1. .NET Framework 4.5
2. A monitor which is 800x600 px big (or bigger)
3. For the simulator: A monitor which is bigger than 800x600 px ( for this screen size is coming soon)
4. For automatic updates: a working internet connection

1. Audio (.mp3, .wav)
2. s normal and HD Skins
3. Skin Mixer
4. Half Resolution Creator (needs a HD skin)
5. Skin template-er
6. (BETA) Simulator to look how your skin will look like
7. Easy skin export and import
8. Threadtext creator
9. Auto-detect the osu! skin folder

1. Some of you may experience crashes and errors when trying to open a skin. The source of this crash is unknown for now, but I try to fix this ASAP

FAQ (also interesting stuff for programmers ^^)

Q: What is the "osu! Skin Manager"?
A: The osu! Skin Manager is a multifunctional tool to create, edit and save your skins for osu!.

Q: Why is it multifunctional?
A: Because you can't just do these three things, no, you can

1. Export your skin as an .osk file
2. Create new skins easily
3. Mix two skins together
4. Quickly edit the skin.ini
5. Automatically resize images to half size (for HD skins)
6. (New since 2.5.3) Create a thread text with auto-fill (Name, Version, Author and release date)

Q: Where are my exported skins?
A: You find them in your osu! directory under "Exports" (where osu! normally puts your exported files in)

Q: I can't see my audio files. Where can I display them?
A: Minimum required version: Beta 2.3 or newer. From this version on you see your WAV and MP3 Files.

Q: How can I replay my selected audio file?
A: Simply just click on the window where the program displays your image. Above you can see if the sound is playing or not.

Q: I just started the application, he says he loads a skin but nothing happens. What should I do?
A: This can be done in a few steps:
1. Open the settings and go to th tab "Other"
2. Deactivate "Automatically load the last edited skin after startup" and restart the application

Q: When is the next update?
A: There isn't any fix date for updates, because it's a hobby project. But you can subscribe this topic to stay up to date.

Q: Has the program an update function?
A: Since Update 2.7 yes, so grab your copy and install

Q:The update isn't working, why?
A: Keyword ClickOnce. Please uninstall the old version with ClickOnce (Version 3.8 and below) and and install the Setup above. This makes updating easier and looks better

Q:How do the themes of the application look like?
A: Click on this link: http://puu.sh/fHoYh/a41fddd8d3.gif

Q:What is behind the application? (Interesting for programmers)
A: Over 5000 lines of code in C# are used in the application to let you do all the things. Currently I am using the following libaries:

1. SharpZipLib (for packing and unpacking skins)
2. CustomTabControl from JacksonSoft (instead of the old TabControls)
3. NAudio (for Audio Playback)

The installer, uninstaller and updater are all written by myself (C#, both installer & uninstaller using a XML manifest to get privileges), which includes another 1500 lines of code.

You want to see a new feature or changes on the application? Suggestions are alway welcome

OsuMe65 wrote: 4d3mn

This thread should be in 2 i bet...
Anyway, that's nice. UI quite sucks.

A i k a wrote: 4a4g2m

But not sure if the set-up should be in German owo

ziogio wrote: 674ns

It's really a good job!

I noticed just one thing:

1) The pc identify the program as virus. That's because there isn't an author name, so maybe you can put your name (?) XD

And I have one suggestion: You can make possible to "mix" in a simple way. In the left side we can a skin and in the right side another one. And, with some arrow to change elements (or just a button "change") we can "mix" properly ahah

Thank you for your work

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

ziogio wrote: 674ns

It's really a good job!

I noticed just one thing:

1) The pc identify the program as virus. That's because there isn't an author name, so maybe you can put your name (?) XD

And I have one suggestion: You can make possible to "mix" in a simple way. In the left side we can a skin and in the right side another one. And, with some arrow to change elements (or just a button "change") we can "mix" properly ahah

Thank you for your work

Nice idea, I'll try my best to get this idea to work
After searching the web for the virus problem I found out that web-based actions (my program contains a function) get detected by anti-virus software. But if someone needs a virustotal check, I'll add this as fast as possible

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/ But if you want to see the Window itself, here is a preview:


Don't wonder about "lb_leftSkin" and so on. These are only shown in Visual Studio

1. Added: Skin Mixer
2. Added: A new Help Section for the skin mixer
3. Changed: The picture on the main screen (while editing a skin) is now scrollable (now you can watch your images completely )

piruchan wrote: 2brb

So, I decided to try this, and the program told me to choose my osu!skin folder, when I chose C:\Program Files (x86)\osu!\Skins, I got the "this program has stopped working" window.

Just for clarification, which one is osu! skin folder? C:\Program Files (x86)\osu!\Skins or the one with the default skin?

sheela901 wrote: 3g2ic

I can't open the program. It closes after choosing the osu! skin. There's no error code, or anything, it just closes.

1. Added: The program shows you which gamemodes are ed
2. Added: You can now change settings (I know this is really late to publish, but at the beginning I didn't thought about that ^^")
3. Added: You can now change the backgroundcolor in the skin mixer
4. Changed: As long as you didn't have chosen a skin you can't use "Export Skin", "Import" "Save Skin" and "Edit skin.ini"
5. Changed: "Edit" at the top menu is now "Skin"
6. Fixed: When you switched from the osu! Skin Mixer back to the Manager, the skin wasn't loaded again
7. Fixed: If you clicked on "Export", "Import" or "Save Skin" while no skin was loaded, the program crashed
8. Fixed: If you first started the program, the chosen skin folder wasn't saved (and so you could not save or export your skin)
9. Fixed: Found and removed some spelling mistakes

1. Added: for Wave (.wav) files. Mp3 file will be added in a future version
2. Added: Half-Resolution Creator: creates half resolution images (e.g. an image which is 200px x 200px big will be copied and resized to 100px x 100px)
3. Added: New look which can be deactivated in the settings
4. Added: Reset button to reset a change on the selected skin element
5. Changed: "File" at the top menu is now "Manage"
6. Changed: If no skin is loaded you can quickly access any skin in your directory
7. Changed: If you load another skin, open the skin mixer or something else, the images will be disposed (deloaded) to save RAM (BETA)
8. Changed: "Choose Skin" is now "Load Skin"
9. Changed: The important buttons are a little bit bigger
10. Fixed: Mistakes in the help

1. Added: of mp3 files
2. Added: When you the default skin, you see a window which shows you the progress of the
3. Changed: The skin.ini editor is now coloured (Beta, it could have his problems)
4. Changed: New logo

1. Added: An menu point under "Skin", where you can create a forum post for your skin (he automatically inserts some things when you use templates)
2. Added: (Beta) CircleSize window, where you can look how your hitcircle will look with different CS
3. Changed: Settings can now be opened with STRG + Shift + S
4. Fixed: At the first startup, he only accepted in the path "osu", not "Osu" (i hate case sensitive...)

1. Added: Update function! Finally I got it to work. From now on, the Application checks for updates at startup. If Updates are found, he s and opens the installer automatically.
2. Changed: The dialog "Load Skin" in the menu "Manage" has been removed, now the skin list is loaded into the listbox
3. Changed: Deleted skins will now be moved in the Recyle Bin so you can restore the skin
4. Changed: Default skin.ini is now more clearly
5. Fixed: The startup dialog accepts now all directories with the name "skin". You can change the directory in the settings

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

EDIT: Could someone move this thread to Developement pls? I think I would reach more people there

deadbeat wrote: 819

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

EDIT: Could someone move this thread to Developement pls? I think I would reach more people there

i suppose i could for you o3o

1. Added: Now you can deactivate the update notification
2. Added: Added tooltips in the settings window
3. Added: At startup, the application shows a tutorial (can be deactivated by clicking "Do not show again")
4. Changed: While updating, you can see the progress
5. Changed: You can now abort the of the default skin
6. Changed: The RAM Usage in the settings updates now every second
7. Changed: "Elements" when changing a skin is now "Skins"
8. Fixed: The last loaded skin couldn't be delete
9. Fixed: The graphic was buggy when choosing a mp3 file
10. Fixed: The update bar "stays" in the upper right corner
11. Removed: The old Help window (it was ugly). Now the application has a new Help section (the tutorial)

You want to see a new feature in this application? Write me a private message or write a post in this thread

1. Added: The language "German" is now ed (language will be chosen automatically by the application if you live in german regions)
2. Added: Import and export your settings
3. Added: Backup function (Backup your whole Skin folder, backup your actual skin at crash, backup before mixing two skins)
4. Added: When you export your skin, your skin.ini will be checked on mistakes
5. Changed: Better error-checking (empty names didn't worked, but names conataing only spaces worked)
6. Changed: Some mistakes in the tutorial were removed
7. Changed: Tutorial expanded ("Settings" Section updated, new section: "Backup Settings", German screenshots if your program is in German)
8. Changed: Minimalistic changes to the Skin Mixer (changed some labels)
9. Fixed: Updating didn't worked; the installer thought you have already installed the latest version
10. Fixed: If you've changed the osu! skin folder path, he saved the path instantly

reyder wrote: 361j6t

Omg I could definitely use this, might decide to this now. Thanks :3

1. Added: Before ing the default skin template, you can now choose between old and new skin template (Note: If you choose as Version "1.0", he s automatically the old template)
2. Added: The program creates now a log, where errors will be listed.
3. Added: The application has now a Simulator, where you can look how your skin will look like
4. Changed: Half Resolution Creator improved
5. Changed: Small changes to the themes
6. Changed: Loading a skin asks now if your really want to load another skin
7. Changed: Most of the dialog buttons (e.g. "Would you like to do this...") are set to "No" by default
8. Fixed: Importing the Skin from the Mixer back into the Manager caused a program crash
9. Removed: The old settings window. The new window should be much more better and clear

1. Fixed: The setting for day specific themes (snow in december,...) didn't worked properly

CanadianPaws wrote: f551l

This looks great! I'll be sure to and take a look at it
Keep up the good work!

1. Changed: Updated the "Settings" section in the tutorial
2. Fixed: Skins with more than 800 elements couldn't be loaded

1. Changed: The Half Resolution Creator has been changed slightly
2. Fixed: Removed the limit of 800 elements in the Half Resolution Creator

FieryLight wrote: 5q3h22

Can someone who speaks German please put up a quick how-to-install guide, please? Thanks in advance!

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

FieryLight wrote: 5q3h22

Can someone who speaks German please put up a quick how-to-install guide, please? Thanks in advance!

There is a german thread https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/forum/p/3538097#p3538097.

German installation guide

Einfach herunterladen, entpacken und die setup.exe ausführen. Danach öffnet sich das Setup bei welchem du auf "Installieren" klicken musst, der Rest geschieht automatisch und öffnet im Anschluss das Programm.

FieryLight wrote: 5q3h22

Actually, I'm getting this: http://puu.sh/dyc3a/e7d4263729.jpg which I just realized means that I just don't have the .NET framework yet and I can probably find an English version for that online in the morning. But if the installation afterwards is still in German, I'll know what to do ;D

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/

Flameu wrote: 6y1v27

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/

Why so, RAM issues?
You could instead store the directories in the RAM and load the images on click. This would make the upper limit for element count nearly infinite (as strings take up almost no space compared to bitmaps).

Sorry if a problem like this has already been addressed, haha

1. Changed: The Syntax checking is now expanded (checking if the value is valid or not) and bugs are fixed
2. Fixed: A bug in the skin.ini editor, which occured when deleting the last blank line, stopped you from editing the last line

1. Added: Volume control in the bottom right of the
2. Added: Fullscreen , changeable in the settings. Press F11 to toggle Fullscreen
3. Changed: If youre screen is smaller than 800x600 px, the application does not start. Also if youre screen is not bigger than 800x600px, the simulator will not start

Agrrox wrote: 4g293g

Does this HD skins ? (the @2x.png files)

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Today I want to show you a program where you can create and edit your skin. The system is simple: At the first startup you have to choose your skin folder from osu! And here you are! Now you can start your project. Also you have the possibility to create HD Skins with one click, mix two or more skins together and so on.

Agrrox wrote: 4g293g

Does this HD skins ? (the @2x.png files)

1. Added: Drag & Drop a skin or the skin.ini in the application to load the skin
2. Added: In fullscreen mode, the application can now be minimized
3. Added: A volume control in the skin mixer
4. Changed: If you click on "Load Skin" (Ctrl + O) while in skin selection, the selected skin will be loaded
5. Fixed: Changing the size of the application has moved the update status text & progressbar
6. Fixed: When you switched to the skin selection after a skin was loaded, the name of the skin remained in the title bar

1. Changed: If a sound was stopped, the info text said "Audio is playing". Changed to "Audio is stopped" when not playing
2. Changed: Your skins will now be loaded in an extra thread. This means that you can use the application while the skin is loading. Also the skins will be loaded faster
3. Fixed: Through update 3.4 you weren't able to load a skin when pressing Enter
4. Fixed: The Back button didn't worked when you created a threadtext

1. Added: You will now be asked if you're going to delete all skin backups
2. Added: Your settings will now be temporarily exported in the installation folder after closing the application (more safety if the application can't read his own settings)
3. Changed: The logfile-system is reworked. This gives me a better overlook if you run into problems
4. Fixed: The size of the backup folder was not displayed right
5. Fixed: Exporting your settings didn't worked properly

DriftKingTW wrote: u4a48

Nice work. I love the skin mixer function.
But I think there was something wrong D:
It crashed when I restart the program... (System:Win 7)
If u can solve this problem, that would be great.
thank you
(SOR for poor English )

1. Added: "Valentines Day" Background
2. Changed: New icon
3. Fixed: The application crashed at startup after mixing skins

DriftKingTW wrote: u4a48

Oh the problem has been solved!!Thank You

1. Changed: The log is now more precise
2. Changed: The name of the selected audio file is now displayed over the element viewer
3. Fixed: Some weird bugs (after saving your skin, he didn't updated the element view anymore)

Ruidoso wrote: 242r73

I've read every single post you wrote in this thread and it's so inspiring to witness how much progress you've made. First, according to what is posted, UI was not looking so good and then there were bugs, you fixed them, you updated the program to have better features and so on. I might be going full emotional on this thread but whatever, keep up the good job!

MomokoCho wrote: 3s336k

The instlaller is in Detucsh xD But very nice app.

LoliFlan wrote: 3g3a5n

What are you using NAudio for? WAV & MP3 can be played without the need of another external library as such.

naseweis520 wrote: 6y4f1o

Da sich meine osu! Installation im %LocalAppData% Verzeichnis befindet, welches standardmäßig versteckt wird, ist es mir nicht möglich über den FolderBrowser zum Skin-Verzeichnis (C:\s\[Nutzername]\AppData\Local\osu!\Skins") zu navigieren bzw. dieses auszuwählen.



For those who don't speak German: I'm unable to navigate to my Skin-Folder 'cause it's hidden.

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Ich versuch eine Lösung für das Problem zu finden, alternativ kannst du auch über "Einstellungen" den Pfad manuell angeben
I will work on a solution, alternately you can select the path manually over "Settings"

naseweis520 wrote: 6y4f1o

bl8ckdr8gon wrote: 1p6e2l

Ich versuch eine Lösung für das Problem zu finden, alternativ kannst du auch über "Einstellungen" den Pfad manuell angeben
I will work on a solution, alternately you can select the path manually over "Settings"

Der Ordner lässt sich über die Windows-Einstellungen wieder einblenden und daher auch auswählen, nur ist das etwas aufwendig, daher wäre vllt. eine automatische Erkennung des Ordners praktisch.
Darüberhinaus öffnet sich das Dialogfenster beim ersten Start, eine Auswahl eines "falschen" Ordners ist nicht möglich aufgrund der Überprüfung und ein Klick auf Abbrechen beendet das Programm.
For those who don't speak German: It's possible to redisplay all folders including hidden folders in the Windows-Folder-Settings.

_Erra_ wrote: b595u

good job~

Maralina wrote: 186p3v

I've attempted to it. I've done everything I should have done and it keeps saying I'm missing certain files and to you for help. Anything?

1. Added: A new folder browser dialogue
2. Added: The application can now detect your osu! skin folder
3. Fixed: When the skin folder is empty, the application crashes
4. Removed: The old folder browse dialogue at the first startup

1. s (overall) - 1151 s
2. Updates: 23 Updates (this update included)
   
   1. Additions to the application: 33 additions
   2. Changes to the application: 37 changes
   3. Bugfixes: 29 Bugs were fixed
   4. Removed things: Three things were removed
3. Lines of code: 5139 lines of code
4. Included windows: 16 (three of them are invisible, because they are debbuging tools)
5. Included resources: 35 resources (29 images, six text files)
6. 23 settings are stored in the application
7. For multilanguage , there are four translation files (two english and two german files). In total there are 121 translations.
   
   1. The messages file (all message windows translations) has 61 translations.
   2. The gui file (all translations for all changing texts in all forms, eg. the update notification) has 60 translations.

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## !!This application is copyrighted by bl8ckdr8gon!! ##
##        Log created: 20.04.2015 at 11:09:13.        ##
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##   If you run into problems, please send this log   ##
##    via pm on the osu! homepage or post it in the   ##
##      thread: http://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/forum/t/231747      ##
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[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing "log.txt"...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: "log.txt" created!
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing Application..language set to "default"
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing complete! Loading settings...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Loading necessary data...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: --- Checking the osu_directory setting...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Found no directory
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:31: --- Setting values...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: --- Checking if a skin was loaded...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: Loading skins...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: Settings exported!
[FATAL] 20.04.2015, 11:09:44: Exception thrown in Form1: While starting the osu! Skin Manager, the application crashed completely (Line osu__Skin_ManagerForm1ctor()) - Crash information: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\s\Maav\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\8O3A76YR.TCE\OYZVLR70.MK6\osus..tion_76e887192c657440_0001.0000_95354b6d99661857\Skins'.
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:44: Creating Crash Backup from actual skin...

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Flameu wrote: 6y1v27

.netFX4.5 installer is running in German as default, too.

Edit:

########################################################
## !!This application is copyrighted by bl8ckdr8gon!! ##
##        Log created: 20.04.2015 at 11:09:13.        ##
##                                                    ##
##   If you run into problems, please send this log   ##
##    via pm on the osu! homepage or post it in the   ##
##      thread: http://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/forum/t/231747      ##
########################################################

[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing "log.txt"...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: "log.txt" created!
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing Application..language set to "default"
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Initializing complete! Loading settings...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Loading necessary data...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: --- Checking the osu_directory setting...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:13: Found no directory
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:31: --- Setting values...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: --- Checking if a skin was loaded...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: Loading skins...
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:40: Settings exported!
[FATAL] 20.04.2015, 11:09:44: Exception thrown in Form1: While starting the osu! Skin Manager, the application crashed completely (Line osu__Skin_ManagerForm1ctor()) - Crash information: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\s\Maav\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\8O3A76YR.TCE\OYZVLR70.MK6\osus..tion_76e887192c657440_0001.0000_95354b6d99661857\Skins'.
[INFO] 20.04.2015, 11:09:44: Creating Crash Backup from actual skin...

Got this crash log when I tried to run it the first time. Chose "Skins" as the directory, as I have my osu! folder in the PATH system variable, so that might be the issue. IMO, you should look into another way to find paths so paths in the PATH sysvar can be simplified.

Edit2:
Reinstalled the program, and tried the simulator with zeluaR's skin (http://puu.sh/gw9vv/44b5600f46.zip).
Note how the simulator draws the Skip button:

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Now, how osu! draws it (running b20150416.1cuttingedge @800x600 DirectX)

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1. Added: A new installer + updater
2. Added: New icon
3. Added: Skin Preview in the skin selection (menu-background required)
4. Added: .osk files can now be opened with the application. WARNING: The loaded .osk is temporary, if you close the application or load another skin all changes will be lost! Save the skin before closing or loading another skin.
5. Added: "Save Skin under" function (CTRL + Shift + S)
6. Changed: Settings Hotkey changed from CTRL + Shift + S to CTRL + Shift + C
7. Changed: "Import" is now "Import file"
8. Fixed: Exporting a skin was a little big buggy
9. Fixed: The Author of a skin wasn't displayed in the German version of the application
10. Removed: The old and ugly "installer"

1. Added: Three new themes, "Spotify theme (Green)", "Spotify theme (Red)" and "Spotify theme (Blue)"
2. Added: A splitter in the main window with which you can adjust the size of the skin selection and the preview
3. Changed: Cancel, Abort and Close buttons are now colored red (no matter which skin is selected)
4. Changed: If you select a skin, a preview of the skin is shown (menu-background)
5. Changed: If you open a .osk file, the info window ("The osu! Skin Manager is now loading the files...") will not show up
6. Changed: The "Select folder" dialogue (where you select your skin folder) is now affected too from the selected theme
7. Changed: The tabs have now another appearance
8. Changed: Small changes to the GUI of some windows
9. Changed: Very small changes to the GUI in the main window
10. Changed: The previews and the buttons in the skin mixer change their size and location dynamically
11. Changed: Changed the font to "Segoe UI Light"
12. Changed: If no skin is loaded, the Skin Mixer shows up immediately if you want to open it
13. Changed: Changed some keybinds:
    1. Open the Quickhelp by pressing F1
    2. Edit the skin.ini by pressing F2
    3. Start the simulator by pressing F3
    4. Open the settings by pressing F4
14. Fixed: Clicking "Apply" in the settings and then Cancel ignored the new settings
15. Fixed: Import and export of settings should work again
16. Fixed: After closing the Skin Mixer, the apllication crashed
17. Fixed: The GUI of the Skin Manager in the english version had a weird behaviour
18. Fixed: The selected language hadn't an effect on background threads (Updating, etc)
19. Removed: The gradient from the top bar in fullscreen mode
20. Disabled: The small window that appeared when clicking on a hitcircle element

1. Added: If the application crashes, a crash log with anonymous system specifications. This can be deactivated in the settings and if you want to see what exactly is sent to me, press the "System Specs" button in the settings
2. Added: s can now send their logs to the server (Don't try to abuse it, it has a built-in cooldown)
3. Changed: The message, which asks you if you really want to load another skin, will only show up if you have changed something in the skin
4. Changed: Update message has a new look
5. Fixed: Sometimes the application tried to load the empty "Temporary" folder.
6. Fixed: The application crashed at startup when searching for updates with no internet connection
7. Fixed: Loading skins is now much faster (On some systems skins loaded very slow)
8. Fixed: Tooltips in the sttings are now translated in German too

Kuuhaku722 wrote: 4d3w5g

:) osu! Music Player sound so cool, i am looking for this app. and i hope it can run in windows 10 and windows 8.1 . can i get it now xD