Merge pull request #19571 from vunyunt/colour-encoding-2

Rewrite of the colour skill & refactoring of difficulty calculation within osu!taiko

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Tests/TaikoDifficultyCalculatorTest.cs

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Tests
     {
         protected override string ResourceAssembly => "osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko";
 
-        [TestCase(1.9971301024093662d, 200, "diffcalc-test")]
-        [TestCase(1.9971301024093662d, 200, "diffcalc-test-strong")]
+        [TestCase(3.1098944660126882d, 200, "diffcalc-test")]
+        [TestCase(3.1098944660126882d, 200, "diffcalc-test-strong")]
         public void Test(double expectedStarRating, int expectedMaxCombo, string name)
             => base.Test(expectedStarRating, expectedMaxCombo, name);
 
-        [TestCase(3.1645810961313674d, 200, "diffcalc-test")]
-        [TestCase(3.1645810961313674d, 200, "diffcalc-test-strong")]
+        [TestCase(4.0974106752474251d, 200, "diffcalc-test")]
+        [TestCase(4.0974106752474251d, 200, "diffcalc-test-strong")]
         public void TestClockRateAdjusted(double expectedStarRating, int expectedMaxCombo, string name)
             => Test(expectedStarRating, expectedMaxCombo, name, new TaikoModDoubleTime());
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Evaluators/ColourEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Evaluators
+{
+    public class ColourEvaluator
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A sigmoid function. It gives a value between (middle - height/2) and (middle + height/2).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="val">The input value.</param>
+        /// <param name="center">The center of the sigmoid, where the largest gradient occurs and value is equal to middle.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The radius of the sigmoid, outside of which values are near the minimum/maximum.</param>
+        /// <param name="middle">The middle of the sigmoid output.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the sigmoid output. This will be equal to max value - min value.</param>
+        private static double sigmoid(double val, double center, double width, double middle, double height)
+        {
+            double sigmoid = Math.Tanh(Math.E * -(val - center) / width);
+            return sigmoid * (height / 2) + middle;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Evaluate the difficulty of the first note of a <see cref="MonoStreak"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(MonoStreak monoStreak)
+        {
+            return sigmoid(monoStreak.Index, 2, 2, 0.5, 1) * EvaluateDifficultyOf(monoStreak.Parent) * 0.5;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Evaluate the difficulty of the first note of a <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(AlternatingMonoPattern alternatingMonoPattern)
+        {
+            return sigmoid(alternatingMonoPattern.Index, 2, 2, 0.5, 1) * EvaluateDifficultyOf(alternatingMonoPattern.Parent);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Evaluate the difficulty of the first note of a <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(RepeatingHitPatterns repeatingHitPattern)
+        {
+            return 2 * (1 - sigmoid(repeatingHitPattern.RepetitionInterval, 2, 2, 0.5, 1));
+        }
+
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(DifficultyHitObject hitObject)
+        {
+            TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour colour = ((TaikoDifficultyHitObject)hitObject).Colour;
+            double difficulty = 0.0d;
+
+            if (colour.MonoStreak != null) // Difficulty for MonoStreak
+                difficulty += EvaluateDifficultyOf(colour.MonoStreak);
+            if (colour.AlternatingMonoPattern != null) // Difficulty for AlternatingMonoPattern
+                difficulty += EvaluateDifficultyOf(colour.AlternatingMonoPattern);
+            if (colour.RepeatingHitPattern != null) // Difficulty for RepeatingHitPattern
+                difficulty += EvaluateDifficultyOf(colour.RepeatingHitPattern);
+
+            return difficulty;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Evaluators/StaminaEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Evaluators
+{
+    public class StaminaEvaluator
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies a speed bonus dependent on the time since the last hit performed using this key.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="interval">The interval between the current and previous note hit using the same key.</param>
+        private static double speedBonus(double interval)
+        {
+            // Cap to 600bpm 1/4, 25ms note interval, 50ms key interval
+            // Interval will be capped at a very small value to avoid infinite/negative speed bonuses.
+            // TODO - This is a temporary measure as we need to implement methods of detecting playstyle-abuse of SpeedBonus.
+            interval = Math.Max(interval, 50);
+
+            return 30 / interval;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Evaluates the minimum mechanical stamina required to play the current object. This is calculated using the
+        /// maximum possible interval between two hits using the same key, by alternating 2 keys for each colour.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        {
+            if (current.BaseObject is not Hit)
+            {
+                return 0.0;
+            }
+
+            // Find the previous hit object hit by the current key, which is two notes of the same colour prior.
+            TaikoDifficultyHitObject taikoCurrent = (TaikoDifficultyHitObject)current;
+            TaikoDifficultyHitObject? keyPrevious = taikoCurrent.PreviousMono(1);
+
+            if (keyPrevious == null)
+            {
+                // There is no previous hit object hit by the current key
+                return 0.0;
+            }
+
+            double objectStrain = 0.5; // Add a base strain to all objects
+            objectStrain += speedBonus(taikoCurrent.StartTime - keyPrevious.StartTime);
+            return objectStrain;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Colour/Data/AlternatingMonoPattern.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes a list of <see cref="MonoStreak"/>s.
+    /// <see cref="MonoStreak"/>s with the same <see cref="MonoStreak.RunLength"/> are grouped together.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class AlternatingMonoPattern
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <see cref="MonoStreak"/>s that are grouped together within this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly List<MonoStreak> MonoStreaks = new List<MonoStreak>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parent <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/> that contains this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public RepeatingHitPatterns Parent = null!;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Index of this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/> within it's parent <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Index;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The first <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject FirstHitObject => MonoStreaks[0].FirstHitObject;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determine if this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/> is a repetition of another <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>. This
+        /// is a strict comparison and is true if and only if the colour sequence is exactly the same.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsRepetitionOf(AlternatingMonoPattern other)
+        {
+            return HasIdenticalMonoLength(other) &&
+                   other.MonoStreaks.Count == MonoStreaks.Count &&
+                   other.MonoStreaks[0].HitType == MonoStreaks[0].HitType;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determine if this <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/> has the same mono length of another <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool HasIdenticalMonoLength(AlternatingMonoPattern other)
+        {
+            return other.MonoStreaks[0].RunLength == MonoStreaks[0].RunLength;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Colour/Data/MonoStreak.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encode colour information for a sequence of <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>s. Consecutive <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>s
+    /// of the same <see cref="Objects.HitType"/> are encoded within the same <see cref="MonoStreak"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class MonoStreak
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// List of <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s that are encoded within this <see cref="MonoStreak"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> HitObjects { get; private set; } = new List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parent <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/> that contains this <see cref="MonoStreak"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public AlternatingMonoPattern Parent = null!;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Index of this <see cref="MonoStreak"/> within it's parent <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Index;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The first <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in this <see cref="MonoStreak"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject FirstHitObject => HitObjects[0];
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The hit type of all objects encoded within this <see cref="MonoStreak"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public HitType? HitType => (HitObjects[0].BaseObject as Hit)?.Type;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// How long the mono pattern encoded within is
+        /// </summary>
+        public int RunLength => HitObjects.Count;
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Colour/Data/RepeatingHitPatterns.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes a list of <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>s, grouped together by back and forth repetition of the same
+    /// <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>. Also stores the repetition interval between this and the previous <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RepeatingHitPatterns
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Maximum amount of <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>s to look back to find a repetition.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const int max_repetition_interval = 16;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>s that are grouped together within this <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly List<AlternatingMonoPattern> AlternatingMonoPatterns = new List<AlternatingMonoPattern>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parent <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in this <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject FirstHitObject => AlternatingMonoPatterns[0].FirstHitObject;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The previous <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>. This is used to determine the repetition interval.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly RepeatingHitPatterns? Previous;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// How many <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/> between the current and previous identical <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>.
+        /// If no repetition is found this will have a value of <see cref="max_repetition_interval"/> + 1.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int RepetitionInterval { get; private set; } = max_repetition_interval + 1;
+
+        public RepeatingHitPatterns(RepeatingHitPatterns? previous)
+        {
+            Previous = previous;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns true if other is considered a repetition of this pattern. This is true if other's first two payloads
+        /// have identical mono lengths.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool isRepetitionOf(RepeatingHitPatterns other)
+        {
+            if (AlternatingMonoPatterns.Count != other.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Count) return false;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < Math.Min(AlternatingMonoPatterns.Count, 2); i++)
+            {
+                if (!AlternatingMonoPatterns[i].HasIdenticalMonoLength(other.AlternatingMonoPatterns[i])) return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Finds the closest previous <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/> that has the identical <see cref="AlternatingMonoPatterns"/>.
+        /// Interval is defined as the amount of <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/> chunks between the current and repeated patterns.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void FindRepetitionInterval()
+        {
+            if (Previous == null)
+            {
+                RepetitionInterval = max_repetition_interval + 1;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            RepeatingHitPatterns? other = Previous;
+            int interval = 1;
+
+            while (interval < max_repetition_interval)
+            {
+                if (isRepetitionOf(other))
+                {
+                    RepetitionInterval = Math.Min(interval, max_repetition_interval);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                other = other.Previous;
+                if (other == null) break;
+
+                ++interval;
+            }
+
+            RepetitionInterval = max_repetition_interval + 1;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Colour/TaikoColourDifficultyPreprocessor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Utility class to perform various encodings.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class TaikoColourDifficultyPreprocessor
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Processes and encodes a list of <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>s into a list of <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour"/>s,
+        /// assigning the appropriate <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour"/>s to each <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>,
+        /// and pre-evaluating colour difficulty of each <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void ProcessAndAssign(List<DifficultyHitObject> hitObjects)
+        {
+            List<RepeatingHitPatterns> hitPatterns = encode(hitObjects);
+
+            // Assign indexing and encoding data to all relevant objects. Only the first note of each encoding type is
+            // assigned with the relevant encodings.
+            foreach (var repeatingHitPattern in hitPatterns)
+            {
+                repeatingHitPattern.FirstHitObject.Colour.RepeatingHitPattern = repeatingHitPattern;
+
+                // The outermost loop is kept a ForEach loop since it doesn't need index information, and we want to
+                // keep i and j for AlternatingMonoPattern's and MonoStreak's index respectively, to keep it in line with
+                // documentation.
+                for (int i = 0; i < repeatingHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Count; ++i)
+                {
+                    AlternatingMonoPattern monoPattern = repeatingHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns[i];
+                    monoPattern.Parent = repeatingHitPattern;
+                    monoPattern.Index = i;
+                    monoPattern.FirstHitObject.Colour.AlternatingMonoPattern = monoPattern;
+
+                    for (int j = 0; j < monoPattern.MonoStreaks.Count; ++j)
+                    {
+                        MonoStreak monoStreak = monoPattern.MonoStreaks[j];
+                        monoStreak.Parent = monoPattern;
+                        monoStreak.Index = j;
+                        monoStreak.FirstHitObject.Colour.MonoStreak = monoStreak;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes a list of <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>s into a list of <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>s.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<RepeatingHitPatterns> encode(List<DifficultyHitObject> data)
+        {
+            List<MonoStreak> monoStreaks = encodeMonoStreak(data);
+            List<AlternatingMonoPattern> alternatingMonoPatterns = encodeAlternatingMonoPattern(monoStreaks);
+            List<RepeatingHitPatterns> repeatingHitPatterns = encodeRepeatingHitPattern(alternatingMonoPatterns);
+
+            return repeatingHitPatterns;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes a list of <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>s into a list of <see cref="MonoStreak"/>s.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<MonoStreak> encodeMonoStreak(List<DifficultyHitObject> data)
+        {
+            List<MonoStreak> monoStreaks = new List<MonoStreak>();
+            MonoStreak? currentMonoStreak = null;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
+            {
+                TaikoDifficultyHitObject taikoObject = (TaikoDifficultyHitObject)data[i];
+
+                // This ignores all non-note objects, which may or may not be the desired behaviour
+                TaikoDifficultyHitObject? previousObject = taikoObject.PreviousNote(0);
+
+                // If this is the first object in the list or the colour changed, create a new mono streak
+                if (currentMonoStreak == null || previousObject == null || (taikoObject.BaseObject as Hit)?.Type != (previousObject.BaseObject as Hit)?.Type)
+                {
+                    currentMonoStreak = new MonoStreak();
+                    monoStreaks.Add(currentMonoStreak);
+                }
+
+                // Add the current object to the encoded payload.
+                currentMonoStreak.HitObjects.Add(taikoObject);
+            }
+
+            return monoStreaks;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes a list of <see cref="MonoStreak"/>s into a list of <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>s.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<AlternatingMonoPattern> encodeAlternatingMonoPattern(List<MonoStreak> data)
+        {
+            List<AlternatingMonoPattern> monoPatterns = new List<AlternatingMonoPattern>();
+            AlternatingMonoPattern? currentMonoPattern = null;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
+            {
+                // Start a new AlternatingMonoPattern if the previous MonoStreak has a different mono length, or if this is the first MonoStreak in the list.
+                if (currentMonoPattern == null || data[i].RunLength != data[i - 1].RunLength)
+                {
+                    currentMonoPattern = new AlternatingMonoPattern();
+                    monoPatterns.Add(currentMonoPattern);
+                }
+
+                // Add the current MonoStreak to the encoded payload.
+                currentMonoPattern.MonoStreaks.Add(data[i]);
+            }
+
+            return monoPatterns;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes a list of <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>s into a list of <see cref="RepeatingHitPatterns"/>s.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<RepeatingHitPatterns> encodeRepeatingHitPattern(List<AlternatingMonoPattern> data)
+        {
+            List<RepeatingHitPatterns> hitPatterns = new List<RepeatingHitPatterns>();
+            RepeatingHitPatterns? currentHitPattern = null;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
+            {
+                // Start a new RepeatingHitPattern. AlternatingMonoPatterns that should be grouped together will be handled later within this loop.
+                currentHitPattern = new RepeatingHitPatterns(currentHitPattern);
+
+                // Determine if future AlternatingMonoPatterns should be grouped.
+                bool isCoupled = i < data.Count - 2 && data[i].IsRepetitionOf(data[i + 2]);
+
+                if (!isCoupled)
+                {
+                    // If not, add the current AlternatingMonoPattern to the encoded payload and continue.
+                    currentHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Add(data[i]);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // If so, add the current AlternatingMonoPattern to the encoded payload and start repeatedly checking if the
+                    // subsequent AlternatingMonoPatterns should be grouped by increasing i and doing the appropriate isCoupled check.
+                    while (isCoupled)
+                    {
+                        currentHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Add(data[i]);
+                        i++;
+                        isCoupled = i < data.Count - 2 && data[i].IsRepetitionOf(data[i + 2]);
+                    }
+
+                    // Skip over viewed data and add the rest to the payload
+                    currentHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Add(data[i]);
+                    currentHitPattern.AlternatingMonoPatterns.Add(data[i + 1]);
+                    i++;
+                }
+
+                hitPatterns.Add(currentHitPattern);
+            }
+
+            // Final pass to find repetition intervals
+            for (int i = 0; i < hitPatterns.Count; i++)
+            {
+                hitPatterns[i].FindRepetitionInterval();
+            }
+
+            return hitPatterns;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Colour/TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour.Data;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stores colour compression information for a <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="MonoStreak"/> that encodes this note, only present if this is the first note within a <see cref="MonoStreak"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public MonoStreak? MonoStreak;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/> that encodes this note, only present if this is the first note within a <see cref="AlternatingMonoPattern"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public AlternatingMonoPattern? AlternatingMonoPattern;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="RepeatingHitPattern"/> that encodes this note, only present if this is the first note within a <see cref="RepeatingHitPattern"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public RepeatingHitPatterns? RepeatingHitPattern;
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/Rhythm/TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Rhythm
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a rhythm change in a taiko map.

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/TaikoDifficultyHitObject.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-#nullable disable
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Rhythm;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
 {
@@ -17,21 +17,36 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
     /// </summary>
     public class TaikoDifficultyHitObject : DifficultyHitObject
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of all <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> of the same colour as this <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in the beatmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly IReadOnlyList<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>? monoDifficultyHitObjects;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The index of this <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in <see cref="monoDifficultyHitObjects"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly int MonoIndex;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of all <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> that is either a regular note or finisher in the beatmap
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly IReadOnlyList<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> noteDifficultyHitObjects;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The index of this <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in <see cref="noteDifficultyHitObjects"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly int NoteIndex;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The rhythm required to hit this hit object.
         /// </summary>
         public readonly TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm Rhythm;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The hit type of this hit object.
+        /// Colour data for this hit object. This is used by colour evaluator to calculate colour difficulty, but can be used
+        /// by other skills in the future.
         /// </summary>
-        public readonly HitType? HitType;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether the object should carry a penalty due to being hittable using special techniques
-        /// making it easier to do so.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool StaminaCheese;
+        public readonly TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour Colour;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new difficulty hit object.
@@ -40,15 +55,44 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
         /// <param name="lastObject">The gameplay <see cref="HitObject"/> preceding <paramref name="hitObject"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="lastLastObject">The gameplay <see cref="HitObject"/> preceding <paramref name="lastObject"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="clockRate">The rate of the gameplay clock. Modified by speed-changing mods.</param>
-        /// <param name="objects">The list of <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s in the current beatmap.</param>
-        /// /// <param name="index">The position of this <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/> in the <paramref name="objects"/> list.</param>
-        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject(HitObject hitObject, HitObject lastObject, HitObject lastLastObject, double clockRate, List<DifficultyHitObject> objects, int index)
+        /// <param name="objects">The list of all <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s in the current beatmap.</param>
+        /// <param name="centreHitObjects">The list of centre (don) <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s in the current beatmap.</param>
+        /// <param name="rimHitObjects">The list of rim (kat) <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s in the current beatmap.</param>
+        /// <param name="noteObjects">The list of <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/>s that is a hit (i.e. not a drumroll or swell) in the current beatmap.</param>
+        /// <param name="index">The position of this <see cref="DifficultyHitObject"/> in the <paramref name="objects"/> list.</param>
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject(HitObject hitObject, HitObject lastObject, HitObject lastLastObject, double clockRate,
+                                        List<DifficultyHitObject> objects,
+                                        List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> centreHitObjects,
+                                        List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> rimHitObjects,
+                                        List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> noteObjects, int index)
             : base(hitObject, lastObject, clockRate, objects, index)
         {
-            var currentHit = hitObject as Hit;
+            noteDifficultyHitObjects = noteObjects;
 
+            // Create the Colour object, its properties should be filled in by TaikoDifficultyPreprocessor
+            Colour = new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour();
             Rhythm = getClosestRhythm(lastObject, lastLastObject, clockRate);
-            HitType = currentHit?.Type;
+
+            switch ((hitObject as Hit)?.Type)
+            {
+                case HitType.Centre:
+                    MonoIndex = centreHitObjects.Count;
+                    centreHitObjects.Add(this);
+                    monoDifficultyHitObjects = centreHitObjects;
+                    break;
+
+                case HitType.Rim:
+                    MonoIndex = rimHitObjects.Count;
+                    rimHitObjects.Add(this);
+                    monoDifficultyHitObjects = rimHitObjects;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if (hitObject is Hit)
+            {
+                NoteIndex = noteObjects.Count;
+                noteObjects.Add(this);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -87,5 +131,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
 
             return common_rhythms.OrderBy(x => Math.Abs(x.Ratio - ratio)).First();
         }
+
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? PreviousMono(int backwardsIndex) => monoDifficultyHitObjects?.ElementAtOrDefault(MonoIndex - (backwardsIndex + 1));
+
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? NextMono(int forwardsIndex) => monoDifficultyHitObjects?.ElementAtOrDefault(MonoIndex + (forwardsIndex + 1));
+
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? PreviousNote(int backwardsIndex) => noteDifficultyHitObjects.ElementAtOrDefault(NoteIndex - (backwardsIndex + 1));
+
+        public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? NextNote(int forwardsIndex) => noteDifficultyHitObjects.ElementAtOrDefault(NoteIndex + (forwardsIndex + 1));
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Colour.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-#nullable disable
-
-using System;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Evaluators;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
 {
@@ -18,29 +13,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
     /// </summary>
     public class Colour : StrainDecaySkill
     {
-        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1;
-        protected override double StrainDecayBase => 0.4;
+        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 0.12;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Maximum number of entries to keep in <see cref="monoHistory"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        private const int mono_history_max_length = 5;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Queue with the lengths of the last <see cref="mono_history_max_length"/> most recent mono (single-colour) patterns,
-        /// with the most recent value at the end of the queue.
-        /// </summary>
-        private readonly LimitedCapacityQueue<int> monoHistory = new LimitedCapacityQueue<int>(mono_history_max_length);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The <see cref="HitType"/> of the last object hit before the one being considered.
-        /// </summary>
-        private HitType? previousHitType;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Length of the current mono pattern.
-        /// </summary>
-        private int currentMonoLength;
+        // This is set to decay slower than other skills, due to the fact that only the first note of each encoding class
+        //  having any difficulty values, and we want to allow colour difficulty to be able to build up even on
+        // slower maps.
+        protected override double StrainDecayBase => 0.8;
 
         public Colour(Mod[] mods)
             : base(mods)
@@ -49,95 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
 
         protected override double StrainValueOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
         {
-            // changing from/to a drum roll or a swell does not constitute a colour change.
-            // hits spaced more than a second apart are also exempt from colour strain.
-            if (!(current.LastObject is Hit && current.BaseObject is Hit && current.DeltaTime < 1000))
-            {
-                monoHistory.Clear();
-
-                var currentHit = current.BaseObject as Hit;
-                currentMonoLength = currentHit != null ? 1 : 0;
-                previousHitType = currentHit?.Type;
-
-                return 0.0;
-            }
-
-            var taikoCurrent = (TaikoDifficultyHitObject)current;
-
-            double objectStrain = 0.0;
-
-            if (previousHitType != null && taikoCurrent.HitType != previousHitType)
-            {
-                // The colour has changed.
-                objectStrain = 1.0;
-
-                if (monoHistory.Count < 2)
-                {
-                    // There needs to be at least two streaks to determine a strain.
-                    objectStrain = 0.0;
-                }
-                else if ((monoHistory[^1] + currentMonoLength) % 2 == 0)
-                {
-                    // The last streak in the history is guaranteed to be a different type to the current streak.
-                    // If the total number of notes in the two streaks is even, nullify this object's strain.
-                    objectStrain = 0.0;
-                }
-
-                objectStrain *= repetitionPenalties();
-                currentMonoLength = 1;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                currentMonoLength += 1;
-            }
-
-            previousHitType = taikoCurrent.HitType;
-            return objectStrain;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The penalty to apply due to the length of repetition in colour streaks.
-        /// </summary>
-        private double repetitionPenalties()
-        {
-            const int most_recent_patterns_to_compare = 2;
-            double penalty = 1.0;
-
-            monoHistory.Enqueue(currentMonoLength);
-
-            for (int start = monoHistory.Count - most_recent_patterns_to_compare - 1; start >= 0; start--)
-            {
-                if (!isSamePattern(start, most_recent_patterns_to_compare))
-                    continue;
-
-                int notesSince = 0;
-                for (int i = start; i < monoHistory.Count; i++) notesSince += monoHistory[i];
-                penalty *= repetitionPenalty(notesSince);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            return penalty;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Determines whether the last <paramref name="mostRecentPatternsToCompare"/> patterns have repeated in the history
-        /// of single-colour note sequences, starting from <paramref name="start"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        private bool isSamePattern(int start, int mostRecentPatternsToCompare)
-        {
-            for (int i = 0; i < mostRecentPatternsToCompare; i++)
-            {
-                if (monoHistory[start + i] != monoHistory[monoHistory.Count - mostRecentPatternsToCompare + i])
-                    return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Calculates the strain penalty for a colour pattern repetition.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="notesSince">The number of notes since the last repetition of the pattern.</param>
-        private double repetitionPenalty(int notesSince) => Math.Min(1.0, 0.032 * notesSince);
+            return ColourEvaluator.EvaluateDifficultyOf(current);
+        }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Peaks.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
+{
+    public class Peaks : Skill
+    {
+        private const double rhythm_skill_multiplier = 0.2 * final_multiplier;
+        private const double colour_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * final_multiplier;
+        private const double stamina_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * final_multiplier;
+
+        private const double final_multiplier = 0.0625;
+
+        private readonly Rhythm rhythm;
+        private readonly Colour colour;
+        private readonly Stamina stamina;
+
+        public double ColourDifficultyValue => colour.DifficultyValue() * colour_skill_multiplier;
+        public double RhythmDifficultyValue => rhythm.DifficultyValue() * rhythm_skill_multiplier;
+        public double StaminaDifficultyValue => stamina.DifficultyValue() * stamina_skill_multiplier;
+
+        public Peaks(Mod[] mods)
+            : base(mods)
+        {
+            rhythm = new Rhythm(mods);
+            colour = new Colour(mods);
+            stamina = new Stamina(mods);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the <i>p</i>-norm of an <i>n</i>-dimensional vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="p">The value of <i>p</i> to calculate the norm for.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The coefficients of the vector.</param>
+        private double norm(double p, params double[] values) => Math.Pow(values.Sum(x => Math.Pow(x, p)), 1 / p);
+
+        public override void Process(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        {
+            rhythm.Process(current);
+            colour.Process(current);
+            stamina.Process(current);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the combined star rating of the beatmap, calculated using peak strains from all sections of the map.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// For each section, the peak strains of all separate skills are combined into a single peak strain for the section.
+        /// The resulting partial rating of the beatmap is a weighted sum of the combined peaks (higher peaks are weighted more).
+        /// </remarks>
+        public override double DifficultyValue()
+        {
+            List<double> peaks = new List<double>();
+
+            var colourPeaks = colour.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
+            var rhythmPeaks = rhythm.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
+            var staminaPeaks = stamina.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < colourPeaks.Count; i++)
+            {
+                double colourPeak = colourPeaks[i] * colour_skill_multiplier;
+                double rhythmPeak = rhythmPeaks[i] * rhythm_skill_multiplier;
+                double staminaPeak = staminaPeaks[i] * stamina_skill_multiplier;
+
+                double peak = norm(1.5, colourPeak, staminaPeak);
+                peak = norm(2, peak, rhythmPeak);
+
+                // Sections with 0 strain are excluded to avoid worst-case time complexity of the following sort (e.g. /b/2351871).
+                // These sections will not contribute to the difficulty.
+                if (peak > 0)
+                    peaks.Add(peak);
+            }
+
+            double difficulty = 0;
+            double weight = 1;
+
+            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderByDescending(d => d))
+            {
+                difficulty += strain * weight;
+                weight *= 0.9;
+            }
+
+            return difficulty;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/SingleKeyStamina.cs

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-#nullable disable
-
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Stamina of a single key, calculated based on repetition speed.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class SingleKeyStamina
-    {
-        private double? previousHitTime;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Similar to <see cref="StrainDecaySkill.StrainValueOf"/>
-        /// </summary>
-        public double StrainValueOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
-        {
-            if (previousHitTime == null)
-            {
-                previousHitTime = current.StartTime;
-                return 0;
-            }
-
-            double objectStrain = 0.5;
-            objectStrain += speedBonus(current.StartTime - previousHitTime.Value);
-            previousHitTime = current.StartTime;
-            return objectStrain;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Applies a speed bonus dependent on the time since the last hit performed using this key.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="notePairDuration">The duration between the current and previous note hit using the same key.</param>
-        private double speedBonus(double notePairDuration)
-        {
-            return 175 / (notePairDuration + 100);
-        }
-    }
-}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Stamina.cs

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Evaluators;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
 {
@@ -19,31 +18,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
     /// </remarks>
     public class Stamina : StrainDecaySkill
     {
-        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1;
+        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1.1;
         protected override double StrainDecayBase => 0.4;
 
-        private readonly SingleKeyStamina[] centreKeyStamina =
-        {
-            new SingleKeyStamina(),
-            new SingleKeyStamina()
-        };
-
-        private readonly SingleKeyStamina[] rimKeyStamina =
-        {
-            new SingleKeyStamina(),
-            new SingleKeyStamina()
-        };
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Current index into <see cref="centreKeyStamina" /> for a centre hit.
-        /// </summary>
-        private int centreKeyIndex;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Current index into <see cref="rimKeyStamina" /> for a rim hit.
-        /// </summary>
-        private int rimKeyIndex;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a <see cref="Stamina"/> skill.
         /// </summary>
@@ -53,32 +30,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills
         {
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get the next <see cref="SingleKeyStamina"/> to use for the given <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="current">The current <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/>.</param>
-        private SingleKeyStamina getNextSingleKeyStamina(TaikoDifficultyHitObject current)
-        {
-            // Alternate key for the same color.
-            if (current.HitType == HitType.Centre)
-            {
-                centreKeyIndex = (centreKeyIndex + 1) % 2;
-                return centreKeyStamina[centreKeyIndex];
-            }
-
-            rimKeyIndex = (rimKeyIndex + 1) % 2;
-            return rimKeyStamina[rimKeyIndex];
-        }
-
         protected override double StrainValueOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
         {
-            if (!(current.BaseObject is Hit))
-            {
-                return 0.0;
-            }
-
-            TaikoDifficultyHitObject hitObject = (TaikoDifficultyHitObject)current;
-            return getNextSingleKeyStamina(hitObject).StrainValueOf(hitObject);
+            return StaminaEvaluator.EvaluateDifficultyOf(current);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/TaikoDifficultyAttributes.cs

@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
         public double ColourDifficulty { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The perceived approach rate inclusive of rate-adjusting mods (DT/HT/etc).
+        /// The difficulty corresponding to the hardest parts of the map.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Rate-adjusting mods don't directly affect the approach rate difficulty value, but have a perceived effect as a result of adjusting audio timing.
-        /// </remarks>
-        [JsonProperty("approach_rate")]
-        public double ApproachRate { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("peak_difficulty")]
+        public double PeakDifficulty { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The perceived hit window for a GREAT hit inclusive of rate-adjusting mods (DT/HT/etc).

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/TaikoDifficultyCalculator.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Skills;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
@@ -22,9 +23,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 {
     public class TaikoDifficultyCalculator : DifficultyCalculator
     {
-        private const double rhythm_skill_multiplier = 0.014;
-        private const double colour_skill_multiplier = 0.01;
-        private const double stamina_skill_multiplier = 0.021;
+        private const double difficulty_multiplier = 1.35;
 
         public override int Version => 20220701;
 
@@ -33,12 +32,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
         {
         }
 
-        protected override Skill[] CreateSkills(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, double clockRate) => new Skill[]
+        protected override Skill[] CreateSkills(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, double clockRate)
         {
-            new Colour(mods),
-            new Rhythm(mods),
-            new Stamina(mods)
+            return new Skill[]
+            {
+                new Peaks(mods)
             };
+        }
 
         protected override Mod[] DifficultyAdjustmentMods => new Mod[]
         {
@@ -50,18 +50,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 
         protected override IEnumerable<DifficultyHitObject> CreateDifficultyHitObjects(IBeatmap beatmap, double clockRate)
         {
-            List<DifficultyHitObject> taikoDifficultyHitObjects = new List<DifficultyHitObject>();
+            List<DifficultyHitObject> difficultyHitObjects = new List<DifficultyHitObject>();
+            List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> centreObjects = new List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>();
+            List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> rimObjects = new List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>();
+            List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject> noteObjects = new List<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>();
 
             for (int i = 2; i < beatmap.HitObjects.Count; i++)
             {
-                taikoDifficultyHitObjects.Add(
+                difficultyHitObjects.Add(
                     new TaikoDifficultyHitObject(
-                        beatmap.HitObjects[i], beatmap.HitObjects[i - 1], beatmap.HitObjects[i - 2], clockRate, taikoDifficultyHitObjects, taikoDifficultyHitObjects.Count
-                    )
+                        beatmap.HitObjects[i], beatmap.HitObjects[i - 1], beatmap.HitObjects[i - 2], clockRate, difficultyHitObjects,
+                        centreObjects, rimObjects, noteObjects, difficultyHitObjects.Count)
                 );
             }
 
-            return taikoDifficultyHitObjects;
+            TaikoColourDifficultyPreprocessor.ProcessAndAssign(difficultyHitObjects);
+
+            return difficultyHitObjects;
         }
 
         protected override DifficultyAttributes CreateDifficultyAttributes(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, Skill[] skills, double clockRate)
@@ -69,28 +74,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
             if (beatmap.HitObjects.Count == 0)
                 return new TaikoDifficultyAttributes { Mods = mods };
 
-            var colour = (Colour)skills[0];
-            var rhythm = (Rhythm)skills[1];
-            var stamina = (Stamina)skills[2];
+            var combined = (Peaks)skills[0];
 
-            double colourRating = colour.DifficultyValue() * colour_skill_multiplier;
-            double rhythmRating = rhythm.DifficultyValue() * rhythm_skill_multiplier;
-            double staminaRating = stamina.DifficultyValue() * stamina_skill_multiplier;
+            double colourRating = combined.ColourDifficultyValue * difficulty_multiplier;
+            double rhythmRating = combined.RhythmDifficultyValue * difficulty_multiplier;
+            double staminaRating = combined.StaminaDifficultyValue * difficulty_multiplier;
 
-            double staminaPenalty = simpleColourPenalty(staminaRating, colourRating);
-            staminaRating *= staminaPenalty;
+            double combinedRating = combined.DifficultyValue() * difficulty_multiplier;
+            double starRating = rescale(combinedRating * 1.4);
 
-            //TODO : This is a temporary fix for the stamina rating of converts, due to their low colour variance.
-            if (beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset.OnlineID == 0 && colourRating < 0.05)
+            // TODO: This is temporary measure as we don't detect abuse of multiple-input playstyles of converts within the current system.
+            if (beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset.OnlineID == 0)
             {
-                staminaPenalty *= 0.25;
+                starRating *= 0.925;
+                // For maps with low colour variance and high stamina requirement, multiple inputs are more likely to be abused.
+                if (colourRating < 2 && staminaRating > 8)
+                    starRating *= 0.80;
             }
 
-            double combinedRating = locallyCombinedDifficulty(colour, rhythm, stamina, staminaPenalty);
-            double separatedRating = norm(1.5, colourRating, rhythmRating, staminaRating);
-            double starRating = 1.4 * separatedRating + 0.5 * combinedRating;
-            starRating = rescale(starRating);
-
             HitWindows hitWindows = new TaikoHitWindows();
             hitWindows.SetDifficulty(beatmap.Difficulty.OverallDifficulty);
 
@@ -101,75 +102,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
                 StaminaDifficulty = staminaRating,
                 RhythmDifficulty = rhythmRating,
                 ColourDifficulty = colourRating,
+                PeakDifficulty = combinedRating,
                 GreatHitWindow = hitWindows.WindowFor(HitResult.Great) / clockRate,
                 MaxCombo = beatmap.HitObjects.Count(h => h is Hit),
             };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Calculates the penalty for the stamina skill for maps with low colour difficulty.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Some maps (especially converts) can be easy to read despite a high note density.
-        /// This penalty aims to reduce the star rating of such maps by factoring in colour difficulty to the stamina skill.
-        /// </remarks>
-        private double simpleColourPenalty(double staminaDifficulty, double colorDifficulty)
-        {
-            if (colorDifficulty <= 0) return 0.79 - 0.25;
-
-            return 0.79 - Math.Atan(staminaDifficulty / colorDifficulty - 12) / Math.PI / 2;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the <i>p</i>-norm of an <i>n</i>-dimensional vector.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="p">The value of <i>p</i> to calculate the norm for.</param>
-        /// <param name="values">The coefficients of the vector.</param>
-        private double norm(double p, params double[] values) => Math.Pow(values.Sum(x => Math.Pow(x, p)), 1 / p);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the partial star rating of the beatmap, calculated using peak strains from all sections of the map.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// For each section, the peak strains of all separate skills are combined into a single peak strain for the section.
-        /// The resulting partial rating of the beatmap is a weighted sum of the combined peaks (higher peaks are weighted more).
-        /// </remarks>
-        private double locallyCombinedDifficulty(Colour colour, Rhythm rhythm, Stamina stamina, double staminaPenalty)
-        {
-            List<double> peaks = new List<double>();
-
-            var colourPeaks = colour.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
-            var rhythmPeaks = rhythm.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
-            var staminaPeaks = stamina.GetCurrentStrainPeaks().ToList();
-
-            for (int i = 0; i < colourPeaks.Count; i++)
-            {
-                double colourPeak = colourPeaks[i] * colour_skill_multiplier;
-                double rhythmPeak = rhythmPeaks[i] * rhythm_skill_multiplier;
-                double staminaPeak = staminaPeaks[i] * stamina_skill_multiplier * staminaPenalty;
-
-                double peak = norm(2, colourPeak, rhythmPeak, staminaPeak);
-
-                // Sections with 0 strain are excluded to avoid worst-case time complexity of the following sort (e.g. /b/2351871).
-                // These sections will not contribute to the difficulty.
-                if (peak > 0)
-                    peaks.Add(peak);
-            }
-
-            double difficulty = 0;
-            double weight = 1;
-
-            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderByDescending(d => d))
-            {
-                difficulty += strain * weight;
-                weight *= 0.9;
-            }
-
-            return difficulty;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Applies a final re-scaling of the star rating to bring maps with recorded full combos below 9.5 stars.
+        /// Applies a final re-scaling of the star rating.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="sr">The raw star rating value before re-scaling.</param>
         private double rescale(double sr)