Bug Reporting (Read me first!!)

[rickz0rz]

Notice a simfile not working correctly? Something else not functioning the way you expect it? Report it in this thread! Within a short time (maybe [okay, hopefully]), your bug will either be verified or you will be told what's wrong on your end! Hopefully this thread will also contain simple fixes for bugs common right now. If you find a REALLY GLARING bug PM it to me or another administrator instead.

Feature requests will probably be ignored so don't bother right now. :)



Recent Fixes
- Fixed issues with the apostrophe in simfile comments.
- Fixed issues with ampersands in user/song names.

Simple Fixes {thus far}
Q: My songs are fast, slow, or just off in Resonance.
A: Seeing a lot of this. Check the sample rate of your songs. Currently, only 22,050 or 44,100 songs are supported that I know of. This seems to be a limitation with Flash/a Flash MP3 library, etc, etc. To be on the safe side, try to include a 128 KBit MP3 at 44,100 Hz sample rate. Also, [U]if you can, try to include an OGG file (128KBit, 44,100Hz) for ITG users. Please everyone if you can. Hopefully this issue will be fixed in the future, but as of right now this is the best way to do things.

Q: These steps suck. Fix them please?
A: Talk to the step author. Resonance can't ensure quality of steps, so if you have anything to say, PM them on the forums or leave comments in the step file's entry in the Database. Same thing goes for offbeat steps--it can often mean that they simply didn't have it working correctly on their end. If you contact the step file author and you and them come to the conclusion that it really IS a problem with Resonance, then please--feel free to leave a report of the issue.

[_ReVeNGe_]

really really offbeat steps

[Patashu]

really really offbeat steps

Like http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=5045 ?

(the purple note syndrome was on purpose, btw; the steps are onsync in Stepmania and off in Resonance, he just moved the gap to colour them differently. Purple = red, pink = blue, cyan = yellow)

[rickz0rz]

Like http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=5045 ?

(the purple note syndrome was on purpose, btw; the steps are onsync in Stepmania and off in Resonance, he just moved the gap to colour them differently. Purple = red, pink = blue, cyan = yellow)

Good example that explains the notes at the top. Look at the sample rate of the MP3 included in the file. 48000Hz. Due to limitations the file is forced to play at what I presume to be 44100Hz. So doing a bit of math, the file probably plays at about 92% speed of it's real rate.

Definately trying to figure out a fix to this situation, though.

[DoubleJ126]

woah does that mean all the resonance files we uplaod have to be redone to those specs?

[Yesssss]

Yes, but it shouldn't be very hard to do, and 44100Hz is the most common sample rate anyway.

[Zeron]

I don't think we're able to comment anymore. Did something happen? :O

[Patashu]

If your comment has a ' in it, it will not go through.

[rickz0rz]

Hah. I should fix that one day.

How long has it been like that? I remember reading something about it before, but not thinking twice about it.

[Patashu]

It's been that way at least since Resonance's conception, perhaps a few days after.

[Zeron]

Fix please. I'd like to critique. :P

[terskins]

i have a very big issue my account seems to have frozen up. every time i play my total score, credits, rank, etc. stay the exact same. i find this strange considering it still lets me play this account. my account name is terskins. please fix this issue as soon as possible! thanks

[xObserveRx]

I have a bug to report: My sims are not in the top ten! XD

Nah, jk.

But yeah, I didn't even know that the comment thing was a bug... I honestly thought it was just my computer. But yeah Rick, you might wanna get on that sometime soon, as I've been wanting to comment on much in resonance.

[Coolgamer]

Most of my songs are off-beat. Example- Don't break my Heart 2003, the steps appear too early, 3-5 seconds before they should. One good timing point is the jumps in the very beginning. Anothing is at the line "before my life was black and white", where after white there is an eletronic effect. This should be synched to a freeze-jump, buit it appears too early.

[MixMasterLar]

Hay, Here's a list of people who have stole DDR steps and uploaded them:

BLUE_IMPULSE
PSPRevolution
Stepmania_Player
evilplaster
solopro

There are more but I can't think of them now. If you wanna know the songs they stole, just tell me and I'll give a list at another time.Gotta go!

[CDI_]

Hmm, there is this odd bug now. When you go to http://flashflashrevolution.com/sims is loads [ or trys to ] into the FFR:R engine but no songs were selected x.x

[tina1wuz2here]

yeah I try to upload a file...

and the link just takes me to FFR the Game
...
yeah
Can ya help me with this?

[rickz0rz]

yeah I try to upload a file...

and the link just takes me to FFR the Game
...
yeah
Can ya help me with this?

As far as I know, this issue was fixed. Off and on, some bugs might creep up that just may appear for a short time while someone is tinkering with something or another. It's sometimes best to wait a while and test it again (that is, if it's a small bug like files won't upload) and if it still doesn't work, report it.

It could be just one of us breaking things. :D

[Coolgamer]

Hopefully the issue can be fixed someday... I myself either use ogg files with flexible bitrate, or use 192KBit... 160KBit minimum. I hate having to downgrade quality to fit the standards.

[rickz0rz]

I believe you might be able to use 192/160/etc. kilobit files (I haven't tested this out yet to be certain, so try and report back the results)--I just recommended 128 since I know that one works.

[neothe0ne]

I've been uploading Ogg Vorbis files encoded with in a REALLY special build at q3.0, which is ~112kbps, at 44.1KHz and they seem to be working fine.

[neothe0ne]

I have a bug to report. When you launch FFR Resonance from the menu in the left, which takes you to an interface like FFR R2's, and get to the songwheel, one of my banner images which is like 350x112 isn't being scaled down, so it's sticking out of the banner box and covering most of the page.

[r3v0lut10nmast3r11]

i dont know if this is a bug or not-the Resonance lattest 20 dosent include any of the files i have

[MixMasterLar]

The amount of stolen steps is crazy. If your not gonna get A mod on it then add a button or somthing so we can tell you guys.

[r3v0lut10nmast3r11]

i know people have been stealing steps all over the place- we should put up seperate threads about stollen steps-its become a really big issue

[tina1wuz2here]

yeah the bug where when I try to make a simfile and it takes me to FFR the Game is still there and its annoying....

[Dreamcube017]

Hm. I have a problem. I don't know weather it's my connection or what. But I uploaded a song and it doesn't seem to be on sync with the arrows. It's perfect in StepMania, but not on here. Although while the BPM here says it's 170, it's actully 168.??. It's a 128k 44.1 KHz file. I wonder, does Resonance run off the BPM you put in the box where it asks for one or does it run off the one in the simfile? I think it would run off of the one stated in the simfile, but it doesn't seem to be doing that for me at least.
Thanks.

[rickz0rz]

It runs off of the BPM stated in the SimFile.

[neothe0ne]

Hm. I have a problem. I don't know weather it's my connection or what. But I uploaded a song and it doesn't seem to be on sync with the arrows. It's perfect in StepMania, but not on here. Although while the BPM here says it's 170, it's actully 168.??. It's a 128k 44.1 KHz file. I wonder, does Resonance run off the BPM you put in the box where it asks for one or does it run off the one in the simfile? I think it would run off of the one stated in the simfile, but it doesn't seem to be doing that for me at least.
Thanks.

I've had times when my perfectly-in-sync-with-StepMania stepfile has a bad gap on Resonance. Dunno exactly why, but it's not usually a big problem.

[Kcon]

Has anyon had a problem of it not accepting keypresses?

I cant get it to register the keypresses if I load up resonance from the song menu.

[sonicbhoc]

My song is exactly one measure off in Resonance. Every time, it is the exact same distance in the gap. It's really weird.

It was done in 160kbps bitrate and 44100 Hz sample rate, OGG format. Should I re-encode it in 128kbps bitrate? Because if I have to, I won't get the chance until later.

EDIT: And it's not just my file, every other file I've played has the same problem. Could it be my system?

I'm running Gentoo Linux with the latest netscape flash version (9.0.31.0) and Mozilla Firefox. I had a similar problem in Konqueror.

[lin205]

it doesn't work on the imac none of the steps are showing up

[taylorlee]

This isn't so much a bug as an annoyance...but why do download numbers constantly change?
I had a simfile that was downloaded about 60 times, and I check it the next day to find it went down to around 30. Does Resonance read people's computers to see if they deleted the simfile, and adjust the download count accordingly?

[Kil-]

Maybe there's something wrong with some of my stepfiles, but usually, they don't work. No steps appear. I got tsutter's OP to play once, that's it. Momiji Ranbu never works. http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=4&simid=9657

Does it work for anyone else?

[daemonos8892]

Ok, when I try and load a song on Resonance, no matter what song I choose, I always get this song that sounds like elevator music. This is the link: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=5&simid=9232
What's wrong here?

[Ramengan]

yeah the bug where when I try to make a simfile and it takes me to FFR the Game is still there and its annoying....

You're trying to MAKE a simfile on the site? I don't think that's possible. Go to www.stepmania.com, download the game, and use the editor there to make simfiles. Also, read the stickies in the "Simulator Files" forum, and the README you get from the Stepmania program.

This isn't so much a bug as an annoyance...but why do download numbers constantly change?
I had a simfile that was downloaded about 60 times, and I check it the next day to find it went down to around 30. Does Resonance read people's computers to see if they deleted the simfile, and adjust the download count accordingly?

The download number everyone sees is the number of downloads in the past week. If you want to check your total downloads, go to the 'Manage' section (one of the top links in the simfile database) and you can see how many downloads they got IN ALL, and you can DELETE them if you want to (or if they're stolen, official, whatever and you don't want people harping on you anymore).

No, FFR does not scan people's computers for that info. I think that's impossible to do directly from a website. In order to do that, the site would have to download a program onto your computer that would scan it and send it in. That make everything run SOOOO slowly, and it would be illegal, I think.

Parts of this message have been placed in bold or resized for emphasis.

[DDRBaller123]

Here is a bug. When u click on a sim to preview and then when the song came on and u hit the right click button then hit play the song would froze and takes u to a secret sim.

[Cheatachu]

I'm guessing rolls haven't been implemented yet, right? Some people are are talking about how random freeze arrows suddenly appear when they play my stepfile.

I am 100% certain that's where my rolls should be.

[Godnick]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i30/nickerious/someviruss.jpg

[lumphoboextreme]

lol bump.

[Godnick]

lol bump.

Wow...not rly its the same month.

I've already been warned once so I guess I'm getting banned.

Damn.


Sorry guys,

I failed.

[JasonKey]

hmm .. I might have been working on it at the time, we still see this?

[Godnick]

What?

[Ramengan]

What?

JasonKey is talking about your first post, I think. I've never seen that error, and I have Firefox too. And as for the bump... It's a sticky! It's okay.

I actually have 3 bug/error things, which I should've posted in here first. They were all pretty much ignored in their separate threads, so I don't really know if anyone looked at them. Here are things I've seen:
1) Top 100 List, items #4 and #5: They're the same simfile! They have the same comments, high scores, and everything, except number of plays.:?
2) When I click the Manage link to view my simfiles, one of them is missing. I've uploaded 27, and only 25 display, and no obvious link to a second page.
3) Something should definitely be done about the comments on simfiles. Especially noticable in the top of the Top 100 files, there are very large spam comments that stretch the page. There needs to be a way to delete these comments, or make it so the text wraps to fit the width of the page.
4) [EXTRA] What IS going on with stolen simfiles? They keep appearing and nothing is being done.

That's everything I can remember.

[Godnick]

JasonKey is talking about your first post, I think. I've never seen that error, and I have Firefox too. And as for the bump... It's a sticky! It's okay.

I actually have 3 bug/error things, which I should've posted in here first. They were all pretty much ignored in their separate threads, so I don't really know if anyone looked at them. Here are things I've seen:
1) Top 100 List, items #4 and #5: They're the same simfile! They have the same comments, high scores, and everything, except number of plays.:?
2) When I click the Manage link to view my simfiles, one of them is missing. I've uploaded 27, and only 25 display, and no obvious link to a second page.
3) Something should definitely be done about the comments on simfiles. Especially noticable in the top of the Top 100 files, there are very large spam comments that stretch the page. There needs to be a way to delete these comments, or make it so the text wraps to fit the width of the page.
4) [EXTRA] What IS going on with stolen simfiles? They keep appearing and nothing is being done.

That's everything I can remember.

Wow, yeah now i get it lol. nice list btw

[Syaoran Li]

For some reason, when I go to FFR Resonance, it just shows a blue background and nothing else. No words, no links, and no music. Why is this?

[phe0nixblade]

Resonance doesn't work at all anymore. Whenever you click the button, it automatically loads a song, no matter what. I wanna get sims for stepmania but i can't. Rick, fix it.

[petpro32]

Whenever i try to click more than 2 arrows, it does not register. There are parts when 3 or 4 arrows need to be pressed, but it won't work. Is there any way for me to fix this?

[futile_jinx]

Someone has reported the same problem and it seems it was fixed. My stats don't change even after many plays. My rank will change but nothing else. Would be great if this was fixed as it is a little annoying. Thanks :-D

[Axel Demyx]

The song Kingdom Hearts Sanctuary doesn't load any arrows! It barely starts, then asks you to refresh if you want to play again. o_o

Help?

[LuigioSMBZ]

A bunch of songs don't produce arrows, such as the Dragonforce and Captain Jack songs.

[Saerenna]

Hmmm, I can't play any of the songs I've tried. :/ The song will load up, the buttons up top will flash with the beat, but no moving arrows ever show up. Kind of dissapointing.

[Ramengan]

Some songs have empty difficulties. Check the high score charts before playing. If that difficulty is a bunch of 0s, don't bother with it. Otherwise, try refreshing the page and stuff. And I think picking sims from the simfile DB and top 100 list are more reliable than using the "play FFR resonance" button at the top.

[Oddbrother]

Some of the uploaded simfiles, if not played or downloaded for a while, become corrupted and we frequently have to delete and re-upload. Is there a fix for this?

[Coolgamer]

Are there any plans for time changes to be implemented? Most of my songs feature BPM changes or pauses.

[Ramengan]

Probably not. That's why we have Stepmania.

[kakashiking]

u r really creepy

[Ramengan]

You think someone would delete that post...

EDIT: Well, the spam is gone.

[DeadDeadRabbit]

You'd think that FFR would implement some sort of spam registry prevention...

[BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5]

I uploaded a simfile yesterday called 500 Miles (Comic Relief '07 Version) and it plays perfectly on my computer, but on Resonance the song was sped up to a chipmunk sound and the steps were completely off. I took it as an april fools joke and waited until this morning and it was STILL off and people were complaining.

The music file is fine on my computer, and so are the stes, so FFR HAS to be changing it one way or the other. I'm going to try uploading one more time, and if it doesn't work, could anyone help me?

EDIT: I changed it to ogg and the song is now fine but the steps are REALLY off-sync.

[corinny]

it won't even let me pick my songs, automatically it gives me this song and it is way too easy and the same one each time.

[Ramengan]

I uploaded a simfile yesterday called 500 Miles (Comic Relief '07 Version) and it plays perfectly on my computer, but on Resonance the song was sped up to a chipmunk sound and the steps were completely off. I took it as an april fools joke and waited until this morning and it was STILL off and people were complaining.

The music file is fine on my computer, and so are the stes, so FFR HAS to be changing it one way or the other. I'm going to try uploading one more time, and if it doesn't work, could anyone help me?

EDIT: I changed it to ogg and the song is now fine but the steps are REALLY off-sync.

For your first problem, it was probably the sample rate of the song. Read the first post, it should say which sample rates are supported on FFR.

For your second, since you changed the mp3 file, the gap is probably different. I think that happens whenever you make changes and save your music file. So every time you edit an audio file for Stepmania/FFR, make sure you re-check the gap.

Tell me if that doesn't work.

it won't even let me pick my songs, automatically it gives me this song and it is way too easy and the same one each time.

Be a bit more specific than that. Which songs are you trying to play, and how do you get to them? The Resonance link at the top? The simfile database? Also, what song do you keep getting? If you expect any help, you'll need to elaborate.

[EmoMan13]

Sucky simfile!:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=6

[Ramengan]

Sucky simfile!:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=6

1. That's not a link to the simfile.
2. That's not a bug. If the simfile really is sucky, then that's the uploader's fault.

[neothe0ne]

I've tried uploading a simfile twice which was a 9.98-ish megabyte zip, but each time it told me the simfile was over 10mb. Fix it, please, I don't want to reencode my video >_> (it uploaded fine to bemanistyle, which also has a 10mb filesize limit)

[Ramengan]

That's happened to me, too. Perhaps the 10MB limit is for the original size, not the compressed. If you really don't want to re-encode the video, and the simfile can't live without it, maybe you could upload it somewhere by itself, and put a link in the simfile description. That way, people can download the video if they choose.

I think bemanistyle allows up to 15MB. EDIT: nvm, it's 10.

EDIT: FFR now allows a filesize up to 35!!!!! megabytes. That's a HUGE improvement. I guess I can make better quality videos for my sims now.

[Mookage]

Hey whenever I try to play Resonance on my laptop it works but there is no sound, just the steps. I have tried to play despite this but it is much more difficult without the supporting beat. I tend to use the "Play" button but sometimes access from the top 100. Resonance also works fine on our family computor so it is not my connection as it is hooked up to the same system. I have been trying to fix this by rebooting my system and I even checked my internet connection, but it will not fix for me.

Any Ideas???

[Ramengan]

Does the sound work for all the other functions on your computer? If not, it's your computer's fault, and you need to fix something (sound card, speakers, etc).

[Mookage]

The only thing on the laptop that doesn't work is resonance. Media player and all the other thing are fine so I don't think it is that.

[Ramengan]

Okay, I just got done reuploading 6 of my simfiles because the originals BECAME corrupt. Apparently, this has happened to a lot of people, and I don't know the source of this. Do the files somehow get edited while in the database and end up broken or non-downloadable?
I would really appreciate a fix for this, since I don't want to have to reupload files again.

The only thing on the laptop that doesn't work is resonance. Media player and all the other thing are fine so I don't think it is that.
Sorry, Mookage. I don't know what to do for that. I hope someone else is more helpful.

[NeoCannonXcX]

maxforever wont load all the way for me. how come?

[Ramengan]

maxforever wont load all the way for me. how come?

You need to be more specific than that when describing a problem. FULL DETAIL. That includes a link to the simfile(s) you are having an issue with. Otherwise, you won't get any help.

[Coolgamer]

I wish people would try files in Stepmania first before rating.

Most of mine don't play nicely with the FFR system due to OGG, time changes, pauses, etc.

[taylorlee]

I was trying to play some Resonance songs, and all of a sudden this faggoty jazz funk song starts up,with boring steps, and no background. The uploader refuses to take it down, so we are forced to contend with it's crappiness.
Can someone stop this, pl0x?
BTW, the song isn't "faggoty" per se, but I've heard it way too much.

[Ramengan]

I was trying to play some Resonance songs, and all of a sudden this faggoty jazz funk song starts up,with boring steps, and no background. The uploader refuses to take it down, so we are forced to contend with it's crappiness.
Can someone stop this, pl0x?
BTW, the song isn't "faggoty" per se, but I've heard it way too much.

Is that anything like the problem shown in this thread (http://http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=57912)? If so, it may be the same problem, which may have to do with the internet browser or something like that. I don't really know. I just know that on Firefox, I never got any problems related to this.

[brandonbruce]

no arrows. just sweet music

[Ramengan]

no arrows. just sweet music

Don't post your problems in two places. Either here or a seperate thread, not both. Anyway, some answers were proposed in your thread, so check that. Usually clearing cache/temporary files fixes that sort of problem.

[xSerpentinex]

all my songs I've posted in the past are now messed up- the file is a whole beat behind the music. i could go through and sync all of them for resonance, but maybe u should consider fixing resonance so that its more compatible with files created in sm

[abm37]

mortal kombat: right click play 5...4...3...2...1
then a tune loads for chalanging (guessed difficulty):P

[Ramengan]

Serpentine, Resonance has syncing issues when loading simfiles. If you scroll down the page or something while it's loading, the effect is magnified. Refreshing the page can sometimes minimize the effects. It will still be on sync when downloaded to Stepmania.

abm, you don't right-click when playing/loading a file on Resonance. Just left-click the number for the difficulty you want and wait patiently for the song to load.

I hope this helps both of you.

[xSerpentinex]

just curious though whenever you get well synced files on stepmania are they always -.080 gap? im starting to think my computer might read differently than everyone elses cause i always wind up with -0.080

[Ramengan]

just curious though whenever you get well synced files on stepmania are they always -.080 gap? im starting to think my computer might read differently than everyone elses cause i always wind up with -0.080

Gap depends on the song. It's probably luck that your songs are all synced at that.

[xSerpentinex]

well what i mean is that even when I edit the song so that there is no time before the start it still comes out at -0.080 which leads me to think maybe my computer itself lags behind a little, or maybe the assist tick could be slightly off. have you ever had a song that has no gap?

[Ramengan]

I have, but when you edit the song, whatever program you're using will add a small gap when saving. Every time you edit and save your song, you should check your gap again. Since you're probably using the same program to edit all your music, you get the same gap each time.

[thesmacker132]

wat does managing ur simfile do???






oh yeah and resonance bug some hold notes go through that hold out thingy and u should give it a few secounds if sumone accidentally lets go of the hold note
:)

[Ramengan]

1st line: That doesn't go here.

Other lines: I don't think they'll change that hold arrow thing. That may be just to add difficulty. After all, you are using your fingers on FFR, right?

[obelisk2049]

I have noticed something on the song Kingdom Hearts: Sanctuary. When you play it, it plays for three seconds and then stops (without any arrows showing up) and says that "your score will be sent to the server".
I'm confused as to why this happens.
Also, I'm not very good at posting things in the right places. Sorry!

[Ramengan]

I'm assuming you're talking about the one in the top 100 (but please be more specific, like providing links to the simfiles in question), and that one has a sample rate that's faster than what FFR can use (Resonance only supports certain sample rates, as shown earlier in this thread), and that may mess up the playing of the simfile in quite a few ways.

If you still want to play it, download it and play on Stepmania. Playing on Resonance will make the song play slower than it should due to that sample rate, anyway.

I think that's all poorly worded, but whatever. I think I got some of my point across.

[Animegirl821]

Ok, when I try and load a song on Resonance, no matter what song I choose, I always get this song that sounds like elevator music. This is the link: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=5&simid=9232
What's wrong here?

I have the same problem. Please help!

[InuSessluver]

I try to upload a song(like One Winged Angel) it loads half way then plays w/ no arrows.

[pikadill3]

I uploaded my song (skyscape by phantasma, also submitted to FFR :P) and when I play it it is almost like it plays slower than the real mp3 and stepfile should play. The song sounds like when you take a song with vocals and slow it down, and the vocals sound deeper. Same case here...I have no clue what it is either o.0 Bug?

[Ramengan]

I uploaded my song (skyscape by phantasma, also submitted to FFR :P) and when I play it it is almost like it plays slower than the real mp3 and stepfile should play. The song sounds like when you take a song with vocals and slow it down, and the vocals sound deeper. Same case here...I have no clue what it is either o.0 Bug?

This has been answered in the first post. Plus, I've said it over and over again.


Simple Fixes {thus far}
Q: My songs are fast, slow, or just off in Resonance.
A: Seeing a lot of this. Check the sample rate of your songs. Currently, only 22,050 or 44,100 songs are supported that I know of. This seems to be a limitation with Flash/a Flash MP3 library, etc, etc. To be on the safe side, try to include a 128 KBit MP3 at 44,100 Hz sample rate.

PS. You shouldn't upload a song that you submitted to FFR, that'll get it disqualified from judging and placement in the queue.

[anthony_lal]

I don't know if this is a bug or not. I play spread (left down 8 and 6) but I can't use the numberpad. And i can't play any other way.

[Kip198]

All of a sudden, in Resonance, it will preload the song, and the bar will extend beyond its little box and just sit there; the song will not start. It was running fine earlier in this very session. I have tried emptying my cache and even switching browsers, but it keeps happening. Anyone know what to do?
http://jesterball.com/cjgallery/data/media/5/Picture_4_2.png

[Kip198]

All of a sudden, in Resonance, it will preload the song, and the bar will extend beyond its little box and just sit there; the song will not start. It was running fine earlier in this very session. I have tried emptying my cache and even switching browsers, but it keeps happening. Anyone know what to do?
http://jesterball.com/cjgallery/data/media/5/Picture_4_2.png
I have now also tried switching computers, so it must have something to do with my account, or with Mac. Very strange, though. It was working perfectly up until that moment that this started happening.

[Ramengan]

I don't know if this is a bug or not. I play spread (left down 8 and 6) but I can't use the numberpad. And i can't play any other way.

Your problem may have to do with the NumLock key. Try toggling it on/off and see if the numpad responds one way or another.
Also, that sounds like pseudo-spread. There's a program called AutoHotKey that can remap the keys to whatever setup you like ("real" spread, if you will). There's a thread on how to use it somewhere, but I don't think it's that hard to use.


@kip: That could be a problem with your internet connection, network settings, firewall, I don't know. Anything that would prevent you from downloading the simfile, really. Restarting a computer may or may not help. Resetting your internet connection may or may not help.

[chunky_cheese]

Please note that AutoHotKey does not work with FlashFlashRevolutionR2 or FlashFlashRevolution Resonance. (According to the AHK thread)

[Kip198]

@kip: That could be a problem with your internet connection, network settings, firewall, I don't know. Anything that would prevent you from downloading the simfile, really. Restarting a computer may or may not help. Resetting your internet connection may or may not help.
Well I'll get a chance to test this since I'm moving today. Thank you very much for the response.

[Ramengan]

Please note that AutoHotKey does not work with FlashFlashRevolutionR2 or FlashFlashRevolution Resonance. (According to the AHK thread)

Really? How odd.

EDIT: Read the AHK thread, and yes, you are correct. I've never used the program, though. I've only heard of it.

Here's the thread, by the way. http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=41727

[sturnip]

I've been trying to play simfiles today, but every song I try to play ends up as that one jazz song.... >.>

[Zach901]

Alright, does anyone know WHY when ever I start to load a song, for example "guitar vs piano", It loads a completly different song? It happens with other songs as well. HOW DO I FIX IT?!?

[Ramengan]

What browser are you using, and how are you accessing the simfile? via simfile DB? or Play Resonance link?

If it's from the simfile DB, also give a link to the simfile's description page.

[Zach901]

Ok, when I try and load a song on Resonance, no matter what song I choose, I always get this song that sounds like elevator music. This is the link: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/Resonance/index.php?Speed1=3&playmode=5&simid=9232
What's wrong here?

This is the song that loads when I click on my diffuculty level.(Up above)

This is the song that I pick from Simfile DB(Down below)

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=12692
I am accessing it from Mircrosoft Internet Explorer from my school, and I get the song from Simfile DB. I can listen to the song fine, but whenever I try to play it, I get the wrong song, AND, It happens with other songs (that are from video games). I don't know if it happens with others, but How do I fix it???

[Ramengan]

Your link is incorrect. It should be this:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=12692 (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=12692)

The ... is in your actual link (see the status bar at the bottom of the page when you highlight your link) and that messes it up.
Anyways, after finding the song, it works fine for me on my laptop. I'm using Mozilla Firefox. If you're playing it from school, there could be a firewall/filter setting that interferes with Resonance.
You can't really fix that problem, but try at home or something.

This is the song that loads when I click on my diffuculty level.(Up above)

This is the song that I pick from Simfile DB(Down below)

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=12692
I am accessing it from Mircrosoft Internet Explorer from my school, and I get the song from Simfile DB. I can listen to the song fine, but whenever I try to play it, I get the wrong song, AND, It happens with other songs (that are from video games). I don't know if it happens with others, but How do I fix it???

[Zach901]

Okay, well thanks for telling me what was screwing it up.

[666midget]

I've been trying to play simfiles today, but every song I try to play ends up as that one jazz song.... >.>
That happens to me until I refresh the page a couple times. It eventualy works, but it's really annoying.

[Zach901]

Your link is incorrect. It should be this:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=12692 (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=12692)

The ... is in your actual link (see the status bar at the bottom of the page when you highlight your link) and that messes it up.
Anyways, after finding the song, it works fine for me on my laptop. I'm using Mozilla Firefox. If you're playing it from school, there could be a firewall/filter setting that interferes with Resonance.
You can't really fix that problem, but try at home or something.

It's not the school, its the computer. I tried with another computer from the school, and it loaded my song with correct arrows. So if its the computer, what do I do? Do I clear my comp. history?

[anthony_lal]

Thanks Ramengan. Toggling it works fine. AHK is so bad.

[Ramengan]

It's not the school, its the computer. I tried with another computer from the school, and it loaded my song with correct arrows. So if its the computer, what do I do? Do I clear my comp. history?

Oh, that's all? In IE, just go to Tools>Internet Options. You'll find it.
Firefox, Tools>Clear Private Data

[Cj_leonine]

I've uploaded my TGTMN w/ super oni steps but when I play it on Resonance it's really gay have-nothing-to-do-with-the-song-steps.

To be more exact it's missing about 1000 actual arrows in Resonance. When you DL it it's fine. I'm guessing it might be the beginner rating I gave it. If so that's incredibly dumb.

=(

[Ramengan]

If your file has Edit steps, it'll overwrite the beginner difficulty for Resonance, and that could account for missing arrows. If it doesn't, I don't know what's wrong with it.

[Cj_leonine]

hmmm, I'll go check. Thanks-a-mucho.

[herojoe]

The steps aren't showing up for the dragon force songs. Fury of the storm is on the list like nine times. The banner for it is much larger than the little square for banners too.

[Ramengan]

The steps aren't showing up for the dragon force songs. Fury of the storm is on the list like nine times. The banner for it is much larger than the little square for banners too.

The title of this thread says READ ME FIRST. Please pay attention to that. A lot of people have been posting the same few bugs, and they've already been addressed. Read this from page one, and look at all the solutions that have been posted for bugs similar to yours.

[iopq]

None of the songs load in the Opera browser. Stuck in preloading, with the bar full.

[the DtTvB]

None of the songs load in the Opera browser. Stuck in preloading, with the bar full.Nope. The bar exceeds (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=79178). It always happen when I use Opera. But anyway I use Firefox as my primary browser.

I still can play all the songs. But on Windows, Resonance doesn't response when I press the arrow keys. Doesn't happen on Linux. So all I can do in Windows while playing Resonance is pressing the keys while letting them go miss. This doesn't happen with FFR the game.

[nuclearsamurai]

It works fine for me.

Try using Firefox.

[halo12008]

...... I deleted my cache with the help of fido123 but it STILL WONT WORK!!!! so any other advice?

[lee3169]

I'm no longer able to change speeds in tenths. I used to be able to adjust the speed to
3.5 or 4.6 (in tenths) but now I'm only able to change to whole numbers. When I DO change in tenths, the speed is still the same until I change to the next whole number. Is it just me or has something changed?

[daxter49]

i cannot play any songs, y?

[beppy]

lllllllllllllllolllllllllllllll nerds!!!!!!!

[GIbleX]

Beppy, you're a fag.

[Yushi]

So are you, Gib...

[Kirrako]

You're BOTH fags...so stfu

[ConfusedMindForever]

...douches.

[lee3169]

I'm no longer able to change speeds in tenths. I used to be able to adjust the speed to
3.5 or 4.6 (in tenths) but now I'm only able to change to whole numbers. When I DO change in tenths, the speed is still the same until I change to the next whole number. Is it just me or has something changed?

Will this be fixed anytime soon?

[Ramengan]

Will this be fixed anytime soon?

I don't remember it being implemented. Do you need to fine tune the speed that much?

[D3nn4ce]

I'm not sure whether this is a bug in the game or my PC but whenever I try to play ANY simfile, even those that have worked before, the steps start coming around 2 seconds before the music starts to play and the songs become massively out of sync...

P.S. No it's not that normal delay that comes before starting normally its a 2second delay on steps (they start at right time) and a 4 second delay on songs

^^ If non of that describes the problem I'll upload a video 2 youtube :x

[Ramengan]

I'm not sure whether this is a bug in the game or my PC but whenever I try to play ANY simfile, even those that have worked before, the steps start coming around 2 seconds before the music starts to play and the songs become massively out of sync...

P.S. No it's not that normal delay that comes before starting normally its a 2second delay on steps (they start at right time) and a 4 second delay on songs

^^ If non of that describes the problem I'll upload a video 2 youtube :x

Hmm, I may have had a similar problem.

I had a problem with steps and song loading, then freezing right at the beginning, and skipping to a full measure ahead of the song for all files, and I realized it was a problem with my audio. If that's what your problem is like, I can help out. If not, then a video would help greatly.

[Shashakiro]

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=23330

resonance is like all down arrows for 5 minutes and some freezes that have invisible arrow heads

it also has nothing to do with the actual file that I uploaded.

wtf?

[Coolboyrulez0]

Because Resonance doesn't like that you stopped playing FFR.

[Jmclark]

For almost every song, there are no arrows...

[thesmacker132]

Like http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=5045 ?

(the purple note syndrome was on purpose, btw; the steps are onsync in Stepmania and off in Resonance, he just moved the gap to colour them differently. Purple = red, pink = blue, cyan = yellow)
that song made me laugh lol I LOVE EGG

[lee3169]

Last night I played about 15 sims and then I noticed Resonance is not recording scores again.

Ramengan: Yup, there is a huge difference between 3-4 or 4-5 in speed. Before I used
to input 3.5 or something like that because 4 was too fast.

[funmonkey54]

i have a very big issue my account seems to have frozen up. every time i play my total score, credits, rank, etc. stay the exact same. i find this strange considering it still lets me play this account. my account name is terskins. please fix this issue as soon as possible! thanks

This is the exact problem I am having! Please fix it soon!

[okami_the_wolf_nin]

For almost every song, there are no arrows...

this also happens for me!!!!!1!!!!!

[TheBlackOmen]

Why does my uploaded file say Not Checked?

[SpiRiT`]

I'm having the same problems as TheBlackOmen. Uploaded a couple of files now and almost all of them are saying 'Not Checked'

[Corbin Wells]

Will stops and bpm changes be read ever?

[SpiRiT`]

Corbin_Wells, the problem is, that Resonance is reading none of these files while they don't have stops or changes... dowload them, and you will find out

[Robrats]

I have a problem, ive played a bunch more games and my credits remain the same, and my overall rank remains the same. What is wrong with my account?

[D.J. Cristo]

Lol all the simfile DB comments are coming up as the words "Add Comment." I just thought it was a few people trying to be annoying at first, but I tested it myself, so it's definitely a bug. No need to rush, though. Just mildly irritating is all.

[Ramengan]

The layout on the individual simfile pages is also more difficult to read. Something easier on the eyes would be great.

[neothe0ne]

Leaving a comment seems to be completely broken. If I'm not mistaken, so is voting.

[4884]

how can i put my own songs in there?

i always wanted to make my own songs!

[Ramengan]

how can i put my own songs in there?

i always wanted to make my own songs!

NOT A BUG. Keep stuff like this out of the bug report thread. Read through the forums and actually search through topics that have already been made that would answer your question.

[Zach901]

I don't know if this is affecting anyone other than me, but I got a problem with the simfile database. If I try to go ahead and click on the Simfile Database button, I'm stuck siting there, watching the loading bar at the bottom of my browser. What's going on? Does it have to do with the "Windows has stoped the following because it cannot identify the publisher" pop-up that happens from time to time when I open up the main page? Do I need this "ocgett" or whatever the software is called? Am I alone in my dilema? I hope not; I can't even the original FFR to load up without waiting forever. Please help me!!!

[x After Dawn x]

Jason told me to post this here; I've got two files that I can't seem to delete, and I'd appreciate it if an admin could delete them.

[Ramengan]

I don't know if this is affecting anyone other than me, but I got a problem with the simfile database. If I try to go ahead and click on the Simfile Database button, I'm stuck siting there, watching the loading bar at the bottom of my browser. What's going on? Does it have to do with the "Windows has stoped the following because it cannot identify the publisher" pop-up that happens from time to time when I open up the main page? Do I need this "ocgett" or whatever the software is called? Am I alone in my dilema? I hope not; I can't even the original FFR to load up without waiting forever. Please help me!!!

I think you're alone in your problem. All of FFR should load without whatever software "ocgett" is. I've never heard of that, so I can't say I trust it. All you should need to see the pages is a browser and a good internet connection. And is this a problem with all websites you visit from time to time? If so, probably do a virus/spyware scan?

FFR itself was down for a while for major updates in the past couple days. Could that have stopped you from loading pages?

[neothe0ne]

The new comment erases all old comments bug is still here.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/index.php?songid=24189
This sim had probably 10 comments, but the newest commenter erased all the old ones.


I would like to commend the admin team for solving the problem of _me_ not being able to comment though.......

[Zach901]

I think you're alone in your problem. All of FFR should load without whatever software "ocgett" is. I've never heard of that, so I can't say I trust it. All you should need to see the pages is a browser and a good internet connection. And is this a problem with all websites you visit from time to time? If so, probably do a virus/spyware scan?

FFR itself was down for a while for major updates in the past couple days. Could that have stopped you from loading pages?

Maybe that is the problem. Also, I recently got Windows Vista; maybe that is the problem. That "ocget" thing that I mentioned before, I don't have it, nor can I download it. So I'm guessing that It's either Vista or my school's filter. I don't know, I'll probably try on another computer and see if It's Vista that's making my life miserable. Thanks anyway Ramengan; It seems that you are the person that answers all of my posts.

P.S. This only happens on anypart of FFR other than the main page

[Zach901]

Alright, I think that I isolated the cause of the problem. I tried to get to the simfile database at another computer and it worked. That same computer was running Windows XP. The computer that is giving me problems is running Windows Vista. Just to confirm my hunch, has anyone who is using Vista encountering problems on the site? If so, please post here so I can figure out my problem.


(Maybe it's my way of getting to the Simfile Database that is messing up. On the computer that works, I had cut and pasted the address where all of the zelda songs are shown. If this is the only way to get to the sims, then maybe later I will post a list of the Sims that I like so people can leave me the links.)

[moches]

How come I can't download anymore? I download any sim from the database, but when I try to un-zip it, it says the file can't open. My computer supports .zip and .rar, so I can't see why it won't ****ing work for me. It's really frustrating, help!

[Waffl3]

Its happening to a lot of people including me :(
I hope they fix it soon.

[neothe0ne]

How come I can't download anymore? I download any sim from the database, but when I try to un-zip it, it says the file can't open. My computer supports .zip and .rar, so I can't see why it won't ****ing work for me. It's really frustrating, help!

FFR's servers have been corrupting ZIP archives for an eternity now. I see no solution in the indefinite future, because the list of FFR's problems which date from prehistory has still not shrunk:

-Upload limit is not actually 35mb zip, but smaller than 29.4mb (and yes, my uncompressed folder is less than 35mb as well)
-Sync issues on Vista: Might be a problem with default Vista sound settings then?
-Uploaded ZIP archives being corrupted eventually, leaving users unable to download to play in StepMania, but FFR Resonance still works

[Ramengan]

Alright, I think that I isolated the cause of the problem. I tried to get to the simfile database at another computer and it worked. That same computer was running Windows XP. The computer that is giving me problems is running Windows Vista. Just to confirm my hunch, has anyone who is using Vista encountering problems on the site? If so, please post here so I can figure out my problem.

(Maybe it's my way of getting to the Simfile Database that is messing up. On the computer that works, I had cut and pasted the address where all of the zelda songs are shown. If this is the only way to get to the sims, then maybe later I will post a list of the Sims that I like so people can leave me the links.)

I have Vista, and I can usually use the database just fine. I use the links provided in the navigation bars, and I don't really have trouble downloading or playing anything. Any problems I do have don't seem to link to Vista at all.

FFR's servers have been corrupting ZIP archives for an eternity now. I see no solution in the indefinite future, because the list of FFR's problems which date from prehistory has still not shrunk:

-Upload limit is not actually 35mb, but smaller than 29.4mb
-Sync issues on Windows Vista
-Uploaded ZIP archives being corrupted eventually, leaving users unable to download to play in StepMania, but FFR Resonance still works
-Non-44.1KHz MP3 files played back at wrong speed + pitch, but all Ogg Vorbis files work at any frequency
-Lazy staff won't check more than 2 of the 20 new simfiles I uploaded (24 hours and counting =\)

Yeah, simfiles do regularly get corrupted, and I'm not sure if even the admins know the cause. As for the other stuff (in order)...
-The upload limit could be for the decompressed folder holding your simfile. If otherwise, then it should probably be increased. At least it's better than before; the limit used to be 10MB.
-I had sync issues, but it turns out Vista wasn't the problem (well, a little). I had to go to my speaker's options in the Control Panel and check "Disable All Enhancements". This solved the sync issues in R1 and Resonance, and also allowed me to play songs in Windows Media Player without the annoying prebuffering that made songs skip like a bad CD player 20 seconds before they were over.
-I know a lot of things get corrupted, but sometimes using WinRAR instead of Windows' unzipping tool works just fine.
-I believe this is a limitation of Flash, and nothing can be done about it.
-I don't think the staff check simfiles like that. I believe it's the database system that has to check the contents of the simfile to properly display things like the banner and difficulties available.

[Diane Crow]

I have tried 4 times to upload a simfile to the database now, and all 4 have failed. Once I was given a "Page cannot be displayed" error, and the other 3 times I was given this:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip) [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpFyQ5bv' to 'sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip' in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

...how do I get this file to upload? There are no problems with the file. I have it uploaded to Stepmania.com and it worked the first time. I used the same browser and everything. It shouldn't be my username either, because I have 3 other files uploaded here.

EDIT: Tried again a little later, and nothing new.

[Ground_Breaker]

I have tried 4 times to upload a simfile to the database now, and all 4 have failed. Once I was given a "Page cannot be displayed" error, and the other 3 times I was given this:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip) [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpFyQ5bv' to 'sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip' in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

...how do I get this file to upload? There are no problems with the file. I have it uploaded to Stepmania.com and it worked the first time. I used the same browser and everything. It shouldn't be my username either, because I have 3 other files uploaded here.

EDIT: Tried again a little later, and nothing new.

I'm getting the exact same error.

[Kryptik]

I'm having an error with my file not being checked no matter what. I uploaded 'Moonlit Wilderness' four times and the file never ends up checked out, despite it having nothing questionable (no problematic banner or background, a simfile with no stops, speed changes, or anything, everything working properly in Stepmania and all), while a file I uploaded alongside it (Drop the Bomb System S.F. Mix) checking out within 30 minutes of uploading.

[Timer Rabbit]

I have tried 4 times to upload a simfile to the database now, and all 4 have failed. Once I was given a "Page cannot be displayed" error, and the other 3 times I was given this:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip) [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file.html (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/phpmanual/function.move-uploaded-file.html)]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpFyQ5bv' to 'sims/sims/6290811919Diane Crow.smzip' in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/sims/upload.php on line 55

...how do I get this file to upload? There are no problems with the file. I have it uploaded to Stepmania.com and it worked the first time. I used the same browser and everything. It shouldn't be my username either, because I have 3 other files uploaded here.

EDIT: Tried again a little later, and nothing new.

Same here, and one bold text "Something is wrong with uploading the file"...

>.<; Seriously, I just made it, with no error. (Sound of my Dream by DJ Satomi.)

[NejiHyuuga777]

I'm having the same problem as the above posters on uploading >_>. It's pretty frustrating. Well, obviously it's just something with FFR's uploading system, it should be fixed soon.

[neothe0ne]

Read-only moving file error not fixed as of now.. 17 hours later...

[Timer Rabbit]

Still not fixed... Yep. X(

[neothe0ne]

Well, I still can't upload, but I just realized that a couple weeks ago, FFR silently updated their flash player so that 48KHz MP3's work. Either that, or my CHU-BURA simfile is an anomaly to technology.

and now uploading is fixed.

[blazerboy8920]

Nvm, others are having the same problem :P

[justin_ator]

Okay, at the front of the list, you said that the songs might be forced to play at a lower level of whatever, how would you change them to do that automatically if you are making the files in Step Mania?

I've had times when my perfectly-in-sync-with-StepMania stepfile has a bad gap on Resonance.

This guy said it perfectly too.

Currently, only 22,050 or 44,100 songs are supported that I know of. This seems to be a limitation with Flash/a Flash MP3 library, etc, etc. To be on the safe side, try to include a 128 KBit MP3 at 44,100 Hz sample rate.

How though....?

[Ramengan]

Nvm, others are having the same problem :P

You should still post your issue, because admins may not know WHICH problem you share with others.

Okay, at the front of the list, you said that the songs might be forced to play at a lower level of whatever, how would you change them to do that automatically if you are making the files in Step Mania?


You mean slow the music rate so you can step it? In the editor, Esc -> Song Options.



Originally Posted by rickz0rz
Currently, only 22,050 or 44,100 songs are supported that I know of. This seems to be a limitation with Flash/a Flash MP3 library, etc, etc. To be on the safe side, try to include a 128 KBit MP3 at 44,100 Hz sample rate.
How though....?

Try a music editing program, like Audacity. You can convert your mp3 to 128KBit and 44.1kHz in the save options. You'll need the LAME encoder to save as mp3, but there's Google for that. Or you could save as .ogg, which is built in; that format should also work.

[justin_ator]

Wow I am lost. Oh well, that's okay. Unless I make my own music, I don't plan to get permission to put songs on FFR anyways, my stepfiles are rather pointless. Thanks anyways.....

[o0nene9i]

The music player is not working, i press play and nothing happens and if i press play before the page finishes loading the player freezes on pause then if i get it off pause u cant get it to play again. This (as far as im aware) only happens on my sim i just made called Stand -Itachi & Shikamaru Remix- well the only thing thats different about the player is that next to the play button theres (what looks like) a previous and next button o.0. I have a changing background in this sim anyone thinks thats whats causing this??

[Ramengan]

The simfile you mentioned works for me. You shouldn't right-click and hit play while it's loading. Resonance ignores changing backgrounds, so you shouldn't have a problem there.

[neothe0ne]

The music player is not working, i press play and nothing happens and if i press play before the page finishes loading the player freezes on pause then if i get it off pause u cant get it to play again. This (as far as im aware) only happens on my sim i just made called Stand -Itachi & Shikamaru Remix- well the only thing thats different about the player is that next to the play button theres (what looks like) a previous and next button o.0. I have a changing background in this sim anyone thinks thats whats causing this??

The mp3 file contains characters which the Flash Player does not like, which could include &, ', or Unicode characters. Rename the mp3 and reupload if you really care.


Also, all my 48KHz mp3 files work (all ripped from videos), so this is no longer a blanket-bug with the player.