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peppy
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peppy
Catch the Beat (CtB) is a new play style available in osu! via the Play > Special menu.

Controls:
Left and right arrows move your character. In relax mode, you use the mouse.
Holding Left click or your dash binding (default 'Shift') puts your character in dash mode.
You can use mouse control if you enable the relax mod.

Can I use different characters?
This is planned, and will most probably be available in the next release!

I can't move fast enough for big jumps!
Do you know about the dash key? By default it is Shift, but you can change it via the Options > Input menu. While holding dash, you move at double your normal speed, making it possible to catch the sparsest of fruits.

How do combo breaks work?
Your combo will break if you miss a fruit or a large juice drop. Small drops are bonus points and will not break your combo, as are spinner fruits.

Can CtB sprites be skinned?
Yes. Filenames will be available soon.
adamskii_uk
324 posts
Joined April 2008
adamskii_uk
I really like this game mode, I've been playing it for almost an hour. :)

I presume this is going to be a ranked game mode with a seperate online scoreboard, once the replays, etc, are working?
James
osu! Hall of Famer
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Joined January 2008
James
How to have an A, B, or C rank?
I'm always getting SS or S... :(
adamskii_uk
324 posts
Joined April 2008
adamskii_uk

James wrote:

How to have an A, B, or C rank?
I'm always getting SS or S... :(
LOL. :lol: All of my games have been S & SS ranks too. I guess we're just too good at catching fruit. ;)






Behon
Elite Mapper
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Behon
Is video in this mode choppy for anyone else?
Chaos Anime X
170 posts
Joined October 2008
Chaos Anime X
these are the spinners



also Behonkiss, It runs fine for me
My pc specs, in short
Pentium D 2.8 dual core
1GB SLOW DDR2
XFX GeForce (Nvidia) 9800 GTX



MY IDEA

Why not make catch the fruit harder by making you balance the tray the fruit is on while you go through the song?
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LuigiHann
Resident Skinner
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LuigiHann
I think those are spinners. The ones that start huge and shrink as they fall are just bonus, you don't lose points for missing them.
James
osu! Hall of Famer
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James
I guess we're just too good at catching fruit. ;)
im 300% better than you. the songs you played are waay to easy man... :lol:
but yeah. its HARD to get an A,B,C on this game..
Echo
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Echo
viewtopic.php?t=7274

SS that on insane if you can James

You can mod it while you're at it too :P
adamskii_uk
324 posts
Joined April 2008
adamskii_uk

James wrote:

I guess we're just too good at catching fruit. ;)
im 300% better than you. the songs you played are waay to easy man... :lol:
Shhhhhh... don't tell everyone. You're ruining the impressiveness of my screenshots. ;) :P
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ
Yo :P

Could anyone recommend hard songs for me to SS?
Just SS'ed, TTFATF, Red Sign, Marisa, and Max 300 oni ^^'
I need some more cool stuff :P ty
Olinad
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Olinad
I can't play this game mode, Osu! just crashes when I try to do so :(
Zatoichi
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Zatoichi
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Olinad
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Olinad

Zatoichi wrote:

Olinad wrote:

I can't play this game mode, Osu! just crashes when I try to do so :(
I can't play Catch the Beat, you're not fast enough to catch fruit and it isn't fun at all.

I can't play Battle Network, there's no connection between Lan and Megaman.EXE and all the games dramatically change the battle system.
What is this supposed to mean? XD
Zatoichi
553 posts
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Zatoichi
Sarcasm.
James
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James
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YoshiKart
1,032 posts
Joined February 2008
YoshiKart
What happened to "Fruit is just a click away"?

I understand that it doesn't really deal with osu!, in terms of major gameplay, but could you at least show it on the site on pages not on the homepage, and make it less likely to come up than the original three? :P
LuigiHann
Resident Skinner
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LuigiHann

YoshiKart wrote:

What happened to "Fruit is just a click away"?

I understand that it doesn't really deal with osu!, in terms of major gameplay, but could you at least show it on the site on pages not on the homepage, and make it less likely to come up than the original three? :P
no it was dumb
lukewarmholiday
2,148 posts
Joined June 2008
lukewarmholiday
you don't click fruits, end of story

Download: Haruka Tomatsu - Baby Baby Love (TV Size) (palmolive) [boss's Easy].osu
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ
Took some tries but here i got a vid
It's pretty hard actually, even if it doesn't look that hard

Justice to believe - Double Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3l1YweI_Bs

Edit :
Got this down on the second try.
Awesome...

Natsukusa no Senro -J- Trance Remix- [Hard] - Double Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTVynEJpZ_M&fmt=18
nomedeusuarionaodisp
161 posts
Joined September 2008
nomedeusuarionaodisp
Is it normal to get something like 25% of the level bar after playing some Insane map?
Either way, I'm loving this game mode. I CAN FINALLY CLEAR SONGS ON INSANE
awp
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awp

lukewarmholiday wrote:

you don't click fruits, end of story
You can click to access Fruits mode
spiky_meteorite
27 posts
Joined October 2008
spiky_meteorite
Does the catch the fruit mode affect the rank details? I have a B on my rank details and I'm looking for the beat map that I got a B on the normal menu. I looked at the catch the fruit mode and the taiko mode and I had a B there. I tried so hard to make it into an S and I did but still, I got a B on my rank details. Where did that B come from?
Larto
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James
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RemmyX25
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Remmy on IRC wrote:

=D
Congrats. I suck at fruits period.
MooNiZZ
36 posts
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MooNiZZ
Too bad you have to redo all your songs now with the real catcher now larto :(, i feel bad for you :(
Larto
4,128 posts
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Larto
Redo them? Haha, it seems like I totally suck with the default catcher so I guess I won't have a chance. AND I still don't know how exactly I "cheated" by using a Weegee catcher that even looks into the wrong direction. I guess from now on I'm gonna suck at fruits like for example Remmy does :/

MAYBE though I suck with the default catcher because I got used to using Weegee, and maybe I can use Weegee again when peppy allows fruits skins. :/

But I guess I just suck.
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ
He will probably allow custom fruit skins after fixing the glitch, by using a larger catcher, you could, if it was large enough, stand still and FC every song, it's not your fault, since noone knew about this.

Just practice with the default catcher for now and you'll pwn me soon enough :)
Ashura43
68 posts
Joined November 2008
Ashura43
Ehh Maybe It's Been Said Before Or Something But Don't You Think That Catch The beat Is Too Easy?
I Suggest To Make Precision Points For That Mode (Center Of Plate = 300, Little Farther = 100 And Edge = 50) It's SO Easy To Get 95% + On Precision On Nearly Any Song And By Doing This It Would Be A Lot More Challenging, What Do You Think?
Larto
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Larto

Ashura43 wrote:

Ehh Maybe It's Been Said Before Or Something But Don't You Think That Catch The beat Is Too Easy?
I Suggest To Make Precision Points For That Mode (Center Of Plate = 300, Little Farther = 100 And Edge = 50) It's SO Easy To Get 95% + On Precision On Nearly Any Song And By Doing This It Would Be A Lot More Challenging, What Do You Think?
Why Are You Writing That Way.

And no, this isn't needed. If you want precision to be important, play with Hard Rock mod =D
Ashura43
68 posts
Joined November 2008
Ashura43

Larto wrote:

Why Are You Writing That Way.
Sorry, it's a wrong habit... -_-
I'll try to get rid of it, and even hard rock isn't quite a challenge but oh well ^^ Thank you for your response and sorry for the no-where appearence ;P
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ
Ashura, making it that way, it would be almost impossible to SS a song that's harder than [normal],
Have you actually tried playing some hard songs? Go try "Nice Boat", i don't think you'll even pass it.
I mean, if you just go play easy / normal songs it's not hard at all,

and saying hard rock isn't even challenging? You gotta be kidding me, try "porky of porky of porky of porky [Ultimate chimaera]" with hard rock, i don't think you'll get to the first break in your first tries.

Fruits is as hard as you make it, play MP with me and i'll kill you instantly :) <3

Don't say that fruits is easy, because it isn't, i find it challenging. Just play the right songs
Ashura43
68 posts
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Ashura43
Well, all the songs I tried were easy to get 90% and higher on the highest difficulty, it may be impossible to FC very difficult songs, but compare CTB and Taiko and you'll find a REALY great difference on accuracy. It's just my opinion, but I think that with a lot of practice, i couldn't even do 80% On Taiko. When you play CTB, all notes are automatic perfects when you hit them... with a lot of practice you could nail mostly every songs on S Or SS. Don't be mad at me because of that, I remind it's only my opinion.
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ
that would mean it'll be almost impossible to pass some maps, by getting alot of 50's on some long trills since you can't move back and forth fast enough, it would kill you. so i vote no for that, i thought about it once before and no. i wouldn't like the idea. and alot of people wouldn't play it because it would be hard enough to pass songs on easy diff

you can't compare game modes to each other. if you like taiko, go play taiko.

It's like comparing death match with capture the flag wtf.

why i'm against it is because that people who just started playing fruits will stop playing, because it's to hard. it would take you weeks/months to get to a level where you can even pass HARD songs for most people.

myself, i want a challenge but, i'm thinking about all the other people who has a hard time passing normal songs right now.

Maybe peppy will come up with something good, who knows? He's the best after all xD
Lichatte
10 posts
Joined September 2008
Lichatte
Maybe catch the beat is not so easy for Ryuuta...

based
3 posts
Joined November 2008
based

blue kiby-kiby wrote:

Maybe catch the beat is not so easy for Ryuuta...
Freakin', saved, etc.
ArgenMax
3 posts
Joined December 2008
ArgenMax
this type of game, its amazing
love to play it all the time xD
Ryuukun
476 posts
Joined December 2008
Ryuukun
i started to only play this mode.
i hope its getting ranked.
MooNiZZ
36 posts
Joined April 2008
MooNiZZ

Ryuukun wrote:

i started to only play this mode.
i hope its getting ranked.
It won't be ranked anymore than it is now.
morgannta
1 post
Joined December 2008
morgannta
So it won't ever contribute to our ranked scores? That's a shame :(
Lilith_old
36 posts
Joined August 2008
Lilith_old
i love this game mode, this make me remember a ez2dj mode called ez2catch(too similiar)

(if somebody wants to make a beatmap from this song, i can provide mp3 and backgrounds (i have ez2dj HDD)but i cant rip background video.. it no easy)




its so funny, but i cant playit anymore on arcade, because developer got a lawsuit from konami.

christmas4477
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christmas4477
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maay
429 posts
Joined September 2009
maay
So, I've been away for some time... but what's with this automatic super dash (2x faster than normal dash?) at maps that were impossible to FC before? Aw, these maps were fun because people couldn't fc them :(
Dean
145 posts
Joined November 2008
Dean
It's not 'fun' to not be able to full combo a map because of factors outside of playing skill (speed restriction, in this case). I like the speed boost.
maay
429 posts
Joined September 2009
maay
The cause as to why these maps couldn't be FC'd before means nothing imo, I personally preferred when there was a part at some beatmap that you couldn't catch all of the fruits, and thus had to choose between which fruits to go for, so as to get a higher score than the others... this would ask way more from the players than the new mode imo. Also, not to mention a lot of maps that were impossible to FC at CTB will have their highscores completely messed up now, too bad for the ones who worked hard for the nº 1 at those. :roll:
Dean
145 posts
Joined November 2008
Dean
Most strategic elements in catching fruits to maximize your scores when not all fruits were catchable was minimal: it wasn't hard to figure out which paths netted a higher combo (thus a higher score). A new gameplay feature affects everyone equally, and whilst I do feel bad for players like dhumphrey, sk8terpoke, etc. who have a lot of impressive scores on maps with difficult and impossible jumps, we gain the ability to post new scores and fufill new potentials by adapting to this new technique.

New gameplay feature isn't completely devoid of skill, however. Maps like 1000 Phantasm and TAG4 maps likely provide even more of a challenge now because of the repeated use of hyperdash, when the optimal strategy USED to be to just stay on one side of the screen.

Spinners are basically designed to reward players with good judgement at what fruits are realistically catchable anyway (and the skill to actually get them), and it's no suprise that the top players are often the best spinners as well.
flan
17 posts
Joined July 2009
flan
i love CtB
maay
429 posts
Joined September 2009
maay

Dean7599 wrote:

Most strategic elements in catching fruits to maximize your scores when not all fruits were catchable was minimal: it wasn't hard to figure out which paths netted a higher combo (thus a higher score). A new gameplay feature affects everyone equally, and whilst I do feel bad for players like dhumphrey, sk8terpoke, etc. who have a lot of impressive scores on maps with difficult and impossible jumps, we gain the ability to post new scores and fufill new potentials by adapting to this new technique.
Yeah, that's actually my main concern, some jumps that were actually possible (even if really hard) to do before, now trigger the hyperdash, thus those jumps who could just be done by experienced players can now be done by 2-weekers. :(

Dean7599 wrote:

New gameplay feature isn't completely devoid of skill, however. Maps like 1000 Phantasm and TAG4 maps likely provide even more of a challenge now because of the repeated use of hyperdash, when the optimal strategy USED to be to just stay on one side of the screen.
I do agree there, the hyper dash made TAG4 maps actually fun to play in CtB.

Dean7599 wrote:

Spinners are basically designed to reward players with good judgement at what fruits are realistically catchable anyway (and the skill to actually get them), and it's no suprise that the top players are often the best spinners as well.
Yeah, well, spinners are mainly what determine who will have the highest score in case of multiples full combos and same mods, so yeah, I'd agree that the best players oftenly have the best spinners.
Dean
145 posts
Joined November 2008
Dean
So, we're in agreeance (I think). Awesome!
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