Stepmania and the DWI Backgrounds

Wolfman2000 · Trick Member Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere in NC

One song I sometimes play on Stepmania (CVS version; latest so far is 7-5-03) is Maxx Paranoia from Tournamix 3. The *.dwi file says that there are background changes to the song. After editing the pointers so that the pictures are with the song file (but leaving the actual script intact [the ....A.............B......C,X thing]), the song plays...but no background changes.

If I want to have any background changes on Stepmania, must I use songs with the *.sm format instead?

Dipstick · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA

Yes. Stepmania does not support the BGCHANGES scripts in DWIs. It has its own defined format in SM files.

-DIppy
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Wolfman2000 · Trick Member Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere in NC

Alright...that takes care of part 1.

Part 2...Just about all of the scripts follow a similar format to the *.dwi arrow placing method (20 40 90 B0). I know how to convert notes and other things from *.dwi to *.sm format...but I don't know how to convert the SCRIPT to *.sm. If it was just plain old "beat=file.avi or beat=file.png", I could do it, but many of them have things like this (following from MAXX Paranoia, a Tournamix 3 entry):

D:FILE:scary.png MULT:0,0,1 MOVE:0,-0.3 KEEPPOS LAYER:3;

Basically, how do I put those changes into a *.sm file without ruining it?