Armin, grazie per la Bolla e per l'IRC Modding!
Derekku wrote:
[Skin]
*BgCTB.jpg isn't being used anymore, so delete it.
*Bg.jpg is far from a nice 4:3 ratio (such as 1024x768 or 800x600). The black letterboxing at the top and the bottom make it look really strange, so I suggest cropping it or finding a better background.
*comboburst-2.png needs to be horizontally flipped. The right side is cut off.
*The extra shadows around count3.png's feet could have been cropped a bit better (since they're noticeable).
*It's usually preferred to grayscale the hitcircle and the overlay, but I guess it's not a big deal...
*hitcircleoverlay.png is slightly chopped off at the top, but again, not a big deal.
*ready.png is definitely too big. The extra shadows around it look a bit strange and I'm afraid that it might cause some lag. Could you please crop out all of the unnecessary transparency from it?
*You're missing a spinner-approachcircle. Even if it's the default one, add it to complete the spinner set.
*I was concerned about the spinner-circle not having a visible center, but it looks like her hand is actually centered and works quite well as a reference point. owo
[Storyboard]
*There is NO reason for your lyrics to be >900px wide. Cropping them to 800px or below would be preferred, but 640px width would be much better (and more optimized).
*You could also crop out the unneeded transparency from the sides of lyrics-8/11/12, but it won't be a problem if you don't (especially after you crop all of the lyrics down to a smaller width).
*Lyrics 12 (no buts) could be centered a bit better. It's noticeably too far to the left.
[General]
*"I've" won't work as a tag since apostrophes break search, so use "ive" instead. The 1st Time it permit to use "I've" to search.. (in the sense that if you write it in the text box before pressing search, it work), after the first search it automatically trasnsform it to ive.. and the you need to rewrite it .. Therefore i will just add "Ive"
*There's no point in having an audio lead-in on Easy/Normal/Hard since they don't start right at the beginning, so remove the lead-in please. - i inserted it because someone said i should've insert it.. but i will leave it -.-
*Source is capitalized/spaced wrong. It should be "To[b]aru Majutsu no Index II" It looks like the two ranked maps have "To Aru", but wiki/other sites have it as "Toaru". Hmm... well, at least uncapitalize the "No".[/b] Modified in "To aru Majutsu no Index" and added "Toaru" in the tags
*The other two ranked maps also have the artist in the Japanese form: Kawada Mami. I suggest changing it by following these instructions to make sure you don't upload a duplicate map. I'm using "Mami Kawada" because it is her commercial name, not because it is her real name too, then i'll leave it in this form.
*Offset could use a +5. using 274 (+3)
[Easy]
00:13:385 (1) - Perhaps add a break after this like in Normal?
00:33:713 (8) - Expected this to end a white tick earlier. (also: same break suggestion) - it just follow the synth ....
01:02:402 (2,3) - I recommend making these a slider since they're offbeats - it feel better as now
01:12:238 (1,2,3) - I advise against doing a pattern like this in an Easy diff since the level may be confusing. - graohically good, and it's not an hard pattern... even for Easy player - just the nearer hit... and the slider it's not too much fast
01:16:008 (1) - Perhaps move this to the next red tick and shorten? http://puu.sh/Hqb - it follow the "No Buts!" voice
*Overall, this is a bit too fast-paced for my liking (plus you're a bit close to a 3 star rating), but I suppose it's okay. star rating system it's not that precise.
[Normal]
*Perhaps lower Overall Difficulty by one tick?
00:46:828 (5,6) - The overlap makes 6 look more confusing than it is. http://puu.sh/Hq9 Could you move 4/5/6 around so that 5 isn't on top of 6?
01:10:107 (2,3) - not stacked properly i don't know why it don't auto stack...
01:16:336 (1) - Sounds strange. Why not end it on the previous red tick like in Easy?
01:28:795 (1) - Perhaps center this and change the combo to a different color? (The blue blends in with the spinner/background, but can be changed by selecting the slider and hitting the arrow on the new combo icon: http://puu.sh/Hqi)
[Hard]
*Perhaps lower Overall Difficulty by one tick?
00:16:008 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - How about spacing these all out more? Right now it's a big cluster and a bit confusing (and doesn't match the rest of the map). similiar placement is repeated sometimes ( the 3 Hit circles at 1/2 distance )
00:46:172 (1,2,3,4,5) - Try spreading these out a little bit more so that (5) isn't hidden so much. Also, you could new combo 5 to make it even more visible.
00:52:730 - Keep kiai consistent with your other difficulties by starting it here. It seems strange being on the spinner anyway.
01:16:336 (1) - Not sure why you made this so long. It'd look much better ending at 01:18:139 with a clap like in your other diffs.
01:23:549 (6) - I love that you silenced this. Ah... thank
[31's Taiko]
01:23:877 - Perhaps end kiai here instead? Did
[Nekoo's Insane]
00:28:467 (7) - How about removing two repeats from this? The last repeating slider like this had 1/2 a beat until the next note, while this one only has 1/4th (which is a bit too short, imo)
01:01:582 (1,2,3,4) - This broke my sightreading. Perhaps unstack 1/2? Did, the author of the guest said that i can do the change i feel i should do
There's ambiguity in Toaru vs To Aru. Technically Toaru is correct, you can see other songs with such, however To Aru is more common, and it's a pretty minor detail. sticking "toaru" and "to aru" in the tag (depending on the source) is certainly worthwhile, and should be mandatory in all raildex maps. Since osu! has both ranked, it doesn't matter.Derekku wrote:
*Source is capitalized/spaced wrong. It should be "Toaru Majutsu no Index II" It looks like the two ranked maps have "To Aru", but wiki/other sites have it as "Toaru". Hmm... well, at least uncapitalize the "No".
*The other two ranked maps also have the artist in the Japanese form: Kawada Mami. I suggest changing it by following these instructions to make sure you don't upload a duplicate map.
Ah, I thought it might be something like that. Thanks for clarifying.ziin wrote:
Technically Toaru is correct, you can see other songs with such, however To Aru is more common, and it's a pretty minor detail.
IIRC, Artists/Titles/etc will be changeable once osz2 rolls around, so some consistency and guidelines should hopefully come after that.ziin wrote:
I personally use the convention SURNAME Personal Name when tagging stuff, but just Surname Personal Name on osu!. If there's ever going to be any progress, some admin is going to have to make a rule.
Ah, here's the explanation in the masterpiece thread. You'll note they changed it in that map, but not in the other one.Derekku wrote:
Ah, I thought it might be something like that. Thanks for clarifying.
sweet. All songs properly tagged, named and cited would make things a little more simple in finding what you want.Derekku wrote:
IIRC, Artists/Titles/etc will be changeable once osz2 rolls around, so some consistency and guidelines should hopefully come after that.
ziin wrote:
Ah, here's the explanation in the masterpiece thread. You'll note they changed it in that map, but not in the url=http://osu.ppy.sh/s/12483]other one[/url].Derekku wrote:
Ah, I thought it might be something like that. Thanks for clarifying.sweet. All songs properly tagged, named and cited would make things a little more simple in finding what you want.Derekku wrote:
IIRC, Artists/Titles/etc will be changeable once osz2 rolls around, so some consistency and guidelines should hopefully come after that.
Now for my mod.
Everything is a suggestion. I didn't have strong feelings one way or the other, except on the skin, though with the skin it's a strong suggestion.
[skin]
approachcircle.png - not symmetrical, IMO too thin. give it a 2.5-3px white outline and 1px black outline.
bg.jpg - widescreen is fine. I'm a bit disappointed osu doesn't stretch it regardless of screen resolution though. i changed the background, just redownload ^.^
combobursts.png - each one needs to be looked at on a black background, and the edges need to be better feathered.
count1.png - redo it with index's body fading out under the circle, I can see the line.
count2.png - the worst. fix the feathered edge.
count3.png - feathered edge, the drop shadow doesn't exist on the rest of them..
go.png - IDK how you made them, but the circles really need more AA. Look at the jaggies. Should Recreate them.
hit.png - AA, look at jaggies. They also should probably use the same base circle prior to coloring them. "k" and "g" versions need to make sure the image doesn't bleed through the outside of the circle. None of them are properly centered. I intentionally didn't centered them
hitcircle.png - simple pictures make better hitcircles. There's some parts in the song where the BG is blue, the hitcircle is shaded blue, and the circle sort of mixes in with the business of the video. Should change the combocolour?
hitcircleoverlay.png - you need to make sure you give the top and sides some alpha as well. Right now they look flat (they are), which means you have a circle with 4 sides and 4 curved parts. Intentional
[general]
remove all breaks which don't give you a passing rating (circle or X). They're all so short it doesn't matter. just added them because of Derekku -.-
there's a lot of nazi spacing/symmetry opportunites that you can catch which I won't do (yet).
[easy]
you might have trouble calling this easy at 2.88 stars.
00:47:487 (3) start the slider here on 4.
00:54:700 (5) looks bad
01:01:749 (1) make this a repeating slider the beat before.
01:12:241 (1) and here
01:20:929 (3) this and all notes like it at the end should be 1.25 beats unless you fill the gaps with notes, so it follows the beat. for easy is good as now
[normal]
00:38:962 (4) start the slider here and follow the beat? same on any other notes which have that big background beat. it don't follow the beats before and after, therefore it's a bit confusive
[hard]
00:23:224 (6-10) just make it a faster time slider if you want something hard. triplets don't fit this song at all.
00:28:470 (5-9) ^ it fit as now...
[insane]
good enough.
I don't like the beatmaps. Insane is too hard for me to really enjoy, and easy/normal/hard are too slow, so I can't give you a star at least until you fix the skin. I can't pass insane unless I delete the approachcircle/hitcircle. it just mean i suck at mapping q.q
You're very good for your current level of play. You're in a unique situation, because as you get better at playing, easier maps become harder (tedious really) due to the lack of a steady beat and low approach rate. Your current rank isn't very high (~#23000), so you have a better gauge on easy/normal maps than I do. There are many different types of mapping, yours just doesn't suit my tastes. If you like your beatmaps better than the other two versions, that's probably because they were designed by an easy/normal/hard player rather than an hard/insane player.HakuNoKaemi wrote:
it just mean i suck at mapping q.q
i did full submit... but don't know why files hadn't upgraded O.ODerekku wrote:
I see changes to the difficulties, but not to the folder elements. If you DID change things inside the folder, then you need to do a full submission. Let me know when you're done so I can recheck this again.
Toaru Majutsu no Index II <- correctDerekku wrote:
Looking much better than last time!
[General]*Shouldn't "aru" in the source be capitalized?
[General]Applied almost the rest of the mod
*I wish the video didn't end so early... it fades out before the map ends (which looks kinda awkward). should try to find a bit longer version?
just a single pass, nothing spectacular. Also, I like the maps a lot better now that I'm not distracted by the skin, so I can give a star.HakuNoKaemi wrote:
thank for centering the various part, they're compressed too ^.^
No, but there's a feature request about videos fading in/out.ziin wrote:
I wonder if there's a way to make videos fade out quicker via storyboard?
osuplayer111 uses "Mami Kawada"Sakura Hana wrote:
1) viewtopic.php?p=562474#p562474 Yeah peppy did say that artists should be consistent with the ranked maps
this further emphasizes that peppy or some other admin needs to make a post like this. I don't care which way, so long as it's the same in all cases. Also, osz2 needs to come out so that ranked maps can be changed easier.Sakura Hana wrote:
3) As much as you argue that is the correct artist, we had the same exact discussion before about Falcom Sound Team, because the ones getting ranked were the wrong ones, but as i said, peppy said that the artist should be kept the same for consistency. and both "No buts!" ranked maps are using Kawada Mami.
For the King !Faust wrote:
Sakura Hanananana saves the community from the banes of inconsistency yet again !
You are my hero!