[Archived] Too many controls in the bottm-right corner. Skip problem.

lainverse

Joined March 2014

Topic Starter

lainverse 2014-04-10T12:49:08+00:00

Problem Details:
There are too many control at the bottom and due to that it's hard to use Skip button.
Currently there are 3 possible outcomes in my case:
1. I successfully press "Skip" button - that's desired outcome.
2. I accidentally press "Chat" button. Chat opened above "Skip" button and now I can't skip anything. Chat button is hidden during first song start but appears on each retry.
3. I accidentally move mouse before song actually starts and "Visual Settings" are opened above "Skip" button. Now I have to move mouse up and then down again when "Visual Settings" will disappear.

Video or screenshot showing the problem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a5rlwiw3a6hx5 ... -00-68.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1toszrcm9h4s ... -50-93.png

osu! version: 20140410.5 (latest)

So, first of all chat buttons must be fixed. They must not appear when Retry button were pressed.
Second - it will be logical to relocate Skip button or Visual Settings panel to the top or make Visual Settings panel available only from the bottom-left corner, or place Skip button above Visual Setting panel to make it clickable while panel is opened.

FlyingNeko

244 posts

Joined September 2013

FlyingNeko 2014-04-10T14:35:23+00:00

You can press spacebar instead of skip. It works and is usually much less of a hassle.
You can hide the chat by pressing F8 on your keyboard.

Celzon

Celzon 2014-04-10T15:57:18+00:00

You'll get used to it after awhile. Remember the keyboard shortcuts though! F8 for chat, F9 for extended chat (user list) and space bar for skip.

lainverse

6 posts

Joined March 2014

Topic Starter

lainverse 2014-04-10T17:40:21+00:00

Thanks.

Well, I do agree that hotkeys are better but behavior of chat button is just wrong and should be fixed anyway and hotkey for skip is not mentioned anywhere. Even in the "Gameplay basics" tutorial. So, at least it must be highlighted somewhere. Also it's still wrong to place overlapping controls on the screen. I'm sure that someone will prefer them anyway and will be frustrated a bit by that behavior.

BTW, gameplay basics also should have mentioned Z and X keys. It became a lot easier to play when I realized that I can use both hands. And I understood that only after watching videos on Youtube. Game never told me that I can use these keys.