Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

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  • -SPONG3Y--DDR--M4N!4C-
    FFR Player
    • Mar 2007
    • 69
    #1

    Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

    I've been wondering, sometimes I feel earlier DDR games (like 1st and 2nd mix) are out of sync and somewhat too easy. I wonder if they are already using simfiles for the songs back then.
    Many people today play DDR Extreme, DDR Supernova and later. But I still play 1st and 2nd mix in the arcades. Too bad for me.

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    PRESENT DAY
    Man: I'm going to play DDR 1st Mix today.
    Man 2: SO what? I'm playing Supernova 2 today.
    Man: What the hell is Supernova?
    Man 2: Go back to the 60's, noob.
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    • fido123
      FFR Player
      • Sep 2005
      • 4245
      #2
      Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

      DDR uses a diffrent kind of simfiles SM uses obiously. They wouldn't be called simfiles because sim stands for simulation. They use stepfiles and as far as I know they're programmed into the game through code similar how the early simfiles in FFR were programmed in using Flash. However the type of coding they used back when '1st Mix' was around may have been less acurate for timing arrows as they havn't prefected DDR back then.

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        • nathanj
          Banned
          • May 2007
          • 74
          #3
          Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

          i never knew that

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            • dore
              caveman pornstar
              FFR Simfile Author
              FFR Music Producer
              • Feb 2006
              • 6317
              #4
              Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

              Back then nobody knew any better. Paranoia 180 was the hardest song in the game, and that was tough ****. 8 footers were as tough as it got.

              As the players progressed, the game progressed, and people started realizing that the songs were easy and offsync, so they made the game harder and made it more onsync.
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

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                • Synthlight
                  Administrator
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  FFR Administrator
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 3059
                  #5
                  Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

                  They didn't use sim or step files. They used .bms files if I remember correctly. Bemaniruler coined the term "Stepfile" quite a few years ago.

                  Cheers,

                  Synthlight

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                    • TwilightPrincess
                      FFR Veteran
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 1333
                      #6
                      Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

                      Originally posted by Synthlight
                      They didn't use sim or step files. They used .bms files if I remember correctly. Bemaniruler coined the term "Stepfile" quite a few years ago.

                      Cheers,

                      Synthlight
                      It would be so much easier if they did use simfiles though... Wouldn't it be a blast if we discovered that their "top-secret-step-making-technique" is using stepmania?

                      I seriously doubt it, but still.....


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                        • solopro
                          FFR Player
                          • May 2006
                          • 448
                          #7
                          Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

                          There were no hard files back then.

                          In the early DDR era (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Mix), the hardest you could've gotten was Ska A Go Go.
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                            • MixMasterLar
                              Beach Bum Extraordinaire
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 5285
                              #8
                              Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

                              Originally posted by Synthlight
                              They didn't use sim or step files. They used .bms files if I remember correctly. Bemaniruler coined the term "Stepfile" quite a few years ago.

                              Cheers,

                              Synthlight

                              What's the diffarence between .sm and a .bms file? is it just a diffarent way of storing the data (Like dwi vs sm)?
                              ​

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                                • fido123
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Sep 2005
                                  • 4245
                                  #9
                                  Re: Do they use Simfiles in early editions of DDR?

                                  Originally posted by MixMasterLar
                                  What's the diffarence between .sm and a .bms file? is it just a diffarent way of storing the data (Like dwi vs sm)?
                                  They write it diffrenly. I think .bms is just a time accurate scipt.

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