Beat2x V0.3

[triton]

playing with the smaller arrows, looks super man! i love it, gotta get used to the changed up/down but i needed to do that anyway keep it up! this is far and away probably my favorite game on the 2x

 

[PSyMastR]

*Searches for GP2x*

I wanna play this new version sooooooo bad

EDIT: Ive been working on that pack though

 

[vossy]

im also having the same problem as mth411.
i can get to the main game screen but when i press to start it freezes.
i have
Root/ games-emulators/ beat2x/ packs
which has ccMixter and Magnatune-electronica

its all uncompressed.

Im certain it must be something ive not got quite right but i cant see what.

 

[PSyMastR]

Make sure you have a data folder under beat2x wih all the files in it, and try another button, as start is the global exit button for this program (well, it used to be, i cant test .3, but i think its the same)

 

[vossy]

yeah, i have the data folder. tried all buttons but none work.
im on firmware 1.0.1

 

[PSyMastR]

maybe thats it?

As beat2x is a sound based game, and the sound code is different for 1.4+ maybe thats why it doesn't work. Try upgrading to 1.4 Or, wait till miq01 comes on, he'll have more knowledge then me on his program.

 

[miq01]

Vossy, I don't think it's a problem of having 1.0.1 on your machine. I know of people with this firmware version that have Beat2X working. Have you ever been able to play it?

If so, can you try this? Delete 'settings.dat' from every pack folder and 'scores.dat' from 'data' folder (by deleting them you'll lose high scores and last songs played, so copy them to your HD before doing that). Does it work?

If it doesn't try starting the game with only one pack in your SD card.

And if it doesn't, try reinstalling everything with only one pack.

Sorry, but without seeing the contents of your folders that's all I can do.

 

[EvilDragon]

Would it be possible to make a "Really Quit"-Question?

Every time I finish a level I try to skip the "Perfect / Missed"-etc. counting and press start - bang, back to Title screen :/

 

[Mikey242]

Nice work mig, i love this game! I have to agree with eveyone else about the arrow sizes though. I think somewhere in between the new ones and the old ones (closer to the new ones) in terms of size would be perfect.

 

[miq01]

Every time I finish a level I try to skip the "Perfect / Missed"-etc. counting and press start - bang, back to Title screen :/

Doing a "really quit?" screen would be a good idea if it could work everywhere. But this screen during the game is not possible now as it means being able to pause it (which is a bit hard to implement, at least for me) and I'd like to keep it coherent. So what I can do for you impatient guys is to:

- Disable START during statistics (not a good idea)
- Just skip statistics and go to the next level (better)
- Stop animating the statistics and show the final results for a sec, and then jump to the next level (even better)

I'll try to add the last option for the next release.

I think somewhere in between the new ones and the old ones (closer to the new ones) in terms of size would be perfect.

Maybe Zenzuke is going to work on a new version of the new ones with smaller size.

 

[PSyMastR]

I actually like the animted stats.

 

[iignotus]

I'd also like a report card/letter grade feature instead of the plain old "Completed/Failed" screens

 

[miq01]

Zenzuke has worked on a smaller version of the arrows that come with 0.3. If you wanted an arrow set larger than the original one (v0.2) but smaller than the new one (v0.3) this is for you.

The three versions will be included in some way in the next release.

Download it here. Click the link, wait for the countdown to reach 0, click on "Don't want a premium download? Click here to access our free download links.", wait for a few more seconds, and click on one of the links after that.

And remember, you can also download the original arrow set adapted to 0.3 here.

I'd also like a report card/letter grade feature instead of the plain old "Completed/Failed" screens

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Good idea! I'll work on that for future versions.

 

[mooseknuckle2000]

this is very cool. Thanks for all your hard work on Beat2x miq01. Each release is better than the last...looking forward to more! BTW, I like the animation thing. Perhaps if some of those shadow girls were dancing during this these guys wouldn't be so impatient!

 

[PSyMastR]

miq01. I looked on how it works (the letter grade). IT takes the percentage of Outstanding, the % of Great, the % of good, etc...

 

[vossy]

still nothing.
ive tried re-installing with one pack, and with no pack.
i hear the voice say "beat, 2x" and it loads the menu, but as soon as i press a or b to start it stalls.

how do i show the contents of my folders? (im not a computer whizz!)

 

[PSyMastR]

Take a screenshot.

 

[vossy]

heres a link to a screen shot.
is this what you meant?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/vossy/screen1.jpg

 

[miq01]

Vossy, thanks for the screenshot.

I see that you're using Mac. Some other people (Mr. Munk and someone else I forgot) had similar issues to yours because of something weird the OS did to the folders (sorry, I can't remember what it is).

Check the other Beat2X threads and ask Mr. Munk about this, as I think he found a solution.

Edit: Vossy, I've found the post from Mr. Munk. It's here. He says this:

I have had this problem too, it is (almost certaintly) to do with the zip-extractor that I have been using, if you are on OSX you might consider using the stuffit expander to unarchive rather than bomarchiver ?

 

[PokeParadox]

Aha... that's right, MacOS put some extra files on the card. You have to delete them from the SD using the GP2X file browser IIRC.