Site Announcements

WANTED: PHP programmers to help work on our new song database! More info HERE.
Also, some technical expertise with MIDI files would be helpful HERE.

It is currently Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:13 pm

Rock Band 2 Theme - Real game graphics

Discuss mods and get help with mods ONLY
Post a reply

Postby ugo247548 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:58 pm

Image

Welcome!

This is the official Rock Band 2 Theme 1.4 for Frets on Fire MFH Mod v3.011 thread.

Download Link:
Image Full Release (WinRAR archive) - updated Oct. 8, 2008 (RapidShare host; 134 MB)
Mirror Link:
Image Full Release (WinRAR archive) - updated Oct. 8, 2008 (MegaUpload host; 134 MB)
Both compatible with Linux / Mac OS

User provided mirrors:
Rock Band 2 Theme 1.4 Light Version and separate main menu music and stages (WinRAR archive; MediaFire) - provided by death_au

Feel free to make mirror links to other sites.

Changes 1.3 - 1.4:
** Completely new Neck Selection Screen (by Ds~ - with permission)
** Fixed newer background stages (by Super_Crazy_Dude) - now the game won't freeze with black screen or load really long
** Darker partial grey stars with glow v.3 (by .liquid. - with permission)
** Changed versiontag.png and optionsbg.png to display actual MFH Mod and RB2 Theme versions

How to install:
1. Download the theme *.rar file using one of the links above.
2. UnRAR it's contents to your Frets on Fire MFH-Alarian Mod v2.995 (you can find the download link for it in my signature) folder - {disk}:/{game folder}/data/themes.
For example, C:/Program Files/Frets on Fire/data/themes/ or D:/Games/FoF/data/themes/.
3. If you did everything right, you'll get a "Rock Band 2" folder in themes folder.
4. Launch the game.
5. Go to Options/Settings.
6. Go to Theme settings.
7. Change "Theme" to "Rock Band 2" and scroll down till you find "Apply New Settings" line and hit it.
8. That's about it.

Updates:
kristijan_mkd's update pack
* New rock_max.png (by kristijan_mkd & blazinggamer)
* New overdrive metter (by Dilussional)
* New guitar multiplier (by kristijan_mkd & Dilussional)
* New bassgroove multiplier (by kristijan_mkd & Dilussional)
* New Smaller Instrument Icon (by Dilussional)
treckzy's multiplier graphics

Optional updates:
Nightfly's alternative notes and HOPO's

Features:
* Fixed and patched with all the latest stuff (completely up to date)
* Now fully compatible with MFH Mod v3.011
* Completely new menu screens (Main Menu, Song Select, Options, Difficuty & Instrument Select, Results, Pause, Loading and Neck Select)
* 39 Rock Band 2 Background Stages in high resolution
* 19 Rock Band 2 Main Menu Songs
* GUI changes: rock meter arrows, lyrics arrows, score bar, notes streak bar, notes, multipliers
* Multiple Rock Band 2 loading pharses (mostly facts about the game)

This theme was made using only HQ official real Rock Band 2 in-game screenshots.

Demonstration video (by Super_Crazy_Dude)

Screenshots:
ImageImage
ImageImage
ImageImage
ImageImage
ImageImage

Credits:
ugo247548 (Biskit) - overall graphics and idea
Gaia - main menu buttons and background
death_au - additional artwork and ideas
DesertDiamond - additional main menu music
Figure - notes graphics
Blazingamer - rock meter and multiplier graphics
gamexprt1 - hotfixing
treckzy - overdrive graphics and multiplier fix
Xinorbis - overdrive fix
Super_Crazy_Dude - additional background stages
Dillusional - additional background stages and overdrive center lines graphics
Ds~ - neck selection screen graphics
.liquid. - partial grey stars with glow graphics

Based on:
RbMFH Theme by
Alarian, Myfingershurt, Ds~, Worldrave
Rogue_F, RACER 13 (wolferacing), h3ring
Skor, QQStarS, Daevid, EdisLeado, Capo
Ultimate Coffee, kawaii_kumiko69, D4rkSh4d0w
jrdnxxhero, Blazingamer, Glorandwarf, evil-doer
and others

Software used:
Paint.NET v3.36, IrfanView 4.10, Microsoft Paint

Feel free to comment with any of your ideas, suggestions, possible bugs or if I did not include you in credits.

----- Last Edited: Oct 8, 2008 ----- ugo247548 -----
Last edited by ugo247548 on Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Mess with the best, die like the rest!
User avatar
ugo247548
Member
 
Posts: 160
Joined: Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:41 pm
Location: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Karma: 0
Top

Postby Dan1lo » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:10 pm

Is that seriously the main menu o_O

woooow that's awesome o_O
I can't really say much, the mod is awesome, I only think that minor details on gameplay, such as the rock meter and the notes will be improved with some time, but wow o_O
http://www.youtube.com/user/Dan1loBr <-- youtube profile

I guess people on forums won't ask where the mods I use come from as often as random guys do :D
User avatar
Dan1lo
Member
 
Posts: 1237
Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:42 pm
Karma: 0
Top

Postby Lysdestic » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:11 pm

This looks great, I'll download it now, and run it wine, so I can get the actual files out. :)
Last edited by Lysdestic on Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
DLC Quickplay | Lysdestic.com

raph666 wrote:Lys might be rude sometimes, but he's often right.

Prof. Logic, Ph.D
User avatar
Lysdestic
Member
 
Posts: 2660
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:41 am
Location: Kentucky -- Longing for Oregon.
Karma: 15
Top

Postby bullet2552 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:52 pm

dude nice job.. i downloaded it and its awesome.. one thing though isnt the lyrics suppose to show up while you play the song..cause when i played it. there were no lyrics..what sould i do?
bullet2552
Member
 
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:05 am
Karma: 0
Top

Postby Lysdestic » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:54 pm

That's only if you are playing a Rock Band song.
Image
DLC Quickplay | Lysdestic.com

raph666 wrote:Lys might be rude sometimes, but he's often right.

Prof. Logic, Ph.D
User avatar
Lysdestic
Member
 
Posts: 2660
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:41 am
Location: Kentucky -- Longing for Oregon.
Karma: 15
Top

Postby bullet2552 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:55 pm

oh ok..thanks
yeah that would make sense ha
bullet2552
Member
 
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:05 am
Karma: 0
Top

Postby Lysdestic » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:58 pm

Don't worry, I caught myself asking that to... myself... in my head one day, and then I realised I was playing a Guitar Hero 3 song. :p
Image
DLC Quickplay | Lysdestic.com

raph666 wrote:Lys might be rude sometimes, but he's often right.

Prof. Logic, Ph.D
User avatar
Lysdestic
Member
 
Posts: 2660
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:41 am
Location: Kentucky -- Longing for Oregon.
Karma: 15
Top

Postby evil-doer » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:01 pm

is there any way to rip the songs out of rock band from a 360 disc image? any time i look for instructions its for ps3. ill have rb2 in like an hour
Last edited by evil-doer on Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
evil-doer
Member
 
Posts: 372
Joined: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:34 pm
Location: Canada
Karma: 0
Top

Postby ugo247548 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:03 pm

Dan1lo, Figure was working on RB2 score multiplier graphics.
And I will start working on RB2 rock meter soon.
These are the only two features missing yet.

And thanks to everyone for the kind words.

I'm hoping to use it myself with decrypted RB2 song rips and career files (when they come out after the game release).

evil-doer, you should ask cama about it or use the same method as in ripping the songs from RB1.
I totally envy you. :p
Last edited by ugo247548 on Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Mess with the best, die like the rest!
User avatar
ugo247548
Member
 
Posts: 160
Joined: Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:41 pm
Location: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Karma: 0
Top

Postby Lysdestic » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:26 pm

**** I didn't realise Rock Band 2 was out.

Whoah.

And I'm still not done getting the Rock Band 1 DLC.
Image
DLC Quickplay | Lysdestic.com

raph666 wrote:Lys might be rude sometimes, but he's often right.

Prof. Logic, Ph.D
User avatar
Lysdestic
Member
 
Posts: 2660
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:41 am
Location: Kentucky -- Longing for Oregon.
Karma: 15
Top

Postby mrhoeivo » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:28 pm

Rock Band 2 isn't out yet, it's being released for the 360 on the 14th.
User avatar
mrhoeivo
Member
 
Posts: 412
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:32 am
Karma: 0
Top

Postby jiiiiimmmy » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:03 pm

This theme is pretty awesome!
Thanks man!
a.k.a. Jimmynidas!
User avatar
jiiiiimmmy
Member
 
Posts: 476
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:17 pm
Karma: 0
Top

Postby blazingamer » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:32 pm

I made some new bars from those screenshots if you want to use them.

Image

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
ImageImage
ImageImage

Python and FoF
Spoiler:

blazingamer wrote:I still don't like you people that say Python is the reason why the game goes slowly. It's not python that makes the game slow, the only thing that is slower in python than c is the compile time and the variable type signing (since it's dynamic) but if you keep variables the same type the whole time then it won't go slower than c. The only reason why these C versions that people keep making are faster is because the code is seriously bare bones. If you look at all the different passes and modules that FoF has to go through compared to one of those games, in addition to the way math is handled, you'll see why FoFiX lags so much. The code is written from an excessively modular base that is poorly written for what it needs to do, it could be simpler and as a result faster. Not only that, but most of these C games are written in directX and are windows only, most graphics cards are optimized for directX over openGL, so of course it's going to run faster if it's directX, the only reason why FoF is openGL is because the developers wanted it to be cross platform.

So, before you start blaming python for the reason why FoF is slow look at the code yourself and see why. If it was written in C except everything was kept in tact the same way it is written in python, it will go just about as slow, maybe a just maybe little faster just because C can do math faster.
Mr. Ideaguy
User avatar
blazingamer
Member
 
Posts: 1841
Joined: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:47 am
Location: Place
Karma: 8
Top

Postby slantyr » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:49 pm

nice job
Image
Uncle Fester
User avatar
slantyr
Member
 
Posts: 692
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:50 am
Location: the great white north
Karma: 2
Top

Postby holystoneH » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:49 pm

the song select is awesome ugo
holystoneH
Member
 
Posts: 1221
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:50 pm
Karma: 8
Top
Next
Post a reply

Return to FOF Mod Discussion and Support

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: OzzyOzrock and 3 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group