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osu! Public Release (b20130319)

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In one of the biggest releases in recent times, this update brings over two weeks of going over (almost) every fine detail of the default osu! skin/UI and revamping to make it more consistent, modern and to add HD support. I plan on going over this in more detail in the coming days on my dev blog but until then sit back and enjoy!

A few things to note:

  1. There may be random bugs. Report these in the tech support forum, not this thread. please :P
  2. Taiko, CtB and osu!mania redesigns are currently underway. Expect them to be updated over the coming weeks.
  3. There are still a small number of elements which haven't been updated – for example, the spins-per-minute counter. These will come over the next few days.
  4. For those using custom skins, you can force fallbacks to the new default by ticking the checkbox in the skin options screen. Default behaviour will be to use the old elements so they align properly when skins don't replace all skinnable elements.
  5. The ranking screen is somewhat of a work in progress. You currently need to scroll to see your online rank performance. This may change.
  6. I will make the new skin available for use as a template in the near future. Keep a watch on the skinning forum.
I have a lot more to say about the changes, but am a bit worn out and will do so in the near future. There are a lot of little gameplay changes which make for a better overall experience which have not been pointed out in this post. See how many you can spot, and let me know if any have improved the game for you.

Also I can't forget to give many kudos to RBRat3 for his help with many of the new skin's elements, including the slider ball, spinner, editor UI icons, mod icons and many other touches. Also worth a mention is the few users that stick around on the test build and provide near real-time feedback on the changes (hi MillhioreF, statementreply).
-kevincela-
First! \o/
The new skin is indeed awesome, I love it :D
SomnusCatty
Nice~
MUFFIE
Awesome^w^
Aqo
Kind of hard to adapt to something new after being used to something old for so long but this looks interesting
Thanks for releasing updates like this and keeping the game fresh
LKs
great update
James2250
RIP special mode tab. New main menu design looks nice and clean to me (even after seeing old one for so long).

Will have to keep checking up on new stuff, but nice update.
imsupaazn
Awesome new skin! Love it :)
Aqo
The new default cursor seems very "fluffy" on the edges compared to the older one which was "sharper".
Is there a way to gain access to the older sharper cursor in case we prefer that?

Also, just tested HD on some maps that previously were "HD challenging due to stacking" and it seems like some types of stacking became easier to read while other types of stacking became harder. The different style of object fading led to some time-spacings of notes to blend in more obvious ways and others to blends into each other and be harder to distinguish :v

Overall tho this seems better and a good direction. The new followpoints are great, I was playing with disabled followpoints on my skin for a while but with those new ones I'm going to enable them.

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After some more experimenting, it seems that invisible skins still provide a better HD experience over the new default osu skin, however this new skin is definitely a lot more readable and feels nice to play with for most average map patterns. The only thing that stood out is that objects blend very strongly in certain time spacings due to how bright the circles are and this makes it impossible to spot the combo number until very late. This might be improved if combo numbers had a darker shade around them.

Some sample maps for HD testing:
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/71990
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/54610
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/25802
Kenezz
Oh god, I love this.
[CSGA]Ar3sgice
yeah
N A L U
love the new default skin yeahhhhhhhhhh
XPJ38
Many thanks for your hard work peppy!
lchgeorge
Overall I love the new skin
except what the red circle exposed....


The "OSU" logo covers in the rank state..
Narwhal Prime
Looks very sharp and sleek - kinda reminds me of the osu!stream UI.
I keep clicking the mode button every time I want to use mods >_<. Ah well, better get used to it or use F1.

Great job! Look forward to more updates.
Mercurius
Good work.
Can we get new default skin in ZIP ?
Ritzeh
^ what he said :D
Frozenemerald
I don't want go to school And play to osu! With new skin *Q*
AussieEvil
Are you going to allow us to skin the mode icon?
Xierra
Wow. Osu! Revamped Skin is way better than the original now (Well, last one was much more cartoonish)
Sieg

-kevincela- wrote:

The new skin is indeed awesome, I love it :D
so much true
SkyDevil
yeahh I saw this on osu!test :3 I was like: OHEMGEETHISISSOAWESOME ok.
rizqy96
very nice
ixsq
Not liking the spinner all that much. It doesn't give an accurate representation as to how much more I have to spin. I also preferred the cartoon-y hitmarkers of the last skin. It was a lot easier to see whether I got a 300 or 200.

It's generally a step in the right direction, though. I'm looking forward to see the finalized product.
Biri-Biri
Looks a lot more modern, just started playing a few months ago but I really felt like all the interface was old and deprecated, this one is sleek, I love the new spinner/health bar, the config menu is awesome. I still hate the cursor but that is easily fixed :)

Overall everything feels new and it's very refreshing.
Great update peppy.
AlphaWaves
Really nice update.

But i dont really like the new ranking letters. Cant see well the difference between a S and SS, which makes scores scrolling silly.

My opinion though, i'll probably adapt my skin to put back old letters system.
- Kiyoshi -
http://osu.ppy.sh/ss/660730
what happen with my playfield >< don't like that ><
rakiru_old
Is it possible to get the old skin back? I really don't like the new spinner (it's hard to tell how much you've got left to do), and I'd like the option to use the old circles and stuff too.
Sonnyc
Oh wow!!!!

The interface changed by about 4 years or more. Too exciting~~
deadbeat

rakiru wrote:

Is it possible to get the old skin back? I really don't like the new spinner (it's hard to tell how much you've got left to do), and I'd like the option to use the old circles and stuff too.
the old default skin is floating around the forum's
try here t/51694
BeatofIke
OMG! I love this update so much! :) :) :)
Syncthra
is there a option to get the old skin back? i don't really like how the default skin takes over my playfield.
deadbeat

Syncthra wrote:

is there a option to get the old skin back? i don't really like how the default skin takes over my playfield.
the old default skin is floating around the forum's
try here t/51694
kimwong3252000
I don't know if this is my own problem or not =_=....

My main page occurs shadow of the previous action...




but fine with with play page....
rakiru_old

deadbeat wrote:

rakiru wrote:

Is it possible to get the old skin back? I really don't like the new spinner (it's hard to tell how much you've got left to do), and I'd like the option to use the old circles and stuff too.
the old default skin is floating around the forum's
try here t/51694
Thank you. ^-^
deadbeat

kimwong3252000 wrote:

issues
try post that here 5 :)
Catninja
Oh! great, I really like :)
Lance
Oh wow. Gameplay feels so much more fluid now. ppy pls have my babbies.

Also the default skin isn't half bad. I can actually play with it.
Ranzeus
I love the skins xD
Edwee
Can i get the default skin to mod it into my own skin?
deadbeat

k1llrogg wrote:

Can i get the default skin to mod it into my own skin?
not sure when this will happen, but what you can do, is remove parts from your skin that you want replaced by the default skin. any skin elements that are missing from a skin are replaced with the default skin :)
Niko-nyan
good update
AsunaKino
:O well i have problem with the update thingy...should i re-install it back?
Deni_Louise
BEST SKIN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Dies as a hero* :D
altee
Agree with spinner. It looks too messy to me and sometimes I can't find cursor after spinning, but otherwise skin is awesome! Really like new followpoints. Also is somebody having problems with cursor? Mines totally freezes while map loading.
Dekonare
Great update. Default skin looks awesome and I love new UI!
Francis
Love the new skin^^

But it lags when spinner starts and the osu! sign on the bottom right is blocking my rank :(
FrzR
wubwubwub. GJ PEPPY! osu! lives forever! XD
RiiBzxX

deadbeat wrote:

rakiru wrote:

Is it possible to get the old skin back? I really don't like the new spinner (it's hard to tell how much you've got left to do), and I'd like the option to use the old circles and stuff too.
the old default skin is floating around the forum's
try here t/51694
Can't find it, can anyone provide a direct link?

(PS. Maybe an option for "use old skin"?)
deadbeat
http://puu.sh/1eLHw <- old default skin link i found at the link i already gave :p
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