Starri Mod - LyricsCinema

This is a Mod for the Game Starri: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940410/Starri/

It shows the lyrics for a song while it's playing:

The lyrics are displayed in two lines:

1. top - the current line
2. bottom - the upcoming line

When the lyrics are missing accurate timestamps, the lines get shown based on the song length.

Disclaimer

• This mod is not affiliated with the game Starri or its developers NEX Team. It is an unofficial mod!
• This is not intended for cheating or any other malicious purposes. I felt in love with this game and wanted to add some features to it.
• This is experimental! I'm not a software developer. Most of this code is created by ChatGPT and hacked together by me, while trying to figure out how the toolchain works.
• This mod is provided as-is. Use at your own risk!

Open Issues/Todos

• check compatibility with different resolutions and fix if needed (I only tested 4k so far)
• check compatibility with slash mode and fix if needed (I only tested catch mode so far)
• add more lyrics
• Add a way to enable/disable the lyrics during the game (by pressing a key)
• Fine tune timestamps for existing lyrics

Usage

Preparation - Install MelonLoader

This mod requires MelonLoader to be installed.

Install MelonLoader Requirements

See: https://melonwiki.xyz/#/?id=requirements

You'll need all three:

• .NET Framework 4.8 Runtime
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019
• dotnet 6.0

Install MelonLoader

1. Install the latest version of MelonLoader. See: https://melonwiki.xyz/#/?id=automated-installation. When installed via Steam, Starri is usually located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starri.
2. Run the game once to generate the MelonLoader folder in the game's installation directory. (The game will start in offline mode. This is fine. Just exit the game normally.)

Install the required MelonLoader Plugin

Starri Mods need the MelonLoader Plugin OnlineMode.dll to be installed because MelonLoader blocks some essential web requests that are required for Starri to work.

1. Download OnlineMode.dll
2. Copy OnlineMode.dll to the Plugins folder in the Starri installation directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starri\Plugins

Install the Mod

1. Download LyricsCinema.dll
2. Copy LyricsCinema.dll to the Mod folder in the Starri installation directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starri\Mod
3. Start the game. If lyrics are found, they will be shown

Configuration Files

The placement and size of the two lines can be adjusted in the configuration file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starri\UserData\LyricsCinema.cfg

Development

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this project. If you have any questions, feel free to open an issue.

Environment Variable

You need to set an environment variable to the path of the Starri installation directory before building the project.:

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('STARRI_NET6_DIRECTORY', 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starri', 'User')

Debug log

Compile with debug configuration to enable an overwhelming amount of (mostly repetitive) debug logs.

Adding new lyrics

The mod uses a modified version of LCR style lyrics.

Note: the ms value is currently ignored but is required to have.

1. copy a song file like: songs\BrainPower.cs
2. replace the name BrainPower with the id of the song. The id can be found in the assets or in the log output of this mod(it logs the id when a song is played)
3. Find the LCR lyrics or make them yourself at sites like: https://www.megalobiz.com/lrc/maker
4. adjust the style according to the existing songs: ("mm:ss.ms", "Text"),
5. add <SongName>.RegisterLyrics(); in OnLateInitializeMelon