While most themes (including the previous default theme) render at an internal resolution of 480p for positioning actors, Lambda uses 720p. A new noteskin of the same name is also bundled, which is inspired by the visual design of the theme.
It features a cleaner visual design with a bold color scheme, a more streamlined layout, and is optimized for high definition resolutions. Player-visible changes: New default themeĪ new high-resolution default theme known as Lambda has been introduced. The Alternate folder preferences can be used to share content such as songs between multiple versions of StepMania. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/StepMania 5.1/.The user data directory has been changed to reflect the new version number This is the first preview release based on the 5.1-new branch, created as a result of the aforementioned fork.
In other words, the previous preview release made under the version number 5.1, "5.1 -3", is actually an alpha build of what is now known as StepMania 5.2 on the Master branch. At the same time, a new iteration of 5.1 was forked from the branch of 5.0, which features enhancements and other internal improvements, whilst aiming to be "almost entirely compatible" with content designed for 5.0.x, such as themes. A decision was made to delay some of the more signifigant changes originally intended for 5.1 to a future release, which will be known as StepMania 5.2 (see here for more details), and is in continued development on the master branch.