Stepmania Online

Since 19th June 2005, Stepmania 3.95 has enriched the lives of over 9,999 stepmania players around the globe - players and developers alike - with features such as 717x616 resolution support, the goodest default theme and noteskin, and GLORIOUS XML BGanimations!

Stepmania 3.95 has also been an absolute haven for developers of both themes and gimmick simfiles, providing HOURS of fun when creating even the most simple things that you just don't get with any other version of stepmania - you just don't know what that WaCkY stepmania engine will do next!!! What will happen when you pick that option in the edit menu? WHO KNOWS! Fun for the whole family guaranteed!

And not only that, but making a cool gimmick simfile in stepmania 3.95 renders you a PRO! Why use something easy and BORING like stepmania 5 where everything's pretty much done for you, when you can be a REAL MAN like the machine code programmers of the past and write your code in the number one programming language - XML!

So let's all raise our glasses to ten years of the greatest version of Stepmania ever to exist - Stepmania 3.95!

Congrats, nobody really care about this post you made. Pretty much anyone could use SM 3.95 or SM5 whatever they like in term of noteskins, gimmicks or theme-wise.

XML or LUA, it's really about the preference that's most comfortable.

As for gimmick simfiles, go with OpenITG instead.

I think it is general understanding that stepmania 3.95 at this point is a crutch on stepmania development. There isn't really anything to celebrate other than the 10th anniversary since stepmania online's initial conception.