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'''Dance-Double files''' - A simfile designated for 1 player on two different sets of 4 key patterns (in other words, 8 keys are onscreen) are played. | '''Dance-Double files''' - A simfile designated for 1 player on two different sets of 4 key patterns (in other words, 8 keys are onscreen) are played. | ||
'''Dump files''' - A simfile that consists of randomly placed arrows that are consistently off-sync with the rest of the song. Generally dump files are extremely difficult to pass as they tend to emulate no pattern and have outrageously close difficult patterns | '''Dump files''' - A simfile that consists of randomly placed arrows that are consistently off-sync with the rest of the song. Generally dump files are extremely difficult to pass as they tend to emulate no pattern and have outrageously close difficult patterns that have nothing to do with the song. The general population of dump files are nothing but crap...so if you get one, delete it. | ||
'''Quality dump files''' - A dump file that is on sync in about 50% of the song...while the other 50 or so percent is smooth patterned streams and trills can be considered a ''Quality dump file''. the file in itself is merely an attempt to take a rather easy song | '''Quality dump files''' - A dump file that is on sync in about 50% of the song...while the other 50 or so percent is smooth patterned streams and trills can be considered a ''Quality dump file''. the file in itself is merely an attempt to take a rather easy song and make it significantly more difficult without the overall file being utter garbage. Of course this is all a matter of opinion, but good examples of ''Quality dump files'' would be the steps ''A ballad for Ceteka'' and ''Wait for You'' from '''Hard songs Hegapack 7'''. Obviously, any newbie shouldn't even consider trying to play or pass these files, as they will quickly fail. Here is a good way to determine if you are playing a quality dump file: | ||
* It starts out perfectly on sync | * It starts out perfectly on sync | ||
* The file turns into patterned streams and other patterns about the same frame rate away from each other when the '''lyrics''' start | * The file turns into patterned streams and other patterns about the same frame rate away from each other when the '''lyrics''' start | ||
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* The file feels beatable, and not as if it were come collaboration of random bull crap everywhere. | * The file feels beatable, and not as if it were come collaboration of random bull crap everywhere. | ||
'''Impossible files / Jukebox files''' - Other than dump files, there are stepped files that are impossible to complete no matter how good you | '''Impossible files / Jukebox files''' - Other than dump files, there are stepped files that are impossible to complete no matter how good you become at playing the game. These files are generally created "for the laughs" or just to try to get the jukebox autoplay to fail. Such songs would be like ''Dear Arch'' or ''Haruka Kanata Slipknot Remix'' from the '''AWPerative's Ultimate Joke Sim Bundle Group Box Congregation Collaboration Megapack Pack Collection''' where the arrows are so close together that on c-mod they almost appear like a black stream of hell. If you get one of these files, either delete it, or show it to people who never played StepMania before to get a quick laugh out of the look on their faces! | ||
'''Noteskin test files''' - Any file that has every note from 4th-64th. Either the song is slow enough to be able to fit every note there (good or OK noteskin test file), or whoever created it just used the 192nd snap and placed random arrows that don't fit with the beat everywhere (bad noteskin test file). Named | '''Noteskin test files''' - Any file that has every note from 4th-64th. Either the song is slow enough to be able to fit every note there (good or OK noteskin test file), or whoever created it just used the 192nd snap and placed random arrows that don't fit with the beat everywhere (bad noteskin test file). Named so because note-colored noteskins usually have 8 colors for notes 4th-64th. Examples: ''Destination Unknown'' from '''Mungyodance 3''' or ''Chronon'' from '''ITG Rebirth 2'''. | ||
==StepMania Grading system== | ==StepMania Grading system== | ||
