Skinning / Skinner

Skinner A skinner refers to users who make skins, and possibly release them on the forums.

Skinning / Skinning FAQ

These can be used from other skins, even without explicit permission from the original skinner. ... It would, however, be nice of you to credit the original skinner. What should my skin folder contain? ... For example: cursor@2x.png. HD images have doubled dimension sizes.

Game modifier / Autopilot (mod)

About Abbreviation: AP Type: Special Score Multiplier: 0.00x Default shortcut key: X Caption: Automatic cursor movement - just follow the rhythm. ** UNRANKED ... game mode that will take control of the cursor movement and systematically move to the exact centre of the next hit object, leaving the tapping to the ... During a play with the Autopilot mod enabled, the player will not be able to move their cursor, unless they are on the pause screen. ... Autopilot mod is similar to the spins per minute performed by the Spun Out mod, thus the player cannot increase the SPM by spinning the spinner with their cursor

Input device / Mouse

Confine mouse cursor This option allows the mouse cursor to stay inside the osu! window and is set to Only when fullscreen by default. ... Cursor ripples The cursor will ripple outwards on clicking.

Mapping techniques / Flow

Flow Flow is a mapping concept that describes natural and intuitive movement patterns of a player's cursor during gameplay. ... beatmaps, mappers are able to direct a player's cursor around the playfield in various ways, yielding different effects on the gameplay experience. ... In such patterns, the player's cursor may follow a smooth curve throughout. ... Linear movement may also be considered another form of smooth flow, albeit less common, since it does not enforce any specific cursor trajectory type. ... Due to the subjectivity of flow and the amount of possible cursor movement patterns, there is no clear consensus regarding how flow should best be used

Gameplay / Play style

Touchscreen This play style uses a touch-enabled monitor, laptop screen, or tablet to navigate the in-game cursor and tap hit objects. ... they want the cursor to be at. ... This results in the cursor to appear as if it is "jumping" to the touched location. ... stream due to the act of touching the screen directly rather than moving a cursor. Note: The key overlay shows touch input as M1. ... The trackpad is used to navigate the in-game cursor. Joystick: A creative way to control the cursor.

Client / Installation

Depending on how the skinner has packaged their skin, you may need to do different things.

Game modifier / Flashlight (mod)

, only a small, illuminated circle (i.e., the visible area) surrounding the cursor is shown which will display the parts of the playfield that are contained ... All of this adds up to an effect that looks like a virtual flashlight is being shone on the player's cursor: It should be noted that when paired with the ... Hidden mod, the "flashlight's" visible area barely matters: with limited vision, the fading of the hit objects may occur while the cursor is not focused ... , except for the fact that the visible area follows the catcher instead of the cursor. And due to the nature of osu!

Community video series / osu!talk

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Client / Options

Checkbox Disabled Always use skin cursor Favour the current skin's cursor over any cursors supplied by beatmaps. ... Checkbox Disabled Cursor size Adjust the cursor size. ... Slider 1x Automatic cursor size Automatically adjusts the cursor size based on the circle size of the beatmap. ... Checkbox Disabled Confine mouse cursor Prevent mouse cursor from leaving the game client window. See below for details. ... The cursor ripple effect can be triggered by pressing M1 and M2 during game play.

Game modifier / Relax (mod)

, enabling the Relax mod only requires the player to hover their cursor over hit objects; all hit objects will be automatically tapped by osu!. ... catch, the Relax mod allows the character to be moved freely at any speed with the mouse or other cursor-moving peripheral.

osu! program files / User configuration file

all beatmap skins SkinSamples 0 or 1 Use skin's sound samples UseTaikoSkin 0 or 1 Use Taiko skin for Taiko mode UseSkinCursor 0 or 1 Always use skin cursor ... CursorSize Decimal Cursor size AutomaticCursorSizing 0 or 1 Automatic cursor sizing ComboColourSliderBall 0 or 1 Use combo colour as tint for slider ... window ConfineMouse String Confine mouse cursor MouseDisableWheel 0 or 1 Disable mouse wheel in play mode MouseDisableButtons 0 or 1 Disable mouse buttons ... in play mode CursorRipple 0 or 1 Cursor ripples Tablet 0 or 1 Enable OS TabletPC support Wiimote 0 or 1 Wiimote/TaTaCon Drum support VideoEditor 0

Game mode / osu! (game mode)

The orange outer circle, called the follow circle, will appear when holding onto the slider's ball, but will disappear when the cursor is outside the circle ... If Relax game modifier was used, only the in-game cursor will work. Use the in-game cursor to follow the hit objects with automated tap. ... Time the tap on the hit objects with automated cursor movement. Spinners will follow the Spun Out mod speed. Scoring Score in osu! ... Smoke last longer than default in-game cursor trail. Apply smoke effects sparsely to prevent old smoke effects disappearing too quickly.

Slider / Sliderhead

Once a sliderhead has been clicked the player has to follow along the sliderbody with their cursor, until the slidertail is reached and they can release

Reporting bad behaviour

Forum Hover the cursor over the post. In a row of buttons that appear in the top right corner of the post, click the button with a warning sign. ... Beatmap scores listing Hover the cursor over the score.

Disambiguation / Snapping (disambiguation)

play style characterised by rapid, uneven movements, when the cursor lands on hit objects quickly instead of moving uniformly between them

Input device / Graphics tablet

graphics tablet, or just tablet, is an input device that is originally intended for digital drawing and artistry, but can be used as a way to control cursor

Slider / Slider tick

During a play, slider ticks are collected by keeping the cursor within said slider's follow circle, that, once collected, will increase the combo by one

Guides / Tutorial for beginners

But there are actually multiple means of input to control the cursor and pop the circles: Mouse Tablet Touch Screen Keyboard Clicking There are other ways ... you can control the cursor (Wiimote, motion sensor, etc.) but for the purpose of the guide, we will focus on the four bulleted points. ... Tablet play tends to excel at: No cursor drift. Precise movement and speed. Tablet play tends to struggle with: Jumping in right angles. ... Being able to get the notes at the right time is pretty pointless without being able to get your cursor to the right location. ... You may use this too if you don't like how Windows handles your mouse cursor, or especially recommended if you use a tablet.

Hit object / Slider

The player only fails to completely clear a slider if the cursor is outside the slider ball range (defined by the circle around the ball) or the mouse ... Moving the cursor will show a preview of how the slider will look if it is finished in the current spot.

History of osu! / History of osu! 2022

(lazer) received the Aim Assist mod as a new feature which draws hit objects to the cursor, essentially requiring less cursor movement from the player. ... When the Strict Tracking mod is enabled, the cursor must stay in the slider ball at all times to prevent a combo break. ... Enabling it would repel hit objects from the cursor, making it more difficult to navigate the cursor to the hit objects.

Gameplay / Kiai time

Kiai sections are indicated by spraying star fountains, stars falling from under the cursor, and hit objects flashing to the beat with the frequency of

Judgement / osu! judgement system

Spinner rotation speed is calculated based on cursor velocity and does not necessarily correspond to how many times the cursor has revolved around the

osu! file formats / .osr (file format)

denotes an action, represented by 4 numbers in the form: w | x | y | z. w Long Time in milliseconds since the previous action x Float x-coordinate of the cursor ... from 0 - 512 y Float y-coordinate of the cursor from 0 - 384 z Integer Bitwise combination of keys/mouse buttons pressed (M1 = 1, M2 = 2, K1 = 4, K2

History of osu! / History of osu! April Fools' day jokes

how players might use the Oculus Rift as an input method, the newspost describes that "the player will experience a first person point-of-view of the cursor ... Dancing Auto mod cursor/dancing pippi "Dancing pippi" (also known as "dancing Auto mod cursor") is the nickname given to one of osu!' ... s April Fools' jokes for 2016 in which an update was released that caused the game cursor in Auto mod replays to circle around the current hit object in

Mapping techniques / Unrankable mapping techniques

This forces the player to click and hold the slider without moving their cursor at all.

Interface / Visual settings

When the visual settings overlay is shown, the beatmap will be delayed until the cursor leaves the visual settings overlay.

Game mode / osu!catch

The placement of in-game cursor does not matter when playing normally. ... If Relax mod was enabled, the control of the catcher will be the in-game cursor instead.

Skinning / Interface skinning

Cursor cursor.png All Normal Centre - Notes: By default, this element will rotate and expand (on click). skin.ini commands: To disable cursor expand ... To disable cursor rotate, set CursorRotate to 0. cursormiddle.png All Normal Centre - Notes: This element does not rotate nor expand (on click). ... This element is above the cursor.png element. cursor-smoke.png All Normal Centre - Notes: This element is used when the player presses the smoke key ... By default, this element does not rotate. skin.ini command: To enable cursortrail rotate, set CursorTrailRotate to 1. cursor-ripple.png All unknown Additive ... The client uses a background algorithm to calculate if a play is done with a touchscreen, if too many cursor warps occur it might be applied to a play.

Skinning / Skinnable sounds

Interface Main menu heartbeat.wav When the cursor hovers over the osu! cookie in the main menu seeya.wav Closing the osu! ... Keys key-confirm.wav Sending a message in chat key-delete.wav Deleting text in chat key-movement.wav Changing the text cursor position key-press-{n}

Article styling criteria / Writing

The following is an example: Perspective player, user, skinner, storyboarder, and creator should be used when referring to the reader or another person

Mapping techniques / Rhythm mapping techniques

Essentially, you jump with your cursor and stream, hence the term Slider Stream Jumps. ... However, they are placed very closely that they can be passed by moving the cursor through them in a straight line which intersects all notes.

Game modifier / Summary of game modifiers

. ** UNRANKED ** Auto Pilot (AP) • : 0.00x • : Automatic cursor movement - just follow the rhythm. ** UNRANKED ** Spun Out (SO) • : 0.90x • : Spinners

Guides / How to record videos of osu!

If not, the video will end early when there isn't anymore space left to store; No Cursor is checked YOU RECORD SOUND!

People / Users with unique titles

catch Paragon LastExceed Master of the Fade LeoFLT World Cup Organiser LuigiHann Resident Skinner MillhioreF Pro Tester nuudles iPhone Dev

Community video series / lazer updates

September 23, 2022 New "argon" skin, in-game leaderboards, notifications, fixes for various editor-related crashes N/A 8 lazer updates - October 8, 2022 Cursor ... object rotation in the editor, hit object inspector, hotfixes for various renderer-related issues N/A 19 lazer updates - May 11, 2023 The Bubble mod, cursor

Guides / Tablet purchase guide

As you hover the pen around above the pad, the mouse cursor moves with the pen, and tapping the pen clicks the mouse. ... If you lift the pen outside of the sensitive range, then put it down on another part of the tablet, the cursor will "jump" to that location.

Skinning / skin.ini

CursorCentre: Question: Should the cursor have an origin at the centre of the image? ... Values: 0 or 1 Default: 1 Notes: 0 = top-left corner 1 = centred CursorExpand: Question: Should the cursor expand when clicked? ... Values: 0 or 1 Default: 1 CursorRotate: Question: Should the cursor sprite rotate constantly? ... Values: 0 or 1 Default: 1 CursorTrailRotate: Question: Should the cursor trail sprite rotate constantly?

Gameplay / Accuracy

Additional information can be shown when hovering the in-game cursor over it.

Help centre / Client

What is this white trail or smoke-like line behind my cursor? ... My cursor goes crazy whenever I try to play osu! The most common cause of this is having your in-game mouse sensitivity set too high. ... Setting the in-game sensitivity to 1.0x (which is the default) will fix this in most cases, but may leave your cursor feeling sluggish. ... A hair or bit of dust in front of a mouse's optical sensor can do very strange things to the way a cursor moves. ... I'm playing from a tablet and my cursor feels too slow! You can solve this problem by defining a smaller tablet area for your device.

FAQ

If Relax game modifier was used, only the in-game cursor will work. Use the in-game cursor to follow the hit objects with automated tap. ... Time the tap on the hit objects with automated cursor movement. Spinners will follow the Spun Out mod speed. ... taiko are: Red Left click(L) X(L) / C(R) Flat surface of the drum Blue Right click(L) Z(L) / V(R) Outer surface of the drum The placement of in-game cursor ... The placement of in-game cursor does not matter when playing normally. ... If Relax mod was enabled, the control of the catcher will be the in-game cursor instead.

Community / Projects

trace — A cursor tracing program. Can be used for comparisons, show how a beatmap flows, etc. ... GitLab SpinnyProgram — Test how fast you can spin your mouse cursor. stats.circleclickers — View realtime stats about the usercount in osu!. Website

Help centre / Tournament bans

As a real-world example, such behaviour would include drawing or writing hate symbols/slurs (swastika, etc.) using cursor smoke in streamed matches.

osu!store and merchandise / Store archive

If your tablet unit is functioning properly, placing the pen near the tablet will make the cursor on your screen move.

History of osu! / History of osu! 2007

Gameplay was enhanced with the debut of combo fire, the health bar, cursor trails, and better-looking sliders. At this point, osu!

Client / osu! program files

The replay also contains the results data, and reanimates the player's cursor movement while replaying.

Gameplay / Replay

For the timespan before that, the cursor will be placed at the starting point of the spectating timespan and shows no reaction, no hit burst occurrence ... When watching the replay, the health drain will work as usual, no cursor movement, and no miss (hence 100.00% accuracy) until the point where the Preview

History of osu! / History of osu! 2009

Enabling the Autopilot mod would take over the cursor movement and the player would only need to control the tapping.

Ranking criteria / Skin set list for the ranking criteria

Cursor set The entirety of this skin set is gameplay relevant. cursor.png should always be included together with cursortrail.png required - cursortrail.png ... should always be included together with cursor.png required - cursormiddle.png should be optional depending on the cursor's design optional - cursor-smoke.png

BBCode

Behaviour Clicking a markup button without highlighting any text will create a set of open and closed tags around the text cursor in the post editor. ... However, this button will only appear if the cursor is nearby. Inline code Not to be confused with Code block.

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