Welcome to the Bonus Features Section of Techno Fiend 3.1. I know, it's not as much as the last version, but hey, better than nothing.

Files:
Bonus Material Readme.txt: What you're reading now.
aim.gif: Want Arnold to tell your friends and foes to STFU on AIM? Now you can. Sort of.
logo.jpg: Used for the Readme. Now you have the logo, too!

"splash.png" can be used as an alternative for the splash image while Stepmania boots up and loads your songs. I'm aware more themes are catching onto this (and if they don't, they better), but only one image can be used at a time, so be careful with this image. It will be replaced if you reinstall Stepmania, upgrade to a new version, or use another splash image from another theme. For this I've made the file "read-only" hoping to remind you to copy the image instead of moving it so that you don't accidentally lose it.

"Unlocks.dat" is a test file for those who do not know how to activate the unlocks feature in the game. To use this, replace the original "Unlocks.dat" in the Stepmania Data folder, and in the program, go to "Gameplay Options" and turn "Unlock System" on. There's a possibility that you may have to reboot Stepmania to make this work. Don't worry, I've kept all the original information intact so you don't lose anything in the original file. I've used some DDR song titles to try to make it work out. Here's hoping you have the list, as it will contain songs from MAX, MAX2 and EX. I would plug in my own song simfiles, but I doubt everyone has every single one of those.

If you do not have the specific songs, you'll get a blank "dot" for every missing song. To fix this, you have to edit the name of the song inside the the file and make sure it is a song that you have, and you have to use both the title and subtitle for a .sm file. For a .dwi file, it has to be the entire title line. You can use any word program such as notepad to edit the file. Oh yeah, be sure to uncheck the read-only mark to edit this.

Also refer to the original instructions in the file on how to make things work. If you look in the metrics, you may notice different songs in a different order. The songs that appear in the "Unlocks.dat" file will be the ones that show up, not the metrics. Even if the song is missing or incorrectly named in "Unlocks.dat", it will not look to the metrics file for the song. So in the metrics, you can BS all you want.

Remember, you don't have to lock songs if you don't want to, but I know many people who want to see this screen, me included. That's why I've put it so that you only have to get 30 arcade points to unlock them all, considering playing 30 songs to me is nothing since I have to test this theme over and over and over until I consider it to be near-flawless.

Techno Fiend supports up to 30 songs to be shown. The file is compatible with all other themes, but not all of them include their own Unlock screen. The themes will also not determine what songs will appear, but just the information in Unlocks.dat in the Data Folder. Like the "splash.png" file, this can be easily replaced by reinstalling Stepmania and upgrading it, so I've made it read-only to remind you to copy it so you don't lose it accidentally.