First-time setup

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Last updated: 01 October 2021 by Caeden Statia
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The first time you run ChroMapper (CM), you will be directed to a First Boot screen, which will ask you to fill in some options.

Beat Saber Installation

First, you will need to direct it to the location of your Beat Saber installation.

Okay, it doesn’t have to be an actual Beat Saber installation. We use this to find your CustomLevels and CustomWIPLevels folders, which you might remember from the installation process of Mediocre Map Assistant 2. On top of that, we also use it to find your CustomPlatforms folder, which is required for loading custom platforms into ChroMapper.

If you have Beat Saber installed on the computer

By default, CM will search for any installed copies of Beat Saber for Steam or Oculus. If found, this step can be skipped.

If not, you will have to find and enter the installation path manually. Use the folder icon on the right of the text box to locate and select your Beat Saber installation.

If you did not change the install location during Steam/Oculus setup, Beat Saber will be installed here:

  • Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Beat Saber\Beat Saber_Data\CustomLevels

  • Oculus: C:\Program Files\Oculus\Software\Software\hyperbolic-magnetism-beat-saber\Beat Saber_Data\CustomWIPLevels

If you have the Quest version -OR- don’t have Beat Saber installed on the computer:

Simply navigate to a folder that you would like custom songs to be located. CM will ask if you want to automatically generate the missing sub-folders for mapping. Click Yes and ChroMapper will make the missing folders for you.

Language

ChroMapper supports 13 languages and counting. Feel free to choose your preferred language. If you would like to contribute to new or existing languages, join our CrowdIn project here.

Graphics

Here you can choose between 3 presets, which automatically tune ChroMapper’s settings to match the power of your machine.

Quality is all dials raised to the max. All graphics options, including the very expensive Environment Reflections, will be turned on. You need a beefy computer to run this preset at high FPS, higher than a conventional VR Ready computer.

Balanced is the recommended option for most ChroMapper users. The core experience of ChroMapper will not be hindered, however some of the expensive bells and whistles will be turned off.

Performance is designed for lower-end machines, or for those who want the highest FPS possible. If you’re unsure if your PC or Laptop can run ChroMapper, try this preset. Plenty of options, such as reflections, bloom, spectrogram, and post processing, will be disabled.

No matter what graphics preset you pick, you can always manually tune ChroMapper via its Options menu.