Soundwaves is the new default theme of StepMania 5.3 "OutFox". StepMania will no longer display warnings if a texture's dimensions in pixels are not a multiple of 2. Splash screen images are no longer restricted to 468圆8 dimensions. Profile avatarsĪ new module also provides support for profile avatars: currently, our implementation checks for an image matching your profile name in the Avatars subdirectory of the aforementioned Appearance folder, Larger splash screens As with judgment fonts, they are stored in the Appearance folder, and you can also select them from the player options menu. Toasties are also back and upgraded: you can make custom Toasty styles with your own image, sound, and trigger conditions. The new "global noteskin" system is an aspect of this goal, allowing you to create noteskins that are available to all game types. Our future development will place an emphasis on fleshing out non-4-panel game modes. Unlike similar theme-level implementations, the image files are located in a new Appearance folder outside of the theme.
Stepmania theme full#
In addition (excluding misses), these presets support up to 10 distinct judgments as opposed to just 5, which are used in our new "Advanced" variants of the StepMania and ITG timing modes: can you get a truly Flawless full combo?Īnother module allows themes to load custom judgment fonts, which can be selected from the player options menu.
Stepmania theme windows#
On 5.3, we support the ability to load timing window presets from a module (including the StepMania defaults and other popular standards, such as In the Groove and ECFA), and allow players to choose the timing windows they wish to use from the player options menu before a song. On previous versions of StepMania, the game's timing windows were defined only in the preferences file. Reducing the number of global scripts in a theme can help improve performance. Unlike scripts, they are only loaded and called when needed. Modules is a new system for creating reusable scripts that can be called from within themes. However, these scripts are loaded on every single screen, which is inefficient. It is common for StepMania themes to include Lua scripts to enhance their functionality. Modulesĥ.3 introduces a new theming feature known as Modules. The new default theme of 5.3.0, "Soundwaves", serves as the official reference implementation for these new features. New theme and coding featuresĪlongside its low-level changes, we have also added new user-facing features and theme components. We have also upgraded the internal Lua library to Lua 5.3.5 (with shims in order to maintain the backwards compatibility with existing code), and will also support macOS Catalina. These changes help the engine run smoother and more consistently than previous versions, while remaining backwards compatible with existing content for 5.0.12 and 5.1-beta.
Stepmania theme code#
We have been modernizing StepMania's internal code to optimize it for better performance on modern hardware. Right now, our focus has been on refactoring StepMania's codebase to adhere to modern coding practices, in preparation for more larger improvements and features that we plan to add in the future.Īs a recap, here's a summary of the changes we have made so far, which are present in this build (a full detailed changelog will be posted soon): Internal changes
For those unfamiliar with the project, 5.3 is a continuation of the existing 5.1 branch by a new development team. Today we have released our first public alpha build, StepMania 5.3.0-alpha4 "OutFox". Edit: An updated Alpha 4 build with bug fixes was released on 16 December 2019, and now includes macOS builds with Catalina support, and Linux.
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