StepMania: Difference between revisions

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* [[Announcer Chatter]]: Only if the player wishes it via packs.

* [[Ascended Glitch]]: The infamous "negative BPM" bug which could be exploited to cause "warps" in a chart, which could be used for all sorts of interesting effects. The 4.0 branch unfortunately fixed this bug, but the fork sm-ssc (later merged back in as "[[~~Step Mania~~]] 5") adds a new element called a "Warp" (along with "fake" arrows) which can be used for emulating this behavior in a more future-proof manner.

* [[Ascended Glitch]]: The infamous "negative BPM" bug which could be exploited to cause "warps" in a chart, which could be used for all sorts of interesting effects. The 4.0 branch unfortunately fixed this bug, but the fork sm-ssc (later merged back in as "[[StepMania]] 5") adds a new element called a "Warp" (along with "fake" arrows) which can be used for emulating this behavior in a more future-proof manner.

* [[Gameplay Automation]]: Autoplay hits all arrows perfectly, but disqualifies you from making new records. Used when you want to see a stepchart without having to play it.

** Stepmania 3.95, OpenITG, and beyond allows AutoplayCPU to be accessed during normal gameplay (other versions are used for demo only). This allows score records to be made. Furthermore, it is possible to set AutoplayCPU to perform 100% Marvelous/Fantastics by modifying AI.ini.

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* [[Retraux]]: Using a theme from a classic [[Dance Dance Revolution]] version.

* [[Sturgeon's Law]]: Jesus Christ on a stick... For the following reasons:

** People don't offset the music, meaning a note that is "right on" is really off by some fraction of a beat.

** The wrong BPM is used. Even if you're off by 0.1 BPM, it's enough to throw the song off before a minute is up.

** Annoying patterns. Mashing a button/arrow down at 4 times the BPM of the song is not fun.

** Or just haphazardly throw in a bunch of arrows for no rhyme or reason, because making the song harder is better than making it fun.

* [[The Anime of the Game]]: A collaboration between Chris Danford, the creator, and Uno Shino, an upcoming anime artist. [http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/stepmania Seriously].

* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]: X-mod unfriendly gimmicks can quickly turn a song into a complete mess if you haven't seen the crazy gimmicks (MacGravel's Mellan and r21 Freak's Silikon ''really'' stand out in this regard).

* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: Hentai Sweedevibe, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj14MynHt5I Dear Arch] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIScSnL2mw Right Type of Mood] among other simfiles, whether they are designed to be either awful on purpose or just plain awful (see [[Sturgeon's Law]]).