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[KevinDDR]

KevinDDR

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[Current Added Songs/Packs]

We can add songs to the Acme Bowl ITG cabinet now.

I'm in charge of this, so basically this is how it works:


1. Post in the thread a link to the song that you want added to the machine. Make sure the audio is in the correct format, the SM file works with R21 syncing, and that you have a banner/background file if you don't want a generic one.
2. I'll play the song on my custom ITG build, and tell you if it's appropriate to add to the Acme machine.
3. Barring any weird stuff going on in my life, I'll add the song to the Acme ITG cabinet next time I do an update. This should occur fairly frequently.
4. If you have a song that you want added but don't have the file yourself (or it's a really common file), just post the song name and author and I'll look for it. I have all the DDR song packs converted for hacking, so that should be possible to add immediately.

Current Added Songs/Packs
ITG3
ITG Rebirth
Customs 1:
 Loituma (12) (syncing is correct)
 Lucky (9) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Seven (11) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Shades of Blue (10) (syncing untested, let me know)
 The Final Hour (12) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Boten Anna (11) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Candyman (10) (slightly late, will fix)
 Crazy Loop (11) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Feels Like That Night (10) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Infernoplex (12) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Listen to Your Heart (10) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Tricky Disco (10) (syncing is correct)
 I Can Walk on Water, I Can Fly (11) (syncing untested, let me know)
 Heaven (11) (syncing untested, let me know)
Flash Exclusives ^_^ & Friends v2
Songs to be added on 5/xx/10
More Flash Exclusives stuff

...and of course more requests!

Other nice things
OpenITG beta2 installed
ITG3 Theme
ITG Empress theme (will be fixed soon)
Song Wheel Speed is set to Very Fast
Custom Speed Mods
A couple marathons.

Other planned hacks currently:[/b]
ITG Gold Theme (probably in May)
Theme Switcher (enter a pad code on the main menu, and a menu will pop up letting you switch the theme before your game)

[Keby]

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I agree with them being unimaginative sometimes.  None of the charts are bad though, which is important for an arcade machine. I would say play more of the game / some of the harder charts if you have the time, I think it's worth it. Yeah the song count is undiculous considering how many songs Renard makes in each mix.

except for Dash Hopes..........you can leave that song out because NO ONE is going to pass that here.

[Iori241]

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My buddies suggested Mungydance for our machine so I checked it out. Most of the songs are good and the charts are really solid. However, all the songs I played (about 20/300) seemed to all be very unimaginative. They were simple, straight forward songs which I was able to 99 almost without any effort at all on a sightread. Hardly any crossovers, spins, hands, etc. There are exceptions to this, but I feel like you'd have to go through the ridiculous number of songs they have (I think it's close to 300) and pick out the 50 or so that're truly awesome.

I agree with them being unimaginative sometimes.  None of the charts are bad though, which is important for an arcade machine. I would say play more of the game / some of the harder charts if you have the time, I think it's worth it. Yeah the song count is undiculous considering how many songs Renard makes in each mix.

[Suko]

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My buddies suggested Mungydance for our machine so I checked it out. Most of the songs are good and the charts are really solid. However, all the songs I played (about 20/300) seemed to all be very unimaginative. They were simple, straight forward songs which I was able to 99 almost without any effort at all on a sightread. Hardly any crossovers, spins, hands, etc. There are exceptions to this, but I feel like you'd have to go through the ridiculous number of songs they have (I think it's close to 300) and pick out the 50 or so that're truly awesome.

[Iori241]

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http://renard.teknolust.org/mgd/

scroll down. There's all 3 packs for stepmania. and the game if you MYD anyways...

Mungyodance has really consistent quality, and an equally consistent furry theme. I'm not sure if the revision you guys are running shows custom bg's but if it does you gotta take out the images. Other than that the music choice is excellent.

[Keby]

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http://renard.teknolust.org/mgd/

scroll down. There's all 3 packs for stepmania. and the game if you want MYD anyways...

[Devildog]

Devildog

• Divers go deep, in Okinawa

Since being in Japan for so long, and not having easy access to DDR (as crazy as that sounds, it is Okinawa), and no ITG or Pump at all, I really got into the Mungyodance game. 1 & 2. Still haven't gotten 3 yet. But I'm pretty addicted to some of the songs on there. Which I can't find for the life of me, but if anyone else knows where to get them, I think they'd be great additions to ITG. Maybe not some of the step charts though. Seeing as Dash Hopes is a level 16. Oh yeah, some songs. I think I like that sound (remix), Break Neck Bombing Run, the Xuxa remix, etc. Its already a highly ITG influenced game, so it should work.

[SomeLauraChick]

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If I recall, you'll try to pick the song on the machine and it will say something like "This song is too long" and make you select a new song choice.

[noid]

noid

What happens if I bring in some songpacks on a USB drive, but the ogg files aren't doctored to hide the song length?  Will it just not work?

Btw, I'm totally fine with honoring the "fail the next song after a long song" thing; I just want to know in advance if it will even work.  And yes, I'm new to this.  Sorry if it's a n00b question.

[SomeLauraChick]

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Or at least, no lyrics more explicit than "fuckin' you up" or "blow my whistle, baby" ... LOL.

[patrick]

patrick

If possible, could you guys add more rap/hip-hop songs?  I don't mind the current mix, but I do get tired of the same EURObeat or Max300-like move as fast as possible crap...

as long as there are no explicit lyrics

[thechibiknight]

thechibiknight

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If possible, could you guys add more rap/hip-hop songs?  I don't mind the current mix, but I do get tired of the same EURObeat or Max300-like move as fast as possible crap...

[patrick]

patrick

Yay!

[NSX]

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Yay!

[KevinDDR]

KevinDDR

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So guys I'm sorry I didn't do anything this weekend. I had a concert and finals and a lot of stuff I had to do instead of arcade hackery.

The good news is that my external drive has been recovered and I have all the stuff I need to hack themes and such onto the machine now.

Expect some new stuff in the next few days.

[ChilliumBromide]

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I play DDR songs every time I'm on an ITG2 machine.  Particularly 5th Mix songs.  Don't worry though; just because I'm Dancing All Alone doesn't mean I'm not happy to let someone hop on the other pad. ;P

[Iori241]

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lol gerrak.

[NSX]

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That would be awesome if Acme Bowl had a 2nd Itg 2 machine like the first, but I don't think thats possible to get right now. It would kind of be like Narrows back in the good ol' days when they had 2 DDR Extremes.
 
Oh and you should add DDR Boss songs if anyone seems interested in that.

[SomeLauraChick]

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I think I've seen the same people you have, and that's actually what made me post in the first place, NOT Gerrick. If you fail a song, you failed, get off the machine, don't let all of your friends try to play when I've been in line... geez.

EDIT: I'd like to see Spinnin' Around added to the machine, just because it's fun. As a sidenote, if anyone has a copy of the simfile, and wants to e-mail it to me...

[Junpei Iori]

Junpei Iori

• no longer my cosplay character

i agree with you laura. basically people just need to be considerate of others while playing. some mother fuckers, not saying names, have a problem with this. some guys in there like to play a whole bunch of long songs and take turns on them. they do that shit way too much. im pretty observant of people in the arcade even though i dont seem like it so i dont think i have a problem being considerate. honestly i dont want the long version hack to be used since not everybody exploits the machine to the fullest extent, but if its really necessary for some reason, i wont bitch about it and start a riot lol

[SomeLauraChick]

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A good general rule is "if nobody else is going to be putting their money into the machine, it's probably ok." If you're the only one there, playing a long version isn't an issue, since chances are you'd be the only one playing on the machine anyway and therefore Bill isn't really losing any money.

[patrick]

patrick

Sorry if people wait for me but i usually play long songs like OWA when everyone is gone(as in no one is waiting to play) so that's okay right? I like the long version idea because i dont want to wait 30 minutes just to try to ** Little Kitty Mine

[ancsik]

ancsik

• DISTINCTLY LACKING IN PEANUT CONTENT

The man has it right

He said that because enough of us don't even come close to exploiting the machine for it to be hurting him overall.  Hence saying if only 15 minute sets were being played, custom songs would be disabled.  Basically, your ability to play multiple long versions hinges on the rest of us being honest.  And honestly, I'm not a big fan of people being let off because the greater part of the group is inadvertently supporting them.

A long time ago, but not too long before r21 first hit, Bill had mentioned he was thinking of dropping it to .75/play.  After a couple years of people playing long songs regularly, that still hasn't happened.  Obviously, correlation doesn't imply causation and all, but it's something to think about.  This goes back to my former argument; I'd be quite content having the limit enforced as it could very well be the barrier from me getting to save my own money - in an honest way no less.

[Gerrak]

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   Alright well I'm hardly 'raping the machine' and I don't think you'll ever see me play without offering the other side to another waiting-player or play an excessively long song with more than 1 person waiting maybe. And I've called in to report problems and I keep the pads clean and don't play stomp-stomp-revolution or anything like that so I'm just trying to make the case that we don't have a problem right now with it like you guys seem to be building it up to be. I GUARANTEE I pump way more money into that damn machine than it costs to maintain from my use, no matter how excessively long the songs I assure you (and I don't play 15min sets over and over and over and though you guys seem to claim otherwise it's a very rare occasion I've even seen players do that. Frankly very few who play at Acme have the stamina to keep up with that kind of play style). If it ain't broke don't fix it. I agree that excessive abuse of any time restraint mechanic be it scroll timer or really long songs or whatever, but...

If I see someone's set above 14 minutes long and someone else is waiting, I won't be ashamed to go over and tell the player that they're done and need to get off, even if it's in the middle of a song. Nobody is above anyone else in terms of having more of a right to play on the machine. Especially if people abuse the song cutoffs. We are the ones primarily using the hack; we need to make sure we all use it right.

Yes, just speak up with the player who's there that you have a problem with. Please if you see discourtesy approach it, but not by offhandedly taking off something that's helped make these machines so much better than others.

If it was just getting raped with 15 minute game times, it would have been disabled by now.  Keep it fair, everyone wins!  :-)

The man has it right

[BLueSS]

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Keep it fair, everyone wins!  :-)

PNWBemani knows the secret: Keep Bill happy, Bill keeps us happy!

If I see someone's set above 14 minutes long and someone else is waiting, I won't be ashamed to go over and tell the player that they're done and need to get off, even if it's in the middle of a song. Nobody is above anyone else in terms of having more of a right to play on the machine. Especially if people abuse the song cutoffs. We are the ones primarily using the hack; we need to make sure we all use it right.

[Keby]

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This all reminds me of the time a couple of months ago when I saw the ITG2 machine was left in settings. So tempted to put it on free play, honestly I was, but I just restarted the machine in fear of being caught haha silly me. I can't get away with anything if I tried, so I don't.

I agree with Kevin on this completely, this "long hack" will make it easier on waiting time, especially if he puts a lot of files that everyone already brings on their USB onto the machine. And personally I don't care as long as the machine is in it's super awesome condition.
So just pay the damn dollar, even if you only get to play boten anna + one shorter song.