Release v2023.12

Kinda big one this week. A lot of gameplay-related changes and some other stuff.

Maps

• When importing a map, the game will now check if the map exists on the server and get its ranked status and id.
• Maps are now stored in their own folders.

Gameplay

• The health bar now fits more with the rest of the UI.
• Completely rewrote the health and scoring system.
  • Timing windows are changed to:
    • Flawless: 18 > 16
    • Perfect: 40 (the same)
    • Great: 75 > 73
    • Alright: 100 > 103
    • Okay: 140 > 127
    • Miss: ? > 164 (anti-mash window got bigger)
  • Health values are changed to:
    • Flawless: 0.5 (the same)
    • Perfect: 0.1 (the same)
    • Great: 0.05 > 0.025
    • Alright: 0.02 > 0
    • Okay: -3 (the same)
    • Miss: -5 (the same)
  • Timings are now also properly calculated for different rates.
  • The easy mod health requirement is now 80% instead of 70%.
  • The easy mod also gives less health the more notes the map has.
• Adjusted some HUD elements positions.
• Improved pause and fail screens.
• Animated effects like laneswitches and flashes are now also affected by the rate.

Song Select

• 15-second-loop now fades out for 2 seconds instead of 1.
• Local scores can now be deleted by right-clicking on them.
• The options button finally does something now.
  • Including a button to go to the game settings, because I saw a lot of people trying to access it through the footer.

Settings

• Improved the tab-switcher buttons to fit more with the rest of the buttons.

User Interface

• Context Menus now have icons.
• InputKeys like "Semicolon" now show up as ";".
• Ctrl+H can now be used to go all the way back to the main menu.

Audio

• Updated notification, tab-change, click, hover, scroll and toggle samples.
• Text box and slider samples are now debounced.
• Dropdowns now have samples for opening and closing.

File Browser

• Fixed file browser not having any buttons.

Discord RPC

• The Rich Presence now display the current map's cover if its uploaded to the server.

osu!mania Importer

• The importer now skips files on error instead of not importing anything.

Updater

• The game will now display an error message when the updater couldn't be found instead of crashing.

Internal

• Added "Copy ID" context menu items for song select mapsets and difficulties.

Release v2023.11

Dashboard

• Added the dashboard. (with only the Account page for now)

User Interface

• Added the Music Player.
• Changed Toolbar to fit more with the new song select design.
• Backgrounds now scale with the toolbar.
• Update cursor design.
• Everything now has hover and click sounds.

Editor

• Fixed missing difficulties when uploading a map.

Discord

• Make the Rich Presence say "Watching auto-play" when autoplaying.

Code Style

• FluXisGameBase is now accessible on all screens.
• ParallaxContainer now uses Lerp instead of creating a transform every frame.

Release v2023.10.0

Editor

• Fixed new Maps not having a ResourceProvider set.
• Fixed timing lines not refreshing when changing timing lines.
• Added an underlay for flash effects.
• Added hit sounds.

User Interface

• Changed the default font to use the "Soft" variant of the "Renogare" font.
• Text box carets now flash to the beat of the song.
• Changed the loading icon design.

Gameplay

• Block any input when the song is ending.

Song Select

• Reworked the search bar design.
• Added rewinding when holding shift and clicking the random button.

Results Screen

• Added a back button to the results screen.
• Fixed Controller tooltips being sized incorrectly and always being visible.

Overlays

• Added a channel list and changed the chat overlay design a little.

Code Style

• Updated README.md.
• Sorted the entire Graphics namespace.

Release v2023.9.0

Somewhat big update which makes the editor actually usable.

Editor

• Renamed "Compose" to "Charting".
• Completely reworked the ChartingTab.
• Added a header to Setup.
• When loading an already existing map, the editor will automatically switch to the ChartingTab.

Gameplay

• Added animations to the pause menu.
• Fixed hit sound spamming when seeking very far in a long map.
• Fixed skinned hit lines not being scaled properly.
• Fixed the death music not playing properly.
• Fixed the Progressbar not being sized properly, causing it to not be animated properly.

MainMenu

• Made the main menu go back to "Press any key to continue" after 60 seconds of inactivity.
• Added a "Confirm Exit" dialog when pressing escape.

SongSelect

• Fixed MapListEntry+MapListEntryHeader text not being truncated properly.
• Fix SelectMapInfo stats changing during audio rate transitions.
• Added a better tooltip for ScoreCard.
• Reworked the SelectFooter completely.

Settings

• Added more keybindings.
• Added more descriptions to entries.

User Interface

• Changed colors to be more consistent with each other instead of being randomly picked values. (The game might look a bit different now)

Code Style

• Completely Reworked the way resources for maps are loaded to make the code more readable and easier to maintain. (Also fixes a bug where you couldn't load Auto-Imported maps in the editor)

Release v2023.8.0

New Stuff

• Gamepad Controls for MainMenu.
• The "Mods" button in SongSelectnow shows the mods you have selected.
• Implemented Upscroll. (In the most dumb way possible)
• Tooltips for hovering over User profile pictures.
• Potential Rating is now shown below the Username in ToolbarProfile.
• Replaced event editors in Editor with Panels.
• Cover files are now properly saved in Map data and are uploaded to the API.
• Playfield Move events. (Not yet implemented in the Editor)
• Replaced FlashEditorPanel color fields with ColorPickers.

Design Changes

• Improved the "No Maps" text in SongSelect.
• Changed Notification design a bit.
• Changed LoginOverlay design a bit.

Fixes and Improvements

• Removed a log spam regarding snap coloring.
• Fixed accuracy in ProfileStats being 100 times more than it should be.
• Fixed a crash when sending a request to the API while not logged in.
• SelectMapInfo now updates with Rate changes.
• Fixed a crash when pressing a letter key in SongSelect while there is a map without a title.
• Audio and blur effects for Panels are now reset when the Panel is removed.
• Fixed an Audio bug with LowPassFilter not actually removing itself.
• Fixed some overlays letting input through when they shouldn't.
• Fixed keybinding strings having a trailing +.

Code Quality

• Moved gameplay elements that can not be changed out of the HUD folder.
• Editor.uploadSet now uses Fluxel.CreateAPIRequest.

Release v2023.7.0

New Stuff

• Stepmania import support.
• Snap coloring.
• Very WIP multiplayer stuff.
• Added 8k to Editor.
• Added the ability to edit laneswitches in the Editor.
• Added a warning for unsaved changes in the Editor.
• Map updating in the Editor.
• Added an overlay for uploading maps.
• Samples for ModSelect.
• Reset button for settings entries.
• Keybind overlay in gameplay.
• Add status filters to SearchDropdown.
• Re-added auto-updating using the new updater.

Design Changes

• Chat names are now colored based on their role.
• Changed TimingLine to be more thick.
• Changed design for SearchBar and SearchDropdown a bit.

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed laneswitch alerts appearing when paused.
• Fixed MainMenu not using the right background dim.
• Fixed tooltips starting a transition every frame.
• Flipped the HitErrorBar average dot.
• Playtest now starts at the current time in the Editor.
• Character limit for chat messages.
• Calculate NPS for Quaver auto-imported maps.
• Fixed OffsetSetup just completely ignoring the offset.
• Music in the Editor now stops when starting playtest.
• Fixed lag in ResultsScreen by making it draw an image instead of a bunch of circles.
• Fixed Intro to MainMenu transition.
• ScoreListEntry and ResultsScreen now show the correct user.

Internal

• Moved API Models to seperate folders based on their type.

Release v2023.6.0

New Stuff

• Seperate column widths and heights for each keymode.
• KeyCombo, Controller and Midi support for keybinds.
• Chat moderation and history.
• Background image for panels. (Settings, Register)
• Offset setup menu.
• Gamepad controls for song select and results.
• User stats in the profile overlay.
• Skinnable judgements. (Including colors in the ui)
• Editor snap controls. (Shift + Mousewheel)
• Stage pulse effects.

Design Changes

• Mods in ModSelector now have tooltips showing their incompatibilities.
• Song select info is now more rounded.
• Results has a bit bigger shadow and the cover is now centered.

Changes

• Adjusted Health values to be less punishing. [@AkiriMusic]
• Only loop 15 seconds of the song in song select. (Can be changed back in the settings.)
• All scrolling containers now use the same base class. (This means you can use middle mouse to scroll everywhere now.)

Fixes and Improvements

• Crop the background image in the song select entries for better performance.
• Make the lines in HitErrorBar clean themselves up. (Very big performance improvement.)
• When switching maps in song select, tracks don't restart when they have the same hash.

Internal

• Moved DiscordRPC to a new activity system.
• All FluXisColors are now getters.
• Code cleanup.
• Removed constuctor for HUD elements.

Release v2023.5.0

New Stuff

• You can now remove SVs in the Editor.
• Added a very simple skin editor.
• You can now update your avatar and banner in the Profile Overlay.
• You can now upload maps to the server. (Not really, its disabled server-side.)
• Score submission, online leaderboards and rating.
• Mods are now displayed during gameplay.
• Maps can now be imported by double clicking a .fms file.
• Added a lot of temporary Screens for unimplemented features.

Changes and Improvements

• The blur shader is now preloaded to prevent a small freeze when opening Song Select.
• Server connection handling has been completely rewritten.
• Adjust JudgementDisplay animations a bit.
• Changed the menu button style.

Fixes

• Fixed some stuff in AudioClock when not having a track loaded.
• Fix duplicate MapSets in Song Select after saving in the Editor.
• The Paused mod no longer transfers to the next map.

Release v2023.4.0

This is a big one.

New Stuff

• Auto import maps from Quaver. (VERY EXPERIMENTAL AND CAN LAG THE GAME A LOT!) (Can be enabled in Settings/Plugins)
• Hold-to-Confirm for quick restart and quick exit.
• Added a sample for switching settings tabs. [@AkiriMusic]
• Improve settings menu sections and add a lot of new settings.
  • Lane covers
  • Dim and fade playfield to red when health is low
  • HUD visibility
  • Parallax
  • Song select background blur
  • Selected skin
  • Snap coloring (unused)
  • Scroll direction (unused)
• Display the song title and artist in the main menu when the song changes.
• Add global music controls.
  • F5 - Go to previous song
  • F6 - Pause current song
  • F7 - Skip current song
• A temporary screen for map downloading. [@AkiriMusic]
• Implement everything from 1k to 10k
• Show how long the game has been running below the local time in the toolbar.
• New loading screen for maps.
• Added seeking in autoplay.
• Splash effect behind judgements.
  https://github.com/TeamFluXis/fluXis/assets/65369281/bb4ccca8-84de-4cb0-93b8-06e932ba67a1

Changes

• The message when exiting the game has been changed from "See you next time!" to "Goodbye!". [@AkiriMusic]
• Display the MapSet's cover art on the results screen.
• Song select now loads maps asynchronously.
• Add a progressbar to map exports.
• Improve settings animations.
• Provide a reason why the requested map is invalid.
• Rework menu entrance.
• Change the text below "fluXis" in main menu to random splash texts.
• Global cursor now disappears after some time instead of settings its visibility manually.

Fixes and Improvements

• Current track amplitudes now only updates 120 times a second, not 1000.
• The progress bar no longer breaks for a split second when pausing.
• Change the category in the volume overlay by hovering over it.
• Health bar colors itself red on low health again.
• Fix some issues related to rates.
• Fix offset not being used in AudioClock.
• Some Gameplay optimizations.
• Song list and Background optimizations,
• Fix mods on showing in the score list. (Only fixed on new scores!)
• Fix osu! map import failing because of float numbers.

Code Quality

• Enforce new code style rules for converting numbers to string.
• Enforce the usage of FluXisSpriteText instead of SpriteText

Know issues

• Song select might be a bit laggy.

Release v2023.3.0

New Stuff

• You can add and edit Flash effects in the Editor.
• Hit sounds now play in the Editor.
• Added OpenRGB server support. (Only works on Windows. Not customizable yet.)
• Very basic skinning support.
• You can now remove timing points in the Editor.
• Added samples for settings toggle buttons.
• Added mouse settings. (High precision and sensitivity)
• You can now move selected HitObjects in the Editor.
• Two new mods: No SV and No LN.
• Added song rates.
• In-game chat.
• New keyboard samples for selecting, typing capital letters and deleting characters.
• New sample for changing slider values.

Design Changes

• Reworked the login and added a new register overlay.
• Reworked the ModSelector design.

Changes

• Auto updating has been disabled for now due to some issues.
• Editor HitObjects don't immediately disappear when they reach the hitline.
• Editor now uses the default skin for HitObjects.
• Score calculation now takes the max combo into account.
• The animation that plays when you click the exit button in the Main Menu is has been changed.
• Make map importers dynamic to allow the creation of custom map importers.
• Replaced Conductor with AudioClock.

Fixes and Improvements

• The role text color in the ProfileOverlay now changes depending on the brightness of the tag background.
• The game doesn't crash immediately anymore. (You can have 1 error per second now. Any more and the game will crash.)
• Fixed some long notes in osu! maps being negative.