Hey there, i proudly present you a new Gamemode: osu!DIVA, that i've been working on for quite some time.
Well even though i say "Gamemode", it's actually a "faked Gamemode". This Mode will be working via storyboards and forces you to use a certain skin to play it.
The Gamemode itself is a "non 1:1" copy of the Project DIVA games, here is a Preview Video to show you, what it looks like.



So... What is the difference between osu!DIVA and other "Storyboard based maps" like M2U - BlythE (Osaka)?
- Well the main difference is, that every1 can create their own Osu!Diva Maps and share them here, i created a Program in C++, which will create the whole storyboard for your maps, here is a Mapping Tutorial about how this works:


What do i need?
This is quite simple:
- Download/use the Skin and the osu!DIVA maps.
- Activate Storyboards and reduce the Background Dim to 0.
- Setup your Key config for Osu!Diva


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Storyboard Creator

You will find all Information in the Mapping Tutorial Section.

Download Links
Storyboard Creator Version 2.1

Storyboard Creator Version 2.0
Storyboard Creator Version 1.2
Storyboard Creator Version 1.1
Storyboard Creator Version 1.0


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Skins
The Storyboard Positions and size may vary between different Resolutions (The Size should be fine, as long as you choose a Widescreen Resolution).
The Combo may become "uncentered" for several Resolutions, if that is the case, then you just have to Fixx it manually, open the Skin.ini and change the Line "ColumnStart: 350". Increase the Number to set the Position further right. You can refresh the Skin with "ctrl + Shift + alt + S" while you are in the Menu, then u won't need to restart osu to apply the changes.

All Storyboard Elements are inside the Osu!Diva Skin, in the "SB" Folder. Therefore you can change any Elements as you want to, you can even make your own Osu!Diva skin if you feel like it.

Download Link

---> Skin: osu!DIVA <---

09.16.2015: The skin has been updated, plz redownload it.


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Beatmaps
Currently there are only a few maps, but with your Help, we can get a considerable amount of Beatmaps for Osu!Diva.
If you want your Osu!Diva maps to be inserted here, then just contact me (Ingame or Forum) or just post it in this Thread.
It's the same if you need any help.

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This isn't the Final, just the Release Version. Anything in the Mode can be discussed and adjusted/changed i'm open for any suggestions (also for additions).
Also please report any aspects that u dislike or that needs a rework, otherwise i might also miss a few things

I also still have some features that i want to include during the next weeks/Months, feel free to add any suggestions.

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Source Code Release:

I always planned to clean up the source code and update/complete/improve the documentation to release the source code with a good feeling but well... because i didn't really find any time/motivation to do that in the past months i will just release it, like it is now

https://github.com/IamBaum/osu-DIVA-Code

I don't even know if there are any interested people to see the code at all, but i thought i will release it anyway, maybe there will be programmers who plan similiar game mode Projecets and this might help them slightly.
I know... about 2600 Lines of Code aren't easy to study, especially without a proper documentation and i'm also just a novice, so my coding is probably really dirty
But well... have fun with that and feel free to ask me any questions about the Source Code, i'll try to answer it all.

You are also free to use any code parts for your own projects.


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Thanks to:
Yavi - He tried his best to find any kind of problems with my Storyboard creator program.
Brainpeeler - He was able to answer my questions regarding the original Project Diva.
Blaizer - He helped me during the early stage, when i still had to figure out, how to implement some of the mechanics.
Damnae - He gave me some important tipps regarding Storyboard - Hitsound Trigger.

Thanks to every1 who helped me with alpha/beta tests and those who always encouraged me to keep working on it (Especially the German Mania Community). I'd like to list all your names as well, but i'm afraid i would forget a few.

I discontinued my help on this project because of several things: ~ Edited around new year
> Osu never runs for mac until i finally after (stupid spendet 6+ months or troubleshooting and bugfixing a Wine client to actually make it at least 60% playable)
... so you try and try daily to fix issues but lose completely the fun playing, have problems in your RL could not play on the MWC as you dreamed and other "nice" things >_>)
found bevor some days, a way to finally capture and stabilise the framerate - wich is here written
https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/56460/start=1245p=4962330 ~ it workes on Yosemite but try it on El Captain, maybe it works maybe not...

> So the main reason was really to trying to help on a project where you barely can test anything and it made just so much stress and rly no fun after time
> Osu's engine is pretty closed, so Baum really had trouble finding a pretty nice solution to actually make it somehow to work (but you was still limited to 8 actions) ~ so there where no double key alternating like in the original Project Diva and also no Combo stars or other neat features >_<
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So i have to tell a big apologize to all of you waiting and helping here out as much as they can, but for me it makes no sense staying longer in Osu generally
~ well i will come some time online but i woun't stay here for long >.<

THE HYPE IS REAL

Gratz Baum !

juankristal wrote:

THE HYPE IS REAL

OH FINALLY! HYPE

Grats Baum

I hope this will me a great success!

Thanks every1

I just tried it and its really entertaining. Good work. Its a shame that the editor is not included yet though. q.q

Kurokami wrote:

I just tried it and its really entertaining. Good work. Its a shame that the editor is not included yet though. q.q

Thanks i will try to include it tomorrow, also i need to map more Easy diffs, it's really hard to play the Normal diffs so early

Great job on this! I'm not a fan of the diva games in the first place (game mechanics are shit) but this plays nicely.

peppy wrote:

Great job on this! I'm not a fan of the diva games in the first place (game mechanics are shit) but this plays nicely.

Thanks alot

I'm playing with keyboard so its hard to get used but actually I think its not that hard. What you need now is a correct spread. As I noticed Easy has no both key note but Normal already has a "lot", it would be nice to introduce them with a fewer number first. Something like the introduction of jumps in CtB.

Kurokami wrote:

I'm playing with keyboard so its hard to get used but actually I think its not that hard. What you need now is a correct spread. As I noticed Easy has no both key note but Normal already has a "lot", it would be nice to introduce them with a fewer number first. Something like the introduction of jumps in CtB.

Ya that's actually a good idea, i thought about "not using arrows" on easy diffs, cause they might be too hard for that, but it might be a better idea to use them in very easy situations to learn them, or maybe less often in normals.

peppy wrote:

Great job on this! I'm not a fan of the diva games in the first place (game mechanics are shit) but this plays nicely.

Even though u aren't a fan of the diva games is there a chance that this will be implemented in the near future if this gets popular?

Gratz Baumi hope the effort was worth it

Suddenly Normal. I don't want to know how the difficulty "Hard" is! aaaaa
I'm not a fan of project diva either but great job on this! Will try mapping once the guide is out.

Baum in Cutting Edge the lag after ~ 2/3 of this map still occurs

I'm speechless, this is awesome

Cool to see this finally done. Looks great!

This looks really cool! Good job

amazing

Hello there , Super hyped by this .

So , I just come to point out something
so , yeah , things is based on video , Playing something like this whithout video would be kinda like eating a chocolate bread without chocolate xD
what I mean , Basically I have eyes problem with Brightness , so I'm forced to play all games mode with atleast 50% ( tho I use like 98% all mode)
In case the thing is not well explained : Here is what I talk about

So , since the notes are linked to playfield brightness , if I want to play I can't barely see what is happening cause of too much light , and if I try to make it dark I won't see the notes appearing at all . ( I tried the 50% effect too and it didn't changed much )
so well , Super cool stuff there , I don't know if it can help but just wanted to point that one out , Not sure if well explained hawa ;w;

Gogogo~~ have a nice day ^^/

Looks good, works great. thanks for sharing, awesome job ^.^

This informative post will be deleted anyway, just move along

Awesome
Can't wait till I can actually test it out

I really need the program to create the storyboard for osu!diva

Alright the Thead has been Updated:
• Storyboard Creator added.
• Mapping Tutorial added.
• Known Issues Section added.
• Planned Features Section added.


@Reikokaz
Yes i'm afraid i found no solution for that, i added it to the known Issues.

@Eternalie
Yes i'ts kinda unfortunate that u can't use the Background Dim for osu!DIVA Maps, i added it to known issues.

Edit:
• I changed the name from Osu! Diva to osu!DIVA and i reuploadet all files.
• The osu!DIVA skin has been added as preferred skin to the maps, so you won't even need to use the skin, as long as you didn't activate "Ignore all Beatmap skins."

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/3656092
I have to spam the key for a million times unlike in project diva, you cant alternate between arrow keys and buttons

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/3656092
I have to spam the key for a million times unlike in project diva, you cant alternate between arrow keys and buttons

I definitely understand you, i also have the urge to alternate between keys, due to my Mania mapping experience.
I don't know which song needs such a large Snake, but you might also try to alternate between 2 keys, for example X, O, X, O, X, O, i think this might not be "alot harder" cause it's still easy to read, this might give u a slighty larger possibilty to vary between patterns.
But i also still lack mapping experience for this mode

Edit:
Ahh i misunderstood you. Yep That's unfortunate that you can't alternate between the Symbol and Directional Key.

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/3656092
I have to spam the key for a million times unlike in project diva, you cant alternate between arrow keys and buttons

-BlueFire-
Originaly in Project DIVA there where mostly "spamming" or "jacking" (like most of us saying) common, but until a limit of 4-6 notes (depends on the pattern beat snapping)
Sure you can make a whole jacking map, but come on.... that's absolutly no fun playing it

May you misunderstood some parts of the tutorial, or just saw a wrong gameplay

But pD has some variations....
True there are some double/quad jacks sometimes but it's for the rythm and not for the difficult

PS: If you mean the Star or KIAI Jacks, that hold on some pattern like this here:
https://youtu.be/59gyQAhFqnE?t=1m21s

We sadly can not import the 2 joysticks for the stars, so there must a little bit of jacking, to have the same effect ^-^


This is normal bevor a KIAI Time
But as i said....keep a variation

> We are looking forward for your beatmap, so keep doing your best

IamBaum wrote:

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/3656092
I have to spam the key for a million times unlike in project diva, you cant alternate between arrow keys and buttons

I definitely understand you, i also have the urge to alternate between keys, due to my Mania mapping experience.
I don't know which song needs such a large Snake, but you might also try to alternate between 2 keys, for example X, O, X, O, X, O, i think this might not be "alot harder" cause it's still easy to read, this might give u a slighty larger possibilty to vary between patterns.
But i also still lack mapping experience for this mode

I really think -BlueFire- means the stars bevor the Technical Zone / KIAI Time

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2n4imt44awer6 ... u.osz?dl=0
Hatsune Miku no Gekishou from Project Diva 2nd, but since I cant rearrange where notes should be like in original Project Diva game, this is all I could do.
Now you guys understand why there's a snake lol

Edit: Now going to make appropriate map

NOTE:
mp3 and BG from here: https://osu.ppy.sh/s/22672

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2n4imt44awer6p1/Hatsune%20Miku%20-%20Hatsune%20Miku%20no%20Gekishou.osz?dl=0
Hatsune Miku no Gekishou from Project Diva 2nd, but since I cant rearrange where notes should be like in original Project Diva game, this is all I could do.
Now you guys understand why there's a snake lol

Edit: Now going to make appropriate map

NOTE:
mp3 and BG from here: https://osu.ppy.sh/s/22672

> Yeah i know it .-.
I'll hope Baum could implement a osu like "drawing +/- Y/X Square... where you can set up the place of your note positions

But you can try generate another Storyboard until it fits the song good enough :^

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2n4imt44awer6p1/Hatsune%20Miku%20-%20Hatsune%20Miku%20no%20Gekishou.osz?dl=0
Hatsune Miku no Gekishou from Project Diva 2nd, but since I cant rearrange where notes should be like in original Project Diva game, this is all I could do.
Now you guys understand why there's a snake lol

Edit: Now going to make appropriate map

NOTE:
mp3 and BG from here: https://osu.ppy.sh/s/22672

Ahh i just played it, ya i understand why u would need that alternation it's so hard to Jack that
But it was a fun one, i will put it in the front Thread, thanks for your map.

IamBaum wrote:

-BlueFire- wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2n4imt44awer6p1/Hatsune%20Miku%20-%20Hatsune%20Miku%20no%20Gekishou.osz?dl=0
Hatsune Miku no Gekishou from Project Diva 2nd, but since I cant rearrange where notes should be like in original Project Diva game, this is all I could do.
Now you guys understand why there's a snake lol

Edit: Now going to make appropriate map

NOTE:
mp3 and BG from here: https://osu.ppy.sh/s/22672

Ahh i just played it, ya i understand why u would need that alternation it's so hard to Jack that
But it was a fun one, i will put it in the front Thread, thanks for your map.

GUYS i found another PROBLEM... A BIG ONE >.<
And Baum just give me about 30 min, i'll send you the fix for it

> Currently the hitsounds i gave you (the original from pD with the little hall) are overlapping with new triggered sample, and your converter only triggers the secound note >,<''
I'll try to troubleshoot the exact lengh for the hitsounds, and share you the new version

Sry IamBaum, but you need to update the playing skin >.<

EDIT:
Play the -BlueFire- 's Beatmap in the Editor with auto (Tab) to see it >->

Yavi wrote:

GUYS i found another PROBLEM... A BIG ONE >.<
And Baum just give me about 30 min, i'll send you the fix for it

> Currently the hitsounds i gave you (the original from pD with the little hall) are overlapping with new triggered sample, and your converter only triggers the secound note >,<''
I'll try to troubleshoot the exact lengh for the hitsounds, and share you the new version

Sry IamBaum, but you need to update the playing skin >.<

EDIT:
Play the -BlueFire- 's Beatmap in the Editor with auto (Tab) to see it >->

Don't worry your hitsound isn't the problem, it can't cause this kind of Problem. These 200 BPM combined with OD 0 causes this. Let me try to explain this:
The Visual Scores react to the Kind of Hitsound you click. For Example "Show Cool, when there is a Normal Clap between Offset 1000 - 1020", there are these kind of timings for each kind of Score. Therefore the Actual hit window is +-151,5ms for every Note for OD0. I programmed it in a way, that every Column rotates between 2 different Hitsounds, therefore the 2nd Note won't trigger his Score, if it lies inside this Hit window BUT the 3rd Note will trigger it. To make an Example. If you have a Note at Offset 1000. The Score of all "Normal Claps" will be triggerd, that lies between 848,5ms and 1151,5ms. If the 3rd Note also lies within this Hit window than you will see that exact Problem.
To be honest i didn't expect it to happen, i will let every Column rotate between 3 different hitsounds now, that should probably solve it until... maybe BPM 300 ^^
Edit:
But thanks for pointing it out, i didn't notice it while testplaying.
I will fixx it soon, probably tomorrow, sry for the circumstance.

IamBaum wrote:

Yavi wrote:

GUYS i found another PROBLEM... A BIG ONE >.<
And Baum just give me about 30 min, i'll send you the fix for it

> Currently the hitsounds i gave you (the original from pD with the little hall) are overlapping with new triggered sample, and your converter only triggers the secound note >,<''
I'll try to troubleshoot the exact lengh for the hitsounds, and share you the new version

Sry IamBaum, but you need to update the playing skin >.<

EDIT:
Play the -BlueFire- 's Beatmap in the Editor with auto (Tab) to see it >->

Don't worry your hitsound isn't the problem, it can't cause this kind of Problem. These 200 BPM combined with OD 0 causes this. Let me try to explain this:
The Visual Scores react to the Kind of Hitsound you click. For Example "Show Cool, when there is a Normal Clap between Offset 1000 - 1020", there are these kind of timings for each kind of Score. Therefore the Actual hit window is +-151,5ms for every Note for OD0. I programmed it in a way, that every Column rotates between 2 different Hitsounds, therefore the 2nd Note won't trigger his Score, if it lies inside this Hit window BUT the 3rd Note will trigger it. To make an Example. If you have a Note at Offset 1000. The Score of all "Normal Claps" will be triggerd, that lies between 848,5ms and 1151,5ms. If the 3rd Note also lies within this Hit window than you will see that exact Problem.
To be honest i didn't expect it to happen, i will let every Column rotate between 3 different hitsounds now, that should probably solve it until... maybe BPM 300 ^^

> Ah oke
Then sorry for making panic here
...well it happened something similar bevor some months so i was thinking, may there was a small piece of the hall left, so it triggers the next sample of the SB converter...and so on >-<
I just wanted to warn other people ... but well, thanks for explain it to me :3

Yeah i think this should be enough for now ^^'
maybe you can stream up to 200+ but not with a controller :'D

Congrats Baum, this is awesome!
I really hope to see more maps for this mode in the future! :3

Holy Shiet, even peppy noticed you!

Ahahahaha!!!

Damn good!!!

I think i broke osu! diva ;__; https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tmj7mxeunxug ... 0.osz?dl=0

- Marco - wrote:

I think i broke osu! diva ;__; https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tmj7mxeunxug ... 0.osz?dl=0

Whoa that diff is intense... but your diff will also need the fixx of my program, i have no time atm, but i will try to to it this evening/night. Sry for that.

Btw i guess i forgot to mention that in the Mapping tutorial, i would recommend widescreen support in the Options, otherwise something from the borders won't be shown.
I still add it to the front page, i can reupload them after i fixxed my program, thx for your map.

IamBaum wrote:

- Marco - wrote:

I think i broke osu! diva ;__; https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tmj7mxeunxug ... 0.osz?dl=0

Whoa that diff is intense... but your diff will also need the fixx of my program, i have no time atm, but i will try to to it this evening/night. Sry for that.

Btw i guess i forgot to mention that in the Mapping tutorial, i would recommend widescreen support in the Options, otherwise something from the borders won't be shown.
I still add it to the front page, i can reupload them after i fixxed my program, thx for your map.

Ok then, i will wait for your program update \:D/

You're doing god's job.

Nicely done. Really hope it gets bigger and eventually gets native osu! support.

Alright the Program has been Updated you will find the recent Update in the Changelog.

The Storyboard is now able to keep up with very fast BPM's:
Hatsune Miku - Gekishou should work perfectly fine now.
Hypernite Industries - Speedcore 300: There has been a major imrpovement here, but it only works for 99%, there are still about 3 notes during the song, where the Timing windows overlap and you see a false "Good". I guess Arrow Streams in 300 BPM can still somehow trigger this under rare circumstances.
I'll try to improve it further in the future, plz try to bear with this for now, sry.

Well but the creators still need to reupload them, cause they might want to recreate the storyboard more than once, to get a "better possible result".

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tmj7mxeunxug ... 0.osz?dl=0 Updated ^^

Great work IamBaum
I'll try to upload at least one/two of the upcoming maps with the new converter
If i found some problems, you will hear from me ^^'

Look really cool I just make my self

EDIThttp://puu.sh/k7y2O/d97927fd57.osz http://puu.sh/k7EUM/02b393b692.osz <- not sure is hard or Insane lol

I hope future, this diva should add feature "Grid Placements" because I wanna put my own placements, that thing exe look like make random then when I test play this mode, there some bad overlap, placements and hard read example this http://puu.sh/k7y8y/2347ab2e9c.jpg. so i hope you add this thing because I wanna make my own placements.

I really like this mode, I wish good luck and you really did good job
p.s: make hold "slider" is hard lol...

@Marco - Added it to the main thrad.

@Yavi i'm looking forward to it

@Pereira i found another problem with my program, if there are several time points in a single kiai time, then the kiai notification will be reloaded for each time point, i will fixx it now.
Edit:
I added your diff also to the main thread, even though i still need to fixx the problem.

wp <3 love it

Added a new Version of the program, to fixx the Kiai Time issue.
See the Changelog for full Details.

Do you guys know anyone that can singletap 200bpm deathstreams? I don't.
Well done, even though some gameplay mechanisms aren't there (but it's due to limitations on osu!mania already) like using both symbol keys and arrows to stream, the time bar which should be a progression bar and so on. The HUD also takes a lot of space on the screen.

Even though it's impossible to play properly, it's still addictive as fuck.

_Fami wrote:

Do you guys know anyone that can singletap 200bpm deathstreams? I don't.
Well done, even though some gameplay mechanisms aren't there (but it's due to limitations on osu!mania already) like using both symbol keys and arrows to stream, the time bar which should be a progression bar and so on. The HUD also takes a lot of space on the screen.

Even though it's impossible to play properly, it's still addictive as fuck.

Yep it would be great to be able to implement those mechanisms, but well... maybe it will be possible one day.
I could neither create a progression bar, cause the Editor can't handle variables during gameplay, but well i'm still happy about the actual mechanisms that were possible to implement

Edit:
Added a new Map:
Junichi Masuda - Anistar City
Hard
Hono

Edit2:
Added another Map:
Iguchi Yuka - Platinum Disco
Easy
IamBaum

i always wanted to play this good job so far on making this now i have a use of my controller for once other then sitting in one place collecting dust
keep up the good work