FoF Port (in progress)

[juniorspudgun]

Hi Guys

Yeah i'm new to the forum but i've watched things for a while, and me and my friend have started a Frets on Fire port, and so far it is going smoothly, here are some facts:

- We have removed the strum feature, because after playing HardHat's "Gunnar Hero" we decided to lose it to make playing easier, we may have an option to have it on or off

- Frets on Fire songs WILL be supported, that is one reason why we started it.

- Two tracks, so when you miss a note the guitar will stop playing but the instruments carry on

- Controls are still being discussed as i type, but we'll use something similar to Gunnar Hero's (Thanks HardHat, for the inspiration)

Of course, i'm not a "fully-fledged" homebrew developer, and any advice would be greatly appreciated, we will release it as soon as we have a stable build, but we will get screenshots ASAP.

:thumbup:

Thanks Guys!

[HardHat]

Sounds great! I look forward to it. Are you using the python environment that is available on the PSP, or are you doing the port as a rewrite in a different language?

[JKKDARK]

Frets on Fire.. where did I hear about this game?

[HardHat]

It and Freetar are the two most popular free Guitar Hero type rhythm games. It is written in Python, and is playable anywhere that python/pygame is available. It supports it's own format of songs as well as Guitar Hero format songs.

[juniorspudgun]

Alright, got an update, i have two copies now of the Frets on Fire source code, i have it in C++ and its original Python form, as im not an amazing homebrew develpor could someone give me some tips? things seem to be coming along well, but i have to ask, whats the way forward?

[JKKDARK]

It and Freetar are the two most popular free Guitar Hero type rhythm games. It is written in Python, and is playable anywhere that python/pygame is available. It supports it's own format of songs as well as Guitar Hero format songs.

Oh thanks, I remember it now :) Can't wait for some screens

[juniorspudgun]

we will get screens installed as soon as we get it running well, we will probably use a mod or something for the first release as the buttons are keys, and we want this to feel as guitar-hero-esque as possible:D

[wolfpack]

heh i hooked up my usb guitar from guitar hero to play this game on the pc. it was very very fun. This will be an interesting piece of homebrew.

[juniorspudgun]

yeah we did that too, it is really good fun, and when you're playing your own songs, its even more fun! and the idea of creating your own songs inputting the notes with the guitar on the pc and then copying them over to your psp for when you're on the move, it's an exciting idea.

UPDATE: We got something today, finally, we managed to get the EBOOT.PBP but for some reason it doesnt like loading, any ideas? and whats a good EBOOT.PBP compiler from C++ coding?:thumbup:

[bomber619]

hi everyone im junorspudgun's mate an thought i would give u n update a if u want 2 add any ideas or mods say now an we will see what we can do but if we keep working at the rate we are we should have the test game compiled after we finish converting the python files to c++ so any ideas or advice t speed up the proccess??;)

[juniorspudgun]

Yeah bomber619 is the other person helping work on this project, we hope to have a running beta of frets on fire tonight, a test version, it will have hardly any differences to the original, and we'll release it for everyone to test as a beta, so look forward to it, if i have it running soon and wokring, ill post a link up to a download, sound good? :thumbup:

[kevintrooper]

oh yeah! finnally I've been looking for a frets on fire port for a long time!

can you use frets on fire mods (like the GH mod)?????

well keep going guys!

I think you could make the controls like on the ps2 when you use a normal controler!

well I also play FoF allot with my ps2 guitar on the PC it rox: i had it for like a year now :D

Thanx for everything,

KevT


PS: try to find a driver for the ps2 or xbox360 or PC guitar hero: guitar which you could hook up via usb adepter andyeah! that would be COOLIO!

[punkonjunk]

Very exciting.

[kevintrooper]

Any Updates??????????????????

[kevintrooper]

This is a fake, isnt it?!?!?

[JKKDARK]

No, it is not fake

[kevintrooper]

how do u know?

[juniorspudgun]

hi guys, i know its been a while and i can see kevintrooper is obviously anxious, but i can't give much of an update as i am on holiday for christmas until jan 1st, bomber619 is working on it but i havent spoken to him for a few weeks, so he will update for the time being, please be patient as this does take time, and so does christmas;) i am on my psp so excuse the packed in typing, and kevintrooper, this is not fake, just be patient. bye guys, i hope everyone has a good christmas

[kevintrooper]

anythin new

[juniorspudgun]

Hi again everyone, update time, things are speeding up a bit, as ive been away for a while, and now we're resuming the project as of monday next week, and if everything goes well we'll have it up and running, there will obviously be some bugs but hopefully it will run smoothly, we are also starting some iphone projects as well, so please be patient, we are mainly focused on this for the moment though, any advice from anyone whos done a port? as that would speed up things quite a lot, anyone who gives help will be mentioned on our future site and we will include your name or something relating to you in the credits, please feel free to offer help and support, we will hopefully have something for you all soon, it is a complicated process and we dont want to give you something that doesnt work, so again, please be patient, we shall update you throughout the week.

I hope everyone had a good christmas and happy new year everyone!:thumbup:

[kevintrooper]

When beta?

[kevintrooper]

bump. and i think its over. :(

[kevintrooper]

Oh, it never even started!

[kevintrooper]

Told you people!

[JKKDARK]

Be patient and don't make multiple posts. juniorspudgun will post here when it's done.

[discombobulated]

Can't wait for this release, if it does come out.