off the beat??

atme120 · 03-9-2005, 12:07 PM

I joined about a week ago and noticed something about the steps: a good number of the songs available have stepfiles that are VERY offbeat (4f73r m3 is guilty of this, big time.) but there are others that are just fine with the beat, such as the ones i purchased with my credits. Why do some have horrible accuracy while others are just fine?

chickster · 03-9-2005, 12:25 PM

Why does it matter? Welcome to the site anyways!

atme120 · 03-9-2005, 06:26 PM

It matters because it's keeping me from scoring combos i can normally easily score in other songs = bad scores. It generally makes the game "not fun". The patterns are like someone's deliberately making you fail because they don't want you do do well on it. It's because of this why i don't play those songs anymore even though they have my favorite music.

boohoo.

**alainbryden** · 03-9-2005, 06:39 PM

Some of the songs are actually offbeat, sometimes it a product of it unsyncing when flash starts the song before the stepfile. If you reload it will fix for alot of songs. Other songs, you're better off memorising the music and playing it muted. It would be too much work to re-sync the stepfiles as over the years many of the originals have been lost.

Just play the new songs. They're better anyway :P

MythamX · 03-9-2005, 07:50 PM

Yeah, Ima say that it's just your slow computer making the song off beat. I advise setting the detail to low by clcking the 'q' in the top left of the game screen thrice. This makes the graphics squared out, but that really doesn't matter all that much if you have a problem with 'off beat' songs.

**Snapps** · 03-9-2005, 07:53 PM

Everyone's computer will have the same effect on FFR. It might go slower than other, it might be laggier than others, but a file being offbeat does not have to do with your computer. It has to do with the actual file and how it was implanted into FFR.

**igotrhythm** · 03-10-2005, 10:37 AM

I think I know what you're going through, Atme. Other songs that slow down on a slow comp might include Sonic 2 and One Last Battle. Am I right?

If and when you have access to a better computer, try playing those songs again. Sometimes, it's a matter of listening for which part of the song the steps are being set to at the time as well. One example might be the new secret song Visions.

I really need to try that pressing Q trick next time I play from my piece-of-crap home comp.

Mindfields · 03-10-2005, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igotrhythm

I think I know what you're going through, Atme. Other songs that slow down on a slow comp might include Sonic 2 and One Last Battle. Am I right?

No.
The only song that has ever slowed down on my Mom's 266 mHz computer is Party 4 U-Holy Night Remix. Mostly just because of the background movie, but it didn't play the song, just the stepfile and the background movie.

Seikei · 03-10-2005, 05:42 PM

Yeah, the thing IS offbeat... I thought it was just me... Welcome to the community atme120!

03-9-2005, 12:07 PM	#1
atme120 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	off the beat?? I joined about a week ago and noticed something about the steps: a good number of the songs available have stepfiles that are VERY offbeat (4f73r m3 is guilty of this, big time.) but there are others that are just fine with the beat, such as the ones i purchased with my credits. Why do some have horrible accuracy while others are just fine?

03-9-2005, 12:25 PM	#2
chickster FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: somwhere out there Posts: 82	Why does it matter? Welcome to the site anyways! __________________ ~CHICK~

03-9-2005, 06:39 PM	#4
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	Some of the songs are actually offbeat, sometimes it a product of it unsyncing when flash starts the song before the stepfile. If you reload it will fix for alot of songs. Other songs, you're better off memorising the music and playing it muted. It would be too much work to re-sync the stepfiles as over the years many of the originals have been lost. Just play the new songs. They're better anyway :P __________________ ~NEIGH

03-9-2005, 07:50 PM	#5
MythamX FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 72	Yeah, Ima say that it's just your slow computer making the song off beat. I advise setting the detail to low by clcking the 'q' in the top left of the game screen thrice. This makes the graphics squared out, but that really doesn't matter all that much if you have a problem with 'off beat' songs. __________________ ~Sam

03-9-2005, 06:26 PM	#3
atme120 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	It matters because it's keeping me from scoring combos i can normally easily score in other songs = bad scores. It generally makes the game "not fun". The patterns are like someone's deliberately making you fail because they don't want you do do well on it. It's because of this why i don't play those songs anymore even though they have my favorite music. boohoo.

03-9-2005, 07:53 PM	#6
Snapps NO DOUBT GET LOUD Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Age: 35 Posts: 5,650	Everyone's computer will have the same effect on FFR. It might go slower than other, it might be laggier than others, but a file being offbeat does not have to do with your computer. It has to do with the actual file and how it was implanted into FFR.

03-10-2005, 05:42 PM	#9
Seikei FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1	Yeah, the thing IS offbeat... I thought it was just me... Welcome to the community atme120!

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