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Not a huge update, just checked the app and it was not running at all because of an outdated dependency. With somebody told me....

Anyways, it's updated now. In the upcoming week there will be an announcement video as well. 

Version 0.1.1 new features (April 30 2022):

• Removed the intermittent lag from v0.1.1 
  
• Improved pose comparison algorithm. Swapped out the angle bisection line and moved to an angle bisection vector. As an added bonus the algorithm now deals with straight limbs better. 
  
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• Added Patreon/Discord button to the app
  
• Added real-time pose estimation button
• Grading is a LOT stricter now. 
  
• Added Language.txt for fan translations

BUGFIXES:

• Fixed memory leak with estimating pose that would crash the app
• Fixed a crash/hang on EOS for videos
• Fixed estimate pose buttons not resetting when changing screens
• Rewrote/refactored the pose comparison logic. 
• Made loading faster
• Audio now respects the volume setting on a per session basis
  
• Mostly fixed audio skipping at EOS
• Fixed camera switching bugs

Old known bugs (still valid):

• tell user there are no cameras available (it works on play button but not on camera checking)
• I only saw this once, but the game would reset my songlist on an old songlist.txt (just watch for it)
• If u have songlist.txt open the game can't write to file. not a bug but that's how files work -- need to tell player songlist.txt is open or used by another process
• Ffpyplayer not respecting audio level set BEFORE playing (FIXED)
• repeatedly opening an attached USB webcam takes a LONG TIME
• • from my tests the usb webcam was: 26 sec, 29 sec
  • the native webcam on the laptop was: 6 sec, 6 sec
  • need to circumvent loading for every song you play
• sometimes song would not load properly, to fix just go back to song selection and retry (haven't seen this in testing for a while now)
  
• score disappears at the end of a song (I should only reset score when playing new song not at the end of a song) (FIXED)
• stutter @ the end of video playback (it's an ffpyplayer problem)
• i don't print out all of the images for some reason in imagedata (FIXED)
• if colors are too similar (for example clothes and a background), the pose estimation will go wild and off mark. (this is a mediapipe issue)
• It's very pixellated on a tv for some reason

SONG REQUEST LIST FOR MMD CREATORS:

• Otome dissection
• hi-fi raver
• Rick Astleyに駆ける by Anker on youtube

EDIT#1: added "Fixed camera switching bugs"

EDIT#2: Changed the update date to this version

EDIT#3: added the edit list and this edit

Changes:

• made old version hidden as there's no version number on the exe

Version 0.1.1 new features (Dec 29 2021):

• title: added version number, old version was v0.1.0
• songlist.txt not being made/updated as persistent between sessions
• added a camera checking button (so you can attach a higher quality USB webcam to a laptop instead of only using the default laptop webcam)
• fix text for link did not load/made "Link did not load" message clearer (still need to standardize the error message)
• when you press enter to validate a new song but another song was set up from songselect then you play TWO songs (now you only play the inputted song)
• FIXED CRASH: click stop to cancel playing and the webcam stream -> press play to play the song again -> crash that said there was a buf.tobytes problem

New known bugs

• tell user there are no cameras available (it works on play button but not on camera checking)
• not sure happens if you open multiple copies of the game?
• I only saw this once, but the game would reset my songlist on an old songlist.txt (just watch for it)
• If u have songlist.txt open the game can't write to file. not a bug but that's how files work -- need to tell player songlist.txt is open or used by another process
• Ffpyplayer not respecting audio level set BEFORE playing
• It's very pixellated on a tv for some reason
• repeatedly opening an attached USB webcam takes a LONG TIME
  
  • from my tests the usb webcam was: 26 sec, 29 sec
  • the native webcam on the laptop was: 6 sec, 6 sec
  • need to circumvent loading for every song you play
• titles of songs that were removed are still kept

Old known bugs (still valid):

• sometimes song would not load properly, to fix just go back to song selection and retry
• score disappears at the end of a song (I should only reset score when playing new song not at the end of a song)
• stutter @ the end of video playback (it's an ffpyplayer problem)
• i don't print out all of the images for some reason in imagedata
• if colors are too similar (for example clothes and a background), the pose estimate will go wild and off mark.

SONG REQUEST LIST FOR MMD CREATORS:

• Otome dissection
• hi-fi raver
• Rick Astleyに駆ける by Anker on youtube

Plans for the future:

• I want to do another round of QOL fixes until the 2nd week of January. I'll make a youtube video to advertise for this then take a month break to raise some more funds and come back to this. The end of will be around 2nd week of February
• I'll then add new features until it is (mostly) complete and rethink my plans around March.
• New feature list (in order):
  • I have an idea for smoother pose estimation instead of polling every second. will test and see.
  • update checker for new version
  • (LIFEBAR) once the grading is more or less stable and deterministic i'll add in a lifebar and some more player preparation like in Dance Evolution Arcade, mainly i need to read ahead in the video ~5 seconds in and tell the player what to do beforehand. THEN i'll add in scoring/lifebar
  • add previous highscore list
  • stop/play buttons in songselect screen
  • fix ffpyplayer stuttering/disrespecting audio levels
  • recording your runs (praying that cvVideoWriter is good enough..... )
  • share button to youtube, maybe other social media as well
  • after i add these basic features then i'll add a patreon button
  • hoping that this will all be done by March (~90 days from now)