Noticed Something about Cursor Trails

Violet-Fox

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Violet-Fox 2015-08-26T01:28:11+00:00

When I am using my other monitor and bring my cursor back to osu! I notice the cursor trail looks different for a few seconds

Anyone prefer this over the usual trail that just makes a bunch of dots?

Kyonko Hizara

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Kyonko Hizara 2015-08-26T03:52:57+00:00

One of your monitors has a higher refresh rate than the other.

Ayachi Meme

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Ayachi Meme 2015-08-26T09:00:15+00:00

do you mean, like, when you minimize osu and go back, its super smooth? like, the trail? if so, ive always wondered the same thing :p

Granger

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Granger 2015-08-26T16:09:56+00:00

Theres a way to make the cursors always have smooth trails trough skinning but i forgot how. The cursor i use always has the smooth trail.

B1rd

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B1rd 2015-08-26T16:33:36+00:00

have cursormiddle.png I think

deadbeat

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deadbeat 2015-08-26T16:40:45+00:00

cursormiddle.png changes the behaviour in a different way. it makes the cursortrail small. like how the default skin looks

DEAR SPARK

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DEAR SPARK 2015-08-31T15:38:25+00:00

Bump cause I really need to know this

Syphist

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Syphist 2015-09-01T11:06:18+00:00

When osu is not on top it runs at 30 fps. When it is on top it runs at full speed. The second picture is of the game running at 30 fps, however when you select the window it starts running at a higher fps. I think this is what OP is referring to.

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DEAR SPARK

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DEAR SPARK 2015-09-01T12:13:37+00:00

Syphist wrote:
When osu is not on top it runs at 30 fps. When it is on top it runs at full speed. The second picture is of the game running at 30 fps, however when you select the window it starts running at a higher fps. I think this is what OP is referring to.

Wrong.

Syphist

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Syphist 2015-09-01T14:47:41+00:00

SCV wrote:
Syphist wrote:
When osu is not on top it runs at 30 fps. When it is on top it runs at full speed. The second picture is of the game running at 30 fps, however when you select the window it starts running at a higher fps. I think this is what OP is referring to.
Wrong.

Then it is the monitor. It has a higher refresh rate.

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Nuolong

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Nuolong 2015-09-01T16:06:14+00:00

SCV wrote:
Syphist wrote:
When osu is not on top it runs at 30 fps. When it is on top it runs at full speed. The second picture is of the game running at 30 fps, however when you select the window it starts running at a higher fps. I think this is what OP is referring to.
Wrong.

Stop making me cry by seeing your fps number ;w;
my slow ass computer gets jealous

a1l2d3r4e5d6

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a1l2d3r4e5d6 2015-09-01T16:18:29+00:00

Syphist wrote:
Then it is the monitor. It has a higher refresh rate.

I don't think that the monitor's refresh rate has anything to do with a software's frame rate.

NolanM wrote:
Stop making me cry by seeing your fps number ;w;
my slow ass computer gets jealous

You should see the new computers that my college recently ordered. 1000fps. :v

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Syphist

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Syphist 2015-09-01T21:16:58+00:00

a1l2d3r4e5d6 wrote:
Syphist wrote:
Then it is the monitor. It has a higher refresh rate.
I don't think that the monitor's refresh rate has anything to do with a software's frame rate.

Well if it only changes when using a different monitor, then it is the monitor. It's either fps based, or based on the monitor's refresh rate, and if it isn't the game's framerate, then it is the monitor refresh rate.

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DEAR SPARK

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DEAR SPARK 2015-09-03T03:13:14+00:00

Syphist wrote:
Well if it only changes when using a different monitor, then it is the monitor. It's either fps based, or based on the monitor's refresh rate, and if it isn't the game's framerate, then it is the monitor refresh rate.

Calling bullshit cause there are skins with smooth cursors, we just haven't had the answer in this thread and Googling it is too vague to give answers to this so we need somebody who skins or something to tell us what this is.

NolanM wrote:
SCV wrote:
Wrong.

Stop making me cry by seeing your fps number ;w;
my slow ass computer gets jealous

Actually my PC was only about $250 to build (G3258 and GTX 650). CPU is a bottleneck for osu! and I pull about 2,400 fps on cutting edge which made my GPU overheat so I had to cap it

Reyvateil

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Reyvateil 2015-09-09T01:57:18+00:00

I think I know what he is talking about. I play windowed, when osu isn't the active window the cursor trail becomes super smooth when moving the mouse over the osu window, the moment I select the window it becomes the usual spaced circles.

I don't think it's related to refresh rate or fps as my PC currently reaches over 4k fps and I'm using a 144 Hz monitor at the moment.

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E m i

E m i 2015-09-09T04:52:56+00:00

Yes it's not even related to the refresh rate or fps.
I play in fullscreen and usually (i think not always) this happens when i alt-tab and
unalt-tab?

abraker

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abraker 2015-09-09T23:48:57+00:00

Just out of curiosity, does the same behavior hold true in cutting edge?

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sand sentinel

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sand sentinel 2015-09-10T23:37:21+00:00

There is a way to get a trail like that by simply copying your cursor.png and renaming it to cursormiddle.

E m i

E m i 2015-09-11T01:14:58+00:00