(NOTE: if you're confused about where to start, especially when you're a new mapper, look into the OBSCURE CHANNELS section, Pishifat's channel, and the MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES section first BEFORE reading any of the other sections.)
Hi Everyone again,
I've seen a lot of people posting all sorts of problems on this forum about mapping as always, so I'm reposting this a third time in the forums with some massive changes and rearrangements and additionally this will be the last time I will do so, I'm afraid to say.
The reason why I'm going to post only the obscure and underrated ones is because you can probably find some of the common ones yourself with a simple google search. You may agree or disagree with what I'm posting here, but I don't care, tbh. I'm just trying my best to help you all, whether you want your maps ranked, in the "Loved" category or just doodling around with them in your editor for kicks. (I have limits on this because I don't know if this thread is going to be locked/taken down if I do things I shouldn't- which is why I'm not going to post this ever again after this- and also, learn at least some self-sufficiency, please. I can't spoon-feed you everything and I'm kinda tired rn, so....)
So keep your eyes glued to the screen because this post might be really friggin long (and just read whatever you need for your mapping goals because if you're just doing it for fun, for example, you probably don't need everything).
(ONE MORE THING: If any of the links don't work in the "3rd edition" of this whole post, you can go back to my earlist version of this compendium to get to those links: community/forums/topics/1726125?n=1)
Below are the resources that will be the most helpful, at least from my experience so far, organized in a categorized list and ordered by the likelihood of immediate relevance, from most useful to least useful, in each individual category:
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THE MORE OBSCURE CHANNELS/VIDEOS THAT ARE NOT JUST PISHIFAT'S CHANNEL :
One SERIOUSLY concise video of osu! editor basics, especially the entire "compose" section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxX0IDGYtSY
The Osu!Academy "Professor's" mapping basics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmWVQsxi34bO1wJcTdQkoQwE67e1fx8m8
Dsco's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dsco?app=desktop
Sonnyc's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@osuSonnyc
What the mods tend to look for in your beatmap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmA2KAOepE&t=1s
Fixing technical issues in the editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYZ3h4Vzxs4
Intuitive understanding of mapping theory (if what Pishifat says hurts your damn head, lol): https://www.youtube.com/@pinataman5811 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A34mz0qW4s
Olc's two valuable tutorials (the mapping theory fundamentals video is especially important if you want to understand why there's even mapping theory in the first place and why it's relevant for all mappers, hobbyist or devotee): https://www.youtube.com/@over_loadcode/playlists
How to make streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncojNiw0vcU&t=461s (The guy has a 2nd part of this whole dealeo in his video description)
The basics of how to add custom hitsounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULi8mXw_q2M
Mo's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AMo_osu
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RANDOM THREADS (Osu!, Reddit, maybe some others) ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MAPS AND GET THEM RANKED/LOVED:
SOMETHING YOU GOTTA READ FIRST BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS CATEGORY:
https://pastebin.com/rvYCbu1S
Two orientation guides to mapping for those who need to "grok" the whole process (not full guides on how to map, you have Youtube for that. Plus, this post would be FAR too long if I tried to do that.:
community/forums/topics/345798?n=1 & community/forums/topics/1105786?n=1
Three guides on how to get your maps ranked: community/forums/topics/1061321?n=1, community/forums/topics/1812278?n=1 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbrTk7kkCw
How long others took to get their first mapsets ranked (just for a "measuring stick". I mean the mapping art is such a complex and serious activity that they even have mentorships on discord or the osu! mapping forum if you want to get someone for in-depth instruction.): community/forums/topics/477635?n=1
Mapping styles (Examples of styles include generic and tech maps. Nice to know because maps are sometimes more interesting, assuming they're applied creatively, when they are molded by an established, pre-defined style):
community/forums/topics/1080921?n=1
Project Loved (for getting your maps in the loved category): wiki/en/Community/Project_Loved
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP YOU MAP BETTER:
A modding website for organized, convinent modding: https://osumod.com/
A free high-quality Youtube to MP3 file converter ( or any ________ to MP3 file converter, like for Vimeo, Spotify or for maybe any other video or music sharing site, idk, but it's probable. They will be easy to find if you do a google search, so I'm not going to link all of them, although Osu! has a Youtube to MP3 file converter on their website as well. However it's really important to find a converter that generates high-quality audio, because that's what they want for a beatmap to be ranked, and same with high quality bgs.): https://getn.topsandtees.space/DeoRaZ4bP7
https://audiomass.co/: A tool for finding the offset perfectly. It's also in osu lazer, so someone might be able to help you with this tool, but I'm putting it here for your convinence, cause who wants to go back and forth between lazer and stable just to find an offset, really? (You can even enlarge the waveform as much as you want to find the offset super dead easily! Neat, huh?)
https://www.beatsperminuteonline.com/: A BPM tapper. To use it, turn on the music and tap the button on this tool to EVERY SINGLE DOWNBEAT in the music until the BPM shown stabilizes and stay at a constant singular number or a very minute range of numbers. It won't be a magic solution to finding BPM but it does get you within 2-5 BPM close to the right BPM at bare minimum if used the way I'm instructing you to use it. (Which is how you tap BPM in the first place in any case anyways, so this explanation should be helpful).
Mapset Verifier (a far better version of the AiMod that is more detailed about errors. Click on the link and download the latest version of the app through the link itself in the download section of the linked website): https://github.com/Naxesss/MapsetVerifier/blob/master/README.md
An exhaustive list of keyboarding shortcuts that will make your mapping journey far more efficient:
https://quizlet.com/517096617/osumapping-shortcuts-compose-basics-flash-cards/
*One thing I did that this website does NOT explain was to shift however many objects I wanted all at once through the timeline. It helps because if you change the BPM of your maps, unless you uncheck the pink dot near the message saying something like "moves all objects after changing BPM", all the objects will be off where you want them on the timeline and that's a pain to deal with, right? So to do that, first press the left side of the mouse and keep it there so that you can then move the mouse over the objects you want to shift to highlight them. Then just start shifting them with the keyboard commands you need or the mouse. That's all.*
What do terms like inherited line, measure, etc., mean?: wiki/en/Sitemap
Mapping techniques, such as slider shapes, etc.: wiki/en/Beatmapping/Mapping_techniques/Flow
Mapset Tools (If you can download it on your computer, great, because this link will take you directly to the Mapping Tools website to download the app! There's a lot of promising things about it, from copying hitsounds onto EVERY object to snapping all objects in place to a bunch of neat "hacks." Also, OilBomby made this program, so ask him if you have any problems with it because it's still a work in progress just like the MV. Naxess can also answer questions about this app, but he didn't make it, so he's not your direct option for asking about it, just saying): https://mappingtools.github.io/
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UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT IN VIDS AND DETECTING IT (these vids are about youtube from 2020 or around that year, but I'm sure this is the latest version of youtube they're talking about, and they beat osu! copyright videos that screw with you or don't explain anything well):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3IcsvbxYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7vubTHV9A&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzzkSZ0Jrko[/list](BTW, about that copyright symbol you'll see in the 3rd linked video in this category, what this video doesn't tell you is that if the copyright symbol shows up in the description in the youtube video, then, as you can probably guess, its copyrighted. If not, you can use it without worrying about copyright infringment. Just one way I know.)
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Well that's all I got for you guys. We all know mapping can be tough business, especially with the ranking expectations and finding mods and I really do hope that I at least helped well enough with your mapping journey by posting all these resources in one place at your convenience in this post. So if you find this useful, give a comment below, perhaps, and good luck mapping! You'll need it! And if I helped any of you who came across this, know that I'm glad I did this one last time and have a nice rest of your life "osuing" as long as this game lives! And without further ado, I bid you farewell!
(quick note: if this post gets outdated and/or locked before, say, 2050, I suggest three options, which are to either make YOUR own updated compendium at that time, take my post for what it is in your current year in the future, or just search similar vids to mine that are updated in that year (e.g., Copyright vids in 2050), using my post as a foundational reference. Don't know what else to say, because we all know necroposting is pretty much discouraged here. That's all.)
Hi Everyone again,
I've seen a lot of people posting all sorts of problems on this forum about mapping as always, so I'm reposting this a third time in the forums with some massive changes and rearrangements and additionally this will be the last time I will do so, I'm afraid to say.
The reason why I'm going to post only the obscure and underrated ones is because you can probably find some of the common ones yourself with a simple google search. You may agree or disagree with what I'm posting here, but I don't care, tbh. I'm just trying my best to help you all, whether you want your maps ranked, in the "Loved" category or just doodling around with them in your editor for kicks. (I have limits on this because I don't know if this thread is going to be locked/taken down if I do things I shouldn't- which is why I'm not going to post this ever again after this- and also, learn at least some self-sufficiency, please. I can't spoon-feed you everything and I'm kinda tired rn, so....)
So keep your eyes glued to the screen because this post might be really friggin long (and just read whatever you need for your mapping goals because if you're just doing it for fun, for example, you probably don't need everything).
(ONE MORE THING: If any of the links don't work in the "3rd edition" of this whole post, you can go back to my earlist version of this compendium to get to those links: community/forums/topics/1726125?n=1)
Below are the resources that will be the most helpful, at least from my experience so far, organized in a categorized list and ordered by the likelihood of immediate relevance, from most useful to least useful, in each individual category:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE MORE OBSCURE CHANNELS/VIDEOS THAT ARE NOT JUST PISHIFAT'S CHANNEL :
One SERIOUSLY concise video of osu! editor basics, especially the entire "compose" section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxX0IDGYtSY
The Osu!Academy "Professor's" mapping basics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmWVQsxi34bO1wJcTdQkoQwE67e1fx8m8
Dsco's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dsco?app=desktop
Sonnyc's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@osuSonnyc
What the mods tend to look for in your beatmap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmA2KAOepE&t=1s
Fixing technical issues in the editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYZ3h4Vzxs4
Intuitive understanding of mapping theory (if what Pishifat says hurts your damn head, lol): https://www.youtube.com/@pinataman5811 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A34mz0qW4s
Olc's two valuable tutorials (the mapping theory fundamentals video is especially important if you want to understand why there's even mapping theory in the first place and why it's relevant for all mappers, hobbyist or devotee): https://www.youtube.com/@over_loadcode/playlists
How to make streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncojNiw0vcU&t=461s (The guy has a 2nd part of this whole dealeo in his video description)
The basics of how to add custom hitsounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULi8mXw_q2M
Mo's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AMo_osu
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RANDOM THREADS (Osu!, Reddit, maybe some others) ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MAPS AND GET THEM RANKED/LOVED:
SOMETHING YOU GOTTA READ FIRST BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS CATEGORY:
https://pastebin.com/rvYCbu1S
Two orientation guides to mapping for those who need to "grok" the whole process (not full guides on how to map, you have Youtube for that. Plus, this post would be FAR too long if I tried to do that.:
community/forums/topics/345798?n=1 & community/forums/topics/1105786?n=1
Three guides on how to get your maps ranked: community/forums/topics/1061321?n=1, community/forums/topics/1812278?n=1 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbrTk7kkCw
How long others took to get their first mapsets ranked (just for a "measuring stick". I mean the mapping art is such a complex and serious activity that they even have mentorships on discord or the osu! mapping forum if you want to get someone for in-depth instruction.): community/forums/topics/477635?n=1
Mapping styles (Examples of styles include generic and tech maps. Nice to know because maps are sometimes more interesting, assuming they're applied creatively, when they are molded by an established, pre-defined style):
community/forums/topics/1080921?n=1
Project Loved (for getting your maps in the loved category): wiki/en/Community/Project_Loved
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP YOU MAP BETTER:
A modding website for organized, convinent modding: https://osumod.com/
A free high-quality Youtube to MP3 file converter ( or any ________ to MP3 file converter, like for Vimeo, Spotify or for maybe any other video or music sharing site, idk, but it's probable. They will be easy to find if you do a google search, so I'm not going to link all of them, although Osu! has a Youtube to MP3 file converter on their website as well. However it's really important to find a converter that generates high-quality audio, because that's what they want for a beatmap to be ranked, and same with high quality bgs.): https://getn.topsandtees.space/DeoRaZ4bP7
https://audiomass.co/: A tool for finding the offset perfectly. It's also in osu lazer, so someone might be able to help you with this tool, but I'm putting it here for your convinence, cause who wants to go back and forth between lazer and stable just to find an offset, really? (You can even enlarge the waveform as much as you want to find the offset super dead easily! Neat, huh?)
https://www.beatsperminuteonline.com/: A BPM tapper. To use it, turn on the music and tap the button on this tool to EVERY SINGLE DOWNBEAT in the music until the BPM shown stabilizes and stay at a constant singular number or a very minute range of numbers. It won't be a magic solution to finding BPM but it does get you within 2-5 BPM close to the right BPM at bare minimum if used the way I'm instructing you to use it. (Which is how you tap BPM in the first place in any case anyways, so this explanation should be helpful).
Mapset Verifier (a far better version of the AiMod that is more detailed about errors. Click on the link and download the latest version of the app through the link itself in the download section of the linked website): https://github.com/Naxesss/MapsetVerifier/blob/master/README.md
An exhaustive list of keyboarding shortcuts that will make your mapping journey far more efficient:
https://quizlet.com/517096617/osumapping-shortcuts-compose-basics-flash-cards/
*One thing I did that this website does NOT explain was to shift however many objects I wanted all at once through the timeline. It helps because if you change the BPM of your maps, unless you uncheck the pink dot near the message saying something like "moves all objects after changing BPM", all the objects will be off where you want them on the timeline and that's a pain to deal with, right? So to do that, first press the left side of the mouse and keep it there so that you can then move the mouse over the objects you want to shift to highlight them. Then just start shifting them with the keyboard commands you need or the mouse. That's all.*
What do terms like inherited line, measure, etc., mean?: wiki/en/Sitemap
Mapping techniques, such as slider shapes, etc.: wiki/en/Beatmapping/Mapping_techniques/Flow
Mapset Tools (If you can download it on your computer, great, because this link will take you directly to the Mapping Tools website to download the app! There's a lot of promising things about it, from copying hitsounds onto EVERY object to snapping all objects in place to a bunch of neat "hacks." Also, OilBomby made this program, so ask him if you have any problems with it because it's still a work in progress just like the MV. Naxess can also answer questions about this app, but he didn't make it, so he's not your direct option for asking about it, just saying): https://mappingtools.github.io/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT IN VIDS AND DETECTING IT (these vids are about youtube from 2020 or around that year, but I'm sure this is the latest version of youtube they're talking about, and they beat osu! copyright videos that screw with you or don't explain anything well):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3IcsvbxYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7vubTHV9A&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzzkSZ0Jrko[/list](BTW, about that copyright symbol you'll see in the 3rd linked video in this category, what this video doesn't tell you is that if the copyright symbol shows up in the description in the youtube video, then, as you can probably guess, its copyrighted. If not, you can use it without worrying about copyright infringment. Just one way I know.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well that's all I got for you guys. We all know mapping can be tough business, especially with the ranking expectations and finding mods and I really do hope that I at least helped well enough with your mapping journey by posting all these resources in one place at your convenience in this post. So if you find this useful, give a comment below, perhaps, and good luck mapping! You'll need it! And if I helped any of you who came across this, know that I'm glad I did this one last time and have a nice rest of your life "osuing" as long as this game lives! And without further ado, I bid you farewell!
(quick note: if this post gets outdated and/or locked before, say, 2050, I suggest three options, which are to either make YOUR own updated compendium at that time, take my post for what it is in your current year in the future, or just search similar vids to mine that are updated in that year (e.g., Copyright vids in 2050), using my post as a foundational reference. Don't know what else to say, because we all know necroposting is pretty much discouraged here. That's all.)