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;Now that you have picked your difficulty, you can start to edit your SM file! | ;Now that you have picked your difficulty, you can start to edit your SM file! | ||
*Start by listening to your SM, and pressing "left" or "right" to change the size of the notes per measure (4th, 8th, 16th, etc.) and try to place an arrow as accurately as possible on your first beat (try not to worry about holds, doubles, mines, or any of the special stuff just yet), and keep trying to accurately place arrows as close to the beats as you possibly can. To help you, try using assist | *Start by listening to your SM, and pressing "left" or "right" to change the size of the notes per measure (4th, 8th, 16th, etc.) and try to place an arrow as accurately as possible on your first beat (try not to worry about holds, doubles, mines, or any of the special stuff just yet), and keep trying to accurately place arrows as close to the beats as you possibly can. To help you, try using assist tick (F4), to make sure the arrow ticks EXACTLY when the beat is played (the more accurate it is, the less you should be hearing the tick and the more you should be able to focus only on the song's beat. Use the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 to place arrows (certain game styles might have different keys for different arrows). | ||
*Keep testing song by selecting an area (Holding down shift and pressing up / down arrow keys) and then pressing ''P'' to play that selection, or by pressing Control and P at the same time to play the entire part of the song you have stepped so far. Even if you thought it was on sync at first, you WILL find errors, and it WILL happen frequently. | *Keep testing song by selecting an area (Holding down shift and pressing up / down arrow keys) and then pressing ''P'' to play that selection, or by pressing Control and P at the same time to play the entire part of the song you have stepped so far. Even if you thought it was on sync at first, you WILL find errors, and it WILL happen frequently. | ||
*If you are having trouble with the song, or are getting annoyed of having to play back after every arrow, select about 5 seconds of un-stepped song area and press ''P'' to listen to it a few times, and then press Control and R at the same time to "record" yourself playing the arrows in that area about to where they belong. Then you can test the whole thing and correct the arrows that are slightly off, and correct any other mistakes you may have made. If you mess up during the recording...it is alright! Just press "Enter" and hit "clear", and all the arrows you recorded will disappear. Now you can start over again and correctly record the arrows. | *If you are having trouble with the song, or are getting annoyed of having to play back after every arrow, select about 5 seconds of un-stepped song area and press ''P'' to listen to it a few times, and then press Control and R at the same time to "record" yourself playing the arrows in that area about to where they belong. Then you can test the whole thing and correct the arrows that are slightly off, and correct any other mistakes you may have made. If you mess up during the recording...it is alright! Just press "Enter" and hit "clear", and all the arrows you recorded will disappear. Now you can start over again and correctly record the arrows. | ||
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*BPM, being just 1 BPM off could seriously mess up the sync of your song, especially if you are trying to use a consistent stream of notes an equal frame distance apart. | *BPM, being just 1 BPM off could seriously mess up the sync of your song, especially if you are trying to use a consistent stream of notes an equal frame distance apart. | ||
*Constantly Saving your files, as if you mess up on something major, or StepMania for some reason or another crashes, you might have to step a lot of the file all over again if you don't constantly save your work. | *Constantly Saving your files, as if you mess up on something major, or StepMania for some reason or another crashes, you might have to step a lot of the file all over again if you don't constantly save your work. | ||
*64th notes, if you are stepping a song, you normally won't need to use anything higher than 16th or 24th notes if the BPM is correct. This doesn't mean you WON'T use them...but if you have to use a LOT of them in order to keep your song on sync for a rather simple pattern...DEFINITELY CHECK your BPM. | *64th or 192nd notes, if you are stepping a song, you normally won't need to use anything higher than 16th or 24th notes if the BPM is correct. This doesn't mean you WON'T use them...but if you have to use a LOT of them in order to keep your song on sync for a rather simple pattern...DEFINITELY CHECK your BPM. | ||
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