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A way to adjust the transparency on slider bodies

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This is a feature request. Feature requests can be voted up by supporters.
Current Priority: +1,105
narakucrimson
osu! Alumni
1,713 posts
Joined March 2010
Topic Starter
narakucrimson
The other day I found this song, and my first thought was "a glass-like skin would be soo cool!".

But then I realized that the completely solid colours of the slider bodies would look odd. It just wouldn't fit with the general concept.

So I kinda thought that there could exist a way to adjust how transparent the slider bodies are, as long as you can recognize it while playing.
Maybe there could be a cap, a minimum transparency allowed to prevent the abuse of this feature.
Also, the slider border should stay solid, so at least something is totally visible.

I was also thinking that this could be something achievable via .osu coding, pretty much like SliderBorder and SliderTrackOverride features.

Well that's all!
I hope this can be applied.

EDIT: Some fellow members of the community also mentioned slider skinning as a possibility. I don't know how much this could extend, since there wouldn't be many options adjustable variables on a slider, but it's good to at least mention it. I'll update this if I have any crazy idea.

For now:
  1. Make the backeground of the slider skinnable, but with multiple colours (like a fade-out). Just:
    Fade-out in slider body
    I did this really fast so it looks like shit, but the idea is clear.
  2. Allow the creation of patterns for the slider bodies. This is just a crazy idea, but I had to mention it.
    Pattern in the slider body
Your ideas are welcome, too! Feel free to post!

Naraku, out.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
I wouldn't want that, but I can see the appeal.
Saten
Global Moderator
3,866 posts
Joined August 2010
Saten
I see no harm in this. As long as you still can see the color on the slider-bodies.
Semi-transparency together with sliderstyle 2 would get a nice glass-like effect. Of course with a custom skin, it would look very appealing.
Luna
2,355 posts
Joined November 2010
Luna
I seem to recall peppy and mm201 mentioning that skinnable sliders are planned, so this might be just a matter of time?
In any case, I support this.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

Luna wrote:

I seem to recall peppy and mm201 mentioning that skinnable sliders are planned, so this might be just a matter of time?
In any case, I support this.
Could you locate this information? :v
Luna
2,355 posts
Joined November 2010
Luna
Ah, found it!

mm201 wrote:

You never directly interact with the slider track. Only the ball and arguably the ticks. There's no technical reason why we couldn't have skinny ReRave slider tracks. In fact, once I get skinnable sliders up, this will be possible. Even once this becomes possible, existing ranking criteria involving slider track overlaps won't be reduced, nor will the default skin ever use them.
/p/1027861

The post is already a year old tho, so I don't know if it's actually being worked on.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
then I guess this topic could be a reminder.

an almost better request would just be Skinnable Sliders, which will also ensure transparency on slider bodies.
narakucrimson
osu! Alumni
1,713 posts
Joined March 2010
Topic Starter
narakucrimson
Indeed
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo
Yes please, I was sad when I tried to make slider bodies slightly transparent'er recently and then found out it's (currently) impossible. +support
bwross
265 posts
Joined December 2009
bwross
I have a few ideas of things to do with fully transparent sliders (both body and border invisible) that might be fun. Just don't allow them to be rankable... or enforce it by only allowing invisible sliders in user skins, not map ones.
G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
I am for this idea.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
if you could skin slider bodies, I'd imagine being able to skin it to have an arrow track, guiding the way.
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
I liked this pattern idea o3o
supp
narakucrimson
osu! Alumni
1,713 posts
Joined March 2010
Topic Starter
narakucrimson
Well is at least the transparent slider thing possible?
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

narakucrimson wrote:

Well is at least the transparent slider thing possible?
it should be possible.
Kyomaku
246 posts
Joined September 2011
Kyomaku
I would love this, great idea naraku!

Voted +1 ~
Sekai
6,376 posts
Joined February 2011
Sekai
yeah nice idea and cool one too xD

+2 support~
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
I've noticed how extremely popular it is to make the slidertrack black, to make it look as if it's transparent to the black background.
TheLukay
122 posts
Joined July 2012
TheLukay
great idea, I always wanted to see skinable sliders

+3
CecilHarveyFF4
22 posts
Joined March 2009
CecilHarveyFF4
voted +1
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
bump
Syrus
172 posts
Joined February 2012
Syrus
I'd love more customization for the sliders.

+2
AGRX
540 posts
Joined May 2013
AGRX
transparency to slider body and slider BORDER also
Cryphos
7 posts
Joined September 2013
Cryphos
A nice idea, but the arrow idea may be harder to implement with some types of sliders. There are some tightly zig-zagging slider, and there are sliders that intersect. It would be hard to implement the design with these kinds of sliders around.

Nonetheless, the transparency of the slider is a great idea, I like it. :D
Xaffy
88 posts
Joined October 2010
Xaffy
I wish!
Dradow
27 posts
Joined December 2010
Dradow
Transparent sliderborders +1

Made a skin which doesn't use any borders (circle or slider, cheated slider by using black border with 100% bg dim).
Looks pretty awesome imo, white borders kept annoying me like hell. Play with that skin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZTJNoCJfc
Can we have something like this?

also don't mind the play, it's older than my name change; just picked one randomly
bTTT_old
1 post
Joined September 2011
bTTT_old
This hasn't been said in this thread, but it seems important: The way sliders work now is that a hit circle is displayed on each endpoint on top of the slider track. For transparent sliders this means that it's impossible to have the same color for both the slider body and the endpoints. It would be great if there was a way around this problem. For example, have separate hit circles for sliders.

Secondly, I'd love to see transparency for slidertype 1. I like slidertype 1 and while it seems to have fallen out of favor, it still fits well with certain skin styles.
Dephix
86 posts
Joined February 2015
Dephix
would be nice
abraker
Global Moderator
8,327 posts
Joined July 2014
abraker
bump bump BUMP
Dephix
86 posts
Joined February 2015
Dephix
i wanna make my slidertrack completely transparent, anything under a slidertrack looks blury
Rilene
2,105 posts
Joined April 2014
Rilene
Bump.

Yes please.
Phexlar
4 posts
Joined August 2012
Phexlar
I did notice lately with Hidden on the sliders fade away after I start them. Would love to change the opacity of my sliders in my skin a little to notice notes behind them easier.
Endie-
784 posts
Joined March 2015
Endie-
Wouldn't mind a feature like this
+1
softhusky
181 posts
Joined November 2015
softhusky
shameless bump :P
Alek X
15 posts
Joined November 2014
Alek X
Bump
Neubse
13 posts
Joined January 2016
Neubse
another bump <3 i shupport
[ R i v e n ]
[ R i v e n ]
bump

I like it :D
--Winter
2 posts
Joined February 2015
--Winter
Bump
Antiforte
143 posts
Joined July 2014
Antiforte
This would make circles hidden inside slider bodies much less of a hassle. c:

I support! (even though I have no stars to give :()
Inareous
1 post
Joined January 2015
Inareous
Bump this! the white gradient look so ugly right now
fLaw
24 posts
Joined April 2015
fLaw
Bump please, would absolutely love this, at least be able to do it to some degree.
abraker
Global Moderator
8,327 posts
Joined July 2014
abraker
p/3573249

Kert wrote:

When are we going to see fully customized textured sliders? \:D/

smoogipooo wrote:

It's one of the next items on the list :)

mm201 wrote:

smoogipooo wrote:

It's one of the next items on the list :)
Please consult with me before you do this. I have the complete implementation planned already.
1 year later... ;-;
cedar
81 posts
Joined November 2015
cedar
Shameless bump

I personally would like to see this, but only because it would be a mean to an end I desire. I was thinking of how I would like to have sliders that don't have the shine in the bottom, which is especially visible because I use black slider tracks in the majority of my skins. However, if there were a way to reduce the opacity of the slider track to 0, that would have the same effect as having a flat black slider, in my case at least :)
PhilippineEevee
215 posts
Joined June 2017
PhilippineEevee
Try this:

SliderGradient

False: 0 > True: 1

I just saw on other comments on YouTube... I haven't tried yet so... can you test it? :l
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