RhythmStrike news & patch notes

Notable Changes:

• Create your own note charts with the new Chart Editor! Support for sharing and downloading songs from the Steam Workshop will be added in a future update.

• New Master difficulty charts have been added.

• The difficulty ratings of previous Master difficulty charts have been overhauled.

• By default, Note Speed now automatically scales according to the current difficulty rating. Automatic Note Speed can be disabled in the Settings menu.

• Advanced settings are now hidden behind a toggle in the Settings menu.

• Game audio is now muted when the window loses focus.

• The player character visibility when moving outside the Play Field boundaries has been improved.

• You can now enable a setting to skip the confirmation dialogs when restarting or exiting songs.

• The default camera shake intensity has been slightly reduced.

Fixed Issues:

• Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash when exiting the song results screen while the score was being being submitted.

• Fixed an issue where incompatible audio settings could cause the game to crash.

Notable Changes:

• A new song "ReviXy" has been added.

• A new difficulty level "Master" has been added, and a few songs already have corresponding note charts.

• Current difficulty ratings have been overhauled. The algorithm that determines player skill ratings has also been improved.

• Strike Notes are now more lenient regarding the position of the player character. This should make thin Strike Notes slightly easier to play.

• The visual design of Slider Notes has been changed to reduce visual similarity with Strike Notes in certain situations.

• For all settings involving numbers, you can now set specific values more easily and also enter the numbers manually.

• In the Key Bindings settings, you can now select integrated presets that accommodate different preferences and keyboard sizes.

• When using a mod to disable FX, the score reduction has been lowered from 5% to 3%.

Fixed Issues:

• Communication with the backend server is now faster and more reliable.

• By default, the mouse tracking can now extend beyond the Play Field boundaries to prevent drift after fast flick movements. This behavior can be reverted in the settings.

• The mouse cursor no longer interferes with menu navigation when using the keyboard.

• The game now fully supports Japanese and Korean.
• You can now configure the colors for all note types.
• Individual settings can now be reset to their default values.
• Slight performance improvements.

• Fixed an issue where Slider and Strike Notes could not be played properly at a low framerate.
• The note speed now automatically scales according to the visible area of the Play Field.

• Fixed a bug where playing with an Instant Fail Condition prevented any score from being saved.
• The game should no longer stutter when playing a song for the first time.
• Fixed a bug where identical score values in the leaderboards were not sorted properly by time.
• Several other bugs have been fixed as well.

• You can now disable FX in the free play mods menu in exchange for a 5% score reduction (subject to change).
• When you clear a song with a Perfect Play, you will receive a new "SS" grade.
• Strike Notes are now easier to play.
• The player rank now depends more on the skill rating.
• The player rank shown as a percentage now includes the first digit after the decimal point.
• Mouse controls have been improved.
• There has been a slight improvement in game performance.
• The mouse scroll wheel direction to change songs in the song select menu has been reversed.
• The "Play Field Cutoff" setting has been renamed to "Play Field Length."
• The song panel now shows whether the Hard Energy Bar is enabled.
• The game's framerate is now x1 by default instead of x2.