This is major update - I highly recommend you update if you use cPlayer in any capacity. I have obsessed over this for the past few months. I have learned a lot. I'm still learning a lot. But I'm at a place where I am both happy enough to share what I have with you and also I need a break from this app before I burn out. This is a continuation of the huge v6.0.0 update but it's a major update on its own. Get it.
THIS IS NOT A GAME ENGINE!
Therefore there are many restrictions and limitations I have to deal with. If you want a game, go try out YARG and Clone Hero - they're great games with great teams behind them.
If you want a music player with some fun visualizations, then give cPlayer a try.
I am giving you a product that works perfectly fine for me on my Windows 11 gaming PC and Windows 11 gaming laptop. You may have a different experience. Please report here on GitHub or on my own Discord "Nemo's Nautilus" and I will gladly try to assist. This is designed and expected to only work on modern Windows. No support is given for Windows 7, Linux or Mac. Sorry.
As of v6.1.0 cPlayer is known to interact with the following game files, as specified:
Fully featured (album art, audio, charts)
Rock Band 1/2/3 (Xbox 360)
Rock Band 1/2/3 (PS3)
Rock Band 1/2/3 (Wii)
Fortnite Festival (PC)
YARG (PC)
Clone Hero (PC)
Fret Smasher (PC)
Limited Support (mostly audio only, some have album art, some have charts)
Rock Band 4 (PS4)
RockSmith 2014 (PC)
Guitar Hero: World Tour: Definitive Edition (PC)
Power Gig (PC)
BandFuse (Xbox 360)
I hope you enjoy this update to cPlayer.
I don't accept monetary donations but I do love getting feedback and I enjoy interacting with those who use any of my programs.
- Nemo
v6.1.0
- major renderer overhaul to improve performance - based on the built-in FPS counter used for debugging, most modes improved from roughly 10–12 FPS to 30-40 FPS - second-screen performance now matches the built-in viewer in most non-video modes - video overlay on the second screen still carries a significant performance cost so FPS take a dive there
- major rework of many textures and assets for what I'm hoping is a cleaner and more cohesive look
- added new Audio Mixer feature that allows you to remix the audio on songs with isolated stems, so you can really listen to a song however you want - this replaces the old "Select tracks to play" form and the old volume control form, so it combines three things into one cool tool - thanks to raynebc for the idea
- tweaked highway perspective for less severe angle and more consistency with actual Rock Band perspective
- added animated track background
- added "Focus Mode" (all black, no videos or images)
- reworked how cPlayer detects and interacts with the original Stage Kit - now there's no noticeable performance loss and it automatically detects how many lights you have connected and automatically controls them all at the same time - meaning multiple Stage Kits are now supported - also put a lot of work into creating different patterns and beat recognition so it somewhat goes with the song's BPM - it does NOT parse the VENUE track for lighting cues however
- added support for FatsCo Lightshow and FatsCo Strobe - I only have one of each to test with but in theory it'll work with as many as you have plugged into your computer
- improved all karaoke modes both visually and functionally for a smoother overall experience
- improved cPlayer Karaoke Mode with smoother text edges, text stroke rendering, and more consistent lyric highlighting
- improved Modern Karaoke Mode highlighting to prevent spillover into the next syllable on certain songs
- improved the loading bar animation from stepped movement to smooth animation
- added a 5-second countdown to the Modern Karaoke loading animation, inspired by KaraFun
- disabled the random floating music notes that appeared during loading bars - the code is still present for anyone who wants to restore it in a fork
- fixed an issue where the ^ character could appear in lyrics for some Spanish songs, such as José José’s “Triste”
- added support for stripping Clone Hero .chart color codes from charter names when displayed in Modern Karaoke Mode
- fixed major issues affecting Clone Hero and YARG songs that include background videos
- most views should now display correctly over background video playback
- added support for detecting the video_start_time value used in Clone Hero-style charts, which had been overlooked in earlier versions
- updated .chart to .mid conversion to include lower difficulties - this is not yet visible in cPlayer itself, but keeps the conversion logic more complete and consistent for future use
- made change that allows decoupling of lyrics and vocals/harmony notes - this won't make a difference for Rock Band style charts but will allow for playback of another project's files i'm working on
- improved performance of scrolling lyrics so now it's tempo aware and lyrics don't bunch up over each other
- fixed bug where on Pro Keys sustain chords would drop the lower notes and only display the highest note
- fixed bug where on Pro Keys sustain broken chords/arpeggios would only hold the last note of the chord/arpeggio and not all the notes in the chord
- fixed bug where it would inflate your song play count when enabling/disabling audio tracks to play
- fixed bug where some songs with slow tempo and long sustain notes it would prematurely show the countdown to the next playable section while still in a sustain
- added ability to double click on the screen to make it full screen or to return it to windowed mode (functionality is not guaranteed with video mode enabled)
- fixed the update-checking code, which was mistakenly checking against an older version update file on the server and therefore always failed
- removed the AI-generated splash screen, which was apparently causing damage to the environment and making some users sad
- and much more!