Frets on Fire!

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:13 pm

Not sure if anyone heard of Frets on Fire. I usually play it when I get bored of something.

Its basically like Guitar Hero on the PC, but you can make songs, customize the menu, anything.

http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

It's open source too so no spyware/viruses here.

Draquish · Post by **Draquish** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:13 pm

Frets on Lagg.

Yes.

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:14 pm

It's not laggy, you have to setup your FPS. Like mine is on 60.

Cruor · Post by **Cruor** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:54 pm

Sorry, not going to hold my keyboard that way. :oops:

Also, I don't have glasses.

Silkroad · Post by **Silkroad** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:35 pm

been playing this game for quite a while got almost 5 gigs of songs for it

Grim · Post by **Grim** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:37 pm

I didnt check out the site, but Is it pretty much FFR but with the letters instead of arrow keys?

(If you dont already now, FFR *Flash Flash Revolution* is like StepMania)
All of these are for the computer.

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:06 am

wow this game is awesome

been playing it for 2 hours straight, and first thing Ill do tomorrow will be playing this game. Im hooked, thanks

edit: and yep Im rocking with my keyboard like in the picture

fun_bot · Post by **fun_bot** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:39 am

Frets on fire: only for The Hardcore Players in the world who got some soul left from the devouring of the cyberspace

Xyzzzy · Post by **Xyzzzy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:49 am

I read the guide on how to import songs, and it sounds really complicated, how did anyone else do it, 3 songs cant keep me entertained for long XD

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:04 am

Xyzzzy wrote:I read the guide on how to import songs, and it sounds really complicated, how did anyone else do it, 3 songs cant keep me entertained for long XD

http://www.fretsonfire.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=3286

It looks more complicated than it is

I just made 2 or 3 songs of my own and it works just fine.

note: when you use freetar you will have to set up your keys the first time you use it, and use the 'press button to record' mode under 'playback' to record songs easily.

Xyzzzy · Post by **Xyzzzy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:14 am

alright makes enough sense, but when I go to open it in the second editor, I always get some strange error T_T
ever had that problem?

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:15 am

Xyzzzy wrote:alright makes enough sense, but when I go to open it in the second editor, I always get some strange error T_T
ever had that problem?

yeah thats the error (something about joysticks

) you get when you havnt set up the new key assignments yet

go to the options menu and assign new keys from your keyboard to the buttons needed and the next time you start the program you wont get an error.

Xyzzzy · Post by **Xyzzzy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:22 am

Wu wrote:
Xyzzzy wrote:alright makes enough sense, but when I go to open it in the second editor, I always get some strange error T_T
ever had that problem?

yeah thats the error (something about joysticks ) you get when you havnt set up the new key assignments yet

go to the options menu and assign new keys from your keyboard to the buttons needed and the next time you start the program you wont get an error.

agh Im ready to give up, I set the controls like you said went to import the ogg file again and
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o98/ ... /error.jpg

is it possibly becuase Im not using the java version
that one wouldnt start so I use the bottom exe but it is called music editor instead of freestar hero like in the guide

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:34 am

Xyzzzy wrote:
Wu wrote:
Xyzzzy wrote:alright makes enough sense, but when I go to open it in the second editor, I always get some strange error T_T
ever had that problem?

yeah thats the error (something about joysticks ) you get when you havnt set up the new key assignments yet

go to the options menu and assign new keys from your keyboard to the buttons needed and the next time you start the program you wont get an error.

agh Im ready to give up, I set the controls like you said went to import the ogg file again and
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o98/ ... /error.jpg

is it possibly becuase Im not using the java version
that one wouldnt start so I use the bottom exe but it is called music editor instead of freestar hero like in the guide

hmm I think both shortcuts are for the same program, doesnt really matter I think, theire both called music editor and I didnt notice any differences.

Im not sure why you get that error, but make sure you click 'new song' and not 'open song', and make sure u used a mp3 song (now converted to ogg ofcourse) and not a converted wma song because that will fail.

Xyzzzy · Post by **Xyzzzy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:35 am

your kidding right
agh I assumed you were supposed to open a song since the guide said open it
XD
I feel so nooby T_T
thanks for the help
p.s. love the gladiator mice!

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:37 am

lmao xD no problem, have fun!

Xyzzzy · Post by **Xyzzzy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:39 am

oh god we actually have to place the notes on our own
XD this will take some practice

if anyone would be willing to share the songs they already made, when I master it I will return the favor

Wu · Post by Wu » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:44 am

Xyzzzy wrote:oh god we actually have to place the notes on our own
XD this will take some practice

if anyone would be willing to share the songs they already made, when I master it I will return the favor

haha yeah, but if you use the 'press button to record' option in the 'playback' menu you can just play the song and record the notes by playing the desired keys to the song

if you have any other questions, you can always send me a PM, Ill be on tomorrow again. Im not a FoF pro though xD

g/l on making your songs, and you can always download new songs from:

http://www.fretsonfire.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi

and

http://www.keyboardsonfire.net/?songs

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:55 pm

Keyboards on Fire forums has a lot of nice songs posted there, aka Guitar Hero 2 songs. :roll:

Silkroad · Post by **Silkroad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:24 am

dude warez is your friend for songs theres 3 song packages with over 1.5GB of songs in each one just google em

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:52 am

lol u guys can find guitar hero 1 and 2 songs easily from torrents.

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:07 am

Yeah but they take like days to download.