Community Keyboard Megapack 1.5 (Submissions OPEN)

[Gundam-Dude]

Originally Posted by cetaka

tbhese graphics are hitting me right int he feels man im ean hooly crap anyone else know the cvibe you get hwen youre looking at crisp new stepmania bg and bn. jesus christ

like seriously just looking at them makes me feel in a really unique specific way that nothing else can evokee

true

[hi19hi19]

Originally Posted by Kraezymann

Shit I need to stop using jpgs and go back to pngs. Who cares if it makes the pack fatter

This isn't 1999, literally nobody cares about an extra 12mb pack size :P
And having graphics that actually keep all their amazing detail is nice

[DigitalS3r4ph]

What you guys don't opt for lossless compression when saving jpgs or something?

[Wafles]

Originally Posted by hi19hi19

This isn't 1999, literally nobody cares about an extra 12mb pack size :P
And having graphics that actually keep all their amazing detail is nice

It adds up if your pack is really big.
Like, really adds up.

I saved over 100 MB in Yolomania 4 by converting all backgrounds to jpgs. I think that is significant enough to actually matter.

A quick test on a 1280x720 image gave me the following:
8/12 Quality JPG - 183KB
PNG - 1.21MB

Not to mention 99% of people play with backgrounds off, why fill up their hard drive space with something they're not going to see?

[Gundam-Dude]

Originally Posted by Wafles

Not to mention 99% of people play with backgrounds off, why fill up their hard drive space with something they're not going to see?

what is the point in even making graphics (backgrounds in particular) in the first place with this logic

just fucking slap text on a banner and you're done. yeah, I'm guilty of doing this sometimes because no one is going to appreciate the time spent shitting out something in photoshop when they're not going to see it outside of the song select screen banner

[rparty89]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

what is the point in even making graphics (backgrounds in particular) in the first place with this logic

just fucking slap text on a banner and you're done. yeah, I'm guilty of doing this sometimes because no one is going to appreciate the time spent shitting out something in photoshop when they're not going to see it outside of the song select screen banner

Some people (or just me) actually like to see the bg in the songs. Just because most players turn off background is kind of a stupid reason imo. Also who the hell likes to look at the generic bg anyway.

[~Zero~]

Originally Posted by rparty89

Some people (or just me) actually like to see the bg in the songs. Just because most players turn off background is kind of a stupid reason imo. Also who the hell likes to look at the generic bg anyway.

I still have backgrounds on when I play, although they are typically only 20% visible. I like seeing a nicely crafted background that matches the song.

[kommisar]

in sm 3.95 it's nice to see the bg backdrop with the score

[Gundam-Dude]

I mean yeah I still play with bgs visible by like 20% too, to each their own.

What I find odd is that if "99% of people play with backgrounds off" what is the point in even investing the time to create background graphics? To appeal to the apparent 1% demographic that play with backgrounds on? Why even bother converting png backgrounds to jpegs for an entire pack when you can completely skip the background creation process in itself? I mean clearly hard drive space is way more important than aesthetic is what he's implying.

[kommisar]

yeah ofc.


same logic can be applied to any simfile we make ever cuz really only like 1% of people who play stepmania can play the hard shit we do

[DigitalS3r4ph]

A file doesn't really feel complete without at least a set of graphics (bg/bn/cdtitle). I doubt the validity of the statement that 99% of people who play SM play with no background haha.

[Wafles]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

I mean yeah I still play with bgs visible by like 20% too, to each their own.

What I find odd is that if "99% of people play with backgrounds off" what is the point in even investing the time to create background graphics? To appeal to the apparent 1% demographic that play with backgrounds on? Why even bother converting png backgrounds to jpegs for an entire pack when you can completely skip the background creation process in itself? I mean clearly hard drive space is way more important than aesthetic is what he's implying.

The backgrounds are useful for score screens and themes that show it on song select. I'm just saying that a slight degradation in quality has more significant advantages than some might think.

[hi19hi19]

If you got 100MB savings on pack size that's actually a really good argument for .jpg, I didn't realize it was THAT much.
I'll have to check how it changes with my next pack.
For some detailed BGs the quality drop is noticeable even at 1280x720 resolution, though, and I am a fan of my fancy GFX.

[gold stinger]

I don't even create bg's for any of my files, only bn's & cdtitle's.

Does that trigger you? Literally 100's of files, with no backgrounds, just the banners & cdtitles?

[~Zero~]

rottel-da-star

[kommisar]

iz dat some higurashi

[choof]

higur o shit son
got a few more charts, gonna check em out tonight
my mech kb finally crapped out on me

[cedolad]

gonna poop out blade tonight

[fewwari]

hit n slap so far feels kinda bland.. weird to say coming from me, but i don't see how it'd be even remotely interesting even barely past a quadbait file. i'll let someone else give that a go

maybe i'll step AA instead with a better mp3

[choof]

Originally Posted by fewwari

hit n slap so far feels kinda bland.. weird to say coming from me, but i don't see how it'd be even remotely interesting even barely past a quadbait file. i'll let someone else give that a go

maybe i'll step AA instead with a better mp3

make it a quadbait file then, it'll be fun on high rates I imagine