StepmaniaX v10

StepmaniaX - Stepmania for XBox - v10

http://xport.xbox-scene.com
http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/


What's New :

- Core updated to Stepmania 3.9 Final

- SM-LAN support (see instructions below)

- Better support for running from a DVD (see below)

- Should be able to accommodate around 700-1000+ songs depending on how
large the stepfiles are and on how many extra themes you have installed.
I tested it with 700 average-sized songs and there was still enough space
for another few hundred. I imagine this will be sufficient for 99% of the
people out there. If you're part of that 1% with 239873298324 song files
and claim to like/play all of them, then pick up a 128MB XBox.


Important Notes
===============

There have been some miscellaneous updates since v5 and I can't
remember what those were or what version numbers they were, so
I've just jumped to v10 to avoid any confusion as to what's the
most recent version.

I started over from scratch with the 3.9 Final sources. All of the
previous XBox-specific updates were already merged into the main codebase.
There were some new alterations that needed to be made to get the XBox
version working. The full source should be in a separate package alongside
this distribution. If someone on the official Stepmania team could update
the main codebase with these changes, that would be great.


Movies
------

Nope, sorry. I had something almost working, but the additional code chewed
up about 15MB of memory which is better used for song storage. Since it
was using up so much memory and it wasn't working anyway, I decided to just
abandon it.


Themes/Characters/Announcers/Etc Packages
-----------------------------------------

Place your SMZIP files in the PACKAGES directory just like you would on
the PC version of Stepmania.



DVD Support
-----------

All of the files that Stepmania writes will now be written to one location:

E:\SAVES\STEPMANIAX

All the cache files, configuration data, scores, profiles, etc will be written
there. This means that you should be able to just unpack this distribution
to a directory, add songs to the SONGS directory, burn it to an XBox-compatible
disc, and be good to go. I have not tested it myself yet - I'm sure I'll hear
about it if it does not work.



SM-LAN Support
--------------

The first time you run StepmaniaX, it will create the following file:

E:\SAVES\STEPMANIAX\NETWORK.INI

To play over a network, edit this file in the following way:

To connect to someone else's Stepmania-LAN server use these settings:

[Network]
Enabled=1
Server=###.###.###.###

Where "###.###.###.###" is the IP address of your friend's Stepmania-LAN Server.

To have your XBox be a Stepmania-LAN server so that other people can connect to it,
use these settings:

[Network]
Enabled=1
Server=127.0.0.1

Setting the Server to 127.0.0.1 tells StepmaniaX that your XBox is to be the server.


To start the PC version of Stepmania so that it will act as a server, do this:

stepmania.exe --runserver=myservername --netip=127.0.0.1

To start the PC version of Stepmania so that it will act as client, do this:

stepmania.exe --netip=192.168.1.10

Where 192.168.1.10 is the IP address of the Stepmania server you wish to join.


For information on connecting to/from your XBox to another over the Internet, see here:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=267019

Scroll down to the "Q: I'm trying to netplay and I cannot connect to my friend's xbox.
What's wrong?" question. Or you can check out this link:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=415478&st=30#post-main-2798872

I recommend trying to establish a connection between the XBox version and the
Windows version running on your home PC. Once you've got the particulars down
for a basic connection, you can try something more sophisticated like an Internet
connection.



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FMSXBox, Bliss, WinSTon, Gens, Z26X, StepmaniaX, PCSXBox, XBoyAdvance,
DOSXBox, AtariXLBox, MirrorMagicX, KoboX, MaelstromX, MarblesX, Vice64X,
Vice20X, VicePETX, KegsX, XPired, AdamX, WonderSwanX, BeatsOfRageX,
PowermangaX, LynxBox, BlueMSXBox, GladiatorX, AmphetamineX, StarfighterX,
PachiX, BlobWarsX, OdysseyX, ArnoldX, X68000X, WinUAEX, MekaX,
MednafenX-NES, MednafenX-PCE, MednafenX-Lynx
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Enjoy!


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