Merge branch 'master' into replay-analysis-spectating

osu.Android.props

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2024.904.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2024.916.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Fody does not handle Android build well, and warns when unchanged.

osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs

@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
                 return key?.OpenSubKey(WindowsAssociationManager.SHELL_OPEN_COMMAND)?.GetValue(string.Empty)?.ToString()?.Split('"')[1].Replace("osu!.exe", "");
         }
 
+        public static bool IsPackageManaged => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSU_EXTERNAL_UPDATE_PROVIDER"));
+
         protected override UpdateManager CreateUpdateManager()
         {
-            string? packageManaged = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSU_EXTERNAL_UPDATE_PROVIDER");
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(packageManaged))
+            if (IsPackageManaged)
                 return new NoActionUpdateManager();
 
             return new VelopackUpdateManager();

osu.Desktop/Program.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using osu.Desktop.LegacyIpc;
 using osu.Desktop.Windows;
 using osu.Framework;
@@ -168,12 +169,26 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
 
         private static void setupVelopack()
         {
-            VelopackApp
-                .Build()
-                .WithFirstRun(v =>
-                {
-                    if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) WindowsAssociationManager.InstallAssociations();
-                }).Run();
+            if (OsuGameDesktop.IsPackageManaged)
+            {
+                Logger.Log("Updates are being managed by an external provider. Skipping Velopack setup.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var app = VelopackApp.Build();
+
+            if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
+                configureWindows(app);
+
+            app.Run();
+        }
+
+        [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+        private static void configureWindows(VelopackApp app)
+        {
+            app.WithFirstRun(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.InstallAssociations());
+            app.WithAfterUpdateFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UpdateAssociations());
+            app.WithBeforeUninstallFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UninstallAssociations());
         }
     }
 }

osu.Desktop/Updater/VelopackUpdateManager.cs

@@ -45,14 +45,17 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
 
         private async Task<bool> checkForUpdateAsync(UpdateProgressNotification? notification = null)
         {
-            // should we schedule a retry on completion of this check?
-            bool scheduleRecheck = true;
+            // whether to check again in 30 minutes. generally only if there's an error or no update was found (yet).
+            bool scheduleRecheck = false;
 
             try
             {
                 // Avoid any kind of update checking while gameplay is running.
                 if (localUserInfo?.IsPlaying.Value == true)
+                {
+                    scheduleRecheck = true;
                     return false;
+                }
 
                 // TODO: we should probably be checking if there's a more recent update, rather than shortcutting here.
                 // Velopack does support this scenario (see https://github.com/ppy/osu/pull/28743#discussion_r1743495975).
@@ -67,17 +70,20 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
                             return true;
                         }
                     });
+
                     return true;
                 }
 
                 pendingUpdate = await updateManager.CheckForUpdatesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                // Handle no updates available.
+                // No update is available. We'll check again later.
                 if (pendingUpdate == null)
+                {
+                    scheduleRecheck = true;
                     return false;
+                }
 
-                scheduleRecheck = false;
-
+                // An update is found, let's notify the user and start downloading it.
                 if (notification == null)
                 {
                     notification = new UpdateProgressNotification
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     // In the case of an error, a separate notification will be displayed.
+                    scheduleRecheck = true;
                     notification.FailDownload();
                     Logger.Error(e, @"update failed!");
                 }
@@ -113,7 +120,6 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
             {
                 if (scheduleRecheck)
                 {
-                    // check again in 30 minutes.
                     Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => Task.Run(async () => await checkForUpdateAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)), 60000 * 30);
                 }
             }

osu.Desktop/Windows/Icons.cs

@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
         private static readonly string icon_directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(Icons).Assembly.Location)!;
 
         public static string Lazer => Path.Join(icon_directory, "lazer.ico");
+
+        public static string Beatmap => Path.Join(icon_directory, "beatmap.ico");
     }
 }

osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
 
         private static readonly FileAssociation[] file_associations =
         {
-            new FileAssociation(@".osz", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuBeatmap, Icons.Lazer),
-            new FileAssociation(@".olz", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuBeatmap, Icons.Lazer),
-            new FileAssociation(@".osr", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuReplay, Icons.Lazer),
-            new FileAssociation(@".osk", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuSkin, Icons.Lazer),
+            new FileAssociation(@".osz", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuBeatmap, Icons.Beatmap),
+            new FileAssociation(@".olz", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuBeatmap, Icons.Beatmap),
+            new FileAssociation(@".osr", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuReplay, Icons.Beatmap),
+            new FileAssociation(@".osk", WindowsAssociationManagerStrings.OsuSkin, Icons.Beatmap),
         };
 
         private static readonly UriAssociation[] uri_associations =

osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Description>A free-to-win rhythm game. Rhythm is just a *click* away!</Description>
     <AssemblyName>osu!</AssemblyName>
+    <AssemblyTitle>osu!(lazer)</AssemblyTitle>
     <Title>osu!</Title>
     <Product>osu!(lazer)</Product>
     <ApplicationIcon>lazer.ico</ApplicationIcon>

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/CatchDifficultyCalculator.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
 {
     public class CatchDifficultyCalculator : DifficultyCalculator
     {
-        private const double star_scaling_factor = 0.153;
+        private const double difficulty_multiplier = 4.59;
 
         private float halfCatcherWidth;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
 
             CatchDifficultyAttributes attributes = new CatchDifficultyAttributes
             {
-                StarRating = Math.Sqrt(skills[0].DifficultyValue()) * star_scaling_factor,
+                StarRating = Math.Sqrt(skills[0].DifficultyValue()) * difficulty_multiplier,
                 Mods = mods,
                 ApproachRate = preempt > 1200.0 ? -(preempt - 1800.0) / 120.0 : -(preempt - 1200.0) / 150.0 + 5.0,
                 MaxCombo = beatmap.HitObjects.Count(h => h is Fruit) + beatmap.HitObjects.OfType<JuiceStream>().SelectMany(j => j.NestedHitObjects).Count(h => !(h is TinyDroplet)),

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/Skills/Movement.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Skills
         private const float normalized_hitobject_radius = 41.0f;
         private const double direction_change_bonus = 21.0;
 
-        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 900;
+        protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1;
         protected override double StrainDecayBase => 0.2;
 
         protected override double DecayWeight => 0.94;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableBanana.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -36,23 +38,43 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
             StartTimeBindable.BindValueChanged(_ => UpdateComboColour());
         }
 
+        private float startScale;
+        private float endScale;
+
+        private float startAngle;
+        private float endAngle;
+
         protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
             const float end_scale = 0.6f;
             const float random_scale_range = 1.6f;
 
-            ScalingContainer.ScaleTo(HitObject.Scale * (end_scale + random_scale_range * RandomSingle(3)))
-                            .Then().ScaleTo(HitObject.Scale * end_scale, HitObject.TimePreempt);
+            startScale = end_scale + random_scale_range * RandomSingle(3);
+            endScale = end_scale;
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo(getRandomAngle(1))
-                            .Then()
-                            .RotateTo(getRandomAngle(2), HitObject.TimePreempt);
+            startAngle = getRandomAngle(1);
+            endAngle = getRandomAngle(2);
 
             float getRandomAngle(int series) => 180 * (RandomSingle(series) * 2 - 1);
         }
 
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            double preemptProgress = (Time.Current - (HitObject.StartTime - InitialLifetimeOffset)) / HitObject.TimePreempt;
+
+            // Clamp scale and rotation at the point of bananas being caught, else let them freely extrapolate.
+            if (Result.IsHit)
+                preemptProgress = Math.Min(1, preemptProgress);
+
+            ScalingContainer.Scale = new Vector2(HitObject.Scale * (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startScale, endScale, preemptProgress));
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startAngle, endAngle, preemptProgress);
+        }
+
         public override void PlaySamples()
         {
             base.PlaySamples();

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDroplet.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
@@ -28,15 +28,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
                 _ => new DropletPiece());
         }
 
+        private float startRotation;
+
         protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
-            // roughly matches osu-stable
-            float startRotation = RandomSingle(1) * 20;
-            double duration = HitObject.TimePreempt + 2000;
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
+            startRotation = RandomSingle(1) * 20;
+        }
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo(startRotation).RotateTo(startRotation + 720, duration);
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            // No clamping for droplets. They should be considered indefinitely spinning regardless of time.
+            // They also never end up on the plate, so they shouldn't stop spinning when caught.
+            double preemptProgress = (Time.Current - (HitObject.StartTime - InitialLifetimeOffset)) / (HitObject.TimePreempt + 2000);
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startRotation, startRotation + 720, preemptProgress);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableFruit.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo((RandomSingle(1) - 0.5f) * 40);
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (RandomSingle(1) - 0.5f) * 40;
         }
     }
 }

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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 {
     public class ManiaDifficultyCalculator : DifficultyCalculator
     {
-        private const double star_scaling_factor = 0.018;
+        private const double difficulty_multiplier = 0.018;
 
         private readonly bool isForCurrentRuleset;
         private readonly double originalOverallDifficulty;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 
             ManiaDifficultyAttributes attributes = new ManiaDifficultyAttributes
             {
-                StarRating = skills[0].DifficultyValue() * star_scaling_factor,
+                StarRating = skills[0].DifficultyValue() * difficulty_multiplier,
                 Mods = mods,
                 // In osu-stable mania, rate-adjustment mods don't affect the hit window.
                 // This is done the way it is to introduce fractional differences in order to match osu-stable for the time being.

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

@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
             countMiss = score.Statistics.GetValueOrDefault(HitResult.Miss);
             scoreAccuracy = calculateCustomAccuracy();
 
-            // Arbitrary initial value for scaling pp in order to standardize distributions across game modes.
-            // The specific number has no intrinsic meaning and can be adjusted as needed.
-            double multiplier = 8.0;
+            double multiplier = 1.0;
 
             if (score.Mods.Any(m => m is ModNoFail))
                 multiplier *= 0.75;
@@ -59,9 +57,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
 
         private double computeDifficultyValue(ManiaDifficultyAttributes attributes)
         {
-            double difficultyValue = Math.Pow(Math.Max(attributes.StarRating - 0.15, 0.05), 2.2) // Star rating to pp curve
-                                     * Math.Max(0, 5 * scoreAccuracy - 4) // From 80% accuracy, 1/20th of total pp is awarded per additional 1% accuracy
-                                     * (1 + 0.1 * Math.Min(1, totalHits / 1500)); // Length bonus, capped at 1500 notes
+            double difficultyValue = 8.0 * Math.Pow(Math.Max(attributes.StarRating - 0.15, 0.05), 2.2) // Star rating to pp curve
+                                         * Math.Max(0, 5 * scoreAccuracy - 4) // From 80% accuracy, 1/20th of total pp is awarded per additional 1% accuracy
+                                         * (1 + 0.1 * Math.Min(1, totalHits / 1500)); // Length bonus, capped at 1500 notes
 
             return difficultyValue;
         }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyManiaComboCounter.cs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 using osuTK;
@@ -12,17 +15,76 @@ using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Skinning.Legacy
 {
-    public partial class LegacyManiaComboCounter : LegacyComboCounter
+    public partial class LegacyManiaComboCounter : CompositeDrawable, ISerialisableDrawable
     {
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(ISkinSource skin)
-        {
-            DisplayedCountText.Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
-            DisplayedCountText.Origin = Anchor.Centre;
+        public bool UsesFixedAnchor { get; set; }
 
-            PopOutCountText.Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
-            PopOutCountText.Origin = Anchor.Centre;
-            PopOutCountText.Colour = skin.GetManiaSkinConfig<Color4>(LegacyManiaSkinConfigurationLookups.ComboBreakColour)?.Value ?? Color4.Red;
+        public Bindable<int> Current { get; } = new BindableInt { MinValue = 0 };
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Value shown at the current moment.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual int DisplayedCount
+        {
+            get => displayedCount;
+            private set
+            {
+                if (displayedCount.Equals(value))
+                    return;
+
+                displayedCountText.FadeTo(value == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+                displayedCountText.Text = value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                counterContainer.Size = displayedCountText.Size;
+
+                displayedCount = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private int displayedCount;
+
+        private int previousValue;
+
+        private const double fade_out_duration = 100;
+        private const double rolling_duration = 20;
+
+        private Container counterContainer = null!;
+        private LegacySpriteText popOutCountText = null!;
+        private LegacySpriteText displayedCountText = null!;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(ISkinSource skin, ScoreProcessor scoreProcessor)
+        {
+            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+
+            InternalChildren = new[]
+            {
+                counterContainer = new Container
+                {
+                    AlwaysPresent = true,
+                    Children = new[]
+                    {
+                        popOutCountText = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
+                        {
+                            Alpha = 0,
+                            Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
+                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                            Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                            Colour = skin.GetManiaSkinConfig<Color4>(LegacyManiaSkinConfigurationLookups.ComboBreakColour)?.Value ?? Color4.Red,
+                        },
+                        displayedCountText = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
+                        {
+                            Alpha = 0,
+                            AlwaysPresent = true,
+                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                            Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            Current.BindTo(scoreProcessor.Combo);
         }
 
         [Resolved]
@@ -34,6 +96,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Skinning.Legacy
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
+            displayedCountText.Text = popOutCountText.Text = Current.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+            Current.BindValueChanged(combo => updateCount(combo.NewValue == 0), true);
+
+            counterContainer.Size = displayedCountText.Size;
+
             direction = scrollingInfo.Direction.GetBoundCopy();
             direction.BindValueChanged(_ => updateAnchor());
 
@@ -56,36 +124,71 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Skinning.Legacy
             Y = Math.Abs(Y) * (direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Up ? -1 : 1);
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountIncrement()
+        private void updateCount(bool rolling)
         {
-            base.OnCountIncrement();
+            int prev = previousValue;
+            previousValue = Current.Value;
 
-            PopOutCountText.Hide();
-            DisplayedCountText.ScaleTo(new Vector2(1f, 1.4f))
+            if (!IsLoaded)
+                return;
+
+            if (!rolling)
+            {
+                FinishTransforms(false, nameof(DisplayedCount));
+
+                if (prev + 1 == Current.Value)
+                    onCountIncrement();
+                else
+                    onCountChange();
+            }
+            else
+                onCountRolling();
+        }
+
+        private void onCountIncrement()
+        {
+            popOutCountText.Hide();
+
+            DisplayedCount = Current.Value;
+            displayedCountText.ScaleTo(new Vector2(1f, 1.4f))
                               .ScaleTo(new Vector2(1f), 300, Easing.Out)
                               .FadeIn(120);
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountChange()
+        private void onCountChange()
         {
-            base.OnCountChange();
+            popOutCountText.Hide();
 
-            PopOutCountText.Hide();
-            DisplayedCountText.ScaleTo(1f);
+            if (Current.Value == 0)
+                displayedCountText.FadeOut();
+
+            DisplayedCount = Current.Value;
+
+            displayedCountText.ScaleTo(1f);
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountRolling()
+        private void onCountRolling()
         {
             if (DisplayedCount > 0)
             {
-                PopOutCountText.Text = FormatCount(DisplayedCount);
-                PopOutCountText.FadeTo(0.8f).FadeOut(200)
+                popOutCountText.Text = DisplayedCount.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                popOutCountText.FadeTo(0.8f).FadeOut(200)
                                .ScaleTo(1f).ScaleTo(4f, 200);
 
-                DisplayedCountText.FadeTo(0.5f, 300);
+                displayedCountText.FadeTo(0.5f, 300);
             }
 
-            base.OnCountRolling();
+            // Hides displayed count if was increasing from 0 to 1 but didn't finish
+            if (DisplayedCount == 0 && Current.Value == 0)
+                displayedCountText.FadeOut(fade_out_duration);
+
+            this.TransformTo(nameof(DisplayedCount), Current.Value, getProportionalDuration(DisplayedCount, Current.Value));
+        }
+
+        private double getProportionalDuration(int currentValue, int newValue)
+        {
+            double difference = currentValue > newValue ? currentValue - newValue : newValue - currentValue;
+            return difference * rolling_duration;
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/Editor/TestScenePreciseRotation.cs

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests.Editor
                 () => EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.OfType<HitCircle>().ElementAt(1).Position,
                 () => Is.EqualTo(OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE - new Vector2(200)));
 
-            AddStep("change rotation origin", () => getPopover().ChildrenOfType<EditorRadioButton>().ElementAt(1).TriggerClick());
+            AddStep("change rotation origin", () => getPopover().ChildrenOfType<EditorRadioButton>().ElementAt(2).TriggerClick());
             AddAssert("first object rotated 90deg around selection centre",
                 () => EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.OfType<HitCircle>().ElementAt(0).Position, () => Is.EqualTo(new Vector2(200, 200)));
             AddAssert("second object rotated 90deg around selection centre",

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/Editor/TestSceneSliderSelectionBlueprint.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-#nullable disable
-
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
@@ -22,9 +20,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests.Editor
 {
     public partial class TestSceneSliderSelectionBlueprint : SelectionBlueprintTestScene
     {
-        private Slider slider;
-        private DrawableSlider drawableObject;
-        private TestSliderBlueprint blueprint;
+        private Slider slider = null!;
+        private DrawableSlider drawableObject = null!;
+        private TestSliderBlueprint blueprint = null!;
 
         [SetUp]
         public void Setup() => Schedule(() =>
@@ -218,6 +216,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests.Editor
 
             AddAssert("tail positioned correctly",
                 () => Precision.AlmostEquals(blueprint.TailOverlay.CirclePiece.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre, drawableObject.TailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre));
+
+            AddAssert("end drag marker positioned correctly",
+                () => Precision.AlmostEquals(blueprint.TailOverlay.EndDragMarker!.ToScreenSpace(blueprint.TailOverlay.EndDragMarker.OriginPosition), drawableObject.TailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre, 2));
         }
 
         private void moveMouseToControlPoint(int index)
@@ -230,14 +231,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests.Editor
         }
 
         private void checkControlPointSelected(int index, bool selected)
-            => AddAssert($"control point {index} {(selected ? "selected" : "not selected")}", () => blueprint.ControlPointVisualiser.Pieces[index].IsSelected.Value == selected);
+            => AddAssert($"control point {index} {(selected ? "selected" : "not selected")}", () => blueprint.ControlPointVisualiser!.Pieces[index].IsSelected.Value == selected);
 
         private partial class TestSliderBlueprint : SliderSelectionBlueprint
         {
             public new SliderBodyPiece BodyPiece => base.BodyPiece;
             public new TestSliderCircleOverlay HeadOverlay => (TestSliderCircleOverlay)base.HeadOverlay;
             public new TestSliderCircleOverlay TailOverlay => (TestSliderCircleOverlay)base.TailOverlay;
-            public new PathControlPointVisualiser<Slider> ControlPointVisualiser => base.ControlPointVisualiser;
+            public new PathControlPointVisualiser<Slider>? ControlPointVisualiser => base.ControlPointVisualiser;
 
             public TestSliderBlueprint(Slider slider)
                 : base(slider)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Configuration/OsuRulesetConfigManager.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Configuration
             SetDefault(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayFrameMarkersEnabled, false);
             SetDefault(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayCursorPathEnabled, false);
             SetDefault(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayCursorHideEnabled, false);
-            SetDefault(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayAnalysisDisplayLength, 750);
+            SetDefault(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayAnalysisDisplayLength, 800);
         }
     }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/SpeedEvaluator.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
 {
     public static class SpeedEvaluator
     {
-        private const double single_spacing_threshold = 125;
+        private const double single_spacing_threshold = 125; // 1.25 circles distance between centers
         private const double min_speed_bonus = 75; // ~200BPM
         private const double speed_balancing_factor = 40;
 
@@ -50,16 +50,27 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
             // 0.93 is derived from making sure 260bpm OD8 streams aren't nerfed harshly, whilst 0.92 limits the effect of the cap.
             strainTime /= Math.Clamp((strainTime / osuCurrObj.HitWindowGreat) / 0.93, 0.92, 1);
 
-            // derive speedBonus for calculation
+            // speedBonus will be 1.0 for BPM < 200
             double speedBonus = 1.0;
 
+            // Add additional scaling bonus for streams/bursts higher than 200bpm
             if (strainTime < min_speed_bonus)
                 speedBonus = 1 + 0.75 * Math.Pow((min_speed_bonus - strainTime) / speed_balancing_factor, 2);
 
             double travelDistance = osuPrevObj?.TravelDistance ?? 0;
-            double distance = Math.Min(single_spacing_threshold, travelDistance + osuCurrObj.MinimumJumpDistance);
+            double distance = travelDistance + osuCurrObj.MinimumJumpDistance;
 
-            return (speedBonus + speedBonus * Math.Pow(distance / single_spacing_threshold, 3.5)) * doubletapness / strainTime;
+            // Cap distance at single_spacing_threshold
+            distance = Math.Min(distance, single_spacing_threshold);
+
+            // Max distance bonus is 2 at single_spacing_threshold
+            double distanceBonus = 1 + Math.Pow(distance / single_spacing_threshold, 3.5);
+
+            // Base difficulty with all bonuses
+            double difficulty = speedBonus * distanceBonus * 1000 / strainTime;
+
+            // Apply penalty if there's doubletappable doubles
+            return difficulty * doubletapness;
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
 
         private double currentStrain;
 
-        private double skillMultiplier => 23.55;
+        private double skillMultiplier => 24.963;
         private double strainDecayBase => 0.15;
 
         private double strainDecay(double ms) => Math.Pow(strainDecayBase, ms / 1000);

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Flashlight.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
             hasHiddenMod = mods.Any(m => m is OsuModHidden);
         }
 
-        private double skillMultiplier => 0.052;
+        private double skillMultiplier => 0.05512;
         private double strainDecayBase => 0.15;
 
         private double currentStrain;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
             return currentStrain;
         }
 
-        public override double DifficultyValue() => GetCurrentStrainPeaks().Sum() * OsuStrainSkill.DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_MULTIPLIER;
+        public override double DifficultyValue() => GetCurrentStrainPeaks().Sum();
 
         public static double DifficultyToPerformance(double difficulty) => 25 * Math.Pow(difficulty, 2);
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs

@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
 {
     public abstract class OsuStrainSkill : StrainSkill
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The default multiplier applied by <see cref="OsuStrainSkill"/> to the final difficulty value after all other calculations.
-        /// May be overridden via <see cref="DifficultyMultiplier"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        public const double DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_MULTIPLIER = 1.06;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The number of sections with the highest strains, which the peak strain reductions will apply to.
         /// This is done in order to decrease their impact on the overall difficulty of the map for this skill.
@@ -29,11 +23,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
         /// </summary>
         protected virtual double ReducedStrainBaseline => 0.75;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The final multiplier to be applied to <see cref="DifficultyValue"/> after all other calculations.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual double DifficultyMultiplier => DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_MULTIPLIER;
-
         protected OsuStrainSkill(Mod[] mods)
             : base(mods)
         {
@@ -65,7 +54,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
                 weight *= DecayWeight;
             }
 
-            return difficulty * DifficultyMultiplier;
+            return difficulty;
         }
 
         public static double DifficultyToPerformance(double difficulty) => Math.Pow(5.0 * Math.Max(1.0, difficulty / 0.0675) - 4.0, 3.0) / 100000.0;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Speed.cs

@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
     /// </summary>
     public class Speed : OsuStrainSkill
     {
-        private double skillMultiplier => 1375;
+        private double skillMultiplier => 1.430;
         private double strainDecayBase => 0.3;
 
         private double currentStrain;
         private double currentRhythm;
 
         protected override int ReducedSectionCount => 5;
-        protected override double DifficultyMultiplier => 1.04;
 
         private readonly List<double> objectStrains = new List<double>();
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/Sliders/SliderCircleOverlay.cs

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Blueprints.Sliders
 
             if (endDragMarkerContainer != null)
             {
-                endDragMarkerContainer.Position = circle.Position;
+                endDragMarkerContainer.Position = circle.Position + slider.StackOffset;
                 endDragMarkerContainer.Scale = CirclePiece.Scale * 1.2f;
                 var diff = slider.Path.PositionAt(1) - slider.Path.PositionAt(0.99f);
                 endDragMarkerContainer.Rotation = float.RadiansToDegrees(MathF.Atan2(diff.Y, diff.X));

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuHitObjectComposer.cs

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                     {
                         RotationHandler = BlueprintContainer.SelectionHandler.RotationHandler,
                         ScaleHandler = (OsuSelectionScaleHandler)BlueprintContainer.SelectionHandler.ScaleHandler,
+                        GridToolbox = OsuGridToolboxGroup,
                     },
                     new GenerateToolboxGroup(),
                     FreehandSliderToolboxGroup

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.UserInterface;
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 {
     public partial class OsuSelectionHandler : EditorSelectionHandler
     {
+        [Resolved]
+        private OsuGridToolboxGroup gridToolbox { get; set; } = null!;
+
         protected override void OnSelectionChanged()
         {
             base.OnSelectionChanged();
@@ -123,13 +127,43 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         {
             var hitObjects = selectedMovableObjects;
 
-            var flipQuad = flipOverOrigin ? new Quad(0, 0, OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE.X, OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE.Y) : GeometryUtils.GetSurroundingQuad(hitObjects);
+            // If we're flipping over the origin, we take the grid origin position from the grid toolbox.
+            var flipQuad = flipOverOrigin ? new Quad(gridToolbox.StartPositionX.Value, gridToolbox.StartPositionY.Value, 0, 0) : GeometryUtils.GetSurroundingQuad(hitObjects);
+            Vector2 flipAxis = direction == Direction.Vertical ? Vector2.UnitY : Vector2.UnitX;
+
+            if (flipOverOrigin)
+            {
+                // If we're flipping over the origin, we take one of the axes of the grid.
+                // Take the axis closest to the direction we want to flip over.
+                switch (gridToolbox.GridType.Value)
+                {
+                    case PositionSnapGridType.Square:
+                        flipAxis = GeometryUtils.RotateVector(Vector2.UnitX, -((gridToolbox.GridLinesRotation.Value + 360 + 45) % 90 - 45));
+                        flipAxis = direction == Direction.Vertical ? flipAxis.PerpendicularLeft : flipAxis;
+                        break;
+
+                    case PositionSnapGridType.Triangle:
+                        // Hex grid has 3 axes, so you can not directly flip over one of the axes,
+                        // however it's still possible to achieve that flip by combining multiple flips over the other axes.
+                        // Angle degree range for vertical = (-120, -60]
+                        // Angle degree range for horizontal = [-30, 30)
+                        flipAxis = direction == Direction.Vertical
+                            ? GeometryUtils.RotateVector(Vector2.UnitX, -((gridToolbox.GridLinesRotation.Value + 360 + 30) % 60 + 60))
+                            : GeometryUtils.RotateVector(Vector2.UnitX, -((gridToolbox.GridLinesRotation.Value + 360) % 60 - 30));
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            var controlPointFlipQuad = new Quad();
 
             bool didFlip = false;
 
             foreach (var h in hitObjects)
             {
-                var flippedPosition = GeometryUtils.GetFlippedPosition(direction, flipQuad, h.Position);
+                var flippedPosition = GeometryUtils.GetFlippedPosition(flipAxis, flipQuad, h.Position);
+
+                // Clamp the flipped position inside the playfield bounds, because the flipped position might be outside the playfield bounds if the origin is not centered.
+                flippedPosition = Vector2.Clamp(flippedPosition, Vector2.Zero, OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE);
 
                 if (!Precision.AlmostEquals(flippedPosition, h.Position))
                 {
@@ -142,12 +176,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                     didFlip = true;
 
                     foreach (var cp in slider.Path.ControlPoints)
-                    {
-                        cp.Position = new Vector2(
-                            (direction == Direction.Horizontal ? -1 : 1) * cp.Position.X,
-                            (direction == Direction.Vertical ? -1 : 1) * cp.Position.Y
-                        );
-                    }
+                        cp.Position = GeometryUtils.GetFlippedPosition(flipAxis, controlPointFlipQuad, cp.Position);
                 }
             }
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionScaleHandler.cs

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 
         private Dictionary<OsuHitObject, OriginalHitObjectState>? objectsInScale;
         private Vector2? defaultOrigin;
+        private List<Vector2>? originalConvexHull;
 
         public override void Begin()
         {
@@ -84,9 +85,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                 ? GeometryUtils.GetSurroundingQuad(slider.Path.ControlPoints.Select(p => slider.Position + p.Position))
                 : GeometryUtils.GetSurroundingQuad(objectsInScale.Keys);
             defaultOrigin = OriginalSurroundingQuad.Value.Centre;
+            originalConvexHull = objectsInScale.Count == 1 && objectsInScale.First().Key is Slider slider2
+                ? GeometryUtils.GetConvexHull(slider2.Path.ControlPoints.Select(p => slider2.Position + p.Position))
+                : GeometryUtils.GetConvexHull(objectsInScale.Keys);
         }
 
-        public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both)
+        public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
             if (!OperationInProgress.Value)
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Cannot {nameof(Update)} a scale operation without calling {nameof(Begin)} first!");
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
             Debug.Assert(objectsInScale != null && defaultOrigin != null && OriginalSurroundingQuad != null);
 
             Vector2 actualOrigin = origin ?? defaultOrigin.Value;
+            scale = clampScaleToAdjustAxis(scale, adjustAxis);
 
             // for the time being, allow resizing of slider paths only if the slider is
             // the only hit object selected. with a group selection, it's likely the user
@@ -102,15 +107,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
             {
                 var originalInfo = objectsInScale[slider];
                 Debug.Assert(originalInfo.PathControlPointPositions != null && originalInfo.PathControlPointTypes != null);
-                scaleSlider(slider, scale, originalInfo.PathControlPointPositions, originalInfo.PathControlPointTypes);
+                scaleSlider(slider, scale, originalInfo.PathControlPointPositions, originalInfo.PathControlPointTypes, axisRotation);
             }
             else
             {
-                scale = ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(scale, actualOrigin);
+                scale = ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(scale, actualOrigin, adjustAxis, axisRotation);
 
                 foreach (var (ho, originalState) in objectsInScale)
                 {
-                    ho.Position = GeometryUtils.GetScaledPosition(scale, actualOrigin, originalState.Position);
+                    ho.Position = GeometryUtils.GetScaledPosition(scale, actualOrigin, originalState.Position, axisRotation);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -134,14 +139,34 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         private IEnumerable<OsuHitObject> selectedMovableObjects => selectedItems.Cast<OsuHitObject>()
                                                                                  .Where(h => h is not Spinner);
 
-        private void scaleSlider(Slider slider, Vector2 scale, Vector2[] originalPathPositions, PathType?[] originalPathTypes)
+        private Vector2 clampScaleToAdjustAxis(Vector2 scale, Axes adjustAxis)
+        {
+            switch (adjustAxis)
+            {
+                case Axes.Y:
+                    scale.X = 1;
+                    break;
+
+                case Axes.X:
+                    scale.Y = 1;
+                    break;
+
+                case Axes.None:
+                    scale = Vector2.One;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            return scale;
+        }
+
+        private void scaleSlider(Slider slider, Vector2 scale, Vector2[] originalPathPositions, PathType?[] originalPathTypes, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
             scale = Vector2.ComponentMax(scale, new Vector2(Precision.FLOAT_EPSILON));
 
             // Maintain the path types in case they were defaulted to bezier at some point during scaling
             for (int i = 0; i < slider.Path.ControlPoints.Count; i++)
             {
-                slider.Path.ControlPoints[i].Position = originalPathPositions[i] * scale;
+                slider.Path.ControlPoints[i].Position = GeometryUtils.GetScaledPosition(scale, Vector2.Zero, originalPathPositions[i], axisRotation);
                 slider.Path.ControlPoints[i].Type = originalPathTypes[i];
             }
 
@@ -176,11 +201,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="origin">The origin from which the scale operation is performed</param>
         /// <param name="scale">The scale to be clamped</param>
+        /// <param name="adjustAxis">The axes to adjust the scale in.</param>
+        /// <param name="axisRotation">The rotation of the axes in degrees</param>
         /// <returns>The clamped scale vector</returns>
-        public Vector2 ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null)
+        public Vector2 ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
             //todo: this is not always correct for selections involving sliders. This approximation assumes each point is scaled independently, but sliderends move with the sliderhead.
-            if (objectsInScale == null)
+            if (objectsInScale == null || adjustAxis == Axes.None)
                 return scale;
 
             Debug.Assert(defaultOrigin != null && OriginalSurroundingQuad != null);
@@ -188,24 +215,60 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
             if (objectsInScale.Count == 1 && objectsInScale.First().Key is Slider slider)
                 origin = slider.Position;
 
+            float cos = MathF.Cos(float.DegreesToRadians(-axisRotation));
+            float sin = MathF.Sin(float.DegreesToRadians(-axisRotation));
+            scale = clampScaleToAdjustAxis(scale, adjustAxis);
             Vector2 actualOrigin = origin ?? defaultOrigin.Value;
-            var selectionQuad = OriginalSurroundingQuad.Value;
+            IEnumerable<Vector2> points;
 
-            var tl1 = Vector2.Divide(-actualOrigin, selectionQuad.TopLeft - actualOrigin);
-            var tl2 = Vector2.Divide(OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE - actualOrigin, selectionQuad.TopLeft - actualOrigin);
-            var br1 = Vector2.Divide(-actualOrigin, selectionQuad.BottomRight - actualOrigin);
-            var br2 = Vector2.Divide(OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE - actualOrigin, selectionQuad.BottomRight - actualOrigin);
+            if (axisRotation == 0)
+            {
+                var selectionQuad = OriginalSurroundingQuad.Value;
+                points = new[]
+                {
+                    selectionQuad.TopLeft,
+                    selectionQuad.TopRight,
+                    selectionQuad.BottomLeft,
+                    selectionQuad.BottomRight
+                };
+            }
+            else
+                points = originalConvexHull!;
 
-            if (!Precision.AlmostEquals(selectionQuad.TopLeft.X - actualOrigin.X, 0))
-                scale.X = selectionQuad.TopLeft.X - actualOrigin.X < 0 ? MathHelper.Clamp(scale.X, tl2.X, tl1.X) : MathHelper.Clamp(scale.X, tl1.X, tl2.X);
-            if (!Precision.AlmostEquals(selectionQuad.TopLeft.Y - actualOrigin.Y, 0))
-                scale.Y = selectionQuad.TopLeft.Y - actualOrigin.Y < 0 ? MathHelper.Clamp(scale.Y, tl2.Y, tl1.Y) : MathHelper.Clamp(scale.Y, tl1.Y, tl2.Y);
-            if (!Precision.AlmostEquals(selectionQuad.BottomRight.X - actualOrigin.X, 0))
-                scale.X = selectionQuad.BottomRight.X - actualOrigin.X < 0 ? MathHelper.Clamp(scale.X, br2.X, br1.X) : MathHelper.Clamp(scale.X, br1.X, br2.X);
-            if (!Precision.AlmostEquals(selectionQuad.BottomRight.Y - actualOrigin.Y, 0))
-                scale.Y = selectionQuad.BottomRight.Y - actualOrigin.Y < 0 ? MathHelper.Clamp(scale.Y, br2.Y, br1.Y) : MathHelper.Clamp(scale.Y, br1.Y, br2.Y);
+            foreach (var point in points)
+            {
+                scale = clampToBound(scale, point, Vector2.Zero);
+                scale = clampToBound(scale, point, OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE);
+            }
 
             return Vector2.ComponentMax(scale, new Vector2(Precision.FLOAT_EPSILON));
+
+            float minPositiveComponent(Vector2 v) => MathF.Min(v.X < 0 ? float.PositiveInfinity : v.X, v.Y < 0 ? float.PositiveInfinity : v.Y);
+
+            Vector2 clampToBound(Vector2 s, Vector2 p, Vector2 bound)
+            {
+                p -= actualOrigin;
+                bound -= actualOrigin;
+                var a = new Vector2(cos * cos * p.X - sin * cos * p.Y, -sin * cos * p.X + sin * sin * p.Y);
+                var b = new Vector2(sin * sin * p.X + sin * cos * p.Y, sin * cos * p.X + cos * cos * p.Y);
+
+                switch (adjustAxis)
+                {
+                    case Axes.X:
+                        s.X = MathF.Min(scale.X, minPositiveComponent(Vector2.Divide(bound - b, a)));
+                        break;
+
+                    case Axes.Y:
+                        s.Y = MathF.Min(scale.Y, minPositiveComponent(Vector2.Divide(bound - a, b)));
+                        break;
+
+                    case Axes.Both:
+                        s = Vector2.ComponentMin(s, s * minPositiveComponent(Vector2.Divide(bound, a * s.X + b * s.Y)));
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                return s;
+            }
         }
 
         private void moveSelectionInBounds()

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/PreciseRotationPopover.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
@@ -19,16 +20,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
     {
         private readonly SelectionRotationHandler rotationHandler;
 
-        private readonly Bindable<PreciseRotationInfo> rotationInfo = new Bindable<PreciseRotationInfo>(new PreciseRotationInfo(0, RotationOrigin.PlayfieldCentre));
+        private readonly OsuGridToolboxGroup gridToolbox;
+
+        private readonly Bindable<PreciseRotationInfo> rotationInfo = new Bindable<PreciseRotationInfo>(new PreciseRotationInfo(0, RotationOrigin.GridCentre));
 
         private SliderWithTextBoxInput<float> angleInput = null!;
         private EditorRadioButtonCollection rotationOrigin = null!;
 
         private RadioButton selectionCentreButton = null!;
 
-        public PreciseRotationPopover(SelectionRotationHandler rotationHandler)
+        public PreciseRotationPopover(SelectionRotationHandler rotationHandler, OsuGridToolboxGroup gridToolbox)
         {
             this.rotationHandler = rotationHandler;
+            this.gridToolbox = gridToolbox;
 
             AllowableAnchors = new[] { Anchor.CentreLeft, Anchor.CentreRight };
         }
@@ -58,6 +62,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                         Items = new[]
                         {
+                            new RadioButton("Grid centre",
+                                () => rotationInfo.Value = rotationInfo.Value with { Origin = RotationOrigin.GridCentre },
+                                () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.PlusSquare }),
                             new RadioButton("Playfield centre",
                                 () => rotationInfo.Value = rotationInfo.Value with { Origin = RotationOrigin.PlayfieldCentre },
                                 () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.Square }),
@@ -93,10 +100,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 
             rotationInfo.BindValueChanged(rotation =>
             {
-                rotationHandler.Update(rotation.NewValue.Degrees, rotation.NewValue.Origin == RotationOrigin.PlayfieldCentre ? OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE / 2 : null);
+                rotationHandler.Update(rotation.NewValue.Degrees, getOriginPosition(rotation.NewValue));
             });
         }
 
+        private Vector2? getOriginPosition(PreciseRotationInfo rotation) =>
+            rotation.Origin switch
+            {
+                RotationOrigin.GridCentre => gridToolbox.StartPosition.Value,
+                RotationOrigin.PlayfieldCentre => OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE / 2,
+                RotationOrigin.SelectionCentre => null,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(rotation))
+            };
+
         protected override void PopIn()
         {
             base.PopIn();
@@ -114,6 +130,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 
     public enum RotationOrigin
     {
+        GridCentre,
         PlayfieldCentre,
         SelectionCentre
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/PreciseScalePopover.cs

@@ -20,21 +20,25 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
     {
         private readonly OsuSelectionScaleHandler scaleHandler;
 
-        private readonly Bindable<PreciseScaleInfo> scaleInfo = new Bindable<PreciseScaleInfo>(new PreciseScaleInfo(1, ScaleOrigin.PlayfieldCentre, true, true));
+        private readonly OsuGridToolboxGroup gridToolbox;
+
+        private readonly Bindable<PreciseScaleInfo> scaleInfo = new Bindable<PreciseScaleInfo>(new PreciseScaleInfo(1, ScaleOrigin.GridCentre, true, true));
 
         private SliderWithTextBoxInput<float> scaleInput = null!;
         private BindableNumber<float> scaleInputBindable = null!;
         private EditorRadioButtonCollection scaleOrigin = null!;
 
+        private RadioButton gridCentreButton = null!;
         private RadioButton playfieldCentreButton = null!;
         private RadioButton selectionCentreButton = null!;
 
         private OsuCheckbox xCheckBox = null!;
         private OsuCheckbox yCheckBox = null!;
 
-        public PreciseScalePopover(OsuSelectionScaleHandler scaleHandler)
+        public PreciseScalePopover(OsuSelectionScaleHandler scaleHandler, OsuGridToolboxGroup gridToolbox)
         {
             this.scaleHandler = scaleHandler;
+            this.gridToolbox = gridToolbox;
 
             AllowableAnchors = new[] { Anchor.CentreLeft, Anchor.CentreRight };
         }
@@ -66,6 +70,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                         Items = new[]
                         {
+                            gridCentreButton = new RadioButton("Grid centre",
+                                () => setOrigin(ScaleOrigin.GridCentre),
+                                () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.PlusSquare }),
                             playfieldCentreButton = new RadioButton("Playfield centre",
                                 () => setOrigin(ScaleOrigin.PlayfieldCentre),
                                 () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.Square }),
@@ -97,6 +104,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                     },
                 }
             };
+            gridCentreButton.Selected.DisabledChanged += isDisabled =>
+            {
+                gridCentreButton.TooltipText = isDisabled ? "The current selection cannot be scaled relative to grid centre." : string.Empty;
+            };
             playfieldCentreButton.Selected.DisabledChanged += isDisabled =>
             {
                 playfieldCentreButton.TooltipText = isDisabled ? "The current selection cannot be scaled relative to playfield centre." : string.Empty;
@@ -123,19 +134,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 
             selectionCentreButton.Selected.Disabled = !(scaleHandler.CanScaleX.Value || scaleHandler.CanScaleY.Value);
             playfieldCentreButton.Selected.Disabled = scaleHandler.IsScalingSlider.Value && !selectionCentreButton.Selected.Disabled;
+            gridCentreButton.Selected.Disabled = playfieldCentreButton.Selected.Disabled;
 
             scaleOrigin.Items.First(b => !b.Selected.Disabled).Select();
 
             scaleInfo.BindValueChanged(scale =>
             {
-                var newScale = new Vector2(scale.NewValue.XAxis ? scale.NewValue.Scale : 1, scale.NewValue.YAxis ? scale.NewValue.Scale : 1);
-                scaleHandler.Update(newScale, getOriginPosition(scale.NewValue));
+                var newScale = new Vector2(scale.NewValue.Scale, scale.NewValue.Scale);
+                scaleHandler.Update(newScale, getOriginPosition(scale.NewValue), getAdjustAxis(scale.NewValue), getRotation(scale.NewValue));
             });
         }
 
         private void updateAxisCheckBoxesEnabled()
         {
-            if (scaleInfo.Value.Origin == ScaleOrigin.PlayfieldCentre)
+            if (scaleInfo.Value.Origin != ScaleOrigin.SelectionCentre)
             {
                 toggleAxisAvailable(xCheckBox.Current, true);
                 toggleAxisAvailable(yCheckBox.Current, true);
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                 return;
 
             const float max_scale = 10;
-            var scale = scaleHandler.ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(new Vector2(max_scale), getOriginPosition(scaleInfo.Value));
+            var scale = scaleHandler.ClampScaleToPlayfieldBounds(new Vector2(max_scale), getOriginPosition(scaleInfo.Value), getAdjustAxis(scaleInfo.Value), getRotation(scaleInfo.Value));
 
             if (!scaleInfo.Value.XAxis)
                 scale.X = max_scale;
@@ -179,7 +191,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
             updateAxisCheckBoxesEnabled();
         }
 
-        private Vector2? getOriginPosition(PreciseScaleInfo scale) => scale.Origin == ScaleOrigin.PlayfieldCentre ? OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE / 2 : null;
+        private Vector2? getOriginPosition(PreciseScaleInfo scale) =>
+            scale.Origin switch
+            {
+                ScaleOrigin.GridCentre => gridToolbox.StartPosition.Value,
+                ScaleOrigin.PlayfieldCentre => OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE / 2,
+                ScaleOrigin.SelectionCentre => null,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(scale))
+            };
+
+        private Axes getAdjustAxis(PreciseScaleInfo scale) => scale.XAxis ? scale.YAxis ? Axes.Both : Axes.X : Axes.Y;
+
+        private float getRotation(PreciseScaleInfo scale) => scale.Origin == ScaleOrigin.GridCentre ? gridToolbox.GridLinesRotation.Value : 0;
 
         private void setAxis(bool x, bool y)
         {
@@ -204,6 +227,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 
     public enum ScaleOrigin
     {
+        GridCentre,
         PlayfieldCentre,
         SelectionCentre
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/TransformToolboxGroup.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         public SelectionRotationHandler RotationHandler { get; init; } = null!;
         public OsuSelectionScaleHandler ScaleHandler { get; init; } = null!;
 
+        public OsuGridToolboxGroup GridToolbox { get; init; } = null!;
+
         public TransformToolboxGroup()
             : base("transform")
         {
@@ -44,10 +46,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
                 {
                     rotateButton = new EditorToolButton("Rotate",
                         () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Solid.Undo },
-                        () => new PreciseRotationPopover(RotationHandler)),
+                        () => new PreciseRotationPopover(RotationHandler, GridToolbox)),
                     scaleButton = new EditorToolButton("Scale",
                         () => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.Solid.ArrowsAlt },
-                        () => new PreciseScalePopover(ScaleHandler))
+                        () => new PreciseScalePopover(ScaleHandler, GridToolbox))
                 }
             };
         }

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

@@ -91,20 +91,35 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                     drawableObjectPiece.ApplyCustomUpdateState -= applyDimToDrawableHitObject;
                     drawableObjectPiece.ApplyCustomUpdateState += applyDimToDrawableHitObject;
                 }
-                else
-                    applyDim(piece);
-            }
 
-            void applyDim(Drawable piece)
-            {
-                piece.FadeColour(new Color4(195, 195, 195, 255));
-                using (piece.BeginDelayedSequence(InitialLifetimeOffset - OsuHitWindows.MISS_WINDOW))
-                    piece.FadeColour(Color4.White, 100);
+                // but at the end apply the transforms now regardless of whether this is a DHO or not.
+                // the above is just to ensure they don't get overwritten later.
+                applyDim(piece);
             }
-
-            void applyDimToDrawableHitObject(DrawableHitObject dho, ArmedState _) => applyDim(dho);
         }
 
+        protected override void ClearNestedHitObjects()
+        {
+            base.ClearNestedHitObjects();
+
+            // any dimmable pieces that are DHOs will be pooled separately.
+            // `applyDimToDrawableHitObject` is a closure that implicitly captures `this`,
+            // and because of separate pooling of parent and child objects, there is no guarantee that the pieces will be associated with `this` again on re-use.
+            // therefore, clean up the subscription here to avoid crosstalk.
+            // not doing so can result in the callback attempting to read things from `this` when it is in a completely bogus state (not in use or similar).
+            foreach (var piece in DimmablePieces.OfType<DrawableHitObject>())
+                piece.ApplyCustomUpdateState -= applyDimToDrawableHitObject;
+        }
+
+        private void applyDim(Drawable piece)
+        {
+            piece.FadeColour(new Color4(195, 195, 195, 255));
+            using (piece.BeginDelayedSequence(InitialLifetimeOffset - OsuHitWindows.MISS_WINDOW))
+                piece.FadeColour(Color4.White, 100);
+        }
+
+        private void applyDimToDrawableHitObject(DrawableHitObject dho, ArmedState _) => applyDim(dho);
+
         protected sealed override double InitialLifetimeOffset => HitObject.TimePreempt;
 
         private OsuInputManager osuActionInputManager;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/DrawableOsuRuleset.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI
         {
             if (player is ReplayPlayer || player is SpectatorPlayer)
             {
-                PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer.Add(new ReplayAnalysisOverlay(player.Score.Replay));
+                ReplayAnalysisOverlay analysisOverlay;
+                PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer.Add(analysisOverlay = new ReplayAnalysisOverlay(player.Score.Replay));
+                Overlays.Add(analysisOverlay.CreateProxy().With(p => p.Depth = float.NegativeInfinity));
 
                 cursorHideEnabled = Config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuRulesetSetting.ReplayCursorHideEnabled);
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/UI/ReplayAnalysis/AnalysisMarker.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI.ReplayAnalysis
         protected override void OnApply(AnalysisFrameEntry entry)
         {
             Position = entry.Position;
+            Depth = -(float)entry.LifetimeEnd;
         }
     }
 }

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

@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
 {
     public class TaikoDifficultyCalculator : DifficultyCalculator
     {
-        private const double difficulty_multiplier = 1.35;
-
-        private const double final_multiplier = 0.0625;
-        private const double rhythm_skill_multiplier = 0.2 * final_multiplier;
-        private const double colour_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * final_multiplier;
-        private const double stamina_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * final_multiplier;
+        private const double difficulty_multiplier = 0.084375;
+        private const double rhythm_skill_multiplier = 0.2 * difficulty_multiplier;
+        private const double colour_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * difficulty_multiplier;
+        private const double stamina_skill_multiplier = 0.375 * difficulty_multiplier;
 
         public override int Version => 20221107;
 
@@ -83,11 +81,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty
             Rhythm rhythm = (Rhythm)skills.First(x => x is Rhythm);
             Stamina stamina = (Stamina)skills.First(x => x is Stamina);
 
-            double colourRating = colour.DifficultyValue() * colour_skill_multiplier * difficulty_multiplier;
-            double rhythmRating = rhythm.DifficultyValue() * rhythm_skill_multiplier * difficulty_multiplier;
-            double staminaRating = stamina.DifficultyValue() * stamina_skill_multiplier * difficulty_multiplier;
+            double colourRating = colour.DifficultyValue() * colour_skill_multiplier;
+            double rhythmRating = rhythm.DifficultyValue() * rhythm_skill_multiplier;
+            double staminaRating = stamina.DifficultyValue() * stamina_skill_multiplier;
 
-            double combinedRating = combinedDifficultyValue(rhythm, colour, stamina) * difficulty_multiplier;
+            double combinedRating = combinedDifficultyValue(rhythm, colour, stamina);
             double starRating = rescale(combinedRating * 1.4);
 
             HitWindows hitWindows = new TaikoHitWindows();

osu.Game.Tests/NonVisual/Filtering/FilterQueryParserTest.cs

@@ -633,11 +633,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.NonVisual.Filtering
             new object[] { "0", DateTimeOffset.Now, false },
             new object[] { "false", DateTimeOffset.MinValue, true },
             new object[] { "false", DateTimeOffset.Now, false },
+            new object[] { "no", DateTimeOffset.MinValue, true },
+            new object[] { "no", DateTimeOffset.Now, false },
 
             new object[] { "1", DateTimeOffset.MinValue, false },
             new object[] { "1", DateTimeOffset.Now, true },
             new object[] { "true", DateTimeOffset.MinValue, false },
             new object[] { "true", DateTimeOffset.Now, true },
+            new object[] { "yes", DateTimeOffset.MinValue, false },
+            new object[] { "yes", DateTimeOffset.Now, true },
         };
 
         [Test]

osu.Game.Tests/Utils/GeometryUtilsTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
+using osuTK;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tests.Utils
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class GeometryUtilsTest
+    {
+        [TestCase(new int[] { }, new int[] { })]
+        [TestCase(new[] { 0, 0 }, new[] { 0, 0 })]
+        [TestCase(new[] { 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, 2, 0 }, new[] { 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, -1 })]
+        [TestCase(new[] { 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, 2, 0, 1, 0 }, new[] { 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, -1 })]
+        [TestCase(new[] { 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 4, 10 }, new[] { 0, 0, 4, 10, 2, -1 })]
+        public void TestConvexHull(int[] values, int[] expected)
+        {
+            var points = new Vector2[values.Length / 2];
+            for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i += 2)
+                points[i / 2] = new Vector2(values[i], values[i + 1]);
+
+            var expectedPoints = new Vector2[expected.Length / 2];
+            for (int i = 0; i < expected.Length; i += 2)
+                expectedPoints[i / 2] = new Vector2(expected[i], expected[i + 1]);
+
+            var hull = GeometryUtils.GetConvexHull(points);
+
+            Assert.That(hull, Is.EquivalentTo(expectedPoints));
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Editing/TestSceneComposeSelectBox.cs

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Editing
                 OriginalSurroundingQuad = new Quad(targetContainer!.X, targetContainer.Y, targetContainer.Width, targetContainer.Height);
             }
 
-            public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both)
+            public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
             {
                 if (targetContainer == null)
                     throw new InvalidOperationException($"Cannot {nameof(Update)} a scale operation without calling {nameof(Begin)} first!");

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneBeatmapOffsetControl.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Mods;
@@ -136,6 +137,59 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             AddAssert("No calibration button", () => !offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Any());
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCalibrationFromNonZeroWithImmediateReferenceScore()
+        {
+            const double average_error = -4.5;
+            const double initial_offset = -2;
+
+            AddStep("Set beatmap offset non-neutral", () => Realm.Write(r =>
+            {
+                r.Add(new BeatmapInfo
+                {
+                    ID = Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.ID,
+                    Ruleset = Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset,
+                    UserSettings =
+                    {
+                        Offset = initial_offset,
+                    }
+                });
+            }));
+
+            AddStep("Create control with preloaded reference score", () =>
+            {
+                Child = new PlayerSettingsGroup("Some settings")
+                {
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Children = new Drawable[]
+                    {
+                        offsetControl = new BeatmapOffsetControl
+                        {
+                            ReferenceScore =
+                            {
+                                Value = new ScoreInfo
+                                {
+                                    HitEvents = TestSceneHitEventTimingDistributionGraph.CreateDistributedHitEvents(average_error),
+                                    BeatmapInfo = Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo,
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            });
+
+            AddUntilStep("Has calibration button", () => offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Any());
+            AddStep("Press button", () => offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Single().TriggerClick());
+            AddAssert("Offset is adjusted", () => offsetControl.Current.Value, () => Is.EqualTo(initial_offset - average_error));
+
+            AddUntilStep("Button is disabled", () => !offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Single().Enabled.Value);
+            AddStep("Remove reference score", () => offsetControl.ReferenceScore.Value = null);
+            AddAssert("No calibration button", () => !offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Any());
+
+            AddStep("Clean up beatmap", () => Realm.Write(r => r.RemoveAll<BeatmapInfo>()));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestCalibrationNoChange()
         {

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePlayerScoreSubmission.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
+using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Rooms;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
+using osuTK.Input;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
 {
@@ -177,6 +180,30 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             AddAssert("ensure no submission", () => Player.SubmittedScore == null);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestEmptyFailStillImports()
+        {
+            prepareTestAPI(true);
+
+            createPlayerTest(true);
+
+            AddUntilStep("wait for token request", () => Player.TokenCreationRequested);
+
+            AddUntilStep("wait for fail", () => Player.GameplayState.HasFailed);
+            AddUntilStep("wait for fail overlay", () => Player.FailOverlay.State.Value, () => Is.EqualTo(Visibility.Visible));
+
+            AddStep("attempt import", () =>
+            {
+                InputManager.MoveMouseTo(Player.ChildrenOfType<SaveFailedScoreButton>().Single());
+                InputManager.Click(MouseButton.Left);
+            });
+            AddUntilStep("wait for import to start", () => Player.ScoreImportStarted);
+            AddStep("allow import", () => Player.AllowImportCompletion.Release());
+
+            AddUntilStep("import completed", () => Player.ImportedScore, () => Is.Not.Null);
+            AddAssert("ensure no submission", () => Player.SubmittedScore, () => Is.Null);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestSubmissionOnFail()
         {
@@ -378,6 +405,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             public SemaphoreSlim AllowImportCompletion { get; }
             public Score ImportedScore { get; private set; }
 
+            public new FailOverlay FailOverlay => base.FailOverlay;
+
             public FakeImportingPlayer(bool allowPause = true, bool showResults = true, bool pauseOnFocusLost = false)
                 : base(allowPause, showResults, pauseOnFocusLost)
             {

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneSkinEditor.cs

@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
 
             AddStep("import old classic skin", () => skins.CurrentSkinInfo.Value = importedSkin = importSkinFromArchives(@"classic-layout-version-0.osk").SkinInfo);
             AddUntilStep("wait for load", () => globalHUDTarget.ComponentsLoaded && rulesetHUDTarget.ComponentsLoaded);
-            AddAssert("no combo in global target", () => !globalHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyComboCounter>().Any());
-            AddAssert("combo placed in ruleset target", () => rulesetHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
+            AddAssert("no combo in global target", () => !globalHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyDefaultComboCounter>().Any());
+            AddAssert("combo placed in ruleset target", () => rulesetHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyDefaultComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
 
             AddStep("add combo to global target", () => globalHUDTarget.Add(new LegacyDefaultComboCounter
             {
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             AddStep("select another skin", () => skins.CurrentSkinInfo.SetDefault());
             AddStep("select skin again", () => skins.CurrentSkinInfo.Value = importedSkin);
             AddUntilStep("wait for load", () => globalHUDTarget.ComponentsLoaded && rulesetHUDTarget.ComponentsLoaded);
-            AddAssert("combo placed in global target", () => globalHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
-            AddAssert("combo placed in ruleset target", () => rulesetHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
+            AddAssert("combo placed in global target", () => globalHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyDefaultComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
+            AddAssert("combo placed in ruleset target", () => rulesetHUDTarget.Components.OfType<LegacyDefaultComboCounter>().Count() == 1);
         }
 
         private Skin importSkinFromArchives(string filename)

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneScreenNavigation.cs

@@ -144,6 +144,28 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Navigation
             exitViaEscapeAndConfirm();
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestEnterGameplayWhileFilteringToNoSelection()
+        {
+            TestPlaySongSelect songSelect = null;
+
+            PushAndConfirm(() => songSelect = new TestPlaySongSelect());
+            AddUntilStep("wait for song select", () => songSelect.BeatmapSetsLoaded);
+            AddStep("import beatmap", () => BeatmapImportHelper.LoadQuickOszIntoOsu(Game).WaitSafely());
+            AddUntilStep("wait for selected", () => !Game.Beatmap.IsDefault);
+
+            AddStep("force selection", () =>
+            {
+                songSelect.FinaliseSelection();
+                songSelect.FilterControl.CurrentTextSearch.Value = "test";
+            });
+
+            AddUntilStep("wait for player", () => !songSelect.IsCurrentScreen());
+            AddStep("return to song select", () => songSelect.MakeCurrent());
+
+            AddUntilStep("wait for selection lost", () => songSelect.Beatmap.IsDefault);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestSongSelectBackActionHandling()
         {

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneUserProfileDailyChallenge.cs

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
         [Test]
         public void TestPlayCountRankingTier()
         {
-            AddAssert("1 before silver", () => DailyChallengeStatsDisplay.TierForPlayCount(30) == RankingTier.Bronze);
-            AddAssert("first silver", () => DailyChallengeStatsDisplay.TierForPlayCount(31) == RankingTier.Silver);
+            AddAssert("1 before silver", () => DailyChallengeStatsTooltip.TierForPlayCount(30) == RankingTier.Bronze);
+            AddAssert("first silver", () => DailyChallengeStatsTooltip.TierForPlayCount(31) == RankingTier.Silver);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelect/TestSceneBeatmapCarousel.cs

@@ -520,6 +520,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelect
             waitForSelection(set_count);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestDifficultiesSplitOutOnLoad()
+        {
+            loadBeatmaps(new List<BeatmapSetInfo> { TestResources.CreateTestBeatmapSetInfo(diff_count) }, () => new FilterCriteria
+            {
+                Sort = SortMode.Difficulty,
+            });
+
+            checkVisibleItemCount(false, 3);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestAddRemoveDifficultySort()
         {
@@ -1120,6 +1131,32 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelect
             AddAssert("Selection was remembered", () => eagerSelectedIDs.Count == 1);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCarouselRetainsSelectionFromDifficultySort()
+        {
+            List<BeatmapSetInfo> manySets = new List<BeatmapSetInfo>();
+
+            AddStep("Populate beatmap sets", () =>
+            {
+                manySets.Clear();
+
+                for (int i = 1; i <= 50; i++)
+                    manySets.Add(TestResources.CreateTestBeatmapSetInfo(diff_count));
+            });
+
+            loadBeatmaps(manySets);
+
+            BeatmapInfo chosenBeatmap = null!;
+            AddStep("select given beatmap", () => carousel.SelectBeatmap(chosenBeatmap = manySets[20].Beatmaps[0]));
+            AddUntilStep("selection changed", () => carousel.SelectedBeatmapInfo, () => Is.EqualTo(chosenBeatmap));
+
+            AddStep("sort by difficulty", () => carousel.FilterImmediately(new FilterCriteria { Sort = SortMode.Difficulty }));
+            AddAssert("selection retained", () => carousel.SelectedBeatmapInfo, () => Is.EqualTo(chosenBeatmap));
+
+            AddStep("sort by title", () => carousel.FilterImmediately(new FilterCriteria { Sort = SortMode.Title }));
+            AddAssert("selection retained", () => carousel.SelectedBeatmapInfo, () => Is.EqualTo(chosenBeatmap));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestFilteringByUserStarDifficulty()
         {

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneFormControls.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Cursor;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Cursor;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.UserInterface
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.UserInterface
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                 Child = new FillFlowContainer
                 {
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Width = 400,
                     Direction = FillDirection.Vertical,
                     Spacing = new Vector2(5),
                     Padding = new MarginPadding(10),
@@ -53,9 +58,45 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.UserInterface
                             PlaceholderText = "Mine is 42!",
                             TabbableContentContainer = this,
                         },
+                        new FormCheckBox
+                        {
+                            Caption = EditorSetupStrings.LetterboxDuringBreaks,
+                            HintText = EditorSetupStrings.LetterboxDuringBreaksDescription,
+                        },
+                        new FormCheckBox
+                        {
+                            Caption = EditorSetupStrings.LetterboxDuringBreaks,
+                            HintText = EditorSetupStrings.LetterboxDuringBreaksDescription,
+                            Current = { Disabled = true },
+                        },
+                        new FormSliderBar<float>
+                        {
+                            Caption = "Instantaneous slider",
+                            Current = new BindableFloat
+                            {
+                                MinValue = 0,
+                                MaxValue = 10,
+                                Value = 5,
+                                Precision = 0.1f,
+                            },
+                            TabbableContentContainer = this,
+                        },
+                        new FormSliderBar<float>
+                        {
+                            Caption = "Non-instantaneous slider",
+                            Current = new BindableFloat
+                            {
+                                MinValue = 0,
+                                MaxValue = 10,
+                                Value = 5,
+                                Precision = 0.1f,
+                            },
+                            Instantaneous = false,
+                            TabbableContentContainer = this,
+                        },
                     },
                 },
-            },
+            }
         };
     }
 }

osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             // cached database exists on disk.
             && storage.Exists(cache_database_name);
 
-        public bool TryLookup(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
+        public bool TryLookup(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, [NotNullWhen(true)] out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
         {
             Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
             try
             {
-                using (var db = new SqliteConnection(string.Concat(@"Data Source=", storage.GetFullPath(@"online.db", true))))
+                using (var db = getConnection())
                 {
                     db.Open();
 
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             return false;
         }
 
+        private SqliteConnection getConnection() =>
+            new SqliteConnection(string.Concat(@"Data Source=", storage.GetFullPath(@"online.db", true)));
+
         private void prepareLocalCache()
         {
             bool isRefetch = storage.Exists(cache_database_name);
@@ -191,6 +195,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             });
         }
 
+        public int GetCacheVersion()
+        {
+            using (var connection = getConnection())
+            {
+                connection.Open();
+                return getCacheVersion(connection);
+            }
+        }
+
         private int getCacheVersion(SqliteConnection connection)
         {
             using (var cmd = connection.CreateCommand())

osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         [Resolved]
         private IAPIProvider api { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private Storage storage { get; set; } = null!;
+
         protected virtual int TimeToSleepDuringGameplay => 30000;
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 processScoresWithMissingStatistics();
                 convertLegacyTotalScoreToStandardised();
                 upgradeScoreRanks();
+                backpopulateMissingSubmissionAndRankDates();
             }, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning).ContinueWith(t =>
             {
                 if (t.Exception?.InnerException is ObjectDisposedException)
@@ -443,6 +449,104 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             completeNotification(notification, processedCount, scoreIds.Count, failedCount);
         }
 
+        private void backpopulateMissingSubmissionAndRankDates()
+        {
+            var localMetadataSource = new LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource(storage);
+
+            if (!localMetadataSource.Available)
+            {
+                Logger.Log("Cannot backpopulate missing submission/rank dates because the local metadata cache is missing.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                if (localMetadataSource.GetCacheVersion() < 2)
+                {
+                    Logger.Log("Cannot backpopulate missing submission/rank dates because the local metadata cache is too old.");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Log($"Error when trying to query version of local metadata cache: {ex}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Logger.Log("Querying for beatmap sets that contain missing submission/rank date...");
+
+            HashSet<Guid> beatmapSetIds = realmAccess.Run(r => new HashSet<Guid>(
+                r.All<BeatmapSetInfo>()
+                 .Where(b => b.StatusInt > 0 && (b.DateRanked == null || b.DateSubmitted == null))
+                 .AsEnumerable()
+                 .Select(b => b.ID)));
+
+            if (beatmapSetIds.Count == 0)
+                return;
+
+            Logger.Log($"Found {beatmapSetIds.Count} beatmap sets with missing submission/rank date.");
+
+            var notification = showProgressNotification(beatmapSetIds.Count, "Populating missing submission and rank dates", "beatmap sets now have correct submission and rank dates.");
+
+            int processedCount = 0;
+            int failedCount = 0;
+
+            foreach (var id in beatmapSetIds)
+            {
+                if (notification?.State == ProgressNotificationState.Cancelled)
+                    break;
+
+                updateNotificationProgress(notification, processedCount, beatmapSetIds.Count);
+
+                sleepIfRequired();
+
+                try
+                {
+                    // Can't use async overload because we're not on the update thread.
+                    // ReSharper disable once MethodHasAsyncOverload
+                    bool succeeded = realmAccess.Write(r =>
+                    {
+                        BeatmapSetInfo beatmapSet = r.Find<BeatmapSetInfo>(id)!;
+
+                        // we want any ranked representative of the set.
+                        // the reason for checking ranked status of the difficulty is that it can be locally modified,
+                        // at which point the lookup will fail - but there might still be another unmodified difficulty on which it will work.
+                        if (beatmapSet.Beatmaps.FirstOrDefault(b => b.Status >= BeatmapOnlineStatus.Ranked) is not BeatmapInfo beatmap)
+                            return false;
+
+                        bool lookupSucceeded = localMetadataSource.TryLookup(beatmap, out var result);
+
+                        if (lookupSucceeded)
+                        {
+                            Debug.Assert(result != null);
+                            beatmapSet.DateRanked = result.DateRanked;
+                            beatmapSet.DateSubmitted = result.DateSubmitted;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+
+                        Logger.Log($"Could not find {beatmapSet.GetDisplayString()} in local cache while backpopulating missing submission/rank date");
+                        return false;
+                    });
+
+                    if (succeeded)
+                        ++processedCount;
+                    else
+                        ++failedCount;
+                }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+                {
+                    throw;
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    Logger.Log($"Failed to update ranked/submitted dates for beatmap set {id}: {e}");
+                    ++failedCount;
+                }
+            }
+
+            completeNotification(notification, processedCount, beatmapSetIds.Count, failedCount);
+        }
+
         private void updateNotificationProgress(ProgressNotification? notification, int processedCount, int totalCount)
         {
             if (notification == null)

osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(destinationPath)!);
 
+                // Consider using hard links here to make this instant.
                 using (var inStream = Files.Storage.GetStream(sourcePath))
                 using (var outStream = File.Create(destinationPath))
                     await inStream.CopyToAsync(outStream).ConfigureAwait(false);

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuDropdown.cs

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
             [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
             private void load(OverlayColourProvider? colourProvider, OsuColour colours, AudioManager audio)
             {
-                BackgroundColour = colourProvider?.Background5 ?? Color4.Black.Opacity(0.5f);
+                BackgroundColour = colourProvider?.Background5 ?? Color4.Black;
                 HoverColour = colourProvider?.Light4 ?? colours.PinkDarker;
                 SelectionColour = colourProvider?.Background3 ?? colours.PinkDarker.Opacity(0.5f);
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
             {
                 bool hovered = Enabled.Value && IsHovered;
                 var hoveredColour = colourProvider?.Light4 ?? colours.PinkDarker;
-                var unhoveredColour = colourProvider?.Background5 ?? Color4.Black.Opacity(0.5f);
+                var unhoveredColour = colourProvider?.Background5 ?? Color4.Black;
 
                 Colour = Color4.White;
                 Alpha = Enabled.Value ? 1 : 0.3f;

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuSliderBar.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
-            CurrentNumber.BindValueChanged(current => TooltipText = getTooltipText(current.NewValue), true);
+            CurrentNumber.BindValueChanged(current => TooltipText = GetDisplayableValue(current.NewValue), true);
         }
 
         protected override void OnUserChange(T value)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
 
             playSample(value);
 
-            TooltipText = getTooltipText(value);
+            TooltipText = GetDisplayableValue(value);
         }
 
         private void playSample(T value)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
             channel.Play();
         }
 
-        private LocalisableString getTooltipText(T value)
+        public LocalisableString GetDisplayableValue(T value)
         {
             if (CurrentNumber.IsInteger)
                 return int.CreateTruncating(value).ToString("N0");

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/FormCheckBox.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Audio;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
+{
+    public partial class FormCheckBox : CompositeDrawable, IHasCurrentValue<bool>
+    {
+        public Bindable<bool> Current
+        {
+            get => current.Current;
+            set => current.Current = value;
+        }
+
+        private readonly BindableWithCurrent<bool> current = new BindableWithCurrent<bool>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Caption describing this slider bar, displayed on top of the controls.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LocalisableString Caption { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Hint text containing an extended description of this slider bar, displayed in a tooltip when hovering the caption.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LocalisableString HintText { get; init; }
+
+        private Box background = null!;
+        private FormFieldCaption caption = null!;
+        private OsuSpriteText text = null!;
+        private Nub checkbox = null!;
+
+        private Sample? sampleChecked;
+        private Sample? sampleUnchecked;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(AudioManager audio)
+        {
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+            Height = 50;
+
+            Masking = true;
+            CornerRadius = 5;
+            CornerExponent = 2.5f;
+
+            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+            {
+                background = new Box
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Colour = colourProvider.Background5,
+                },
+                new Container
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding(9),
+                    Children = new Drawable[]
+                    {
+                        caption = new FormFieldCaption
+                        {
+                            Caption = Caption,
+                            TooltipText = HintText,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft,
+                            Origin = Anchor.TopLeft,
+                        },
+                        text = new OsuSpriteText
+                        {
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                            Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                        },
+                        checkbox = new Nub
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            Current = Current,
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            };
+
+            sampleChecked = audio.Samples.Get(@"UI/check-on");
+            sampleUnchecked = audio.Samples.Get(@"UI/check-off");
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            current.BindValueChanged(_ =>
+            {
+                updateState();
+                playSamples();
+                background.FlashColour(ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Background5, colourProvider.Dark2), 800, Easing.OutQuint);
+            });
+            current.BindDisabledChanged(_ => updateState(), true);
+        }
+
+        private void playSamples()
+        {
+            if (Current.Value)
+                sampleChecked?.Play();
+            else
+                sampleUnchecked?.Play();
+        }
+
+        protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
+        {
+            updateState();
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnHoverLost(HoverLostEvent e)
+        {
+            base.OnHoverLost(e);
+            updateState();
+        }
+
+        protected override bool OnClick(ClickEvent e)
+        {
+            if (!Current.Disabled)
+                Current.Value = !Current.Value;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private void updateState()
+        {
+            background.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Background4 : colourProvider.Background5;
+            caption.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Foreground1 : colourProvider.Content2;
+            checkbox.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Foreground1 : colourProvider.Content1;
+            text.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Foreground1 : colourProvider.Content1;
+
+            text.Text = Current.Value ? CommonStrings.Enabled : CommonStrings.Disabled;
+
+            if (!Current.Disabled)
+            {
+                BorderThickness = IsHovered ? 2 : 0;
+
+                if (IsHovered)
+                    BorderColour = colourProvider.Light4;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/FormSliderBar.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Numerics;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Framework.Input;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
+{
+    public partial class FormSliderBar<T> : CompositeDrawable, IHasCurrentValue<T>
+        where T : struct, INumber<T>, IMinMaxValue<T>
+    {
+        public Bindable<T> Current
+        {
+            get => current.Current;
+            set => current.Current = value;
+        }
+
+        private bool instantaneous = true;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether changes to the slider should instantaneously transfer to the text box (and vice versa).
+        /// If <see langword="false"/>, the transfer will happen on text box commit (explicit, or implicit via focus loss), or on slider drag end.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool Instantaneous
+        {
+            get => instantaneous;
+            set
+            {
+                instantaneous = value;
+
+                if (slider.IsNotNull())
+                    slider.TransferValueOnCommit = !instantaneous;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private CompositeDrawable? tabbableContentContainer;
+
+        public CompositeDrawable? TabbableContentContainer
+        {
+            set
+            {
+                tabbableContentContainer = value;
+
+                if (textBox.IsNotNull())
+                    textBox.TabbableContentContainer = tabbableContentContainer;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly BindableNumberWithCurrent<T> current = new BindableNumberWithCurrent<T>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Caption describing this slider bar, displayed on top of the controls.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LocalisableString Caption { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Hint text containing an extended description of this slider bar, displayed in a tooltip when hovering the caption.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LocalisableString HintText { get; init; }
+
+        private Box background = null!;
+        private Box flashLayer = null!;
+        private FormTextBox.InnerTextBox textBox = null!;
+        private Slider slider = null!;
+        private FormFieldCaption caption = null!;
+        private IFocusManager focusManager = null!;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        {
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+            Height = 50;
+
+            Masking = true;
+            CornerRadius = 5;
+
+            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+            {
+                background = new Box
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Colour = colourProvider.Background5,
+                },
+                flashLayer = new Box
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Colour = Colour4.Transparent,
+                },
+                new Container
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding(9),
+                    Children = new Drawable[]
+                    {
+                        caption = new FormFieldCaption
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft,
+                            Origin = Anchor.TopLeft,
+                            Caption = Caption,
+                            TooltipText = HintText,
+                        },
+                        textBox = new FormNumberBox.InnerNumberBox
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                            Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            Width = 0.5f,
+                            CommitOnFocusLost = true,
+                            SelectAllOnFocus = true,
+                            AllowDecimals = true,
+                            OnInputError = () =>
+                            {
+                                flashLayer.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colours.Red3.Opacity(0), colours.Red3);
+                                flashLayer.FadeOutFromOne(200, Easing.OutQuint);
+                            },
+                            TabbableContentContainer = tabbableContentContainer,
+                        },
+                        slider = new Slider
+                        {
+                            Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            Width = 0.5f,
+                            Current = Current,
+                            TransferValueOnCommit = !instantaneous,
+                        }
+                    },
+                },
+            };
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            focusManager = GetContainingFocusManager()!;
+
+            textBox.Focused.BindValueChanged(_ => updateState());
+            textBox.OnCommit += textCommitted;
+            textBox.Current.BindValueChanged(textChanged);
+
+            slider.IsDragging.BindValueChanged(_ => updateState());
+
+            current.BindValueChanged(_ =>
+            {
+                updateState();
+                updateTextBoxFromSlider();
+            }, true);
+        }
+
+        private bool updatingFromTextBox;
+
+        private void textChanged(ValueChangedEvent<string> change)
+        {
+            if (!instantaneous) return;
+
+            tryUpdateSliderFromTextBox();
+        }
+
+        private void textCommitted(TextBox t, bool isNew)
+        {
+            tryUpdateSliderFromTextBox();
+
+            // If the attempted update above failed, restore text box to match the slider.
+            Current.TriggerChange();
+
+            flashLayer.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Dark2.Opacity(0), colourProvider.Dark2);
+            flashLayer.FadeOutFromOne(800, Easing.OutQuint);
+        }
+
+        private void tryUpdateSliderFromTextBox()
+        {
+            updatingFromTextBox = true;
+
+            try
+            {
+                switch (Current)
+                {
+                    case Bindable<int> bindableInt:
+                        bindableInt.Value = int.Parse(textBox.Current.Value);
+                        break;
+
+                    case Bindable<double> bindableDouble:
+                        bindableDouble.Value = double.Parse(textBox.Current.Value);
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                        Current.Parse(textBox.Current.Value, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // ignore parsing failures.
+                // sane state will eventually be restored by a commit (either explicit, or implicit via focus loss).
+            }
+
+            updatingFromTextBox = false;
+        }
+
+        protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
+        {
+            updateState();
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnHoverLost(HoverLostEvent e)
+        {
+            base.OnHoverLost(e);
+            updateState();
+        }
+
+        protected override bool OnClick(ClickEvent e)
+        {
+            focusManager.ChangeFocus(textBox);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private void updateState()
+        {
+            textBox.Alpha = 1;
+
+            background.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Background4 : colourProvider.Background5;
+            caption.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Foreground1 : colourProvider.Content2;
+            textBox.Colour = Current.Disabled ? colourProvider.Foreground1 : colourProvider.Content1;
+
+            BorderThickness = IsHovered || textBox.Focused.Value || slider.IsDragging.Value ? 2 : 0;
+            BorderColour = textBox.Focused.Value ? colourProvider.Highlight1 : colourProvider.Light4;
+
+            if (textBox.Focused.Value)
+                background.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Background5, colourProvider.Dark3);
+            else if (IsHovered || slider.IsDragging.Value)
+                background.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Background5, colourProvider.Dark4);
+            else
+                background.Colour = colourProvider.Background5;
+        }
+
+        private void updateTextBoxFromSlider()
+        {
+            if (updatingFromTextBox) return;
+
+            textBox.Text = slider.GetDisplayableValue(Current.Value).ToString();
+        }
+
+        private partial class Slider : OsuSliderBar<T>
+        {
+            public BindableBool IsDragging { get; set; } = new BindableBool();
+
+            private Box leftBox = null!;
+            private Box rightBox = null!;
+            private Circle nub = null!;
+            private const float nub_width = 10;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+            private void load()
+            {
+                Height = 40;
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+                RangePadding = nub_width / 2;
+                Children = new Drawable[]
+                {
+                    new Container
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Masking = true,
+                        CornerRadius = 5,
+                        Children = new Drawable[]
+                        {
+                            leftBox = new Box
+                            {
+                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                            },
+                            rightBox = new Box
+                            {
+                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                                Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                    new Container
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Padding = new MarginPadding { Horizontal = RangePadding, },
+                        Child = nub = new Circle
+                        {
+                            Width = nub_width,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                            RelativePositionAxes = Axes.X,
+                            Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new HoverClickSounds()
+                };
+            }
+
+            protected override void LoadComplete()
+            {
+                base.LoadComplete();
+
+                updateState();
+            }
+
+            protected override void UpdateAfterChildren()
+            {
+                base.UpdateAfterChildren();
+                leftBox.Width = Math.Clamp(RangePadding + nub.DrawPosition.X, 0, Math.Max(0, DrawWidth)) / DrawWidth;
+                rightBox.Width = Math.Clamp(DrawWidth - nub.DrawPosition.X - RangePadding, 0, Math.Max(0, DrawWidth)) / DrawWidth;
+            }
+
+            protected override bool OnDragStart(DragStartEvent e)
+            {
+                bool dragging = base.OnDragStart(e);
+                IsDragging.Value = dragging;
+                updateState();
+                return dragging;
+            }
+
+            protected override void OnDragEnd(DragEndEvent e)
+            {
+                base.OnDragEnd(e);
+                IsDragging.Value = false;
+                updateState();
+            }
+
+            protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
+            {
+                updateState();
+                return base.OnHover(e);
+            }
+
+            protected override void OnHoverLost(HoverLostEvent e)
+            {
+                updateState();
+                base.OnHoverLost(e);
+            }
+
+            private void updateState()
+            {
+                rightBox.Colour = colourProvider.Background6;
+                leftBox.Colour = IsHovered || IsDragged ? colourProvider.Highlight1.Opacity(0.5f) : colourProvider.Dark2;
+                nub.Colour = IsHovered || IsDragged ? colourProvider.Highlight1 : colourProvider.Light4;
+            }
+
+            protected override void UpdateValue(float value)
+            {
+                nub.MoveToX(value, 200, Easing.OutPow10);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/FormTextBox.cs

@@ -59,8 +59,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
 
         private readonly BindableWithCurrent<string> current = new BindableWithCurrent<string>();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Caption describing this slider bar, displayed on top of the controls.
+        /// </summary>
         public LocalisableString Caption { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Hint text containing an extended description of this slider bar, displayed in a tooltip when hovering the caption.
+        /// </summary>
         public LocalisableString HintText { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Text displayed in the text box when its contents are empty.
+        /// </summary>
         public LocalisableString PlaceholderText { get; init; }
 
         private Box background = null!;
@@ -122,7 +133,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
 
                                 if (!current.Disabled && !ReadOnly)
                                 {
-                                    flashLayer.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Dark1.Opacity(0), colourProvider.Dark2);
+                                    flashLayer.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(colourProvider.Dark2.Opacity(0), colourProvider.Dark2);
                                     flashLayer.FadeOutFromOne(800, Easing.OutQuint);
                                 }
                             };

osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/BeatmapSetHeaderContent.cs

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet
                     title.Clear();
                     artist.Clear();
 
-                    title.AddLink(titleText, LinkAction.SearchBeatmapSet, titleText);
+                    title.AddLink(titleText, LinkAction.SearchBeatmapSet, $@"title=""""{titleText}""""");
 
                     title.AddArbitraryDrawable(Empty().With(d => d.Width = 5));
                     title.AddArbitraryDrawable(externalLink = new ExternalLinkButton());
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet
                         title.AddArbitraryDrawable(new SpotlightBeatmapBadge());
                     }
 
-                    artist.AddLink(artistText, LinkAction.SearchBeatmapSet, artistText);
+                    artist.AddLink(artistText, LinkAction.SearchBeatmapSet, $@"artist=""""{artistText}""""");
 
                     if (setInfo.NewValue.TrackId != null)
                     {

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Header/Components/DailyChallengeStatsDisplay.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
-using osu.Game.Scoring;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
 {
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
 
         private void updateDisplay()
         {
-            if (User.Value == null || User.Value.Ruleset.OnlineID != 0)
+            if (User.Value == null)
             {
                 Hide();
                 return;
@@ -107,19 +105,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
 
             APIUserDailyChallengeStatistics stats = User.Value.User.DailyChallengeStatistics;
 
+            if (stats.PlayCount == 0)
+            {
+                Hide();
+                return;
+            }
+
             dailyPlayCount.Text = DailyChallengeStatsDisplayStrings.UnitDay(stats.PlayCount.ToLocalisableString("N0"));
-            dailyPlayCount.Colour = colours.ForRankingTier(TierForPlayCount(stats.PlayCount));
+            dailyPlayCount.Colour = colours.ForRankingTier(DailyChallengeStatsTooltip.TierForPlayCount(stats.PlayCount));
 
             TooltipContent = new DailyChallengeTooltipData(colourProvider, stats);
 
             Show();
         }
 
-        // Rounding up is needed here to ensure the overlay shows the same colour as osu-web for the play count.
-        // This is because, for example, 31 / 3 > 10 in JavaScript because floats are used, while here it would
-        // get truncated to 10 with an integer division and show a lower tier.
-        public static RankingTier TierForPlayCount(int playCount) => DailyChallengeStatsTooltip.TierForDaily((int)Math.Ceiling(playCount / 3.0d));
-
         public ITooltip<DailyChallengeTooltipData> GetCustomTooltip() => new DailyChallengeStatsTooltip();
     }
 }

osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Header/Components/DailyChallengeStatsTooltip.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
     {
         private StreakPiece currentDaily = null!;
         private StreakPiece currentWeekly = null!;
+        private StreakPiece totalParticipation = null!;
         private StatisticsPiece bestDaily = null!;
         private StatisticsPiece bestWeekly = null!;
         private StatisticsPiece topTen = null!;
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
                                     Spacing = new Vector2(30f),
                                     Children = new[]
                                     {
+                                        totalParticipation = new StreakPiece(UsersStrings.ShowDailyChallengePlaycount),
                                         currentDaily = new StreakPiece(UsersStrings.ShowDailyChallengeDailyStreakCurrent),
                                         currentWeekly = new StreakPiece(UsersStrings.ShowDailyChallengeWeeklyStreakCurrent),
                                     }
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
             background.Colour = colourProvider.Background4;
             topBackground.Colour = colourProvider.Background5;
 
+            totalParticipation.Value = DailyChallengeStatsDisplayStrings.UnitDay(statistics.PlayCount.ToLocalisableString(@"N0"));
+            totalParticipation.ValueColour = colours.ForRankingTier(TierForPlayCount(statistics.PlayCount));
+
             currentDaily.Value = DailyChallengeStatsDisplayStrings.UnitDay(content.Statistics.DailyStreakCurrent.ToLocalisableString(@"N0"));
             currentDaily.ValueColour = colours.ForRankingTier(TierForDaily(statistics.DailyStreakCurrent));
 
@@ -132,7 +138,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Header.Components
             topFifty.ValueColour = colourProvider.Content2;
         }
 
-        // reference: https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/8206e0e91eeea80ccf92f0586561346dd40e085e/resources/js/profile-page/daily-challenge.tsx#L13-L43
+        // reference: https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/adf1e94754ba9625b85eba795f4a310caf169eec/resources/js/profile-page/daily-challenge.tsx#L13-L47
+
+        // Rounding up is needed here to ensure the overlay shows the same colour as osu-web for the play count.
+        // This is because, for example, 31 / 3 > 10 in JavaScript because floats are used, while here it would
+        // get truncated to 10 with an integer division and show a lower tier.
+        public static RankingTier TierForPlayCount(int playCount) => TierForDaily((int)Math.Ceiling(playCount / 3.0d));
+
         public static RankingTier TierForDaily(int daily)
         {
             if (daily > 360)

osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinSelectionScaleHandler.cs

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
             isFlippedY = false;
         }
 
-        public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both)
+        public override void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
             if (objectsInScale == null)
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Cannot {nameof(Update)} a scale operation without calling {nameof(Begin)} first!");

osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModBarrelRoll.cs

@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods
 
         public override string SettingDescription => $"{SpinSpeed.Value:N2} rpm {Direction.Value.GetDescription().ToLowerInvariant()}";
 
+        private PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer playfieldAdjustmentContainer = null!;
+
         public void Update(Playfield playfield)
         {
-            playfield.Rotation = CurrentRotation = (Direction.Value == RotationDirection.Counterclockwise ? -1 : 1) * 360 * (float)(playfield.Time.Current / 60000 * SpinSpeed.Value);
+            playfieldAdjustmentContainer.Rotation = CurrentRotation = (Direction.Value == RotationDirection.Counterclockwise ? -1 : 1) * 360 * (float)(playfield.Time.Current / 60000 * SpinSpeed.Value);
         }
 
         public void ApplyToDrawableRuleset(DrawableRuleset<TObject> drawableRuleset)
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods
             var playfieldSize = drawableRuleset.Playfield.DrawSize;
             float minSide = MathF.Min(playfieldSize.X, playfieldSize.Y);
             float maxSide = MathF.Max(playfieldSize.X, playfieldSize.Y);
-            drawableRuleset.Playfield.Scale = new Vector2(minSide / maxSide);
+
+            playfieldAdjustmentContainer = drawableRuleset.PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer;
+            playfieldAdjustmentContainer.Scale = new Vector2(minSide / maxSide);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModFlashlight.cs

@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods
 
             flashlight.RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
             flashlight.Colour = Color4.Black;
-            // Flashlight mods should always draw above any other mod adding overlays.
-            flashlight.Depth = float.MinValue;
 
             flashlight.Combo.BindTo(Combo);
             flashlight.GetPlayfieldScale = () => drawableRuleset.Playfield.Scale;
@@ -95,6 +93,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods
                 // workaround for 1px gaps on the edges of the playfield which would sometimes show with "gameplay" screen scaling active.
                 Padding = new MarginPadding(-1),
                 Child = flashlight,
+                // Flashlight mods should always draw above any other mod adding overlays.
+                // NegativeInfinity is not used to allow one more thing drawn on top (used in replay analysis overlay in osu!).
+                Depth = float.MinValue,
             });
         }
 

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/SelectionScaleHandler.cs

@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components
         /// If the default <see langword="null"/> value is supplied, a sane implementation-defined default will be used.
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="adjustAxis">The axes to adjust the scale in.</param>
-        public void ScaleSelection(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both)
+        /// <param name="axisRotation">The rotation of the axes in degrees.</param>
+        public void ScaleSelection(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
             Begin();
-            Update(scale, origin, adjustAxis);
+            Update(scale, origin, adjustAxis, axisRotation);
             Commit();
         }
 
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components
         /// If the default <see langword="null"/> value is supplied, a sane implementation-defined default will be used.
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="adjustAxis">The axes to adjust the scale in.</param>
-        public virtual void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both)
+        /// <param name="axisRotation">The rotation of the axes in degrees.</param>
+        public virtual void Update(Vector2 scale, Vector2? origin = null, Axes adjustAxis = Axes.Both, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
         }
 

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/ControlPointList.cs

@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
 {
     public partial class ControlPointList : CompositeDrawable
     {
+        private ControlPointTable table = null!;
+        private Container controls = null!;
         private OsuButton deleteButton = null!;
         private RoundedButton addButton = null!;
 
@@ -31,63 +35,77 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
         private Bindable<ControlPointGroup?> selectedGroup { get; set; } = null!;
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        private void load(OsuColour colours, OverlayColourProvider colourProvider)
         {
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
 
             const float margins = 10;
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
-                new ControlPointTable
+                table = new ControlPointTable
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                     Groups = { BindTarget = Beatmap.ControlPointInfo.Groups, },
                 },
-                new FillFlowContainer
+                controls = new Container
                 {
-                    AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                    Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                    Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
-                    Margin = new MarginPadding(margins),
-                    Spacing = new Vector2(5),
+                    AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
-                        new RoundedButton
+                        new Box
                         {
-                            Text = "Select closest to current time",
-                            Action = goToCurrentGroup,
-                            Size = new Vector2(220, 30),
-                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                            Origin = Anchor.BottomRight,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Colour = colourProvider.Background2,
                         },
-                    }
-                },
-                new FillFlowContainer
-                {
-                    AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                    Origin = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                    Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
-                    Margin = new MarginPadding(margins),
-                    Spacing = new Vector2(5),
-                    Children = new Drawable[]
-                    {
-                        deleteButton = new RoundedButton
+                        new FillFlowContainer
                         {
-                            Text = "-",
-                            Size = new Vector2(30, 30),
-                            Action = delete,
-                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                            Origin = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                            BackgroundColour = colours.Red3,
+                            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                            Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                            Padding = new MarginPadding { Left = margins, Vertical = margins, },
+                            Children = new Drawable[]
+                            {
+                                new RoundedButton
+                                {
+                                    Text = "Select closest to current time",
+                                    Action = goToCurrentGroup,
+                                    Size = new Vector2(220, 30),
+                                    Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                    Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                },
+                            }
                         },
-                        addButton = new RoundedButton
+                        new FillFlowContainer
                         {
-                            Action = addNew,
-                            Size = new Vector2(160, 30),
-                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomRight,
-                            Origin = Anchor.BottomRight,
+                            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                            Spacing = new Vector2(5),
+                            Padding = new MarginPadding { Right = margins, Vertical = margins, },
+                            Children = new Drawable[]
+                            {
+                                deleteButton = new RoundedButton
+                                {
+                                    Text = "-",
+                                    Size = new Vector2(30, 30),
+                                    Action = delete,
+                                    Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                                    Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                                    BackgroundColour = colours.Red3,
+                                },
+                                addButton = new RoundedButton
+                                {
+                                    Action = addNew,
+                                    Size = new Vector2(160, 30),
+                                    Anchor = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                                    Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                                },
+                            }
                         },
                     }
                 },
@@ -119,6 +137,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
             base.Update();
 
             addButton.Enabled.Value = clock.CurrentTimeAccurate != selectedGroup.Value?.Time;
+            table.Padding = new MarginPadding { Bottom = controls.DrawHeight };
         }
 
         private void goToCurrentGroup()

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/ControlPointTable.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
     {
         public BindableList<ControlPointGroup> Groups { get; } = new BindableList<ControlPointGroup>();
 
+        public new MarginPadding Padding
+        {
+            get => base.Padding;
+            set => base.Padding = value;
+        }
+
         [Cached]
         private Bindable<TimingControlPoint?> activeTimingPoint { get; } = new Bindable<TimingControlPoint?>();
 

osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/EffectSection.cs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
                 isRebinding = true;
 
                 kiai.Current = newEffectPoint.KiaiModeBindable;
-                scrollSpeedSlider.Current = new BindableDouble
+                scrollSpeedSlider.Current = new BindableDouble(1)
                 {
                     MinValue = 0.01,
                     MaxValue = 10,

osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/DailyChallenge/NewDailyChallengeNotification.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables.Cards;
+using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Online.Rooms;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
@@ -25,13 +26,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.DailyChallenge
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuGame? game)
+        private void load(OsuGame? game, SessionStatics statics)
         {
             Text = DailyChallengeStrings.ChallengeLiveNotification;
             Content.Add(card = new BeatmapCardNano((APIBeatmapSet)room.Playlist.Single().Beatmap.BeatmapSet!));
             Activated = () =>
             {
-                game?.PerformFromScreen(s => s.Push(new DailyChallenge(room)), [typeof(MainMenu)]);
+                if (statics.Get<bool>(Static.DailyChallengeIntroPlayed))
+                    game?.PerformFromScreen(s => s.Push(new DailyChallenge(room)), [typeof(MainMenu)]);
+                else
+                    game?.PerformFromScreen(s => s.Push(new DailyChallengeIntro(room)), [typeof(MainMenu)]);
+
                 return true;
             };
         }

osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/PlayerAvatar.cs

@@ -39,14 +39,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
 
         private IBindable<APIUser>? apiUser;
 
+        private readonly Container cornerContainer;
+
         public PlayerAvatar()
         {
             Size = new Vector2(default_size);
 
-            InternalChild = avatar = new UpdateableAvatar(isInteractive: false)
+            InternalChild = cornerContainer = new Container
             {
+                Masking = true,
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                Masking = true
+                Child = avatar = new UpdateableAvatar(isInteractive: false)
+                {
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    FillMode = FillMode.Fill,
+                }
             };
         }
 
@@ -66,7 +75,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            CornerRadius.BindValueChanged(e => avatar.CornerRadius = e.NewValue * default_size, true);
+            CornerRadius.BindValueChanged(e => cornerContainer.CornerRadius = e.NewValue * default_size, true);
         }
 
         public bool UsesFixedAnchor { get; set; }

osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerSettings/BeatmapOffsetControl.cs

@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.PlayerSettings
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            ReferenceScore.BindValueChanged(scoreChanged, true);
-
             beatmapOffsetSubscription = realm.SubscribeToPropertyChanged(
                 r => r.Find<BeatmapInfo>(beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.ID)?.UserSettings,
                 settings => settings.Offset,
@@ -124,6 +122,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.PlayerSettings
                 });
 
             Current.BindValueChanged(currentChanged);
+            ReferenceScore.BindValueChanged(scoreChanged, true);
         }
 
         private void currentChanged(ValueChangedEvent<double> offset)

osu.Game/Screens/Play/SkipOverlay.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 {
-    public partial class SkipOverlay : CompositeDrawable, IKeyBindingHandler<GlobalAction>
+    public partial class SkipOverlay : BeatSyncedContainer, IKeyBindingHandler<GlobalAction>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The total number of successful skips performed by this overlay.
@@ -36,10 +38,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private readonly double startTime;
 
         public Action RequestSkip;
-
         private Button button;
         private ButtonContainer buttonContainer;
-        private Box remainingTimeBox;
+        private Circle remainingTimeBox;
 
         private FadeContainer fadeContainer;
         private double displayTime;
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private IGameplayClock gameplayClock { get; set; }
 
         internal bool IsButtonVisible => fadeContainer.State == Visibility.Visible && buttonContainer.State.Value == Visibility.Visible;
-
         public override bool ReceivePositionalInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => true;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                             Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                             Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                         },
-                        remainingTimeBox = new Box
+                        remainingTimeBox = new Circle
                         {
                             Height = 5,
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                            Colour = colours.Yellow,
                             Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                             Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                            Colour = colours.Yellow,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         {
         }
 
+        protected override void OnNewBeat(int beatIndex, TimingControlPoint timingPoint, EffectControlPoint effectPoint, ChannelAmplitudes amplitudes)
+        {
+            base.OnNewBeat(beatIndex, timingPoint, effectPoint, amplitudes);
+
+            if (fadeOutBeginTime <= gameplayClock.CurrentTime)
+                return;
+
+            float progress = (float)(gameplayClock.CurrentTime - displayTime) / (float)(fadeOutBeginTime - displayTime);
+            float newWidth = 1 - Math.Clamp(progress, 0, 1);
+            remainingTimeBox.ResizeWidthTo(newWidth, timingPoint.BeatLength * 2, Easing.OutQuint);
+        }
+
         public partial class FadeContainer : Container, IStateful<Visibility>
         {
             [CanBeNull]

osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs

@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                 return Task.CompletedTask;
             }
 
+            // if the user never hit anything, this score should not be counted in any way.
+            if (!score.ScoreInfo.Statistics.Any(s => s.Key.IsHit() && s.Value > 0))
+            {
+                Logger.Log("No hits registered, skipping score submission");
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            }
+
+            // mind the timing of this.
+            // once `scoreSubmissionSource` is created, it is presumed that submission is taking place in the background,
+            // so all exceptional circumstances that would disallow submission must be handled above.
             lock (scoreSubmissionLock)
             {
                 if (scoreSubmissionSource != null)
@@ -282,10 +292,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                 scoreSubmissionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
             }
 
-            // if the user never hit anything, this score should not be counted in any way.
-            if (!score.ScoreInfo.Statistics.Any(s => s.Key.IsHit() && s.Value > 0))
-                return Task.CompletedTask;
-
             Logger.Log($"Beginning score submission (token:{token.Value})...");
             var request = CreateSubmissionRequest(score, token.Value);
 

osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/CollectionPopover.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
                 new OsuMenu(Direction.Vertical, true)
                 {
                     Items = items,
+                    MaxHeight = 375,
                 },
             };
         }

osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/FavouriteButton.cs

@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
             };
             beatmapSetRequest.Failure += e =>
             {
-                Logger.Error(e, $"Failed to fetch beatmap info: {e.Message}");
+                Logger.Log($"Favourite button failed to fetch beatmap info: {e}", LoggingTarget.Network);
 
                 Schedule(() =>
                 {
                     loading.Hide();
                     Enabled.Value = false;
+                    TooltipText = "this beatmap cannot be favourited";
                 });
             };
             api.Queue(beatmapSetRequest);

osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs

@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
         private void loadNewRoot()
         {
+            beatmapsSplitOut = activeCriteria.SplitOutDifficulties;
+
             // Ensure no changes are made to the list while we are initialising items.
             // We'll catch up on changes via subscriptions anyway.
             BeatmapSetInfo[] loadableSets = detachedBeatmapSets!.ToArray();
 
-            if (selectedBeatmapSet != null && !loadableSets.Contains(selectedBeatmapSet.BeatmapSet))
+            if (selectedBeatmapSet != null && !loadableSets.Contains(selectedBeatmapSet.BeatmapSet, EqualityComparer<BeatmapSetInfo>.Default))
                 selectedBeatmapSet = null;
 
             var selectedBeatmapBefore = selectedBeatmap?.BeatmapInfo;
@@ -704,7 +706,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
         private bool beatmapsSplitOut;
 
-        private void applyActiveCriteria(bool debounce, bool alwaysResetScrollPosition = true)
+        private void applyActiveCriteria(bool debounce)
         {
             PendingFilter?.Cancel();
             PendingFilter = null;
@@ -726,7 +728,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
                 if (activeCriteria.SplitOutDifficulties != beatmapsSplitOut)
                 {
-                    beatmapsSplitOut = activeCriteria.SplitOutDifficulties;
                     loadNewRoot();
                     return;
                 }
@@ -734,8 +735,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                 root.Filter(activeCriteria);
                 itemsCache.Invalidate();
 
-                if (alwaysResetScrollPosition || !Scroll.UserScrolling)
-                    ScrollToSelected(true);
+                ScrollToSelected(true);
 
                 FilterApplied?.Invoke();
             }
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             itemsCache.Validate();
 
             // update and let external consumers know about selection loss.
-            if (BeatmapSetsLoaded)
+            if (BeatmapSetsLoaded && AllowSelection)
             {
                 bool selectionLost = selectedBeatmapSet != null && selectedBeatmapSet.State.Value != CarouselItemState.Selected;
 

osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs

@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             switch (value)
             {
                 case "1":
+                case "yes":
                     result = true;
                     return true;
 
                 case "0":
+                case "no":
                     result = false;
                     return true;
 

osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs

@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
         private Sample sampleChangeDifficulty = null!;
         private Sample sampleChangeBeatmap = null!;
 
+        private bool pendingFilterApplication;
+
         private Container carouselContainer = null!;
 
         protected BeatmapDetailArea BeatmapDetails { get; private set; } = null!;
@@ -328,7 +330,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                 GetRecommendedBeatmap = s => recommender?.GetRecommendedBeatmap(s),
             }, c => carouselContainer.Child = c);
 
-            FilterControl.FilterChanged = Carousel.Filter;
+            FilterControl.FilterChanged = criteria =>
+            {
+                // If a filter operation is applied when we're in a state that doesn't allow selection,
+                // we might end up in an unexpected state. This is because currently carousel panels are in charge
+                // of updating the global selection (which is very hard to deal with).
+                //
+                // For now let's just avoid filtering when selection isn't allowed locally.
+                // This should be nuked from existence when we get around to fixing the complexity of song select <-> beatmap carousel.
+                // The debounce part of BeatmapCarousel's filtering should probably also be removed and handled locally.
+                if (Carousel.AllowSelection)
+                    Carousel.Filter(criteria);
+                else
+                    pendingFilterApplication = true;
+            };
 
             if (ShowSongSelectFooter)
             {
@@ -701,6 +716,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
             Carousel.AllowSelection = true;
 
+            if (pendingFilterApplication)
+            {
+                Carousel.Filter(FilterControl.CreateCriteria());
+                pendingFilterApplication = false;
+            }
+
             BeatmapDetails.Refresh();
 
             beginLooping();

osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyComboCounter.cs

@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Bindables;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Skinning
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Uses the 'x' symbol and has a pop-out effect while rolling over.
-    /// </summary>
-    public abstract partial class LegacyComboCounter : CompositeDrawable, ISerialisableDrawable
-    {
-        public Bindable<int> Current { get; } = new BindableInt { MinValue = 0 };
-
-        private const double fade_out_duration = 100;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Duration in milliseconds for the counter roll-up animation for each element.
-        /// </summary>
-        private const double rolling_duration = 20;
-
-        protected readonly LegacySpriteText PopOutCountText;
-        protected readonly LegacySpriteText DisplayedCountText;
-
-        private int previousValue;
-
-        private int displayedCount;
-
-        private bool isRolling;
-
-        private readonly Container counterContainer;
-
-        public bool UsesFixedAnchor { get; set; }
-
-        protected LegacyComboCounter()
-        {
-            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
-
-            InternalChildren = new[]
-            {
-                counterContainer = new Container
-                {
-                    AlwaysPresent = true,
-                    Children = new[]
-                    {
-                        PopOutCountText = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
-                        {
-                            Alpha = 0,
-                            Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
-                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                        },
-                        DisplayedCountText = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
-                        {
-                            Alpha = 0,
-                            AlwaysPresent = true,
-                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                        },
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Value shown at the current moment.
-        /// </summary>
-        public virtual int DisplayedCount
-        {
-            get => displayedCount;
-            private set
-            {
-                if (displayedCount.Equals(value))
-                    return;
-
-                if (isRolling)
-                    onDisplayedCountRolling(value);
-                else if (displayedCount + 1 == value)
-                    onDisplayedCountIncrement(value);
-                else
-                    onDisplayedCountChange(value);
-
-                displayedCount = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(ScoreProcessor scoreProcessor)
-        {
-            Current.BindTo(scoreProcessor.Combo);
-        }
-
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
-        {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-
-            DisplayedCountText.Text = FormatCount(Current.Value);
-            PopOutCountText.Text = FormatCount(Current.Value);
-
-            Current.BindValueChanged(combo => updateCount(combo.NewValue == 0), true);
-
-            counterContainer.Size = DisplayedCountText.Size;
-        }
-
-        private void updateCount(bool rolling)
-        {
-            int prev = previousValue;
-            previousValue = Current.Value;
-
-            if (!IsLoaded)
-                return;
-
-            if (!rolling)
-            {
-                FinishTransforms(false, nameof(DisplayedCount));
-
-                isRolling = false;
-                DisplayedCount = prev;
-
-                if (prev + 1 == Current.Value)
-                    OnCountIncrement();
-                else
-                    OnCountChange();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                OnCountRolling();
-                isRolling = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raised when the counter should display the new value with transitions.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual void OnCountIncrement()
-        {
-            if (DisplayedCount < Current.Value - 1)
-                DisplayedCount++;
-
-            DisplayedCount++;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raised when the counter should roll to the new combo value (usually roll back to zero).
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual void OnCountRolling()
-        {
-            // Hides displayed count if was increasing from 0 to 1 but didn't finish
-            if (DisplayedCount == 0 && Current.Value == 0)
-                DisplayedCountText.FadeOut(fade_out_duration);
-
-            transformRoll(DisplayedCount, Current.Value);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raised when the counter should display the new combo value without any transitions.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual void OnCountChange()
-        {
-            if (Current.Value == 0)
-                DisplayedCountText.FadeOut();
-
-            DisplayedCount = Current.Value;
-        }
-
-        private void onDisplayedCountRolling(int newValue)
-        {
-            if (newValue == 0)
-                DisplayedCountText.FadeOut(fade_out_duration);
-
-            DisplayedCountText.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
-            counterContainer.Size = DisplayedCountText.Size;
-        }
-
-        private void onDisplayedCountChange(int newValue)
-        {
-            DisplayedCountText.FadeTo(newValue == 0 ? 0 : 1);
-            DisplayedCountText.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
-
-            counterContainer.Size = DisplayedCountText.Size;
-        }
-
-        private void onDisplayedCountIncrement(int newValue)
-        {
-            DisplayedCountText.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
-
-            counterContainer.Size = DisplayedCountText.Size;
-        }
-
-        private void transformRoll(int currentValue, int newValue) =>
-            this.TransformTo(nameof(DisplayedCount), newValue, getProportionalDuration(currentValue, newValue));
-
-        protected virtual string FormatCount(int count) => $@"{count}";
-
-        private double getProportionalDuration(int currentValue, int newValue)
-        {
-            double difference = currentValue > newValue ? currentValue - newValue : newValue - currentValue;
-            return difference * rolling_duration;
-        }
-    }
-}

osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyDefaultComboCounter.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Threading;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
@@ -10,73 +14,265 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
     /// <summary>
     /// Uses the 'x' symbol and has a pop-out effect while rolling over.
     /// </summary>
-    public partial class LegacyDefaultComboCounter : LegacyComboCounter
+    public partial class LegacyDefaultComboCounter : CompositeDrawable, ISerialisableDrawable
     {
+        public Bindable<int> Current { get; } = new BindableInt { MinValue = 0 };
+
+        private uint scheduledPopOutCurrentId;
+
         private const double big_pop_out_duration = 300;
+
         private const double small_pop_out_duration = 100;
 
-        private ScheduledDelegate? scheduledPopOut;
+        private const double fade_out_duration = 100;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Duration in milliseconds for the counter roll-up animation for each element.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const double rolling_duration = 20;
+
+        private readonly Drawable popOutCount;
+
+        private readonly Drawable displayedCountSpriteText;
+
+        private int previousValue;
+
+        private int displayedCount;
+
+        private bool isRolling;
+
+        private readonly Container counterContainer;
+
+        public bool UsesFixedAnchor { get; set; }
 
         public LegacyDefaultComboCounter()
         {
+            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+
+            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft;
+            Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft;
+
             Margin = new MarginPadding(10);
 
-            PopOutCountText.Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft;
-            DisplayedCountText.Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft;
+            Scale = new Vector2(1.28f);
+
+            InternalChildren = new[]
+            {
+                counterContainer = new Container
+                {
+                    AlwaysPresent = true,
+                    Children = new[]
+                    {
+                        popOutCount = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
+                        {
+                            Alpha = 0,
+                            Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        },
+                        displayedCountSpriteText = new LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont.Combo)
+                        {
+                            Alpha = 0,
+                            AlwaysPresent = true,
+                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                            BypassAutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Value shown at the current moment.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual int DisplayedCount
+        {
+            get => displayedCount;
+            private set
+            {
+                if (displayedCount.Equals(value))
+                    return;
+
+                if (isRolling)
+                    onDisplayedCountRolling(value);
+                else if (displayedCount + 1 == value)
+                    onDisplayedCountIncrement(value);
+                else
+                    onDisplayedCountChange(value);
+
+                displayedCount = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(ScoreProcessor scoreProcessor)
+        {
+            Current.BindTo(scoreProcessor.Combo);
         }
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
+            ((IHasText)displayedCountSpriteText).Text = formatCount(Current.Value);
+            ((IHasText)popOutCount).Text = formatCount(Current.Value);
+
+            Current.BindValueChanged(combo => updateCount(combo.NewValue == 0), true);
+
+            updateLayout();
+        }
+
+        private void updateLayout()
+        {
             const float font_height_ratio = 0.625f;
             const float vertical_offset = 9;
 
-            DisplayedCountText.OriginPosition = new Vector2(0, font_height_ratio * DisplayedCountText.Height + vertical_offset);
-            DisplayedCountText.Position = new Vector2(0, -(1 - font_height_ratio) * DisplayedCountText.Height + vertical_offset);
+            displayedCountSpriteText.OriginPosition = new Vector2(0, font_height_ratio * displayedCountSpriteText.Height + vertical_offset);
+            displayedCountSpriteText.Position = new Vector2(0, -(1 - font_height_ratio) * displayedCountSpriteText.Height + vertical_offset);
 
-            PopOutCountText.OriginPosition = new Vector2(3, font_height_ratio * PopOutCountText.Height + vertical_offset); // In stable, the bigger pop out scales a bit to the left
-            PopOutCountText.Position = new Vector2(0, -(1 - font_height_ratio) * PopOutCountText.Height + vertical_offset);
+            popOutCount.OriginPosition = new Vector2(3, font_height_ratio * popOutCount.Height + vertical_offset); // In stable, the bigger pop out scales a bit to the left
+            popOutCount.Position = new Vector2(0, -(1 - font_height_ratio) * popOutCount.Height + vertical_offset);
+
+            counterContainer.Size = displayedCountSpriteText.Size;
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountIncrement()
+        private void updateCount(bool rolling)
         {
-            DisplayedCountText.Show();
+            int prev = previousValue;
+            previousValue = Current.Value;
 
-            PopOutCountText.Text = FormatCount(Current.Value);
+            if (!IsLoaded)
+                return;
 
-            PopOutCountText.ScaleTo(1.56f)
-                           .ScaleTo(1, big_pop_out_duration);
-
-            PopOutCountText.FadeTo(0.6f)
-                           .FadeOut(big_pop_out_duration);
-
-            this.Delay(big_pop_out_duration - 140).Schedule(() =>
+            if (!rolling)
             {
-                base.OnCountIncrement();
+                FinishTransforms(false, nameof(DisplayedCount));
+                isRolling = false;
+                DisplayedCount = prev;
 
-                DisplayedCountText.ScaleTo(1).Then()
-                                  .ScaleTo(1.1f, small_pop_out_duration / 2, Easing.In).Then()
-                                  .ScaleTo(1, small_pop_out_duration / 2, Easing.Out);
-            }, out scheduledPopOut);
+                if (prev + 1 == Current.Value)
+                    onCountIncrement(prev, Current.Value);
+                else
+                    onCountChange(Current.Value);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                onCountRolling(displayedCount, Current.Value);
+                isRolling = true;
+            }
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountRolling()
+        private void transformPopOut(int newValue)
         {
-            scheduledPopOut?.Cancel();
-            scheduledPopOut = null;
+            ((IHasText)popOutCount).Text = formatCount(newValue);
 
-            base.OnCountRolling();
+            popOutCount.ScaleTo(1.56f)
+                       .ScaleTo(1, big_pop_out_duration);
+
+            popOutCount.FadeTo(0.6f)
+                       .FadeOut(big_pop_out_duration);
         }
 
-        protected override void OnCountChange()
+        private void transformNoPopOut(int newValue)
         {
-            scheduledPopOut?.Cancel();
-            scheduledPopOut = null;
+            ((IHasText)displayedCountSpriteText).Text = formatCount(newValue);
 
-            base.OnCountChange();
+            counterContainer.Size = displayedCountSpriteText.Size;
+
+            displayedCountSpriteText.ScaleTo(1);
         }
 
-        protected override string FormatCount(int count) => $@"{count}x";
+        private void transformPopOutSmall(int newValue)
+        {
+            ((IHasText)displayedCountSpriteText).Text = formatCount(newValue);
+
+            counterContainer.Size = displayedCountSpriteText.Size;
+
+            displayedCountSpriteText.ScaleTo(1).Then()
+                                    .ScaleTo(1.1f, small_pop_out_duration / 2, Easing.In).Then()
+                                    .ScaleTo(1, small_pop_out_duration / 2, Easing.Out);
+        }
+
+        private void scheduledPopOutSmall(uint id)
+        {
+            // Too late; scheduled task invalidated
+            if (id != scheduledPopOutCurrentId)
+                return;
+
+            DisplayedCount++;
+        }
+
+        private void onCountIncrement(int currentValue, int newValue)
+        {
+            scheduledPopOutCurrentId++;
+
+            if (DisplayedCount < currentValue)
+                DisplayedCount++;
+
+            displayedCountSpriteText.Show();
+
+            transformPopOut(newValue);
+
+            uint newTaskId = scheduledPopOutCurrentId;
+
+            Scheduler.AddDelayed(delegate
+            {
+                scheduledPopOutSmall(newTaskId);
+            }, big_pop_out_duration - 140);
+        }
+
+        private void onCountRolling(int currentValue, int newValue)
+        {
+            scheduledPopOutCurrentId++;
+
+            // Hides displayed count if was increasing from 0 to 1 but didn't finish
+            if (currentValue == 0 && newValue == 0)
+                displayedCountSpriteText.FadeOut(fade_out_duration);
+
+            transformRoll(currentValue, newValue);
+        }
+
+        private void onCountChange(int newValue)
+        {
+            scheduledPopOutCurrentId++;
+
+            if (newValue == 0)
+                displayedCountSpriteText.FadeOut();
+
+            DisplayedCount = newValue;
+        }
+
+        private void onDisplayedCountRolling(int newValue)
+        {
+            if (newValue == 0)
+                displayedCountSpriteText.FadeOut(fade_out_duration);
+            else
+                displayedCountSpriteText.Show();
+
+            transformNoPopOut(newValue);
+        }
+
+        private void onDisplayedCountChange(int newValue)
+        {
+            displayedCountSpriteText.FadeTo(newValue == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+            transformNoPopOut(newValue);
+        }
+
+        private void onDisplayedCountIncrement(int newValue)
+        {
+            displayedCountSpriteText.Show();
+            transformPopOutSmall(newValue);
+        }
+
+        private void transformRoll(int currentValue, int newValue) =>
+            this.TransformTo(nameof(DisplayedCount), newValue, getProportionalDuration(currentValue, newValue));
+
+        private string formatCount(int count) => $@"{count}x";
+
+        private double getProportionalDuration(int currentValue, int newValue)
+        {
+            double difference = currentValue > newValue ? currentValue - newValue : newValue - currentValue;
+            return difference * rolling_duration;
+        }
     }
 }

osu.Game/Utils/GeometryUtils.cs

@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
         /// Given a flip direction, a surrounding quad for all selected objects, and a position,
         /// will return the flipped position in screen space coordinates.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="direction">The direction to flip towards.</param>
+        /// <param name="quad">The quad surrounding all selected objects. The center of this determines the position of the axis.</param>
+        /// <param name="position">The position to flip.</param>
         public static Vector2 GetFlippedPosition(Direction direction, Quad quad, Vector2 position)
         {
             var centre = quad.Centre;
@@ -69,6 +72,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
             return position;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Given a flip axis vector, a surrounding quad for all selected objects, and a position,
+        /// will return the flipped position in screen space coordinates.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="axis">The vector indicating the direction to flip towards. This is perpendicular to the mirroring axis.</param>
+        /// <param name="quad">The quad surrounding all selected objects. The center of this determines the position of the axis.</param>
+        /// <param name="position">The position to flip.</param>
+        public static Vector2 GetFlippedPosition(Vector2 axis, Quad quad, Vector2 position)
+        {
+            var centre = quad.Centre;
+
+            return position - 2 * Vector2.Dot(position - centre, axis) * axis;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Given a scale vector, a surrounding quad for all selected objects, and a position,
         /// will return the scaled position in screen space coordinates.
@@ -93,9 +110,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
         /// Given a scale multiplier, an origin, and a position,
         /// will return the scaled position in screen space coordinates.
         /// </summary>
-        public static Vector2 GetScaledPosition(Vector2 scale, Vector2 origin, Vector2 position)
+        public static Vector2 GetScaledPosition(Vector2 scale, Vector2 origin, Vector2 position, float axisRotation = 0)
         {
-            return origin + (position - origin) * scale;
+            return origin + RotateVector(RotateVector(position - origin, axisRotation) * scale, -axisRotation);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -127,7 +144,67 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="hitObjects">The hit objects to calculate a quad for.</param>
         public static Quad GetSurroundingQuad(IEnumerable<IHasPosition> hitObjects) =>
-            GetSurroundingQuad(hitObjects.SelectMany(h =>
+            GetSurroundingQuad(enumerateStartAndEndPositions(hitObjects));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the points that make up the convex hull of the provided points.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="points">The points to calculate a convex hull.</param>
+        public static List<Vector2> GetConvexHull(IEnumerable<Vector2> points)
+        {
+            var pointsList = points.OrderBy(p => p.X).ThenBy(p => p.Y).ToList();
+
+            if (pointsList.Count < 3)
+                return pointsList;
+
+            var convexHullLower = new List<Vector2>
+            {
+                pointsList[0],
+                pointsList[1]
+            };
+            var convexHullUpper = new List<Vector2>
+            {
+                pointsList[^1],
+                pointsList[^2]
+            };
+
+            // Build the lower hull.
+            for (int i = 2; i < pointsList.Count; i++)
+            {
+                Vector2 c = pointsList[i];
+                while (convexHullLower.Count > 1 && isClockwise(convexHullLower[^2], convexHullLower[^1], c))
+                    convexHullLower.RemoveAt(convexHullLower.Count - 1);
+
+                convexHullLower.Add(c);
+            }
+
+            // Build the upper hull.
+            for (int i = pointsList.Count - 3; i >= 0; i--)
+            {
+                Vector2 c = pointsList[i];
+                while (convexHullUpper.Count > 1 && isClockwise(convexHullUpper[^2], convexHullUpper[^1], c))
+                    convexHullUpper.RemoveAt(convexHullUpper.Count - 1);
+
+                convexHullUpper.Add(c);
+            }
+
+            convexHullLower.RemoveAt(convexHullLower.Count - 1);
+            convexHullUpper.RemoveAt(convexHullUpper.Count - 1);
+
+            convexHullLower.AddRange(convexHullUpper);
+
+            return convexHullLower;
+
+            float crossProduct(Vector2 v1, Vector2 v2) => v1.X * v2.Y - v1.Y * v2.X;
+
+            bool isClockwise(Vector2 a, Vector2 b, Vector2 c) => crossProduct(b - a, c - a) >= 0;
+        }
+
+        public static List<Vector2> GetConvexHull(IEnumerable<IHasPosition> hitObjects) =>
+            GetConvexHull(enumerateStartAndEndPositions(hitObjects));
+
+        private static IEnumerable<Vector2> enumerateStartAndEndPositions(IEnumerable<IHasPosition> hitObjects) =>
+            hitObjects.SelectMany(h =>
             {
                 if (h is IHasPath path)
                 {
@@ -140,6 +217,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
                 }
 
                 return new[] { h.Position };
-            }));
+            });
     }
 }

osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Realm" Version="11.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2024.904.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2024.916.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Game.Resources" Version="2024.904.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Sentry" Version="4.3.0" />
     <!-- Held back due to 0.34.0 failing AOT compilation on ZstdSharp.dll dependency. -->

osu.iOS.props

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     <MtouchInterpreter>-all</MtouchInterpreter>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.iOS" Version="2024.904.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.iOS" Version="2024.916.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>