Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by lolderp

So I was lurking around and saw the term quad holding... Could someone inform me of what it is? :P

Thanks.

usually done with two keyboards i think, but when you hold all four keys at once to hit an insane wall of notes, or to boo out reaaally fast.

[daytien]

Hi there. I am new to this site and was wondering if theres anyway to change the format of the arrows in the bottom of the screen during gameplay. From (left, down, up, right) to ((left, up, down, right). Thank you very much in advance.

[OneHandNow]

Not possible, sorry. That mod (left/right mod) was removed some time ago.

[Katie1336]

Hi Im new. I've played a few songs and the credits are not adding up to my profile. Can someone help me, please?

[Mattipii]

Wow thanks! Even though it wasn't my question, reading this helped me a lot!! I'll go change my key setup now. I was wondering how to fix that on my laptop

Originally Posted by Frank Munoz

Most laptops/desktops/ect. usually don't register all the arrow keys when they are pressed simultaneously. This is why many FFR players change their key setup. Example: my key set up is "(q)(w) (,)(.)" This style of playing is called "spread". It is fairly easy to become a great FFR player with a spread setup.
Why is it called spread?
Because your hands are spread away from each other^^.

But, main reason why many of us change our keysetup is to avoid any keys that won't register.
You might have to keep changing it until you find what is comfortable and, or registers all 4 keys.
-Goodluck

[Kokomo Rose]

hey i was having the same issue, this worked for mew instead of going over to ffr the game, go to ffr beta play there, that should register your credits

[PaperclipGames]

Your credits should be awarded regardless of whether you play the Legacy or the Velocity engine.
Do your scores as a whole get registered? You can check your scores HERE, and also in-game; the score is registered if the game returns you a level rank*. It might be the case that some scores weren't registered for one reason or another, which also results in your credits not being awarded. If this is the case with you, PM an admin about it to try and get it fixed.

* Alternatively, the score is not registered if there is text at the bottom right stating "Auth failed" or similar - at least in the Velocity engine.

[Itwontsuckitself]

at what point does one shed their title: noob?

[justin_ator]

Basically when you've been around a while, and are getting decent at the game.

[Chestylaroo]

How do you add songs to the Favorites group?

[icontrolyourworld]

I was noticing recently there are a few people on the forums with an asterisk by their name:

HammyMcSquirrel*, Hateandhatred, Hazelle*

what does that mean? there's sometimes a + by peoples names and i think that means they're on my friends list... does that mean asterisk people are ignoring me?

[HammyMcSquirrel]

Originally Posted by icontrolyourworld

I was noticing recently there are a few people on the forums with an asterisk by their name:

HammyMcSquirrel*, Hateandhatred, Hazelle*

what does that mean? there's sometimes a + by peoples names and i think that means they're on my friends list... does that mean asterisk people are ignoring me?

* means the person is set as invisible. Veterans and mods can still see you, however. (There may be other usergroups that can. I'm not sure how they all were arranged in this area.)
+ means the person is a forum friend.

[icontrolyourworld]

thanks hammy

[thesunfan]

hey uhm, I was wondering how you send a blank score on a song/restart because everytime I need to I just purposefully fail and thats butchering my average rank. Can someone please let me know?

[hXcalltheway]

Originally Posted by Chestylaroo

How do you add songs to the Favorites group?

You have to find the songs from the wheel in their specific genre (not the songs list with the search option but the WHEEL) and there's a + sign next to songs.

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by thesunfan

hey uhm, I was wondering how you send a blank score on a song/restart because everytime I need to I just purposefully fail and thats butchering my average rank. Can someone please let me know?

This does not butcher your average rank in any way, because negative scores do not record.

[thesunfan]

Originally Posted by YOSHl

This does not butcher your average rank in any way, because negative scores do not record.

Say I'm a minute into the song and miss or don't perfect. Then I want to restart, failing on purpose does not make my score negative. Although that is helpful, because I did not know that negative scores did not record.

[Emithith]

Originally Posted by thesunfan

Say I'm a minute into the song and miss or don't perfect. Then I want to restart, failing on purpose does not make my score negative. Although that is helpful, because I did not know that negative scores did not record.

That wouldn't botch your average rank. Only scores that are better than your score can lower rank. Ranks never raise on songs.

You might be talking about just average score per game, which no one measures anyway.

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by thesunfan

Say I'm a minute into the song and miss or don't perfect. Then I want to restart, failing on purpose does not make my score negative. Although that is helpful, because I did not know that negative scores did not record.

In that case, you could use the velocity beta engine, (link in the upper left dropdown under "FFR the Beta") where you can press '/' to restart and 'ctrl' to immediately fail out.

[PaperclipGames]

There is indeed a restart/quit feature in the Velocity engine. You can't do this in the old Legacy engine (in that one, you'll have to deliberately make boos/misses in order to quit). This doesn't affect your avarage rank in any way, but it does add Boos and Misses to your daily stats on your profile. :P