Bemuse's BMS Extensions

Base36 Channels

Most BMS players support Base10 (00-99) and Base16 (00-FF) channels. I don't want to deal with number clashes in the future, so I took the liberty to extend the support for channel numbers into Base36 (00-ZZ).

This allows more meaningful channel names, such as #xxxSC for scrolling factor and #xxxSP for spacing factor.

Speed and Scroll Segments

  #SCROLL01 1
  #SCROLL02 0.5
  #SPEED01 1
  #SPEED02 0.5
  #001SC:01020102
  #001SP:01020102

History

Speed and scroll segments are introduced in StepMania 5 to dynamically change notes spacing and notes scrolling speed. This allows scrolling effects to be created without relying on BPM changes or STOPs.

Extension Lines

  #EXT #xxxyy:....