Instructions to play Stepmania Extreme Online Project

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Instructions to register and play

  1. Enter HERE and Sign up. Note that the profile name that you will enter here must be the same as the one you will use within Stepmania.
  2. At the end of step 1 you will receive (in a few minutes) an email from account verification. Click on the indicated link to complete the registration process.
  3. Download the game HERE . Once downloaded, unzip it where you want.
  4. Go to the Stepmania folder Extreme\Program. You will see two executables: "Stepmania Extreme.exe" and "Stepmania Extreme Custom.exe". If you wish to play the original Arcade songs, select "Stepmania Extreme.exe". If you want to play the Custom packs that We will publish on this page, select "Stepmania Extreme Custom.exe".
  5. Upon reaching the game title screen, you will need to go to Options-> Profile Options-> Create new Profle and create a new profile. This name must match the name in step 1.
  6. When returning to the screen game title, press the SPACE key and enter your password. With this you will be able to enter the game style section.

Game Styles

Single

This is the single player style. Some instructions:
  1. You must play it with Player 1. If you play it with Player 2 it may fail to send Records to the website.
  2. The online record system is only available in normal game mode, so the Nonstop and Oni modes They will not work with online records, but you can still play them in Single without saving online scores.
  3. In the song selection screen, by pressing the SPACE key you will be able to view the top 5 of records global values ​​in that song and pre-selected difficulty.
  4. During the song you can modify the song offset with the F11 and F12 buttons. Also you can modify the global offset (of all songs) with the F3 and F4 buttons.
  5. If at the end of a song you get a new personal best record on your profile, it will be uploaded to the page.

Versus (Versus Avatar)

This is the two player style. In this project, both in the Arcade and Custom versions, Player 2 will be managed by an artificial intelligence (AI), which will play similar to a profile registered on the page. Some instructions:
  1. You must play it with Player 1, as Player 2 will be controlled by the AI. During navigation through the different menus the game you should not worry about manually moving the player 2 courses, since it will imitate the selections at all times what you do with Player 1.
  2. The online record system is only available in normal game mode, so the Nonstop and Oni modes they will not work with online records. In this Versus Avatar mode, Nonstops or Onis cannot be played.
  3. In the song selection screen, by pressing the SPACE key you will be able to view the top 5 of records global values ​​in that song and pre-selected difficulty.
  4. Once the song and possible modifiers have been selected, on the screen where it mentions "1st Stage" or another, it will be loaded the profile of the Avatar to face, indicating the Potential of said Avatar (which is the possible EX Score that you will obtain). Keep in mind that AI has good days and bad days too, so it may outperform or lower its potential.
  5. Since a rival Avatar is loaded, you will not be able to go back or cancel the confrontation, so the START and ESCAPE keys they will be disabled until the song is finished.
  6. During the song you can modify the song offset with the F11 and F12 buttons. Also you can modify the global offset (of all songs) with the F3 and F4 buttons.
  7. If at the end of a song you get a new personal best record on your profile, it will be uploaded to the page regardless of whether you won or you lost the duel against the rival Avatar.

Double

This is the style of a player using the two panels. The instructions are the same as for Single.

Instructions to update the game

To update the game, run the "Actualization.exe" file located in the Stepmania Extreme\Program folder. If there is an update available, this executable will download it automatically and install it in the respective folders (except for the packs for Stepmania Extreme Custom, which must be downloaded manually).

If Actualization.exe doesn't work, it's probably because OpenSSL (32-bit or 64-bit) and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (32-bit or 64-bit) are missing from your PC. In that case, you can download the version of OpenSSL you need (32 or 64 bits) from the following links:
OpenSSL 32 bits
OpenSSL 64 bits

During the OpenSSL installation it will also ask you if you want to download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (32 or 64 bit). Select YES, wait for both to install, restart your PC, and update.exe should work fine.

Another way is to update the game manually, following the instructions in the Downloads section.

You must do this BEFORE running Stepmania Extreme.exe (and not while playing ).