EMS USB convertor lag in SM

[spoonsman]

I bought an EMS USB convertor from levelsix.com and it has unacceptable lag when I play stepmania. To get perfects I must pretty much do good attack stepping before I should have to. Just to make sure it wasn't me I had other people try it and confirm my suspicions.

So does anyone know how to fix this problem? I'm using WinXP home with StepMania 3.9 alpha 4b if that helps.

[spoonsman]

After going into controller config in the control panel, I notice that it lags slightly there, so it isn't just stepmania. Anyone?

[Silly Puppy]

I have the same problem, and to be honest, it really cuts into my enjoyment of StepMania (I'm sure you'd agree, given that you are aggravated enough to post about it!).

The solution supposedly resides within the "GlobalOffsetSeconds" setting, which can be changed in the [Options] section of StepMania.ini . Try an offset of 0.100000 seconds, and tweak it until it's perfect for you. I've been WAY too lazy recently, and haven't worked with it myself, so if you can, play around with the number and let us all know what worked for you.

Puppy
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[spoonsman]

I tried my friend's parallel adapter today and it worked fine. I also tried my EMS adapter on his computer at it worked fine. I suppose its just something on my comp then.

I'd much rather fix the actual problem than sidestepping it. If I changed the global offset it would screw up the other guy who's pad isn't lagging.

[Silly Puppy]

I don't recall having lag problems on the computer which was my desktop (until I bought this notebook and gave my wife that computer), but the notebook has lag problems with the adapter. I changed the GlobalOffsetSeconds to -0.050000 and StepMania works much more accurately now.

Hey, whatever works for ya, right?

Puppy
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