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-Ultrastar Deluxe 1.0.1a Readme.txt
+Ultrastar Deluxe Challenge, Medley & Duet Edition Readme.txt
----------------------------
1. Authors
2. Release Notes
@@ -8,26 +8,62 @@ Ultrastar Deluxe 1.0.1a Readme.txt
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SF.Net Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ultrastardx/
+German Ultrastar Forum: http://www.ultra-star.de
-This is just a little introduction, for more information open documentation.pdf
+This is just a little introduction, for more information press the TAB key in every screen of the game.
----------------------------
1. Authors
----------------------------
This game was introduced by Corvus5 who has written most of the code by himself.
-Basing on the official release 0.5.0 Mota and Whiteshark started to write little patches and modifications, and released this package named ultra-star.dl.am Mod.
+Basing on the official release 0.5.0 Mota and Whiteshark started to write little patches and modifications, and released a package named ultra-star.dl.am Mod.
This modification was continued at Sourceforge.net by the Ultrastar Deluxe Team:
Blindy
Mog
Mota
Sawyer
Whiteshark
-And this piece of software is the Result!
+And Ultrastar Deluxe 1.0.1a was the Result (December 2007).
+The Challenge, Medley & Duet Edition was created in the year 2010 by brunzel who has joined the Ultrastar Deluxe Team in December 2009.
+A lot of the changes and new function are the result of suggestions from the German Ultrastar forum.
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2. Release Notes
----------------------------
+
+New features and functions:
++ Challenge mode:
+ - Sing with up to 9 players in a compitition!
+
++ Medley support:
+ - Sing shortet versions of your songs! The program tries to recognize suitable sections automatically. You can also set tags for manual definitions.
+ - new tags:
+ * MedleyStartBeat: Start of the medley-section at this beat
+ * MedleyEndBeat: End of the medley-section at this beat
+ * CalcMedley: if 'Off' then the program will exclude this song from the medley function
+ * PreviewStart: The beginning of the preview in song selection (in seconds)
+ - Start the medleys over the menu (press "M" in song selection screen) or just press TAB for a full shortcut list.
+ - Medleys are usable in the party-modes.
+
++ Duet support:
+ - Sing with 2 or 4 players a song with 2 independed lyrics (voices).
+ - Duet Syntax: just add a "P1" before the lyrics for player 1 and a "P2" in front of the lyrics of player 2:
+ <header>
+ P1
+ <notes and lyrics of player 1>
+ P2
+ <notes and lyrics of player 2>
+ E
+
++ WebCam support:
+ - Enable and adjust the webcam setting in the recording options screen.
+ - Press afterwards "W" in singscreen to switch between webcam and video.
+
+Please read the changelog for more information.
+
+Some hints:
+
- To change the path to the song directory add to config.ini:
[Path]
Songs=[SongFolder] (e.g. C:\Program Files\Ultrastar\Songs)
@@ -35,28 +71,19 @@ And this piece of software is the Result!
- To take a screenshot press "PrintScreen" Key
Screenshots are saved in the directory "Screenshots".
-- To enable joypad support change config.ini:
-
- [Controller]
- Joypad=Off
-
- to
-
- [Controller]
- Joypad=On
-
-
- To Enable 4 to 6 Playermode 2 Screens are needed.
Disable the fullscreen mode, extend your desktop horizontaly, set the resolution to fill one
screen.
Add to Config.ini:
[Graphics]
Screens=2
+
+- This Version has also the support of 4 and 6 players on one screen.
- Press Alt + F[1..12] in NameScreen to Save a Playername
Press F[1..12] to Load a Playername
-- To enable benchmark run the game with -benchmark parameter
+- To enable benchmark run the game with -benchmark parameter.
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@@ -68,7 +95,6 @@ The following parameters are possible. They can be joined in any possible way.
-Benchmark : Create a benchmark.log file with start timings.
-NoLog : Do not create any .log files
--Joypad : Start with Joypad support
-Language [ID] : Load Language [ID] on startup. Example: -Language german
-Songpath [Path] : Some as config Songpath. Example: -SongPath "C:\Ultrastar Songs"
@@ -95,6 +121,8 @@ ultrastar.exe -ConfigFile C:\Ultrastar\Configs\PartyConfig.ini -ScoreFile C:\Ult
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4. Controls
----------------------------
+Press the TAB key to see a small description and keymapping in every screen.
+
Use the Arrowkeys to navigate through the Screens.
Use Enter to select and Escape to go to the previous screen.
In Songscreen you can use R, Shift + R or Strg + R to select a random song/category
@@ -102,8 +130,6 @@ Use Alt + [Letter] to jump to a songs artist with the first letter [Letter]
Use Alt + Shift + [Letter] to jump to a song title with the first letter [Letter]
Press J to open the "Search for a Song" Interface
-Editor Controls are described in documentation.pdf
-
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5. License