I m a big fan of ddr as a game and form of exercise but since by foam pads and ps2 died i haven t played for a couple years.
Usb dance mat stepmania setup.
Hello i have a konami 360 dance pad and am trying to set it up to run on my pc so i can play stepmania.
I figured if i got stepmania setup on my pc and build some hard pads i could get my butt in gear and start playing again.
Open your device manager.
If an usb drive is inserted stepmania looks there for player 1 data and you won t.
Currently it supports games similar to dance dance revolution pump it up ez 2 dancer and para para.
The website also sells frames with handlebars for the dance mats.
Stepmania is capable of playing many game types.
Here is a short tutorial so anyone can start using it using dance pad.
The dance mat may be recognised as an official xbox 360 game pad but it is still necessary to install the custom driver.
Connect the dance pad to one of the usb slots on the computer.
The dance mat should appear as an unknown device in the other devices section of the device manager.
Most computers will automatically install the drivers.
These frames ought to be two things though.
The dance dance revolution on pc and mac.
Using stepmania is not very easy.
I followed the instructions on this website and i m at the end where you use the setup utility to map the buttons here is what it looks like on my screen right now i used the xgi file to auto set the buttons but my problem is that when i m holding down an arrow it will lock the controls.
Just before starting the game you will be asked to identify yourself with your profile.
Choose your dance mat set up the softwares stepmania and dance with intensity play lan and online create your own ddr tracks.
Inexpensive hard ddr stepmania dance pad controller.
Their facebook also says they are about to release various adapters to plug the usb mat into playstation 2 etc which is interesting but i don t have consoles and will be testing mat with stepmania on my laptop.
Foldable and a bit cheaper.