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[Rule Fix] Maximum .osz file size

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Wafu

Ranking Criteria wrote:

Try to keep osz files under 10mb, or 30mb if you include a video/storyboard. Videos and storyboards can generally be decreased in size by lowering the quality of the video or trimming/resizing storyboard elements.
This is really obvious, but it is irritating me for a long time already. There is a little mistake about file size (if isn't, most beatmaps break RC then). People who have been already modding/mapping long time know, but if some newbie makes a map, this might confuse him a little and distract him from mapping certain songs or including video/storyboard, which is a pity.

Problem is that 10mb or 30mb is using wrong units. mb = megabit, mB/MB = megabyte, it is quite a big difference, 1mb=0.125MB. In short, this rule is allowing 30mb = 3.75MB maps with storyboard/video and 10mb = 1.25MB maps without storyboard/video - so basically most songs are unrankable just for using mp3, while it was not intention of this rule, it should've always been MB not mb. As simple fix as it might be, should be fine, but be sure to do something about this to not cause confusion, especially for new mappers who might potentially know the difference between mb and MB.
Try to keep osz files under 10MB, or 30MB if you include a video/storyboard. Videos and storyboards can generally be decreased in size by lowering the quality of the video or trimming/resizing storyboard elements.
Raiden

Wafu wrote:

Ranking Criteria wrote:

Try to keep osz files under 10mb, or 30mb if you include a video/storyboard. Videos and storyboards can generally be decreased in size by lowering the quality of the video or trimming/resizing storyboard elements.
This is really obvious, but it is irritating me for a long time already. There is a little mistake about file size (if isn't, most beatmaps break RC then). People who have been already modding/mapping long time know, but if some newbie makes a map, this might confuse him a little and distract him from mapping certain songs or including video/storyboard, which is a pity.

Problem is that 10mb or 30mb is using wrong units. mb = megabit, mB/MB = megabyte, it is quite a big difference, 1mb=0.125MB. In short, this rule is allowing 30mb = 3.75MB maps with storyboard/video and 10mb = 1.25MB maps without storyboard/video - so basically most songs are unrankable just for using mp3, while it was not intention of this rule, it should've always been MB not mb. As simple fix as it might be, should be fine, but be sure to do something about this to not cause confusion, especially for new mappers who might potentially know the difference between mb and MB.
Try to keep osz files under 10MB, or 30MB if you include a video/storyboard. Videos and storyboards can generally be decreased in size by lowering the quality of the video or trimming/resizing storyboard elements.
Actually, to be scientifically accurate, non capital M means "mili" which is 1/1000th of the starting unit. "mb" is 1/1000th of a bit and "mB" is 1/1000th of a byte.

Yeah it should say MB

M = mega
m = mili
b = bit
B = byte
Topic Starter
Wafu
Oh yup, lowercase m is wrong in all cases, that's true, I didn't realize kB is only one using lowercase start, but you know the point :)
Bara-
Maps are only allowed to have 0.00025*30 byte?
Wow
Good game RC
Shohei Ohtani
ok be real here literally nobody is that retarded

like I get that you want things to be correct but are you literally implying that there has been a situation to where someone who is competent enough to create a mapset has looked at the ranking criteria and said "wow, hot ziggity dee if only I could go over this 4 mb limit!"

I. . . I'm actually not sure if regular users are allowed to edit the RC for minor things like this. Regardless, this isn't even something that requires an entirely new thread. I could literally PM p3n or Loctav (haha) and be like "hey fix this because technically it's wrong"
Topic Starter
Wafu
Well, it being obvious from other maps does not mean it should be incorrect either. But w/e
Garven
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