Hey everyone. I know that Chromatic has been on the Acme ITG2 machine for ages. It's a good, functional theme, but I thought it might be nice to try something a bit different. As such, I've uploaded a version of the ITG3 theme that I've modified and been using on my dedicab.

What's modified? Some minor graphical stuff to see things on the song wheel better, a couple extra speed mods and mini options, some sound tweaks (got rid of the horrid music wheel change SFX), and I added the song folder display at the top of the screen. This theme also has some nice operator menu options that allow you to adjust music wheel speed (I prefer the middle option) and it also has an awesome real-time score tracker that displays how many Fantastics/Excellents/Other steps you have while you play through a song.

Also, this theme is a lot cleaner and more aesthetically engaging than most ITG themes and could make it easier for the non-hardcore players to understand the game and navigate it. Also, if you want to know how many hands/holds/etc a song has, just hold the red button.

Anyways, here's the link. Perhaps Tony can put it onto the machine while he's fixing it and you all can give your feedback. (Note to Tony: If you already have the ITG3 theme on the machine, I'd rename its folder or replace it with this one (this one is much newer). When you are selecting the theme in the operator menu, choose mod-ITG3. If you choose regular ITG3, you will likely not get all the additions I've made.)

www.techno-hut.com/download/itg3-suko.zip

Just wondering how everything is going! Is it safe to go tomorrow morning or should I wait?

Thanks to a lot of help from Vyhd, I've got the Debian drive running OITG in what seems to be a ready-to-go state. Ideally I'd take a little more time to test it out, but getting the computer back to Acme is a priority.

I have some commitments today, but I'm trying to work my schedule such that I can make it down there and slap the computer back in, so that people can start playing again. Worst case, I'll run out first thing tomorrow morning, but hopefully I'll be able to make it down there in the early afternoon today.

Couldn't make it yesterday, will be heading toward Acme today before too much longer. I'll post again once the machine is back up and running.

ITG currently crashes if you try to play a song, so I pulled the computer. Oddly, it wasn't doing this to me when I was testing it at home. Will try to figure out what's up and get the computer back for another test run before the day is through.

I'm just assuming the machine won't be back up tomorrow. 

When could we expect the game to be up and running again? 

Thanks again for your work Tony!

Any update on the computer? I'm thirty for some itg

I'm so ITG deprived... 

What am I going to do with myself...

You will be forced to take tap dancing classes in the meantime!

  I don't own tap dancing shoes!

I wonder when the machine will be playable it's been close to a week now am I'm freaking out, haha!

I hope soon...

I'm just going to say we probably won't see ITG until the end of this week... 

I guess its a big problem.

Or start playing more pump

I second that! Pump needs more love.

I need more competitors.

I feel exactly like ""

I can't play PIU to save my life... 

It's not that hard to learn! There are a lot of fun, easy songs to help you get used to the panel layout, after that it doesn't take too long to move to the harder stuff.

Yea but when you've played 4-panel competitively for years, 5-panel's style really isn't as appealing, not to mention the lack of song selection compared to on ITG...


Seriously though this is the longest the Acme machine has been broken in my recollection of many years of play... Please tell me it's going to be fixed soon... Our last status update was days ago and we're all being left hanging here...

Courtesy update? 

We really could use one. We have no idea what is going on with ACME's machine, a quick update would be appreciated. Having the machine fixed would be even better! 

Sorry for the delay, I've been a little swamped at work. I should have enough time to wrap up the fixes tonight, otherwise I have tomorrow off for the holiday. Either way, I should be able to get things running again by Friday evening after I get off work, unless something goes horribly wrong (which isn't too likely - the stuff that tends to go horribly wrong is already set up and working properly).

M477! Are you going to be at Acme this Friday night for Pump?

8:45 as usual, sir! The rest of you guys should come and play/appreciate Pump with us!

Psh, don't give me that "as usual", I was there two Fridays ago and you never showed! This coming Friday will be the last I can make an appearance, next week I'll be in Las Vegas for EVO and then I'm off to San Diego.

Oops, I forgot that I was celebrating a co-worker's 21st that day.

Aside from that, I'm usually there by 8:45 on Fridays.

Don't you play DDR?

Just to clarify, are you going tonight to fix the machine? Could we expect to see it up tomorrow then?