Q: I get an error saying GMatrix33 or Cx_Freeze, how do I fix it?
A: If you have a load of songs already and dont want to delete them, then move them out of the folder before you do this.
Delete your current fof,
Delete your fretsonfire.ini, and the fretsonfire text document (Start > Run > %appdata%/fretsonfire/)
Download this (full playable release of 1.2.451 with RF-Mod)- https://www.fretsonfire.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=11;t=11473;
If you dragged your songs folder out, drag it into this.
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Q: How do I add songs into FoF?
A: Download a track, this will usually be in *.rar format
Extract the *.rar file, and almost always, the files song.ogg, guitar.ogg, song.ini and notes.mid will be in a folder. If this is not the case then put them in a folder.
Place this folder inside the FretsOnFire/data/songs/ folder and your song will now appear in your song list.
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Q: Why can I only use certain key combinations? e.g. Why won't F3 + F4 + Strum (Enter) work together?
A: Keyboards always have certain key combinations that cannot be pressed together. This saves on manufacturing costs as it is very rare that those combos would need to be used (aside from in FoF obviously).
Only way around this is to remap your keys. Usually using 1-5 rather than the F keys works. That, or try switching which key is used to strum.
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Q: How can I play the game in Windowed mode rather than full-screen
A: Go into 'Settings' -> 'Video Settings' and change the Fullscreen Yes/No option, then apply the changes (remember that the resolution you choose will set the window size, so you are probably best off setting it to 800x600 before going to windowed mode)
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Q: My songs slowly slip out of sync, even the Guitar Hero ones!
A: This is usually a result of the Sound Buffer setting changing. Go into Options > Audio Options > Sound Buffer, and change it to 44100.
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Q: I downloaded the latest FoF, and when I remap the frets it doesn't actually seem to change them, they stay as the original F1-F5 and enter.
A: Restart the game after assigning the buttons and it will work.
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Q: The game really seems to lag alot, no matter what settings I use and what audio delay I set.
A: Among other things, always make sure you have the latest video card drivers. This happened to me: I updated the drivers and the game now runs as smooth as a baby's bottom! :D
Also, it is worth noting that, for some people, dual core or dual processors cause lag in the game. If you have one of these setups, go to the task manager (ctrl alt + delete, you might have to click the task manager box) and go to processes. Find the fretsonfire.exe and right click, choose Set Affinity and untick one of the processors listed. While you are here, you might as well right click and set the priority higher as well.
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Q: How do I extract folders in .zip or .rar format?
A: A good program to extract those files is winrar which you can find here
http://www.win-rar.com/
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Q: I can't download from megaupload because of a slot problem?
A: A solution to this problem has been posted before: https://www.fretsonfire.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=614
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Q: Some of my songs cut out when I miss a note, how do I fix this?
A: Copy guitar.ogg and rename the copy to song.ogg
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Q: How do I seperate the guitar from a song?
A: You can't do this unless you find seperated tracks released by the artist
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Q: How do I convert a freetar sng to a FOF midi?
A: Use nukular tools
http://www.nukular.ch/foftools
or a mirror provided by winniez: http://my-css-lab.com/cgi-bin/nukular.pl
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Q: How do I use the guitar hero controller?
A: Been answered before
https://www.fretsonfire.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=37
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Q: Where do I download the guitar hero I/II songs?
A: Use the search function on the forum
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Q: Why do the guitar hero songs sound improper
A: Theres a problem with the bass
https://www.fretsonfire.org/cgi-bin....y132662
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Q: Whenever I try to Run FoF I get "This application has failed to start because MSVCP71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem".
A: Worry no more. Here is that missing Dll file.
Just download the .zip file, extract it using winzip/ winrar and copy the .DLL file to your main FoF folder (thats the one with Fretsonfire.exe in it ). Then run the game and every thing should be fine :)
Heres the LINK to the file.
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Q: How do I fix the labels on the cd's and cases? They are not showing up correctly.
A: Download the low-poly version by blazingamer. They are smaller and not as detailed, allowing older graphics cards that have problems rendering high poly meshes to render the labels correctly.
Download
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