20090216 00:04|4-player SM 3.9: Download now!

[cspotcode]

Updated: 7-2-07

Here's an update to the 4-player version of Stepmania 3.9 I've been working on. You can get it from this site:

http://cspotcode.wordpress.com/4-player-stepmania/

I've been able to clean up some stuff that was messy in the first release, and also do some more work on the theme. The evaluation screen is now functional, but not pretty. Also, the notes will shrink in 4-player mode instead of being crowded and overlapping so much.

Packages are available for Windows and Linux. (thanks to Vyhd for the Linux package)

The release consists of a custom executable and a modified default theme. Other themes will NOT work unmodified. (actually they might work, but you'll get lots of Graphic Missings, etc.)

Many thanks to Charles Lohr, who had experimented with 4-player before me. Viewing his diff file gave me a good idea of where to begin in my own project. Thanks Lohr!

Special Instructions:
- "Quad Versus" can only be selected when at least 3 players have joined.
- Don't try anything tricky, like 2-player versus with players 1 and 4.

Bugs:
- Player options screen crashes, so I made the modified theme skip it and only show song options
- Still some missing metrics.
- 3d dancing characters look like one of Intel's "multiply your possibilities" TV ads (actually, I consider this bug to be a feature)

[Vyhd]

Send me the code and I'll compile it for Linux and host it. :P

[cspotcode]

O.K. I should have it up in a day or two.

[derangedKitten]

I hope it gets finished, its a great idea!

[cspotcode]

Originally Posted by derangedKitten

I hope it gets finished, its a great idea!

Have you downloaded a copy? If not, you should try it out. When I say "incomplete", I don't mean that it is unplayable. In fact, it plays great!

[mdigrilo]

if i ever get one of those widescreen tv's with the comp input...im sure i'll be using this, thanx!!

[cspotcode]

Here is a copy of the src directory.
http://rapidshare.com/files/26058874...r_src.rar.html
If there's anything else you need, Mark, let me know. Thanks!

EDIT: broken link, see http://cspotcode.wordpress.com/4-player-stepmania/ for the current source code.

[derangedKitten]

I dont get how it works, all I see is the normal 2 players (it is on four player, four players entered). Where are the other 2?

[Vyhd]

http://vyhd.homelinux.org/stepmania/...ayer-linux.zip

Full zip file in the same style as the Windows release with the necessary files for Linux. :)

[cspotcode]

Originally Posted by derangedKitten

I dont get how it works, all I see is the normal 2 players (it is on four player, four players entered). Where are the other 2?

Press Start for each player, then choose QuadVersus (the option all the way on the right, not regular versus).

Also, stupid question, but are you using the theme that is included with the 4-player version? This will not work with other themes.

If that doesn't help, give me a more detailed description of your problem and I'll try to give you a better answer.