Solo guide for awesome 6-panel sexiness!!

[Ghakimx]

Lonely..... I am so lonely...... I have nobo- *Shot*

[danny53x]

I read this entire thread, lol. I think I'm gonna go to c600 with solo. I've been playing since maybe April or May but definitely not on a regular basis. I gotta get better at this game, and as previously said, it's a lot like starting from scratch.

[who_cares973]

i dont believe in your guide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@$#5678

[fysx]

Solo stepmania stepping lessons


I was actually gonna make a guide like this too at some point nice job star


heres to hoping some new solo steppers surface

[malice2]

yeah ok tryna to steal the glory with intentions

[fysx]

glory with intentions


sounds like the name of a dream theater song

[Kraezymann]

BUMP FOR QUESTIONS

When stepping two parts of a song, say a synth melody and the main 4th beat, can you have both their steps on the same measure in the form of a quad?

Holy **** that sounds retarded, let me try again.

If stepping x for one part(synth melody) and z for another part(the 4th beat), as such:
xx----
xx----
------
xx----

--z--z
------
--z--z
------

Can you have:
xxz--z
xx----
--z--z
xx----

Or is that just retarded?

And I know people like to play patterns that are comfortable for them, so starting out, should I just make the patterns in a comfortable way for me, or should I try to work on being technical and have some pitch relevancy? Its my first file so I want it to be something worth playing, but I'm still inexperienced as a stepman so I dunno which way I should go

[Patashu]

you might be able to do that fine, it's no more complex then doing 12 1 2 1 on singles

do not use pitch relevance if it means dumb patterns

[Yesssss]

Originally Posted by Kraezymann

xxz--z
xx----
--z--z
xx----

That pattern isn't the greatest. It's okay since [12][3][12] patterns are the easiest of their kind, but there's just too much on the left.

I suggest this:
xx-z-z
xx----
---z-z
xx----


You have to think of the pattern for each hand separately instead of looking at all 6 columns at once.

[Kraezymann]

Ah, that makes sense. I suppose it wouldn't be comfortable at all if you kept pumping out chords that used one hand more than another. It wouldn't be a huge deal if it were used sparsely though, right?

[Yesssss]

Originally Posted by Kraezymann

Ah, that makes sense. I suppose it wouldn't be comfortable at all if you kept pumping out chords that used one hand more than another. It wouldn't be a huge deal if it were used sparsely though, right?

Only in regard to pitch, or if one hand would otherwise have more notes than the other.

Both of which are fairly common.

[Xanamda]

This is so sweeeeeet B) Well done guys. But it's so harrrdd Dx I feel like a beginner again

[Color Green]

Originally Posted by stargroup

Q: Stepmania only has 4 arrows, what do I do?
A: Not really you dumb sh*t. If you go into the editor you'll notice a line that says

StepsType: dance-single

Go to that row and keep going right until you see "dance-solo." Up until now you've probably never used that row huh?

I don't get what you mean by that part can someone give me more info on this.

[Matsumisan]

when you are editing songs in stepmania, on the menu you can choose between dance single and dance solo:

[Color Green]

I did that and I pressed enter but then it gave me this error
"Multiple files match 'NoteSkins/common/default/Fallback Hold Head Active'. Please remove all but one of these files."

[Matsumisan]

That is because your current noteskin is not supported in 6key. Try using the default noteskin.

[Color Green]

I tried using the default skin and deleted all my custom ones and it still gives me that error

[ddrxero64]

i actually really appreciate the work behind the guide, it gave my solo noob mind some insight. i'll try to play a bit more and maybe step some easy charts to see what i can do.