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  • Totoxri
    FFR Player
    • Mar 2018
    • 16
    #1

    In the making of my first stepmania chart

    I don't know if that is what you would call it but I have been wanting to get into making charts for this game for like 6 months but didn't know where to start. Earlier today, I was browsing the forums (like I usually do) and I found an old thread that taught you how to make charts. So I downloaded the stuff to do so and I started to make one to one of my favorite songs currently. I don't know if it is good or not or anything. It is also not even close to done. It is only like 1/6 of the way done. But I don't want to make an entire chart and then find out it's terrible. So I came here and wanted to know if it is good so far since this is how I intend to chart the rest of the song. Is there anything that I can do that will improve it?

    Stepfile: https://puu.sh/CBU8l/7c400a1027.sm
    Full Folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5v6ecy7k7...LXvfeen5a?dl=0
    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OEbDBHq2NQ

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    • Dinglesberry
      longing
      • Dec 2007
      • 2679
      #2
      Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

      jesus that long jack at 0:22 LOL

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        • Dinglesberry
          longing
          • Dec 2007
          • 2679
          #3
          Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

          try to avoid like, 30 note long 16th jacks if the bpm is 180 thats my tip, well unless u like that stuff i guess..

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            • ositzxz369
              Venetian Snares stepper
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Jan 2008
              • 542
              #4
              Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

              Someone in Discord said it was overcharted, and I agree. I think the hands, quads, and some of the jumps are just too much for the sound that it's representing. There's inconsistency on the vocals - is it supposed to be single or jumps? It also helps if you posted a download link for your file (maybe in this thread or at "ffr-simfiles" in Discord) so that it can be analyzed in ArrowVortex/DDReam.
              Last edited by ositzxz369; 01-24-2019, 11:59 PM.

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                • User1942406
                  #5
                  Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                  That looks like something I'd enjoy tbh, but for the sake of everyone else try to keep the difficulty balanced. (The longjack, while fun, would be far better as a 1 handed trill)

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                    • AutotelicBrown
                      Under the scarlet moon
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jan 2014
                      • 923
                      #6
                      Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                      From the current dropbox version:
                      -Offset is around 55ms late and the 12ths don't make sense with correct offset;
                      -Try to be more deliberate with what you assign single notes vs jumps, hands or quads to. Right at the beginning you use all 4 options to small modulations of the vocals which leaves you with little room to represent anything else in the song in a manner that makes sense to the player. An easy way to start is using single notes for the main melody & other 'streamy' sounds, and then flavoring with jumps/hands/quads according to other instruments.
                      -It'll be much easier to learn how to gauge difficulty and intensity if you step something you can actually playtest (I'm assuming the long jack and the left hand biased part starting at 28s are too hard for a D3 player).
                      Play my files

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                        • Antori
                          FFR Veteran
                          • Aug 2018
                          • 296
                          #7
                          Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                          -the offset needs a bit of tweaking(i used 1.071 cause i like having the first beat on the first note of the song)
                          -the long jacks would work better as a one handed trill or a roll
                          -after the long jack most of the patterns were on the left hand so try and spread the notes more evenly on the rest of the song

                          I'm new to the charting scene too o/
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                            • Totoxri
                              FFR Player
                              • Mar 2018
                              • 16
                              #8
                              Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                              Thanks for all the feedback so far! I will definitely try and fix it to make it better! = )

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                                • rayword45
                                  Local Teenage Wastebasket
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  • Feb 2007
                                  • 3212
                                  #9
                                  Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                  this thread makes me wanna see the first simfiles of all the fiffer stepartists

                                  if i dug up my first ever file (a hellscaper edit i made when i was 9) you'd all kys out of disgust
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                                    • Psychotik
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                                      FFR Simfile Author
                                      • Jan 2008
                                      • 1727
                                      #10
                                      Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                      The first keyboard chart I ever made I submitted to the upcoming official tourney lel.

                                      First pad chart tho oh boy I don't remember which one exactly what it was but I'm sure it was pure trash.
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                                        • storn42
                                          RIP Storn D0-D0
                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                          • Jun 2012
                                          • 3473
                                          #11
                                          Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                          Originally posted by rayword45
                                          this thread makes me wanna see the first simfiles of all the fiffer stepartists

                                          if i dug up my first ever file (a hellscaper edit i made when i was 9) you'd all kys out of disgust
                                          this would be an interesting idea for a pack. all submissions must be the first chart you made (or the earliest one atleast) we could point to it to show that everyone started out bad at charting, and point to what went wrong in a lot of the charts so that we can use it as a learning tool for new stepartists. If we really wanted people to actually play it, everything could also be recharted.


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                                            • SKG_Scintill
                                              Spun a twirly fruitcake,
                                              FFR Simfile Author
                                              • Feb 2009
                                              • 3876
                                              #12
                                              Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                              nnno, you don't want to see/play it

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                                                • User1942406
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                                  that's a pack idea i'd collect just to see how much people have improved since then

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                                                    • Dinglesberry
                                                      longing
                                                      • Dec 2007
                                                      • 2679
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                                      Originally posted by DourGent
                                                      that's a pack idea i'd collect just to see how much people have improved since then
                                                      for me it'd be a good way to see the degradation of my mental state, im 99% sure my charts have somehow become worse over the years

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                                                        • foxfire667
                                                          The FFRchiver
                                                          FFR Music Producer
                                                          • Jun 2009
                                                          • 2169
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: In the making of my first stepmania chart

                                                          Originally posted by DourGent
                                                          that's a pack idea i'd collect just to see how much people have improved since then
                                                          Can't wait for other people to be able to play your masterpiece, Battlefield vs Infinite Warfare.

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