Game: Frets on Fire

Game: Frets on Fire

Developer: Unreal Voodoo
Designer: Sami Kyöstilä
Engine: Pygame
Version: 1.3.110
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Release Date: August 3, 2006
Latest Release Date: November 5, 2008
Genre: Rhythm -> Music
Modes: Singer player, Multiplayer (in other recent versions)

Guide created by: NejiHyuga900 (formerly ZappingNinja)
Contact: [email protected]
Guide Version 3.5
My Guide Copyrighted as: ©2011 Thunder Dragon Productions

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Table of Contents
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To get to a section faster, press CTRL + F (Windows) or COMMAND + F (Mac)
and type in a section code (with brackets [ ]).

I. Version [VERSN]
II. About [ABOUT]
A. System Requirements [SYSTM]
B. Downloading & Installing [DOWNL]
III. Controls [CTRLS]
IV. Songs [SONGS]
A. Setlist [SLIST]
B. Chart Editors [CHART]
C. Adding Songs [ADDNG]
D. Song.ini Values [VALUE]
V. Modifying Frets on Fire [MODS]
VI. Cheat Codes [CHEAT]
VII. Frets on Fire X [FOFIX]
A. Downloading & Installing [XDOWN]
B. Features [FEATR]
C. Compare/Contrast [COMPR]
D. Themes [THEME]
VIII. Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]
IX. Credits & Copyright [CREDT]

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I. Version [VERSN]
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Version 1.0 - August 18, 2007
Created by Zapping Ninja, my old account.
- Incomplete FAQ.

Version 2.0 - May 19, 2008
Created by NejiHyuga900, my main account.
- Information Section changed and improved
- Controls section I included the GH Controller
- Notes for Difficulty section now includes GH difficulty
- A new cheat added and a new hint
- A logo on top of the FAQs
- Removed: Credits section in Contents because I don't feel like putting in
the credits

Version 3.0 - March 3rd, 2011
- Reformatting the layouts
- Edit the contents throughout the entire guide
- Added a section for FoFiX (Frets on Fire X)
- Added a section for Song Editors I know
- This guide may look incomplete but it will be my final update since I
don't want to explain everything that I may not understand myself.

Version 3.5 - April 5th, 2011
- It appears that 3.0 wasn't my final update since I felt like adding extra
information to the FAQ.
- Updating Section III: Controls - External Control
- Adding additional information for EoF and FeedBack editors.
- Adding values for Song.ini section and A LOT of them too.
- Added more questions that I thought of for the FAQ section.

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II. About [ABOUT]
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Frets on Fire (abbreviated as "FoF") is a free, open-source music video game
created by Unreal Voodoo in Finland. Players use the keyboard (or a Guitar
Hero/Rock Band Controller to play along with markers which appear on screen,
with the aim to score points, achieve a high point multiplier, and complete
a song. Frets on Fire was the winner of the Assembly 2006 game development
competition.

The game is written in the Python programming language, and is licensed
under the GNU General Public License, although the game incorporates other
free and open-source code under other licenses. The game's included song
files and some internal fonts are proprietary, and their redistribution is
not permitted outside of the Frets On Fire executable.

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| Subsections |
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| A. System Requirements [SYSTM] |
| B. Download Sources [DOWNL] |
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A. System Requirements [SYSTM]
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- 128 Megabytes of RAM
- A fairly fast OpenGL graphics card with decent drivers
- For Windows Users: Direct X compatible sound card
- For Linux Users: SDL compatible sound card; SDL library installed
- For Mac OS X Users: Intel processor

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B. Downloading & Installing [DOWNL]
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Download Source:
http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

1. Select a downloading source from what platform OS platform you are
downloading from.
2. Open or save the EXE file and open it. If downloading a ZIP folder,
extract it with WinRAR or any other program that extracts ZIP folders.
3. Click "Run"
4. Select the type of installation you want.
- Full: Frets on Fire core files, Start Menu and Desktop, Mods, Songs,
Translations
- Lite: Frets on Fire core files, Start Menu and Desktop
- Custom: Frets on Fire core files, and whatever folders you want to add.

NOTE: The Full download is recommended.
5. Select where to install Frets on Fire. By default, it will be in your
Program Files (or Program Files (x86) if you have an 8-bit Windows).
6. Install game.

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III. Controls [CTNTS]
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These are the controls for Frets on Fire by default.

Menus
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Up = Up
Down = Down
Enter, F1 = Accept
Escape, F2 = Cancel, Back

Gameplay
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F1 = Green Fret (Track 0)
F2 = Red Fret (Track 1)
F3 = Yellow Fret (Track 2)
F4 = Blue Fret (Track 3)
F5 = Purple Fret (Track 4)
Enter = Pick
Shift = Secondary Pick
Escape = Pause Menu

Song Editor
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Up = Move up a track
Down = Move down a track
Right = Move right
Left = Move left
Spacebar = Play/Pause song
Enter = Add note
Left or Right + Enter = Make notes longer or shorter
Fret(s) + Enter = Add notes to the hold fret(s)
Fret (on menu) = Tells you what track the note hits
Page Up/Down = Switch Difficulties

External Controllers
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Frets on Fire does accept external controllers such as a gaming controller
or a guitar controller. To use a PlayStation 2 Guitar Hero or Rock Band
controller, you will need to buy a PS2 USB Adapter, but you must configure
the controls for the controller you are using.

You can use any type of gaming controller that has a USB port, such as an
Xbox 360 controller, PlayStation 3 controller, or a PC gaming controller.
The controller can be a regular gaming controller, a guitar controller,
Guitar Hero Drums, or Rock Band Drums but if the controller is wireless,
you will need a wireless USB adapter for that controller.
If
the controller(s) you have are wireless, you will need a wireless USB
adapter for that specific controller.

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IV. Songs [SONGS]
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| Subsections |
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| A. Setlist [SLIST] |
| B. Chart Editors [CHART] |
| C. Adding Songs [ADDNG] |
| D. Song.ini Values [VALUE] |
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A. Setlist [SLIST]
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In Frets on Fire, there are only four playable songs included. There are
three songs in the setlist by Tommi Inkila, and a tutorial.

"Bang Bang, Mystery Man" - Mary Jo (feat. Tommi Inkila)
"Defy the Machine" - Tommi Inkila
"This Week I've Been Mostly Playing Guitar" - Tommi Inkila
"FoF Tutorial" - Jurgen (Tommi Inkila)

NOTE: When downloading Frets on Fire X (FoFiX), no songs are included.

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B. Song Editors [SHART]
-----------------------

There are different song/chart editors you can you to create custom songs
for Frets on Fire.

NOTE: You will need Audacity if you want to convert MP3 files to OGG files.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Built-in Song Editor
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The original Frets on Fire includes a built-in song editor to create custom
songs. However, there aren't many features in this editor. In this editor,
you can:
- Add notes or chords, as well as long notes/chords.
- Estimate a song's tempo.
- Changing difficulty.

PROS
- Basic editting for beginners.

CONS
- All notes are long notes.
- The shortest note duration is 1/16th.
- Only creates a note chart for Guitar.
- Tempo is constant; you can't change the tempo between sections.
- Can't create Sections for parts of a song.
- Can't create Events when playing on a game with animated background.
- Time Signature is always at 4|4.

Using the built-in song editor of Frets on Fire is NOT recommended to create
custom songs.

Editor on Fire
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http://code.google.com/p/editor-on-fire/

Editor on Fire (EOF) is an advance chart editor specially used for Frets on
Fire and FoFiX. Its current version is v1.8b4 which is useful for making
songs for the Phase Shift game but the official Google Code's version is
v1.71 for Windows and Linux users and v1.6 for Mac OS X users.

PROS
- Includes a tutorial on how to use it.
- It has pretty much everything you will need.
- Create events when making it for a Guitar Hero game to make the stage to
do what you want.
- Change the tempo anywhere and can make the tempo precisely more accurate.
- Edit Guitar, Bass/Rhythm, and Drum notes in any of the four difficulties.
- You can change the Time Signature, even the value of beat.
- Advanced chart editing but yet, easy to handle when you get use to it.
- Add vocals
- Edit
- A lot more things to do in this editor rather than FeedBack Chart Editor.

CONS
- Can't use the extended sustain glitch like you can do in the FeedBack
Chart Editor and in the built-in GHMix 2.0 song editor for Guitar Hero 5,
Band Hero, and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
- It may be a little bit more difficult to use than the FeedBack Chart
Editor but that depends on what you are use to making charts with.

v1.6 and v1.71: http://code.google.com/p/editor-on-fire/downloads/list
v1.8b4 (r726): http://www.sendspace.com/file/jk01lv

FeedBack Chart Editor
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http://www.dotblip.com/feedback/index.php?page=about

FeedBack (dB) is a popular, advance chart editor for making Frets on Fire,
FoFiX, and Guitar Hero charts. The latest version is v0.97b but it may be
discontinued. This editor is not supported with Windows 2000.

PROS
- It has pretty much everything you will need, well almost.
- You can add section names to parts of songs.
- Create events when making it for a Guitar Hero game to make the stage to
do what you want.
- Change the tempo anywhere and can make the tempo precisely more accurate.
- Edit Guitar, Bass/Rhythm, and Drum notes in any of the four difficulties.
- You can change the Time Signature (but only in #|4).
- Advanced chart editing but yet, easy to handle.
- There is a glitch where you can create extended sustain notes (long notes
that pass through other notes) by copy a long note with SHIFT + Arrow Up
to select the long note and CTRL + C to copy it or CTRL + X to cut it and
move it and paste it anywhere before another note. This glitch also works
with GHMix 2.0 in the Music Studio of Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, and
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

NOTE: The length of the range selection using SHIFT + Arrow Up or Arrow
Down MUST be shorter than the distance between the spot you are pasting
the long note to and the note(s) you want the long note to surpass
without deleting the notes in front. Don't worry, when you select a
single long note (even at a small range), it will copy the entire long
note without cutting off the long note.

CONS
- Hammer-ons and Pull-offs are automatically set and placed to notes less
than 1/8th of the duration of notes since it uses Guitar Hero II's engine.
- The Time Signature's valud of beat is always set to 4 but you may leave it
at that for a measure.
- Some of the tracks that you can chart are useless. Just stick with Guitar
Coop-Lead, Coop-Bass/Rhythm, and Drums.
- You will need to use Chart2Mid to convert a CHART file to a MIDI file. You
can download Chart2Mid here: http://www.mediafire.com/?yy2bt95jiee

The FeedBack Chart Editor is one of the best chart editors to use. However,
since the official website's download links are "dead", you can download the
latest version here: http://www.mediafire.com/?xemyzojmlmy

NOTE: If that MediaFire link is dead, PLEASE email me and I will replace the
link.

Freetar Editor
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Freetar Hero is a quick PC Guitar Hero like-game but in Java. It has its own
editor which can be for Frets on Fire. It is better than Frets on Fire's
built-in song editor but it is not a recommendable software.

PROS
- Basic editting.
- Can edit Hammer-ons and Pull-offs but will not effect the song in Frets on
Fire.

CONS
- Make charts for Guitar only.
- Even though adding notes is more precise, the notes go off beat.
- Tempo goes by beats per second (BPS) instead of beats per minute (bpm)
- Tempo is constant throughout a song.
- Charts are in SNG format. So you need to convert it to MIDI if you want to
play songs in Frets on Fire or FoFiX. You can do so at:
http://www.nukular.ch/foftools

Out of all of these editors, I recommend you to download EOF or FeedBack.

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C. Adding Songs [ADDNG]
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If you are manually making a folder for a specific song, the requirements
that a song MUST include (in order to play your song correctly) are:
- song.ini - For the song's name/artist and other information and editing
the settings for the song.
- notes.midi - For the note chart of the song
- guitar.ogg - The Guitar track of the song

OPTIONAL:
- album.png - FOFIX/ALARIAN ONLY: Using the Album picture (if label is set
to Album).
- label.png - For album, CD, or Cassette picture.
- notes-unedited.midi - FOFIX/ALARIAN ONLY: For changing the note chart if
enabled.
- song.ogg - The Song (background) track of the song. Can also be Vocals.
- rhythm.ogg - FOFIX/ALARIAN ONLY: The Bass/Rhythm track of the song.
- drums.ogg - FOFIX/ALARIAN ONLY: The Drums track of the song.

Importing Guitar Hero tracks
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If you have Guitar Hero or Guitar Hero II (PlayStation 2 only), you can rip
the tracks into the original Frets on Fire in-game but you will need to
download oggenc.exe first: http://www.rarewares.org/ogg-oggenc.php

NOTE: I have never imported a Guitar Hero game into Frets on Fire so I don't
know how it works so GOOD LUCK!

Downloading Songs
-----------------
Don't feel like creating your own track? You can download tracks created by
other users at:

http://fretsonfire.wikidot.com/custom-songs

or

http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/
viewforum.php?f=5&sid=e3482df7d10cce677c25aaab60b04380

If you want to request someone to make a specific song for you, go to:
http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/
viewforum.php?f=10&sid=e3482df7d10cce677c25aaab60b04380

NOTE: You must create an account in the Frets on Fire forums.
WARNING: The note chart of a song you are downloading may be unpredictable
so don't think the notes what you want will be there.

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D. Song.ini Values [VALUE]
--------------------------

When adding information to a song in the song.ini file of the song, here is
a link giving you a list of features that you can put into a song.ini file
to edit the song data.

http://fretsonfire.wikidot.com/song-ini-values
http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/SongINIInstructions

To correctly add a feature into the song.ini without messing up, always make
sure that that "[song]" (no quotes) is at the top of the song.ini
configuration document. All features you are adding MUST be below the [song]
text (you) added into song.ini.

Here is a list of feature that you can add but many of them can only
function correctly on a specific game version or mod of Frets on Fire:

FEATURES
--------
Add the name of the feature to you want to the song.ini file, space, add
"=", space, value.

album
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.035b and above
- Need Verifcation for: FoF RF-Mod
- Effect(s): Display the name of the album in the setlist (Rock Band-style
setlist).

artist
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): All Versions
- Effect(s): Display the name of the artist in the setlist and in game.
NOTE: This may be required to play the song.

cassettecolor
- Value: Hex (#rrggbb)
- Compatible Version(s): All Versions
- Effect(s): Changes the color of the cassette or CD in the setlist.

count
- Value: Number
- Compatible Mod(s): RF-Mod (???), FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: RF-Mod
- Effect(s): The number indicates on how many times you played the song.

delay
- Value: Number (positive or negative)
- Compatible Mod(s): All Version
- Effect(s): Delay (positive) the notes at the beginning or advance them
closer (negative). The value of the number is in milliseconds.
This is pretty much the same as Audio/Video delay.

diff_band
- Value: Number (0-6)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.035b and above
- Effect(s): Set the overall difficulty level of the song for the band.
(Rock Band-style setlist).

diff_bass
- Value: Number (0-6)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.035b and above
- Effect(s): Set the difficulty level of the song for bass/rhythm. (Rock
Band-style setlist).

diff_drums
- Value: Number (0-6)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.035b and above
- Effect(s): Set the difficulty level of the song for drums. (Rock Band-
style setlist).

diff_guitar
- Value: Number (0-6)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.035b and above
- Effect(s): Set the difficulty level of the song for guitar. (Rock Band-
style setlist).

diff_vocals
- Value: Number (0-6)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX 3.120 and above (???)
- Effect(s): Set the difficulty level of the song for vocals. (Rock Band-
style setlist).

eighthnote_hopo
- Value: 1 (True/On) or 0 (False/Off)
- Compatible Mod(s): RF-mod 4.15, FoFiX
- Effect(s): Enables Eighth notes (1/8) to be hammer-ons/pull-offs.

force_background
- Value: 1 (True/On) or 0 (False/Off)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Changes the background of the stage in-game to a background
in the song folder named "background.png".

frets
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): RF-mod, FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF
- Effect(s): Display the name of the person who charted the song in game.

genre
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Display the genre (type of music) for the song in the setlist
(Rock Band-style setlist).

hopofreq
- Value: Number (0-5)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX (r487 and above for full use)
- Effect(s): Set the range of the Hammer-Ons/Pull-offs for the song but
Song HOPO Freq must be set to "Auto" in the Options menu.
0 = Very Low, 1 = Low, 2 = Average, 3 = Above Average, 4 =
High, 5 = Very High

icon
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX (w/ custom themes)
- Effect(s): Set an icon next to the song title in the setlist. To add an
icon (you must be using a custom FoFiX theme to do this), go
to a custom theme you downloaded or have (in "Data/Themes"),
go to "menu/icon" (if there isn't an Icon folder, you may
create one and add a 50x50 PNG file). Add the name of the icon
you have (you don't need to add .png) for the value to use
that icon for the song title in the setlist (Rock Band-style
setlist).

loading_phrase
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Write a text (sentence or phrase) to display it on the loading
screen when you have selected your song. This will override
other loading phrases that the theme usually uses in the
loading screen. To add more than one loading phrase, add
quotes (" ") to each sentences or phrases.

lyrics
- Value: 1 (True/On) or 0 (False/Off)
- Compatible Mod(s): RF-Mod, FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF
- Effect(s): If there is a script.txt document in the song folder, this
will display the text.

name
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): All Versions
- Effect(s): Display the name of the song in the setlist and in game.
NOTE: This feature IS REQUIRED to play a song.

score
- Value: Random letters and numbers that are encoded
- Compatible Mod(s): All versions
- Effect(s): High Scores for the song. You may delete this and "score_ext"
to reset the high scores for the song.

score_ext
- Value: Random letters and numbers that are encoded
- Compatible Mod(s): All versions
- Effect(s): Note Streak, Star Phrases, and Percentages of the High
Scores for the song. You may delete this and "score" to reset
the high scores for the song.

tags
- Value: Text = "cover" (no parenthesis)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF, RF-Mod
- Effect(s): When set as "cover" (must be lowercased), it will display
"As made famous by" between the song name and artist in game
indicating it is a cover version.

tutorial
- Value: 1 (True/On) or 0 (False/Off)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Hides the song in Quickplay and indicates its a tutorial song.
If there is a script.txt document in the song folder, it will
be used in the song [tutorial].

unlock_id
- Value: Text = "<Unlock ID in titles.ini>"
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Set the ID of the song to set it to a specific tier from a
titles.ini in the setlist to indicate what tier the song
belongs to. After setting the ID, you may place "a", "b",
"c", or whatever next to the Unlock ID in the song.ini to
organize the song and to set their own individual sub-ID.
(Career/Solo Tour mode)

unlock_require
- Value: Text = "<Unlock ID in titles.ini>"
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Set a specific song ID (title ID is optional) from a different
song. Once the chosen song (by ID) is completed, this song
will be available to play in Career. (Career/Solo Tour mode)

unlock_text
- Value: Text
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Displays the text for the song/tier you have not unlocked yet
indicating that you have to play that song/entire tier
before playing this song.

version
- Value: Number (can also use periods)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF, RF-Mod
- Effect(s): Display the version of the song. Can also be for the version
update of the note chart.

video
- Value: Number
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Replaces the background with a video (in any format supported
by GStreamer such as AVI) during the song.

video_start_time
- Value: Number (positive)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Effect(s): Skips the video to a specific starting point in milliseconds.

video_end_time
- Value: Number (negative)
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF, RF-Mod
- Effect(s): Ends the video to a specific point from the end of the song
in milliseconds.

year
- Value: Number
- Compatible Mod(s): FoFiX
- Need Verifcation for: Original FoF, RF-Mod
- Effect(s): Displays the year in which the song (or album) was published
in the setlist and in game (Rock Band-style setlist).

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V. Modifying Frets on Fire [MODS]
=================================

You change add extra content to Frets on Fire or modify the game by adding
mods into data/mods in Frets on Fire.

If you installed the full game, there are two mods included in the game
including Chilly and LightGraphics.

Finding Mods to Download:
http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=11

NOTE: You must create an account to view threads in the Frets on Fire
forums.

There is also a tutorial in the stickies on how to add modifications to the
original game.

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VI. Cheats Codes [CHEAT]
========================

In the original Frets on Fire, there are a few cheat codes. To input a cheat
code, quickly type in the code after selecting a song while the song is
still loading:

fastfoward - End the song as a win.
uptomytempo - Jurgen (as a Bot) plays the song for you. (NOTE: Even though
its a bot, it will make some mistakes playing faster notes.)

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VII. Frets on Fire X [FOFIX]
============================

http://code.google.com/p/fofix/

Frets on Fire X (FoFiX for short) is a modified and an improved version of
Frets on Fire to make it look more like Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band. This
was previously the MFH/Alarian Mod (MFH = Myfingershurt) for the original
Frets on Fire. The latest stable version is v3.121 but its latest version
(unstabled) is 4.0.0a1.

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| Subsections |
+-------------------------------------+
| A. Downloading & Installing [XDOWN] |
| B. Features [FEATR] |
| C. Compare/Contrast [COMPR] |
| D. Themes [THEME] |
+-------------------------------------+

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A. Downloading & Installing [XDOWN]
-----------------------------------

You can download versions 3.120, 3.121 (recommended), and 4.0.0 alpha
(unstabled) at: http://code.google.com/p/fofix/downloads/list

If you downloaded one in a ZIP, RAR or 7z folder, you will need WinRAR to
extract the contents. If you downloaded the ZIP or 7z folder of the game for
the OS you using, you don't need to directly install the game as it already
contains the content.

If you downloaded an EXE, then run it, then select the components you want
to install. I recommend checking everything. Then select where you want to
install the game and by default, it will install in your Documenets instead
of your Program Files.

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B. Features [FEATR]
-------------------

- Includes Guitar, Bass, Drums (Rock Band format; no Expert+), and Vocals
(only if vocals are included in a note.midi).
- Career Mode/Solo Tour
- Multiplayer modes:
- Face-Off: Play against another person (local) with separate parts.
- Pro Face-Off: Play against people (local) with the same chart.
- Co-op: Play co-op/band with people (local) together. (NOTE: May not be
available for all themes)
- Battle Mode: Play a GH3 battle mode with another player (NOTE: May only
be available for certain themes like a Guitar Hero III
theme)
- Party Play: You and a person plays a song on a single instrument. Every
30 seconds, players switch with another controller but on
the same instrument.
- Star Power/Overdrive
- Whammy/Killswitch
- Rock Meter
- Timer
- Practice Mode
- And a lot more stuff!!!

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C. Compare/Contrast [COMPR]
---------------------------

Okay, this is more on contrasting than comparing.

Frets on Fire
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- Includes a built-in song editor.
- Hammer-on/Pull-off notes at the edge of notes (The rest duration must be
below 1/16th notes), even at the edge of long notes.
- Hammer-on chords (but not pull-off them).
- Highway hitting range is very restricted (like Guitar Hero 1).
- Short amount of options.
- Has cheat codes.

FoFiX
-----
- Developed with other people.
- No built-in song editor; must use EOF or any other song editor to create
custom songs.
- Enhanced gaming engine towards Guitar Hero II.
- Easier HOPOs (hammer-ons & pull-offs).
- Easier strumming.
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs system are automatically set to the Guitar Hero
II's engine (but hitting range is easier).
- A lot of options and advanced options.
- No cheat codes but cheats are in the game in the options menu.

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D. Themes [THEME]
-----------------

Custom themes are supportive with FoFiX. Themes in FoFiX are the style and
looks for the game.

Default Themes
--------------
Here is a list of themes that are included in FoFiX by default:

MegaLight - This is the main FoFiX theme which is in Rock Band format.
MegaLight GH3 - A MegaLight FoFiX theme with Guitar Hero III's in-game hud.
MegaLight v4 - This is the main FoFiX theme that is for version 4.0.0a.

Download Themes
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You can download themes made by fans at:

http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=24976

Or browse through the FoFiX forum.

http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=32

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VIII. Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]
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Here, you can ask me anything but I wrote some FAQs of my own.

Q: Why did you include so many links.
A: To provide sources and references. Also, I am a bit too lazy and I am in
a rush since I don't feel like explaining everything.

Q: When I choose a song in Frets on Fire, the game crashes. Why?
A: It happens sometimes. If it keeps happening, check the song.ini of a song
you are trying to play to see if there are any errors or mistakes.

Q: Why does Frets on Fire keep crashing? What are your suggestions?
A: I've been trying to figure out why the crashing happens randomly.
Download and play FoFiX instead of Frets on Fire. FoFiX is more stabled.

Q: I downloaded FoFiX 4.0.0 but why does it seem worser than 3.121?
A: FoFiX version 4.0.0 alpha is unstabled. Just stick with 3.121. It's the
best version available.

Q: Where can I download *song/theme/game*
A: I provided the links in their respected sections. Go browse through the
guide to find them.

Q: In FoFiX, why can't I co-op mode in Multiplayer?
A: It is only available to certain themes like a custom GH3 theme.

Q: Why didn't you include everything in the guide?
A: I'm lazing and I am quite in a rush.

Q: Why were there two FAQs posted by you instead of updated?
A: The version 1.0 was created by my old account, Zapping Ninja and I change
its Display name to NejiHyuga900. Version 2.0 and version 3.0 are created
by my main account, this one.

Q: Why is this guide horrible?
A: Because I am too lazy to cover everything by myself. :P But this is my
final and I am sorry for not giving you information that you needed.

EDIT: Hey, I actually gave out more information in version 3.5!

Q: Are there any other Guitar Hero/Rock Band related games for PC?
A: Yes. There is Freetar Hero (which SUCKS!!!) and Phase Shift (which
includes ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!!!)

Q: What is Phase Shift like and where can I download it?
A: It's pretty similar to FoFiX but it is made differently. But the song.ini
and other INI files for settings are the very similar. Unlike FoFiX or
FoF, Phase Shift has multiplayer, HOPO's can be customized when creating
charts using EoF and supports Open Notes for Bass, Rock Band 3's keyboard
track, Expert+ difficulty for drums (I'm pretty sure), Pro Guitar (RB3),
and Pro Drums (RB3). You can download that game at:
http://www.dwsk.co.uk/index_phase_shift.html

Q: What is the latest version of that Phase Shift game.
A: Look at the website. While they are still making a lot of updates
recently, I can't keep updating this guide to keep it up-to-date.

Q: Phase Shift crashed on me! What do I do?
A: Hey, I didn't make this guide especially for Phase Shift. This guide
is mainly to Frets on Fire and FoFiX. Go to the official Phase Shift
website if you have problems; don't bring it here.

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IX. Credits & Copyright [CREDT]
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FAQ Guide
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This guide was created by me. I may share this to other affiliations of
GameFAQs. You peeps are not allowed to upload this to any website without my
permission because this guide is copyrighted to me. The reason why this
guide was originally Zapping Ninja's guide but heavily modified was because
I was him but I created a new account since I didn't want the name Zapping
Ninja.

Special Thanks To:
- You, for reading my guide.

Credits
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Frets on Fire is owned by the Unreal Voodoo team, including:

Gaming Design, Programming
- Sami Kyöstilä

Music, Sound Effects
- Tommi Inkilä

Graphics
- Joonas Kerttula

Jürgen
- Mikko Korkiakoski

FoFiX was created by Unreal Voodoo and other people including:
- Rogue_F
- Ultimate Coffee
- Alarian
- Evilynux
- Blazingamer
- Capo
- Glorandwarf
- ShiekOdaSandz
- Trinidude4
- QQStarS
- wolferacing
- rchiav,
- .liquid.
- Akedrou
- Qstick
- jstump91
- Worldrave

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©2011 Thunder Dragon Productions