What's wrong with SM4 ??

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I'm just wondering why Stepmania 4 isn't recommended for SMO.
Is it just because of the ugly layout or what?
I'm wondering if I should even bother getting SM5,
because I've had SM4 since it came out and have been using it on and off for years without any problems.

[owenviau1]

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maybe I'll download it and try it out, I just don't want to go through all the trouble of setting up speed mods and things like that all over again.
the version of SM4 I have has a modded theme where the scoreboard is transparent because of how bulky and ugly it was by default.
I remember there were a lot of little things like that I had to do just to make the game playable, but it seems to work just fine with SMO.

Also, I posted this in the wrong forums somehow, I went to delete it and repost in the proper place, but I had already recieved a reply.
whoops

[foxfire667]

It's probably because the vast majority of players stuck with either the latest version, or 3.95/OpenITG). SM5 is currently being updated, and receives bug fixes / admin support / takes suggestions. Anything outside of the latest version of SM5 does not have that luxury, so making the switch is a good idea (unless your hardware cannot support it properly).

In SM5 speed mods are able to be added in with a file called Speedmods.txt (Save\MachineProfile\Speedmods.txt; \Save\LocalProfiles\0000000*\Speedmods.txt). It's really easy to do. Here is what my speedmods.txt file looks like for reference: 0.5x,1x,1.5x,2x,3x,4x,5x,6x,7x,8x,C363,C382,C403,C426,C453,C483,C518,C558,C604,C659,C725

EDIT: moved to proper forum

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Thanks, I just downloaded it.
I guess I'll try it out, adding the speedmods seems easy enough, and I see there's a sticky for adding toasties back in which is cool.

[SpoOkyGames]