TrotMania IV will, most likely, be using StepMania 5.1 as its base. It contains some fundamental changes to how gameplay is rendered under the hood, some of which are major enough that playing certain songs will make you have a bad time. The pun is and isn’t intended; it’s easy to figure out what I’m getting at there.
But one thing that has also been worked on in 5.1 is a redesigned options screen. Of course, we’re implementing that too.
It is quite jarring in comparison to what everyone else is used to (it mainly uses sub-menus and toggle switches), but as someone who has worked with SM5 theming for quite a while, the options menus have always been a mess of legacy components that are quite tricky to work with. This one uses a new architecture that is more in line with the rest of the platform from a coding standpoint. The menu design and behaviour itself is also still being worked on upstream, so we will be sure to pass any feedback surrounding it to its developer.
Speaking of themes, an update has been released for the TM3 themes, available via the Downloads page. It fixes a few bugs and oversights in relation to non-Event Mode gameplay (including implementation of the results “recap” page, and fixing a bug that causes SM to crash on an Extra Stage under certain conditions), and has some other tweaks.
Edit: Since the original post, the upstream design of the new options menu was updated, so TM4 has been updated to match. The new design, in my opinion, is actually a major improvement as it is more obvious that some of these buttons lead to submenus or on/off switches. I closely follow SM development, especially in regards to 5.1, and have been working to ensure that nothing I need gets derped beyond recognition.
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Oh my stars! The TMIII Update has everything that I asked for. No more Extra Stage Crashing. No more Long-Stage Crashing. No more “Whoopsie!” crashing for backing out of the StageInformation screen quickly. To also have a working Final Results page with a background animation is a wonderful cheery on top of everything. This is definitely going to be a fun moment to the dance parties that I bring this theme to, now that I can setup Undertale Extra Stages without the game crashing.
Thanks again Liro! You really outdone yourself. I would have shown my gratitude on the forum, but I’m actually having problems resetting the password to my account for the last few months, so this will have to do.
On topic though about Euphorious, I really like the visual aspect of that Options menu. it’s very aesthetically pleasing compared to the traditional options menu that we are used to. I will heavily agree with you., The current Options menu we have is clunky and is a pain to scroll through or get out, especially if you accidently get into the options menu and you don’t have a back button. Judging from the picture alone, Even if I accidently stepped into the menu while selecting a song on my pad. I could just tap select one more time to start playing instead of having to scroll all the way to the bottom to confirm. Definitely looking forward to how this menu will turn out.
Anyway keep up the good work, and thanks again for listening to the fans. ^^2
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