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Hello :D

I am trying to figure out how to set up beat mode on stepmania 5.0.6
I have the IIDX noteskin downloaded as well as songs for it ,
but i dont know where to put the songs or the noteskin files :(

I select beat mode under select game and
once i go to play it has no songs just roulette options
and i also tried playing the original stepmania version and changing noteskin
but that isnt working either...

if anyone can give me a brief tutorial i would really appreciate it !
please help !

ps I am not a programmer
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If you look inside the Stepmania folder, there is a folder named Docs, and a folder named Userdocs inside that, and a file named sm5_beginner.txt in there. That file has a section on where to put noteskins and song files.
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If you look inside the Stepmania folder, there is a folder named Docs, and a folder named Userdocs inside that, and a file named sm5_beginner.txt in there. That file has a section on where to put noteskins and song files.


Thank you for your reply :D

I have found sm5_beginner.txt
but I am still having troubles finding out where I am supposed to put the songs for beat mode.
I tried to create a folder and put the files under

Songs\
beat\
package\

and i also tried

Noteskin\
\beat
package\

and still once i select beat mode and then go to play
it displays no songs and just the roulette button
could you please specify where to put the songs in order for stepmania to read them once u are in beat mode?

thank you !!

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You've got the songs in the wrong place.

It should look like this:
Songs/
group_folder/
song_folder/
song.ogg
song.ssc

So you have a bunch of songs in a group, the group is named "beat_em_up", and it has songs in it like "kick", "punch", and "slam". So you take the folder "beat_em_up" and put it inside the Songs folder.
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< maxvg1> shakesoda: then why do i still play lol
<@shakesoda> because you're an ITG player. And thus, a masochist
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<@shakesoda> Kyzentun: I think you might need to put down the meshes for a bit
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You've got the songs in the wrong place.

It should look like this:
Songs/
group_folder/
song_folder/
song.ogg
song.ssc

So you have a bunch of songs in a group, the group is named "beat_em_up", and it has songs in it like "kick", "punch", and "slam". So you take the folder "beat_em_up" and put it inside the Songs folder.




Ok i organized it properly and i can see all the songs when i select from title screen > select game > dance
but once i change it to title screen > select game > beat and go to single player all the songs are not there

I am not sure if I am understanding you properly so I will attach the screenshot of the steps ive taken so far
thank you so much for troubleshooting with me !! i really want to try playing beatmania using stepmania :D

folders

dance (regular) mode

beat mode
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I'm not sure if the image links I provided above work
so here they are again :)







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Then the songs probably don't have steps for beat mode. You can turn on autogen, but the charts it generates aren't very good.
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<@shakesoda> because you're an ITG player. And thus, a masochist
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<@shakesoda> Kyzentun: I think you might need to put down the meshes for a bit
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Ah i see ,
so if i understand correctly - i have to download pkgs with beat mode version inside and put it in the same Songs folder.


Are you able to suggest me any websites where they have songs with steps beat mode other than from users on the stepmania forum here ?

Thank you !

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