StepMania/Installing songs: Difference between revisions

Know where you installed StepMania. Most people install it in <I>C:\\Program Files\StepMania</I>, but if you installed it somewhere else, be sure you know exactly where it is so you can install your song to it.  

Download some songs! I suggest you download a pack of songs from bluexoon (probably the ITG pack) to get yourself started with the game. Open the .zip file and you will see a folder that contains a bunch of other folders (the song folders).  

The .SMzip format is generally a format used by StepMania to install and extract songs for you without having to worry about directories or anything else (generally there is only one song, theme, or announcer per .SMzip file). This actually doesn't work that well...because Stepmania installs these songs usually each with different directories, which makes trying to play your songs in the song selection screen a real hassle, ESPECIALLY if you have more than 100 files. The BEST thing you can do if you have obtained a .SMzip file is to change the file to a .zip and extract it that way (or if you wave Winzip, it will automatically detect that it is a .zip file and you can extract it that way. Once you extract it, a folder will appear, DON'T copy it over yet...open that folder up, there should be another folder containing the song name...copy THAT folder and paste it into your StepMania songs folder in one of your other pack folders (like <I>C:\\Program Files\StepMania\Songs\MySongPack\</I>). It is much more convenient in the long run.