All kinds of different things will be posted in here.
Xbox 360 Guitar
You may have noticed that the Xbox guitar's strum bar doesn't work with GZ using the native Microsoft drivers. I've posted the solution to this elsewhere in GZ Forums but here is a link to all the files you'll need to get up and running, tutorial included (GZ NOT included):
http://rapidshare.com/files/28323617/XBOX360_Guitar_Fix.zip
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StarPower
To add star power is fairly simple.
1. Open the .dat file to the song you wish to add star power to
2. Change <TIMESIG> to :4:4 if this has not already been done.
3. Go below the tempo line and type this: <STARPOWER>
4.
[NOTE]
<DIFFICULTY>:1
<TIME>:1.784722
<CLICKTIME>:1799
<DURATION>:0.587302
<CLICKDURATION>:592
<TRACK>:2
[/NOTE]
Find the difficulty of note you wish to add star power to; in this case, 1.
5. Add it to the end of <STARPOWER> with a : if front. It should look like this: <STARPOWER>:1
6. Find the fist note of the starpower chain's time. This note's is 1.7. Add it on to the star power with a : the same as the difficulty. It should now look like this: <STARPOWER>:1:1.7
7. Add the length of the star power chain to the code so it should look like this: <STARPOWER>:1:1.7:2.3 This makes a star power chain from the note at the time 1.7 for 2.3 seconds.
8. Repeat untill all areas of song that you wish to apply star power to have been done. It should look like this when you are done:
<BASE>:SONGS/BlowMeAway/song.ogg
<GUITAR>:SONGS/BlowMeAway/guitar.ogg
<ARTIST>:Breaking Benjamin
<TRACK>:BLow Me Away
<CLICKS>:480
<TIMESIG>:4:4
<TEMPO>:0.000000:1.000000:0:100.000000
<STARPOWER>:1:1.7:2.3
<STARPOWER>:1:4.3:3.7
<STARPOWER>:1:9.3:6.7
[NOTE]
<DIFFICULTY>:1
<TIME>:1.784722
<CLICKTIME>:1799
<DURATION>:0.587302
<CLICKDURATION>:592
<TRACK>:2
[/NOTE]
That is 3 star power chains in the song. You will need a new line for each of the starpower lines you wish to add.
And I bet a few of you are going, "Why is he saying this it was completely obvious?" If I don't someone will be completely lost for some reason and wont be able to figure it out. It always happens.
Importing Song into Guitar Zero
I just wanted to go a bit more in-depth as to playing more songs in GZ. This isn't terribly complicated, and is actually a breeze once you get the hang of it. If something is unclear, let me know and I'll fix it.
1. Open the GUITARZERO folder. Go to SONGS, and you should see 3 folders and another file. In this folder, create another folder and title it. This is extremely obvious, but you should name the folder after the custom song for convenience's sake. Open the folder, and place the following items into it:
- the midi file that is the note chart
- the music file for the backing track
- the music file for the guitar track
NOTE: If you do not have a seperate guitar and backing track, just use an mp3 (or any other music file) of the actual song.
1a.) This next step isn't totally necessary, but it's nice to do if you plan on importing a lot of songs. Rename both the midi file and the backing music file "song". If you have a guitar track, name it "guitar".
2. Leave this window open, and open up the MODPACK folder. Open the MIDICONVERTER folder, and make note of the converter's location. Since it is a runline application, you have to use the program in Run. (Go figure. ) This program will convert the midi file into a file that Guitar Zero can understand, the .dat file. Here is the exact code that you'll need to put into the Run command for a correct conversion:
"C:\(location of MODPACK folder)\MIDICONVERTER\midi2gz.exe" "C:\(location of folder with the custom song)\song.mid" "C:\(location of folder with custom song)\song.dat"
Note that you do need to type in the quotations as well.
When you hit Run, you should see an MS-DOS prompt pop up on the screen for a second or two. When you look into the folder, you should see a 4th file in there now: song.dat.
2a.) If you chose to do step 1a, continue reading this section. Leave the Run command you just used open, click "Start" on your taskbar, and drag and drop the Run command to your Desktop. If done correctly, the prompt you just typed should reappear when you open the new Run command. Now, whenever you need to convert a custom song, just change the name of the folder, instead of rewriting this prompt over and over again.
3.) Now that you have the .dat file, open it in Wordpad by right-clicking and selecting "Open With —> Wordpad". You only need to change 4 lines (and check on 1) in this document: BASE, GUITAR, ARTIST, and TRACK. BASE and GUITAR both refer to the location of the music file that will be played. If you have two seperated tracks, apply the backing track to BASE and the guitar to GUITAR. If you only have one, apply the same track to both. The ARTIST and TRACK simply refer to the name of the song and its performer, so change those at your will. Check on the TIMESIG. If it is not in 4:4 time, change it so it is. Save the document and close it.
4.) Go back to the main SONGS folder and look for the file "setlist.dat". Open that in WordPad and you should see a pretty self-explanatory document. To add your new custom song into the setlist, type the following code:
<SONG>:3:(name of song):SONGS\(name of folder)\song.dat
You can change the number in the colon if you want to, since that refers to what tier the songs will be in. Save the file when you're done and close it out.
5.) Enjoy
How to use something other than a guitar for Guitar Zero
I also think there was a fix for people who didn't have a guitar to play:
http://www.ddrspain.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=599
This is PP Joy, and people on the FoF boards said it works for Guitar Zero.
