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As you surely know, or you'll get to know now... Frets on Fire is a free multiplatform game, which we can use to turn our keyboard into an electric guitar and feel like Jimi Hendrix, playing it... the original version of the game is really well done, but after playing for a while we felt like tuning or pimping it a little...  so we started a desperate search in the world wide web, to find a way to upgrade the game... and we found it...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we're proud to introduce "mod MFH"! ...

NOTICE: When you finish reading this post, you may want to try the mod MFH, but... Ubuntu-blog will not be responsible for any neigbors knocking on your door, asking you to turn down the volume... ; - )

First, we would like to show you some before and after screenshots.

(click to enlarge)

Now we can get started with the installation... first you'll need to download the latest version, at this moment it's 3.005.1 with patch 3.017, which you can get here. Now we'll need to place the two files  MFH_Full_3.005.1.32bit.7z and MFH_Patch_3.017_32bit.tar.bz2 on our desktop.

Installation

Once we moved the files to our desktop, we'll start the installation process by executing the following commands in a command shell:

cd ~/Desktop

7z x MFH_Full_3.005.1.32bit.7z

tar -xjvf MFH_Patch_3.017_32bit.tar.bz2

mkdir FretsOnFire

mv MFH_Full_3.005.1.32bit/ FretsOnFire/

mv MFH_Patch_3.017_32bit/* FretsOnFire/

sudo mv FretsOnFire/ /usr/local/games/

echo -e '#!/bin/sh\ncd /usr/local/games/FretsOnFire/ && ./FretsOnFire "$@"' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/fretsonfire

OK,... now we'll be able to start the game by executing the command FretsOnFire in a terminal. But to leave everything in perfect conditions, we'll create a launcher... so we'll enter System > Preferences > Principal Menu and in "Games" we'll click on "new element", and then we'll have to fill out the following form:

Tipe: Aplication

Name: Frets On Fire

Command: fretsonfire

Coment: what ever you want...

If you are interested in using an icon... here you got the original...

Some of the upgrade included in the mod are:

* Different themes including the ones of Rock Band and Guitar Hero 1, 2 and 3 (the one you can see on the screenshots).

* Different designs of guitars (more than 100).

* New effects.

* The famous might of Guitar Hero.

For more information check this out...  http://www.fretsonfire.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25027...

Now,..rock it! ...