Merge branch 'master' into Private_Messages

osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="2.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
   </ItemGroup>

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/CatchBeatmapConversionTest.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.MathUtils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
@@ -12,11 +13,14 @@ using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
 {
-    internal class CatchBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class CatchBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
     {
         protected override string ResourceAssembly => "osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch";
 
-        [TestCase("basic"), Ignore("See: https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/2232")]
+        [TestCase("basic")]
+        [TestCase("spinner")]
+        [TestCase("spinner-and-circles")]
         public new void Test(string name)
         {
             base.Test(name);
@@ -27,36 +31,52 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
             if (hitObject is JuiceStream stream)
             {
                 foreach (var nested in stream.NestedHitObjects)
-                {
-                    yield return new ConvertValue
-                    {
-                        StartTime = nested.StartTime,
-                        Position = ((CatchHitObject)nested).X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH
-                    };
+                    yield return new ConvertValue((CatchHitObject)nested);
             }
+            else if (hitObject is BananaShower shower)
+            {
+                foreach (var nested in shower.NestedHitObjects)
+                    yield return new ConvertValue((CatchHitObject)nested);
             }
             else
-            {
-                yield return new ConvertValue
-                {
-                    StartTime = hitObject.StartTime,
-                    Position = ((CatchHitObject)hitObject).X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH
-                };
-            }
+                yield return new ConvertValue((CatchHitObject)hitObject);
         }
 
         protected override Ruleset CreateRuleset() => new CatchRuleset();
     }
 
-    internal struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
+    public struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// A sane value to account for osu!stable using ints everwhere.
         /// </summary>
         private const float conversion_lenience = 2;
 
-        public double StartTime;
-        public float Position;
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public readonly CatchHitObject HitObject;
+
+        public ConvertValue(CatchHitObject hitObject)
+        {
+            HitObject = hitObject;
+            startTime = 0;
+            position = 0;
+        }
+
+        private double startTime;
+
+        public double StartTime
+        {
+            get => HitObject?.StartTime ?? startTime;
+            set => startTime = value;
+        }
+
+        private float position;
+
+        public float Position
+        {
+            get => HitObject?.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH ?? position;
+            set => position = value;
+        }
 
         public bool Equals(ConvertValue other)
             => Precision.AlmostEquals(StartTime, other.StartTime, conversion_lenience)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/TestCaseCatcherArea.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
             {
             }
 
-            public void ToggleHyperDash(bool status) => MovableCatcher.HyperDashModifier = status ? 2 : 1;
+            public void ToggleHyperDash(bool status) => MovableCatcher.SetHyperdashState(status ? 2 : 1);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Beatmaps/CatchBeatmapConverter.cs

@@ -26,22 +26,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps
             var positionData = obj as IHasXPosition;
             var comboData = obj as IHasCombo;
             var endTime = obj as IHasEndTime;
-
-            if (positionData == null)
-            {
-                if (endTime != null)
-                {
-                    yield return new BananaShower
-                    {
-                        StartTime = obj.StartTime,
-                        Samples = obj.Samples,
-                        Duration = endTime.Duration,
-                        NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false
-                    };
-                }
-
-                yield break;
-            }
+            var legacyOffset = obj as IHasLegacyLastTickOffset;
 
             if (curveData != null)
             {
@@ -54,21 +39,32 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps
                     Distance = curveData.Distance,
                     RepeatSamples = curveData.RepeatSamples,
                     RepeatCount = curveData.RepeatCount,
-                    X = positionData.X / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH,
+                    X = (positionData?.X ?? 0) / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH,
+                    NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false,
+                    LegacyLastTickOffset = legacyOffset?.LegacyLastTickOffset ?? 0
+                };
+            }
+            else if (endTime != null)
+            {
+                yield return new BananaShower
+                {
+                    StartTime = obj.StartTime,
+                    Samples = obj.Samples,
+                    Duration = endTime.Duration,
                     NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false
                 };
-
-                yield break;
             }
-
+            else
+            {
                 yield return new Fruit
                 {
                     StartTime = obj.StartTime,
                     Samples = obj.Samples,
                     NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false,
-                X = positionData.X / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH
+                    X = (positionData?.X ?? 0) / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH
                 };
             }
+        }
 
         protected override Beatmap<CatchHitObject> CreateBeatmap() => new CatchBeatmap();
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Beatmaps/CatchBeatmapProcessor.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using OpenTK;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.MathUtils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps
 {
@@ -21,13 +22,54 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps
 
         public override void PostProcess()
         {
+            applyPositionOffsets();
+
             initialiseHyperDash((List<CatchHitObject>)Beatmap.HitObjects);
 
             base.PostProcess();
 
             int index = 0;
             foreach (var obj in Beatmap.HitObjects.OfType<CatchHitObject>())
+            {
                 obj.IndexInBeatmap = index++;
+                if (obj.LastInCombo && obj.NestedHitObjects.LastOrDefault() is IHasComboInformation lastNested)
+                    lastNested.LastInCombo = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public const int RNG_SEED = 1337;
+
+        private void applyPositionOffsets()
+        {
+            var rng = new FastRandom(RNG_SEED);
+            // todo: HardRock displacement should be applied here
+
+            foreach (var obj in Beatmap.HitObjects)
+            {
+                switch (obj)
+                {
+                    case BananaShower bananaShower:
+                        foreach (var nested in bananaShower.NestedHitObjects)
+                        {
+                            ((BananaShower.Banana)nested).X = (float)rng.NextDouble();
+                            rng.Next(); // osu!stable retrieved a random banana type
+                            rng.Next(); // osu!stable retrieved a random banana rotation
+                            rng.Next(); // osu!stable retrieved a random banana colour
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case JuiceStream juiceStream:
+                        foreach (var nested in juiceStream.NestedHitObjects)
+                        {
+                            var hitObject = (CatchHitObject)nested;
+                            if (hitObject is TinyDroplet)
+                                hitObject.X += rng.Next(-20, 20) / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH;
+                            else if (hitObject is Droplet)
+                                rng.Next(); // osu!stable retrieved a random droplet rotation
+                            hitObject.X = MathHelper.Clamp(hitObject.X, 0, 1);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private void initialiseHyperDash(List<CatchHitObject> objects)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/MathUtils/FastRandom.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.MathUtils
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A PRNG specified in http://heliosphan.org/fastrandom.html.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class FastRandom
+    {
+        private const double int_to_real = 1.0 / (int.MaxValue + 1.0);
+        private const uint int_mask = 0x7FFFFFFF;
+        private const uint y = 842502087;
+        private const uint z = 3579807591;
+        private const uint w = 273326509;
+        private uint _x, _y = y, _z = z, _w = w;
+
+        public FastRandom(int seed)
+        {
+            _x = (uint)seed;
+        }
+
+        public FastRandom()
+            : this(Environment.TickCount)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random unsigned integer within the range [<see cref="uint.MinValue"/>, <see cref="uint.MaxValue"/>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public uint NextUInt()
+        {
+            uint t = _x ^ _x << 11;
+            _x = _y;
+            _y = _z;
+            _z = _w;
+            return _w = _w ^ _w >> 19 ^ t ^ t >> 8;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random integer value within the range [0, <see cref="int.MaxValue"/>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public int Next() => (int)(int_mask & NextUInt());
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random integer value within the range [0, <paramref name="upperBound"/>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="upperBound">The upper bound.</param>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public int Next(int upperBound) => (int)(NextDouble() * upperBound);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random integer value within the range [<paramref name="lowerBound"/>, <paramref name="upperBound"/>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="lowerBound">The lower bound of the range.</param>
+        /// <param name="upperBound">The upper bound of the range.</param>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public int Next(int lowerBound, int upperBound) => (int)(lowerBound + NextDouble() * (upperBound - lowerBound));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random double value within the range [0, 1).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public double NextDouble() => int_to_real * Next();
+
+        private uint bitBuffer;
+        private int bitIndex = 32;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a reandom boolean value. Cached such that a random value is only generated once in every 32 calls.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The random value.</returns>
+        public bool NextBool()
+        {
+            if (bitIndex == 32)
+            {
+                bitBuffer = NextUInt();
+                bitIndex = 1;
+
+                return (bitBuffer & 1) == 1;
+            }
+
+            bitIndex++;
+            return ((bitBuffer >>= 1) & 1) == 1;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/BananaShower.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
-using osu.Framework.MathUtils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
                 AddNested(new Banana
                 {
                     Samples = Samples,
-                    StartTime = i,
-                    X = RNG.NextSingle()
+                    StartTime = i
                 });
         }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/JuiceStream.cs

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
         protected override void CreateNestedHitObjects()
         {
             base.CreateNestedHitObjects();
-
             createTicks();
         }
 
@@ -78,6 +77,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
 
                     double time = spanStartTime + timeProgress * spanDuration;
 
+                    if (LegacyLastTickOffset != null)
+                    {
+                        // If we're the last tick, apply the legacy offset
+                        if (span == this.SpanCount() - 1 && d + tickDistance > length)
+                            time = Math.Max(StartTime + Duration / 2, time - LegacyLastTickOffset.Value);
+                    }
+
                     double tinyTickInterval = time - lastDropletTime;
                     while (tinyTickInterval > 100)
                         tinyTickInterval /= 2;
@@ -124,9 +130,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
                     X = X + Curve.PositionAt(reversed ? 0 : 1).X / CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH
                 });
             }
-
-            if (NestedHitObjects.LastOrDefault() is IHasComboInformation lastNested)
-                lastNested.LastInCombo = LastInCombo;
         }
 
         public double EndTime => StartTime + this.SpanCount() * Curve.Distance / Velocity;
@@ -156,5 +159,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
             get { return Curve.CurveType; }
             set { Curve.CurveType = value; }
         }
+
+        public double? LegacyLastTickOffset { get; set; }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/spinner-and-circles-expected-conversion.json

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+    "Mappings": [{
+            "StartTime": 2589,
+            "Objects": [{
+                "StartTime": 2589,
+                "Position": 256
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+            "StartTime": 2915,
+            "Objects": [{
+                    "StartTime": 2915,
+                    "Position": 65
+                },
+                {
+                    "StartTime": 2916,
+                    "Position": 482
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "StartTime": 3078,
+            "Objects": [{
+                    "StartTime": 3078,
+                    "Position": 164
+                },
+                {
+                    "StartTime": 3079,
+                    "Position": 315
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "StartTime": 3241,
+            "Objects": [{
+                    "StartTime": 3241,
+                    "Position": 145
+                },
+                {
+                    "StartTime": 3242,
+                    "Position": 159
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "StartTime": 3404,
+            "Objects": [{
+                    "StartTime": 3404,
+                    "Position": 310
+                },
+                {
+                    "StartTime": 3405,
+                    "Position": 441
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "StartTime": 5197,
+            "Objects": [{
+                "StartTime": 5197,
+                "Position": 256
+            }]
+        }
+    ]
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/spinner-and-circles.osu

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+osu file format v14
+
+[General]
+StackLeniency: 0.7
+Mode: 2
+
+[Difficulty]
+HPDrainRate:5
+CircleSize:2
+OverallDifficulty:5
+ApproachRate:8
+SliderMultiplier:1.4
+SliderTickRate:4
+
+[TimingPoints]
+2589,326.086956521739,4,2,1,70,1,0
+
+[HitObjects]
+256,192,2589,5,0,0:0:0:0:
+256,192,2915,12,0,2916,0:0:0:0:
+256,192,3078,12,0,3079,0:0:0:0:
+256,192,3241,12,0,3242,0:0:0:0:
+256,192,3404,12,0,3405,0:0:0:0:
+256,192,5197,5,0,0:0:0:0:

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/spinner-expected-conversion.json

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{
+    "Mappings": [{
+        "StartTime": 18500,
+        "Objects": [{
+                "StartTime": 18500,
+                "Position": 65
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18559,
+                "Position": 482
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18618,
+                "Position": 164
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18678,
+                "Position": 315
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18737,
+                "Position": 145
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18796,
+                "Position": 159
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18856,
+                "Position": 310
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18915,
+                "Position": 441
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 18975,
+                "Position": 428
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19034,
+                "Position": 243
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19093,
+                "Position": 422
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19153,
+                "Position": 481
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19212,
+                "Position": 104
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19271,
+                "Position": 473
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19331,
+                "Position": 135
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19390,
+                "Position": 360
+            },
+            {
+                "StartTime": 19450,
+                "Position": 123
+            }
+        ]
+    }]
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/spinner.osu

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+osu file format v14
+
+[General]
+Mode: 2
+
+[Difficulty]
+HPDrainRate:6
+CircleSize:4
+OverallDifficulty:7
+ApproachRate:8.3
+SliderMultiplier:1.6
+SliderTickRate:1
+
+[TimingPoints]
+500,500,4,2,1,50,1,0
+13426,-100,4,3,1,45,0,0
+14884,-100,4,2,1,50,0,0
+
+[HitObjects]
+256,192,18500,12,0,19450,0:0:0:0:

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs

@@ -250,51 +250,62 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
 
                 if (validCatch && fruit.HyperDash)
                 {
-                    HyperDashModifier = Math.Abs(fruit.HyperDashTarget.X - fruit.X) / Math.Abs(fruit.HyperDashTarget.StartTime - fruit.StartTime) / BASE_SPEED;
-                    HyperDashDirection = fruit.HyperDashTarget.X - fruit.X;
+                    var target = fruit.HyperDashTarget;
+                    double timeDifference = target.StartTime - fruit.StartTime;
+                    double positionDifference = target.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH - catcherPosition;
+                    double velocity = positionDifference / Math.Max(1.0, timeDifference - 1000.0 / 60.0);
+
+                    SetHyperdashState(Math.Abs(velocity), target.X);
                 }
                 else
-                    HyperDashModifier = 1;
+                {
+                    SetHyperdashState();
+                }
 
                 return validCatch;
             }
 
+            private double hyperDashModifier = 1;
+            private int hyperDashDirection;
+            private float hyperDashTargetPosition;
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Whether we are hypderdashing or not.
             /// </summary>
             public bool HyperDashing => hyperDashModifier != 1;
 
-            private double hyperDashModifier = 1;
-
             /// <summary>
-            /// The direction in which hyperdash is allowed. 0 allows both directions.
+            /// Set hyperdash state.
             /// </summary>
-            public double HyperDashDirection;
-
-            /// <summary>
-            /// The speed modifier resultant from hyperdash. Will trigger hyperdash when not equal to 1.
-            /// </summary>
-            public double HyperDashModifier
+            /// <param name="modifier">The speed multiplier. If this is less or equals to 1, this catcher will be non-hyperdashing state.</param>
+            /// <param name="targetPosition">When this catcher crosses this position, this catcher ends hyperdashing.</param>
+            public void SetHyperdashState(double modifier = 1, float targetPosition = -1)
             {
-                get { return hyperDashModifier; }
-                set
-                {
-                    if (value == hyperDashModifier) return;
-                    hyperDashModifier = value;
+                const float hyperdash_transition_length = 180;
 
-                    const float transition_length = 180;
-
-                    if (HyperDashing)
+                bool previouslyHyperDashing = HyperDashing;
+                if (modifier <= 1 || X == targetPosition)
                 {
-                        this.FadeColour(Color4.OrangeRed, transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
-                        this.FadeTo(0.2f, transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
-                        Trail = true;
+                    hyperDashModifier = 1;
+                    hyperDashDirection = 0;
+
+                    if (previouslyHyperDashing)
+                    {
+                        this.FadeColour(Color4.White, hyperdash_transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
+                        this.FadeTo(1, hyperdash_transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                        HyperDashDirection = 0;
-                        this.FadeColour(Color4.White, transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
-                        this.FadeTo(1, transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
+                    hyperDashModifier = modifier;
+                    hyperDashDirection = Math.Sign(targetPosition - X);
+                    hyperDashTargetPosition = targetPosition;
+
+                    if (!previouslyHyperDashing)
+                    {
+                        this.FadeColour(Color4.OrangeRed, hyperdash_transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
+                        this.FadeTo(0.2f, hyperdash_transition_length, Easing.OutQuint);
+                        Trail = true;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -349,12 +360,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
                 var direction = Math.Sign(currentDirection);
 
                 double dashModifier = Dashing ? 1 : 0.5;
-
-                if (hyperDashModifier != 1 && (HyperDashDirection == 0 || direction == Math.Sign(HyperDashDirection)))
-                    dashModifier = hyperDashModifier;
+                double speed = BASE_SPEED * dashModifier * hyperDashModifier;
 
                 Scale = new Vector2(Math.Abs(Scale.X) * direction, Scale.Y);
-                X = (float)MathHelper.Clamp(X + direction * Clock.ElapsedFrameTime * BASE_SPEED * dashModifier, 0, 1);
+                X = (float)MathHelper.Clamp(X + direction * Clock.ElapsedFrameTime * speed, 0, 1);
+
+                // Correct overshooting.
+                if (hyperDashDirection > 0 && hyperDashTargetPosition < X ||
+                    hyperDashDirection < 0 && hyperDashTargetPosition > X)
+                {
+                    X = hyperDashTargetPosition;
+                    SetHyperdashState();
+                }
             }
 
             /// <summary>

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ManiaBeatmapConversionTest.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
 {
-    internal class ManiaBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ManiaBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
     {
         protected override string ResourceAssembly => "osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania";
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         protected override Ruleset CreateRuleset() => new ManiaRuleset();
     }
 
-    internal struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
+    public struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// A sane value to account for osu!stable using ints everwhere.

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ManiaInputTestCase.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    public abstract class ManiaInputTestCase : OsuTestCase
+    {
+        private readonly Container<Drawable> content;
+        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content ?? base.Content;
+
+        protected ManiaInputTestCase(int keys)
+        {
+            base.Content.Add(content = new LocalInputManager(keys));
+        }
+
+        private class LocalInputManager : ManiaInputManager
+        {
+            public LocalInputManager(int variant)
+                : base(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo, variant)
+            {
+            }
+
+            protected override RulesetKeyBindingContainer CreateKeyBindingContainer(RulesetInfo ruleset, int variant, SimultaneousBindingMode unique)
+                => new LocalKeyBindingContainer(ruleset, variant, unique);
+
+            private class LocalKeyBindingContainer : RulesetKeyBindingContainer
+            {
+                public LocalKeyBindingContainer(RulesetInfo ruleset, int variant, SimultaneousBindingMode unique)
+                    : base(ruleset, variant, unique)
+                {
+                }
+
+                protected override void ReloadMappings()
+                {
+                    KeyBindings = DefaultKeyBindings;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ScrollingTestContainer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A container which provides a <see cref="IScrollingInfo"/> to children.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ScrollingTestContainer : Container
+    {
+        private readonly ScrollingDirection direction;
+
+        public ScrollingTestContainer(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            this.direction = direction;
+        }
+
+        protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateLocalDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
+        {
+            var dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateLocalDependencies(parent));
+            dependencies.CacheAs<IScrollingInfo>(new ScrollingInfo { Direction = { Value = direction }});
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+
+        private class ScrollingInfo : IScrollingInfo
+        {
+            public readonly Bindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+            IBindable<ScrollingDirection> IScrollingInfo.Direction => Direction;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseColumn.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TestCaseColumn : ManiaInputTestCase
+    {
+        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[]
+        {
+            typeof(Column),
+            typeof(ColumnBackground),
+            typeof(ColumnKeyArea),
+            typeof(ColumnHitObjectArea)
+        };
+
+        private readonly List<Column> columns = new List<Column>();
+
+        public TestCaseColumn()
+            : base(2)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            Child = new FillFlowContainer
+            {
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                Spacing = new Vector2(20, 0),
+                Children = new[]
+                {
+                    createColumn(ScrollingDirection.Up, ManiaAction.Key1),
+                    createColumn(ScrollingDirection.Down, ManiaAction.Key2)
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            AddStep("note", createNote);
+            AddStep("hold note", createHoldNote);
+        }
+
+        private void createNote()
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < columns.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var obj = new Note { Column = i, StartTime = Time.Current + 2000 };
+                obj.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+                columns[i].Add(new DrawableNote(obj, columns[i].Action));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void createHoldNote()
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < columns.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var obj = new HoldNote { Column = i, StartTime = Time.Current + 2000, Duration = 500 };
+                obj.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+                columns[i].Add(new DrawableHoldNote(obj, columns[i].Action));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createColumn(ScrollingDirection direction, ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            var column = new Column(direction)
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                Height = 0.85f,
+                AccentColour = Color4.OrangeRed,
+                Action = action,
+                VisibleTimeRange = { Value = 2000 }
+            };
+
+            columns.Add(column);
+
+            return new ScrollingTestContainer(direction)
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                Child = column
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseManiaHitObjects.cs

@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using NUnit.Framework;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
-using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
-using OpenTK;
-using OpenTK.Graphics;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
-{
-    [TestFixture]
-    public class TestCaseManiaHitObjects : OsuTestCase
-    {
-        public TestCaseManiaHitObjects()
-        {
-            Note note1 = new Note();
-            Note note2 = new Note();
-            HoldNote holdNote = new HoldNote { StartTime = 1000 };
-
-            note1.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-            note2.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-            holdNote.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-
-            Add(new FillFlowContainer
-            {
-                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
-                Spacing = new Vector2(10, 0),
-                // Imagine that the containers containing the drawable notes are the "columns"
-                Children = new Drawable[]
-                {
-                    new Container
-                    {
-                        Name = "Normal note column",
-                        Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                        Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                        Width = 50,
-                        Children = new[]
-                        {
-                            new Container
-                            {
-                                Name = "Timing section",
-                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                                RelativeChildSize = new Vector2(1, 10000),
-                                Children = new[]
-                                {
-                                    new DrawableNote(note1, ManiaAction.Key1)
-                                    {
-                                        Y = 5000,
-                                        LifetimeStart = double.MinValue,
-                                        LifetimeEnd = double.MaxValue,
-                                        AccentColour = Color4.Red
-                                    },
-                                    new DrawableNote(note2, ManiaAction.Key1)
-                                    {
-                                        Y = 6000,
-                                        LifetimeStart = double.MinValue,
-                                        LifetimeEnd = double.MaxValue,
-                                        AccentColour = Color4.Red
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    },
-                    new Container
-                    {
-                        Name = "Hold note column",
-                        Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                        Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                        Width = 50,
-                        Children = new[]
-                        {
-                            new Container
-                            {
-                                Name = "Timing section",
-                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                                RelativeChildSize = new Vector2(1, 10000),
-                                Children = new[]
-                                {
-                                    new DrawableHoldNote(holdNote, ManiaAction.Key1)
-                                    {
-                                        Y = 5000,
-                                        Height = 1000,
-                                        LifetimeStart = double.MinValue,
-                                        LifetimeEnd = double.MaxValue,
-                                        AccentColour = Color4.Red,
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseManiaPlayfield.cs

@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Timing;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
-using osu.Game.Configuration;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Judgements;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
-using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
-{
-    [TestFixture]
-    public class TestCaseManiaPlayfield : OsuTestCase
-    {
-        private const double start_time = 500;
-        private const double duration = 500;
-
-        protected override double TimePerAction => 200;
-
-        private RulesetInfo maniaRuleset;
-
-        public TestCaseManiaPlayfield()
-        {
-            var rng = new Random(1337);
-
-            AddStep("1 column", () => createPlayfield(1));
-            AddStep("4 columns", () => createPlayfield(4));
-            AddStep("5 columns", () => createPlayfield(5));
-            AddStep("8 columns", () => createPlayfield(8));
-            AddStep("4 + 4 columns", () =>
-            {
-                var stages = new List<StageDefinition>
-                {
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 4 },
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 4 },
-                };
-                createPlayfield(stages);
-            });
-
-            AddStep("2 + 4 + 2 columns", () =>
-            {
-                var stages = new List<StageDefinition>
-                {
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 2 },
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 4 },
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 2 },
-                };
-                createPlayfield(stages);
-            });
-
-            AddStep("1 + 8 + 1 columns", () =>
-            {
-                var stages = new List<StageDefinition>
-                {
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 1 },
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 8 },
-                    new StageDefinition { Columns = 1 },
-                };
-                createPlayfield(stages);
-            });
-
-            AddStep("Reversed", () => createPlayfield(4, true));
-
-            AddStep("Notes with input", () => createPlayfieldWithNotes());
-            AddStep("Notes with input (reversed)", () => createPlayfieldWithNotes(true));
-            AddStep("Notes with gravity", () => createPlayfieldWithNotes());
-            AddStep("Notes with gravity (reversed)", () => createPlayfieldWithNotes(true));
-
-            AddStep("Hit explosion", () =>
-            {
-                var playfield = createPlayfield(4);
-
-                int col = rng.Next(0, 4);
-
-                var note = new Note { Column = col };
-                note.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-
-                var drawableNote = new DrawableNote(note, ManiaAction.Key1)
-                {
-                    AccentColour = playfield.Columns.ElementAt(col).AccentColour
-                };
-
-                playfield.OnJudgement(drawableNote, new ManiaJudgement { Result = HitResult.Perfect });
-                playfield.Columns[col].OnJudgement(drawableNote, new ManiaJudgement { Result = HitResult.Perfect });
-            });
-        }
-
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(RulesetStore rulesets, SettingsStore settings)
-        {
-            maniaRuleset = rulesets.GetRuleset(3);
-
-            Dependencies.Cache(new ManiaConfigManager(settings, maniaRuleset, 4));
-        }
-
-        private ManiaPlayfield createPlayfield(int cols, bool inverted = false)
-        {
-            var stages = new List<StageDefinition>
-            {
-                new StageDefinition { Columns = cols },
-            };
-
-            return createPlayfield(stages, inverted);
-        }
-
-        private ManiaPlayfield createPlayfield(List<StageDefinition> stages, bool inverted = false)
-        {
-            Clear();
-
-            var inputManager = new ManiaInputManager(maniaRuleset, stages.Sum(g => g.Columns)) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
-            Add(inputManager);
-
-            ManiaPlayfield playfield;
-
-            inputManager.Add(playfield = new ManiaPlayfield(stages)
-            {
-                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-            });
-
-            playfield.Inverted.Value = inverted;
-
-            return playfield;
-        }
-
-        private void createPlayfieldWithNotes(bool inverted = false)
-        {
-            Clear();
-
-            var rateAdjustClock = new StopwatchClock(true) { Rate = 1 };
-
-            var inputManager = new ManiaInputManager(maniaRuleset, 4) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
-            Add(inputManager);
-
-            ManiaPlayfield playfield;
-            var stages = new List<StageDefinition>
-            {
-                new StageDefinition { Columns = 4 },
-            };
-
-            inputManager.Add(playfield = new ManiaPlayfield(stages)
-            {
-                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                Clock = new FramedClock(rateAdjustClock)
-            });
-
-            playfield.Inverted.Value = inverted;
-
-            for (double t = start_time; t <= start_time + duration; t += 100)
-            {
-                var note1 = new Note { StartTime = t, Column = 0 };
-                var note2 = new Note { StartTime = t, Column = 3 };
-
-                note1.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-                note2.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-
-                playfield.Add(new DrawableNote(note1, ManiaAction.Key1));
-                playfield.Add(new DrawableNote(note2, ManiaAction.Key4));
-            }
-
-            var holdNote1 = new HoldNote { StartTime = start_time, Duration = duration, Column = 1 };
-            var holdNote2 = new HoldNote { StartTime = start_time, Duration = duration, Column = 2 };
-
-            holdNote1.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-            holdNote2.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
-
-            playfield.Add(new DrawableHoldNote(holdNote1, ManiaAction.Key2));
-            playfield.Add(new DrawableHoldNote(holdNote2, ManiaAction.Key3));
-        }
-    }
-}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseNotes.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TestCaseNotes : OsuTestCase
+    {
+        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[]
+        {
+            typeof(DrawableNote),
+            typeof(DrawableHoldNote)
+        };
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            Child = new FillFlowContainer
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
+                Spacing = new Vector2(20),
+                Children = new[]
+                {
+                    createNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection.Down),
+                    createNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection.Up),
+                    createHoldNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection.Down),
+                    createHoldNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection.Up),
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            var note = new Note { StartTime = 999999999 };
+            note.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+            return new ScrollingTestContainer(direction)
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                Child = new NoteContainer(direction, $"note, scrolling {direction.ToString().ToLower()}")
+                {
+                    Child = new DrawableNote(note, ManiaAction.Key1) { AccentColour = Color4.OrangeRed }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createHoldNoteDisplay(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            var note = new HoldNote { StartTime = 999999999, Duration = 1000 };
+            note.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+            return new ScrollingTestContainer(direction)
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                Child = new NoteContainer(direction, $"hold note, scrolling {direction.ToString().ToLower()}")
+                {
+                    Child = new DrawableHoldNote(note, ManiaAction.Key1)
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        AccentColour = Color4.OrangeRed,
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        private class NoteContainer : Container
+        {
+            private readonly Container content;
+            protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content;
+
+            private readonly ScrollingDirection direction;
+
+            public NoteContainer(ScrollingDirection direction, string description)
+            {
+                this.direction = direction;
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+
+                InternalChild = new FillFlowContainer
+                {
+                    AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Spacing = new Vector2(0, 10),
+                    Direction = FillDirection.Vertical,
+                    Children = new Drawable[]
+                    {
+                        new Container
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                            Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                            Width = 45,
+                            Height = 100,
+                            Children = new Drawable[]
+                            {
+                                new Box
+                                {
+                                    Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                                    Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                    Width = 1.25f,
+                                    Colour = Color4.Black.Opacity(0.5f)
+                                },
+                                content = new Container { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
+                            }
+                        },
+                        new SpriteText
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                            Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                            TextSize = 14,
+                            Text = description
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+            protected override void Update()
+            {
+                base.Update();
+
+                foreach (var obj in content.OfType<DrawableHitObject>())
+                {
+                    if (!(obj.HitObject is IHasEndTime endTime))
+                        continue;
+
+                    if (!obj.HasNestedHitObjects)
+                        continue;
+
+                    foreach (var nested in obj.NestedHitObjects)
+                    {
+                        double finalPosition = (nested.HitObject.StartTime - obj.HitObject.StartTime) / endTime.Duration;
+                        switch (direction)
+                        {
+                            case ScrollingDirection.Up:
+                                nested.Y = (float)(finalPosition * content.DrawHeight);
+                                break;
+                            case ScrollingDirection.Down:
+                                nested.Y = (float)(-finalPosition * content.DrawHeight);
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseStage.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using OpenTK;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TestCaseStage : ManiaInputTestCase
+    {
+        private const int columns = 4;
+
+        private readonly List<ManiaStage> stages = new List<ManiaStage>();
+
+        public TestCaseStage()
+            : base(columns)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            Child = new FillFlowContainer
+            {
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                Spacing = new Vector2(20, 0),
+                Children = new[]
+                {
+                    createStage(ScrollingDirection.Up, ManiaAction.Key1),
+                    createStage(ScrollingDirection.Down, ManiaAction.Key3)
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            AddStep("note", createNote);
+            AddStep("hold note", createHoldNote);
+            AddStep("minor bar line", () => createBarLine(false));
+            AddStep("major bar line", () => createBarLine(true));
+        }
+
+        private void createNote()
+        {
+            foreach (var stage in stages)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < stage.Columns.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    var obj = new Note { Column = i, StartTime = Time.Current + 2000 };
+                    obj.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+                    stage.Add(new DrawableNote(obj, stage.Columns[i].Action));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void createHoldNote()
+        {
+            foreach (var stage in stages)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < stage.Columns.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    var obj = new HoldNote { Column = i, StartTime = Time.Current + 2000, Duration = 500 };
+                    obj.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+                    stage.Add(new DrawableHoldNote(obj, stage.Columns[i].Action));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void createBarLine(bool major)
+        {
+            foreach (var stage in stages)
+            {
+                var obj = new BarLine
+                {
+                    StartTime = Time.Current + 2000,
+                    ControlPoint = new TimingControlPoint(),
+                    BeatIndex = major ? 0 : 1
+                };
+
+                obj.ApplyDefaults(new ControlPointInfo(), new BeatmapDifficulty());
+
+                stage.Add(obj);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createStage(ScrollingDirection direction, ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            var specialAction = ManiaAction.Special1;
+
+            var stage = new ManiaStage(direction, 0, new StageDefinition { Columns = 2 }, ref action, ref specialAction) { VisibleTimeRange = { Value = 2000 } };
+            stages.Add(stage);
+
+            return new ScrollingTestContainer(direction)
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                Child = stage
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/DistanceObjectPatternGenerator.cs

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
                     break;
             }
 
-            bool isDoubleSample(SampleInfo sample) => sample.Name == SampleInfo.HIT_CLAP && sample.Name == SampleInfo.HIT_FINISH;
+            bool isDoubleSample(SampleInfo sample) => sample.Name == SampleInfo.HIT_CLAP || sample.Name == SampleInfo.HIT_FINISH;
 
             bool canGenerateTwoNotes = (convertType & PatternType.LowProbability) == 0;
             canGenerateTwoNotes &= HitObject.Samples.Any(isDoubleSample) || sampleInfoListAt(HitObject.StartTime).Any(isDoubleSample);

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Configuration/ManiaConfigManager.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using osu.Framework.Configuration.Tracking;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
 {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
             base.InitialiseDefaults();
 
             Set(ManiaSetting.ScrollTime, 1500.0, 50.0, 10000.0, 50.0);
+            Set(ManiaSetting.ScrollDirection, ManiaScrollingDirection.Down);
         }
 
         public override TrackedSettings CreateTrackedSettings() => new TrackedSettings
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
 
     public enum ManiaSetting
     {
-        ScrollTime
+        ScrollTime,
+        ScrollDirection
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/ManiaDifficultyAttributes.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
+{
+    public class ManiaDifficultyAttributes : DifficultyAttributes
+    {
+        public double GreatHitWindow;
+
+        public ManiaDifficultyAttributes(Mod[] mods, double starRating)
+            : base(mods, starRating)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/ManiaDifficultyCalculator.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 
         protected override DifficultyAttributes Calculate(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, double timeRate)
         {
+            if (!beatmap.HitObjects.Any())
+                return new ManiaDifficultyAttributes(mods, 0);
+
             var difficultyHitObjects = new List<ManiaHitObjectDifficulty>();
 
             int columnCount = ((ManiaBeatmap)beatmap).TotalColumns;
@@ -50,9 +53,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
             if (!calculateStrainValues(difficultyHitObjects, timeRate))
                 return new DifficultyAttributes(mods, 0);
 
+
             double starRating = calculateDifficulty(difficultyHitObjects, timeRate) * star_scaling_factor;
 
-            return new DifficultyAttributes(mods, starRating);
+            return new ManiaDifficultyAttributes(mods, starRating)
+            {
+                // Todo: This int cast is temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
+                GreatHitWindow = (int)(beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / timeRate
+            };
         }
 
         private bool calculateStrainValues(List<ManiaHitObjectDifficulty> objects, double timeRate)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/ManiaPerformanceCalculator.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 {
     public class ManiaPerformanceCalculator : PerformanceCalculator
     {
+        protected new ManiaDifficultyAttributes Attributes => (ManiaDifficultyAttributes)base.Attributes;
+
         private Mod[] mods;
 
         // Score after being scaled by non-difficulty-increasing mods
@@ -105,14 +107,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 
         private double computeAccuracyValue(double strainValue)
         {
-            // Todo: This int cast is temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
-            double hitWindowGreat = (int)(Beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / TimeRate;
-            if (hitWindowGreat <= 0)
+            if (Attributes.GreatHitWindow <= 0)
                 return 0;
 
             // Lots of arbitrary values from testing.
             // Considering to use derivation from perfect accuracy in a probabilistic manner - assume normal distribution
-            double accuracyValue = Math.Max(0.0, 0.2 - (hitWindowGreat - 34) * 0.006667)
+            double accuracyValue = Math.Max(0.0, 0.2 - (Attributes.GreatHitWindow - 34) * 0.006667)
                                        * strainValue
                                        * Math.Pow(Math.Max(0.0, scaledScore - 960000) / 40000, 1.1);
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays.Types;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
 
         public override IRulesetConfigManager CreateConfig(SettingsStore settings) => new ManiaConfigManager(settings, RulesetInfo);
 
+        public override RulesetSettingsSubsection CreateSettings() => new ManiaSettingsSubsection(this);
+
         public ManiaRuleset(RulesetInfo rulesetInfo = null)
             : base(rulesetInfo)
         {

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaSettingsSubsection.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
+{
+    public class ManiaSettingsSubsection : RulesetSettingsSubsection
+    {
+        protected override string Header => "osu!mania";
+
+        public ManiaSettingsSubsection(ManiaRuleset ruleset)
+            : base(ruleset)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(ManiaConfigManager config)
+        {
+            Children = new Drawable[]
+            {
+                new SettingsEnumDropdown<ManiaScrollingDirection>
+                {
+                    LabelText = "Scrolling direction",
+                    Bindable = config.GetBindable<ManiaScrollingDirection>(ManiaSetting.ScrollDirection)
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHoldNote.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Judgements;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
             AddNested(tail);
         }
 
+        protected override void OnDirectionChanged(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            base.OnDirectionChanged(direction);
+
+            bodyPiece.Anchor = bodyPiece.Origin = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopLeft : Anchor.BottomLeft;
+        }
+
         public override Color4 AccentColour
         {
             get { return base.AccentColour; }
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
             base.Update();
 
             // Make the body piece not lie under the head note
-            bodyPiece.Y = head.Height / 2;
+            bodyPiece.Y = (Direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Up ? 1 : -1) * head.Height / 2;
             bodyPiece.Height = DrawHeight - head.Height / 2 + tail.Height / 2;
         }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -16,18 +20,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
 
         public new TObject HitObject;
 
+        protected readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
         protected DrawableManiaHitObject(TObject hitObject, ManiaAction? action = null)
             : base(hitObject)
         {
-            Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre;
-            Origin = Anchor.TopCentre;
-
             HitObject = hitObject;
 
             if (action != null)
                 Action = action.Value;
         }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            Direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            Direction.BindValueChanged(OnDirectionChanged, true);
+        }
+
+        protected virtual void OnDirectionChanged(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            Anchor = Origin = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre;
+        }
+
         protected override void UpdateState(ArmedState state)
         {
             switch (state)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableNote.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
             CornerRadius = 5;
             Masking = true;
 
-            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
-            {
-                headPiece = new NotePiece
-                {
-                    Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
-                    Origin = Anchor.TopCentre
+            InternalChild = headPiece = new NotePiece();
         }
-            };
+
+        protected override void OnDirectionChanged(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        {
+            base.OnDirectionChanged(direction);
+
+            headPiece.Anchor = headPiece.Origin = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre;
         }
 
         public override Color4 AccentColour

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/NotePiece.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
 {
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
         public const float NOTE_HEIGHT = 10;
         private const float head_colour_height = 6;
 
+        private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
         private readonly Box colouredBox;
 
         public NotePiece()
@@ -33,8 +39,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
                 },
                 colouredBox = new Box
                 {
-                    Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
-                    Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                     Height = head_colour_height,
                     Alpha = 0.2f
@@ -42,6 +46,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
             };
         }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            direction.BindValueChanged(direction =>
+            {
+                colouredBox.Anchor = colouredBox.Origin = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre;
+            }, true);
+        }
+
         private Color4 accentColour;
         public Color4 AccentColour
         {

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs

@@ -1,50 +1,51 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
-using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
-using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
-    public class Column : ScrollingPlayfield, IKeyBindingHandler<ManiaAction>, IHasAccentColour
+    public class Column : ManiaScrollingPlayfield, IKeyBindingHandler<ManiaAction>, IHasAccentColour
     {
-        private const float key_icon_size = 10;
-        private const float key_icon_corner_radius = 3;
-        private const float key_icon_border_radius = 2;
-
-        private const float hit_target_height = 10;
-        private const float hit_target_bar_height = 2;
-
         private const float column_width = 45;
         private const float special_column_width = 70;
 
-        public ManiaAction Action;
+        private ManiaAction action;
 
-        private readonly Box background;
-        private readonly Box backgroundOverlay;
-        private readonly Container hitTargetBar;
-        private readonly Container keyIcon;
+        public ManiaAction Action
+        {
+            get => action;
+            set
+            {
+                if (action == value)
+                    return;
+                action = value;
+
+                background.Action = value;
+                keyArea.Action = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly ColumnBackground background;
+        private readonly ColumnKeyArea keyArea;
+        private readonly ColumnHitObjectArea hitObjectArea;
 
         internal readonly Container TopLevelContainer;
         private readonly Container explosionContainer;
 
-        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content;
-        private readonly Container<Drawable> content;
+        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => hitObjectArea;
 
-        public Column()
-            : base(ScrollingDirection.Up)
+        public Column(ScrollingDirection direction)
+            : base(direction)
         {
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y;
             Width = column_width;
@@ -52,71 +53,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             Masking = true;
             CornerRadius = 5;
 
-            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+            background = new ColumnBackground { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
+
+            Container hitTargetContainer;
+
+            InternalChildren = new[]
             {
-                background = new Box
-                {
-                    Name = "Background",
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Alpha = 0.3f
-                },
-                backgroundOverlay = new Box
-                {
-                    Name = "Background Gradient Overlay",
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Height = 0.5f,
-                    Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft,
-                    Origin = Anchor.TopLeft,
-                    Blending = BlendingMode.Additive,
-                    Alpha = 0
-                },
-                new Container
+                // For input purposes, the background is added at the highest depth, but is then proxied back below all other elements
+                background.CreateProxy(),
+                hitTargetContainer = new Container
                 {
                     Name = "Hit target + hit objects",
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Padding = new MarginPadding { Top = ManiaStage.HIT_TARGET_POSITION },
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
-                        new Container
-                        {
-                            Name = "Hit target",
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                            Height = hit_target_height,
-                            Children = new Drawable[]
-                            {
-                                new Box
-                                {
-                                    Name = "Background",
-                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                                    Colour = Color4.Black
-                                },
-                                hitTargetBar = new Container
-                                {
-                                    Name = "Bar",
-                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                                    Height = hit_target_bar_height,
-                                    Masking = true,
-                                    Children = new[]
-                                    {
-                                        new Box
-                                        {
-                                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        },
-                        content = new Container
-                        {
-                            Name = "Hit objects",
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                        },
-                        // For column lighting, we need to capture input events before the notes
-                        new InputTarget
-                        {
-                            Pressed = onPressed,
-                            Released = onReleased
-                        },
+                        hitObjectArea = new ColumnHitObjectArea { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both },
                         explosionContainer = new Container
                         {
                             Name = "Hit explosions",
@@ -124,46 +75,27 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                         }
                     }
                 },
-                new Container
+                keyArea = new ColumnKeyArea
                 {
-                    Name = "Key",
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                     Height = ManiaStage.HIT_TARGET_POSITION,
-                    Children = new Drawable[]
-                    {
-                        new Box
-                        {
-                            Name = "Key gradient",
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                            Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(Color4.Black, Color4.Black.Opacity(0)),
-                            Alpha = 0.5f
-                        },
-                        keyIcon = new Container
-                        {
-                            Name = "Key icon",
-                            Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                            Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                            Size = new Vector2(key_icon_size),
-                            Masking = true,
-                            CornerRadius = key_icon_corner_radius,
-                            BorderThickness = 2,
-                            BorderColour = Color4.White, // Not true
-                            Children = new[]
-                            {
-                                new Box
-                                {
-                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                                    Alpha = 0,
-                                    AlwaysPresent = true
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
                 },
+                background,
                 TopLevelContainer = new Container { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
             };
 
             TopLevelContainer.Add(explosionContainer.CreateProxy());
+
+            Direction.BindValueChanged(d =>
+            {
+                hitTargetContainer.Padding = new MarginPadding
+                {
+                    Top = d == ScrollingDirection.Up ? ManiaStage.HIT_TARGET_POSITION : 0,
+                    Bottom = d == ScrollingDirection.Down ? ManiaStage.HIT_TARGET_POSITION : 0,
+                };
+
+                keyArea.Anchor = keyArea.Origin= d == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopLeft : Anchor.BottomLeft;
+            }, true);
         }
 
         public override Axes RelativeSizeAxes => Axes.Y;
@@ -192,22 +124,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                     return;
                 accentColour = value;
 
-                background.Colour = accentColour;
-                backgroundOverlay.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(accentColour.Opacity(0.6f), accentColour.Opacity(0));
-
-                hitTargetBar.EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
-                {
-                    Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
-                    Radius = 5,
-                    Colour = accentColour.Opacity(0.5f),
-                };
-
-                keyIcon.EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
-                {
-                    Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
-                    Radius = 5,
-                    Colour = accentColour.Opacity(0.5f),
-                };
+                background.AccentColour = value;
+                keyArea.AccentColour = value;
+                hitObjectArea.AccentColour = value;
             }
         }
 
@@ -228,48 +147,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             if (!judgement.IsHit || !judgedObject.DisplayJudgement)
                 return;
 
-            explosionContainer.Add(new HitExplosion(judgedObject));
-        }
-
-        private bool onPressed(ManiaAction action)
+            explosionContainer.Add(new HitExplosion(judgedObject)
             {
-            if (action == Action)
-            {
-                backgroundOverlay.FadeTo(1, 50, Easing.OutQuint).Then().FadeTo(0.5f, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
-                keyIcon.ScaleTo(1.4f, 50, Easing.OutQuint).Then().ScaleTo(1.3f, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        private bool onReleased(ManiaAction action)
-        {
-            if (action == Action)
-            {
-                backgroundOverlay.FadeTo(0, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
-                keyIcon.ScaleTo(1f, 125, Easing.OutQuint);
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// This is a simple container which delegates various input events that have to be captured before the notes.
-        /// </summary>
-        private class InputTarget : Container, IKeyBindingHandler<ManiaAction>
-        {
-            public Func<ManiaAction, bool> Pressed;
-            public Func<ManiaAction, bool> Released;
-
-            public InputTarget()
-            {
-                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
-                AlwaysPresent = true;
-                Alpha = 0;
-            }
-
-            public bool OnPressed(ManiaAction action) => Pressed?.Invoke(action) ?? false;
-            public bool OnReleased(ManiaAction action) => Released?.Invoke(action) ?? false;
+                Anchor = Direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre
+            });
         }
 
         public bool OnPressed(ManiaAction action)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnBackground.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components
+{
+    public class ColumnBackground : CompositeDrawable, IKeyBindingHandler<ManiaAction>, IHasAccentColour
+    {
+        public ManiaAction Action;
+
+        private Box background;
+        private Box backgroundOverlay;
+
+        private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            InternalChildren = new[]
+            {
+                background = new Box
+                {
+                    Name = "Background",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Alpha = 0.3f
+                },
+                backgroundOverlay = new Box
+                {
+                    Name = "Background Gradient Overlay",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Height = 0.5f,
+                    Blending = BlendingMode.Additive,
+                    Alpha = 0
+                }
+            };
+
+            direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            direction.BindValueChanged(direction =>
+            {
+                backgroundOverlay.Anchor = backgroundOverlay.Origin = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopLeft : Anchor.BottomLeft;
+                updateColours();
+            }, true);
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+            updateColours();
+        }
+
+        private Color4 accentColour;
+
+        public Color4 AccentColour
+        {
+            get => accentColour;
+            set
+            {
+                if (accentColour == value)
+                    return;
+                accentColour = value;
+
+                updateColours();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void updateColours()
+        {
+            if (!IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            background.Colour = AccentColour;
+
+            var brightPoint = AccentColour.Opacity(0.6f);
+            var dimPoint = AccentColour.Opacity(0);
+
+            backgroundOverlay.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(
+                direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Up ? brightPoint : dimPoint,
+                direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Up ? dimPoint : brightPoint);
+        }
+
+        public bool OnPressed(ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            if (action == Action)
+                backgroundOverlay.FadeTo(1, 50, Easing.OutQuint).Then().FadeTo(0.5f, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public bool OnReleased(ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            if (action == Action)
+                backgroundOverlay.FadeTo(0, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnHitObjectArea.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components
+{
+    public class ColumnHitObjectArea : Container, IHasAccentColour
+    {
+        private const float hit_target_height = 10;
+        private const float hit_target_bar_height = 2;
+
+        private Container<Drawable> content;
+        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content;
+
+        private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
+        private Container hitTargetLine;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            Drawable hitTargetBar;
+
+            InternalChildren = new[]
+            {
+                hitTargetBar = new Box
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Height = hit_target_height,
+                    Colour = Color4.Black
+                },
+                hitTargetLine = new Container
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Height = hit_target_bar_height,
+                    Masking = true,
+                    Child = new Box { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
+                },
+                content = new Container
+                {
+                    Name = "Hit objects",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                },
+            };
+
+            direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            direction.BindValueChanged(direction =>
+            {
+                Anchor anchor = direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopLeft : Anchor.BottomLeft;
+
+                hitTargetBar.Anchor = hitTargetBar.Origin = anchor;
+                hitTargetLine.Anchor = hitTargetLine.Origin = anchor;
+            }, true);
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+            updateColours();
+        }
+
+        private Color4 accentColour;
+
+        public Color4 AccentColour
+        {
+            get => accentColour;
+            set
+            {
+                if (accentColour == value)
+                    return;
+                accentColour = value;
+
+                updateColours();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void updateColours()
+        {
+            if (!IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            hitTargetLine.EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
+            {
+                Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
+                Radius = 5,
+                Colour = accentColour.Opacity(0.5f),
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnKeyArea.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components
+{
+    public class ColumnKeyArea : CompositeDrawable, IKeyBindingHandler<ManiaAction>, IHasAccentColour
+    {
+        private const float key_icon_size = 10;
+        private const float key_icon_corner_radius = 3;
+
+        public ManiaAction Action;
+
+        private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
+        private Container keyIcon;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            Drawable gradient;
+
+            InternalChildren = new[]
+            {
+                gradient = new Box
+                {
+                    Name = "Key gradient",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Alpha = 0.5f
+                },
+                keyIcon = new Container
+                {
+                    Name = "Key icon",
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Size = new Vector2(key_icon_size),
+                    Masking = true,
+                    CornerRadius = key_icon_corner_radius,
+                    BorderThickness = 2,
+                    BorderColour = Color4.White, // Not true
+                    Children = new[]
+                    {
+                        new Box
+                        {
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Alpha = 0,
+                            AlwaysPresent = true
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            direction.BindValueChanged(direction =>
+            {
+                gradient.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(
+                    direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Color4.Black : Color4.Black.Opacity(0),
+                    direction == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Color4.Black.Opacity(0) : Color4.Black);
+            }, true);
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+            updateColours();
+        }
+
+        private Color4 accentColour;
+
+        public Color4 AccentColour
+        {
+            get => accentColour;
+            set
+            {
+                if (accentColour == value)
+                    return;
+                accentColour = value;
+
+                updateColours();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void updateColours()
+        {
+            if (!IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            keyIcon.EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
+            {
+                Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
+                Radius = 5,
+                Colour = accentColour.Opacity(0.5f),
+            };
+        }
+
+        public bool OnPressed(ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            if (action == Action)
+                keyIcon.ScaleTo(1.4f, 50, Easing.OutQuint).Then().ScaleTo(1.3f, 250, Easing.OutQuint);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public bool OnReleased(ManiaAction action)
+        {
+            if (action == Action)
+                keyIcon.ScaleTo(1f, 125, Easing.OutQuint);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/HitExplosion.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         {
             bool isTick = judgedObject is DrawableHoldNoteTick;
 
-            Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre;
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
 
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/IScrollingInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
+{
+    public interface IScrollingInfo
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The direction <see cref="HitObject"/>s should scroll in.
+        /// </summary>
+        IBindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction { get; }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaPlayfield.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
@@ -17,18 +16,13 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
-    public class ManiaPlayfield : ScrollingPlayfield
+    public class ManiaPlayfield : ManiaScrollingPlayfield
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether this playfield should be inverted. This flips everything inside the playfield.
-        /// </summary>
-        public readonly Bindable<bool> Inverted = new Bindable<bool>(true);
-
         public List<Column> Columns => stages.SelectMany(x => x.Columns).ToList();
         private readonly List<ManiaStage> stages = new List<ManiaStage>();
 
-        public ManiaPlayfield(List<StageDefinition> stageDefinitions)
-            : base(ScrollingDirection.Up)
+        public ManiaPlayfield(ScrollingDirection direction, List<StageDefinition> stageDefinitions)
+            : base(direction)
         {
             if (stageDefinitions == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stageDefinitions));
@@ -36,8 +30,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             if (stageDefinitions.Count <= 0)
                 throw new ArgumentException("Can't have zero or fewer stages.");
 
-            Inverted.Value = true;
-
             GridContainer playfieldGrid;
             InternalChild = playfieldGrid = new GridContainer
             {
@@ -50,9 +42,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             int firstColumnIndex = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < stageDefinitions.Count; i++)
             {
-                var newStage = new ManiaStage(firstColumnIndex, stageDefinitions[i], ref normalColumnAction, ref specialColumnAction);
+                var newStage = new ManiaStage(direction, firstColumnIndex, stageDefinitions[i], ref normalColumnAction, ref specialColumnAction);
                 newStage.VisibleTimeRange.BindTo(VisibleTimeRange);
-                newStage.Inverted.BindTo(Inverted);
 
                 playfieldGrid.Content[0][i] = newStage;
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaRulesetContainer.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.IEnumerableExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Input.Handlers;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 
         public IEnumerable<BarLine> BarLines;
 
+        private readonly Bindable<ManiaScrollingDirection> configDirection = new Bindable<ManiaScrollingDirection>();
+        private ScrollingInfo scrollingInfo;
+
         public ManiaRulesetContainer(Ruleset ruleset, WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
             : base(ruleset, beatmap)
         {
@@ -65,12 +70,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load()
+        private void load(ManiaConfigManager config)
         {
             BarLines.ForEach(Playfield.Add);
+
+            config.BindWith(ManiaSetting.ScrollDirection, configDirection);
+            configDirection.BindValueChanged(d => scrollingInfo.Direction.Value = (ScrollingDirection)d, true);
         }
 
-        protected sealed override Playfield CreatePlayfield() => new ManiaPlayfield(Beatmap.Stages)
+        private DependencyContainer dependencies;
+
+        protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateLocalDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
+        {
+            dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateLocalDependencies(parent));
+            dependencies.CacheAs<IScrollingInfo>(scrollingInfo = new ScrollingInfo());
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+
+        protected sealed override Playfield CreatePlayfield() => new ManiaPlayfield(scrollingInfo.Direction, Beatmap.Stages)
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
             Origin = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -100,5 +117,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         protected override Vector2 PlayfieldArea => new Vector2(1, 0.8f);
 
         protected override ReplayInputHandler CreateReplayInputHandler(Replay replay) => new ManiaFramedReplayInputHandler(replay);
+
+        private class ScrollingInfo : IScrollingInfo
+        {
+            public readonly Bindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+            IBindable<ScrollingDirection> IScrollingInfo.Direction => Direction;
+        }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaScrollingDirection.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
+{
+    public enum ManiaScrollingDirection
+    {
+        Up = ScrollingDirection.Up,
+        Down = ScrollingDirection.Down
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaScrollingPlayfield.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
+{
+    public class ManiaScrollingPlayfield : ScrollingPlayfield
+    {
+        private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+
+        public ManiaScrollingPlayfield(ScrollingDirection direction)
+            : base(direction)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        {
+            direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
+            direction.BindValueChanged(direction => Direction.Value = direction, true);
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaStage.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
@@ -24,20 +23,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
     /// <summary>
     /// A collection of <see cref="Column"/>s.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class ManiaStage : ScrollingPlayfield
+    internal class ManiaStage : ManiaScrollingPlayfield
     {
         public const float HIT_TARGET_POSITION = 50;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether this playfield should be inverted. This flips everything inside the playfield.
-        /// </summary>
-        public readonly Bindable<bool> Inverted = new Bindable<bool>(true);
-
         public IReadOnlyList<Column> Columns => columnFlow.Children;
         private readonly FillFlowContainer<Column> columnFlow;
 
-        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content;
-        private readonly Container<Drawable> content;
+        protected override Container<Drawable> Content => barLineContainer;
+        private readonly Container<Drawable> barLineContainer;
 
         public Container<DrawableManiaJudgement> Judgements => judgements;
         private readonly JudgementContainer<DrawableManiaJudgement> judgements;
@@ -49,8 +43,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 
         private readonly int firstColumnIndex;
 
-        public ManiaStage(int firstColumnIndex, StageDefinition definition, ref ManiaAction normalColumnStartAction, ref ManiaAction specialColumnStartAction)
-            : base(ScrollingDirection.Up)
+        public ManiaStage(ScrollingDirection direction, int firstColumnIndex, StageDefinition definition, ref ManiaAction normalColumnStartAction, ref ManiaAction specialColumnStartAction)
+            : base(direction)
         {
             this.firstColumnIndex = firstColumnIndex;
 
@@ -106,13 +100,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                             Width = 1366, // Bar lines should only be masked on the vertical axis
                             BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                             Masking = true,
-                            Child = content = new Container
+                            Child = barLineContainer = new Container
                             {
                                 Name = "Bar lines",
                                 Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                                Padding = new MarginPadding { Top = HIT_TARGET_POSITION }
                             }
                         },
                         judgements = new JudgementContainer<DrawableManiaJudgement>
@@ -131,7 +124,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             for (int i = 0; i < definition.Columns; i++)
             {
                 var isSpecial = definition.IsSpecialColumn(i);
-                var column = new Column
+                var column = new Column(direction)
                 {
                     IsSpecial = isSpecial,
                     Action = isSpecial ? specialColumnStartAction++ : normalColumnStartAction++
@@ -140,14 +133,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                 AddColumn(column);
             }
 
-            Inverted.ValueChanged += invertedChanged;
-            Inverted.TriggerChange();
-        }
-
-        private void invertedChanged(bool newValue)
+            Direction.BindValueChanged(d =>
             {
-            Scale = new Vector2(1, newValue ? -1 : 1);
-            Judgements.Scale = Scale;
+                barLineContainer.Padding = new MarginPadding
+                {
+                    Top = d == ScrollingDirection.Up ? HIT_TARGET_POSITION : 0,
+                    Bottom = d == ScrollingDirection.Down ? HIT_TARGET_POSITION : 0,
+                };
+            }, true);
         }
 
         public void AddColumn(Column c)
@@ -218,7 +211,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         {
             // Due to masking differences, it is not possible to get the width of the columns container automatically
             // While masking on effectively only the Y-axis, so we need to set the width of the bar line container manually
-            content.Width = columnFlow.Width;
+            barLineContainer.Width = columnFlow.Width;
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/OsuBeatmapConversionTest.cs

@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@ using osu.Framework.MathUtils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
-using OpenTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests
 {
-    internal class OsuBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class OsuBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
     {
         protected override string ResourceAssembly => "osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu";
 
         [TestCase("basic")]
         [TestCase("colinear-perfect-curve")]
+        [TestCase("slider-ticks")]
         public new void Test(string name)
         {
             base.Test(name);
@@ -26,24 +28,30 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests
 
         protected override IEnumerable<ConvertValue> CreateConvertValue(HitObject hitObject)
         {
-            var startPosition = (hitObject as IHasPosition)?.Position ?? new Vector2(256, 192);
-            var endPosition = (hitObject as Slider)?.EndPosition ?? startPosition;
-
-            yield return new ConvertValue
+            switch (hitObject)
             {
-                StartTime = hitObject.StartTime,
-                EndTime = (hitObject as IHasEndTime)?.EndTime ?? hitObject.StartTime,
-                StartX = startPosition.X,
-                StartY = startPosition.Y,
-                EndX = endPosition.X,
-                EndY = endPosition.Y
+                case Slider slider:
+                    foreach (var nested in slider.NestedHitObjects)
+                        yield return createConvertValue(nested);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    yield return createConvertValue(hitObject);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            ConvertValue createConvertValue(HitObject obj) => new ConvertValue
+            {
+                StartTime = obj.StartTime,
+                EndTime = (obj as IHasEndTime)?.EndTime ?? obj.StartTime,
+                X = (obj as IHasPosition)?.X ?? OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE.X / 2,
+                Y = (obj as IHasPosition)?.Y ?? OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE.Y / 2,
             };
         }
 
         protected override Ruleset CreateRuleset() => new OsuRuleset();
     }
 
-    internal struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
+    public struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// A sane value to account for osu!stable using ints everwhere.
@@ -52,17 +60,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests
 
         public double StartTime;
         public double EndTime;
-        public float StartX;
-        public float StartY;
-        public float EndX;
-        public float EndY;
+        public float X;
+        public float Y;
 
         public bool Equals(ConvertValue other)
-            => Precision.AlmostEquals(StartTime, other.StartTime)
+            => Precision.AlmostEquals(StartTime, other.StartTime, conversion_lenience)
                && Precision.AlmostEquals(EndTime, other.EndTime, conversion_lenience)
-               && Precision.AlmostEquals(StartX, other.StartX)
-               && Precision.AlmostEquals(StartY, other.StartY, conversion_lenience)
-               && Precision.AlmostEquals(EndX, other.EndX, conversion_lenience)
-               && Precision.AlmostEquals(EndY, other.EndY, conversion_lenience);
+               && Precision.AlmostEquals(X, other.X, conversion_lenience)
+               && Precision.AlmostEquals(Y, other.Y, conversion_lenience);
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapConverter.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
             var endTimeData = original as IHasEndTime;
             var positionData = original as IHasPosition;
             var comboData = original as IHasCombo;
+            var legacyOffset = original as IHasLegacyLastTickOffset;
 
             if (curveData != null)
             {
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                     RepeatSamples = curveData.RepeatSamples,
                     RepeatCount = curveData.RepeatCount,
                     Position = positionData?.Position ?? Vector2.Zero,
-                    NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false
+                    NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false,
+                    LegacyLastTickOffset = legacyOffset?.LegacyLastTickOffset
                 };
             }
             else if (endTimeData != null)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuDifficultyAttributes.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
     {
         public double AimStrain;
         public double SpeedStrain;
+        public double ApproachRate;
+        public double OverallDifficulty;
+        public int MaxCombo;
 
         public OsuDifficultyAttributes(Mod[] mods, double starRating)
             : base(mods, starRating)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuDifficultyCalculator.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
 
         protected override DifficultyAttributes Calculate(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, double timeRate)
         {
+            if (!beatmap.HitObjects.Any())
+                return new OsuDifficultyAttributes(mods, 0);
+
             OsuDifficultyBeatmap difficultyBeatmap = new OsuDifficultyBeatmap(beatmap.HitObjects.Cast<OsuHitObject>().ToList(), timeRate);
             Skill[] skills =
             {
@@ -58,10 +61,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
             double speedRating = Math.Sqrt(skills[1].DifficultyValue()) * difficulty_multiplier;
             double starRating = aimRating + speedRating + Math.Abs(aimRating - speedRating) / 2;
 
+            // Todo: These int casts are temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
+            double hitWindowGreat = (int)(beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / timeRate;
+            double preEmpt = (int)BeatmapDifficulty.DifficultyRange(beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.ApproachRate, 1800, 1200, 450) / timeRate;
+
+            int maxCombo = beatmap.HitObjects.Count();
+            // Add the ticks + tail of the slider. 1 is subtracted because the "headcircle" would be counted twice (once for the slider itself in the line above)
+            maxCombo += beatmap.HitObjects.OfType<Slider>().Sum(s => s.NestedHitObjects.Count - 1);
+
             return new OsuDifficultyAttributes(mods, starRating)
             {
                 AimStrain = aimRating,
-                SpeedStrain = speedRating
+                SpeedStrain = speedRating,
+                ApproachRate = preEmpt > 1200 ? (1800 - preEmpt) / 120 : (1200 - preEmpt) / 150 + 5,
+                OverallDifficulty = (80 - hitWindowGreat) / 6,
+                MaxCombo = maxCombo
             };
         }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuPerformanceCalculator.cs

@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
 
         private Mod[] mods;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Approach rate adjusted by mods.
-        /// </summary>
-        private double realApproachRate;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Overall difficulty adjusted by mods.
-        /// </summary>
-        private double realOverallDifficulty;
-
         private double accuracy;
         private int scoreMaxCombo;
         private int countGreat;
@@ -63,13 +53,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
             if (mods.Any(m => !m.Ranked))
                 return 0;
 
-            // Todo: These int casts are temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
-            double hitWindowGreat = (int)(Beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / TimeRate;
-            double preEmpt = (int)BeatmapDifficulty.DifficultyRange(Beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.ApproachRate, 1800, 1200, 450) / TimeRate;
-
-            realApproachRate = preEmpt > 1200 ? (1800 - preEmpt) / 120 : (1200 - preEmpt) / 150 + 5;
-            realOverallDifficulty = (80 - hitWindowGreat) / 6;
-
             // Custom multipliers for NoFail and SpunOut.
             double multiplier = 1.12f; // This is being adjusted to keep the final pp value scaled around what it used to be when changing things
 
@@ -94,8 +77,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
                 categoryRatings.Add("Aim", aimValue);
                 categoryRatings.Add("Speed", speedValue);
                 categoryRatings.Add("Accuracy", accuracyValue);
-                categoryRatings.Add("OD", realOverallDifficulty);
-                categoryRatings.Add("AR", realApproachRate);
+                categoryRatings.Add("OD", Attributes.OverallDifficulty);
+                categoryRatings.Add("AR", Attributes.ApproachRate);
                 categoryRatings.Add("Max Combo", beatmapMaxCombo);
             }
 
@@ -120,22 +103,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
                 aimValue *= Math.Min(Math.Pow(scoreMaxCombo, 0.8f) / Math.Pow(beatmapMaxCombo, 0.8f), 1.0f);
 
             double approachRateFactor = 1.0f;
-            if (realApproachRate > 10.33f)
-                approachRateFactor += 0.45f * (realApproachRate - 10.33f);
-            else if (realApproachRate < 8.0f)
+            if (Attributes.ApproachRate > 10.33f)
+                approachRateFactor += 0.45f * (Attributes.ApproachRate - 10.33f);
+            else if (Attributes.ApproachRate < 8.0f)
             {
                 // HD is worth more with lower ar!
                 if (mods.Any(h => h is OsuModHidden))
-                    approachRateFactor += 0.02f * (8.0f - realApproachRate);
+                    approachRateFactor += 0.02f * (8.0f - Attributes.ApproachRate);
                 else
-                    approachRateFactor += 0.01f * (8.0f - realApproachRate);
+                    approachRateFactor += 0.01f * (8.0f - Attributes.ApproachRate);
             }
 
             aimValue *= approachRateFactor;
 
             // We want to give more reward for lower AR when it comes to aim and HD. This nerfs high AR and buffs lower AR.
             if (mods.Any(h => h is OsuModHidden))
-                aimValue *= 1.02 + (11.0f - realApproachRate) / 50.0; // Gives a 1.04 bonus for AR10, a 1.06 bonus for AR9, a 1.02 bonus for AR11.
+                aimValue *= 1.02 + (11.0f - Attributes.ApproachRate) / 50.0; // Gives a 1.04 bonus for AR10, a 1.06 bonus for AR9, a 1.02 bonus for AR11.
 
             if (mods.Any(h => h is OsuModFlashlight))
             {
@@ -146,7 +129,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
             // Scale the aim value with accuracy _slightly_
             aimValue *= 0.5f + accuracy / 2.0f;
             // It is important to also consider accuracy difficulty when doing that
-            aimValue *= 0.98f + Math.Pow(realOverallDifficulty, 2) / 2500;
+            aimValue *= 0.98f + Math.Pow(Attributes.OverallDifficulty, 2) / 2500;
 
             return aimValue;
         }
@@ -172,7 +155,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
             // Scale the speed value with accuracy _slightly_
             speedValue *= 0.5f + accuracy / 2.0f;
             // It is important to also consider accuracy difficulty when doing that
-            speedValue *= 0.98f + Math.Pow(realOverallDifficulty, 2) / 2500;
+            speedValue *= 0.98f + Math.Pow(Attributes.OverallDifficulty, 2) / 2500;
 
             return speedValue;
         }
@@ -194,7 +177,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
 
             // Lots of arbitrary values from testing.
             // Considering to use derivation from perfect accuracy in a probabilistic manner - assume normal distribution
-            double accuracyValue = Math.Pow(1.52163f, realOverallDifficulty) * Math.Pow(betterAccuracyPercentage, 24) * 2.83f;
+            double accuracyValue = Math.Pow(1.52163f, Attributes.OverallDifficulty) * Math.Pow(betterAccuracyPercentage, 24) * 2.83f;
 
             // Bonus for many hitcircles - it's harder to keep good accuracy up for longer
             accuracyValue *= Math.Min(1.15f, Math.Pow(amountHitObjectsWithAccuracy / 1000.0f, 0.3f));

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                 base.AccentColour = value;
                 Body.AccentColour = AccentColour;
                 Ball.AccentColour = AccentColour;
+                if (HasNestedHitObjects)
+                    foreach (var drawableHitObject in NestedHitObjects)
+                        drawableHitObject.AccentColour = AccentColour;
             }
         }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System;
 using OpenTK;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
             set { Curve.Distance = value; }
         }
 
+        public double? LegacyLastTickOffset { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The position of the cursor at the point of completion of this <see cref="Slider"/> if it was hit
         /// with as few movements as possible. This is set and used by difficulty calculation.
@@ -91,6 +94,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
             createSliderEnds();
             createTicks();
             createRepeatPoints();
+
+            if (LegacyLastTickOffset != null)
+                TailCircle.StartTime = Math.Max(StartTime + Duration / 2, TailCircle.StartTime - LegacyLastTickOffset.Value);
         }
 
         private void createSliderEnds()

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Replays/OsuAutoGeneratorBase.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Replays
         /// <summary>
         /// Constants (for spinners).
         /// </summary>
-        protected static readonly Vector2 SPINNER_CENTRE = new Vector2(256, 192);
+        protected static readonly Vector2 SPINNER_CENTRE = OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE / 2;
         protected const float SPIN_RADIUS = 50;
 
         /// <summary>

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/basic-expected-conversion.json

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osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/colinear-perfect-curve-expected-conversion.json

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
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osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/slider-ticks-expected-conversion.json

@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
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+            "EndTime": 8124.0,
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+            "X": 96.0,
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+        }]
+    }]
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/slider-ticks.osu

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+osu file format v14
+
+[General]
+StackLeniency: 0.7
+
+[Difficulty]
+HPDrainRate:6
+CircleSize:4
+OverallDifficulty:7
+ApproachRate:8.3
+SliderMultiplier:0.400000005960464
+SliderTickRate:4
+
+[TimingPoints]
+500,500,4,2,1,50,1,0
+13426,-100,4,3,1,45,0,0
+14884,-100,4,2,1,50,0,0
+
+[HitObjects]
+96,192,500,6,0,L|416:192,2,320.000004768372

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

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Tests
 {
-    internal class TaikoBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TaikoBeatmapConversionTest : BeatmapConversionTest<ConvertValue>
     {
         protected override string ResourceAssembly => "osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko";
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Tests
         protected override Ruleset CreateRuleset() => new TaikoRuleset();
     }
 
-    internal struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
+    public struct ConvertValue : IEquatable<ConvertValue>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// A sane value to account for osu!stable using ints everwhere.

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

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
+{
+    public class TaikoDifficultyAttributes : DifficultyAttributes
+    {
+        public double GreatHitWindow;
+        public int MaxCombo;
+
+        public TaikoDifficultyAttributes(Mod[] mods, double starRating)
+            : base(mods, starRating)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 
         protected override DifficultyAttributes Calculate(IBeatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods, double timeRate)
         {
+            if (!beatmap.HitObjects.Any())
+                return new TaikoDifficultyAttributes(mods, 0);
+
             var difficultyHitObjects = new List<TaikoHitObjectDifficulty>();
 
             foreach (var hitObject in beatmap.HitObjects)
@@ -47,7 +51,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 
             double starRating = calculateDifficulty(difficultyHitObjects, timeRate) * star_scaling_factor;
 
-            return new DifficultyAttributes(mods, starRating);
+            return new TaikoDifficultyAttributes(mods, starRating)
+            {
+                // Todo: This int cast is temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
+                GreatHitWindow = (int)(beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / timeRate,
+                MaxCombo = beatmap.HitObjects.Count(h => h is Hit)
+            };
         }
 
         private bool calculateStrainValues(List<TaikoHitObjectDifficulty> objects, double timeRate)

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

@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 {
     public class TaikoPerformanceCalculator : PerformanceCalculator
     {
-        private readonly int beatmapMaxCombo;
+        protected new TaikoDifficultyAttributes Attributes => (TaikoDifficultyAttributes)base.Attributes;
 
         private Mod[] mods;
         private int countGreat;
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
         public TaikoPerformanceCalculator(Ruleset ruleset, WorkingBeatmap beatmap, Score score)
             : base(ruleset, beatmap, score)
         {
-            beatmapMaxCombo = Beatmap.HitObjects.Count(h => h is Hit);
         }
 
         public override double Calculate(Dictionary<string, double> categoryDifficulty = null)
@@ -78,8 +76,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
             strainValue *= Math.Pow(0.985, countMiss);
 
             // Combo scaling
-            if (beatmapMaxCombo > 0)
-                strainValue *= Math.Min(Math.Pow(Score.MaxCombo, 0.5) / Math.Pow(beatmapMaxCombo, 0.5), 1.0);
+            if (Attributes.MaxCombo > 0)
+                strainValue *= Math.Min(Math.Pow(Score.MaxCombo, 0.5) / Math.Pow(Attributes.MaxCombo, 0.5), 1.0);
 
             if (mods.Any(m => m is ModHidden))
                 strainValue *= 1.025;
@@ -94,14 +92,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 
         private double computeAccuracyValue()
         {
-            // Todo: This int cast is temporary to achieve 1:1 results with osu!stable, and should be remoevd in the future
-            double hitWindowGreat = (int)(Beatmap.HitObjects.First().HitWindows.Great / 2) / TimeRate;
-            if (hitWindowGreat <= 0)
+            if (Attributes.GreatHitWindow <= 0)
                 return 0;
 
             // Lots of arbitrary values from testing.
             // Considering to use derivation from perfect accuracy in a probabilistic manner - assume normal distribution
-            double accValue = Math.Pow(150.0 / hitWindowGreat, 1.1) * Math.Pow(Score.Accuracy, 15) * 22.0;
+            double accValue = Math.Pow(150.0 / Attributes.GreatHitWindow, 1.1) * Math.Pow(Score.Accuracy, 15) * 22.0;
 
             // Bonus for many hitcircles - it's harder to keep good accuracy up for longer
             return accValue * Math.Min(1.15, Math.Pow(totalHits / 1500.0, 0.3));

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Judgements/TaikoIntermediateSwellJudgement.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Judgements
+{
+    public class TaikoIntermediateSwellJudgement : TaikoJudgement
+    {
+        public override HitResult MaxResult => HitResult.Perfect;
+
+        public override bool AffectsCombo => false;
+
+        public TaikoIntermediateSwellJudgement()
+        {
+            Final = false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the numeric result value for the combo portion of the score.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="result">The result to compute the value for.</param>
+        /// <returns>The numeric result value.</returns>
+        protected override int NumericResultFor(HitResult result) => 0;
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHit.cs

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
                 switch (State.Value)
                 {
                     case ArmedState.Idle:
+                        SecondHitAllowed = false;
+                        validKeyPressed = false;
+
                         UnproxyContent();
                         this.Delay(HitObject.HitWindows.HalfWindowFor(HitResult.Miss)).Expire();
                         break;
@@ -95,7 +98,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
                         break;
                     case ArmedState.Hit:
                         // If we're far enough away from the left stage, we should bring outselves in front of it
-                        if (X >= -0.05f)
                         ProxyContent();
 
                         var flash = circlePiece?.FlashBox;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitStrong.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Judgements;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
                 AddJudgement(new TaikoStrongHitJudgement { Result = HitResult.Great });
         }
 
+        protected override void UpdateState(ArmedState state)
+        {
+            base.UpdateState(state);
+
+            switch (state)
+            {
+                case ArmedState.Idle:
+                    firstHitTime = 0;
+                    firstKeyHeld = false;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
         public override bool OnReleased(TaikoAction action)
         {
             if (action == firstHitAction)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSwell.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -20,6 +19,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
 {
     public class DrawableSwell : DrawableTaikoHitObject<Swell>
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A judgement is only displayed when the user has complete the swell (either a hit or miss).
+        /// </summary>
+        public override bool DisplayJudgement => AllJudged;
+
         private const float target_ring_thick_border = 1.4f;
         private const float target_ring_thin_border = 1f;
         private const float target_ring_scale = 5f;
@@ -29,11 +33,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
         private readonly CircularContainer targetRing;
         private readonly CircularContainer expandingRing;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The amount of times the user has hit this swell.
-        /// </summary>
-        private int userHits;
-
         private readonly SwellSymbolPiece symbol;
 
         public DrawableSwell(Swell swell)
@@ -129,9 +128,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
         {
             if (userTriggered)
             {
-                userHits++;
+                AddJudgement(new TaikoIntermediateSwellJudgement());
 
-                var completion = (float)userHits / HitObject.RequiredHits;
+                var completion = (float)Judgements.Count / HitObject.RequiredHits;
 
                 expandingRing
                     .FadeTo(expandingRing.Alpha + MathHelper.Clamp(completion / 16, 0.1f, 0.6f), 50)
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
 
                 expandingRing.ScaleTo(1f + Math.Min(target_ring_scale - 1f, (target_ring_scale - 1f) * completion * 1.3f), 260, Easing.OutQuint);
 
-                if (userHits == HitObject.RequiredHits)
+                if (Judgements.Count == HitObject.RequiredHits)
                     AddJudgement(new TaikoJudgement { Result = HitResult.Great });
             }
             else
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
                     return;
 
                 //TODO: THIS IS SHIT AND CAN'T EXIST POST-TAIKO WORLD CUP
-                AddJudgement(userHits > HitObject.RequiredHits / 2
+                AddJudgement(Judgements.Count > HitObject.RequiredHits / 2
                     ? new TaikoJudgement { Result = HitResult.Good }
                     : new TaikoJudgement { Result = HitResult.Miss });
             }
@@ -162,23 +161,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
             const float preempt = 100;
             const float out_transition_time = 300;
 
-            double untilStartTime = HitObject.StartTime - Time.Current;
-            double untilJudgement = untilStartTime + (Judgements.FirstOrDefault()?.TimeOffset ?? 0) + HitObject.Duration;
-
-            targetRing.Delay(untilStartTime - preempt).ScaleTo(target_ring_scale, preempt * 4, Easing.OutQuint);
-            this.Delay(untilJudgement).FadeOut(out_transition_time, Easing.Out);
-
             switch (state)
             {
                 case ArmedState.Idle:
                     UnproxyContent();
+                    expandingRing.FadeTo(0);
+                    using (BeginAbsoluteSequence(HitObject.StartTime - preempt, true))
+                        targetRing.ScaleTo(target_ring_scale, preempt * 4, Easing.OutQuint);
                     break;
+                case ArmedState.Miss:
                 case ArmedState.Hit:
-                    bodyContainer.Delay(untilJudgement).ScaleTo(1.4f, out_transition_time);
-                    break;
-            }
+                    this.FadeOut(out_transition_time, Easing.Out);
+                    bodyContainer.ScaleTo(1.4f, out_transition_time);
 
                     Expire();
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
         protected override void Update()

osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/TaikoRulesetContainer.cs

@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.UI
                 bool isMajor = currentBeat % (int)currentPoint.TimeSignature == 0;
                 Playfield.Add(isMajor ? new DrawableBarLineMajor(barLine) : new DrawableBarLine(barLine));
 
-                double bl = currentPoint.BeatLength;
-                if (bl < 800)
-                    bl *= (int)currentPoint.TimeSignature;
-
-                time += bl;
+                time += currentPoint.BeatLength * (int)currentPoint.TimeSignature;
                 currentBeat++;
             }
         }

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseEditorSeekSnapping.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -10,9 +9,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Tools;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
 using OpenTK;
@@ -20,10 +16,9 @@ using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 {
+    [TestFixture]
     public class TestCaseEditorSeekSnapping : EditorClockTestCase
     {
-        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[] { typeof(HitObjectComposer) };
-
         public TestCaseEditorSeekSnapping()
         {
             BeatDivisor.Value = 4;
@@ -56,22 +51,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             Beatmap.Value = new TestWorkingBeatmap(testBeatmap);
 
             Child = new TimingPointVisualiser(testBeatmap, 5000) { Clock = Clock };
-
-            testSeekNoSnapping();
-            testSeekSnappingOnBeat();
-            testSeekSnappingInBetweenBeat();
-            testSeekForwardNoSnapping();
-            testSeekForwardSnappingOnBeat();
-            testSeekForwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat();
-            testSeekBackwardSnappingOnBeat();
-            testSeekBackwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat();
-            testSeekingWithFloatingPointBeatLength();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests whether time is correctly seeked without snapping.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekNoSnapping()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekNoSnapping()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -94,7 +80,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// Tests whether seeking to exact beat times puts us on the beat time.
         /// These are the white/yellow ticks on the graph.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekSnappingOnBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekSnappingOnBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -117,9 +104,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests whether seeking to somewhere in the middle between beats puts us on the expected beats.
         /// For example, snapping between a white/yellow beat should put us on either the yellow or white, depending on which one we're closer too.
-        /// If
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekSnappingInBetweenBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekSnappingInBetweenBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -140,7 +127,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests that when seeking forward with no beat snapping, beats are never explicitly snapped to, nor the next timing point (if we've skipped it).
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekForwardNoSnapping()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekForwardNoSnapping()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -159,7 +147,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests that when seeking forward with beat snapping, all beats are snapped to and timing points are never skipped.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekForwardSnappingOnBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekForwardSnappingOnBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -181,7 +170,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// Tests that when seeking forward from in-between two beats, the next beat or timing point is snapped to, and no beats are skipped.
         /// This will also test being extremely close to the next beat/timing point, to ensure rounding is not an issue.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekForwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekForwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -214,21 +204,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests that when seeking backward with no beat snapping, beats are never explicitly snapped to, nor the next timing point (if we've skipped it).
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekBackwardNoSnapping()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekBackwardNoSnapping()
         {
             reset();
 
             AddStep("Seek(450)", () => Clock.Seek(450));
             AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
-            AddAssert("Time = 425", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 425);
+            AddAssert("Time = 400", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 400);
             AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
-            AddAssert("Time = 375", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 375);
+            AddAssert("Time = 350", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 350);
             AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
-            AddAssert("Time = 325", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 325);
+            AddAssert("Time = 150", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 150);
             AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
-            AddAssert("Time = 125", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 125);
-            AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
-            AddAssert("Time = 25", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 25);
+            AddAssert("Time = 50", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 50);
             AddStep("SeekBackward", () => Clock.SeekBackward());
             AddAssert("Time = 0", () => Clock.CurrentTime == 0);
         }
@@ -236,7 +225,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests that when seeking backward with beat snapping, all beats are snapped to and timing points are never skipped.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekBackwardSnappingOnBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekBackwardSnappingOnBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -259,7 +249,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// Tests that when seeking backward from in-between two beats, the previous beat or timing point is snapped to, and no beats are skipped.
         /// This will also test being extremely close to the previous beat/timing point, to ensure rounding is not an issue.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekBackwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekBackwardSnappingFromInBetweenBeat()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -280,7 +271,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         /// <summary>
         /// Tests that there are no rounding issues when snapping to beats within a timing point with a floating-point beatlength.
         /// </summary>
-        private void testSeekingWithFloatingPointBeatLength()
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSeekingWithFloatingPointBeatLength()
         {
             reset();
 
@@ -288,7 +280,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
             AddStep("Seek(0)", () => Clock.Seek(0));
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
             {
                 AddStep("SeekForward, Snap", () =>
                 {
@@ -298,7 +290,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
                 AddAssert("Time > lastTime", () => Clock.CurrentTime > lastTime);
             }
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
             {
                 AddStep("SeekBackward, Snap", () =>
                 {
@@ -316,16 +308,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             AddStep("Reset", () => Clock.Seek(0));
         }
 
-        private class TestHitObjectComposer : HitObjectComposer
-        {
-            public TestHitObjectComposer(Ruleset ruleset)
-                : base(ruleset)
-            {
-            }
-
-            protected override IReadOnlyList<ICompositionTool> CompositionTools => new ICompositionTool[0];
-        }
-
         private class TimingPointVisualiser : CompositeDrawable
         {
             private readonly double length;

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseLeaderboard.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
@@ -17,6 +19,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
     [Description("PlaySongSelect leaderboard")]
     public class TestCaseLeaderboard : OsuTestCase
     {
+        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[] {
+            typeof(Placeholder),
+            typeof(MessagePlaceholder),
+            typeof(RetrievalFailurePlaceholder),
+        };
+
         private RulesetStore rulesets;
 
         private readonly FailableLeaderboard leaderboard;

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseLoadingAnimation.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Testing;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
+{
+    public class TestCaseLoadingAnimation : GridTestCase
+    {
+        public TestCaseLoadingAnimation()
+            : base(2, 2)
+        {
+            LoadingAnimation loading;
+
+            Cell(0).AddRange(new Drawable[]
+            {
+                new Box
+                {
+                    Colour = Color4.Black,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
+                },
+                loading = new LoadingAnimation()
+            });
+
+            loading.Show();
+
+            Cell(1).AddRange(new Drawable[]
+            {
+                new Box
+                {
+                    Colour = Color4.White,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
+                },
+                loading = new LoadingAnimation()
+            });
+
+            loading.Show();
+
+            Cell(2).AddRange(new Drawable[]
+            {
+                new Box
+                {
+                    Colour = Color4.Gray,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
+                },
+                loading = new LoadingAnimation()
+            });
+
+            loading.Show();
+
+            Cell(3).AddRange(new Drawable[]
+            {
+                loading = new LoadingAnimation()
+            });
+
+            Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => loading.ToggleVisibility(), 200, true);
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseLounge.cs

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             AddStep(@"set rooms", () => lounge.Rooms = rooms);
             selectAssert(1);
             AddStep(@"open room 1", () => clickRoom(1));
-            AddUntilStep(() => !lounge.IsCurrentScreen, "wait until room current");
+            AddUntilStep(() => lounge.ChildScreen?.IsCurrentScreen == true, "wait until room current");
             AddStep(@"make lounge current", lounge.MakeCurrent);
             filterAssert(@"THE FINAL", LoungeTab.Public, 1);
             filterAssert(string.Empty, LoungeTab.Public, 2);

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseScrollingHitObjects.cs

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
         private class TestPlayfield : ScrollingPlayfield
         {
-            public readonly ScrollingDirection Direction;
+            public new readonly ScrollingDirection Direction;
 
             public TestPlayfield(ScrollingDirection direction)
                 : base(direction)

osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                 PostNotification?.Invoke(new SimpleNotification
                 {
                     Icon = FontAwesome.fa_superpowers,
-                    Text = "You gotta be a supporter to download for now 'yo"
+                    Text = "You gotta be an osu!supporter to download for now 'yo"
                 });
                 return;
             }

osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager_WorkingBeatmap.cs

@@ -69,11 +69,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                 }
                 catch
                 {
-                    return new TrackVirtual();
+                    return null;
                 }
             }
 
-            protected override Waveform GetWaveform() => new Waveform(store.GetStream(getPathForFile(Metadata.AudioFile)));
+            protected override Waveform GetWaveform()
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var trackData = store.GetStream(getPathForFile(Metadata.AudioFile));
+                    return trackData == null ? null : new Waveform(trackData);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
 
             protected override Storyboard GetStoryboard()
             {

osu.Game/Beatmaps/DummyWorkingBeatmap.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         protected override Texture GetBackground() => game?.Textures.Get(@"Backgrounds/bg4");
 
-        protected override Track GetTrack() => new TrackVirtual();
+        protected override Track GetTrack() => new TrackVirtual { Length = 1000 };
 
         private class DummyRulesetInfo : RulesetInfo
         {

osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 {
-    public abstract class WorkingBeatmap : IDisposable
+    public abstract partial class WorkingBeatmap : IDisposable
     {
         public readonly BeatmapInfo BeatmapInfo;
 
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                     mod.ApplyToDifficulty(converted.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty);
             }
 
-            // Post-process
-            rulesetInstance.CreateBeatmapProcessor(converted)?.PostProcess();
-
             // Compute default values for hitobjects, including creating nested hitobjects in-case they're needed
             foreach (var obj in converted.HitObjects)
                 obj.ApplyDefaults(converted.ControlPointInfo, converted.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty);
@@ -127,6 +124,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             foreach (var obj in converted.HitObjects)
                 mod.ApplyToHitObject(obj);
 
+            // Post-process
+            rulesetInstance.CreateBeatmapProcessor(converted)?.PostProcess();
+
             return converted;
         }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         private Track populateTrack()
         {
             // we want to ensure that we always have a track, even if it's a fake one.
-            var t = GetTrack() ?? new TrackVirtual();
+            var t = GetTrack() ?? new VirtualBeatmapTrack(Beatmap);
             applyRateAdjustments(t);
             return t;
         }

osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap_VirtualBeatmapTrack.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
+{
+    public partial class WorkingBeatmap
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A type of <see cref="TrackVirtual"/> which provides a valid length based on the <see cref="HitObject"/>s of an <see cref="IBeatmap"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected class VirtualBeatmapTrack : TrackVirtual
+        {
+            private const double excess_length = 1000;
+
+            public VirtualBeatmapTrack(IBeatmap beatmap)
+            {
+                var lastObject = beatmap.HitObjects.LastOrDefault();
+
+                switch (lastObject)
+                {
+                    case null:
+                        Length = excess_length;
+                        break;
+                    case IHasEndTime endTime:
+                        Length = endTime.EndTime + excess_length;
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        Length = lastObject.StartTime + excess_length;
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuTextFlowContainer.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using System;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
 
         protected override SpriteText CreateSpriteText() => new OsuSpriteText();
 
+        public void AddArbitraryDrawable(Drawable drawable) => AddInternal(drawable);
+
         public void AddIcon(FontAwesome icon, Action<SpriteText> creationParameters = null) => AddText(((char)icon).ToString(), creationParameters);
     }
 }

osu.Game/Graphics/DrawableDate.cs

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics
 {
     public class DrawableDate : OsuSpriteText, IHasTooltip
     {
-        private readonly DateTimeOffset date;
+        protected readonly DateTimeOffset Date;
 
         public DrawableDate(DateTimeOffset date)
         {
             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
             Font = "Exo2.0-RegularItalic";
 
-            this.date = date.ToLocalTime();
+            Date = date.ToLocalTime();
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics
         {
             updateTime();
 
-            var diffToNow = DateTimeOffset.Now.Subtract(date);
+            var diffToNow = DateTimeOffset.Now.Subtract(Date);
 
             double timeUntilNextUpdate = 1000;
             if (diffToNow.TotalSeconds > 60)
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics
 
         public override bool HandleMouseInput => true;
 
-        private void updateTime() => Text = date.Humanize();
+        protected virtual string Format() => Date.Humanize();
 
-        public string TooltipText => date.ToString();
+        private void updateTime() => Text = Format();
+
+        public virtual string TooltipText => string.Format($"{Date:MMMM d, yyyy h:mm tt \"UTC\"z}");
     }
 }

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/LoadingAnimation.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
 {
     public class LoadingAnimation : VisibilityContainer
     {
         private readonly SpriteIcon spinner;
+        private readonly SpriteIcon spinnerShadow;
+
+        private const float spin_duration = 600;
+        private const float transition_duration = 200;
 
         public LoadingAnimation()
         {
@@ -20,12 +25,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
 
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
-                spinner = new SpriteIcon
+                spinnerShadow = new SpriteIcon
                 {
-                    Size = new Vector2(20),
                     Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                     Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                    Icon = FontAwesome.fa_spinner
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Position = new Vector2(1, 1),
+                    Colour = Color4.Black,
+                    Alpha = 0.4f,
+                    Icon = FontAwesome.fa_circle_o_notch
+                },
+                spinner = new SpriteIcon
+                {
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Icon = FontAwesome.fa_circle_o_notch
                 }
             };
         }
@@ -34,12 +49,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            spinner.Spin(2000, RotationDirection.Clockwise);
+            spinner.Spin(spin_duration, RotationDirection.Clockwise);
+            spinnerShadow.Spin(spin_duration, RotationDirection.Clockwise);
         }
 
-        private const float transition_duration = 500;
-
-        protected override void PopIn() => this.FadeIn(transition_duration * 5, Easing.OutQuint);
+        protected override void PopIn() => this.FadeIn(transition_duration * 2, Easing.OutQuint);
 
         protected override void PopOut() => this.FadeOut(transition_duration, Easing.OutQuint);
     }

osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                         // The Success callback event is fired on the main thread, so we should wait for that to run before proceeding.
                         // Without this, we will end up circulating this Connecting loop multiple times and queueing up many web requests
                         // before actually going online.
-                        while (State != APIState.Online)
+                        while (State > APIState.Offline && State < APIState.Online)
                             Thread.Sleep(500);
 
                         break;
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                 if (authentication.RequestAccessToken() == null)
                 {
                     Logout(false);
-                    State = APIState.Offline;
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -208,6 +207,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
             {
                 HttpStatusCode statusCode = (we.Response as HttpWebResponse)?.StatusCode ?? (we.Status == WebExceptionStatus.UnknownError ? HttpStatusCode.NotAcceptable : HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout);
 
+                // special cases for un-typed but useful message responses.
+                switch (we.Message)
+                {
+                    case "Unauthorized":
+                        statusCode = HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized;
+                        break;
+                }
+
                 switch (statusCode)
                 {
                     case HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized:
@@ -292,6 +299,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
             password = null;
             authentication.Clear();
             LocalUser.Value = createGuestUser();
+            State = APIState.Offline;
         }
 
         private static User createGuestUser() => new User

osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/PlayButton.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Direct
@@ -48,11 +49,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Direct
             set
             {
                 if (value)
+                {
+                    icon.FadeTo(0.5f, transition_duration, Easing.OutQuint);
                     loadingAnimation.Show();
+                }
                 else
+                {
+                    icon.FadeTo(1, transition_duration, Easing.OutQuint);
                     loadingAnimation.Hide();
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         public PlayButton(BeatmapSetInfo setInfo = null)
         {
@@ -67,7 +74,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Direct
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                     Icon = FontAwesome.fa_play,
                 },
-                loadingAnimation = new LoadingAnimation(),
+                loadingAnimation = new LoadingAnimation
+                {
+                    Size = new Vector2(15),
+                },
             });
 
             Playing.ValueChanged += playingStateChanged;

osu.Game/Overlays/KeyBinding/KeyBindingRow.cs

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.KeyBinding
             {
                 if (bindTarget.IsHovered)
                 {
-                    bindTarget.UpdateKeyCombination(KeyCombination.FromInputState(state));
+                    bindTarget.UpdateKeyCombination(new KeyCombination(KeyCombination.FromInputState(state).Keys.Append(state.Mouse.ScrollDelta.Y > 0 ? InputKey.MouseWheelUp : InputKey.MouseWheelDown)));
                     finalise();
                     return true;
                 }

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Components/DrawableJoinDate.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Components
+{
+    public class DrawableJoinDate : DrawableDate
+    {
+        public DrawableJoinDate(DateTimeOffset date)
+            : base(date)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override string Format() => Text = Date.ToUniversalTime().Year < 2008 ? "Here since the beginning" : $"{Date:MMMM yyyy}";
+
+        public override string TooltipText => $"{Date:MMMM d, yyyy}";
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Components/GradeBadge.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Components
+{
+    public class GradeBadge : Container
+    {
+        private const float width = 50;
+        private readonly string grade;
+        private readonly Sprite badge;
+        private readonly SpriteText numberText;
+
+        public int DisplayCount
+        {
+            set => numberText.Text = value.ToString(@"#,0");
+        }
+
+        public GradeBadge(string grade)
+        {
+            this.grade = grade;
+            Width = width;
+            Height = 41;
+            Add(badge = new Sprite
+            {
+                Width = width,
+                Height = 26
+            });
+            Add(numberText = new OsuSpriteText
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                TextSize = 14,
+                Font = @"Exo2.0-Bold"
+            });
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(TextureStore textures)
+        {
+            badge.Texture = textures.Get($"Grades/{grade}");
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/ProfileHeader.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Components;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 
@@ -375,12 +376,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile
 
             if (user.JoinDate.ToUniversalTime().Year < 2008)
             {
-                infoTextLeft.AddText("Here since the beginning", boldItalic);
+                infoTextLeft.AddText(new DrawableJoinDate(user.JoinDate), lightText);
             }
             else
             {
                 infoTextLeft.AddText("Joined ", lightText);
-                infoTextLeft.AddText(new DrawableDate(user.JoinDate), boldItalic);
+                infoTextLeft.AddText(new DrawableJoinDate(user.JoinDate), boldItalic);
             }
 
             infoTextLeft.NewLine();
@@ -470,43 +471,5 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile
 
             infoTextRight.NewLine();
         }
-
-        private class GradeBadge : Container
-        {
-            private const float width = 50;
-            private readonly string grade;
-            private readonly Sprite badge;
-            private readonly SpriteText numberText;
-
-            public int DisplayCount
-            {
-                set { numberText.Text = value.ToString(@"#,0"); }
-            }
-
-            public GradeBadge(string grade)
-            {
-                this.grade = grade;
-                Width = width;
-                Height = 41;
-                Add(badge = new Sprite
-                {
-                    Width = width,
-                    Height = 26
-                });
-                Add(numberText = new OsuSpriteText
-                {
-                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
-                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
-                    TextSize = 14,
-                    Font = @"Exo2.0-Bold"
-                });
-            }
-
-            [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-            private void load(TextureStore textures)
-            {
-                badge.Texture = textures.Get($"Grades/{grade}");
-            }
-        }
     }
 }

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs

@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
                     break;
 
                 case RecentActivityType.UserSupportFirst:
-                    message = $"{userLinkTemplate()} has become an osu! supporter - thanks for your generosity!";
+                    message = $"{userLinkTemplate()} has become an osu!supporter - thanks for your generosity!";
                     break;
 
                 case RecentActivityType.UserSupportGift:
-                    message = $"{userLinkTemplate()} has received the gift of osu! supporter!";
+                    message = $"{userLinkTemplate()} has received the gift of osu!supporter!";
                     break;
 
                 case RecentActivityType.UsernameChange:

osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Legacy/ConvertSlider.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy
 {
-    internal abstract class ConvertSlider : HitObject, IHasCurve
+    internal abstract class ConvertSlider : HitObject, IHasCurve, IHasLegacyLastTickOffset
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Scoring distance with a speed-adjusted beat length of 1 second.
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy
 
             Velocity = scoringDistance / timingPoint.BeatLength;
         }
+
+        public double LegacyLastTickOffset => 36;
     }
 }

osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Types/IHasLegacyLastTickOffset.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A type of <see cref="HitObject"/> which may require the last tick to be offset.
+    /// This is specific to osu!stable conversion, and should not be used elsewhere.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IHasLegacyLastTickOffset
+    {
+        double LegacyLastTickOffset { get; }
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs

@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        var instance = r.CreateInstance();
+                        var instanceInfo = ((Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(r.InstantiationInfo), (RulesetInfo)null)).RulesetInfo;
 
-                        r.Name = instance.Description;
-                        r.ShortName = instance.ShortName;
+                        r.Name = instanceInfo.Name;
+                        r.ShortName = instanceInfo.ShortName;
+                        r.InstantiationInfo = instanceInfo.InstantiationInfo;
 
                         r.Available = true;
                     }

osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/RulesetInputManager.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI
 
         protected RulesetInputManager(RulesetInfo ruleset, int variant, SimultaneousBindingMode unique)
         {
-            InternalChild = KeyBindingContainer = new RulesetKeyBindingContainer(ruleset, variant, unique);
+            InternalChild = KeyBindingContainer = CreateKeyBindingContainer(ruleset, variant, unique);
         }
 
         #region Action mapping (for replays)
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        protected virtual RulesetKeyBindingContainer CreateKeyBindingContainer(RulesetInfo ruleset, int variant, SimultaneousBindingMode unique)
+            => new RulesetKeyBindingContainer(ruleset, variant, unique);
     }
 
     /// <summary>

osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingHitObjectContainer.cs

@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
         /// </summary>
         protected readonly SortedList<MultiplierControlPoint> ControlPoints = new SortedList<MultiplierControlPoint>();
 
-        private readonly ScrollingDirection direction;
+        public readonly Bindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
 
         private Cached initialStateCache = new Cached();
 
-        public ScrollingHitObjectContainer(ScrollingDirection direction)
+        public ScrollingHitObjectContainer()
         {
-            this.direction = direction;
-
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
 
-            TimeRange.ValueChanged += v => initialStateCache.Invalidate();
+            TimeRange.ValueChanged += _ => initialStateCache.Invalidate();
+            Direction.ValueChanged += _ => initialStateCache.Invalidate();
         }
 
         private ISpeedChangeVisualiser speedChangeVisualiser;
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
 
             if (!initialStateCache.IsValid)
             {
-                speedChangeVisualiser.ComputeInitialStates(Objects, direction, TimeRange, DrawSize);
+                speedChangeVisualiser.ComputeInitialStates(Objects, Direction, TimeRange, DrawSize);
                 initialStateCache.Validate();
             }
         }
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
             base.UpdateAfterChildrenLife();
 
             // We need to calculate this as soon as possible after lifetimes so that hitobjects get the final say in their positions
-            speedChangeVisualiser.UpdatePositions(AliveObjects, direction, Time.Current, TimeRange, DrawSize);
+            speedChangeVisualiser.UpdatePositions(AliveObjects, Direction, Time.Current, TimeRange, DrawSize);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingPlayfield.cs

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
         /// </summary>
         public new ScrollingHitObjectContainer HitObjects => (ScrollingHitObjectContainer)base.HitObjects;
 
-        private readonly ScrollingDirection direction;
+        protected readonly Bindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new <see cref="ScrollingPlayfield"/>.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
         protected ScrollingPlayfield(ScrollingDirection direction, float? customWidth = null, float? customHeight = null)
             : base(customWidth, customHeight)
         {
-            this.direction = direction;
+            Direction.Value = direction;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
             return false;
         }
 
-        protected sealed override HitObjectContainer CreateHitObjectContainer() => new ScrollingHitObjectContainer(direction);
+        protected sealed override HitObjectContainer CreateHitObjectContainer()
+        {
+            var container = new ScrollingHitObjectContainer();
+            container.Direction.BindTo(Direction);
+            return container;
+        }
     }
 }

osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/Visualisers/SequentialSpeedChangeVisualiser.cs

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling.Visualisers
         /// <returns>A positive value indicating the position at <paramref name="time"/>.</returns>
         private double positionAt(double time, double timeRange)
         {
+            if (controlPoints.Count == 0)
+                return time / timeRange;
+
             double length = 0;
 
             // We need to consider all timing points until the specified time and not just the currently-active one,

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/MarkerPart.cs

@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
             if (Beatmap.Value == null)
                 return;
 
-            if (Beatmap.Value.Track.Length == double.PositiveInfinity) return;
-
             float markerPos = MathHelper.Clamp(ToLocalSpace(screenPosition).X, 0, DrawWidth);
             adjustableClock.Seek(markerPos / DrawWidth * Beatmap.Value.Track.Length);
         }

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/TimelinePart.cs

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Todo: This should be handled more gracefully
-            timeline.RelativeChildSize = Beatmap.Value.Track.Length == double.PositiveInfinity ? Vector2.One : new Vector2((float)Math.Max(1, Beatmap.Value.Track.Length), 1);
+            timeline.RelativeChildSize = new Vector2((float)Math.Max(1, Beatmap.Value.Track.Length), 1);
         }
 
         protected void Add(Drawable visualisation) => timeline.Add(visualisation);

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Screens/Compose/Timeline/Timeline.cs

@@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens.Compose.Timeline
             WaveformVisible.ValueChanged += visible => waveform.FadeTo(visible ? 1 : 0, 200, Easing.OutQuint);
 
             Beatmap.BindTo(beatmap);
-        }
-
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
+            Beatmap.BindValueChanged(b =>
             {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-            Beatmap.BindValueChanged(b => waveform.Waveform = b.Waveform);
-            waveform.Waveform = Beatmap.Value.Waveform;
+                waveform.Waveform = b.Waveform;
+                track = b.Track;
+            }, true);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The track's time in the previous frame.
+        /// The timeline's scroll position in the last frame.
+        /// </summary>
+        private float lastScrollPosition;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The track time in the last frame.
         /// </summary>
         private double lastTrackTime;
 
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens.Compose.Timeline
         /// </summary>
         private bool trackWasPlaying;
 
+        private Track track;
+
         protected override void Update()
         {
             base.Update();
@@ -83,49 +88,48 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens.Compose.Timeline
             // The extrema of track time should be positioned at the centre of the container when scrolled to the start or end
             Content.Margin = new MarginPadding { Horizontal = DrawWidth / 2 };
 
-            if (handlingDragInput)
-            {
-                // The user is dragging - the track should always follow the timeline
-                seekTrackToCurrent();
-            }
-            else if (adjustableClock.IsRunning)
-            {
-                // If the user hasn't provided mouse input but the track is running, always follow the track
+            // This needs to happen after transforms are updated, but before the scroll position is updated in base.UpdateAfterChildren
+            if (adjustableClock.IsRunning)
                 scrollToTrackTime();
         }
-            else
+
+        protected override void UpdateAfterChildren()
         {
-                // The track isn't playing, so we want to smooth-scroll once more, and re-enable wheel scrolling
-                // There are two cases we have to be wary of:
-                // 1) The user scrolls on this timeline: We want the track to follow us
+            base.UpdateAfterChildren();
+
+            if (handlingDragInput)
+                seekTrackToCurrent();
+            else if (!adjustableClock.IsRunning)
+            {
+                // The track isn't running. There are two cases we have to be wary of:
+                // 1) The user flick-drags on this timeline: We want the track to follow us
                 // 2) The user changes the track time through some other means (scrolling in the editor or overview timeline): We want to follow the track time
 
-                // The simplest way to cover both cases is by checking that inter-frame track times are identical
-                if (adjustableClock.CurrentTime == lastTrackTime)
-                {
-                    // The track hasn't been seeked externally
+                // The simplest way to cover both cases is by checking whether the scroll position has changed and the audio hasn't been changed externally
+                if (Current != lastScrollPosition && adjustableClock.CurrentTime == lastTrackTime)
                     seekTrackToCurrent();
-                }
                 else
-                {
-                    // The track has been seeked externally
                     scrollToTrackTime();
             }
-            }
 
+            lastScrollPosition = Current;
             lastTrackTime = adjustableClock.CurrentTime;
-
-            void seekTrackToCurrent()
-            {
-                if (!(Beatmap.Value.Track is TrackVirtual))
-                    adjustableClock.Seek(Current / Content.DrawWidth * Beatmap.Value.Track.Length);
         }
 
-            void scrollToTrackTime()
+        private void seekTrackToCurrent()
         {
-                if (!(Beatmap.Value.Track is TrackVirtual))
-                    ScrollTo((float)(adjustableClock.CurrentTime / Beatmap.Value.Track.Length) * Content.DrawWidth, false);
+            if (!track.IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            adjustableClock.Seek(Current / Content.DrawWidth * track.Length);
         }
+
+        private void scrollToTrackTime()
+        {
+            if (!track.IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            ScrollTo((float)(adjustableClock.CurrentTime / track.Length) * Content.DrawWidth, false);
         }
 
         protected override bool OnMouseDown(InputState state, MouseDownEventArgs args)

osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/Leaderboard.cs

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
                         replacePlaceholder(new MessagePlaceholder(@"Please sign in to view online leaderboards!"));
                         break;
                     case PlaceholderState.NotSupporter:
-                        replacePlaceholder(new MessagePlaceholder(@"Please invest in a supporter tag to view this leaderboard!"));
+                        replacePlaceholder(new MessagePlaceholder(@"Please invest in an osu!supporter tag to view this leaderboard!"));
                         break;
                     default:
                         replacePlaceholder(null);
@@ -331,23 +331,4 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
             }
         }
     }
-
-    public enum LeaderboardScope
-    {
-        Local,
-        Country,
-        Global,
-        Friend,
-    }
-
-    public enum PlaceholderState
-    {
-        Successful,
-        Retrieving,
-        NetworkFailure,
-        Unavailable,
-        NoScores,
-        NotLoggedIn,
-        NotSupporter,
-    }
 }

osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/LeaderboardScope.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
+{
+    public enum LeaderboardScope
+    {
+        Local,
+        Country,
+        Global,
+        Friend,
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/MessagePlaceholder.cs

@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
-using OpenTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
 {
@@ -15,22 +12,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
 
         public MessagePlaceholder(string message)
         {
-            Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal;
-            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
-            Children = new Drawable[]
+            AddIcon(FontAwesome.fa_exclamation_circle, cp =>
             {
-                new SpriteIcon
-                {
-                    Icon = FontAwesome.fa_exclamation_circle,
-                    Size = new Vector2(26),
-                    Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 10 },
-                },
-                new OsuSpriteText
-                {
-                    Text = this.message = message,
-                    TextSize = 22,
-                },
-            };
+                cp.TextSize = TEXT_SIZE;
+                cp.Padding = new MarginPadding { Right = 10 };
+            });
+
+            AddText(this.message = message);
         }
 
         public override bool Equals(Placeholder other) => (other as MessagePlaceholder)?.message == message;

osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/Placeholder.cs

@@ -3,16 +3,27 @@
 
 using System;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
 {
-    public abstract class Placeholder : FillFlowContainer, IEquatable<Placeholder>
+    public abstract class Placeholder : OsuTextFlowContainer, IEquatable<Placeholder>
     {
+        protected const float TEXT_SIZE = 22;
+
+        public override bool HandleMouseInput => true;
+
         protected Placeholder()
+            : base(cp => cp.TextSize = TEXT_SIZE)
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
+            TextAnchor = Anchor.TopCentre;
+
+            Padding = new MarginPadding(20);
+
+            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y;
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
         }
 
         public virtual bool Equals(Placeholder other) => GetType() == other?.GetType();

osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/PlaceholderState.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
+{
+    public enum PlaceholderState
+    {
+        Successful,
+        Retrieving,
+        NetworkFailure,
+        Unavailable,
+        NoScores,
+        NotLoggedIn,
+        NotSupporter,
+    }
+}