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0. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:40 am    Post subject: New to StepMania Reply with quote

Ok, I just downloaded StepMania 4.0 and I have no songs. I thought I would fix it by downloading one of the song packs. My problem is still no songs show up and all I get is roulette. If you know what my problem is, I would be glad if you could put it into simple terms.
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1. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: New to StepMania Reply with quote

Halbort wrote:
Ok, I just downloaded StepMania 4.0 and I have no songs. I thought I would fix it by downloading one of the song packs. My problem is still no songs show up and all I get is roulette. If you know what my problem is, I would be glad if you could put it into simple terms.


Get 3.9 because 4.0 is deadly. It killed my graphics card.
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2. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I guess it's time to remove 4.0 and get 3.9. I'll let you know it this solved my problem.

EDIT: I think I need to connect the song pack I got to the StepMania 3.9 that I have. Just have no clue how or what to do.
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3. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halbort wrote:
Ok, I guess it's time to remove 4.0 and get 3.9. I'll let you know it this solved my problem.

EDIT: I think I need to connect the song pack I got to the StepMania 3.9 that I have. Just have no clue how or what to do.


If its an .smzip file, it'll install itself. If not, unzip it, then move the contents into the Songs folder in the SM System folder
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4. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have absolutely no clue what you are saying. What does unzip mean? How do I see if it's a .smzip file?
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5. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halbort wrote:
I have absolutely no clue what you are saying. What does unzip mean? How do I see if it's a .smzip file?

the songs you dl'ed, what's the file extention?
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6. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Da Bar wrote:
Halbort wrote:
I have absolutely no clue what you are saying. What does unzip mean? How do I see if it's a .smzip file?

the songs you dl'ed, what's the file extention?
I know absolutely nothing about this computer stuff. I think it would be better to give me an easy to install pack or auto install pack and just deleate the one I already downloaded.
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7. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Webopedia wrote:
(2) In DOS and some other operating systems, one or several letters at the end of a filename. Filename extensions usually follow a period (dot) and indicate the type of information stored in the file. For example, in the filename EDIT.COM, the extension is COM, which indicates that the file is a command file. (Depending on the operating system, the punctuation separating the extension from the rest of the filename may or may not be considered part of the extension itself.)


That is an extension. *.smzip means it is a stepmania zip file. Just rename the extension to a .zip and extract it using winzip.
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8. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Better yet, get WinRAR (can open all archive file types) and open the file in that, whatever it may be. If the first thing you see is a general mix folder containing lots of song folders (eg. Dance Dance Revolution 1st Mix), extract it to ..\Stepmania\Songs\. If you see all the individual song folders at first, locate ..\Stepmania\Songs\ and add the name of the mix they are to go in, and WinRAR will create the mix folder for you, and extract the song folders there.

When all is said and done, every song should be set up like this:

..\Stepmania\Songs\NAME OF MIX\NAME OF SONG\
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9. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still can't get the songs into the right format. I made them a .smzip from the WRAR 360. If there's something that I'm missing (and it will be stupid), let me know.
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10. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halbort wrote:
I still can't get the songs into the right format. I made them a .smzip from the WRAR 360. If there's something that I'm missing (and it will be stupid), let me know.


Made them into a .smzip? You should extract them, not make them into an .smzip. If you hav a .smzip file, just right click above the icon, and choose rename. Make the file extension into a .zip instead of a .smzip. Finally, right click on the icon again and go to your winrar/winzip options and click extract to.
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11. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

from http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Download_and_Install_Songs

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If your download has a little "compressed arrow" icon, then it's a .smzip file. You will only see the compressed arrow icon for .smzip files if StepMania is installed.

1. Double-click the package file. This will bring up a confirmation screen showing you the contents of the package (also giving you a chance to cancel).

2. Click the Finish button. The package installer will begin copying the files to your StepMania directory. It's that easy. E1.gif

3. After the files have been installed, you will see the Package Exporter window. This window is not important to the process of installing a package. Click the Close button to dismiss this window.

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12. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've gone through that process many times. It never works.

EDIT: I'm trying to have someone else fix/install whatever I need from connecting to my computer. Hopefully this works since I can't mess anything up. laugh.gif
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13. PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you downloaded the pack from DDRUK, check the FAQ forum for the 'how to download and install songs' article that I wrote. DDRUK uses torrents for their songpacks which are a little more complex but still easily understood.
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14. PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

most of these instructions are extremely clear... if your are able to go on the internet and download a file you should be able to understand them. i can't think of a way to put it more simply.
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15. PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halbort wrote:
Ok, I just downloaded StepMania 4.0 and I have no songs. I thought I would fix it by downloading one of the song packs. My problem is still no songs show up and all I get is roulette. If you know what my problem is, I would be glad if you could put it into simple terms.


Ignore everything you just heard. Follow these instructions

1. Instal an extraction program (winrar)
2. Download a song or song pack and extract the files in this order ... 1. My Computer/Local Disc (recomended)/ Program files/ Stepmania/ songs/
a. if it is a song pack extract the pack into songs
b. If it is an individual song create a folder with any name you desire in the "songs" folder and extract the song in there.

3. Make sure that the song file and stepfile are included (Banner, Background optional)

I hope this helps E1.gif

If it didn't then you're problems are
1. Your computer cannot support Stepmania for possible reasons
a. your windows is too outdated.
b. You don't have enough RAM (not likely but a possibility) to support it.
c. Your comp is severly f***ed up and not even the world's greatest computer experts can help you
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