peppy wrote: 6w4l42

2008-03-01
(*) Startup time reduced by ~50%. More depending on how many beatmaps you have.

I can vouch for this - it's a really big improvement!

Main menu colour is... yuck. I definitely need some time to get used to it.

Echo49 wrote: 5o343r

Main menu colour is... yuck. I definitely need some time to get used to it.

Got any rgb you'd like me to try?

2008-03-02
(*) Startup time reduced by a further 66%. Overall, an 82% change in the time required to process each beatmap you have in your directory. This also means the ranked status of songs can be stored locally, and built up in an index. Which means we should see ranked/unranked filters and mass-updating pretty soon .
(*) Fixed selection not being deselected on mode changes.
(*) Removing/adding favourites is now creator-specific.
(*) Fixed minor graphics bug with name input on ranking screen.

What a long weekend. Had to take a forced break from coding taking visitors around sightseeing, so progress is less than usual. Fortunately, tomorrow is a public holiday, and I definitely plan on getting a public release up. Apart from the HUGE performance increases, I'm sure I'll find something extra to add in on top before I put the release up. Look forward to it!

Just gave the boot-up a test run. The first time after running osume.exe it took ~20 seconds to start up, though ZoneAlarm MAY have been to blame for that. Subsequent client launching takes about 3 seconds. Now, to just test a clean startup boot...brb ~5 minutes

also I do not mind the main menu bg; I kinda like it. Perhaps this is something that could be -configurable?

awp wrote: 2d3x2m

Just gave the boot-up a test run. The first time after running osume.exe it took ~20 seconds to start up, though ZoneAlarm MAY have been to blame for that. Subsequent client launching takes about 3 seconds. Now, to just test a clean startup boot...brb ~5 minutes

also I do not mind the main menu bg; I kinda like it. Perhaps this is something that could be -configurable?

If you want to test a clean run, delete the osu!.db file. This should be ~50% faster than before.
If you want to test a cached run, run once then run another time after the osu!.db file is generated. This should be ~82% faster.

Looking forward to hearing your results

Doing both of those it took ~ 3 seconds to start up.

For some reason, though, the first time I run it since I start my PC up, it takes about 20 seconds. Then again, it's worth noting that the first time I open firefox since my computer's started up, it takes about 15 seconds.

I bet once I format my computer it'll take like 5 seconds at the most. I just have an entire library of CDs I need to find before I can do that.

It's the same with me, first time I run Osu! after I start my computer takes way longer than any time after that. Is there any reason for this?

2008-03-03
(+) F12 takes a screenshot.
(*) Rewrote updater from scratch with new net library.
(*) Fixed scenario where song selection items get duplicated.
(*) Song selection uses new text renderer fully.
(*) Require only one 'enter' press when selecting difficulty of active song.
(*) Only ask ing 1/8 snap divisor the first time the editor is opened.
(*) Popup dialog closes correctly when leaving song selection.
(*) Tidied up score list layout.
(*) Changed update warning to bring up a once-off dialog.

As much as I wanted to get a public build up today, there are two bugs I haven't yet fixed. It'll have to be tomorrow .
Got quite a bit done today though, including rewriting the updater. Should hopefully help those people having trouble updating.

Known bugs:
* editor timing point add bug
* mouse rotation stops
* ranking screen stucking
* screenshot transparency

2008-03-04
(+) Editor menu can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts (Alt-f-a etc.).
(*) Changing slider tick rate in editor takes effect to all sliders correctly without a save+load.
(*) BPM used for countdown is halved for songs with BPM > 240.
(*) Screenshots handle transparency correctly.
(*) Local score data only saves replay for highest score for each song. Saving every replay locally seems a bit stupid, and uses alot of disk space/u time when loading.
(*) Reduced random stuttering while playing.
(*) Fixed bug where chat fails to display online s after connecting to the server.
(*) Fixed bug where editor stops working after deselecting an item in the menu.
(*) Fixed(?) bug where cursor stops rotating.
(*) Search mode accepts ANY character input.
(*) Search mode no longer bugs out repeating the same letter many times.
(*) Updater only shows first thread percentage progress, not all.
(*) Merged online and local display into a single class.
(*) Graphical enhancement of display.

Fixed bugs:
* mouse rotation stops
* screenshot transparency

Added bugs:
* stuck sprites in-game

2008-03-06
(*) Search searches difficulties.
(*) Updater might not crash anymore. I think this could just be echo, though.
(*) After deleting a beatmap, the previous beatmap in the list is loaded.
(*) Update message always stays visible on main menu.
(*) Fixed crash on hitting escape while in play mode.
(*) Fixed replays slowing down during sliders and spinners.
(*) Ranking screen displays correct title when artist is missin gfrom beatmap metadata.
(*) Fixed error on deleting beatmaps.
(*) Fixed 'System.InvalidOperationException: Object is currently in use elsewhere.' (cecil can you confirm this one?)
(*) Fixed timing problems causing ranking screen mishaps, stuck sprites etc.

Bugs bugs bugs

squash squash squash

I think i missed a changelog yesterday or day before. i probably collapsed before writing up the changes.

2008-03-07
(+) Added relax mod. No clicking involved, spinners have less decelleration, song will slow down upon massive failure. Totally unranked, just for fun mode dedicated to LuigiHann ;p.
(+) Relax and EasyMode give two hp recoveries - 90% recovery when failing.
(+) Mouse cursor and cursor trails are skinnable. Ask me about this one (and also make me update the template skin...)
(+) Interface sounds skinnable (menuback, menuhit, menuclick).
(+) Selection tab skinnable.
(*) Skin template updated (LuigiHann check here for new stuff - esp. skin.ini and cursor).
(*) Sample loading code rewritten.
(*) Fixed bug where switching difficulties in editor failed (if case didn't match).
(*) Fixed bug where saving storyboard maps with sounds would cause a crash.
(*) Fixed ghost irc s displaying when they are not actually online.
(*) Fixed bug where osu! crashes when opening osz files associated with it.
(*) Lead-in time works correct with doubletime mod.
(*) Rating of songs only appears after they are ranked.


ほほほ～
going strong. definitely getting something out this sunday!!

only two known bugs remaining, and they are minor

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

only two known bugs remaining, and they are minor

guess again, champ =3

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

(*) Local score data only saves replay for highest score for each song. Saving every replay locally seems a bit

Um can you make it so that you can manually save replays then?

rtsmarty wrote: 6u241e

Um can you make it so that you can manually save replays then?

You used this? Can I ask why?

awp wrote: 2d3x2m

guess again, champ =3

As of last night. I obviously can't predict the future.

:D

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

rtsmarty wrote: 6u241e

Um can you make it so that you can manually save replays then?

You used this? Can I ask why?

Well uh there are some things where I think beating it in double time is an achievement in itself. But I never get a good score or anything.

2008-03-09 (b221)
(+) Active mods are shown briefly in top-right corner during play mode.
(+) Ranked status is ressembled by a heart in the top-left corner of song selection.
(*) Editor loads in select mode by default for already mapped maps.
(*) Universal offset in options screen uses a fixed mp3 file. Hopefully allow for more accurate settings. Keep in mind you may find your offset WAS up to 20ms off using this method.
(*) Taking a screenshot pauses gameplay until saving is complete.
(*) Screenshots can be snapped when chat is visible.
(*) Song setup screen will only allow changing sampleset/volume settings if there are no timing-section independent settings already in place. There is now an option to reset timing-section settings too.
(*) Options screen modifications.
(*) Mod selection screen uses new dialog container.

Public release is up .

2008-03-10 (b222)
(+) Added a toggle to turn internal frame sync back on on the options screen. Anyone experience newly-found lag - could you please try turning this on and report results?
(*) Fixed bug in editor where distance snapping multiple notes would cause them to flyyyyyy.
(*) Slider click input handled more gracefully, sorry about that one.
(*) Fixed bug where old maps loaded using the wrong default sampleset.
(*) Restored old metronome sounds/timing.

Bug fixes and whatnot. Still recovering from lack of sleep.

Okay, released a bug-fix kinda release tonight. Hopefully I can fix a few of the outstanding problems with the new build. Keep the coming so we can get things in a stable state again asap .

Take particular heed to:
(*) Added a toggle to turn internal frame sync back on on the options screen. Anyone experience newly-found lag - could you please try turning this on and report results?

I'm interested to see if it fixes the lag for some people. Personally, it actually *adds* stuttering to the game, and other testers have found the same thing, but this is the one biggest change I made to the timing of the game (yes, I basically rewrote it) and this checkbox should flick it back to how it used to be. If you are still getting problems even after switching back, I know the cause lies elsewhere.

p.s. I am still looking for more people willing to help test osu! before releases. At the moment (as you can see) there are still many bugs that make it to the public release due to the small number of helpful testers on the team. If you think you can spare some time and help report and diagnose bugs while enjoying the latest and greatest daily builds of osu!, please me preferrably on IRC.

qft

2008-03-11
(+) Added option to disable mouse wheel controls in gameplay (volume/pause).
(+) In-game links to beatmap thread/info pages.
(+) Added mod HalfTime.
(+) Animation added to storyboarding.
(*) Beatmap Submission System for graveyard maps.
(*) Fixed custom per-beatmap universal samples not being loaded as expected.
(*) Reorganised mod selection to make more sense (i hope).
(*) Fixed mousewheel volume changing increasing more than decreasing.
(*) Fixed pausing during recovering causing an error to occur (return to song selection).
(*) Fixed bug where custom sample/volume settings are lost on opening song selection (unless you go to the Audio tab before clicking ok - please do this is you are using public build ;x).
(+) Web: Beatmap graveyard activated! Thanks to Echo.

Yeouch my eyes x.x
Got more done than I wanted to.

2008-03-12
(+) Web links accessible from editor.
(*) In-game dialogs can be queued. Replaced a couple of awkwards winform popups with ingame dialogs.
(*) Fixed bug where custom sample override checkbox would not be saved correctly on song setup screen.
(*) Fixed ranked status/ids not being updated.
(*) Fixed background video checkbox not updating in options.
(*) More code reorganising.


Bug fixing and getting ready to start work on the next big thing.
Another public release tomorrow or Friday with bundled bug fixes.

If anyone is still having trouble with the new release, tell me your troubles asap so I can get the fixes out in the new build.

2008-03-13
(+) Skin selection screen. Finally. Could do with some more refining, but seems to work quite well for its purpose.
(+) Added option to disable mouse buttons in gameplay.
(*) Fixed random crash when undoing a slider placement in editor.

skin selection looks something like this. the beatmap plays by itself, and doesn't do a perfect job so you can see the various hit sprites. i hope to improve this sometime in the future, but for now it is a lot better than cycling through the skins .

2008-03-14
(+) Added ability to delete specific difficulties rather than all.
(+) Added reset button to mod selection screen.
(+) Added skinning for sound effect when breaking a combo (combobreak.wav).
(+) Added skinning for applause sound on ranking screen (applause.wav).
(+) Added ability to change the colour of the approach circle on spinners (SpinnerApproachCircle in skin.ini).
(+) Added skinning for ranking letters and other rank screen elements. See skinning request thread for more details.
(*) Fixed metronome timing a bit.
(*) Fixed hit sounds playing in timing mode.
(*) Fixed bug with storyboard (Parameter type transformations in a loop didn't save correctly).
(*) Fixed bug where minimizing osu! with a slider visible on-screen would cause a crash on restoring.
(*) Skin selection scorebar lines up properly.
(*) Greatly improved text render quality at 640x480 and 800x600.
(*) Chat window now uses new text renderer. Two more lines of log visible.
(*) Huge optimisations to searching at song selection.



how does it look?

This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.

2008-03-16
(+) Reoutfit for ranking popup dialogs.
(*) Ability to choose whether to save local replays or not.
(*) New skin loading code.
(*) Fix for search not working.
(*) Fixed score on song selection not updating if submission takes too long.
(*) Increased efficiency of text measuring.
(*) IRC text selection and cursor look a lot better.
(*) Skin selection shows full skin names.

so does anyone read this anymore? the forums are so quiet i wouldn't be surprised if noone did.

looking at a new public build tomorrow, assuming there aren't any major bugs reported over the next 24h .

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

so does anyone read this anymore? the forums are so quiet i wouldn't be surprised if noone did.

I know I do. I blame SSBBrawl for the inactivity.

teaser of rank dialog. more to come of course

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

2008-03-16
(+) Reoutfit for ranking popup dialogs.
(*) Ability to choose whether to save local replays or not.
(*) New skin loading code.
(*) Fix for search not working.
(*) Fixed score on song selection not updating if submission takes too long.
(*) Increased efficiency of text measuring.
(*) IRC text selection and cursor look a lot better.
(*) Skin selection shows full skin names.

so does anyone read this anymore? the forums are so quiet i wouldn't be surprised if noone did.

looking at a new public build tomorrow, assuming there aren't any major bugs reported over the next 24h .

I read these forums more than any site I visit. I love your program, and all the hard effort you put into it. When I get out of the tight spot I'm I plan on donating, because I you absolutely deserve it!

-Did that make you feel better? I meant every word

I check this all the time. I haven't had much to say over the past week, but I'm back. I'm looking forward to playing with this skin selection

You can't get rid of me for nothing short of a ban.

Granted I did just spend the last 11 hours of my spare time playing Brawl but I just got my wii remote back.

*curses brawl*

i would play it too but my mod ch--- I MEAN POCKET MONEY hasn't been installed yet.

luigihann: make sure you test the new skinnable items additions too ;p

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

so does anyone read this anymore? the forums are so quiet i wouldn't be surprised if noone did.

Yeah, on like a daily basis, since I don't have the quota to update on a daily basis. New font for chat is a nice improvement, as are pink links XD

PAL release not out until August afaik

Besides, I don't have a Wii. And I need one.

2008-03-17
(+) Online ranking position displayed on new ranking popup.
(+) Changes in accuracy/ranked score/rank position display on info .
(*) Fixed crash bug with new ranking display.
(*) Fixed crash when trying to watch a replay that hasn't been saved.
(*) Fixed random retry crash bug.
(*) Fixed applause playing on combo break.
(*) Combo break sound doesn't play during relax mode, and only plays if you have a combo over 20.
(*) Accuracy is weighted depending on the total number of notes hit/missed per-play.

Too many bugs reported to release public last night.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

2008-03-16
so does anyone read this anymore? the forums are so quiet i wouldn't be surprised if noone did.

Responding a bit late, but I read this all the time. I usually don't post anything because I don't have much of anything to say.

But I think Osu! really is the best freeware game I've ever played. There's a lot of effort put in to it, and it's definitely worth the effort.

I don't know of any way to check for sure, but I think that Osu's my second-most used program, next to Firefox.

wiicademan wrote: 2h731m

But I think Osu! really is the best freeware game I've ever played. There's a lot of effort put in to it, and it's definitely worth the effort.

Its good to hear some positive responses . I'd really like to see some more activity on the forums, but don't have any bright ideas to see this happen. I call community meeting #2 soon!!1

Maybe it's a little last minute but how about a meeting during this easter break?

chan wrote: 5z6h5t

Maybe it's a little last minute but how about a meeting during this easter break?

I guess that could work, depending on how many peopel choose to go away during it. And how many other countries actually get holidays

2008-03-18
(+) Added small versions of ranking sprites. Look a lot better on song select. Skin using "ranking-A-small.png" etc.
(*) Mouse cursor doesn't respond to buttons when outside the osu! window.
(*) osu! default skin revamp. Lots of changes to make things look generally cleaner.
(*) Applause only plays when entering the ranking screen from play mode.
(*) Fixed stanza counter not updating properly.
(*) Editor mode fully uses new text renderer. No longer using the old one anywhere in osu!.
(*) BPM changes cache slider redraw (less lag when changing BPM).

a few preview shots of skin changes. you might not be able to notice the different if you aren't picky.

yummmy!!!

2008-03-19
(+) Save replays by hitting F2 at ranking screen. Don't try playing them back yet.
(+) Added % buffered when spectating.
(*) Fixed index bug when deleting songs.
(*) Fixed bug with local names capturing unnecessary keystrokes.
(*) Fixed bug where irc crashes on very long lines of text.
(*) Local scores database much more efficient. Filesize down 80%, and about 90% faster to load and update.

2008-03-21
(+) osu! accepts .osr files, and imports then to local ranking.
(+) Added hit accuracy statistics in test mode. Should be useful for calculating incorrect offsets.
(*) When dragging files into osu! in edit mode, you will be prompted to save current work before the editor exits.
(*) Receiving files by drag-drop or association handled a lot better.
(*) All samples in-game are checked for silence. Should help a lot with offset/latency issues.
(*) Fixed grid snapping menu item not updating its ticked status.
(*) Countdown now halves in speed with songs over 180bpm (previously 240bpm+).
(*) Menu button graphics changed again.

Public version is sitting ready to . But I'm going to do it when I wake up - not feeling 100% confident .

If any of you mods out there have timing discrepancies (ala offset) please wait for this to go up before ranking stuffs.

2008-03-22
(+) Added echostars in test mode.
(*) Fixed rating stars sometimes not appearing.
(*) Fixed animation of slider hitcircles (reverse arrow didn't fade correctly).
(*) Fixed spinner playback in replays.

Released public b233! Quite a few new changes out there. Took a bit of a break from dev today (and finished case 3 of gyakuten saiban4 ).

Loooooooooooooooove the update Peppy! I have no complaints. Everything is running smooth and I have yet to find anything buggish.

2008-03-23
(*) Realised my silence finding function WASN'T RUNNING! Fixed, and adjusted previous beatmaps to earn themselves a free 25ms offset.
(*) Show active mods on song selection screen.
(*) Fixed rating stars sometimes not appearing.
(*) Fixed bug with spinners spinning funny during relax recovery.
(*) Fixed seeking in editor when paused/stopped (used to jump around).
(*) Fixed score maintenance popup not appearing in fullscreen.
(*) Fixed "Break" not displaying in editor timeline.
(*) Misc storyboarding fixes. Hmm, I really want to do some more work on the scripting syntax... it pisses me off atm!

Put up a new public release today as well to fix some critical bugs.

2008-03-24
(+) Project osu!Bancho is underway!
(+) Offset changes can be automatically reflected in hitobjects.
(+) Holding 'Ctrl' while changing bpm/offset doubles the precision.
(*) Save local replay status is ed.
(*) Timing buttons in editor are more responsive to single clicks.
(*) Improved performance when moving large selections in editor.
(*) Slider calculation is 91% FASTER. On a 30 minutes beatmap (hi chan) this reduced load time from 35seconds to 3.

What's project bancho?

2008-03-25
(+) Bancho has better irc .
(+) Bancho can send compressed osu! statistics objects.
(*) Fixed random crashing at main menu/song selection.
(*) Fixed crash when deleting timing sections.
(*) Fixed crash when clicking random song.

2008-03-26
(+) Bancho client in osu!.
(+) stats (own only) are received from bancho.
(*) Bancho server improvements.
(*) Fixed sliders not fully disappearing when deleting.

Latest test build actually connects to Bancho! Hooray~

No so hooray at 6:45am.... I wonder if I'll be able to wake up in 1.5h for work!

2008-03-27
(+) osu! connects to bancho irc via custom protocol.
(*) Bancho infrastructure improvements.

smooth sailing. mostly

2008-03-28
(+) Xfire compatibility/ added.
(*) When running in fullscreen, osu! will swap to windowed mode at the Edit song selection screen, rather than the editor itself.
(*) Fixed stats not updating correctly via Bancho on completing a song.
(*) Bancho bug fixes and general improvements.
(*) osu! automatically maintains connection to bancho.

2008-03-29
(+) Sliders ***** **.
(+) Independent SS and SH sprites added (with skinning ).
(+) Bancho pings client and handles timeouts. osu! connections silent reconnections, meaning ghosts are a thing of the past.
(*) Sliders look much cleaner - new border and gradient rendering.
(*) Slider endpoints don't change opacity.
(+) When copying notes (Ctrl+C or editor menu), the clipboard will contain the current time location and combo numbers of selected notes (MODS USE THIS!!).
(*) Automatic note adjustment when changing offset defaults to ON.
(*) Non-combo per-beatmap custom colours are loaded and saved correctly by the editor. Restructured how colours are cached internally to be more clear.

2008-03-30
(+) Added menu tiering to main menu. Placeholder buttons.
(*) Removed unintended gradient on hp graph.
(*) Fixed slider alpha problem. Bow down before me luigi.
(*) Fixed crash with manual timing setup window when deleting all sections then adding one.
(*) Mouse sensitivity doesn't affect editor.
(*) Rewrote mouse sensitivity calculations. Should be a lot smoother (more noticeable the higher your setting).
(*) Local score database is saved on closing osu!, rather than at each song completion.
(*) Bancho<->osu! performance doubled.

lol @ time

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

lol @ time

Oh no, how late were you up?? (in your timezone, i mean)

RemmyX25 wrote: 5su13

Oh no, how late were you up?? (in your timezone, i mean)

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:54 am

That's when I posted the changelog though. Didn't sleep until 6 thanks to another bug report ;p.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

(*) Local score database is saved on closing osu!, rather than at each song completion.

If the game crashes or the 's machine BSOD's or something, will the local records thusly fail to update?

awp wrote: 2d3x2m

If the game crashes or the 's machine BSOD's or something, will the local records thusly fail to update?

Yep. I'm swapping to this for now and we'll see how things go. It offers a sizeable performance improvement.

Then you just crush every last osu!-related bug and we're good to go.

2008-03-31
(*) Offset slider no longer starts playing music if music was paused on hover.
(*) Reverted old mouse sensitivity code until I have time to fix the new stuff.

Yes, the changelog is short. I just HAVE to complete AJ case 4, and catch a couple of hours extra sleep.

2008-04-01
(+) Fully recoded main menu with new button graphics, with icons kudos to LuigiHann.
(+) Option to toggle skin samples on/off.
(+) Speed of countdown can be halved or doubled.
(*) Sharp corners on sliders look silky smooth.
(*) Fixed automatic moving of notes when changing offset (used to affect ALL previous timing sections).
(*) Fixed bug with hp graph sometimes not saving.
(*) Fixed bug with <4 combo colours not saving correctly.

I finished AJ last night .

Ooh, here's a teaser:

2008-04-02
(+) Fonts are skinnable!
(+) Added "now playing" display button to main menu.
(*) New editor buttons (thanks to LuigiHann again for beautiful icons!)
(*) Lots more tidying of buttons/graphics.

Yes, skinnable fonts. me if you need skinning details before the next public release.

Font skinning! Yay! Not sure how you set them up to be aligned for skins with different-sized fonts... I'm not sure why my EBO ones look off-center A minor detail, though, because otherwise I'm like a kid in a candy store

Edit: nevermind, I figured it out. It was my mistake

2008-04-03
(*) More graphical improvements in editor.
(*) Play mode plays until the end of storyboarded content (I hope - haven't tested this. There is no skip button yet, but escape works).

No testing build tonight.. had some RL stuff to attend to + dying from lack of sleep. I also didn't want to release another new test dll when I've only half-completed editor sprite modifications I want to. I'm sure you guys understand .

2008-04-04
(+) BPM changes on timing screen can automatically adjust placed circles.
(+) Different fonts can be assigned to score and hitcircles.
(+) Font overlap (spacing between characters) can be specified.
(+) HP graph is visible on the result screen after watching a replay/spectating.
(+) Select in-game dialog buttons using number keys.
(*) A few updated editor graphics.
(*) Editor timeline hitcircles move a lot more smoothly.
(*) Fixed bug where game crashes on watching replay.
(*) Fixed black level on slider numbers.
(*) Fixed combo counter not fading in/out correctly.
(*) Background behind spinners fades to black during spinning.

Finally caught up on a fair list of bug fixes and change requests.

2008-04-05
(*) Hitting enter on an in-game popup dialog will close it.
(*) Bancho improvements.

Oops, forgot to post this

2008-04-06
(+) Score-specific font added to default skin (tomorrow for test build).
(+) Implemented osu! IRC with for stats. Spectator mode is not yet complete.
(*) Removed all IRC from osu!.
(*) Fixed middle mouse button affecting replay playback.

Yes we are moving forward. Bancho for the previous osu! featureset (chat/stats/spectate) is almost complete, and once that is done a public build is ready to go. You won't be disappointed with the coming release though - there is a lot more packed in it .

As for multiplayer - it will come in the next release, but the base code required is building up fairly smoothly, so it shouldn't be that difficulty to get going .

2008-04-07
(+) New player dialogs.
(+) Realtime statistics feed.
(+) Player activities are viewable on F9 screen.
(*) Fixed overlap spacing for skinnable fonts.
(*) Improved general draw performance by ~20-40% depending on number of hitcircles places.
(*) Fixed bug where clicking replay on ranking screen without saving a local replay causes an error.
(*) Can no longer trigger an unpause when failing (cosmetic only).
(*) Bancho network layer rewrite from scratch.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the speed of RAITO!

2008-04-08
(+) 'Z' key in editor bound to 'Stop'.
(+) Scrollable UI elements implemented!
(*) Fixed rendering of slider borders when they are not black or white.
(*) Fixed display bugs with new s.
(*) Bancho handles guest s (offline mode) and changes.
(*) Fixed syncing of slower playback speeds in editor (<1x)
(*) Chat won't automatically scroll when reading through back buffer.

5:13am


Been putting this one off for too long. I can now make anything scrollable. Yes that is a scrollbal to the right, and yes it will probably look better nexttime you see it.

Peppy, this is looking really great! I'm really looking forward to the next public release...

2008-04-09
(*) www. links are also handled by the chat window.
(*) Chat text is word-wrapped more intuitively (fills up the whole window now).
(*) Scrollbar behaves a lot more like a scrollbar.
(*) Fixed dodgy fading errors on .
(*) Fixed bancho crashing.
(*) Fixed sprite alignment.

I really want to get all this stuff done and released already. WTB time.

2008-04-10
(+) 'Submitting' status added.
(+) Mod icons are skinnable (see feature reqs. board for pre-rls details)
(+) Local time is displayed on s.
(+) Spectator reimplementation (bancho-based).
(*) Fixed display bugs.
(*) Default skin improvements (minor, dll tomorrow).

That's right - spectator is almost back to how it used to be, which means public release is but around the corner .

Spectator fact list:

Working:
Basic playback from beginning of song @ 60fps.
Basic playback from middle of song (with some random error) @ 60fps.

Not Working:
Ranking/failure info.
Score synchronisation.
Mods.
Watching s list.

2008-04-11
(*) Huge improvements on game smoothness, mouse cursor responsiveness, overall performance (internal change to frame limiting).
(*) Fixed dual monitor (dragging between monitors caused a crash).

Ok, I got distracted from finishing off spectator , but these above are pretty huge changes. I don't know how it will fare for everyone, but testers have reported huge smoothness improvements so far.

2008-04-12
(!) Fixed the problems with replays - you guys should be safe to rank in songs again using test version.
(+) Nickname tab completion in chat mode.
(*) Chat log word wrap is more sensible.
(*) Chat control buttons fade when they would oherwise be hiding text.
(*) Status updates only sent to bancho when they actually change to a different status.
(*) Fixed replay playback bugs on slow conections.
(*) Fixed occasional crash when closing the ranking screen.
(*) Fixed crashes in editor when changing bpm/offset before setting a timing section.
(*) Fixed replays not recording all important frames with new code.
(*) Fixed approach circles fighting for depth buffer ownership.

Mmm....................................

2008-04-13
(+) Added LuigiHann's three skin updates to test updater.
(+) Added tooltips to options.
(+) Added displaying of city/country in F9 .
(*) Fixed random crash when playing back a saved replay.
(*) Fixed display order of spinners. Now should appear underneath all hitcircles.
(*) Rewrite of configuration manager.
(*) Increased ping timeout delay on osu!'s end. Bancho sends multiple ping requests when none are received.
(*) Bancho compression algorithm changed to bzip2 - .net gzip library is shit.
(*) Fixed bug where clicking on 'solo' too quickly would take you to edit mode.
(*) Changed the way mouse trails are displayed. Should look smoother.
(*) Spectator improvements (functionality-wise... it still doesn't work )

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................................
Public is comign tomorrow i promise :/.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

2008-04-13
(*) Fixed display order of spinners. Now should appear underneath all hitcircles.

<3

2008-04-14
(+) Added editor speedup flag (disables undo/redo). Add 'FastEditor = 1' to osu!.cfg <- this is for chan
(+) Bancho automatically submits error reports to peppy.
(+) Chat ticker can be toggled.
(*) Spectator enhanced. Almost back to where we were!
(*) Spectator list returns.
(*) UI graphical changes (mostly editor).
(*) Shortcut keys for menu items work correctly depending on the current tier.

Well the build is more-or-less ready. One slight problem with spinners which is still unresolved, so I won't be releasing until the morning (after getting results back from testers). Spectator mode is done and better than ever !

Bug submission is now automated too.

Could any testers available please give this build a thorough testing so we can get it up as a public? Thankies

Hey, thanks for the 'FastEditor = 1'. Haven't experienced any debilitating lag unlike before. No undo is just a minor concession :D

chan wrote: 5z6h5t

Hey, thanks for the 'FastEditor = 1'. Haven't experienced any debilitating lag unlike before. No undo is just a minor concession

Great to know!

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

Could any testers available please give this build a thorough testing so we can get it up as a public? Thankies

Thanks to all the testers for giving spectator a thorough ass-whooping. Seems to be stable . Public release is GOING UP TONIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT.

2008-04-15
(!) Public release.
(+) Show chat button added.
(*) Fixed drag selection dodginess in editor.
(*) Fixed update bar appearing in edit/play modes if it takes too long to display.
(*) Deleting a beatmap with only one difficulty will remove it totally from disk, no options.
(*) Modified error dialog. Automatically redirects to PS1.1 website when required.
(*) Fixed search not working on some rare occasions.
(*) dialog doesn't show cancel when its not necesssary.
(*) Fixed spectator crashes.

2008-04-16
(!) Public release.
(+) s colour depending on play mode.
(*) Decreased fade times on swaps. Fixed a few display issues.
(*) Fixed mouse speed requiring a restart.
(*) Fixed random crashes on song selection (reported by MusicFan).
(*) Fixed spinner problems.
(*) Fixed editor not allowing saving of a map when an exception occurs.
(*) Fixed thread deadlocking on bancho (not in the best way possible, but it should avoid crashes for now).
(*) Improved error reporting.

2008-04-17
(+) Added skin option "HitCircleOverlayAboveNumber". Defaults to 1.
(*) More bancho deadlock fixes.
(*) Fixed bug where osu! would crash on some systems when trying to open a webpage by clicking an in-game link.
(*) Fixed bug where osu! would not start if registry access was not available.
(*) Fixed update dialog appearing many times. Now only appears once per application start.
(*) Fixed osu! trying to reconnect to bancho after a version mismatch. Only tries once now.
(*) Fixed cursor trail draw depth being above the cursor itself during play.
(*) Fixed editor crashes when placing a slider, and clicking an already placed point to remove/re-place it.
(*) Fixed occasional crash when deleting beatmaps.
(*) Improved streaming syncing.
(*) Improvements to slider rendering.

2008-04-18
(+) Added highlight when your name is said.
(*) Fixed test mode not functioning correctly.
(*) Fixed local replays causing a crash.
(*) Fixed bug with spectator when a watcher starts, ends, then starts watching the same player again.
(*) More investigation into bancho crashes, hopefully some resolution? :/

Did a heap of redesign on bancho. I am hoping things will be better now. Turns out it wasn't totally my fault though - just a few default timeouts set to infinite when they shouldn't have been.

Anyways, sorry for the epic bancho outages and restart counts. I'm sure you all understand that this is something new and once it is stable it will stay that way for good .

2008-04-19
(+) Added notification when you name is said in chat when chat is not open.
(+) s slide around.
(+) Added option in song select to reset local scores for a particular beatmap.
(+) Beatmap submission status is displayed in editor song select. Updating functionality is also present.
(*) Scroll lock key is blocked (xfire shortcut key).
(*) Changed 'Clear unplayed list' option to 'Remove current beatmap from unplayed'.
(*) Fixed tab not working in chat while in edit mode.
(*) Fixed scrollbar exceeding maximum scroll when content area shrinks.
(*) Converted all default skin sound samples to wav. Removed silence-cutting from ALL mp3 samples.
(*) Skin template brought up-to-date.

With bancho finally fixed, I'm able to get into some serious osu! development (mostly small fixes/additions) before starting on the next major feature. I'll do a public update Sunday night.

New template skin is up on public and private updaters.

2008-04-20
(+) s fade in/out when ing/quitting.
(+) Added mousewheel scrolling to list.
(*) Special coloured rank numbers for top 10.
(*) Ranked-only checkbox status is ed throughout a session.
(*) Toggles to the right of the editor (GridSnap, DistSnap etc.) are ed throughout a session.
(*) Added option to unlimit fps back in for testing.
(*) Removed saving of audio checksum to beatmap files (wasn't being used, and I don't see a need for it).
(*) Fixed editor asking to save every time (with storyboarded maps).
(*) Fixed rank conflict situations on bancho listing.
(*) Fixed ranking dialog appearing in gameplay if retry is pressed rapidly after reaching the ranking dialog.
(*) Fixed smoothness of song select with framerate limit disabled.
(*) Abstraction of TabCollection. Will be used for sorting the list (and maybe as a pagination system for options screens?).

2008-04-21
(+) list custom sorting.
(*) Stat change notifications slide with their respective s.
(*) Improved accuracy of nickname highlights.
(*) Fixed bug where beatmap doesnt end when a spinner/note occurs after the audio finishes. Of course, if this happens you will FAIL the map. Let's try not to do stupid things like this, ok mappers?
(*) Chat ticker displays fully in editor instead of ticking, but appears above the bottom toolbar.

2008-04-22
(+) Web stat images

Busy day at work - didn't even have enough energy to code osu!. So I spent bit of time working on the above.

To recover energy eat some Solar Fruits. You can get them from chests, buy them or from defeated enemies.

Eeer sry. Random Boktai quote. And, those statimages are great thing =3

2008-04-23
(*) Fixed audible delay on default skin's soft-hitfinish sample. Won't update testing release just yet.
(*) Fixed misalignment of s window when in editor.
(*) Internal data structure changes. Tell me if anything stops working!

2008-04-24
(+) Added force tablet option.
(*) Play mode optimisations. Some areas of code have improved in efficiency by up to 99.97%. Parapara should be getting faster .
(*) Fixed (avoided) cryptographical crash when xfire is running. Let's see how this behaves.

2008-04-25
(*) Play mode optimisations. U usage drops as progress is made in a beatmap.
(*) Fixed problems with slider placement in editor.
(*) Fixed tab draw depth problems.
(*) Fixed misalignment of s screen when in editor.
(*) Slider optimisations.

Meeting was quite successful! Discussed heaps of stuff. Yay for discussion.

2008-04-26
(+) Points required until next rank added to ranking screen.
(+) New storyboard transformation type 'V' - vector scale. Works like M but accepts width and height parameters for scaling a sprite, rather than movement.
(*) Full level play optimisations are in. Approximately 18x speed boost.
(*) Fixed bug with parameter type storyboarding events.
(*) Fixed avatar not updating when changing active .
(*) Fixed chat not closing correctly if it was open when logging off.
(*) Sliders no longer save their first point in the .osu file. Slight optimisation.
(*) Moving sliders in editor (non-point editing) is around 95% faster.
(*) Fixed tabs on chat window disappearing when swapping skins.
(*) osu! only allows one instance running at all times.

2008-04-27 b291
(*) Added now playing messages back in, but triggered by command '/np'.
(*) Mouse velocity should be a lot smoother - allows for decimal measuresments. (revoked for public)
(*) Changed order of hitcircle/slider explosions - not sure why they were being ordered opposite.
(*) Fixed dragging starting before mouse cursor is moved after clicking.
(*) Fixed slider issues (copy/paste sprite clones).
(*) Fixed sound of spinner bonus not being affected by per-beatmap sample volume.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

(*) Fixed avatar not updating when changing active .
(*) Fixed chat not closing correctly if it was open when logging off.

\(^.^)/

Thank you, peppy!!!

2008-04-28
(*) Fixed mouse sensitivity over 2x not being saved correctly.
(*) Fixed tablet initialisation on a system not ing it causing failure to open osu! on future attempts.

2008-04-29
(*) Fixed slider curve-type not being ed correctly througout a single osu! session.
(*) Fixed bug with chat visibility in offline mode.
(*) Fixed mouse handling in replay mode (clicks being picked up by replay playback).

Spent some time looking at making an installer for osu!. Got it about half complete.

2008-04-30
(+) Private message in chat '/msg <> <message>'.
(*) Fixed buttons not working in spectator/replay mode.
(*) All in-game authentication is handled by bancho - no longer requires any http calls.
(*) Performance improvement for rendering text sprites which are of length zero.

zzz

2008-05-01
(+) osu! offline installer is complete and available for testing. Automatically handles .NET prerequisites.
(+) Added checkboxes for online privacy options (not yet implemented).
(+) Added millisecond and x/y coordinate display in design mode. Handy for scripting.
(*) Slider recalculations are reduced in editor.
(*) Fixed bug with high spinner tick rates displaying incorrectly in design view or after changing timing settings.
(*) Fixed bug where slider ticks sometimes briefly appear (for one frame) as they are fading out.
(*) Fixed skipping possible with spacebar even when skip doesn't do anything.
(*) Fixed universal offset setting audible even when osu! is not focussed.
(*) Fixed exporting online replays to a file (didn't work before).
(*) Changed storyboarding so katsu combos trigger the failing sequence.
(*) Hopefully fixed screen sometimes leaving s misaligned.

osu! offline installer available for testing.

Gave the installer a quick test drive. Works quite nicely~

Only thing I noticed was for multiple installs: I have an osu! shortcut on my desktop, and the installer overwrote it. So when I decided that I do not want osu! installed on my machine any more , it deleted my shortcut ;_________;

Fortunately this means absolutely nothing because what the fuck are you doing with two installs on your machine??? (Actually I can think of a plethora of reasons - well, at least two reasons - but for 98% of the people out there this is a non-issue that will never happen).

So, good work. I had no problems.

2008-05-04
(+) Added for .osb external difficulty-independant storyboards.
(+) Added option to make storyboard layers 1-3 draw in front of combo fire (StoryFireInFront:0 under [General] in .osu file).
(*) dialog handles connection errors better (and allows cancelling at all times).
(*) Extended chat should be less broken with transitions (please report if there are still problems with separation of sprites).
(*) Optimisation to hitcircle handling internally.
(*) Fixed some unnecessary saving in editor when both a background image and video are included in a map.
(*) Accuracy on extended chat is always 2DP.
(*) Game fades out slower when exiting.

If you're wondering about the lack of updates this weekend, its mostly because I was in bed recovering from a pretty bad case of flu. Hopefully I can make back some time this week.

This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.

2008-05-06
(+) Preliminary taiko mod (feasibility?). Hit F4 at song selection.
(*) Another (hopeful) fix for movement. Its a pity I can't replicate this ;(.

Getting side-tracked as usual .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL58viutWuE
beware epilepsy inducing beatmap .