Thank you, YayMii~ :3

v1.6 is released with the following changes~ ^-^

• ★ Improved efficiency with several features of osu!np (like querying map data, and downloading maps/osu!np updates). The UI should no longer hang for these features, still working on other improvements.
  ☆ Made changes to the command formatting, allowing for text to be grouped with a command so if the command returns nothing, the text will not output at all.
  The new format is: {Prefix[C]Suffix} (The prefix/suffix are optional text)
  Example: {np: [np]} {[diff]} Commands without optional text will still require the {} braces for now, eg: {[np]}
  ★ Support for downloading maps is back using Hexide's mirror, maps will now be correctly named and can easily be installed to Osu!
  ☆ Implemented support for osu!test client.
  ★ Fixed casting error when exporting config.
  ☆ Fixed unhandled exception when attempting to import when no config is found.
  ★ May have potentially fixed the problem which was making few users unable to start osu!np.

Note: You'll have to add {} to all your commands for now even for ones that do not use optional text.
So, for example:
Playing: [np] [diff] - ID: [mid]
Becomes:
Playing: {[np]} {[diff]} - ID: {[mid]} = "Playing: Artist - Title [Difficulty] - ID: #"
Or if you want the text to only output if the commands are not empty:
{np: [np]} {[diff]}{ - ID: [mid]} = "Playing: Artist - Title [Difficulty]" (If [mid] was returned empty)


I'm not entirely sure if the support for osu!test will definitely work, I can't test it myself. >-<
If it doesn't work, can you show me an example of what the osu!test title looks like when playing a map? >-<!


Edit: Updated to v1.7 to add auto-updating and add user-agent to header when downloading.

Wooo, it's working so smoothly now

The o!test support is still not working though. I've taken a screenshot of what my titlebar looks like when playing a song:

Should hopefully be working in v1.8~! ^-^
Additionally added the following:

• ★ Added ability to optionally downloading maps without video.
  ☆ Added recent updates display to client.

Three updates in one day.. Sorry >-<!!

Hello again, thanks for the updates.
I am having lots of fun with it up until now, hehe.

As I am using the FTP feature alot, I want to point out a few things I found and also a few ideas I had and would really like to see:

1. Exception while connecting to FTP
   It seems that if you enter invalid information and press the "Start" button of osu!np the FTP function returns an exception. Its not a big deal, but it would be nice if you could catch that.
2. Primary output is overwritten
   If you choose to upload /np to FTP, the primary output (np.txt) is overwritten by default with the same file thats uploaded to the FTP-Server. Thats a bit annyoing, but minor as I did not need the primary output anyways. (As its not using the primary pattern as told in my next point)
3. Customize FTP output
   It would be nice to be able to customize the output thats send to the FTP-Server. Up until now its only the mapset and the Online or Offline status. I'd really like to use the placeholders for diff and so on aswell. (As you overwrite the primary output with this anyways, you could use the pattern for it)
4. Add an "Start osu!" button
   I think this would be handy, as I would only need to run osu!np without any Batch files and the likes, as you already ask the user for the osu! Folder, there shouldn't be a problem finding the osu!.exe. (*´ω｀*)
5. POST requests
   I know you already plan an alternative, but I wanted to throw my idea here anyways, it would be neat if there was an possibility for sending POST requests to web pages.
   With that it would be much easier and much more handy for website users to POST their status to some .php page and save it to a database or output on a website.
   Of course, for savety reasons you should include a field for a "key" that the users defines thats send with the post data, so the user can check it on his backend.
6. Edit:Upload to FTP does not correctly "go offline"
   Another thing I almost forgot to address, I'll explain: If you push the "Start" button nothing happens, this is fine, osu!np will only upload if you actually run osu!, but the thing bothering me is that its only sending an "Offline" message when you close osu!np, its not sending the message if you press "Stop" or if you quit osu!. I would recommend, for consistency, that its also sending the "Offline" message when you quit osu!.

So far thats everything, looking forward for more, keep going~

Auuu.. So much stuffs ;--;
I've kinda been ignoring the FTP side of things lately, but I will start working on it again. >-<!

The thing about the output was planned a while ago.. I'm still wondering on how I should go about implementing it.
The easiest but more restrictive way would be to put 'Key' and 'Value' in a php file like: $key = value;
So you can just include that php file into any other php file to use those keys as variables.
But I'm not sure if this would be nice for people who use mIRC scripting or other such things. >-<
Will find a way which fits both~

Exception while connecting to FTP

Easy fix.

Primary output is overwritten

Something I overlooked.

Add an "Start osu!" button

Nice idea, will do an 'Osu' icon styled button~
(Left-Click = osu!, Right-Click = osu!test

POST requests

Pretty simple to do >-<
I'll make 2 fields in the config, one for the url. Eg. http://host.com/np.php
Another for requests requiring key, then optionally commands. Eg. key=gf4gh874hg&np=np&diff=diff (where keys = user defined post variables, values = commands)
Edit: Scratch that, instead of doing commands separated, I just put the different outputs instead in the string (status=&primary=&secondary=&previous=)

Upload to FTP does not correctly "go offline"

I thought I fixed this >-< Will check it.

Oh, I also will be fixing hanging issues on the FTP side of things.


Edit: I'm finished with changes today (17th), will upload v1.9 when I wake up.

Decided to upload now. >-<
Following changes in v1.9:

• ★ Added button to allow user to launch osu!/osu!test (left/right click).
  ☆ Made several changes to make osu!np more efficient.
  ★ Fixed issue causing update setting to be ignored.
  ☆ Addressed exception when attempt to connect to FTP fails.
  ★ Fixed issue causing FTP to overwrite primary output.
  ☆ FTP will now correctly send offline status when the osu! process is not running.
  ★ FTP now uses threading to reduce hanging, only map checking should cause hangs for now.
  ☆ Status messages of FTP will now display on osu!np title to not conflict with other status messages.
  ★ Changed FTP Upload to additionally support uploading Secondary/Previous outputs.
  ☆ Added option of whether to group outputs when uploading to FTP, more info on this in the 'FTP Grouping' section.
  ★ Implemented method for sending status and outputs to a PHP page using POST method, more info on this in the 'POST' section.

Please note: The last few updates have had changes to the settings, so exporting old settings may cause conflicts.
If you experience problems with this, you'll have delete the following folder: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Primpri


I can't really make an explanation for the FTP Grouping and POST just yet, need sleep ;--;
But basically for the FTP side of things:
If you choose to output with FTP Group on, then instead of having Primary/Secondary/Previous output to separate files, they'll output to the same group file specified.
Status will always output to its own file.
The 'Key' and 'Value' input fields determine the format of the output to the group file. (Where '[Key]' is 'Primary'/'Secondary'/'Previous' and '[Value]' is the output of the Key)
Text within double braces {{ }} in the Key field will only display before the first Key.
Text within double braces {{ }} in the Value field will only display after the last Value.
[nl] will create a new line.

If you were to output to a basic Key:Value .ini file, you could do this:
Set Key field to: '[key]:'
Set Value field to: '[val][nl]'
The output would be:
Primary:Value
Secondary:Value
Previous:Value

If you were to output to a PHP file, you could do this:
Set Key field to: '{{<?php[nl]}}$[key] = '
Set Value field to: '"[val]";[nl]{{?>}}'
The output would be:
<?php
$Primary = "Value";
$Secondary = "Value";
$Previous = "Value";
?>

For the POST side of things:
Set the URL to the location of the page receiving the POST requests (http://host.com/np.php)
Set the Key field to a 'passphrase' of sorts which you'll be able to verify when you check for the requests in PHP.
You can then do things like: if($_POST['key'] == "blah"){ echo($_POST['status']); echo($_POST['primary']); }
All requests are: 'key', 'status', 'primary', 'secondary', 'previous'
They're not all sent with values at all times (Eg. Status updates when osu is opened, but the outputs don't), so you may want to check lengths of each request before doing anything with them.

Just a few things I noticed right away.

The only POST request sent is key and status, the other values are never set.
Also, after playing a map and going idle, POST is sent pretty frequent with empty values (only key set again).
I also noticed a small message Error creating file as status in the hint section of the application, this might has something to do with the fact that no other values are set.

Edit1:
It appears that the frequent POST sending is happening all the time when being idle, not only after you played.
Also, only a small thing, if you close osu!np now, its telling you that "osu!np stopped working".

I'll edit this post when I find something else.

The 'osu!np stopped working' thing is related to the other problem.
I didn't do much testing with the post thing because I was too tired. >-<
..But it worked fine for me in the few tests I did do.. ;---;
And it worked just fine again now.. odd.

Could you send me a copy of your exported config? (with your ftp details removed ofc)

Primula wrote:

The 'osu!np stopped working' thing is related to the other problem.
I didn't do much testing with the post thing because I was too tired. >-<
..But it worked fine for me in the few tests I did do.. ;---;
And it worked just fine again now.. odd.

Could you send me a copy of your exported config? (with your ftp details removed ofc)

It has been send as it is right now, only the key is removed as I havn't entered the FTP in the new Version yet.
Check your PM.

Edit: I got it working now, I checked "Output Primary" and "Output Secondary" under "Output" and it worked, but there is another problem, you should escape characters like "&" or "?" this caused a few errors for me. (In song names for example)
Also, only if possible, if you use the "au" or "tu" tag, it would be neat if its the default title and aritst if there is no unicode Version of it. Right now its only blank.

Yeah I noticed you had no outputs enabled.
POST uses the outputs you set for Primary/Secondary/Previous so you will require at least one of them to be enabled for local output in order to get anything sent to PHP.

I was thinking about having a field in the POST config where you can set things like:
var1=[np]; var2=[mid] etc..
But you can already do this using either the primary/secondary output fields

Eg. Setting the primary output to: blah{&var1=[np]}{&var2=[diff]}{&var3=[mid]}
Will output this to the file: blah&var1=np&var2=diff&var3=mid
And will output this to POST: key=aaa&primary=blah&var1=np&var2=diff&var3=mid

As for the error on close, it was due to having osu!np close after checking whether to update on close, but before checking whether to send ftp/post.. silly me ;--;

I thought I was already escaping characters, will have to check again.
Will also do the unicode thing.

I'll also be adding the capability of listening to the preview track before downloading a map.

V2.0 is now available with the following changes~

• ★ Changed styles to System defaults.
  ☆ Additional windows (Config/Update/Beatmaps) will now close when osu!np is minimized.
  ★ Additional windows will now retain focus of osu!np main window.
  ☆ Fixed importing exception caused by the previous update.
  ★ Partially encoded MapName when saving downloaded MapID's.
  ☆ Encoded data sent via POST.
  ★ Potentially fixed issue causing osu!np to throw an error when closing.
  ☆ Added map song previewing functionality, right-click the map download button to preview.
  ★ Added multi-line log to replace the current log output from various functions, regular info messages will be displayed on the osu!np title instead.
  ☆ Added 'Beatmaps' list to allow for Querying/Previewing/Downloading of all ranked/approved Beatmaps.

I'm planning on flagging beatmaps in the list that are already installed. (like change the row colour, or add a 'Installed' column)
I just realized I forgot to do the unicode thing ;---;!

Primula wrote:

[...]
I just realized I forgot to do the unicode thing ;---;!

Gah! °,..,°


Other than that, good job. Will test the update later. So far I didn't notice anything else on V1.9.

Edit:
I just noticed you are not really escaping the characters but converting them, see this example:

17:51:42|NP: Retrieving MapData of Map(Oranges & Lemons - Soramimi Cake (TV size);[Hard]).
[...]
17:51:42|POST: Encoded(key=xxx&primary=Oranges & Lemons - Soramimi Cake (TV size) [Hard]&secondary= -  [Hard]&)

& to &amp;.

The same goes for this example:

18:00:34|NP: Retrieving MapData of Map(Amane - Eternal Fullmoon;[Al's Insane]).
[...]
18:00:35|POST: Encoded(key=xxx&primary=Amane - Eternal Fullmoon [Al's Insane]&secondary= -  [Al's Insane]&)

' to &#39;.

You should think of another way to replace those characters. As when you convert them like this there will still be a & present. Hehe.

Yeah.. I didn't test it o.o

v2.1 has the unicode checking.
Will upload it when I add the escaping fix to it. ;---;!!!

pls update for bigger window, i use 1920x1080 monitor so i find the window to be 2small4me.

pls update for bigger window, i use 1920x1080 monitor so i find the window to be 2small4me.

B..but.. If you open the Beatmaps window, it doubles in size! ;--;
I might make it a little bigger soon.. >-<

POST requests will work correctly in next update.

21:33:17|POST: Compare~
Raw(key=abc321&primary=np: SYNC.ART'S - Sins -Kokoro no Tsumi- [Nightmare]&)
Encoded(key=abc321&primary=np%3a+SYNC.ART%27S+-+Sins+-Kokoro+no+Tsumi-+%5bNightmare%5d&)
21:33:17|POST: Setting header..
21:33:17|POST: Writing request stream..
21:33:18|POST: Reading response stream..
21:33:18|POST: Response(np: SYNC.ART'S - Sins -Kokoro no Tsumi- [Nightmare])

Also fixed issues with closing when doing post/ftp or updates on close. (osu!np will minimize to tray and process everything before closing)

Think I might fix the map check hanging before posting update.. shouldn't keep procrastinating that ;---;

After update to v2.0 I get this error

When are you receiving that error, at startup?
And is there any additional information provided by it?

Only thing I can recommend at the moment is install .Net Framework 4 if you don't already have it, or repair if you do.

When are you receiving that error, at startup?

Yes, right after the start

And is there any additional information provided by it?

Logs from Event Viewer

Only thing I can recommend at the moment is install .Net Framework 4 if you don't already have it, or repair if you do.

I'm using Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, so .Net Framework 4 is already installed.
Repair didn't find anything.

May have fixed that error in 2.1.
I've also included better unhandled exception handling to give meaningful errors. x.x!

2.1 will probably be ready to upload later today. (Just need to fix a few issues with map checking)

Edit: Found another exception which occurs if the 'config.ini' file is found in the same directory on startup.
If you wish to import settings in v2.0, rename your config file to something else before starting osu!np, then rename it back to 'config.ini' and use the Import button in the config instead.
This issue will be fixed in v2.1 >-<

Hmm. But it still occurs, even if "osu!np.exe" is the only file in folder. I hope it will be resolved in v2.1.

I wasn't referring to the exception that you're having, found a different one.

I'm not 100% sure of the reason for the error you received, could be several reasons:
--You may not have one or more of the dependencies required. (Unlikely, because the only dependencies which are not embedded in osu!np are from .Net FW4.0)
--The only additional dependency I added in v2.0 was WMP for previewing songs, I recently learnt that there's only a x86 version of this dll and that using 'AnyCPU' as the Target CPU will cause problems with such dependencies. I switched to x86 as target in v2.1.

I tested v2.0 on both Win7 & Win8 (on 3 different computers, all on 64bit) and I can't reproduce the error so it's difficult to debug.
Though I also changed the method of how osu!np starts in v2.0 which may have caused problems, I've reverted it in v2.1 because it wasn't necessary.

I just need to reimplement FTP related stuff to make it more efficient, then then 2.1 will be ready~

Sorry about the late response, but it seems osu!np still doesn't work with osu!test. If there's nothing left that you can do currently to fix the issue, do you think you'd be able to find out why it isn't working if I gifted you supporter?

YayMii wrote:

Sorry about the late response, but it seems osu!np still doesn't work with osu!test. If there's nothing left that you can do currently to fix the issue, do you think you'd be able to find out why it isn't working if I gifted you supporter?

Will check on it today. >-<

I'm not able to test whether it works for osu!test but I changed it to check for the title as a pattern which should be able to find the map correctly no matter what.
You should get output to the log as "NP: Client(osu!test)" if it detects osu!test as running.. and that's as much as I can test myself. >-<

hit0ri wrote:

After update to v2.0 I get this error

View problem details

Problem signature:
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  Problem Signature 01:	osu!np.exe
  Problem Signature 02:	2.0.0.0
  Problem Signature 03:	5211ce71
  Problem Signature 04:	System.Windows.Forms
  Problem Signature 05:	4.0.30319.18046
  Problem Signature 06:	51552cda
  Problem Signature 07:	c2b
  Problem Signature 08:	36
  Problem Signature 09:	System.InvalidOperationException
  OS Version:	6.2.9200.2.0.0.256.48
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	5861
  Additional Information 2:	5861822e1919d7c014bbb064c64908b2
  Additional Information 3:	f3d5
  Additional Information 4:	f3d5be0cad2787556264647dc02181c3

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I get this error as well and I'm on windows 7 64-bit. I repaired my .NET framework and re-installed it. I can not run osu!np at all.

Givenameplz kindly donated me a month of Osu! Supporter, so I'll have the issues with osu!test client fixed today. ^-^

The error with System.InvalidOperationException should be fixed in v2.1 (or at least should display a more meaningful error for easier debugging), will have 2.1 ready by the end of today~!

You really should remove the new lines in the .txt files..

Also, I have made a little script in python for XChat/HexChat. Get it here

v2.1 is now up with the following changes~ >-<
Thanks again to Givenameplz for gifting Supporter. ^-^

V2.1 - 25.08.13 - 600kb

• ★ Make Unicode data output the Non-Unicode variant if it returns nothing.
  ☆ Beatmaps in the download list will now display a green ID if they're already installed.
  ★ Fixed escaping issue with POST requests.
  ☆ Added threading to map checking, no more hanging~!
  ★ Made map checking even more efficient by changing the method used to find and read from maps.
  ☆ Added function for removing characters from MapName before map checking to prevent no map being returned.
  ★ Removed additional blank lines from all outputs.
  ☆ Fixed yet another issue with importing configs.
  ★ Fixed issue related to osu!test (Definitely working now >-<! Thanks to Givenameplz for gifting Supporter so I could debug this)
  ☆ Redesigned MapChecking/FTP/POST functionalities to make them more efficient.
  ★ Added a notice message which outputs whether more than one result was returned when MapChecking. This is a limitation of osu!np due to the nature of how map data is obtained. osu!np does not have access to the ID of a Mapset instantly so it's unable to determine which map is truly being played if there are two or more maps with identical Name & Difficulty. I am currently attempting to figure out a solution for this.
  ☆ Added web status handling to map requests, will now return error if the MapID does not return a preview/download.
  ★ Added functionality for removing Videos (of format avi/flv/wmp/mpg) and Images (of format jpg/png). Only images below the specified Dimensions will be removed (Default: 640x480), and images of which are corrupt for whatever reason will be skipped but the directory of that image will be outputted to the log for manual deletion.
  ☆ Fixed issue which presented an error after closing osu!np while it was still processing. osu!np will now minimize to tray before closing if it still needs to finish processing whatever it's doing.
  ★ Setting osu!np to default settings will now clean up any old settings that have been removed.
  ☆ Potentially fixed error some users may have experienced when attempting to launch osu!np v2.0
  ★ Added better error checking, with more useful output. (If you receive errors, PM them to me)

No extra lines with this last update? Neato.Created a new version of my python script -> http://pastebin.com/RFzdNaKd

Cause for System.InvalidOperationException found, current version of osu!np requires WMP to be installed.
(Control Panel > Programs & Features > 'Turn Windows features on or off' > Media Features > Windows Media Player)

This is something I'm using for just previewing of maps >-< Will consider replacing in future

Alright, it works on the test build now

I have 3 more feature requests:
1. It'd be nice to have the option to make the 'previous' output get its info from the secondary output rather than the primary output. I'm getting around this by using the primary as a secondary, but this will make things slightly more convenient.
2. I'd like the option to minimize it to the taskbar rather than to the tray. Again, for convenience.
3. Currently, the 'previous' output will change upon hitting Retry or changing difficulty. This defeats the purpose of , as it'll cause it to show the same information as the other inputs. Is there a way of detecting this and preventing this from happening?

Thanks again, and sorry for the trouble.

Current TODO for v2.2:
★ Fix unicode issue - Done
☆ Fix issue with Beatmap list being transparent. - Done
★ Add option for which output 'previous' should record from. - Done
☆ Add option for minimizing to taskbar instead of tray. - Done
★ Make previous output only update when the current map is not the same. - Done
☆ Make changes to UI layout (will make everything a bit bigger and much more pleasant) - Done
★ Add support for different localizations. - Working on
(Currently: German, Japanese & Chinese are planned, if anyone feels like helping with translations of these/other languages feel free to PM me ^-^).

Can start adding translations for other languages here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... full#gid=0

I haven't finished with the English locale yet as I'm re-designing the UI and some text may change/be removed.
Anyone is welcome to make changes and add new languages.
The current languages listed are ones of which are either confirmed or have potential to be added. (Need to discuss it with friends >-<)

Edit: Found the issue causing the other InvalidOperation exception, fixed in 2.2! ^-^

Edit again: v2.2 is going to take a while, probably won't be done until the weekend at the earliest.
I'm re-implementing the download function, it will support multiple downloads and aborting/pausing of downloads.
I'm also combining the Beatmaps window into the main window. (Closed | Open)

So now there won't be duplicate buttons with the same function. >-<
Will also add new methods of downloading beatmaps and will add the ability to choose how to order beatmaps in the queried index (by date/id/name etc).

Contemplating various things involving osu!np reading output from other applications.
Eg 1. A user in your twitch chat that types !play [id] could cause osu!np to download and install that map id ready for you to play.

I'm not sure if it's because I just updated to Windows 8.1, but osu!test support is no longer working for me. It still works fine with the public build though :/
EDIT: ...and it just stopped working on the public build. It was working for a few minutes earlier :/
EDIT2: A few other programs stopped working, so I rebooted, and osu!np is working again on the public build. Still isn't working on osu!test though. I'll keep screwing around to try to get it to work, since Windows 8.1 doesn't actually get released until October (since I don't see how you can fix it if it's the cause).

Ehh.. No idea why that would happen, not something I can really solve because it sounds like Win8 is causing the problems >-< ("A few other programs stopped working")

---

v2.2 is now available with the following changes~

• ★ Fixed the unicode issue again.
  ☆ Fixed issue with Beatmap list being transparent.
  ★ Added option for which output 'previous' should record from in the 'Output' tab.
  ☆ Fixed undesired behaviour of 'previous' output, will now only update when the current map playing is different.
  ★ Added option to choose whether to minimize to taskbar or tray in the 'General' tab.
  ☆ Added 'Debug' output option to the 'Output' tab, will append output log to file every 10 minutes.
  ★ Moved the osu!np Update button to the 'General' tab in 'Config'.
  ☆ Integrated the Beatmaps window into the main window, still need to toggle the 'Beatmaps' button to view it.
  ★ Downloading functionality has been re-designed, it now supports:
  ----★ Simultaneous downloads.
  ----★ Pausing/Resuming/Aborting of downloads.
  ☆ Changed "Preview" button to "Play Song" as it now supports playing full length songs instead of just preview.
  ★ Beatmaps in the list which have been played/downloaded will display in orange.
  ☆ Added dropdown box to select the media to play/download. (Beatmap / MP3 (Full) / Background)
  ----☆ Clicking the 'Download' button will: Download Beatmap / Download Full Length MP3 / Download Background
  ----☆ Clicking the 'Play Song' button will: Play Preview MP3 / Play Full Length MP3 / Play Preview MP3
  ★ 'Play Song' and 'Download' buttons will assume the desired map as the one selected in the Beatmap list unless an ID is defined in the MapID input box.
  ☆ Downloaded mp3's/backgrounds will be saved to the same directory as the directory used for downloading beatmaps to.
  ★ Added capability of stopping a song while it's playing.
  ☆ Added progress display of the song playing.
  ★ Added search functionality to the Beatmap listing to optionally limit results by search terms.
  ☆ Added option for determining what list results should be ordered by. (Date, ID, Name, Index)
  ★ Added button for determining whether to list results in ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order.
  ☆ Beatmap listing can now be aborted during the current page listing.
  ★ Made several changes to the UI of osu!np.
  ☆ All windows can now be resized to meet user preference.
  ★ Fixed issue causing InvalidOperation exception.
  ☆ Fixed issue causing exception on beatmap search, maps with no returned image will now display a default image.
  ★ Fixed issue with 'Default' button failing to reset to default settings.
  ☆ Fixed issue preventing osu!np from removing older version after update.
  ★ Started adding localisation to the config, this feature is not yet functional, check the first post for more details if you would like to help with localisation.

Note: When updating from v2.1 from the client, you'll get either of these errors: (fixed in 2.2)
★ osu!np was unable to extract the update.
☆ Solution: Close osu!np and extract the updated version from osunp.zip manually.

★ File access error when osu!np attempts to remove the old version after updating.
☆ Solution: Just delete the old version (osunp.exe) manually before starting the new version.

And strangely enough, v2.2 works fine with osu!test on 8.1. I haven't changed anything since trying it out yesterday though... I guess it just didn't feel like working

The UI update looks pretty nice, but the directory boxes on the right are being cut off:

Good to know that it's working again ^-^


You can resize the window.
Though yush, they are supposed to anchor within the box >-<

Edit: Updated to fix this tiny problem (no new version number). :3

Edit again: Will need to update again >-<
Have to fix an issue with downloaded file names having special characters which Osu! doesn't like.

Bleh.. When downloading from Osu!, a few maps put "_" as a replacement for special characters in folder names, most others just remove the character. (osu!np downloader will always just remove the character, the .osu files also just remove the character, so I'm not sure why few folders are doing things differently.. )

Not sure how many maps this will affect.
None of this will be a problem if you use osu!np for downloading maps when I update to check for special characters in a couple hours~

Edit: Figured this out to be a browser issue. Downloading from Osu! website attempts to download with the special characters (why are they not handled on the server? ;--;), of which different browsers will handle differently (Eg. * is replaced to _ in Firefox, but it's replaced to - in Chrome)
So.. not something I can handle really ;--; Will just have to go back to the slower method of getting map data.

v2.3 is now available with the following changes~

V2.3 - 02.09.13 - 534kb

• ★ Added the capability of selecting multiple maps from the Beatmap list in which all selected will be added to the download queue. (Ctrl + Click to highlight individually, Shift + Click to highlight a range).
  ☆ Fixed issue with file names of downloaded beatmaps of which contain special characters.
  ★ Map checking is now compatible with maps of which contain special characters.
  ☆ Map checking now has two fallback methods if the first pattern search attempt fails.
  ★ Map checking will now attempt to intelligently decide a correct map when more than one map is returned.
  ☆ Switched to using beatmap thumbnails provided by Hexide's mirror, as Osu! thumbnails were causing delays in beatmap listing (due to current server issues).
  ★ Added the capability of disabling the listing of thumbnails. Beatmap listing is much faster when thumbnails are removed so this will be useful if you wish to query many maps per page.
  ☆ Increased the limit to the amount of beatmaps you can display per page to 999. This is only recommended when you have the above IMG checkbox disable (you can toggle it during the query and you can abort the query if it's taking too long).
  ★ Fixed issue causing duplicate output when playing full length songs.
  ☆ Fixed issue preventing the Download/Play buttons from functioning if an error occured when attempting to process the selected/specified map.
  ★ Fixed issue causing some controls to display with a classic Windows visual style.
  ☆ Definitely have fixed the issue with the inability for a new version of osu!np to delete its old self.

The problem with updating persisted in v2.2 so you will have to delete the old version (osunp.exe) before starting the new version when updating from the client, this issue has definitely been fixed in v2.3! ;--;

last version that worked for me was v1.9
Windows 7 x64 SP1 + .NET 4.5

Piotrekol wrote:

;_;

last version that worked for me was v1.9
Windows 7 x64 SP1 + .NET 4.5

Did you try this

★ Problem: osu!np will throw a System.InvalidOperation Exception and will not startup.
☆ Solution: Ensure that you have WMP installed. (It's installed by default on Windows operating systems but you may have uninstalled it.)
Control Panel > Programs & Features > Turn Windows features on/off > Media > Enable 'Windows Media Player' > Restart if necessary

Started working on the IRC integration ^-^!
At the moment, it's able to recognize command format !
http://puu.sh/4hMCu.png

It will be able to output any data you tell it to without the need to read from file.
You'll also be able to define custom commands with custom parameters of which the bot will respond to when users type them in chat.

It won't be as great as something like mIRC scripting for a while, but it'll be an option for people who don't need very much dynamic output, and it'll be quicker to setup than mIRC.

Update: http://puu.sh/4hPiP.png
Added support for reading the primary/secondary outputs (example is np + diff on primary, then same for secondary but as an action).
The default commands are !wake, !sleep, !die
!wake - Enables output
!sleep - Disables output
!die - Disconnects bot from channel
Names for the command will be configurable, the condition for the output will also eventually be configurable >-<

Output from secondary: http://puu.sh/4hTSp.png


Edit: Going to scrap IRC integration for now, will continue work on localisation whenever I can, been a bit busy recently ;--;

Thanks for the update.

I got a few new ideas I'd like to see, if you are free:

1. Minimize osu!np when starting osu!. (Either to Tray or to the Taskbar, whatever the user did select in the config)
2. Option to also start osu! when pressing "Start". (Or start the output when pressing the osu! logo)
3. and/or:
4. Option to automatically start outputting when starting osu!np. (Alternative to above)

This could be very useful, atleast for me.
Most of the times when I press "Start" I also want to start osu!, so this would save a click for me.

Keep going.

Thanks for the update, but I'm now getting this error when updating:
It works fine when redownloading manually though :/
EDIT: And it seems to not save my "previous secondary" setting.

[quote=givenameplz]I got a few new ideas I'd like to see, if you are free:[/quote]
Will add them

YayMii wrote:

Thanks for the update, but I'm now getting this error when updating:

image

It works fine when redownloading manually though :/

Known issue with v2.1 & 2.2, it's fixed in 2.3 (for when updating to future versions)
It just requires manually deleting osunp.exe before starting osu!np.exe

YayMii wrote:

EDIT: And it seems to not save my "previous secondary" setting.

Something I forgot to do, will get settings sorted in 2.4

Few updates:
I've been working on an Collections MP3 Player - Play songs outside of Osu as playlists made from collections.. so when you're idle and just want to listen to music from Osu!, you don't have to be listening to songs you don't like.

'Special' is one of my collections with 119 maps, duplicates (like difficulties of one mapset) are removed so the amount in the list becomes 24.
Will also feature the ability to export mp3's to collection folders so the mp3 playing side of this app will be optional - though it has all the basic functionality needed (play/pause/stop/prev/next/loop etc).

I've been doing a lot of work on the database side of things for Osu! Now able to read from osu!.db, collection.db, scores.db

The example above shows the scores.db listed featuring the capability of ordering by accuracy - something of which the normal Osu! map list does not support. I requested this feature a while ago but it was rejected, so I decided to make it myself.

Planned features include the ability to determine which maps you have previously played but do not currently have installed among other things, it will be a standalone app but will also be implemented in osu!np so you can output score data.

A note about the limitation of database reading though: The osu! databases only update whenever osu! is closed, so you cannot get real-time results.

I will likely release the source for this db reader some time soon once I've tidied up the code.
The only other open-source one I found was written in Ruby, I wrote mine in VB .Net with a little bit of help from the Ruby one (I don't know Ruby ;--;)
VB is easy enough to convert to C# so it should be nice for people who wish to develop db-related tools for Osu! :3

Wow, you're amazing! Adding features that I'd use even though I didn't know I wanted them. Keep up the good work.

I have a few suggestions:
1. For the standalone player, it should probably have a separate output if it doesn't already (seeing as you don't really need information like the difficulty).
2. Maybe a toggle for osu!test in the database reader? osu!test has its own set of .db files, and that was the original reason why I asked for o!test support in the first place.

YayMii wrote:

Wow, you're amazing! Adding features that I'd use even though I didn't know I wanted them. Keep up the good work.

I have a few suggestions:
1. For the standalone player, it should probably have a separate output if it doesn't already (seeing as you don't really need information like the difficulty).
2. Maybe a toggle for osu!test in the database reader? osu!test has its own set of .db files, and that was the original reason why I asked for o!test support in the first place.

Thank you ^-^

1. Not too sure what you're referring to, the mp3 player or the standalone version of the db reader?
If the mp3 player: Difficulty isn't listed in the playlists. There isn't any output from the player currently but I'll add it as an option. (So when you're afk on stream you can still stream music and display what music is playing)
If the db reader: The image is just an example, all data will have their own columns and source will be provided.

Also to note.. I'm not sure whether to implement the mp3 player in osu!np.. at least not for a couple weeks at least if I do decide to..
There's a whole lot involved with it, I'll have to do many changes to get it working in osu!np and it won't use the same custom appearance.
It's also straying away from what osu!np was originally intended for but I might just redefine osu!np as an 'all-in-one' tool. >-< My only fear is that osu!np will eventually be too confusing to use if it has too many features ;--;

Also to note: Getting the BPM of a song is maybe possible with osu!mp3, a while ago when I was mapping I had trouble finding a tool that would do this but I think I could potentially get it to work myself.. I doubt it'll be accurate but it'll be fun to work with. >-<

2: Already done some testing for this in code (doesn't seem to be any change at the moment between the normal and test versions of the databases, hopefully there won't ever be too much change >-<), just didn't have it displayed in the example.


Edit: Example of all data

Note: 'Tries' only includes completed attempts at a map, not actual retries. ;--;
(Ignore the fact that circle/slider amount is the same.. little bug I didn't notice >-<)

I got some issues with the "[dl]" command. Can't get it to work :/

Here is a picture of my Secondary output.


A np1.txt file is created but its blank . I tried using the "[dl]" command on the primary output also, with and without other commands but it still does not work T^T

Am i doing something wrong?
please enlighten me, id like to have that feature so much !

Ntasuto: Do you have your osu! install folder set up properly in the Directory tab? You need that so osu!np can get that information. Also keep in mind that some older beatmaps lack this info and will return as blank.

Suggestion: You can get osu! install folder from registry (for developer).

nice software :3
i use in OBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCyKvhKBVE4

Awesome software. BTW, I wanted to give a suggestion.
Can you add a function by which one may search for beatmaps by their names by inputting them in a text field. (Just saying )
And when will the osu! music player be ready. It seems to be interesting.

sbstratos79 wrote:

And when will the osu! music player be ready. It seems to be interesting.

Everything is on-hold for now, won't be returning at least until November.

Not sure why this happened but my config file and my np file both just disappeared and now when I open the program it opens to the task bar but has no window.

Edit: It seems that whenever I load it, my config file disappears.. so I have to export every time I have it opened if I want my settings to retain.

Kurimu wrote:

Not sure why this happened but my config file and my np file both just disappeared and now when I open the program it opens to the task bar but has no window.

Edit: It seems that whenever I load it, my config file disappears.. so I have to export every time I have it opened if I want my settings to retain.

This appears to be a problem with the position saving of the application.
This value here:

<setting name="setPosition" serializeAs="String">
<value>162, 171</value>

Sometimes gets set to a really odd, seemingly overflow value.
So your window is most likely opened outside of the screen, to fix this move to this path:
C:\Users\*ComputerUserName*\AppData\Local\Primpri\osu!np.exe_*SomeRandomCharacters*\2.3.0.0
(Or whatever the newest version is)
And edit the user.config file, look for the "setPosition" tag (mentioned above) and set it to 0, 0 for example.

Thanks. Should be fixed though. And the disappearing config file escapes me. The file gets deleted when I load osu!np.

Kurimu wrote:

Thanks. Should be fixed though. And the disappearing config file escapes me. The file gets deleted when I load osu!np.

I am not quite sure if you mean that but.. if you start osu!np it will check for a config file in the same folder; it runs and tries to import it.
After doing this, the file gets deleted.
It appears to be an intended function.
(Most likely used for the update process, after you download a new version with the updater inside for example, osu!np will ask you if you want to export your configs and so on..)

Sorry for being away for so long, but I'm Semi-back, have had some financial issues to deal with, still having problems (and just recently broke up with my ex, yay~ x.x).
I'll try to get an update out before I have to go again (Will be here until 11th Nov, won't be back for some time after)

now when I open the program it opens to the task bar but has no window.

That's an odd bug, will look into it when I get a chance to. (I think I remember fixing it in the past ;-;)
And yeah, the config file is supposed to only be temporary (When you export or update and choose to keep settings, it'll be created. Then when osu!np starts and the config file is found, the settings from it get saved and it gets removed), I might make an option for it to be permanent though but for now, you can just copy it and give it a different name so osu!np won't delete it (but neither will it detect settings from it unless you copy it and name the new one to 'config.ini')

Your saved settings will always be retained in the following folder: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Primpri\
So you don't need to keep the temp config file unless you want it as a backup.

Can you add a function by which one may search for beatmaps by their names by inputting them in a text field. (Just saying )

This functionality already exists if I'm understanding you correctly, the field which shows 'miku' in the below image.


And don't worry, haven't forgotten about the other projects either, will get them done.
I'll try to find time to work on everything while I'm not here too.

Oh and sorry about the huge delay with localization, it's a lot of work involved and I don't want to make it my focus when there are other feature updates waiting ;-;


--
I forgot to address some posts.

Marcin wrote:

Suggestion: You can get osu! install folder from registry (for developer).

I couldn't actually find it anywhere in the registry. >-<

onodai145 wrote:

nice software :3
i use in OBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCyKvhKBVE4

Nice to know that people appreciate my work, thank you ^-^

Oh, and I still have plans to integrate osu!db into osu!np (and some functionality from osu!mp3), but I first need to do a few changes to meet 'peppy standards'. ^-^

Here's my user friendly implementation of the dynamic image creation so far:

(Very rough example of what is possible with it, sorry for being messy >-<)

It's basically a paint feature added to osu!np allowing you to add images/text to the dynamic image, so far:

• ★ You can move & resize text/image objects around by dragging, or editing the input boxes to the left when an object is selected.
  ☆ Apply variables (like online status, np output) to selected text.
  ★ The "File" Menu allows you to Save your dynamic image (the output is a ini file) and open others. Once saved, the image is uploaded to my own server and a link you can use anywhere is generated.
  ☆ The "View" Menu allows you to switch from the blank canvas to a listing preview of templates / other images that other users have saved of which you can then select to modify.

Custom fonts are also planned.
This new implementation will no longer require you to have your own server / PHP knowledge.


---
I probably won't be available tomorrow, and won't be able to return until December at the earliest.
I'm sorry I couldn't get any update out before having to go again, I've been really busy with other things in life lately.

I will try to work on osu!np and my other projects as much as possible while I'm gone and will hopefully have an update available when I'm back, this next update should include:

• ★ osu!np: Completed implementation of localization.
  ☆ osu!np: Implementation of new user friendly dynamic image functionality.
  ★ osu!np: Implementation of score data.
  ☆ osu!db: Corrections to sorting, 'safer' method of accessing the db files (copying to osu!db directory).
  ★ osu!mp3: Released version.

Among other smaller changes.

How does it fetch the data from the game? From the MSN Now Playing calls? Directly from the RAM? :v

I'm getting a Win32:Evo-gen virus warning in avast when downloading the current version(2.3) Any tip?

How does it fetch the data from the game? From the MSN Now Playing calls? Directly from the RAM? :v

From the osu! window title, additional data from the map files, more data from the database files is possible but is not yet implemented in osu!np, only osu!db/osu!mp3.

From what I know, it's not possible to get it from memory because the pointer doesn't seem consistent across multiple machines, and it's not really worth going through that method because it's not consistent between updates either.

Unfortunately with the method I use, it's never going to be 100% accurate but it does have a few fallback methods which it uses in an attempt to be as accurate as possible. If there is a duplicate of the map name and difficulty, there are multiple choices. There (may) soon be a tiny bit of image recognition to determine the correct map when such duplicates are found.

I'm getting a Win32:Evo-gen virus warning in avast when downloading the current version(2.3) Any tip?

It seems you or someone else already scanned it here

From a Google search, there just seems to be a lot of false positives with that 'Evo-gen' like this
I don't know what would trigger that >-< My own Avast is unable to detect anything (Version: 7.0.1474, DB Version: 131109-0)

I've reported it as a false-positive to Avast.

This seems really interesting, will definitely consider checking this out

Osu!np works with windows 7 x64?

Papepipopu wrote:

Osu!np works with windows 7 x64?

yup

I have a problem when i play in fullscreen. Osu!np works off when i play in fullscreen, but works perfect when i play in windows mode.

What can i do?

PD: Sorry for my engrish.

Papepipopu wrote:

I have a problem when i play in fullscreen. Osu!np works off when i play in fullscreen, but works perfect when i play in windows mode.

What can i do?

PD: Sorry for my engrish.

This is due to this:

You basically can't get the data in Fullscreen mode anymore, but you can try Borderless window mode.
(Please bear in mind that this might cause different behavior on some machines, performance wise.)

sweet works great!
I use Windows 8 and OBS, you'll be seeing this in my streams soon!

givenameplz wrote:

This is due to this:

[peppy] Don't set window title when running osu! fullscreen.
(osu! b20131129.1)

You basically can't get the data in Fullscreen mode anymore, but you can try Borderless window mode.
(Please bear in mind that this might cause different behavior on some machines, performance wise.)

Gah, I completely forgot about this. That change was an attempt to fix Nvidia ShadowPlay, but it broke osu!np. I switched to fullscreen when I discovered that Windowed and Borderless both cause 2-3 frames of latency (which makes things a bit more difficult), so I'm not really inclined to switch back.

Anyways, any plan on switching to the last.fm API that peppy mentioned earlier? It would fix the problem.

I getting this error message when starting up the osu!np 2.3
I'm using Windows 8 64bit with .NET Framework 4.5
and I also have try to repair the .NET Framework, but nothing is fixed.

YayMii wrote:

Anyways, any plan on switching to the last.fm API that peppy mentioned earlier? It would fix the problem.

this or just use MSN now playing calls as they still work perfectly http://puu.sh/5Fv6U

I cannot use it to show the song currently playing -3-
should I start osu first or osu!np??
and do I need to run it as admin? I hv win8.1 installed

Sorry for the absence.

Unfortunately, I'm probably going to discontinue osu!np and my other projects. A lot of other people seem to have been working on their own things similar to the functionality of which osu!np provides, so I don't feel there is any need for me to continue.

The current build of osu!np 2.4 will only be available to close friends on Twitch, because it includes Primbot.

I will make a public version with Primbot removed that will include all current fixes, but development is currently not my priority so I will not be adding new features otherthan the ones of which I've already been working on.

I'm sorry for this news, but there's so much that I want to do, and very little time to do them in. ;-;

Noooo!!! ;___; Y U DO DIS?? Your programs are so awesome and useful!! T^T But at the end of the day, it's your wish, so I just wanted to ask one question. Will we still be able to use osu!np and your other softwares which require internet connection in any way? For example, can we still download beatmaps using osu!np? And thanks a lot for creating such awesome softwares and helping the osu! community.

Everything will still function.

I think I phrased it a bit harshly/bluntly - My intention is not to just forget about these projects, I'm not abandoning everything entirely, I may eventually continue working on these projects and I will try to if I can ever find time to, it's just not a priority anymore so I will never update as often as I used to and I'll only implement features which interest me personally.

For now my time is taken up by personal projects, or my stream/daily life stuff. It's difficult to work on projects for the osu community because there's more time involved in trying to make the UI user friendly, efficient and such (I'm so bad at UI design).

Again, sorry. Q^Q

Thanks a lot. phew, That was a relief. And no problem, even the current releases are pretty good, so less frequent(or no) updates won't be a problem(atleast, not for me). And yeah, you should concentrate on the things that you think are more important for you. You've already done a great job by creating such useful softwares. Thanks a lot again! ^_^ All the best!

For some reason osu!np dosent work anymore when i play fullscreen is there any way you could fix this in future updates?

Quanteck wrote:

For some reason osu!np dosent work anymore when i play fullscreen is there any way you could fix this in future updates?

As said earlier in the thread, this is what's preventing it from working full screen:
He did this as an attempt to fix Nvidia ShadowPlay, but it broke programs like this in the process, since it uses the window title to get the song title and difficulty.

It is possible to get it working again (the MSN status option displays the same info as the title bar albeit in a different order), but nobody I've spoken to seems to be updating their programs to support it (aside from Piotrekol, but as far as I'm aware, he's the one who came up with the idea to use it).

The doenload command isnt working for me

Still waiting for ★ osu!mp3 released

I wonder if it's possible to make it post a tweet on Twitter (edgy).

Is it possible to have this program to mess with ventrilo comment + comment url?

Most of the time I have a few friends spectating me while I practice and unfortunately my comp isn't that great for streaming.

So it would be awesome if I can get the song name displayed on my ventrilo comment and then a link to download the song in my comment url.


If not then its completely fine, would just be very awesome if you can integrate it with ventrilo.

Shivarion wrote:

Still waiting for ★ osu!mp3 released

Soon~! >w>

LOL! When I launch osu!np i can't see the window.
Window with osu!np is invisible.
I try to repair NET.Framework, but this not helping :c
Someone can help me?

MipRonIasty wrote:

LOL! When I launch osu!np i can't see the window.
Window with osu!np is invisible.
I try to repair NET.Framework, but this not helping :c
Someone can help me?

i got the same problem :/

i found that using an earlier version of osu!np worked, but now it won't appear again for me :<

Noobsicle wrote:

MipRonIasty wrote:

LOL! When I launch osu!np i can't see the window.
Window with osu!np is invisible.
I try to repair NET.Framework, but this not helping :c
Someone can help me?

i got the same problem :/

i found that using an earlier version of osu!np worked, but now it won't appear again for me :<

I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgklS6A5V4A

Let's try. Program work now. :3

I can't remember if I fixed the issue with osu!np starting off screen.. someone reported it a while ago. >w< I'll put it on my todo list if it's not already on there.

Navigate to: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Primpri\osu!np.exe_blarghh\2.3.0.0
Open user.config in Notepad.
Search for 'setPosition'.
If the value is something bizarre, change it to 0, 0. Like:
<setting name="setPosition" serializeAs="String">
<value>0, 0</value>
</setting>

MipRonIasty wrote:

I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgklS6A5V4A

Let's try. Program work now. :3

omg it worked >:D thanks a lot!

@primula, i think its an issue for those with multiple monitors, not really sure though :s

I use OBS and i followed the guide but when i go to use text from file i browse then it says that i cannot change it to any type of file (txt only) do you know how i could fix this? Thanks:)

If i spectate someone and i don't have the map so i'm in the menu it says "StartIndex can't be lower than zero"

Also it doesn't show the previous song if you spectate someone

Wow, I really like this programm, thankies. <3

First of all THANK YOU, love it!

Is it somehow possible to have it working when the game is in Fullscreen?
It works for me only when the game is in Windowmode. Thank you!

yey, programs~

Damn, too bad it doesn't work when you play fullscreen ><'

Kynan wrote:

Damn, too bad it doesn't work when you play fullscreen ><'

Well, it works for me.

Tell me how please, it works on "windowed fullscreen" (1920x1080 windowed) but not on real full screen ;w;

Kynan wrote:

Tell me how please, it works on "windowed fullscreen" (1920x1080 windowed) but not on real full screen ;w;

Sorry, I dont know. It just does for me.

Kynan wrote:

Tell me how please, it works on "windowed fullscreen" (1920x1080 windowed) but not on real full screen ;w;

On "windowed fullscreen"(borderless) osu! is still setting it's title when playing.
And when in fullscreen it's never doing it- because why?(and it's also done to fix Shadowplay)
And this program seems to depend on osu! title so... that's why it breaks I guess.

You can try this or if creator actually still wants to develop osu!np then I think we can work something out.

Piotrekol wrote:

Kynan wrote:

Tell me how please, it works on "windowed fullscreen" (1920x1080 windowed) but not on real full screen ;w;

On "windowed fullscreen"(borderless) osu! is still setting it's title when playing.
And when in fullscreen it's never doing it- because why?(and it's also done to fix Shadowplay)
And this program seems to depend on osu! title so... that's why it breaks I guess.

You can try this or if creator actually still wants to develop osu!np then I think we can work something out.

Yeah that's what I thought, and your stream companion looks awesome I'll try it out ! Thanks !

Beastontour wrote:

First of all THANK YOU, love it!

Is it somehow possible to have it working when the game is in Fullscreen?
It works for me only when the game is in Windowmode. Thank you!

Same problem for me too