Upload beatmap in background. [Resolved]

Nakata Yuji

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Nakata Yuji 2009-12-12T15:20:52+00:00

I'm not sure about the rest of the community, but I have a fairly slow internet. This makes upload times pretty lengthy for me, maybe 20 minutes or so. When I'm uploading something to youtube or something else, I usually play osu! because a speedy internet connection isn't needed to play single player. The problem here is that I can't do that when I'm doing a full upload for a beatmap, especially ones with video.

So I was thinking, maybe we could make it so uploads run in background, so we can still do stuff in osu! when it's uploading. This will probably get shot down quick, but for people with slow internet it might be helpful.

anonymous_old

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anonymous_old 2009-12-12T16:43:02+00:00

Instant support.

Real1

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Real1 2009-12-12T16:45:11+00:00

Support. Even though I have a very fast connection.

Torran

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Torran 2009-12-12T17:32:53+00:00

So it's like a 360 and not a Wii.

Support~!

Azure_Kite

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Azure_Kite 2009-12-12T18:23:13+00:00

Definitely support but my guess is it would have to lock the player out of the beatmap being submitted, or at least save to a temporary directory somewhere else while it's being uploaded.

This would save me heaps of time ;p

awp

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awp 2009-12-12T20:32:15+00:00

soradg123 wrote:
So it's like a 360 and not a Wii.

;( My Wii does background downloading

though it only supports one background download at a time, so downloads are queue'd, as oppose to simultaneous

anyhow, I don't see this as being a bothersome feature by any means. It'd be nice to have; even if I wouldn't make use of it, many people would.

nardii

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nardii 2009-12-12T21:57:38+00:00

soradg123 wrote:
So it's like a 360 and not a Wii.

What's wrong with the Wii? Is it that it's horribly designed, which makes it a lot harder for game developers to use than it should be and backfired on Nintendo themselves as well, and is just a Gamecube with updated hardware in almost every aspect you can think of?

Yes, that's it.

Support.

Torran

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Torran 2009-12-12T22:06:57+00:00

soradg123 wrote:
So it's like a 360 and not a Wii.

I was referring to the inability of the Wii to download in the Wii Shop Channel while doing something else such as playing a game.

LuigiHann

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LuigiHann 2009-12-12T23:19:08+00:00

Putting console wars aside for this thread...

For some reason I think that if this were easy to add, it would have been added a while back. It used to be that you couldn't do anything while uploading a map. On request, peppy added the ability to chat while uploading. So the fact that he added only chat makes me wonder how much more difficult it would be to add the ability to go back to the menu and play other songs.

Still, I'd like this feature, especially now with this computer not showing me any working upload progress bars.

Nakata Yuji

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Nakata Yuji 2009-12-13T01:51:23+00:00

LuigiHann wrote:
Putting console wars aside for this thread...

For some reason I think that if this were easy to add, it would have been added a while back. It used to be that you couldn't do anything while uploading a map. On request, peppy added the ability to chat while uploading. So the fact that he added only chat makes me wonder how much more difficult it would be to add the ability to go back to the menu and play other songs.

Still, I'd like this feature, especially now with this computer not showing me any working upload progress bars.

You make a good point there, but it all comes down to what peppy says; we don't really have enough information to know why it's not here. One can only hope. *crosses fingers*