Usb Dance Mat Stepmania Setup

Hello i have a konami 360 dance pad and am trying to set it up to run on my pc so i can play stepmania.

Usb dance mat stepmania setup.

Currently it supports games similar to dance dance revolution pump it up ez 2 dancer and para para. Foldable and a bit cheaper. The dance mat may be recognised as an official xbox 360 game pad but it is still necessary to install the custom driver. Most computers will automatically install the drivers.

The dance mat should appear as an unknown device in the other devices section of the device manager. The website also sells frames with handlebars for the dance mats. Once the usb dance pad is installed the game needs to be configured to work with the dance pad through the input mapping menu. I m a big fan of ddr as a game and form of exercise but since by foam pads and ps2 died i haven t played for a couple years.

Open your device manager. The 3rd party driver is required because the microsoft driver will treat the dance mat as a normal xbox 360 control pad with a d pad and 4 buttons. The dance dance revolution on pc and mac. I followed the instructions on this website and i m at the end where you use the setup utility to map the buttons here is what it looks like on my screen right now i used the xgi file to auto set the buttons but my problem is that when i m holding down an arrow it will lock the controls.

A step by step guide on how to input the dance pad code for stepmania for pc to fix input issues where two opposite direction buttons pressed at the same tim. Connect the dance pad to one of the usb slots on the computer. Inexpensive hard ddr stepmania dance pad controller. Here is a short tutorial so anyone can start using it using dance pad.

These frames ought to be two things though. Their facebook also says they are about to release various adapters to plug the usb mat into playstation 2 etc which is interesting but i don t have consoles and will be testing mat with stepmania on my laptop. I figured if i got stepmania setup on my pc and build some hard pads i could get my butt in gear and start playing again. Stepmania is capable of playing many game types.

If an usb drive is inserted stepmania looks there for player 1 data and you won t.