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0. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 11:15 am    Post subject: The Insane Stepmania Bug Reply with quote

Ok maybe it's just me or my computer but Stepmania gives me the weirdest bug. Every time I start a song, I'll play it anywhere from 20-60 seconds and then all of the sudden, the arrows will lock up and not let me hit them! I'll be pressing keys and nothing will happen until my life bar gets to 1 miss away from dead. And then I turn on DWI and everything works fine. I have downloaded the newest CVS for it and nothing helps. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas?
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1. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. How old is your computer?

2. How many songs do you have?

3. How often does this happen?

This information would help me out.
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2. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Technick wrote:
1. How old is your computer?

2. How many songs do you have?

3. How often does this happen?

This information would help me out.


1. About a year old

2. almost 400

3. every song

4. Yes I do have all the minimum requirements (preempt)
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3. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GT-R: Post your info.txt (it should be autogenerated in the base SM directory).

Other questions: Does the game proceed normally except that you can't hit any arrows, or does the entire game lock up? Also, does it happen at any given usage pattern in game-play, or at the same time on the same song, or anything of the sort?

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4. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

restate the question in the dwi/sm help thread E13.gif

yet another lock.
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5. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PerfectAsymmetry wrote:
restate the question in the dwi/sm help thread ;)

yet another lock.


Actually, you don't need to.

Since we have an entirely new forum, we don't need to restrict the question to one help thread. Therefore, people may create new threads with questions not answered in the readme or FAQ.

Thread can stay open.
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6. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You pretty much answered your own question...It's a bug

It happens to me and pretty much everyone else that uses it...SM 3.0 and the CVS's are actually full of bugs E2.gif
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7. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What can be the reason that CVS has bugs is because I was told it wasn't an official version of Stepmania. Remember, skins and themes wont work it CVS, which could also add to the truth of that statement.

Though that was coming from a person who strictly a DWI user, so I am not sure of the validity.
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8. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah dude you're right CVS's are basically just testing releases for the new version of Stepmania.
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9. PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Phrekwenci wrote:
What can be the reason that CVS has bugs is because I was told it wasn't an official version of Stepmania. Remember, skins and themes wont work it CVS, which could also add to the truth of that statement.

CVS snapshots (at least those linked from SourceForge) are "official"--they're just not final releases. They're released expressly for the purposes of finding bugs.

GT, make sure you're using the newest snapshot (last night), and then post your info.txt. Also, what are you using--a keyboard or a pad? If you're using a keyboard, try a pad (or a joystick if you don't have a pad handy), or vice versa, and see if it still happens.

Also, please answer Dip's questions; they're relevant.
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10. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:36 pm    Post subject: Re: The Insane Stepmania Bug Reply with quote

GT-R wrote:
Ok maybe it's just me or my computer but Stepmania gives me the weirdest bug. Every time I start a song, I'll play it anywhere from 20-60 seconds and then all of the sudden, the arrows will lock up and not let me hit them! I'll be pressing keys and nothing will happen until my life bar gets to 1 miss away from dead. And then I turn on DWI and everything works fine. I have downloaded the newest CVS for it and nothing helps. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas?


That USED to happen to me too... but I know how to fix it. I just changed the settings on my sm like maybe putting the resolution down and if you go to the menu "Game appearances" (i think that's the one) it should have the options "Animation, Video, something, or NONE" if your computer is really slow or old then you might want to put none and lower the resolution enough so that it won't slow or freeze your arrows down. I hope this helps E1.gif
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11. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am experiencing the same problem except it's just a short stutter...this did not happen with 3.0 and Win2k but since i switched to Win98 and newest CVS it's been doing that and leaking memory like hell (as evidenced by HDD access after closing)...any solutions? Is it Win98 or SM?
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12. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok here we go:

Dipstick - I don't have an info.txt file. I have a COPYING, a log, and a README-FIRST file.

Perfect Assymetry - Yah that's right OPEN!! E7.gif

Phrekwenci - Thx for keeping this open, but ummm some help would be nice riiight.gif .

ZOOT - I'm not exactly sure what ur mean by snapshot, (other than hitting the print screen key while playing) but when I do play with my Gravis Gamepad Pro USB controller, it never messes up.

Shadowdancers - ummm no good man. Believe me tho, my computer is fast enough to handle Stepmania and movies or animations at the same time.

Evil Spork man - Probably that god damn Stepmania cuz I'm using XP.
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13. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GT-R wrote:
Phrekwenci - Thx for keeping this open, but ummm some help would be nice ^^;


Help isn't keeping this open?

No matter, if I have help to offer I will post it. If I don't have anything to tell you, I wont.

GT-R wrote:
Perfect Assymetry - Yah that's right OPEN!!


Don't do that. I can lock this as quick as I unlocked it.
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14. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GT-R wrote:
Ok here we go:

Perfect Assymetry - Yah that's right OPEN!! E7.gif



Ok, first, it was a mistake. As you already see, the thread is open. Second, basically what phrek said. Watch it. And yea, spell my name right E15.gif
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15. PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GT-R wrote:
Dipstick - I don't have an info.txt file. I have a COPYING, a log, and a README-FIRST file.

Sounds like you're running an older version of SM (by the fact that there is no info.txt output). Download and install this (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/stepmania/StepMania-CVS-20030531a.exe?download) and see if the problem goes away (you're going to want to uninstall SM 3.0 first... don't worry, it won't delete the song data).

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16. PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd suggest asking this on the official forums at www.stepmania.com. They have a topic where people jsut post their crash dumps so they can be fixed for the next CVS.
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17. PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe your videocard is obsolete
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18. PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had that problem with a USB keyboard (my motherboard has no PS2 ports), and the original 3.0 version of Stepmania. After downloading the latest CVS release, the problem went away (woohoo!).
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19. PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To all mods - Ok sorry, I didn't know you guys couldn't take jokes (and I really did think it was assymetry riiight.gif ). C'mon yall a happy work environment?? And thx for your help.

I have the newest CVS, my video card is not old and I still can't find info.txt And the retard forums at Stepmania didn't help me.
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