Double arrows in FFR vs Stepmania

[Levesky]

Hi everyone!

I've started playing FFR for a week or two now. Have you guys ever noticed a difference in the number of double and triple arrows in FFR versus Stepmania? Is there a way to filter them out? They kinda annoy me plus I use FFR at work since it's web based and our keyboard can't handle triple and quadruple arrows.

If you know a trick or an artist to avoid songs that have a lot of double arrows, I'd like to know!

Thx ;p
- Levesky

[Soundwave-]

There's generally more in Stepmania, unless you only play pad files.

FFR doesn't have any mods to edit the chart like Stepmania does, aside from column arrangement modifying mods.

[Levesky]

I don't think the songs I used to play on stepmania are made for pads, except if your feet can go faster than your fingers lol. The pack I have found at least for stepmania doesn't have this many. Any chance you know an artist I would like?

[PrawnSkunk]

You can use this tool to find a keysetup that supports holding down four keys simultaneously.

http://www.microsoft.com/appliedscie...stingDemo.mspx

[Levesky]

Originally Posted by PrawnSkunk

You can use this tool to find a keysetup that supports holding down four keys simultaneously.

Thank you so much, I never thought of that. I guess I'll have to get used to ASDW (the only one that work trhough the entire keyboard here)

[Travis_Flesher]

i have found that some 4key spreads jam with simultaneous keypresses and some don't. you have to find one that your keyboard supports. try XCNM or QWOP for instance?

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by Travis_Flesher

i have found that some 4key spreads jam with simultaneous keypresses and some don't. you have to find one that your keyboard supports. try XCNM or QWOP for instance?

I get the impression that this user is probably a one-hander if s/he gravitates to wasd

[ositzxz369]

I'll start off by saying 1234 is "left down up right". I think this is according to the buttons used to make stepfiles. I assume OP plays one-handed like me.

I deal with triple arrows (or HANDs) by pressing 124/134 at the same time, which is something my laptop keyboard lets me do. However, when there are the clumps like 123 or 234, I treat it like a double arrow (or JUMPs) and a single arrow. This means 23 & 1 (for 123) and 34 & 2 (for 234).

For 123, I press 23 at the same time then quickly slide my fingers left to hit the 1. For 234, I just press the 2 and the 34 with no worries.

I deal with quadruple arrows (or QUADs) by treating it like a HAND and a single arrow. This means 123 & 4, touch the 4 then go for the 123. I don't always hit the quads perfectly since my laptop sometimes thinks I'm pressing four arrows at once.

I don't know how your keyboard looks like, but I use the numpad (numbers 1, 2, 5, 3 are left, down, up, right respectively) because my arrow keys are too tiny and because my A-Z keys aren't aligned straight like my numpad.

[Levesky]

Thanks everyone!

I'm playing with both hands and did changed to WASD. Honnestly, this post was about my deception toward the amount of doubles arrows. I use to play on stepmania and I find FFR having way more doubles and up in their songs. I'm simply not used to it, but fortunately I was able to find a few songs that is balanced