Any plans for 6 keys / extra keys / multi keys?

[Catruption]

I like making 6 key charts and it would be nice if it was supported, it would be even nicer if i could convert my 6 key psych charts to the new engine and if changing mania didn't shift things to the side.

(That's mostly because notes are determined by number in the array and not shape of the note or index, so if you change mania the enemies chart gets messed up as it gets shifted into the players.)

[Catruption]

I don't know if this exists and i didn't see it if it does.

I heard something about it being internal, like an internal variable, but i couldn't find it in the editor itself or anything online about it
i tried setting an advanced custom setting but that didn't do it.

i only found this lol (https://gamebanana.com/mods/613535) which doesn't show it in the editor.

[Gabopogi01]

its exist now, go to chart, chose any character, edit strumline and change the key count (default:4).
maybe when you import to psych engine ro codename engine, it might not work

[r6915ee]

There is a key count variable associated with each strumline. You can set it in the chart editor under each strumline. However, as far as I'm aware, you will need to handle controls and chart importing on your own, as Codename prioritizes four-key charts and standard Psych imports (I don't entirely know myself how you would go about this, as I've never had the need to do this).

[Catruption]

I don't really know

[r6915ee]

Okay, now I'm getting confused:

• You've given the AI the terms "column position" and "column order". When you say those, what are you referring to? Are you referring to the strums? The notes? Where the notes go? Even the grid tiles? It doesn't make sense. The script I provided is for the notes themselves in the chart editor, and it should get relatively close to the angles you need; it's easy to tweak them by changing the switch statement.
• To even edit the chart editor in softcoding, you generally have to extend the Charter state. Are you trying to script this in using a separate script?

[Catruption]

Yea, i thought i was just going to try a script to fix the grid.

The column order means from left to right which notes belong to which column. Again it normally goes left, down, up, right, continuing. Cause that's the default 4 key order, which i wish to overwrite with a script or something.

[Catruption]

For your information, the grid is only a feature of the chart editor. The actual position is done in milliseconds, the grid just makes it easier to match that position more closely.

That being said, whichever AI you're using appears to be hallucinating as usual; Charter.gridBackdrops.strumLineGroup is public. Even then, if I'm understanding what you're trying to do correctly, you're able to interact with the currently visible notes by extending the chart editor state (data/states/Charter.hx) and then using something like:

function update():Void
  notesGroup.forEach((note) -> {
    // This is a completely basic implementation, do the changes you want to do in this block.
    // https://github.com/CodenameCrew/CodenameEngine/blob/main/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterNote.hx
    note.animation.curAnim.curFrame = note.id;
    note.angleTween?.cancel();
    note.angleTween = null;
    note.__doAnim = false;
    note.angle = switch (note.id) {
      case 0 | 3: 270
      case 1: 180;
      case 2 | 5: 90;
      case 4: 0;
    };
});

i guess that works? it's a decent bandaid solution if we can't just swap around graphics or use 6 key specific graphics for the charter.

[r6915ee]

Yea, i thought i was just going to try a script to fix the grid.

You'll still need to extend the state. That being said, if you do want to split this functionality between different files, then you may want to try the importScript builtin, preferably somewhere at the top of the file:

// There's no need to add the file extension; that's already handled by Script.create,
// which is used in importScript.
importScript("data/scripts/charter/gridFixes");

The column order means from left to right which notes belong to which column. Again it normally goes left, down, up, right, continuing. Cause that's the default 4 key order, which i wish to overwrite with a script or something.

Hm, the chart editor only cares about the strum ID of the note in this case, which is the actual column; the CharterNote instance is responsible for the graphic in the editor. The angle of the note is already handled by the script above. You should be able to use loadGraphic on the note like any other sprite. For good measure, you'll probably want to set CharterNote.color and CharterNote.sustainSpr.color as well, the latter of which being responsible for the color of the attached sustains.

[THEkatinamicrowave]

No good system is currently built in, but one viable option is to make a separate strumline in which you put the 2 extra notes. Then, after you save, iterate through every "id" in the "notes" section of that temp strumline and replace 0 with 4 and 1 with 5. Then, cut and paste those notes from the temp strumline into the main strumline, and change the "keyCount" attribute to 6. Then, when you go into the editor, if you save, it should work. Just remember to also set up a script/system that changes the animations of each strum and note, otherwise it'll be Left-Down-Up-Right-Left-Down which looks weird