Is stepmania installed in Program Files? My vague notion is that installing in Program Files makes Windows do weird shit and screw up stepmania.
So if you install to your desktop or something like that, steps should save just fine.
< cybik> til Kyzentun fixes bugs for breakfast
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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