SSC format

Header properties

Field	Type	Description
TITLE	String	Id of the song
SUBTITLE	String	Name of the song
ARTIST	String	Author of the song
SONGCATEGORY	One of ORIGINAL, K-POP, WORLD MUSIC	Channel of the song
LASTSECONDHINT	Number	(Optional) Timestamp (in seconds) when the song ends. Used when songs have a trailing silence
PIUGBA	Object	(Optional) Custom configuration of the song. See the example below

Chart properties

Field	Type	Description
DESCRIPTION	String	Name of the chart. Used by the importer
DIFFICULTY	One of NORMAL, HARD, CRAZY, NUMERIC	Named difficulty level
METER	Int	Numeric difficulty level
PIUGBA_ORDER	Int	METER override for sorting purposes
OFFSET	Number	Audio offset (in seconds) from the chart notes. If positive, audio starts after the chart
BPMS	Dictionary	Dictionary with all the BPM changes. Beat => BPM
SPEEDS	Quad Dictionary	Speed factors that affect display BPM. Beat => Percent (scroll factor) => Delay (a value of 1 will make it linearly scale from the current scroll speed to the new one in 1 beat/second) => Unit (0 = delay is in beats, 1 = delay is in seconds)
TICKCOUNTS	Dictionary	Affects the combo ticks of hold notes. Beat => Denominator (4 = quarter note, 8 = eighth note, etc.)
STOPS	Dictionary	Completely stops the scrolling and affects all the next events. Beat => Length (in seconds)
DELAYS	Dictionary	Same as STOPS
SCROLLS	Dictionary	Sets the scrolling ON or OFF, without affecting all the next events. Used to fake stops (also called "async stops"). Beat => Enabled (0 = no, 1 = yes)
WARPS	Dictionary	Teleports to another part of the chart. Beat => Jump (in beats)
FAKES	Dictionary	Notes during this segment won't be counted for or against players. Beat => Length (in beats)

Fast BPM Warps

If a BPM segment sets BPM to anything higher than 9999999, StepMania interprets it as a warp to the next BPM change. If there're STOPS/DELAYS in the middle, it stops and then continues warping so it can create stuttering effects like warp-stop-warp-stop-warp-stop...

Formats

Dictionary

KEY=VALUE separated by ,

Object

Like Dictionary, but separated by ,,,

Quad Dictionary

KEY=VALUE=PARAM1=PARAM2 separated by ,

Example

#TITLE:230;
#SUBTITLE:Name of the song;
#ARTIST:Author of the song;
#SONGCATEGORY:WORLD MUSIC;
#LASTSECONDHINT:99.002441;
#SAMPLESTART:27.322994;
#SAMPLELENGTH:15.000004;

#PIUGBA:
APPLY_TO=101,,,
IS_BOSS=TRUE,,,
PIXELATE=BLINK_IN,,,
JUMP=ON,,,
REDUCE=RANDOM,,,
NEGATIVECOLORS=ON,,,
RANDOMSPEED=ON,,,
EXTRAJUDGEMENT=ON,,,
MESSAGE=
This is a message to be
read before the song.
The maximum is 25 cols,
4 lines between \r\n.
;

# APPLY_TO = Indicates what campaign modes are affected by those options (101 means "NORMAL & CRAZY, but not HARD").
# IS_BOSS = Changes the song's channel to BOSS

# Other chart properties can be here, e.g.: BPMS, STOPS, etc.
# They serve as a default value when a chart doesn't include them

//---------------pump-single - chart name ----------------
#DESCRIPTION:s8 Pro;
#DIFFICULTY:NUMERIC;
#METER:8;
#OFFSET:0.003000;
#BPMS:0.000000=158.000000
,156.000000=197.500000
,158.000000=237.000000
,160.000000=276.500000
,162.000000=316.000000
,176.000000=276.500000
,178.000000=237.000000
,180.000000=197.500000
,182.000000=158.000000
,184.000000=118.500000
,185.000000=104.500000
,186.000000=158.000000
;
#STOPS:186.000000=3.038000
;
#DELAYS:;
#WARPS:;
#TICKCOUNTS:0.000000=4
;
#SPEEDS:0.000000=1.000000=0.000000=0
;
#SCROLLS:0.000000=1.000000
;
#FAKES:;
#NOTES:
// measure 0
00000
01100
00001
00000
,  // measure 1
00000
00200
00000
00000
,  // measure 2
00000
00000
00000
00300

//---------------pump-single - another chart ----------------
#DESCRIPTION:s19;
#DIFFICULTY:CRAZY;
#METER:19;
#OFFSET:0.003000;
// ...