Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

[robertsona]

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Rules, rules, rules.

[ElectricWerewolf]

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Hey guys! I'm just wondering if it's obligatory to have 2 seconds of silence at the beginning of your song. Or does it just have to be 2 seconds of no steps?

Having sound at the start is fine, just don't have steps there. If you do they'll get cut off and the in-game file will start at a seemingly random point. Sync and stuff will still be on though.

Wait, so would a song with 4-framers (if they are appropriately placed) be rejected now? >_>

4-framers are almost always ok, but if you have an easy song with lots of potential ones (hi19's Ice Candy Pop for example), they'll be very annoying to beginners who don't know why they're missing notes, so it's advised not to have them, unless they feel very correct, in which case they'll probably be fixed manually.

[bmah]

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Hey guys! I'm just wondering if it's obligatory to have 2 seconds of silence at the beginning of your song. Or does it just have to be 2 seconds of no steps?

I want to know this too. I still can't exactly figure out if adding 2 seconds of no arrows on stepmania is any different from adding 2 seconds of silence to the mp3. The songs I've stepped for ffr has 2 seconds of added silence to the mp3 and so my songs take a long time to start up. x3

[bluguerrilla]

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I want to know this too. I still can't exactly figure out if adding 2 seconds of no arrows on stepmania is any different from adding 2 seconds of silence to the mp3. The songs I've stepped for ffr has 2 seconds of added silence to the mp3 and so my songs take a long time to start up. x3

FFR starts the song according to the mp3 and cuts off the steps from about the first two seconds.

If you want to step the beginning of the song add two seconds of silence. Otherwise, you don't have to.

Edit: EW pretty much said the same thing.

[bmah]

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Ah. Ok, thanks for clearing that up. I added 2 seconds to the mp3 of some of my songs in which the steps start at the beginning, but on ffr it seemed too generous. I'm almost compelled to add only 1 second and see what happens on my future sims.

[omgitznpv]

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Having sound at the start is fine, just don't have steps there. If you do they'll get cut off and the in-game file will start at a seemingly random point. Sync and stuff will still be on though.


4-framers are almost always ok, but if you have an easy song with lots of potential ones (hi19's Ice Candy Pop for example), they'll be very annoying to beginners who don't know why they're missing notes, so it's advised not to have them, unless they feel very correct, in which case they'll probably be fixed manually.

Alright, thanks. I've always been aware of avoiding 4-framers in easy songs, but now it seemed like 4-framers weren't allowed at all >_> Thanks for clearing it up.

[Tasselfoot]

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bmah: if you want to be technical, only the 1st 35 frames are cut off. 30 frames = 1 second. so it's the 1st 1 1/6th, but it is just much easier to say 2 seconds. but, if you want to avoid your arrows scrolling through the opening "ready!", you'll have to start 3 1/3 seconds after the mp3 starts, as that graphic takes the 1st 70 frames to go through it's whole routine.

[eastsideman09]

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i just start my files on measure 2.... usually works....

[omgitznpv]

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Why are the frames cut off, anyways?

[dore]

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i just start my files on measure 2.... usually works....

It doesn't, see all my files A lot of times I like the cutoff because there's no good place to start sometimes so I let FFR take care of it for me.

[Xandertrax]

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Just add 2 seconds with audacity.

[operationstrawbarry]

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Damn, I just noticed that Eastside submitted a drop song. I hope it isn't the same one I submitted. Mine is by Dr1010.

Tell me which ones better. I hope mine is.

EDIT: I just finished the stepfile for the song 6 by Dr1010. I plan on submitting it to FFR but would like to send it to some people that can test it. Perfer people that know how to test files or got files in game. Anyone?

[eastsideman09]

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Damn, I just noticed that Eastside submitted a drop song. I hope it isn't the same one I submitted. Mine is by Dr1010.

Tell me which ones better. I hope mine is.

EDIT: I just finished the stepfile for the song 6 by Dr1010. I plan on submitting it to FFR but would like to send it to some people that can test it. Perfer people that know how to test files or got files in game. Anyone?

lol, ive sent both in... but it was last batch...

dr0p got accpeted, but 6 was rejected for too many 4 framers.... i might restep it, but i like it too much how it is....

[scottish]

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Operation, send to my email

[operationstrawbarry]

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Operation, send to my email

At school now... will send it when I get home today. Thx

anymore people?

... eastside... why you stealing all of the good songs of Dr1010 from me LOL... I will beat you... consider this a challenge!!!!