Level editor with no sharing?

[Tibbers]

I am a bit confused. They included a level editor which is awesome but there is no way to share your custom songs with others and download community songs?

I get that using existing songs which might infringe on copyright blah blah but why bother including a custom editor if you can only play your own creations? If I create the entire thing there won't be as much challenge as getting to try out brand new custom songs I someone else created.

Seems weird, or am I missing something and there is a way to share?

[Chaunsey]

honestly, the only reason they even bothered making the editor imo is because when the game originally released into early access, before any mods were made, they said they were going to release a song editor.

the community quickly made much better editors than they would have done, and because of the inherent limitations they have due to legal issues around copyrighted music, there was no way they could offer anything better than the community already made.

so thats why they ultimately put it on the backburner, and i think they only finally finished it so they could fulfill their promise and finally leave early access.

also, the oculus quest doesnt have modding capability, so the editor allows quest users to make their own custom maps.


sharing custom songs is tricky, because even if they allowed it, they could not allow it to be shared with included music files, it would be just a beat map, and then every player would have to provide their own music file, and then sync it up with the beat map.

either way, it's still new, they may still have plans to improve how this all works.

[Tibbers]

Originally posted by Chaunsey:

honestly, the only reason they even bothered making the editor imo is because when the game originally released into early access, before any mods were made, they said they were going to release a song editor.

the community quickly made much better editors than they would have done, and because of the inherent limitations they have due to legal issues around copyrighted music, there was no way they could offer anything better than the community already made.

so thats why they ultimately put it on the backburner, and i think they only finally finished it so they could fulfill their promise and finally leave early access.

also, the oculus quest doesnt have modding capability, so the editor allows quest users to make their own custom maps.


sharing custom songs is tricky, because even if they allowed it, they could not allow it to be shared with included music files, it would be just a beat map, and then every player would have to provide their own music file, and then sync it up with the beat map.

either way, it's still new, they may still have plans to improve how this all works.

Very thoughtful reply thank you.

Do the mods to import custom community made songs still work for most recent version (1.01)?

[Chaunsey]

Originally posted by Tibbers:

Originally posted by Chaunsey:

honestly, the only reason they even bothered making the editor imo is because when the game originally released into early access, before any mods were made, they said they were going to release a song editor.

the community quickly made much better editors than they would have done, and because of the inherent limitations they have due to legal issues around copyrighted music, there was no way they could offer anything better than the community already made.

so thats why they ultimately put it on the backburner, and i think they only finally finished it so they could fulfill their promise and finally leave early access.

also, the oculus quest doesnt have modding capability, so the editor allows quest users to make their own custom maps.


sharing custom songs is tricky, because even if they allowed it, they could not allow it to be shared with included music files, it would be just a beat map, and then every player would have to provide their own music file, and then sync it up with the beat map.

either way, it's still new, they may still have plans to improve how this all works.

Very thoughtful reply thank you.

Do the mods to import custom community made songs still work for most recent version (1.01)?

yes, the mods work fine, check the modding discord for the most up to date info, its possible some individual mods need to be updated, but the mod installer will only show you mods that work with the current version anyway.

all you need to do is make sure to run the game at least once, if you havent played since the last update, then exit the game, next download mod assistant, you can find links on beatsaver.com bsaber.com the beatsaber modding wiki etc. when you run it, just select the mods you want installed, and click install.

now you can go in game and dowload songs straight from ingame.

here's the modding wiki beginners guide with links to mod assistant and other installers.

https://bsmg.wiki/beginners-guide