From 020e6fa1b20eec4f12a00a0e466a84dda7029c92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: StanR <8269193+stanriders@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 22:50:49 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce strain influence a bit more (#36813)

Changes snap aim scaling to d/t^1.65 and speedflow scaling to d/t^1.9
(roughly). This is as much as we can nudge scaling towards d/t without
breaking everything
---
 .../Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs                 | 8 ++++----
 .../Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedAimEvaluator.cs            | 2 +-
 osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuRatingCalculator.cs   | 2 +-
 .../Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs    | 2 +-
 osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs            | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
index 5f1a5a379c..d0fc063703 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
 {
     public static class AimEvaluator
     {
-        private const double wide_angle_multiplier = 1.4;
-        private const double acute_angle_multiplier = 2.6;
-        private const double slider_multiplier = 2.0;
+        private const double wide_angle_multiplier = 1.35;
+        private const double acute_angle_multiplier = 2.5;
+        private const double slider_multiplier = 1.9;
         private const double velocity_change_multiplier = 1.1;
         private const double wiggle_multiplier = 1.02; // WARNING: Increasing this multiplier beyond 1.02 reduces difficulty as distance increases. Refer to the desmos link above the wiggle bonus calculation
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
         // We decrease strain for distances <radius to fix cases where doubles with no aim requirement
         // have their strain buffed incredibly high due to the delta time.
         // These objects do not require any movement, so it does not make sense to award them.
-        private static double highBpmBonus(double ms, double distance) => 1 / (1 - Math.Pow(0.03, Math.Pow(ms / 1000, 0.75)))
+        private static double highBpmBonus(double ms, double distance) => 1 / (1 - Math.Pow(0.03, Math.Pow(ms / 1000, 0.65)))
                                                                           * DifficultyCalculationUtils.Smootherstep(distance, 0, OsuDifficultyHitObject.NORMALISED_RADIUS);
 
         private static double calcWideAngleBonus(double angle) => DifficultyCalculationUtils.Smoothstep(angle, double.DegreesToRadians(40), double.DegreesToRadians(140));
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedAimEvaluator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedAimEvaluator.cs
index 9211ec39cf..afa1245820 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedAimEvaluator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedAimEvaluator.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
             return strain;
         }
 
-        private static double highBpmBonus(double ms) => 1 / (1 - Math.Pow(0.3, ms / 1000));
+        private static double highBpmBonus(double ms) => 1 / (1 - Math.Pow(0.3, Math.Pow(ms / 1000, 0.9)));
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuRatingCalculator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuRatingCalculator.cs
index bc9de3494f..5826f497d6 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuRatingCalculator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuRatingCalculator.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
             if (mods.Any(m => m is OsuModAutopilot))
                 return 0;
 
-            double aimRating = Math.Pow(aimDifficultyValue, 0.58) * 0.0346;
+            double aimRating = Math.Pow(aimDifficultyValue, 0.62) * 0.0248;
 
             if (mods.Any(m => m is OsuModRelax))
                 aimRating *= 0.9;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
index b0b1c5132f..33bb6b29c8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Preprocessing
             AdjustedDeltaTime = Math.Max(DeltaTime, MIN_DELTA_TIME);
             LastObjectEndDeltaTime = lastDifficultyObject != null ? Math.Max(StartTime - lastDifficultyObject.EndTime, MIN_DELTA_TIME) : AdjustedDeltaTime;
 
-            SmallCircleBonus = Math.Max(1.0, 1.0 + (30 - BaseObject.Radius) / 60);
+            SmallCircleBonus = Math.Max(1.0, 1.0 + (30 - BaseObject.Radius) / 70);
 
             Preempt = BaseObject.TimePreempt / clockRate;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
index 50fc9333a7..3c8491a6dc 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
         private double currentAimStrain;
         private double currentSpeedStrain;
 
-        private double skillMultiplierAim => 58.5;
-        private double skillMultiplierSpeed => 2.0;
+        private double skillMultiplierAim => 65.2;
+        private double skillMultiplierSpeed => 2.8;
         private double skillMultiplierTotal => 1.0;
         private double meanExponent => 1.2;