Why is near diagonal flow not used in generic mapping?‬ · forum‬

ArNeN

Joined September 2017

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ArNeN 2025-07-31T11:48:13+00:00

More of a shower thought. Why are sliders and the flow overall is rarely near 45 degrees and instead rotation closer to the perpendicular direction is chosen? To demonstrate what I mean, I got some 45 degree sliders (couldn't find patterns lol) used in more modern maps below:

Why are those so rare in non-esoteric maps? Are they uncomfortable to play or are they just hard to map around?

Zelzatter Zero

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Joined October 2016

Zelzatter Zero 2025-07-31T15:22:29+00:00

lemme guess, just aesthetic reason.

there's nothing wrong with adding a perfectly diagonal slider, but it have to be coherent with the rest of the concept/pattern, and ppl just found 15/30/60 degree significantly easier to do so.

Only A Spoonful

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Joined July 2021

Only A Spoonful 2025-07-31T16:08:15+00:00

Mappers do infact do this.
Like omphen(map isnt uploaded anymore)

nooj 00:35:742 (1) -

me 00:57:495 (1) -

and even more examples in tech mapping: beatmapsets/1796663#osu/3682908, beatmapsets/1667482#osu/3404789

If i were to guess about why its not seen as much in generic mapping is because they don't transition their patterns diagonally instead being either up down left or right.

Riverism

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Riverism 2025-08-01T01:46:36+00:00

because it requires more thought than the bare minimum

smolship

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smolship 2025-08-01T06:51:10+00:00