TBCheese and Mr. Qing Jones present a SoulTrain production:
soda☆sweets 2, a port of _LOLO_'s StepMania 3.9 theme pop☆candy 2
to StepMania 4 alpha versions.
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==[History]=====================================================================
pop☆candy is a combined theme and simfile series from _LOLO_,
available from http://dee.manbow.org/popcandy/

While the songs work on any version of StepMania, the themes only work
on StepMania 3.9. People who wanted the theme to work on later versions were
out of luck due to how much the theming system changed.

This is where the SoulTrain project comes in.
Whereas most of the 3.9 themers won't touch StepMania 4 for whatever reason, we
here at SoulTrain don't mind getting our hands dirty. The port was started in
December 2009, and in May 2010, it's finally fit for a preview release.

==[Differences]=================================================================
There are a few differences betweeen this port and the original theme. Since I
am a Scholarly Gentleman (pardon the pun), I shall list off these differences:

* ScreenDifficulty does not use cursors. They cause crashes. Crashes = no good.
* MachineRank is not available in StepMania 4, therefore they are missing.
* Magic Dance/Rave has been removed due to crashes I can't figure out.
* CourseContentsList entries are missing the foot, instead having a difficulty
  icon below the meter.
* Max Combo on Gameplay is no longer limited to a single player; in versus mode,
  there is an indicator (showing "<", ">", or "=") showing who is ahead.

==[Notes/Issues]================================================================
This theme works best in Event Mode, as I didn't quite hit all of the points
(Name Entry, Summary, etc. basically anything that happens when Event Mode
is turned off).

The edit portion hasn't really been customized much yet.
Also, ScreenJukebox was changed between 3.9 and 4.0, so that's why it looks
different from the original.

There were some issues that I couldn't quite figure out.

* As mentioned above, cursors + SM4 ScreenSelectMaster = no good.
* Certain courses (Vocal from foonmix) crash the theme for unknown reasons.
* [ScreenSelectMusic] The DifficultyList likes to show extra items when the
  screen tweens on. Switching songs fixes this, but it shouldn't be
  happening in the first place.
* [ScreenSelectCourse] More than 4 items in CourseContentsList = time obscured.
* StageDisplay doesn't show Final on SelMusic or ScreenStage.

==[Changelog]===================================================================
preview 1 (May 10, 2010)
 Initial release.

preview 2 (June 1?, 2010)
 ScreenEvaluation AAAA bug fixed (thanks FSX)
 Enable3DModels user preference

==[Credits]=====================================================================
Original Theme:
 pop☆candy 2 by _LOLO_
 http://dee.manbow.org/popcandy/popcandy2/

Theme Music:
 taitai studio
 http://www.taitaistudio.com/

 [SENTIVE - Official Site -]
 http://sentive.net/

Character designed by madoka hirose
 http://image.freespace.jp/twin_tail/2nd/

Theme Fonts from:
 *Little Bird Font*
 http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~konpeita/kotori/

 ななちゃんの大阪名物フォントサイト・パズルゲームの指定席禁煙車
 http://www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/babwp701/index.html
 
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Porting Work:
 A Scholarly Gentleman

For SoulTrain:
 Qing Jones
 TBCheese

Quality Assurance
 corporate

Bugfixes:
 FSX
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The audiovisual content of this theme is copyright the respective artists.
Distribute freely as long as the theme is not modified.
Re-use of Lua code contained within the theme is ok.
This work does not constitute an "official" or "sanctioned" port.

This theme is unsupported. We are not responsible for your problems. You are.
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