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Post by ranger45 on Apr 29, 2005 17:03:57 GMT -5
Howdy, well guess im new to this. Well i was wandering if anyone could help me on stepmania? The thing is that i dont know how to install songs, themes, bmg animations etc. It's my first time installing the game and i dont know how to install songs into the game so can anyone help. When i read the readme file thing it sort of helped but not enough of directions and explanation. So if anyone could help i be very greatful. Send me notepad style Directions or Screenshots on how to install songs/ mostly everything else. Thanks  |
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Post by abrannan on Apr 29, 2005 20:51:51 GMT -5
Moved to the appropriate board
If you can, find smzip files, they install properly with a double-click. Otherwise the information is all there in the readme. Everything is in the music directory/mix directory/individual song directory tree. Think of it like an outline
I. music directory
A. Mix 1
1. Song 1
2. song 2
B. Mix 2
1. Song 1
2. song 2
and so on. All of the files for a particular song go in the directory for that song. That's the mp3, the sm, the bg, all of it.
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Post by ranger45 on Apr 29, 2005 23:37:00 GMT -5
Do you know where i could get a smzip i would grate ful if you tell me some sites where i could get them and download them the sites have i have tried sometimes it said it not there so please tell me some sites i could get the smzip packkages. Thanks |
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Post by abrannan on Apr 30, 2005 8:47:00 GMT -5
That falls under the NO SIMFILE REQUESTS rule, sorry.
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Post by chickenchaser on May 10, 2005 22:11:53 GMT -5
I know that there is a no simfile request rule but i still see people requesting simfile websites and people answering them...what is the point to a no simfile request rule anyway considering the fact that that is what most people need help with since most places require an account...it seems that more people would want to join if they could find out where to get simfiles.  |
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Post by chickenchaser on May 10, 2005 22:13:28 GMT -5
I am not trying to be a pain but it seems logical that helping people out would raise the amount of members.
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Post by abrannan on May 11, 2005 6:13:41 GMT -5
I've explained my stance on simfiles before, but I'll be happy to do it again. The overwhelmingly vast majority of simfiles out there are using music without the permission of the msuic owner. That constitutes copyright infringement, which in much of the world is illegal (and it's certainly illegal here in the United States). I've seen several DDR websites shut down because of this trafficking in infringing material. If this were just my personal web forums, that might be one thing, but they're not, these forums belong to RedOctane, and they are held responsible for any illegal activity that goes on here. I'm just a volunteer moderator.
Now, if someone were to make simfiles for some public domain music, or music of their own creation, where they could grant the rights to redistribute, that'd be one thing, and I've encouraged those members here who do their own music to post DDR-length versions of their songs that we could create stepcharts for. If that happens, I'd be more than happy to host those legal simfiles.
As for increasing our member count, that's not my goal. We're not out to be the end-all be-all of DDR message boards, other sites do that quite well. We're here for a specific purpose, to promote the use of dancing games as a form of exercise and weight-loss method, and I think we're doing just fine with that. I'm sorry that stepmania.com has taken down their message boards, and we try to help out with generic questions where we can, but I am not willing to accept the risks that come with linking to infringing materials.
If you'd like to see that change, write your congressman to change the US stance on copyright, but until the laws change, my stance on simfile requests remains unchanged.
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