Stepmania can't open .jpg backgrounds?

[Charlo]

Re: Stepmania can't open .jpg backgrounds?

Does it have anything to do with the file name? On Macs, file names are case-sensitive, so "background.jpg" would not work if the SM file specifies "background.JPG" or "Background.jpg". On Windows it doesn't matter, so people wouldn't notice if they mixed up the case.

[MarioNintendo]

Re: Stepmania can't open .jpg backgrounds?

No, it is not case-sensitive. Good guess, though. I tried to download the most up to date version of Stepmania like a user suggested on stepmania.com, I was previously using Stepmania v5.0 Preview 4, and now I'm using Stepmania v5.0 beta 2. It's not giving me errors anymore, but I have one last question:

With each new version of Stepmania coming out, I never can find where to change the c-mods/themes/noteskins because the technique to do it is never the same. If anyone could point me out how to change it, I'd be most grateful. I basically unzipped gamedata.smzip, which gave me "data" and "script" folders, and I can't find anything else.

[James May]

Re: Stepmania can't open .jpg backgrounds?

why anyone would even use JPEG format in 2013 is beyond my comprehension

JPEG is by far the worst file format when it comes to almost everything to do with graphics. I can spend a whole day talking about file formats when it comes to images but it's irrelevant to this thread so tl;dr version is stop using JPEG whoever is still living like it's year 2002

Words of graphical wisdom by Patrick du (c) gd 2013