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Roan

playerrobeats3 wrote:

this is closing on robeats and osu - max
I don't quite understand what you mean :(
Arstz
Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Topic Starter
Roan

Arstz wrote:

Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Overlaying a full screen application is not actually possible for any application. When you see so called overlays what they are actually doing is injecting custom code into the renderer of the game they are overlaying. An easy work around is to just play osu! in full screen windowed mode, but this of course can sometimes lead to lower performance.

Making something that resembles an overlay, while technically possible, is a very tricky thing to do since you are tampering with the memory of a running game. If there are any bugs it's very easy to crash both applications, in addition you are also directly affecting the performance of the game since it now needs to render an additional overlay.

While I'm not against the idea completely and do have it on my long term todo list. It does take a fair bit of work to implement and if I do finish it I will include a fair warning. Especially games with anti-cheat software often don't like other programs messing with the memory of their game, save for some whitelisted applications.

For more details see my earlier replies about the topic: community/forums/posts/7391965 and community/forums/posts/7636887 and community/forums/posts/7749276
Arstz

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Overlaying a full screen application is not actually possible for any application. When you see so called overlays what they are actually doing is injecting custom code into the renderer of the game they are overlaying. An easy work around is to just play osu! in full screen windowed mode, but this of course can sometimes lead to lower performance.

Making something that resembles an overlay, while technically possible, is a very tricky thing to do since you are tampering with the memory of a running game. If there are any bugs it's very easy to crash both applications, in addition you are also directly affecting the performance of the game since it now needs to render an additional overlay.

While I'm not against the idea completely and do have it on my long term todo list. It does take a fair bit of work to implement and if I do finish it I will include a fair warning. Especially games with anti-cheat software often don't like other programs messing with the memory of their game, save for some whitelisted applications.

For more details see my earlier replies about the topic: community/forums/posts/7391965 and community/forums/posts/7636887 and community/forums/posts/7749276
Well, I guess should have read previous posts there, sorry. If you say that understanding DirectX will be a ass pain then so be it. Maybe will try to make something similar on c++. Just was thinking about all those VN hooks, that were made by a couple of people - works fine. Anyway, using some library shouldn't be that hard, right? So far nice work on the app, will eagerly await your solution, whenever it comes.
Topic Starter
Roan

Arstz wrote:

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Overlaying a full screen application is not actually possible for any application. When you see so called overlays what they are actually doing is injecting custom code into the renderer of the game they are overlaying. An easy work around is to just play osu! in full screen windowed mode, but this of course can sometimes lead to lower performance.

Making something that resembles an overlay, while technically possible, is a very tricky thing to do since you are tampering with the memory of a running game. If there are any bugs it's very easy to crash both applications, in addition you are also directly affecting the performance of the game since it now needs to render an additional overlay.

While I'm not against the idea completely and do have it on my long term todo list. It does take a fair bit of work to implement and if I do finish it I will include a fair warning. Especially games with anti-cheat software often don't like other programs messing with the memory of their game, save for some whitelisted applications.

For more details see my earlier replies about the topic: community/forums/posts/7391965 and community/forums/posts/7636887 and community/forums/posts/7749276
Well, I guess should have read previous posts there, sorry. If you say that understanding DirectX will be a ass pain then so be it. Maybe will try to make something similar on c++. Just was thinking about all those VN hooks, that were made by a couple of people - works fine. Anyway, using some library shouldn't be that hard, right? So far nice work on the app, will eagerly await your solution, whenever it comes.
It's not so much just about understanding DirectX, it's about writing a DLL injection process and custom DLL with renderer modifications for all relevant versions of DirectX and OpenGL. Luckily there is a fair bit of overlap there. As far as I'm aware, while there are some implementations of specific overlay cases out there, no reliable generic libraries exist. If you know of any written in C/C++/Java then I would be interested.
Arstz

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Overlaying a full screen application is not actually possible for any application. When you see so called overlays what they are actually doing is injecting custom code into the renderer of the game they are overlaying. An easy work around is to just play osu! in full screen windowed mode, but this of course can sometimes lead to lower performance.

Making something that resembles an overlay, while technically possible, is a very tricky thing to do since you are tampering with the memory of a running game. If there are any bugs it's very easy to crash both applications, in addition you are also directly affecting the performance of the game since it now needs to render an additional overlay.

While I'm not against the idea completely and do have it on my long term todo list. It does take a fair bit of work to implement and if I do finish it I will include a fair warning. Especially games with anti-cheat software often don't like other programs messing with the memory of their game, save for some whitelisted applications.

For more details see my earlier replies about the topic: community/forums/posts/7391965 and community/forums/posts/7636887 and community/forums/posts/7749276
Well, I guess should have read previous posts there, sorry. If you say that understanding DirectX will be a ass pain then so be it. Maybe will try to make something similar on c++. Just was thinking about all those VN hooks, that were made by a couple of people - works fine. Anyway, using some library shouldn't be that hard, right? So far nice work on the app, will eagerly await your solution, whenever it comes.
It's not so much just about understanding DirectX, it's about writing a DLL injection process and custom DLL with renderer modifications for all relevant versions of DirectX and OpenGL. Luckily there is a fair bit of overlap there. As far as I'm aware, while there are some implementations of specific overlay cases out there, no reliable generic libraries exist. If you know of any written in C/C++/Java then I would be interested.
Right now I am working on an another project so until finished don't expect anything. Anyhow, tested a couple of variants, EasyHook seems to work reliably enough: I could inject foreign DLLs in running osu! like fps monitor and process tracker. But as far as I am not sufficiently knowledgeable here it would take a bunch of time to understand the whole process. From here on now, まかせる。

-->https://easyhook.github.io/<-- Link
Topic Starter
Roan

Arstz wrote:

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Roan wrote:

Arstz wrote:

Don't know if it is possible on Java, but I would really appreciate you adding an "Ignore fullscreen button" or something like that, so it would go over fullscreen apps. Your "Overlay doesn't seem to support it.
Overlaying a full screen application is not actually possible for any application. When you see so called overlays what they are actually doing is injecting custom code into the renderer of the game they are overlaying. An easy work around is to just play osu! in full screen windowed mode, but this of course can sometimes lead to lower performance.

Making something that resembles an overlay, while technically possible, is a very tricky thing to do since you are tampering with the memory of a running game. If there are any bugs it's very easy to crash both applications, in addition you are also directly affecting the performance of the game since it now needs to render an additional overlay.

While I'm not against the idea completely and do have it on my long term todo list. It does take a fair bit of work to implement and if I do finish it I will include a fair warning. Especially games with anti-cheat software often don't like other programs messing with the memory of their game, save for some whitelisted applications.

For more details see my earlier replies about the topic: community/forums/posts/7391965 and community/forums/posts/7636887 and community/forums/posts/7749276
Well, I guess should have read previous posts there, sorry. If you say that understanding DirectX will be a ass pain then so be it. Maybe will try to make something similar on c++. Just was thinking about all those VN hooks, that were made by a couple of people - works fine. Anyway, using some library shouldn't be that hard, right? So far nice work on the app, will eagerly await your solution, whenever it comes.
It's not so much just about understanding DirectX, it's about writing a DLL injection process and custom DLL with renderer modifications for all relevant versions of DirectX and OpenGL. Luckily there is a fair bit of overlap there. As far as I'm aware, while there are some implementations of specific overlay cases out there, no reliable generic libraries exist. If you know of any written in C/C++/Java then I would be interested.
Right now I am working on an another project so until finished don't expect anything. Anyhow, tested a couple of variants, EasyHook seems to work reliably enough: I could inject foreign DLLs in running osu! like fps monitor and process tracker. But as far as I am not sufficiently knowledgeable here it would take a bunch of time to understand the whole process. From here on now, まかせる。

-->https://easyhook.github.io/<-- Link
ありがとう, that library does look pretty nice and should at least be able to handle the DLL injection process. I unfortunately also do not have a lot of free time, but I'll see if I can figure out all the details sometime.
Synthix-
Is it possible for a config to be loaded without any default values? Say for example, if you had four keybinds and when I loaded my config, it legit just removed the third key and spaced the fourth one out by 2 in the layout menu. Is there a way I can fix this interface problem upon it being loaded up through the config?
Topic Starter
Roan

Synth_ixz wrote:

Is it possible for a config to be loaded without any default values? Say for example, if you had four keybinds and when I loaded my config, it legit just removed the third key and spaced the fourth one out by 2 in the layout menu. Is there a way I can fix this interface problem upon it being loaded up through the config?
I'm not sure if I understand the problem. Loading a config should restore the state saved in that config file. There are no default values involved in this process. If you have a more specific example or a way to reproduce the issue I would be interested though.
nobully

Synth_ixz wrote:

Is it possible for a config to be loaded without any default values? Say for example, if you had four keybinds and when I loaded my config, it legit just removed the third key and spaced the fourth one out by 2 in the layout menu. Is there a way I can fix this interface problem upon it being loaded up through the config?
Try just loading up the program without a config, making a new layout, and saving the config again with a different name. I've noticed it's a bit buggy in overwriting so just make sure it has a different name when saving.

Also, the way I load my configs is by making a shortcut to the program, and adding the config file's path to the shortcut's target path.

An example would be C:\path\to\program\KeysPerSecond-vX.exe "C:\path\to\config\config.kpsconfig"

It has to be in quotation marks for the config otherwise it might not work.
DEST-1
Thank You !! :D why not include this option in the game: O
Topic Starter
Roan

DEST-1 wrote:

Thank You !! :D why not include this option in the game: O
Glad you like it :) maybe some graphs will be added to lazer some day, we already have the input counter in game after all.
playerrobeats3
when i click on osu kps appears from behind
Topic Starter
Roan

playerrobeats3 wrote:

when i click on osu kps appears from behind
I'm not sure if I understand what you mean correctly. When overlay mode is enabled KeysPerSecond will attempt to stay on top of non-fullscreen applications. But I'm not sure what you mean by 'appears from behind'.
rekkriendo
i have it out on stream labs but it stops showing the key presses when i play in fullscreen. whenever I tab out of osu I shows the keys just fine, but when i go into osu its no Bueno
THAT_otaku

GeminiXYZ wrote:

i have it out on stream labs but it stops showing the key presses when i play in fullscreen. whenever I tab out of osu I shows the keys just fine, but when i go into osu its no Bueno
Did you give the Keys per second application its own capture? if youre just capturing the screen, then it will be behind osu, and therefore wont show up.
noodleee__
Hi, I know this is a stupid question but, how do I save it. When I press "Save Config" It seems to open a window that shows where to save it but all the folders don't seem to work. Can someone help me with this? Thanks!
Topic Starter
Roan

noodleee__ wrote:

Hi, I know this is a stupid question but, how do I save it. When I press "Save Config" It seems to open a window that shows where to save it but all the folders don't seem to work. Can someone help me with this? Thanks!
What you are saying should be correct. When you press "Save Config" a dialog should show where you can select a folder to save the config file to and optionally change the name of the file. Pressing "Save" should then save the config and show a confirmation dialog saying it was saved succesfully.

The save dialog should look something like this (open the spoiler box):

It sounds like something isn't working as intended for you, are you perhaps able to give any extra details that might help me track down the issue? Does the save dialog you see match up with the one I just posted?
Qbx33
hey this was great but just to let u know there is a scam website using ur exact photos to download some browser other than google on your pc thanks for this working one
Topic Starter
Roan

Qbx33 wrote:

hey this was great but just to let u know there is a scam website using ur exact photos to download some browser other than google on your pc thanks for this working one
Thanks for letting me know. I'm aware that a lot of sites are unfortunately rehosting my programs without my permission. Luckily, for most sites it's just an exact copy of the official version I release. However, some sites include unwanted program like you say, or worse, computer viruses. Unfortunately there is not much I can do about these sites, so I can only hope that people pay close attention to where they're downloading something :/
tkltyj
you cool and stuff but how can i see it in osu?
Topic Starter
Roan

tkltyj wrote:

you cool and stuff but how can i see it in osu?
If you're not running osu! in exclusive fullscreen mode then you can use the overlay mode setting. Overlay injection into a program running in exclusive fullscreen mode is currently not supported (see https://github.com/RoanH/KeysPerSecond/issues/28).
paper2222
how about being able to change the number manually?
Topic Starter
Roan

Paperzi wrote:

how about being able to change the number manually?
I assume you mean the number of counted key strokes, any specific reason for why this would be useful? If you want to persist your counts between sessions, then that's already possible.
Sighfour
how do you save configs?
Topic Starter
Roan

Sighfour wrote:

how do you save configs?
On the main screen there is a button on the right called 'save config'. Once the program is launched you can open the right click menu by clicking anywhere on the program and then navigate to the 'save / load' item, here is a 'save config' option as well.
Hell Ember
How can i reduce counts of press??
in other words i only want to show which i press, without showing counts of press.
Topic Starter
Roan

Hell Ember wrote:

How can i reduce counts of press??
in other words i only want to show which i press, without showing counts of press.
This is currently not possible, though I do have this on my todo list and it will most likely be supported in the next version.
osu_zack
how do i start it on mac
if i download the zip file all I get is a folder I don't get an application
Topic Starter
Roan

osu_zack wrote:

how do i start it on mac
if i download the zip file all I get is a folder I don't get an application
Not sure where you got a zip file, for mac you need the ' Runnable Java Archive' download link which gives you a .jar file. After that you just need to run it with Java, which you'll need to install if you don't already have it. I would assume that you can just double click the .jar file if you have Java installed, but I don't own a mac so I'm not entirely sure.
osu_zack

Roan wrote:

osu_zack wrote:

how do i start it on mac
if i download the zip file all I get is a folder I don't get an application
Not sure where you got a zip file, for mac you need the ' Runnable Java Archive' download link which gives you a .jar file. After that you just need to run it with Java, which you'll need to install if you don't already have it. I would assume that you can just double click the .jar file if you have Java installed, but I don't own a mac so I'm not entirely sure.
i tried it again and it worked with java thank uuuuu
Topic Starter
Roan

osu_zack wrote:

Roan wrote:

osu_zack wrote:

how do i start it on mac
if i download the zip file all I get is a folder I don't get an application
Not sure where you got a zip file, for mac you need the ' Runnable Java Archive' download link which gives you a .jar file. After that you just need to run it with Java, which you'll need to install if you don't already have it. I would assume that you can just double click the .jar file if you have Java installed, but I don't own a mac so I'm not entirely sure.
i tried it again and it worked with java thank uuuuu
Nice!
funnydon600
how do i open it? i am on mac 27 and it just gave me a folder..
Topic Starter
Roan

funnydon600 wrote:

how do i open it? i am on mac 27 and it just gave me a folder..
Make sure you get the 'Runnable Java Archive' version and make sure that you have Java 8 or higher installed. As far as I am aware you should be able to run the program by just double clicking the downloaded .jar file in that case.
heckerinnit

Roan wrote:

Keys per second

Update note: You can now also track mouse buttons

So I wanted to know how many keys / second I pressed in osu! And I had already seen programs like this on streams.
I could however not find a program that worked on my computer so I decided to write one myself.

The program when active looks like this:


Menu

Accessible by right clicking on the program.

For each configured key it shows how many times it is pressed. By default it also shows the maximum, average and current number of keys pressed per second.
When enabled it can also show a graph of the number of keys pressed per second over time. The horizontal line in the graph represents the average number of keys pressed per second.

Everything shown in the picture above can be toggled on or off and all the panels can be arranged in a lot of different ways.

Lastly, there are also some commands that can be sent to the program:
Ctrl + P: Causes the program to reset the average and maximum value.
Ctrl + U: Terminates the program
Ctrl + I: Causes the program to reset the key press statistics.
Ctrl + Y: Shows / hides the GUI.
Ctrl + T: Pauses / resumes the counter.
Ctrl + R: Reloads the configuration file.

You can also move the program using the arrow keys this makes pixel perfect positioning possible :D .
Well I hope some of you find this program useful and/or will use it for your streams (I would love to see that happen :) ).
And if you find any bugs feel free to report them.

Notes

- To clarify, you can add any key, and any number of keys to the program. So it can be used for any game mode.
- The overlay option doesn't work on a Mac nor does it work when the fullscreen option in osu! is enabled.
- When changing the key order, the keys are ordered from lowest value to highest value (negative values & skipping indices is allowed).
- To change a GUI colour in the colours menu, click on the current colour.
- An opacity of 100% means completely opaque and an opacity of 0% means completely transparent.
- The snap to screen edge function works on multi-monitor setups.
- You can move the window with the arrow keys at 3 different speeds 1, 2 & 3 pixels at a time (2=Ctrl, 3=Shift).
- You can also track mouse buttons with this program.
- The order for positions is from the top left to the bottom right.
- You can pass the path to the config file to load via the commandline or a shortcut so you can skip the configuration step.
- For some people running the program in Windows 98 / ME compatibility mode makes it so it can overlay full screen osu! so if you're lucky this might work.

Updates

Update log
2 February 2017: Added the option for the program to overlay the osu! window. This only works if osu! isn't being run in fullscreen mode.
5 February 2017: Added support for a variable update rate & changed exit key to Ctrl + U (Ctrl + O opens the osu! options menu).
6 February 2017: Added the ability to configure the order in which the keys are displayed & some minor bug fixes.
9 February 2017: Invert the key text color when a key is pressed.
10 February 2017: Added the option to customize the GUI foreground & background colour.
12 February 2017: Added the option to track all keys, show tracked keys or not, fixed some edge case bugs & minor improvements.
12 February 2017: Added support for more then 10k hits on a single key (now displays correctly) & added the option to hide a tracked key.
12 February 2017: Added the option to remove added keys.
16 February 2017: Added support for decimal avg & cur, also added a new command key that hides the GUI.
17 February 2017: Added support for transparent colours.
17 February 2017: Added automatic version checking & removed the decimal point for cur since cur is an integer.
18 February 2017: Added support for a variable size & added an icon to the window.
21 March 2017: Major performance improvements & change opacity settings to use a percentage.
21 March 2017: Made adding keys a little bit easier.
24 March 2017: Added the option to pass a config file via the command line & minor bug fixes.
30 March 2017: Implemented a right click dialog, pause functionality & a snap to screen edge function.
31 March 2017: Fix ! path bug, add arrow key moving, improve window draging, properly reset the graph, fix no menu on graph.
1 April 2017: Implement 1 & 5ms update rate (CPU heavy), fix infinite instances bug, fix rendering bug, filter config selection view.
8 April 2017: Implement a text based config format & the option to configure the program while it's running & beter arrow moving support.
12 April 2017: Fix checkmark not being colored, fix custom colors being reset, implement config caps & defaults, fix size issue, add add key cancel button
13 April 2017: Add pause checkmark, fix overlay option, implement config reloading (ctrl + R), Fix visual glitch, fix trackall bugs, NPE workaround, fix double click = ctrl, improve command line arguments.
16 April 2017: Added the option to track mouse buttons, added the option to save the onscreen location of the program to the config.
17 April 2017: Rendering fixes & fix the counters being reset when the color is changed.
19 April 2017: Fix keys not being removed when they should be, fix Win 10 rendering bug, Add cancel option for graph, size, precision & update rate, fix move keys moving the context menu & program at the same time, fix loading a new config not resetting stats.
29 April 2017: Minor optimizations, context menu improvements & fixes, add totals panel, fix some bugs.
30 April 2017: Fix an opacity bug that causes the window to be invisible with certain settings.
28 May 2017: Fix a localization bug & add the option to track key-modifier combinations.
28 June 2017: Added a lot of layout options.
28 June 2017: Fix the position/index feature for keys not working.
28 June 2017: Add warning for invalid key/row/columns combinations, improve reset menu, add a value-text horizontal rendering mode.
16 August 2017: Fix several bug involving key-modifier combinations & a bug showing weird mouse button text.
9 November 2017: Implement save stats feature & 6 additional rendering modes. Fix key capacity checks, changing the update rate messing up the average, fix a multi-threading issue, fix a mode loading bug. Improve startup times & overall performance. Lots of internal refactoring & optimizations.
15 November 2017: Fix command keys with modefiers not working & visual enhancements for resetting.
24 December 2017: Fix all known key-modifier bugs, better support for unfilled grids, internal optimizations.
2 June 2018: Fix the arrow keys displaying rather broken.
3 June 2018: Switch to arrow symbols with better availability, fix configuration position saving and UTF-8 support, add GitHub link to the initialisation dialog.
12 September 2018: Completely new versatible layout system, rendering modes on a per key basis, improved performance.
27 December 2018: Variable layout size, variable layout border offset size, support for the right shift key, several other bug fixes, improved dialogs.
5 February 2019: Changable key name, periodic stats saving, separate track all options for keys and mouse buttons, some bug fixes.
27 August 2020: Windows style file chooser, prevent loading non-existent config files, force quoting for cli config passing, fix background transparency not being applied to non-panel areas, general aesthetic and internal improvements.
24 May 2021: sub-pixel rendering, save/load statistics on exit/launch, jnativehook update, Java 16 compatibility fix, fix incorrect fill color border offset, prevent ESC from closing dialogs, enable the config save button by default.

Todo list / working on

Todo list
Working on more cosmetic aswell as functional ideas.

Downloads

(Java 8 required, supported operating systems: Mac (tested 10.11.6), Linux (tested Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) & Windows (tested 7, 8 & 10))
Windows executable
Runnable Java Archive

All releases: link
GitHub repository: KeysPerSecond





i cant use it since i dont have the java thing, and i cant download it either since my pc is saying that it will harm it and blocks it ;_; but fr its a very good thing, i have seen others use it but sad that i cant lol
Topic Starter
Roan

heckerinnit wrote:

i cant use it since i dont have the java thing, and i cant download it either since my pc is saying that it will harm it and blocks it ;_; but fr its a very good thing, i have seen others use it but sad that i cant lol
You should be able to get Java from https://java.com or https://adoptopenjdk.net the warning you sometimes get when running the executable comes from the fact that as far as Windows is concerned I'm just a random person (who it doesn't really trust). The only way to prevent this warning is to pay for expensive code signing certificates that would cost me hundreds of euros every year, which isn't really something I can afford to do for a project that generates no revenue for me. There should be a button on the warning dialog that allows you to run it anyway, whether you trust me enough to press it is up to you.
SoyKoi

awsumturtle wrote:

Thanks man looking these from everywhere now you made a one thank you you are awesome but how do i apply it to see it on osu?
You have to use overlay mode
paper2222

Roan wrote:

Paperzi wrote:

how about being able to change the number manually?
I assume you mean the number of counted key strokes, any specific reason for why this would be useful? If you want to persist your counts between sessions, then that's already possible.
hi, sorry for late reply lol
so, i've been using another keystroke counter already, so i'd just like to be able to manually enter the number on its own, so that i can use this one
Topic Starter
Roan

paper2222 wrote:

Roan wrote:

Paperzi wrote:

how about being able to change the number manually?
I assume you mean the number of counted key strokes, any specific reason for why this would be useful? If you want to persist your counts between sessions, then that's already possible.
hi, sorry for late reply lol
so, i've been using another keystroke counter already, so i'd just like to be able to manually enter the number on its own, so that i can use this one
I see, this will be possible with a new stats saving format I had planned already. Though I'm unsure when I'll get around to implementing this (stats saving in general is broken in v8.5). If you don't mind waiting (or wait 9 months to reply again lol) then your problem should fix itself as the next stats format will be text based so you can just edit the values with a text file editor. Otherwise, if you don't have a lot of keys to copy over you can tell me the numbers and I'll manually craft a stats file you can load in v8.4 with those press counts set.
NoThisIsCasper

Roan wrote:

Agrrox wrote:

Also to the interface... i think it will be better to invert the color of background and key, so its always visible when pressed. nice program :D
Thank you :) , do you mean that when a key is pressed I should change the text color to black? If so I'll implement that as soon as I have some time, since that seems like a useful feature ;) .

Edit
Implemented! The color of the text now turns black when the key is pressed, this way the text on a key is always clearly readable :) . And thanks again for your feedback ;) .

Roan wrote:

Keys per second

Update note: You can now also track mouse buttons

So I wanted to know how many keys / second I pressed in osu! And I had already seen programs like this on streams.
I could however not find a program that worked on my computer so I decided to write one myself.

The program when active looks like this:


Menu

Accessible by right clicking on the program.

For each configured key it shows how many times it is pressed. By default it also shows the maximum, average and current number of keys pressed per second.
When enabled it can also show a graph of the number of keys pressed per second over time. The horizontal line in the graph represents the average number of keys pressed per second.

Everything shown in the picture above can be toggled on or off and all the panels can be arranged in a lot of different ways.

Lastly, there are also some commands that can be sent to the program:
Ctrl + P: Causes the program to reset the average and maximum value.
Ctrl + U: Terminates the program
Ctrl + I: Causes the program to reset the key press statistics.
Ctrl + Y: Shows / hides the GUI.
Ctrl + T: Pauses / resumes the counter.
Ctrl + R: Reloads the configuration file.

You can also move the program using the arrow keys this makes pixel perfect positioning possible :D .
Well I hope some of you find this program useful and/or will use it for your streams (I would love to see that happen :) ).
And if you find any bugs feel free to report them.

Notes

- To clarify, you can add any key, and any number of keys to the program. So it can be used for any game mode.
- The overlay option doesn't work on a Mac nor does it work when the fullscreen option in osu! is enabled.
- When changing the key order, the keys are ordered from lowest value to highest value (negative values & skipping indices is allowed).
- To change a GUI colour in the colours menu, click on the current colour.
- An opacity of 100% means completely opaque and an opacity of 0% means completely transparent.
- The snap to screen edge function works on multi-monitor setups.
- You can move the window with the arrow keys at 3 different speeds 1, 2 & 3 pixels at a time (2=Ctrl, 3=Shift).
- You can also track mouse buttons with this program.
- The order for positions is from the top left to the bottom right.
- You can pass the path to the config file to load via the commandline or a shortcut so you can skip the configuration step.
- For some people running the program in Windows 98 / ME compatibility mode makes it so it can overlay full screen osu! so if you're lucky this might work.
- If you have an old config (kpsconf1 or kpsconf2) then you need to convert it with version 8.4 to load it in more recent versions.

Updates

See the changelog on GitHub.

Downloads

(Java 8 required, supported operating systems: Mac (tested 10.11.6 & M1), Linux (tested Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) & Windows (tested 7, 8, 10 & 11))
Windows executable
Runnable Java Archive

All releases: link
GitHub repository: KeysPerSecond
hi roan. i am wondering why windows protects your pc pops up. is this normal?
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