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[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)

[Suko]

Suko

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Advice: Use ITG's popularity indicator. If a custom is below a certain popularity after being on the machine for 3+ months, pull it.

I know it's not a perfect means of purging, but it's simple.

[xenonscreams]

xenonscreams

• Ke$ha Swag

I like having some customs on the machine, but I think the machine is approaching the point at which it becomes too cluttered, and you have to sort through a lot of charts to find one that's good. The issue with my opinion is that the charts I feel are good are very different from the charts that some other players think are good, so it's not really easy to just filter out "bad" charts.

[ancsik]

ancsik

• DISTINCTLY LACKING IN PEANUT CONTENT

I'll admit to not having played through the new packs that extensively, but so far I'm not hugely impressed.  An ongoing project will be to trim the bad charts from these packs (since I'm really not a fan of the style of these packs in the first place, I'll generally take action based on what other players complain about).

There are some very interesting charts and some very interesting songs (and some very interesting charts to some very interesting songs), but the bulk of the new content doesn't seem all that varied.  There's just way too much generic trance, most of it with generic stream charts - not a crossover or change in rhythm in sight.

Additionally, not being a fan of abusing BPM changes (slowdowns legitimately happen, but many charts force a slowdown when there really isn't one, just because the song got a little quieter, and - more importantly - very few charts give any indication a slowdown is coming, so good luck comboing your sightread when the screen full of LUDR 16th notes suddenly starts scrolling at half speed) and the various BPM gimmicks that show up, I do have to say that there are a good handful of charts I just really don't want to play.

In terms of difficulty, it seems to be a good fit for the majority of Acme players for now.  My stamina is very slow to build, so the average chart from these packs is not something I'm all that likely to play, but that's what comes with Expert only packs and I'll be addressing that by adding extra charts as I have time.  Of the 9's I've played, a few were really well done and the others screamed "well, this pack needed a couple easier charts so let's mash something out in 5 minutes and hope nobody actually plays it".

[Keby]

Keby

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[團隊燃燒的龍]

So I was wondering if we could get input on what people think of the files added on the machine right now?

nice variety?
too easy?
too hard?
Likable songs?

[Suko]

Suko

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If Bill's machine is like mine, I highly suggest upping the RAM in that thing while you can. Getting that much content on the machine might be problematic if it's only running on the 512MB of RAM.

[Keby]

Keby

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[團隊燃燒的龍]

Hey guys, good news and bad news.

Good News:
We figured out how to put songs on not using manage packs (thank freaking god and awesome job Tony!!)

Bad news:
Turns out we only had 1.3 gigs of space left on the drive itself (they're small D:). So we couldn't even get 1/10th of the stuff I was going to put on let alone the Illini pack or H1N1.

Even Better News: Tony is going to solve this by either this weekend or in the near future with getting a 100 gb HDD. This will last the machine forever. The End.

I will update when more happens. I just wanted everyone to know this, so nobody gets all pissed. It's disappointing I know.

[neempoppa]

neempoppa

• NIMM

god bless you Gerrak, i been searching for h1n1

[Gerrak]

Gerrak

• Gotta get your ki focused





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[H1N1:]

Please put the following packs on the Acme machine:

H1N1: 
 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R6NC37WH

Illinois Tournament Pack: 
http://www.mediafire.com/?bj6eg563hynyh9j#1
http://www.mediafire.com/?r66tj327ekjzji7#1
http://www.mediafire.com/?3vlern5krzchpys#2

Flash Packs
http://www.mediafire.com/?ozmtuzt2lww
http://www.mediafire.com/?t1dt4ziumfm
http://www.mediafire.com/?g3khnigkyyn#1

Thanks

[Angus]

Angus

• i shoot fireballs out of my dick

you should put flash's 3rd pack too

[Keby]

Keby

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[團隊燃燒的龍]

Song packs from AIJ to go onto ACME's machine.
Here comes a butt load.

Xynn United 1,2,3,4, Chronicles
Mute Sims 1,2,3,4
The Legend of Zim 1,2,3,4
The Legend of the Extrodinary Steppers Chapter 1

...more to come as I continually look through QA'ing this stuff

[Suko]

Suko

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Just make sure you super-compress the video and reduce it's size. These machines need the video as small as possible to prevent lag issues. I use 320 x 240 res and 512 bitrate on mine. It looks fine on the ITG cabinet's CRT monitor and reduces the file to < 5mb.

[Dr.Z]

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Wait, custom songs do support video? I always thought they didn't (even if loaded onto the machine).

That's how we have a video for Caramelldansen within the Sakura2010 pack, but only for those loaded onto the machine.

[BLueSS]

BLueSS

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Wait, custom songs do support video? I always thought they didn't (even if loaded onto the machine).

[Suko]

Suko

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That's not easy to do. Well, at least it's not easy to do it right. That video is for the full version of the song, while the ITG one is almost half as long. You could always ask Gosha to make a short edit version. Then it's as simple as dropping it into the song's BG folder and editing the .SM file to play it.

[Dr.Z]

Dr.Z

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This isn't a new custom song per say, but I wonder if you could add the new AMV background to Space Space Shooter?

DiscoWarp vid link

[SomeLauraChick]

SomeLauraChick

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[so]

I was thinking of going on Monday too, maybe in the middle of the afternoon.

[neempoppa]

neempoppa

• NIMM

Hey sempai and the others at acme on Friday on the itg machine, an iPhone charger was left on the machine, I turned it in to lost n found

Giving you all the heads up I'll be there Monday (pres day) afternoon/evening. What time is anyone else planning to come? I'll be doing 5-7 sets anyone welcome to join

[Da-Risin-Smoke]

Da-Risin-Smoke

I would like someone to test out my stepchart I just made: http://rapidshare.com/files/440699829/Firework.zip

I didn't do a lot to edit it, but tell me what you think.
Honesty helps.  It's been about 3 years since I last made a stepchart.

Yes, I know it's Katy Perry.  But when I heard the song, the stepchart instantly came to me.

I haven't tested it yet because our machine's USB slots don't work.

[Gerrak]

Gerrak

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The volume is perfect now btw, thanks a lot!!

[Tricksy]

Tricksy

TL;DR

Agreed.  It just needs to say something short like "Please Note: The playing of custom songs with offensive lyrics will result in a suspension and/or ban.  Thank you."

It's better that the sign be short, sweet, and to the point so people will quickly read it and abide.  I tend to ignore really long signs myself.

[mvco]

mvco

• Masterman Vending




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Saturday update:  Volume up another notch.  Enjoy

[mvco]

mvco

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Thanks Allan, I like the sign idea.  How is the volume as of Thursday?  I know it's not as loud as it once was, but it did get jacked up a bit.  Hopefully we can slide it up a bit more once these asshats chill with the obscene songs. 

Many thanks to the community for jumping on this, you are all awesome!

[Suko]

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[Gerrak]

Gerrak

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[custom songs with profane lyrics will no longer be allowed]

I am printing up the sign and will post it up on the machine tonight. It says:

"Attention ITG Players!
There have been complaints of players using the USB Custom Song feature to play songs that have overtly obscene lyrics. It should go without saying that Acme Bowl is a public, family environment and this is entirely inappropriate. In order to provide for an enjoyable experience for everyone within earshot of the ITG machine, custom songs with profane lyrics will no longer be allowed. If you cannot find the maturity to abide by this obvious courtesy to others, you may be asked to leave and we as a community may suffer drastically reduced volume or removal of custom songs as a result. No one wants this, so please keep it clean! Thank you for your consideration!
Allan Hendrickson (“Gerrak”)
On behalf of Acme Bowl and PNWBemani.net"

I hope this is sufficient to stop the problem If there are any changes you want me to make to the message, I can print up a new sheet and put it up Monday.

Edit:
Lol@Suko, we can try this instead if it doesnt work:
"Attention ITG Players!
There gots been complaints o' players usin' da USB Custom Song feature ta play songs dat gots overtly obscene lyrics. It should jet without saying dat Acme Bowl iz uh public, family environment an' dis here iz entirely inappropriate. In order ta provide fo' an enjoyable experience fo' brothas within earshot o' da ITG machine, custom songs wiff profane lyrics will nahh longer be allowed. If ya cannot find da maturity ta abide by dis here obvious courtesy ta others, ya may be asked ta jet an' we's as uh community may suffer drastically reduced volume or removal o' custom songs as uh result. No one wants dis here, so please keep it clean! Thank ya fo' yo' consideration!
Allan Hendrickson (“Gerrak”)
On behalf o' Acme Bowl an' PNWBemani.net be understanding dis negroid-american languag foo' "

[SomeLauraChick]

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Niiiiiice.

It occurs to me that we could also get some sort of loud instrument or device and manually bleep the songs.