Getting Arcade difficulty on Stepmania. Which Settings?

danielcohen · Basic Member Joined: 18 Dec 2004

Hey all,

Does anyone know how to configure Stepmania so that the difficulty level (i.e. Step judging, life draining, etc) is the same as for a standard arcade machine?

Currently I have "Judge" and "Life" settings set to '4' , but that seems a bit too easy.

Thanks!

[TCO] Patrick · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

Supposedly if you bump it up to 5, its more realistic. Editing your Stepmania.ini file and dumping these timing window specs into your program produces more suitable results, IMO.

yagsimit69 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: rochester

stepmanias judge is around 5.7 for ddr arcade so just use 6, it will help your timing anyways and its not that much harder
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Asymptote · Trick Member Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Location: Alloway, NY

to be honest, when i used 5, it still seemed even bigger than home window. never tried 6 though. best way to go imo is just download or edit the .ini file. I did that and I use the ITG timing windows now.
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Fano@Mountasia · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jan 2006

[TCO] Patrick · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

^ Odd. I have a CF along with a "certified" workable EMS adapter, and had to set my global offset to -0.052 to get a correct read before messing with the judge settings. And even if it is a tiny bit harder than the Extreme AC, Id rather have it that way than it being easier.

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videoCWK wrote:

ITG can go beyond level 10? Woah...

danielcohen · Basic Member Joined: 18 Dec 2004

[TCO] Patrick · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

Well, it depends. Are you going to be playing on event mode? If you are, then you wont need a progressive lifebar. The only time youll need the progressive lifebar is if youre going to play in sets. (aka - 3 stages per play)
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William Howard Taft wrote:

Japanese arcade dancing simulations are built upon a strict code of honor and pride.

videoCWK wrote:

ITG can go beyond level 10? Woah...

danielcohen · Basic Member Joined: 18 Dec 2004

ok thanks guys

Skit · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

So i have the judging difficulty set at 4, and just copy the settings from the .ini file and it will be more arcade like?
Because I always AAA songs on stepmania when I have it on 4 but when I played at the arcade I got like 24 greats on a song i normally AAA.
I want it so it's either the same as the arcade, or harder, so I can be even better at the arcade (assuming the pads are in good condition).
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skeet

Skit · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject:

I tried those settings for stepmania- it doesn't really seem arcade difficulty like. :/
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skeet

Fano@Mountasia · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jan 2006

Skit · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: