Last night my wife take 2 hours to downloaded songs but all of them or the majority are only in hard mode so she are not able to play with a minimum of fun lol

She tell you me there was even bomb or I don't know I'm not a payer of stepmania, I use my account Reddit to ask to pro some questions for her.

So where could she find song she can play with many difficulty or at least with easy and medium difficulty.

Thank you

I'm looking for packs designed for Pad play that feature exceptionally well-crafted step charts that span a range of difficulties for each song (especially in the range of 7-14 on the DDR X-scale). More specifically, I'd like song packs more focused on technique vs. stamina/stream, like those you might find in the 'Tech Spectrum' pack. I want packs that feature plenty of crossovers/footswitches/etc.

My genre preference is Pop/Dance music, but I'm okay with any genre. Bonus points for packs that feature BG music videos!

Stuff that I already have and love (in roughly descending order of how much love):

• JBEAN Originals 2018-2023
• Ben Speirs' SPEIRMIX GALAXY
• led_light Collection
• Tech Spectrum
• 5/7/9guys-1pack

I migrated to Simply Love/ITGmania from Outfox/Starlight theme and I'm very happy with it. One thing that bothers me however is how it is sort of unfriendly for casual players in the score screen, with the percentages, the way that you don't even get a notification for a no-miss song. In Starlight, it would give a little celebratory animation if you hit every arrow, and then you also had some fairly exciting AA/A+ A- scores instead of boring old percentages.

Is there anything I can do about this or am I screwed? I looked at Waterfall theme but can't find if it's compatible with ITGmania, plus it also has even stricter timings

¡Hi everyone!

I want to share a project that has me both excited and a bit intimidated. I’m wondering if it’s too ambitious. For some time now, I’ve been fascinated by those musical boxing machines that pop up on social media and amazon (because I'm a bit more into fitness lately so algorithm and stuff), where you hit pads synchronized to lights and music. However, every option I’ve found seems underwhelming:

• Problems with existing commercial machines:
  • Some only play pre-recorded songs and don’t allow any customization.
  • Others simply generic rhythms to any music you play via Bluetooth.
  • Single player experience.
  • Bad reviews everywhere.
  • Plus, the sound quality is terrible, with tiny speakers inside cheap plastic boxes.

So I thought: Why not build something truly high-quality from scratch? Something that combines customization, durability, and an immersive experience with real music, using StepMania as the foundation.

What do I want to do?

1. Build a musical boxing machine: Similar to the ones going viral, but much more advanced and customizable.
2. Key improvements:
   • Use StepMania to precisely map songs and create personalized tracks tailored to this concept.
   • Replace cheap built-in speakers with a pair of good quality ones.
   • Construct a robust frame in metal with padding to ensure durability and safety, allowing simple boxing gloves to be used without risking injury.
3. Incorporate advanced boxing mechanics:
   • 5 buttons per side: Two for straight punches to the sides, one for the head and two for angled hooks (uppercuts), inspired by professional boxing machines.
   • Game modes that take full advantage of this configuration.

General Plan

1. Hardware:
   • Punch pads: Impact sensors (likely piezoelectric) to detect punches.
   • Lights: WS2812B LED strips to indicate the path of the notes toward the pads (to have a visual queue to follow), guiding the player without needing to look at the screen (screen near this bads it's a dead screen if someone punches it a bit off-centered).
   • Construction: A sturdy metal frame with durable padding.
   • Audio: 2x old JBL Xtreme speakers that I found for the cheaps.
2. Software:
   • Use StepMania running on a Mini-PC as the core of the system (not sure about raspberry pi, maybe?).
   • Integrate the SM5-Arduino-Lighting project to synchronize lights with the notes.
   • Create custom tracks tailored to the 5-button-per-side setup, with game modes such as:
     • Solo: 5 playable pads for one player (2 in easy mode, 3 medium then 5 on hard difficulty).
     • Versus: Two players side to side.
     • Double: Use all 10 pads simultaneously.
3. Electronics:
   • Connect impact sensors to an Arduino, which will communicate with StepMania to register punches.
   • Use the Arduino to control the lights based on StepMania’s signals.

Motivation

I’ve always been passionate about electronics and love projects that combine hardware and software and I want something that’s truly fun, durable, and capable of delivering a unique experience (maybe cheap).

My goal is to combine music, fitness, and technology in a project that takes advantage of existing tools (like StepMania and SM5-Arduino-Lighting) to create something genuinely worthwhile.

Questions and Challenges

• Is this project too ambitious for someone with basic experience in electronics and programming?
• Has anyone tried something similar with StepMania? What advice would you give me?
• What do you think of the idea of using StepMania as the foundation for a musical boxing machine? Are there better alternatives?
• What resources would you recommend to ensure accurate punch detection and perfect synchronization between lights and notes?

Conclusion

I know this project might sound crazy, but I think it has the potential to be a fun way to combine music, physical activity, and technology. If you have any ideas, advice, or just want to tell me I’m out of my mind, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

TL;DR:

I want to build a musical boxing machine using StepMania, with 5 pads (for jabs, crosses, and uppercuts), synchronized LED lights, a metal frame, and stereo sound. I plan to use a MiniPC (Or Rpi) and SM5-Arduino-Lighting, with Solo, Versus, and Double (10 pads) modes. Is this too ambitious? Looking for advice and feedback!

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I recently downloaded stepmania on my Mac. I am using the simply love theme and all of the bg videos from the songs that I downloaded have a blurry backgrounds.

Is there any way to fix this?

I am very curious about this - now that AI is becoming more and more advanced.

I have heard of Dance Dance Convolution, and DancingGorilla (which is the only one I've used). So, I'm wondering if anyone has tried to get any other AI's to create simfiles and generate steps for songs? What was your experience with it if you have?

I would love to end up using some to help me because I am useless when it comes to stepcharts. I never grew up with music, beats make no sense to me, I have 0 rhythm, so I have to rely on a base to start with (which is what Dancing Gorilla has really helped with).

I am very interested to hear what others have to say! What do you think if eventually AI can just create stepcharts for us?

Hey everyone!

I got tired of looking at pixelated backgrounds while playing StepMania on my 4K TV, so I made a tool to fix that. It's not perfect, but it works for what I needed. (Yes there are other tools around that can upscale, especially the tools this script uses. But Stepmania files are in SOOO many folders it's a pain to deal with).

I was going to also create something for upscaling background videos as well but videos take much much longer to process since you have to split it up into individual frames and process each one as its own image then smoosh it back together. I'm too impatient to wait for that to finish, sorry!

## What it does:

- Automatically finds and categorizes backgrounds, banners, and jackets in your SM charts
(If a file is being used for any combination of background/banner/jacket it'll prioritize BG>BN>Jacket)

(it does this by reading all SM and SSC files in the chosen directory and all subfolders, parsing the background, jacket, and banner values and looking for a png or jpg/jpeg that matches).

- Uses 'AI' upscaling (Real-ESRGAN) to enhance image quality

- Resizes everything to your chosen resolution (720p to 4K)

- Compresses the files if desired.

- Smart sizing (backgrounds get full size, banners 1/3, jackets 1/5)

## Download:

GitHub: SM_Image_Enhancer

## How to use it:

1. Download from GitHub
2. Extract the zip anywhere (it's portable)
3. Run either:- `Run_SM_Image_Optimizer.bat`, or- `SM_Image_Optimizer.ps1` if you prefer running the PowerShell script directly. All the bat is doing is running powershell in admin and running the script for you (you shouldn't need admin to run, I just like the blue background :P )
4. Pick your songs folder or pack or whatever you want to search
5. Choose what you want to do (upscale+compress, just upscale, or just compress)
6. Pick your resolution
7. Pick your AI model (mostly anime models which work well for digital art but there's a standard 4x upscale model as well)
8. Let it run and do its thing

## Important notes:

- Depending on your hardware, it's not super fast - upscaling and compression takes time

## Disclaimer:

I'm not really a coder - I just cobbled this together because I wanted better looking charts on my TV. I won't be actively supporting it, but the code's there on GitHub if anyone wants to improve it. Feel free to fork it, fix it, completely rewrite it, or print it out and stomp on it/pretend it's a dance pad.

Main selection screen

Example of going through the options

Hope someone else finds this useful! Let me know if it helps your setup look better. 🎮✨

11.29.2024 Update: Jacket artwork update!
If Shazam can pull back a match, the album artwork for that song will be parsed in. You can click the little album button that appears next to the play button and you can compare the artwork and choose to update or not. The new artwork will be resized to be the same as the old artwork.

11.28.2024 Update:
Now with Shazam support!

Simply click the Shazam Mode button and whenever you press the play button it'll attempt to pull in the Title, Artist, and Genre for you! Say goodbye to random things being in the Genre field!

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I decided to clean up the title/artist data for my game packs but didn’t want to edit each song manually. So, I made a small tool to streamline the process.

I’m not much of a coder, so it’s pretty basic, but it gets the job done. There’s a standalone .exe if you don’t have Python, or you can run the Python code included in the zip file. I won't be making any changes to it but feel free to use it if you want (or maybe there's something else out there already. I really didn't look much).

The tool lets you select a directory and automatically pulls all SM/SCC files. You can easily edit the title, artist, or subtitle fields. If you make changes, a "Commit?" button appears to save them. There’s also a preview button to listen to the song that the file is referencing if it exists, and a pencil button to open and edit all the metadata lines if needed.

This isn’t something anyone needs, but I had fun making it and thought I’d share to help justify my staying up so late. If anything it's convenient to just click the play button and have the audio play right away.

GitHub: SM_Metadata_Editor

Main screen. Example with Shazam Mode On with a button showing the current value and the one Shazam pulled back. If a field matches it'll just become green text.

Bulk Editing Mode Enabled. After pressing \"Apply to Selected\" it'll apply it to each line. You can commit individually or press the Commit All (#) button at the top.

Hello,

I’m new to Stepmania. I have missed this game at that time (it released originally 20 years ago, it is impressive).

I’m wondering if it is easy to install package of songs ? Or is it difficult ?

I have read a mention to “Zenius Vanisher” but I didn’t all understand. Is it safe to utilize?

Many thanks in advance.

Hi,

I'm running the Steam version of Outfox on my Steam Deck and it works fine with the default theme. But when I use the DDR A3 theme, it crashes for certain songs, while for other songs it's working fine.

I read somewhere that Outfox don't provide any support for bugs encountered when using custom themes, is this correct? Is there any other way to troubleshoot the problem myself?

Hi there. My wife loved DDR as a kid and I want to surprise her for Christmas. After some reading, I think I'm going to get her a mini-pc and dance pad so she can play Outfox on our living room tv.

Can someone point me in the right direction for a mini PC that will run that game well, and a dance pad too?

Edit: thanks everyone and sorry for the late response. I don't have reddit notifications on and forgot I hit "post" on this 😂. I actually have an old PC laying around that it seems like it could use. Just need to get a pad!

I see a lot of people who are still using Stepmania and for security and compatibility reasons, I would move to a Stepmania fork because it hasn't been updated since July 23, 2018. Don't worry if you don't know what a fork is and no I'm not talking about a tool/utensil. All you have to know is that to stop using Stepmania and move to someting else. Personally I have moved on to Project OutFox and it is available on Steam. Part of the reason why I use Project OutFox is due to that it is 99% compatible with all Stepmania 5 - 5.1 beta 2 content. Also Project OutFox can do a lot more than what Stepmania can do. But if you still insist on using Stepmania, then you run the risk of running into problems as mentioned at the beginning of this post

Any suggestions for themes that are cute and colorful, preferably with pastel or neon colors ? Thank you !

Something basic to just play with, I'm curious if this exists, where I could take a playlist I like and have it generate steps.

Se tiver, manda o link aqui.