choice
+ Disqualified text now translatable.
+ PaneDisplay item text is now translatable.
+ Player Cursor in Difficulty Selector now tweens exactly to the beat.
+ (Option) Added support to change color to unlocked songs, which will become orange.
+ Song Counter in Endless mode is shown alongside the Course and Song title names.
(This is due to the lack of images to repesent a complete 0 to 9 character set.)
+ Workout Timer/Goal Indicator added.

Thank you for continuing to work on this. Your efforts are appreciated.

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Morning guys, here's a small update

+ Smoothed out transitions for backing out to the Workout Menu
+ Pressing back on SelectMusic while on Workout returns to ScreenWorkoutMenu
+ Workout Evaluation implemented
+ Workout menu option added
+ Reworked order for options in GoalType.
+ Ensured None as goal was actually set



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Aug. 31, 2019
Well, it's ready for testing!
Go and try it!

The ITG2 theme receives a legacy update, by now including a ITG1 Visual Style that you can change on the Theme Options.









By the way, have you noticed the Unlocks label on the title screen? You may remember the update that introduced optional unlocks into the theme. Well, alongside this update, there's also a new screen from ITGPC.



And has been adapted for ITG2 as well.



Also rounded font has been changed to support almost all characters that it needs to.



+ Music samples have been changed to fit ITG1's.
+ Fallback Background and Banners adapt based on Visual Type
+ Almost all texture updated when switching modes (And most of them feature multi language support!)
+ Disconnected Hyper and Mobius now correctly play their unlock sound.
+ Assist Tick sound updated from ITGPC.