GZ Beta 4

[callisto2002]

Hi guys and girls,

I got a new GZ Beta and thought, I'd share it with you
So, keep the downloads coming:

rapidshare.com/files/92725346/GZ_Beta_4.rar

Bye,
Callisto
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Changes:

- Added support for songs from .chart files
- Using images for most menu texts, instead of native fonts (see Text_*.png)
- Text for the above-mentioned menus can now be freely positioned using the menus.xml file. Modders will have to adapt their mods accordingly.
- Using environment mapping for the ingame notes
- Not rotating regular notes anymore
- Enabled Z Buffer while drawing the note models
- Fixed bug where preview in the training mode's song section selection would play the wrong song part (thanks fude)
- Fixed "Save Changes" option being off the screen during input configuration
- Slightly reduced the volume of menuforward.wav, menuback.wav and menumove.wav
- Tried lowering the requirements to shader 1.1
- Option <HyperSpeed>true</HyperSpeed> in config.xml now enables hyperspeed on all difficulty levels

[Wizrad]

Thanks and great job Callisto.....dl'ing now

[HEXEN/TRACKER22]

YES LETS TRY IT

Thanks thankkssss ^^


Sha...sha...shader 1.1! woow guitar zero on my old pcs ^^


wow menus like old Guitar Zero fully customizables yes!

guitar zero en español haha

[bob78h]

YES!!! Thanks a lot!! Now for rock band notes...

[xxharley1016xx]

we swee t this works thanks callisto!!!!!!!!!!!!, just cant ge tmy wirelss guitar to work lol

[txf]

Awesome work.

Although you piss me off ..You released this the day my computer died(im on my dads computer at the moment, no guitar zero :/)..


(Not really mad at you<.<...just anoyed that my computer decided to die)

[guitarfreak93]

if there's no note spin anymore... could that mean... the rockband notes we've all been waiting for?

[txf]

theres no note spin, for "normal" notes. I think there still is for star power? (not 100% sure, as I have't been able to try it)

[guitarfreak93]

well either way this beta rocks. great work callisto

[poison]

My computer has below 1.1 shaders and I'm not sure you could drop the requirements that much. Either way, it would be majorly appreciated if you could. Anyway, thanks a lot for the effort you've been putting into this and releasing it and being patient with everyone.

[hzac]

Dont push it poisonnnn

gosh.. he already got it down to 1.1/

do yourself a favour and upgrade

[poison]

hzac said:

Dont push it poisonnnn

gosh.. he already got it down to 1.1/

do yourself a favour and upgrade

i wasn't pushing it - i already said i appreciated what he's done so far even if i won't be able to play it.

[hzac]

I wasnt trying to be an [censored] lol

Im just saying.. this game wasnt made for super nintendo in '92

[flipsk8r1409]

KICK [censored] YESSSS ROCK BAND NOTES COMIN UP PEOPLES and thank you for enabling the z buffer on the notes so they show up in the right order NO MY NOTES DONT SHINE ANYMORE maybe you should put some vertex lighting in there

[poison]

hzac said:

I wasnt trying to be an [censored] lol

Im just saying.. this game wasnt made for super nintendo in '92

i just think its sorta piss poor for a game like frets on fire that might not have the capabilities or be coded the same as GZ2 but does the same thing in a similar manner and it works for everyone. that's all. one day GZ2 will probably have support for below 1.1 though.

[ten0rplaya04]

Here's a mirror of beta 4
www.mediafire.com/?exisffnxgmh

[callisto2002]

flipsk8r1409
What do you mean by "your notes don't shine anymore"? Can you post a screenshot?

poison
As far as I can tell, it's never going to go down from the current requirements - at least not shader-wise. Sorry, but if your card can't do Shader 1, it won't run with XNA at all.

[kickme003]

aw snap what does this mean?
*picture of error*<(was there but i deleted it)
(i think, that every update im gonna get an error, and then later it magically works XD)
Edit: nvm it works now (like i said "magically works later")

[furiouss]

nice job callisto on beta 4

game runs smoother notes look cooler and the modifiable text png excellent work!

cant wait to see what you do next

[esc0rtd3w]

sweet....new beta! can't wait to check it out and update the toolkit.

awesome

[frankzero]

oh god its getting better and better
thanks callisto
and all the community

cya

[flipsk8r1409]

i mean any of the notes i made wont shine anymore with the materials i had on them its most likely cause you added a new shader to them please add an option in the config to turn the shader off heres a picture comparison to show you what i mean this is before



this is after

[hzac]

btw poison is a jealous [censored] who cant play gz2 so he complains to fof mods..

lol inb4 cryfag

[fatdog]

the environment map, is this something built into the game that effects all notes or does it just mean the game now supports this feature so can we setup our own environment maps as we like

also is there anyway to gain control over the note spin option since my notes were actually designed to work with the spinning, a toggle in the xml maybe?

ideally some time down the line animation support on the notes would be the best solution since we could then animate / rotate things however we want without any settings needing to be changed whenever people switch notes

[flipsk8r1409]

yeah but animating the notes would make the game run slower and no the environment map is not completely built in there is an external image and even a shader omg maybe i could put different shaders on them

[poison]

hzac said:

btw poison is a jealous [censored] who cant play gz2 so he complains to fof mods..

lol inb4 cryfag

LOL! i locked it you numbnuts; if you weren't so wasted...

poison
As far as I can tell, it's never going to go down from the current requirements - at least not shader-wise. Sorry, but if your card can't do Shader 1, it won't run with XNA at all.

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@callisto
Thanks for the patience you had with me though and pretty much everyone else, much appreciated. Wish you luck with your project.

[rockhoward]

i see the notes in grey color after this update, why? any can help me.
I atached an image

[spectre]

By the way I reinstall my OS yesterday, then the same problem with the XNA 2.0... Then I found the solution..
You must install all the stuff in this order.
Net framework 1.1 + 2.0 + service pack (logical right)
XNA 1 .0
XNA 2.0
and at last directX 9c

For me if I install directx9c before the other components the Guitar Star crash and send me the error of XNA !
But even with the directX9c installed I do a reinstallation over himself and then the Guitar Star begins to work...
So I thinks if the order of the installations (it works for me I tried twice in diferent machine with the same result)

[eckl]

great work on the new beta!

i appreciate that you lowered the volume on the menu sounds, it truly did the trick

btw, is they whammy support still in development status? to me it doesn't seem to bend sound, just mute the right speaker or something. sounds really weird

[rockhoward]

rockhoward said:

i see the notes in grey color after this update, why? any can help me.
I atached an image

i solutioned my problem downloading new notes, but now the notes wont shine anymore ....