FFR Community Pack Summer 2012 (Submissions Closed)

[Victorique]

Holy shit

[Bynary Fission]

Originally Posted by bmah

I'm fairly sure GD is referring to two 4k charts at the very least. Solo charts are optional but I'm guessing they don't count towards any sort of total.

I figured as much. I just want to get his take on it, since one of the files I stepped was really only intended to have one chart, and I was curious to see as to whether or not he would allow that, especially since a lot of the community plays solo.

EDIT: Is it okay if I send just the folders, or do they need to be compressed? Sending them as .zips invariably ****s up the offset, and sending as non-compressed folders seems to remedy that issue.

[dAnceguy117]

I totes plan on submitting a simfile or two. A few quick questions due to me being rather uninitiated:

-How are pad charts handled? Could a simfile with only pad charts be accepted?

-Are you (Mr. Gundam) the pack's sole judge? Could you post a rough set of criteria?

-Is there a song length minimum or maximum?

-Do you prefer any type of music file format?

Any clarification would be much appreciated. Thanks for putting these packs together! I've thoroughly enjoyed the charts I've played from the other versions thus far.

[Gundam-Dude]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

YES. FINALLY. I've been waiting for this to open for a while. :3 A question, Gundam - does having one 4-key chart but having one or two solo charts meet the 2+ chart requirement, or does each mode need to have 2 or more charts?

2+ 4key charts are absolutely mandatory. I don't care how many 6key charts you have since this pack is centered around 4key.

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

-How are pad charts handled? Could a simfile with only pad charts be accepted?

Pad charts I will accept -only- as easier difficulties. Your main chart must be a file intended for keyboard spread play. I encourage to experiment with stepping easy keyboard spread charts to allow beginners to ease into the game much more smoothly—pad charts are very limited to what they can teach for spread gameplay after all.

-Are you (Mr. Gundam) the pack's sole judge? Could you post a rough set of criteria?

I have always been the sole judge for these packs

My criteria is based on both file flow, structure, and most importantly whether or not I see the file appeal to certain target audiences. I do not care much for technical errors as long as the file flows well and can be enjoyed by the aforementioned audiences. Only blatant objective errors such as incorrect offset and/or incorrect, unintentional note usages will be my main concern in terms of technicality. Overall, I'm reasonably lax, so my standards are not high at all in order to truly involve the community into these projects. Anybody and everybody can submit to these packs.

-Is there a song length minimum or maximum?

No, however I'll note that files that are 40 seconds or less will be judged stricter. People try to sneak in short files like these all the time and unless I'm cool with the file, I'm not going to judge them with my normal, lax criteria. Anybody can shit out a 20 second file and frankly I don't see any effort being put forth into them most of the time. It also takes up unnecessary file queue space, which is crucial considering the volume of submissions I receive everytime I do these packs.

-Do you prefer any type of music file format?

Anything goes as long as it's compatible with SM.

[Strum]

Cool, I'll probably send in something in for this.

[who_cares973]

i have stuff for this!!!

[rparty89]

Sent! (not divavolo )

Originally Posted by who_cares973

i have stuff for this!!!

they better be already stepped *evil grin*

EDIT: I forgot to add a 2nd chart XD

[xferrarix]

I'm most likely going to send one of my Advance Wars files to this pack, I have like 3~ stepped already so I'm fixing each of them up and figuring out which one's the best

If you need any additional judges I wouldn't mind helping you out GD

[TC_Halogen]

I definitely want to get at least one file in this pack.

[who_cares973]

Originally Posted by rparty89

Sent! (not divavolo )



they better be already stepped *evil grin*

EDIT: I forgot to add a 2nd chart XD

theyre stuff i stepped a while ago lol

[dAnceguy117]

Thanks for the timely response, Gundam. That all sounds very reasonable. Guess I'll get crackin' then!

[Bynary Fission]

Okay, submitted all the files I hope to have in this pack. Glad to have that done now - hopefully you all will see them on release day.

[kommisar]

Bynary's files own pre-Kommi approval (I'm serious pat)


Sending:

Fighter X - butterfly

Stone mcknuckle - fullmetal fighter

And one of my songs. I'll get crackin' once I get home from da magical kingdom


Btw pat I'd suggest restricting vbr format songs because they don't function properly in sm5

[Elite Ninja]

Hmmmmm I have a song I'm stepping that can go for this.... but I need help on syncing it x.x

[ScylaX]

You should probably vary the pack's name someday, because this is getting redundant

[Wineandbread]

Originally Posted by ScylaX

You should probably vary the pack's name someday, because this is getting redundant

What would you propose calling it different?
It's nice to have some consistency in a ~turbulent stepmania world~ imo

If all goes as planned, I will have at least 2 files for this !! (o:

[XxMidigamixX]

o. sending in an easy piano file for this.

Edit: Sent

[Strum]

Sent something. :3

[hi19hi19]

i have stuff for this!!!

[Arntonach]

Seeing as how the FFRParty pack is down for now, I'll just send my submissions over here, with a few new easier and/or harder charts. Also, would anyone like to collab on a Girl's Generation song? I swear it's not Gee.