Quickstart
Sorry guys you are going to have to compile it yourself. Needs gcc 8+ and SFML 2.5.1
Just grab the latest binary here and run FEIS.exe
Technically the code is cross-platform but I have not yet tested compiling nor running F.E.I.S on Mac
When you open F.E.I.S you will be prompted with the empty screen :
Start by creating a new .memon file with File > New
Your OS's new file dialog should pop up and ask for a new file, I recommend following a stepmania-like song structure
Songs Folder/
├─ Other Song/
└─ Song/
├─ song.memon
├─ song.ogg
└─ song.png
(I recommend using the .memon extension but it's not mandatory)
Once this is done you should end up with something looking like this :
Let's first enter the file metadata by going to File > Properties, the Properties window pops up :
Fill in the info, the music and image fields will light up in either green or red depending on whether F.E.I.S managed to open the associated files or not
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F.E.I.S most notably does not support .mp3 , use .ogg .wav or .flac
.jpg and .png should be fine
Once this is done you can save you file with either the menu item or the usual Ctrl+S
Even though the playfield get displayed, our .memon file is still empty for now, so let's create a chart ! I like having the Chart List opened to see what's happening
You can then go Chart > New Chart to get this :
Select a Difficulty name and a Level then press the button
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The difficulty name can be any string FEIS can handle, it just has to be unique among the charts stored in the same .memon file
The level is just some integer value, can even be negative who cares really
Leave the resolution at 240 unless you now what you are doing
The newly created chart is now selected as you can see in the Playback Status bar at the bottom, the chart Difficulty Name and Level are displayed instead of No chart selected :
You can now add notes ! Just click on the squares ...
Here I've opened the Linear View (View > Linear View) to get a better sense of what I'm doing