AKB48 stepcharts for OpenITG/StepMania

[johpan]

Hi Stage48!

For those of you who play Dance Dance Revolution / In The Groove / StepMania / OpenITG / DWI / whatever, I've been making some AKB-related stepcharts just for the lulz and because I love listening to songs I love while I play rhythm games. I thought I'd share some with you guys and gals Also, I'll probably be editing this post whenever I make new ones so stay tuned to this thread! I also sorta kinda take requests. Let me know which songs you'd like done and I'll see what I can do about it and let me know what kind of difficulty you'd want...

Difficulty Note: I make these charts for myself and therefore cater to my level of play. If you guys need easier charts, let me know and I'll see what I can whip up.

Updates Note: I may add new charts to currently existing songs or fix timings if they're really off. When this happens, you don't need to redownload the whole song if you already have it; just download the new .sm file which contains the new chart information and overwrite the .sm file in the song's folder and you should be set! If you don't have the song, the main song link has the most recent version of the .sm file so you do not need to update songs downloaded using the main link.

The below are playable on In The Groove 2 machines or at home using OpenITG and StepMania. None of the .ogg files have been patched for Arcade play but read below for more info. Click the first [show] for a preview of the chart via my youtube channel or the second [show] (after Playing: ) to watch me play the song.

Namida Surprise! - (v0.1) http://www.box.net/shared/cf6ty4iplb
Difficulty: Expert 8 (shown)

Playing:

Akkanbebashi - (v0.1) http://www.mediafire.com/?kjqne21ndmd
Difficulty: Expert 9 (shown)

Playing:

Enkyori Poster - (v0.1) http://www.box.net/shared/30jiovqujj
Difficulty: Hard 8, Expert 12 (shown)

Playing:

Tobenai Agehachou - (v0.1) http://www.mediafire.com/?mzxnnewzxot
Difficulty: Expert 9 (shown)

Playing:

Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara - (v0.2) http://www.mediafire.com/?zytq2zw0mkx
Difficulty: Hard 7, Expert 10 (shown)
Updates: v0.2 - Hard chart added.

Playing:

Kanpeki Gu~No Ne http://www.box.net/shared/3c01n9ti4s
Difficulty: Medium 7, Hard 10* (shown)

!! note the video says it's an Expert 11. I downgraded it because I have plans for a harder Expert chart... lol >_>

Playing:

JK Nemurihime http://www.box.net/shared/gj360ynb5d
Difficulty: Expert 11* (shown)

Playing:

Love<3Wars http://www.box.net/shared/ablqvvdqsp
Difficulty: Easy 3 (Linrain), Medium 7, Expert 11*
Updates: v0.2 - Easy chart by Linrain added.
No videos yet

(NEW!) Kuroi Tenshi http://www.box.net/shared/a56l8kuzio
Difficulty: Hard 8, Expert 11 (shown)
(New Videos!)

Playing:

(NEW!) Minasan Mo Go Issho Ni http://www.box.net/shared/2p7ps2s09m
Difficulty: Medium 7, Hard 10*, Expert 12* (shown)
Playing:

* Has Rolls

If you're wondering about the video titles, I got one of my AKB charts muted a while back since King Records doesn't like people using their songs on YouTube so I just sneak around the auto word catch... ;D

HOME PLAY: I'm using OpenITG Beta 2 which is currently a Windows and Linux only program but is basically a reskin of StepMania. The only reason why I suggest OpenITG is because I use "Roll" arrows in some of my charts and if your StepMania can't handle them, it causes the game to freeze. OpenITG has Roll Arrow support out-of-box since, well, Roll arrows came from ITG. Also, OpenITG Beta 2 fixed video issues with previous OITGs and I don't really follow SM video support but that doesn't really matter if you don't care about the videos in the background... xD BTW, I have a macbook and just use Boot Camp to run OpenITG and it's all good! If you have StepMania running on OS X and if you can get Roll Arrows enabled, then you shouldn't have a problem running the charts with roll arrows. I'm not too sure how to go about that though. If you use an ITG-based theme, it might work.

SYNCING: If you notice the charts are off sync, download this chart and follow the instructions in-game! It's similar to syncing Guitar Hero for HDTVs if you've done that... I suggest auto-syncing based off the above chart because it's perfectly synced with ITG arcade machines meaning if the chart is synced with OpenITG or StepMania on your computer, it'll be synced with the arcade machines if you play it via USB.

ARCADE PLAY: If you have an In The Groove 2 machine in your area and want to play these songs via USB drive, you need to make sure of a few things. a) Your machine is revision 21 (r21) or higher (preferably r21) and b) Custom songs are enabled. To check for this, you can just look at your machine's title screen. Here's an example using the OpenITG software:



Here you can see that Custom Songs are enabled and the OpenITG software shows r1. Some machines have been known to run OpenITG software rendering this portion of the post useless but most machines in my area are still running the original arcade software.

If custom songs are not enabled and you have an r21 machine or greater, you could try talking to one of the arcade techs about changing the option in the service menu. The reason why r21 is preferred over r23 is because r21 allows songs longer than 2 minutes to be played after running the song's .ogg file through a patch that tricks the software into thinking it's less than 2 minutes. R23 machines cut-off any songs over 2:30 regardless of if the .ogg file is patched or not. If you need more information on this, you can head over to wikipedia where they have a deeper explanation and links to where to get everything you need.

[mitsubachi]

Oh, good job, johpan~! I was looking for some AKB songs fro stepmania, but seems thath there's no such in this world ^^
Though some guy made one, but they were so difficult, it was pain but not pleasure to play them~ ^^

I hope that yours are not that crazy~

[twilightkappa]

Thanks a lot! So far I've only seen a couple akb songs around so, much appreciated

Do you think you could try making one for Tobenai Agehachou? Any difficulty level is fine.

[mitsubachi]

Man, that is almost immpossible~! That's not to enjoy the rhythm but like for professional guitarists~ and how to do it on dance pad? you want anybody to break legs? ^^

[Wendychi]

YAY

^He does it with ease on a machine.

[johpan]

Though some guy made one, but they were so difficult, it was pain but not pleasure to play them~ ^^ I hope that yours are not that crazy~

I wonder if the ones you saw before were by me as well... ? lol

Man, that is almost immpossible~! That's not to enjoy the rhythm but like for professional guitarists~ and how to do it on dance pad? you want anybody to break legs? ^^

I've been playing DDR for about 9 years now and ITG for 3. I warm up on 9-11s. 12-13s challenge me. 14s are doable if i put my mind to it. 15s are X_X.

[johpan]

He does it with ease on a machine.

Oh Wendy, you ego booster

[johpan]

Do you think you could try making one for Tobenai Agehachou? Any difficulty level is fine.

Excellent choice

(any songs with Amina or Rena get priority )

[Wendychi]

It's what I do.

[Armitage]

Yey! finally! I'm going to enjoy this 8) one of my favorite games with my favorite group xD good job!

so, Rena and Amina? KimiKoto? xD

[johpan]

so, Rena and Amina? KimiKoto? xD

That one's coming up next after one that'll be coming out later today ;D

[johpan]

New Chart :3
Shouts to twilightkappa!

Tobenai Agehachou - http://www.mediafire.com/?mzxnnewzxot
Difficulty: Expert 9 (shown)

Also, added to the top!

[Korewahondes]

Yay, currently downloading all that you posted, johpan. Thanks a lot !

In fact, when we organize Japanimation events in our school, we put DDR/Stepmania very often so it will be nice to have some AKB songs in it. The levels are certainly too high for me but one of my friends will clear all that with (almost) no difficulty, I'm sure of that.

Could I request Kanpeki Guu no ne ? I feel this song is powerful enough to be nice on DDR. ^-^

[twilightkappa]

That was fast! :O Thanks!
Darn, I'm pretty rusty at this, haven't played in ages But I somehow survived Namida Surprise with a C.
I don't suppose you could make Tobenai at least Hard, if not medium?

[johpan]

Just for those who say that my charts are impossible, I've added YT embeds of me passing all of these songs. They're under the "playing" spoiler cut.

Enjoy!

[Armitage]

ahahaha I can't pass Enkyori xDDDD I haven't played something like this since...a looooooooong time ago O: maybe...two years? or only one, I can't remember xD

but, I survived Namida Surprise with a B+

really really good job with teh charts:D!!!

[johpan]

lol another one? >_>

Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara - http://www.mediafire.com/?bzl0yiyyiyn
Difficulty: Expert 10 (shown)

Watch out for the mines in the chorus! (do the jump!)

shouts to armitage!

[Wendychi]

joh, you're a tank.

[mitsubachi]

I wonder if the ones you saw before were by me as well... ? lol

That were 10NenZakura and Oogoe Dimond~ Dimond was ok, but Zakura just broke my brains~


Maybe i better to try it on keyboard, not gamepud~ ^^ 4 fingers are better then 2 ^^

[johpan]

That were 10NenZakura and Oogoe Dimond~ Dimond was ok, but Zakura just broke my brains~

Maybe i better to try it on keyboard, not gamepud~ ^^ 4 fingers are better then 2 ^^

aww yeah, I always play on keyboard at home.

But yeah, those charts aren't mine. Could you post links to those charts? I'm curious about them...

[johpan]

Small update including a Hard chart (7 foot/block difficulty) for Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara available here. Just overwrite the .sm file in the song's folder and the new chart should appear the next time you load up the game.

Also, new information has been appended onto the original post about playing in arcades and details about the updating I'll be doing.

Thanks again to everyone for the support :3

[johpan]

Could I request Kanpeki Guu no ne ? I feel this song is powerful enough to be nice on DDR. ^-^

Ahh, sorry for not replying sooner, I kinda missed your post xD Anyway, it's in the queue :3

[mitsubachi]

Small update including a Hard chart (7 foot/block difficulty) for Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara available here. Just overwrite the .sm file in the song's folder and the new chart should appear the next time you load up the game.

Also, new information has been appended onto the original post about playing in arcades and details about the updating I'll be doing.

Thanks again to everyone for the support :3

Check this posts at Nihongogo Forum~!

POST#1

POST#2


Besides, 7 steps is quite difficult for me~! I hardly can finish it ^^

[johpan]

Check this posts at Nihongogo Forum~!
POST#1
POST#2
Besides, 7 steps is quite difficult for me~! I hardly can finish it ^^

Do you want to know why the 10nen Zakura and Oogoe Diamond charts are hard? It's because they're made properly.

Also, the guy's StepMania isn't synced properly. I have my OpenITG synced for machine play so all the charts I make can be used in the arcades. The ones from that forum post are kinda... bad.

Correction: The charts from the youtube videos are fine and actually look like a lot of fun. The charts supplied in that thread are different and crap. They're off time (arrow types aren't placed properly) and timing's way off. I don't even think the BPMs are set properly... >_> I didn't bother checking since I couldn't even get through playing it a first time because it was so badly done.

Thanks for the links though

[Armitage]

akkambe B+
Enkyori B [hard]
KimiKoto Die everytime I play xD
Namida A-
Tobenai B+

mmm....I think I'm a B girl xD