performous
The free music and rhythm game
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description
Performous is a
free cross-platform karaoke, band and dancing game, where
one or more players perform a song and the game scores their
performances based on timing and accuracy.
Performous
supports songs in UltraStar, Frets on Fire and StepMania
formats. Also, microphones and instruments from SingStar,
Guitar Hero and Rock Band as well as some dance pads are
autodetected.
If you have
trouble with the program (no songs found, audio not working,
etc), try running it on a terminal. Some useful debug
information is printed there.
Performous
0.7.0
Internationalization:
Enabled
MIDI I/O:
Disabled
Webcam support:
Disabled
Generic
options:
-h [ --help ]
you are viewing it
-l [
--log ] arg (=.*/error) selects log
level
-v [ --version ]
display version number
--songlist
arg
save a list of songs in the
specified folder
Configuration
options:
--audio arg
specify an audio device to
use
--audiohelp
print audio related
information
--jstest
utility to get joystick button
mappings
any arguments
without a switch are interpreted as song folders.
Internationalization:
Enabled
MIDI I/O:
Disabled
Webcam support:
Disabled
audio device configuration
Performous normally autodetects microphones and playback devices
correctly, but if this fails on your machine, you will need to
configure them in the Audio Devices -screen. Advanced
configuration is possible through the command line, just remember
to enter the configuration menu and press Ctrl+S to save
them to your config file so that they don’t need to be specified
every time the program starts.
The list of available PortAudio devices is printed to the
console, but it can also be seen from the GUI.
navigation
In-game navigation uses the following keys:
Global shortcuts:
Left/Right/Up/Down/
Change selected option/song
Enter
Enter selection
Esc
Exit the current screen/mode
Alt+Enter
Switch between full screen and windowed modes
Pause or Ctrl+P
Pause audio/game
Ctrl+Up/Down
Change audio volume
Song selection:
Up/Down
Switch the sort order (song name, artist, edition, genre or song
folder path)
Any text
Search for songs (write the text to find, uses regexp format)
Tab
Randomize songs (sort them again)
Ctrl+R
Refresh song list (reload from disk)
F4
Enter jukebox mode (play songs entirely, hide song browser, allow
seeking with Up/Down)
Singing screen:
Ctrl+Left/Right/Home
Fast forward or rewind the song
Enter
Skip long instrumental breaks, or get the grading instantly at
the end of song.
Ctrl+S
Toggle synth mode (synthesized tone for notes)
Ctrl+F1/F2
Adjust audio/video sync. Use if the notes pass the black line at
incorrect time.
Ctrl+F3/F4
Adjust audio roundtrip latency. Use if the pitch wave does not
match the notes, when you match your timing to what you hear.
Ctrl+F5/F6
The total of USB controller latency combined with audio output
latency. Adjust so that you can hit the notes best when playing
by ear (not looking on screen).
Ctrl+K
Toggle karaoke mode (hide notes and scores)
Ctrl+W
Toggle pitch wave rendering (only when karaoke mode is disabled)
Ctrl+R
Hot reload song from disk (useful for making or repairing songs)
see also
You can find
more information at http://performous.org/ or
http://wiki.performous.org or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/performous/