v2.0.0

HUGE Update :0

Added one thing, then another, then oops. Biggest update yet. This deserves v2.0.0 for sure.

Bug fixes

• Fix random spikes pointing to the top left for 1 frame with the Modern Hold Renderer.
  • This isn't entirely fixed, but the random spike is moved to the center, where it's much less obvious/nearly invisible.
• Fix a crash caused by deleting the first BPM or Time Signature Gimmick. This is now entirely impossible.
• Fix hold note bake bug that converted size 60 holds into size 0.
• Fix incorrect margins on the [Select File] button in the new chart menu.

Tweaks

• [Highlight Next Note] & [Highlight Previous Note] now takes layers into account. Hidden notes will be skipped.
• [Edit Hold] is now smarter! Highlighting any segment and pressing [Edit Hold] will highlight the last segment and start editing the hold as usual.
• [Insert Hold Segment] is also smarter! Again, highlighting any segment and pressing [Insert Hold Segment] will now work. The new note will automatically be inserted between the closest two segments.

New Features

• The arrows on snap notes now look more game-accurate.
• Synced Notes now also have the blue outline, not just a blue connector.
• Chain Notes now have stripes.
  • Stripes are rendered with‍ brute force, for a lack of a better description. It draws a custom contour for each stripe... and because this is somewhat expensive to do, it's toggle-able here: Settings > Rendering > Show Chain Stripes.
  • Performance should still be acceptable, but your mileage may vary.
• Tooltips exist now! :]
  • Not everything has them, but a lot of UI elements now do.
  • The writing for a few tooltips is awkward and long, but I tried to put some helpful information into each. Feedback is welcome.
• Saturn Folder Export, a (slightly scuffed) way to create Saturn-ready chart folders.
• A new Hold Ease function! It's somewhere between Linear and Smooth, I'm calling it Linear+.
  • Linear+ In was specifically made to make holds look approximately like a straight line, even in a curved tunnel. Works better on shorter holds.
• Hold Reconstruction & Jagged Hold Generator
  • Hold Reconstruction
    • Hold-To-Hold re-traces a hold note with fixed intervals between segments.
    • Hold-To-Chain re-traces a hold note with chain notes.
  • Jagged Hold Generator
    • Spikes : Extrudes left and right edge of every other segment by an independently customizable amount.
    • Noise : Extrudes left and right edge of every other segment by a random amount within an independently customizable range.
  • When combined, these two features allow charters to bake a hold with a non-linear ease type, then approximate a hold note of similar shape with evenly distributed segments, then make it jagged. This way, the spikes stay even, no matter the shape of the hold.

v1.5.2

Note selection adjustments

Tweaks

• Shift + Click selecting notes now favors non-hold notes and properly depends on cursor position.

v1.5.1

Rendering update hotfix!

Bug fixes

• Fix new hold renderer not handling negative Hi-Speed properly. (It works even better than the old one now... I think!)
• Fix custom colors not being applied to the render engine.

Tweaks

• Added back an option to use the old hold renderer in case the new renderer causes errors.
  • Can be changed here: Settings > Rendering > Hold Render Method
• Set the new default Hold Segment color to #E3E3E3

v1.5.0

Rendering update! :O

As always, rewriting a renderer had some very funny and chaotic outcomes. This video sums it up well. I'm tired.

Bug fixes

• Fix a crash caused by deleting null after deleting a reverse. (ominous)

Tweaks

• Shift + Click selection is now biased towards which note's center the cursor is closest to. This should hopefully make selecting notes a bit more streamlined.

New Features

• Added a layer system to toggle visibility of Notes, Masks, and Gimmicks. Only whichever is visible can be selected.
• Re-wrote the Hold Note renderer. The new renderer draws each Hold as one large path instead of each segment being an individual path.
  • Performance is about 4x better on extremely dense holds
  • Holds no longer have a "tv-static" look caused by tiny gaps between individual segments.

v1.4.1

Fixing more problems [:

Bug fixes

• Fix the rounding error fix. For good this time.
  • Previously divided a number before multiplying => lost precision. Damn floating point numbers.
• Fix .mer files being treated like .map files.

Tweaks

• Shift Beat Divisor option has been changed from Shift + Scroll to Ctrl + Scroll

v1.4.0

Fixing problems I created :')

More bugfixes, Autosave, and a new tool to fix rounding errors.

Bug fixes

• Fix rounding errors once and for all. I hope. Please.
• Fix minimum note size not being updated when starting a hold.
• Fix hold notes being ended when only switching bonus type.

Tweaks

• Libraries should be properly bundled on macOS and Linux now.

New Features

• Added Auto-Save
  • Will prompt you if you'd like to open an Auto-Save on program startup.
  • Currently hard-coded to save once per minute.
• Added a way to quantize notes that are off-time by 1 tick because of rounding errors.
  • Option can be found under Tools > Fix Off-By-One Errors
  • (This function essentially just quantizes every note except hold segments to 1/192)

v1.3.2

Bugfix - again

A small config fix.

Bug fixes

• Fix note speed not being written to config file (and therefore not saving).
• Fix config not being saved when changing values in quick settings.

Tweaks

• Changed the default note speed to 2.5

WARNING! THIS UPDATE REVERTS YOUR CONFIG.

There's not much I can do, the config parser just breaks with old configs now. Please back up your config and transfer data in a text editor, or just re-configure the editor manually.

v1.3.1

Stability Patch

One bugfix. Sorry if this caused any lost work.

Bug fixes

• Fix a crash caused by attempting to stitch holds when none or only one note was selected.

v1.3.0

Small update :]

A new feature and some bugfixes.

Bug fixes

• Fix note size UI elements not updating when using CTRL + Scroll to change note size.
• Fix chart export tagging a chart as "unsaved".
• Fix Issue #14
  • Undoing a hold deletion with a highlighted note and selected notes no longer creates a duplicated hold note
• Clear file path when creating a new chart. [Did not appear to be an active issue, but was unintended.]

New Features

• Added a way to "stitch" two holds together.
  • Select a Hold End and a Hold Start note, then click Modify Notes > Stitch Hold or press [CTRL] + [H].
  • There cannot be anything else selected, and the Hold Start must come after Hold End. It cannot be before, or on the same timestamp.

v1.2.1

Bugfix Update :]

Mostly stability things.

Bug fixes

• Fix selection info not being updated when selecting hold references.
• Made note type editing more robust
  • Fix not being able to edit Hold Start notes to swap between Hold Start & Hold Start [R Note]
    => You can now set the bonus type on Hold Start notes! :0
  • More clearly prevent note types HoldSegment HoldEnd EndOfChart from being edited into other note types, or other note types being edited to HoldSegment HoldEnd EndOfChart.
• Hopefully prevent users completely from placing Hold Segment or Hold End notes when not in Hold Edit mode.
  [If you manage to still do this, please tell me how you did it. I cannot figure out how to reproduce it.]

Tweaks

• When editing a gimmick, the input field will now display the current value of the gimmick instead of the default value.