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lildrchris25 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX

Wow, an update.

Well, only one little piece of info, now that ITG 2 is out.

The whitelist that was with ITG 1 is not there anymore for ITG 2, and thus any card that is compatible with Linux will work on an ITG 2 machine.
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: USB Card FAQ

lildrchris25 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX

yes, but i actually copied that from i think the itgfreak forums.
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

I gave you that for the example song "Disconnected Mobius". Each song has different radar values. -_- That's my point.
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Thunderbird · Trick Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002

The radar values do not actually matter, seeing as ITG doesn't display the radar.

Also, ITG2 does things a bit differently when you put in your card. If you are at the title screen (after inserting a credit) and insert your card, you will see a card icon with a question mark on the side you put the card in. This means the machine is checking your card. When it is done, if the card is OK, the machine will change it to a normal icon. If there is a problem, you will see a different icon and hear a noise indicating this. If you have started your game, but are not at the Select Music screen, you will see Card Check next to the card icon while it is checking your card. If it passes, your Display Name will be written next to the icon. If it does not, the type of error encountered will be there instead (I got Card Mount Error once).

The card check can take a fair bit of time, so it's recommended to not start the game until the card check passes, otherwise you might not be able to use it that round. But, IMO, this is preferable to the latest version of ITG1's method where it did not check your card until before loading the music select screen (and if the card errored, you were SOL for that round).

IHYD.Blake · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:

Hey, I couldnt find the answer anywhere...
What is going to happen to the stats files when ITG2 is installed? Will you have to start with a clean card, or can you keep your scores?
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:30 am Post subject:

I believe this is what happens:

A new folder called 'In The Groove 2' is created on your drive. It carries over all the scores from ITG1 as all the songs are returning. Your screenshot names (as in "screenshot0001") start all over, so basically the number 'counter' starts all over.

I'm only 90% sure on this information though. The only thing I'm happy about is and know for sure is happening is stats.xml is faster to load up in your browser but the price you pay for that is not knowing how many fantastics, whatever you got. It only displays the % score and grade.
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JimTheFly · Staff Member Joined: 22 Jan 2002 Location: Bayonne, NJ

Well, I looked at my jumpdrive before putting my new edit on it and ITG2 does create an "In The Groove 2" folder. I'm not sure about what it carries over in the form of stats and scores, but it does NOT copy the ITG1 edits into this folder. HOWEVER, it can and will read them from the ITG1 folder. Therefore, I'm of the belief that only the new songs/courses will be found in the ITG2 folder, and the Stats.xml file in that folder is adjusted to be able to read both folders.
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Thunderbird · Trick Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002

My ITG2 stats.xml

I don't think it reads from both folders, as the ITG1 stats.xml is nowhere on that server. Also, the ITG1 marathons were placed in a folder on ITG2, and the machine adapts those entries.

ITG2 doesn't write to the stats.xml found in the ITG1 folder, to my knowledge. Otherwise, I'm assuming I'd see Pandemonium somewhere in my Song Top Scores section (I play Driven A LOT), but it's not around.

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject:

That's cool then. It has scores for ITG1 too on it. Does it carry over from ITG1 to the ITG2 stats.xml?
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

I wonder - given how XML works, you could probably set up a symbolic link to the ITG folder and call it "In The Groove 2", and then have a combined stats file which updates regardless of which game you play. Anyone try this yet?
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VxJasonxV · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:55 am Post subject:

buzzert · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Location: C&C/MGL AZ

What other information can you put in the Editable.ini?

Is it possible to modify how your flash drive behaves with ITG? (Like maybe scripting?)

I'm pretty into linux, I just wanted to know how stepm- er - In the Groove reads/writes on a flash drive.

BTW: I have a LAKS USB Watch, and it has always worked with ITG1
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

I believe you can not. 90% sure of this.
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Thunderbird · Trick Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002

ITG only reads the files it creates. The underlying OS treats the drive as a removable SCSI drive.

Realathelete · Basic Member Joined: 07 Feb 2005

Hmm, just tried my new Sandisk Mini Cruzer 256mb for the first time on a local machine and it did not work. The green light came on but nothing happened on the machine to acknowledge it. After reading through this topic I have formatted the drive completely and will try it on our good machine in the main arcade, hopefully it works in there and the fact it didn't work on the first machine was due to badly connected USB ports or something.

'Ivan · Trick Member Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Location: Thailand

Can anyone tell me what the difference between the Sandisk Mini and Micro Cruzer USB cards is? Everyone that plays on the ITG 2 machine we have here uses some sort of thin black one (which I assume to be the Mini Cruzer), and every single one of them has worked.

Therefore, I plan to get a USB card myself, but I have no idea which one of the two to get.

Any recommendations?
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:42 am Post subject:

My friend told me to get a SanDisk Cruzer Mini because he said they ALWAYS work on ITG1 and thus ITG2. Thus, I bought one and it works on ITG1 so should work on ITG2. I reccomend that.
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'Ivan · Trick Member Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Location: Thailand

Well, I ending up getting a Lexar JumpDrive Sport, 128 MB for $17.50.

...I would have gotten a SanDisk Mini Cruzer 128 MB, but my Wal-Mart only had the Mini Cruzer 256 MB size for $28, and I really didn't have that much to spend...

It looks like it's on the whitelist (the Lexar JumpDrive Sport), so it should work with my local ITG 2 machine, right?
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:

I assume since it is on the whitelist for ITG1, it should therefore automatically be usable in ITG2. It only makes sense.

I am 95% sure.
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