From 569a808144bc34909a922d800fb66ae807d1d01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claire Vivian de Lunette <whotookclaireee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:55:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add dummy strumlines on newly created songs

shoutout that one dude in modding help who pointed out that cne crashes if you do something other than make a strumline immediately after loading into the charter
---
 source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
index a06118f42..907eee260 100644
--- a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
@@ -638,6 +638,39 @@ class Charter extends UIState {
 			noteCount += strL.notes.length;
 		}
 
+		// checks for newly created songs
+		if (PlayState.SONG.strumLines.length == 0) {
+			var dadStrumLine:ChartStrumLine = {
+				characters: ["dad"],
+				type: 0, // Opponent
+				notes: [],
+				position: "dad",
+				visible: true,
+				strumPos: [0, 50],
+				strumLinePos: 0.25,
+				strumScale: 1,
+				strumSpacing: 1,
+				vocalsSuffix: "",
+				keyCount: 4
+			};
+			createStrumLine(0, dadStrumLine, false, false);
+			
+			var bfStrumLine:ChartStrumLine = {
+				characters: ["bf"],
+				type: 1, // Player
+				notes: [],
+				position: "bf",
+				visible: true,
+				strumPos: [0, 50],
+				strumLinePos: 0.75,
+				strumScale: 1,
+				strumSpacing: 1,
+				vocalsSuffix: "",
+				keyCount: 4
+			};
+			createStrumLine(1, bfStrumLine, false, false);
+		}
+
 		// create notes
 		notesGroup.autoSort = false;
 		notesGroup.preallocate(noteCount);

From 0ea6162b2a8eb5cc3d3b7ec1813885c3aaf232ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claire Vivian de Lunette <whotookclaireee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:34:56 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] typo fix oopsie

---
 source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
index 907eee260..8645fc452 100644
--- a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ class Charter extends UIState {
 				vocalsSuffix: "",
 				keyCount: 4
 			};
-			createStrumLine(0, dadStrumLine, false, false);
-			
+			createStrumline(0, dadStrumLine, false, false);
+
 			var bfStrumLine:ChartStrumLine = {
 				characters: ["bf"],
 				type: 1, // Player
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ class Charter extends UIState {
 				vocalsSuffix: "",
 				keyCount: 4
 			};
-			createStrumLine(1, bfStrumLine, false, false);
+			createStrumline(1, bfStrumLine, false, false);
 		}
 
 		// create notes

From 8065feecfd7c1286cb2624849e0cf8b3ea90a82a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claire Vivian de Lunette <whotookclaireee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:45:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] typo fix + condense the thing

---
 source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx | 21 +++++----------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
index 8645fc452..d8754bdbd 100644
--- a/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/editors/charter/Charter.hx
@@ -640,35 +640,24 @@ class Charter extends UIState {
 
 		// checks for newly created songs
 		if (PlayState.SONG.strumLines.length == 0) {
-			var dadStrumLine:ChartStrumLine = {
+			createStrumline(0, {
 				characters: ["dad"],
 				type: 0, // Opponent
 				notes: [],
 				position: "dad",
 				visible: true,
-				strumPos: [0, 50],
-				strumLinePos: 0.25,
-				strumScale: 1,
-				strumSpacing: 1,
-				vocalsSuffix: "",
 				keyCount: 4
-			};
-			createStrumline(0, dadStrumLine, false, false);
+			}, false, false);
 
-			var bfStrumLine:ChartStrumLine = {
+			createStrumline(1, {
 				characters: ["bf"],
 				type: 1, // Player
 				notes: [],
-				position: "bf",
+				position: "boyfriend",
 				visible: true,
-				strumPos: [0, 50],
 				strumLinePos: 0.75,
-				strumScale: 1,
-				strumSpacing: 1,
-				vocalsSuffix: "",
 				keyCount: 4
-			};
-			createStrumline(1, bfStrumLine, false, false);
+			}, false, false);
 		}
 
 		// create notes