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3652595 Basic Member
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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0. Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: who can tell me edit tool for StepMania Themes? |
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what's this is tool name?
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where can download?
i will make Themes.
who can tell me?Thanks! |
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Reenee Trick Member
Joined: 21 Nov 2003
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1. Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Photoshop. $600. |
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GeeForce Trick Member
Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: Sterling Heights, MI |
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-joe- Trick Member
Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Location: lv |
3. Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Making a theme requires knowledge of what metrics do and editing graphics.
I have been working on a theme for probally 6 hours total now. It's nothing special, I just want to get the feel of editing it.
The only metrics i changed was making the scroll wheel scroll vertically, instead of like a "wheel"
I want to change the "select difficulty" so that they are all flat across, instead of beginner lower, light higher, standard lower, etc _________________
good times, good times. |
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Arimasen Trick Member
Joined: 14 Feb 2003
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4. Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, basically you need 3 programs:
StepMania, Photoshop (or another image editing program), and Notepad (or another text editing program)
You edit the images in Photoshop, change the metrics in Notepad, and view the finished product in SM. |
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eepiccolo Trick Member
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Location: Frederick County, MD |
5. Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:49 am Post subject: |
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It seems to me what would be appreciated, in lieu of an edit tool to create themes, is documentation about the graphics, and especially documentation about the metrics. I went to the StepMania site to look for this stuff, and found some info in their Readme.
http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/wiki.php?pagename=Readme#Creating%20a%20Theme
However, in this same Readme, they state...
StepMania Readme wrote: | metrics.ini: A metric is simply values that can alter the appearance of the game. metrics.ini is a large list of values that will allow you to alter things like the position of elements in the menus, and the order of menu screens. There is no documentation or explaination of these values other than the value name.Because the theme "default" implements all possible theme elements and metrics, the metrics file "Themes\default\metrics.ini" contains a complete list of all possible metrics. |
Well, that's kind of annoying. Even though the people at StepMania haven't provided any decent documentation, has anyone else perhaps made some documentation for the metrics? One of the major reasons metric names aren't sufficent to document a metric is the valid range of a metric is not given. Perhaps someone could start there?
It's stuff like this that makes the software engineer in me cry. It's also why open source isn't all it's cracked up to be. |
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-joe- Trick Member
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Arimasen Trick Member
Joined: 14 Feb 2003
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7. Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ive made a theme based off an old DOS fighting game named One Must Fall 2097. If anyone want the link, i can post it here. |
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dieKatze88 Trick Member
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8. Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Im writing a tutorial thats pretty simple, but includes everything you need to get started for the most part. Ill post it somewhere when its done. _________________
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9. Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Holy crap Nero that was my favorite game! Please please post the link to that! Oh the memories. <3 Shadow. _________________
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Arimasen Trick Member
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