I think it would be a really good idea if Osu! had a MOD feature called 'Rehearse' mode, and in rehearse mode the following features would be available:
1) No ranking, scoring or replays happen in rehearse mode.
2) The timeline for the beatmap is shown, just like it is in the editor.
3) You can start, stop and pause the beatmap anywhere in the timeline.
4) You have the four levels of song speed, just like it is in the editor (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). This would be useful for mastering tricky parts in a beatmap.
5) Four additional song speeds would be added to help master the double time MOD (125%, 150%, 175%, 200%)
6) You can scrub to anywhere in the timeline and set multiple loop points which can be accessed through 10 preset buttons. This would be very useful for practicing the difficult parts of a beatmap, without having to constantly rewind the timeline to practice it over and over. The loop point feature would also be useful for jumping straight to a particular section in the beatmap for practicing (like a bookmark feature), once you have already set up the loop points for the beatmap.
7) The loop points you set will automatically be saved to a text file, and Osu! would automatically recognise the text file as being associated with a particular song.
8) You can toggle on/off computer play mode, in which Osu! will play the beatmap for you with perfect accuracy. This feature would be useful for learning the timing/rhythm aspects of a beatmap, when you have problems figuring it out.
To summarise, I think this would be a very useful and practical MOD to add to Osu! which would enable players to master the beatmaps a lot more easily. The less time we waste practicing the sections of a beatmap we can already do easily, the more repetitions we can fit in an Osu! session to get the damn beatmaps mastered, and this will result in much less overall frustration, and make Osu! players much more happy in general.
Also, just about all of the features I have mentioned above have already been coded into Osu! for use in the editor, so creating a MOD like this would be relatively easy to do.
1) No ranking, scoring or replays happen in rehearse mode.
2) The timeline for the beatmap is shown, just like it is in the editor.
3) You can start, stop and pause the beatmap anywhere in the timeline.
4) You have the four levels of song speed, just like it is in the editor (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). This would be useful for mastering tricky parts in a beatmap.
5) Four additional song speeds would be added to help master the double time MOD (125%, 150%, 175%, 200%)
6) You can scrub to anywhere in the timeline and set multiple loop points which can be accessed through 10 preset buttons. This would be very useful for practicing the difficult parts of a beatmap, without having to constantly rewind the timeline to practice it over and over. The loop point feature would also be useful for jumping straight to a particular section in the beatmap for practicing (like a bookmark feature), once you have already set up the loop points for the beatmap.
7) The loop points you set will automatically be saved to a text file, and Osu! would automatically recognise the text file as being associated with a particular song.
8) You can toggle on/off computer play mode, in which Osu! will play the beatmap for you with perfect accuracy. This feature would be useful for learning the timing/rhythm aspects of a beatmap, when you have problems figuring it out.
To summarise, I think this would be a very useful and practical MOD to add to Osu! which would enable players to master the beatmaps a lot more easily. The less time we waste practicing the sections of a beatmap we can already do easily, the more repetitions we can fit in an Osu! session to get the damn beatmaps mastered, and this will result in much less overall frustration, and make Osu! players much more happy in general.
Also, just about all of the features I have mentioned above have already been coded into Osu! for use in the editor, so creating a MOD like this would be relatively easy to do.