THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: FatalT on October 16, 2007, 09:07:08 PM
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This is a PC game/mod of Guitar Hero. It's freaking amazing how its exactly like Guitar Hero. I'm playing it with the 360 guitar I got from Guitar Hero 2. I made the background/stage black so I wouldn't have any annoying crap to look at while I'm rocking out, but here's a screenshot of me playing Ride the Lightning by Metallica.
(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5881/metalpl8.jpg)
There's mods and things like that for the fretboard/score/rock meter/stages but I just like the Guitar Hero look. The main site for it is just a forum and you have to sign up there to get into the good sections of it. You could just search for the game on torrents to get it, though.
http://www.guitarzero2.proboards78.com/index.cgi? (http://www.guitarzero2.proboards78.com/index.cgi?)
So awesome.
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Can you only d/l via torrent?
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Can you only d/l via torrent?
You can dl it on the forums but you have to sign up for an account to access the Download section.
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OK, I'll sign up.
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OK, I'll sign up.
Actually, it looks like the only way to download it is via torrents. :(
Errr wait.
http://savefile.com/files/454522
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<3
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Man if I could make me some tracks from my shoegazer collection I would be all over this.
How does one go about making "new" songs to play. Is it easy?
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Man if I could make me some tracks from my shoegazer collection I would be all over this.
How does one go about making "new" songs to play. Is it easy?
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