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McOsuNewsUpdate (version 29.3)
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Update (version 29.3)

McOsu · published 15 Feb 2019, 10:11 UTC

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- NOTE: New stars/pp are accurate with an average delta of ~0.1% or ~0.003 stars, except for very few Aspire/2B maps with ~15%
- Updated star algorithm to respect slider curves/repeats/ticks/tails and stacking (7)
- Updated star algorithm (Xexxar) (6), see https://osu.ppy.sh/home/news/2019-02-05-new-changes-to-star-rating-performance-points
- Updated pp algorithm (5), see https://github.com/ppy/osu-performance/pull/74/
- Updated beatmap parser to allow bullshit sliders (e.g. Aleph-0)
- Updated search behaviour to additively match words separated by spaces, instead of the entire phrase
- Added option "Keep Aspect Ratio" (Options > Graphics > Layout)
- Added hotkey: CTRL + Click to play with auto
- Added hotkey: CTRL + ENTER to play with auto
- Added hotkey: CTRL + A to toggle auto in songbrowser
- Added unbind buttons to keybinds
- Show <artist> - <name> [<diff>] in window title while playing
- Draw up to 10 background stars on song diff buttons
- Default to 0pp in ranking screen for incomplete scores due to scrubbing
- Windows: Fixed touchscreen handling being broken
- Fixed rare override slider reset crash
- Fixed lv only counting top pp scores
- Fixed top rank score button blinking animation not resetting
- Fixed top left info label in songbrowser not updating 0 stars after slow calculation finishes
- Fixed star calculation not prioritizing active selected beatmap if background image loading is disabled
- Fixed potential crashes and data mangling due to race conditions for slow background image/star loading
- Fixed changing audio output device breaking default skin sounds
- Added ConVars: osu_stars_xexxar_angles_sliders, osu_stars_stacking

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(As always, if I broke something with this update, you can go back to the previous version via the "Beta" tab in the right-click properties of the game in your library)

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