03-20-2012, 11:39 PM | #1 | ||
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Tekzaport's Gimmick Files
Hey guys, How's it going? I just decided to come along and join the forums up. My friend here Findarian referred me to here because I just started making gimmick files. I had him post here for me because I was unable to post on this account until today. So with that said I'll be updating this thread with my own gimmick files
What are gimmick files? Gimmick Files are stepmania songs that include, BPM changes, Stops, Pauses, Course Mods and other sort of tools to make the song even more difficult. It also adds a new fun experience to playing DDR/Stepmania How do I play the steps? You must play the songs under marathon mode as it is a course file. Playing the song normally does not include the gimmick tools because the game mode doesn't allow it My Stepmania Makes a Noise whenever an effect happens. It's best to use Stepmania with a skin like ITG2 which disables the noise when a course change happens. These files are also playable in Stepmania 5 but is not recommended. What stepmania version should I use? 3.95 with a skin that disables sounds in marathon mode 5 Do I play this on keyboard or on pad? I make these files specifically for Pad, if there is a song that is nearly impossible to beat on pad, let me know and I'll tune down the difficulty of the steps Here is the link to the original thread my friend posted for me http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...d.php?t=123116 If you have any feedback or criticism please let me know. Anything to help me create better gimmicks. I hope you guys like it Quote:
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03-20-2012, 11:55 PM | #2 | |
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New song!
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03-20-2012, 11:59 PM | #3 |
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No, please do not delete or lock that other thread. The other thread was for "Gimmick Files" just in general. This one is for your own creations.
If the other one were for just your gimmick files exclusively it would have been labeled as such. Welcome to FFR by the way |
03-21-2012, 12:02 AM | #4 | |
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03-21-2012, 12:05 AM | #5 |
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Well, sorry. :-/ I took it (and I'm sure others did too) to be a general discussion of gimmick files, just in general.
You can use this thread for discussing your files and the other can be for general gimmick files. Also, no hard feelings I hope. |
03-21-2012, 12:07 AM | #6 |
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Yeah I read your post as well as others about gimmick files. I mean everyone has their own taste in how they look at it. Unfortunately I was unable to give you that satisfaction with my work ): is there anything you can give me to help me become a better gimmick file maker?
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03-21-2012, 12:28 AM | #11 |
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Nope, I haven't. I've not really tried my hand at the whole stepping side of things. I might at some point though. Only thing I've ever stepped is a song I made a long time ago, just as a first try kind of thing. That stepchart probably doesn't even exist anymore since I never uploaded it anywhere and I've lost a lot of older data.
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03-21-2012, 03:55 AM | #12 | ||
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Just wanted to tell you, since I don't think anyone has mentioned this to you yet, the one problem I have with your files is not that you overdid the gimmicks, it looks cool and I don't mind if you go crazy with the gimmicks. The problem is that the file needs to be readable, and not once you memorize it you can read it, but like ability to sightread and do well sort of read it. That was what made Windeu's files so great, no matter how crazy it got all it took was good reaction times to do it on your first try, and you felt awesome for doing it.
So that's all I have to say I guess, the gimmicks you're using do really look cool you definitely have that down, you should just make sure that your gimmicks don't make it so you can't possibly have read the file on your first try so that no one has to spend hours memorizing the file or something.
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03-21-2012, 12:42 PM | #13 | |
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03-21-2012, 01:14 PM | #14 |
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I think I did a pretty good job making the gimmicks go well along with the song
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03-21-2012, 01:28 PM | #15 |
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these files are actually really, REALLY cool, but it blows that you had to use coursemods for this.
i'm working on figuring out how to do effects like this in the sm5 editor since it lets you add effects with in-program options. only problem at the moment is not being able to change the % effect numbers. also maybe it's just that i've been working with xmods lately but reading both of those files was pretty easy
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03-21-2012, 02:30 PM | #17 | |
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Changed a few things with a song
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03-21-2012, 04:02 PM | #18 |
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can't you do those mods in sm5 without courses now anyways? or are there still certain mods that don't apply to that
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03-21-2012, 04:16 PM | #19 |
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in SM5 you can apply mods but, as far as i can tell, you can't change the percent of the effect, and that's kind of key to making mods like that
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03-21-2012, 05:24 PM | #20 |
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last time I check you could do it in sm5 without courses, I could be wrong tough
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