Merge pull request #35029 from ppy/pp-dev

Q3 SR & PP release

.editorconfig

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 
+# temporary workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RIDER-130051/Cannot-resolve-symbol-inspections-incorrectly-firing-for-xmldoc-protected-member-references
+resharper_c_sharp_warnings_cs1574_cs1584_cs1581_cs1580_highlighting = hint
+# temporary workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RIDER-130381/Rider-does-not-respect-propagated-NoWarn-CS1591?backToIssues=false
+dotnet_diagnostic.CS1591.severity = none
+
 #license header
 file_header_template = Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.\nSee the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-only-ios:
     name: Build only (iOS)
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: macos-15
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -143,7 +143,12 @@ jobs:
           dotnet-version: "8.0.x"
 
       - name: Install .NET Workloads
-        run: dotnet workload install ios --from-rollback-file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu-framework/refs/heads/master/workloads.json
+        run: dotnet workload install ios
+
+      # https://github.com/dotnet/macios/issues/19157
+      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/12758
+      - name: Use Xcode 16.4
+        run: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app
 
       - name: Build
         run: dotnet build -c Debug osu.iOS.slnf

Directory.Build.props

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/ppy/osu</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>Automated release.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <Company>ppy Pty Ltd</Company>
-    <Copyright>Copyright (c) 2024 ppy Pty Ltd</Copyright>
+    <Copyright>Copyright (c) 2025 ppy Pty Ltd</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>osu game</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

LICENCE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2024 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+Copyright (c) 2025 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform/Replays/EmptyFreeformReplayFrame.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 using osuTK;
 
@@ -17,5 +18,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform.Replays
             if (button.HasValue)
                 Actions.Add(button.Value);
         }
+
+        public override bool IsEquivalentTo(ReplayFrame other)
+            => other is EmptyFreeformReplayFrame freeformFrame && Time == freeformFrame.Time && Position == freeformFrame.Position && Actions.SequenceEqual(freeformFrame.Actions);
     }
 }

Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/Replays/PippidonReplayFrame.cs

@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon.Replays
     public class PippidonReplayFrame : ReplayFrame
     {
         public Vector2 Position;
+
+        public override bool IsEquivalentTo(ReplayFrame other)
+            => other is PippidonReplayFrame pippidonFrame && Time == pippidonFrame.Time && Position == pippidonFrame.Position;
     }
 }

Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling/Replays/EmptyScrollingReplayFrame.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling.Replays
@@ -15,5 +16,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling.Replays
             if (button.HasValue)
                 Actions.Add(button.Value);
         }
+
+        public override bool IsEquivalentTo(ReplayFrame other)
+            => other is EmptyScrollingReplayFrame scrollingFrame && Time == scrollingFrame.Time && Actions.SequenceEqual(scrollingFrame.Actions);
     }
 }

Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/Replays/PippidonReplayFrame.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon.Replays
@@ -15,5 +16,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon.Replays
             if (button.HasValue)
                 Actions.Add(button.Value);
         }
+
+        public override bool IsEquivalentTo(ReplayFrame other)
+            => other is PippidonReplayFrame pippidonFrame && Time == pippidonFrame.Time && Actions.SequenceEqual(pippidonFrame.Actions);
     }
 }

Templates/osu.Game.Templates.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/ppy/osu/blob/master/Templates</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/ppy/osu</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>Automated release.</PackageReleaseNotes>
-    <copyright>Copyright (c) 2024 ppy Pty Ltd</copyright>
+    <copyright>Copyright (c) 2025 ppy Pty Ltd</copyright>
     <Description>Templates to use when creating a ruleset for consumption in osu!.</Description>
     <PackageTags>dotnet-new;templates;osu</PackageTags>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>

osu.Android.props

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2025.604.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2025.930.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Fody does not handle Android build well, and warns when unchanged.

osu.Android/OsuGameAndroid.cs

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using Android.App;
 using Android.Content.PM;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Devices;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Development;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game;
@@ -21,58 +23,30 @@ namespace osu.Android
         [Cached]
         private readonly OsuGameActivity gameActivity;
 
+        private readonly PackageInfo packageInfo;
+
         public override Vector2 ScalingContainerTargetDrawSize => new Vector2(1024, 1024 * DrawHeight / DrawWidth);
 
         public OsuGameAndroid(OsuGameActivity activity)
             : base(null)
         {
             gameActivity = activity;
+            packageInfo = Application.Context.ApplicationContext!.PackageManager!.GetPackageInfo(Application.Context.ApplicationContext.PackageName!, 0).AsNonNull();
         }
 
-        public override Version AssemblyVersion
+        public override string Version
         {
             get
             {
-                var packageInfo = Application.Context.ApplicationContext!.PackageManager!.GetPackageInfo(Application.Context.ApplicationContext.PackageName!, 0).AsNonNull();
+                if (!IsDeployedBuild)
+                    return @"local " + (DebugUtils.IsDebugBuild ? @"debug" : @"release");
 
-                try
-                {
-                    // We store the osu! build number in the "VersionCode" field to better support google play releases.
-                    // If we were to use the main build number, it would require a new submission each time (similar to TestFlight).
-                    // In order to do this, we should split it up and pad the numbers to still ensure sequential increase over time.
-                    //
-                    // We also need to be aware that older SDK versions store this as a 32bit int.
-                    //
-                    // Basic conversion format (as done in Fastfile): 2020.606.0 -> 202006060
-
-                    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52977079/android-sdk-28-versioncode-in-packageinfo-has-been-deprecated
-                    string versionName;
-
-                    if (OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(28))
-                    {
-                        versionName = packageInfo.LongVersionCode.ToString();
-                        // ensure we only read the trailing portion of long (the part we are interested in).
-                        versionName = versionName.Substring(versionName.Length - 9);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
-                        // this is required else older SDKs will report missing method exception.
-                        versionName = packageInfo.VersionCode.ToString();
-#pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
-                    }
-
-                    // undo play store version garbling (as mentioned above).
-                    return new Version(int.Parse(versionName.Substring(0, 4)), int.Parse(versionName.Substring(4, 4)), int.Parse(versionName.Substring(8, 1)));
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                }
-
-                return new Version(packageInfo.VersionName.AsNonNull());
+                return packageInfo.VersionName.AsNonNull();
             }
         }
 
+        public override Version AssemblyVersion => new Version(packageInfo.VersionName.AsNonNull().Split('-').First());
+
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();

osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
 
         public override bool RestartAppWhenExited()
         {
-            Task.Run(() => Velopack.UpdateExe.Start()).FireAndForget();
+            Task.Run(() => Velopack.UpdateExe.Start(waitPid: (uint)Environment.ProcessId)).FireAndForget();
             return true;
         }
 

osu.Desktop/Program.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
             // IMPORTANT DON'T IGNORE: For general sanity, velopack's setup needs to run before anything else.
             // This has bitten us in the rear before (bricked updater), and although the underlying issue from
             // last time has been fixed, let's not tempt fate.
-            setupVelopack();
+            setupVelopack(args);
 
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
@@ -174,8 +174,21 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
             return false;
         }
 
-        private static void setupVelopack()
+        private static void setupVelopack(string[] args)
         {
+            // Arguments being present indicate the user is either starting the game in a special (aka tournament) mode,
+            // or is running with pending imports via file association or otherwise.
+            //
+            // In both these scenarios, we'd hope the game does not attempt to update.
+            //
+            // Special consideration for velopack startup arguments, which must be handled during update.
+            // See https://docs.velopack.io/integrating/hooks#command-line-hooks.
+            if (args.Length > 0 && !args[0].StartsWith("--velo", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                Logger.Log("Handling arguments, skipping velopack setup.");
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (OsuGameDesktop.IsPackageManaged)
             {
                 Logger.Log("Updates are being managed by an external provider. Skipping Velopack setup.");
@@ -184,7 +197,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
 
             var app = VelopackApp.Build();
 
-            app.WithFirstRun(_ => isFirstRun = true);
+            app.OnFirstRun(_ => isFirstRun = true);
 
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
                 configureWindows(app);
@@ -195,9 +208,9 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
         [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
         private static void configureWindows(VelopackApp app)
         {
-            app.WithFirstRun(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.InstallAssociations());
-            app.WithAfterUpdateFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UpdateAssociations());
-            app.WithBeforeUninstallFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UninstallAssociations());
+            app.OnFirstRun(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.InstallAssociations());
+            app.OnAfterUpdateFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UpdateAssociations());
+            app.OnBeforeUninstallFastCallback(_ => WindowsAssociationManager.UninstallAssociations());
         }
     }
 }

osu.Desktop/Updater/VelopackUpdateManager.cs

@@ -2,21 +2,22 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
+using osu.Framework.Threading;
 using osu.Game;
-using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
 using Velopack;
 using Velopack.Sources;
+using UpdateManager = osu.Game.Updater.UpdateManager;
 
 namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
 {
-    public partial class VelopackUpdateManager : Game.Updater.UpdateManager
+    public partial class VelopackUpdateManager : UpdateManager
     {
         [Resolved]
         private INotificationOverlay notificationOverlay { get; set; } = null!;
@@ -27,143 +28,130 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
         [Resolved]
         private ILocalUserPlayInfo? localUserInfo { get; set; }
 
-        [Resolved]
-        private OsuConfigManager osuConfigManager { get; set; } = null!;
-
         private bool isInGameplay => localUserInfo?.PlayingState.Value != LocalUserPlayingState.NotPlaying;
 
-        private readonly Bindable<ReleaseStream> releaseStream = new Bindable<ReleaseStream>();
-        private UpdateManager? updateManager;
-        private UpdateInfo? pendingUpdate;
+        private ScheduledDelegate? scheduledBackgroundCheck;
 
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        private void scheduleNextUpdateCheck()
         {
-            // Used by the base implementation.
-            osuConfigManager.BindWith(OsuSetting.ReleaseStream, releaseStream);
-            releaseStream.BindValueChanged(_ => onReleaseStreamChanged(), true);
-
-            base.LoadComplete();
-        }
-
-        private void onReleaseStreamChanged()
-        {
-            updateManager = new UpdateManager(new GithubSource(@"https://github.com/ppy/osu", null, releaseStream.Value == ReleaseStream.Tachyon), new UpdateOptions
+            scheduledBackgroundCheck?.Cancel();
+            scheduledBackgroundCheck = Scheduler.AddDelayed(() =>
             {
-                AllowVersionDowngrade = true,
-            });
-
-            Schedule(() => Task.Run(CheckForUpdateAsync));
+                log("Running scheduled background update check...");
+                CheckForUpdate();
+            }, 60000 * 30);
         }
 
-        protected override async Task<bool> PerformUpdateCheck() => await checkForUpdateAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        private async Task<bool> checkForUpdateAsync()
+        protected override async Task<bool> PerformUpdateCheck(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            // whether to check again in 30 minutes. generally only if there's an error or no update was found (yet).
-            bool scheduleRecheck = false;
+            scheduledBackgroundCheck?.Cancel();
+
+            if (isInGameplay)
+            {
+                log("Update check cancelled - user is in gameplay");
+                scheduleNextUpdateCheck();
+                return false;
+            }
 
             try
             {
-                // Avoid any kind of update checking while gameplay is running.
-                if (isInGameplay)
+                IUpdateSource updateSource = new GithubSource(@"https://github.com/ppy/osu", null, ReleaseStream.Value == Game.Configuration.ReleaseStream.Tachyon);
+                Velopack.UpdateManager updateManager = new Velopack.UpdateManager(updateSource, new UpdateOptions
                 {
-                    scheduleRecheck = true;
+                    AllowVersionDowngrade = true
+                });
+
+                UpdateInfo? update = await updateManager.CheckForUpdatesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    log("Update check cancelled");
+                    scheduleNextUpdateCheck();
                     return true;
                 }
 
-                // 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).
-                if (pendingUpdate != null)
+                if (update == null)
                 {
-                    // If there is an update pending restart, show the notification to restart again.
-                    notificationOverlay.Post(new UpdateApplicationCompleteNotification
-                    {
-                        Activated = () =>
-                        {
-                            Task.Run(restartToApplyUpdate);
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                    });
-
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                if (updateManager == null)
-                {
-                    scheduleRecheck = true;
+                    // No update is available.
+                    log("No update found");
+                    scheduleNextUpdateCheck();
                     return false;
                 }
 
-                pendingUpdate = await updateManager.CheckForUpdatesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                // No update is available. We'll check again later.
-                if (pendingUpdate == null)
-                {
-                    scheduleRecheck = true;
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                // An update is found, let's notify the user and start downloading it.
-                UpdateProgressNotification notification = new UpdateProgressNotification
-                {
-                    CompletionClickAction = () =>
-                    {
-                        Task.Run(restartToApplyUpdate);
-                        return true;
-                    },
-                };
-
-                runOutsideOfGameplay(() => notificationOverlay.Post(notification));
-                notification.StartDownload();
-
-                try
-                {
-                    await updateManager.DownloadUpdatesAsync(pendingUpdate, p => notification.Progress = p / 100f).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    runOutsideOfGameplay(() => notification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Completed);
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    // In the case of an error, a separate notification will be displayed.
-                    scheduleRecheck = true;
-                    notification.FailDownload();
-                    Logger.Error(e, @"update failed!");
-                }
+                // Download update in the background while notifying awaiters of the update being available.
+                log($"New update available: {update.TargetFullRelease.Version}");
+                downloadUpdate(updateManager, update, cancellationToken);
+                return true;
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                // we'll ignore this and retry later. can be triggered by no internet connection or thread abortion.
-                scheduleRecheck = true;
-                Logger.Log($@"update check failed ({e.Message})");
+                log($"Update check failed with error ({e.Message})");
+
+                // we shouldn't crash on a web failure. or any failure for the matter.
+                scheduleNextUpdateCheck();
+                return true;
             }
-            finally
+        }
+
+        private void downloadUpdate(Velopack.UpdateManager updateManager, UpdateInfo update, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.Run(async () =>
+        {
+            log($"Beginning download of update {update.TargetFullRelease.Version}...");
+
+            UpdateDownloadProgressNotification progressNotification = new UpdateDownloadProgressNotification(cancellationToken)
             {
-                if (scheduleRecheck)
+                CompletionClickAction = () =>
                 {
-                    Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => Task.Run(async () => await checkForUpdateAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)), 60000 * 30);
+                    restartToApplyUpdate(updateManager, update);
+                    return true;
                 }
+            };
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(progressNotification.CancellationToken, cancellationToken))
+                {
+                    progressNotification.StartDownload();
+                    runOutsideOfGameplay(() => notificationOverlay.Post(progressNotification), cts.Token);
+
+                    await updateManager.DownloadUpdatesAsync(update, p => progressNotification.Progress = p / 100f, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    runOutsideOfGameplay(() => progressNotification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Completed, cts.Token);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                progressNotification.FailDownload();
+                log(@"Update cancelled");
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                // In the case of an error, a separate notification will be displayed.
+                progressNotification.FailDownload();
+                Logger.Error(e, @"Update failed!");
             }
 
             return true;
-        }
+        }, cancellationToken);
 
-        private void runOutsideOfGameplay(Action action)
+        private void runOutsideOfGameplay(Action action, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
+            if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                return;
+
             if (isInGameplay)
             {
-                Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => runOutsideOfGameplay(action), 1000);
+                Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => runOutsideOfGameplay(action, cancellationToken), 1000);
                 return;
             }
 
             action();
         }
 
-        private async Task restartToApplyUpdate()
+        private void restartToApplyUpdate(Velopack.UpdateManager updateManager, UpdateInfo update) => Task.Run(async () =>
         {
-            if (updateManager == null)
-                return;
-
-            await updateManager.WaitExitThenApplyUpdatesAsync(pendingUpdate?.TargetFullRelease).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await updateManager.WaitExitThenApplyUpdatesAsync(update.TargetFullRelease).ConfigureAwait(false);
             Schedule(() => game.AttemptExit());
-        }
+        });
+
+        private static void log(string text) => Logger.Log($"VelopackUpdateManager: {text}");
     }
 }

osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Packaging" Version="9.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="DiscordRichPresence" Version="1.2.1.24" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Velopack" Version="0.0.1053" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Velopack" Version="0.0.1298" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="lazer.ico" />

osu.Desktop/osu.nuspec

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
         <description>A free-to-win rhythm game. Rhythm is just a *click* away!</description>
         <releaseNotes>testing</releaseNotes>
-        <copyright>Copyright (c) 2024 ppy Pty Ltd</copyright>
+        <copyright>Copyright (c) 2025 ppy Pty Ltd</copyright>
         <language>en-AU</language>
     </metadata>
     <files>

osu.Game.Benchmarks/BenchmarkDifficultyCalculation.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.IO;
+using osu.Game.IO.Archives;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Resources;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Benchmarks
+{
+    public class BenchmarkDifficultyCalculation : BenchmarkTest
+    {
+        private DifficultyCalculator osuCalculator = null!;
+        private DifficultyCalculator taikoCalculator = null!;
+        private DifficultyCalculator catchCalculator = null!;
+        private DifficultyCalculator maniaCalculator = null!;
+
+        public override void SetUp()
+        {
+            using var resources = new DllResourceStore(typeof(TestResources).Assembly);
+
+            using var archive = resources.GetStream("Resources/Archives/241526 Soleily - Renatus.osz");
+            using var archiveReader = new ZipArchiveReader(archive);
+
+            var osuBeatmap = readBeatmap(archiveReader, "Soleily - Renatus (Gamu) [Insane].osu");
+            var taikoBeatmap = readBeatmap(archiveReader, "Soleily - Renatus (MMzz) [Oni].osu");
+            var catchBeatmap = readBeatmap(archiveReader, "Soleily - Renatus (Deif) [Salad].osu");
+            var maniaBeatmap = readBeatmap(archiveReader, "Soleily - Renatus (ExPew) [Another].osu");
+
+            osuCalculator = new OsuRuleset().CreateDifficultyCalculator(osuBeatmap);
+            taikoCalculator = new TaikoRuleset().CreateDifficultyCalculator(taikoBeatmap);
+            catchCalculator = new CatchRuleset().CreateDifficultyCalculator(catchBeatmap);
+            maniaCalculator = new ManiaRuleset().CreateDifficultyCalculator(maniaBeatmap);
+        }
+
+        private WorkingBeatmap readBeatmap(ZipArchiveReader archiveReader, string beatmapName)
+        {
+            using var beatmapStream = new MemoryStream();
+            archiveReader.GetStream(beatmapName).CopyTo(beatmapStream);
+
+            beatmapStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            using var reader = new LineBufferedReader(beatmapStream);
+
+            var decoder = Beatmaps.Formats.Decoder.GetDecoder<Beatmap>(reader);
+            return new FlatWorkingBeatmap(decoder.Decode(reader));
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void CalculateDifficultyOsu() => osuCalculator.Calculate();
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void CalculateDifficultyTaiko() => taikoCalculator.Calculate();
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void CalculateDifficultyCatch() => catchCalculator.Calculate();
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void CalculateDifficultyMania() => maniaCalculator.Calculate();
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void CalculateDifficultyOsuHundredTimes()
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+            {
+                osuCalculator.Calculate();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
 {
@@ -21,8 +22,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
         {
             var ruleset = new CatchRuleset();
             var difficulty = new BeatmapDifficulty { ApproachRate = originalApproachRate };
+            var beatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo { Difficulty = difficulty };
 
-            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetRateAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(difficulty, 1);
+            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(beatmapInfo, []);
 
             Assert.That(adjustedDifficulty.ApproachRate, Is.EqualTo(originalApproachRate));
         }
@@ -32,8 +34,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
         {
             var ruleset = new CatchRuleset();
             var difficulty = new BeatmapDifficulty();
+            var beatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo { Difficulty = difficulty };
 
-            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetRateAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(difficulty, 0.75);
+            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(beatmapInfo, [new CatchModHalfTime()]);
 
             Assert.That(adjustedDifficulty.ApproachRate, Is.EqualTo(1.67).Within(0.01));
         }
@@ -43,8 +46,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
         {
             var ruleset = new CatchRuleset();
             var difficulty = new BeatmapDifficulty();
+            var beatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo { Difficulty = difficulty };
 
-            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetRateAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(difficulty, 1.5);
+            var adjustedDifficulty = ruleset.GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(beatmapInfo, [new CatchModDoubleTime()]);
 
             Assert.That(adjustedDifficulty.ApproachRate, Is.EqualTo(7.67).Within(0.01));
         }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/Mods/TestSceneCatchModMovingFast.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// 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.Rulesets.Catch.Mods;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests.Mods
+{
+    public partial class TestSceneCatchModMovingFast : ModTestScene
+    {
+        protected override Ruleset CreatePlayerRuleset() => new CatchRuleset();
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMovingFast() => CreateModTest(new ModTestData
+        {
+            Mod = new CatchModMovingFast(),
+            PassCondition = () => true
+        });
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/Resources/old-skin/skin.ini

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[General]
-// no version specified means v1

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

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void TestTinyDropletMissPreservesCatcherState()
+        public void TestTinyDropletMissChangesCatcherState()
         {
             AddStep("catch hyper kiai fruit", () => attemptCatch(new TestKiaiFruit
             {
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
             }));
             AddStep("catch tiny droplet", () => attemptCatch(new TinyDroplet()));
             AddStep("miss tiny droplet", () => attemptCatch(new TinyDroplet { X = 100 }));
-            // catcher state and hyper dash state is preserved
-            checkState(CatcherAnimationState.Kiai);
+            // catcher state is changed but hyper dash state is preserved
+            checkState(CatcherAnimationState.Fail);
             checkHyperDash(true);
         }
 

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

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 
@@ -23,21 +24,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps
             {
                 new BeatmapStatistic
                 {
-                    Name = @"Fruits",
+                    Name = BeatmapStatisticStrings.Fruits,
                     Content = fruits.ToString(),
                     CreateIcon = () => new BeatmapStatisticIcon(BeatmapStatisticsIconType.Circles),
                     BarDisplayLength = fruits / (float)sum,
                 },
                 new BeatmapStatistic
                 {
-                    Name = @"Juice Streams",
+                    Name = BeatmapStatisticStrings.JuiceStreams,
                     Content = juiceStreams.ToString(),
                     CreateIcon = () => new BeatmapStatisticIcon(BeatmapStatisticsIconType.Sliders),
                     BarDisplayLength = juiceStreams / (float)sum,
                 },
                 new BeatmapStatistic
                 {
-                    Name = @"Banana Showers",
+                    Name = BeatmapStatisticStrings.BananaShowers,
                     Content = bananaShowers.ToString(),
                     CreateIcon = () => new BeatmapStatisticIcon(BeatmapStatisticsIconType.Spinners),
                     BarDisplayLength = Math.Min(bananaShowers / 10f, 1),

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays.Types;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring.Legacy;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Setup;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking.Statistics;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
                         new CatchModFloatingFruits(),
                         new CatchModMuted(),
                         new CatchModNoScope(),
+                        new CatchModMovingFast(),
                     };
 
                 case ModType.System:
@@ -265,9 +270,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
         }
 
         /// <seealso cref="CatchHitObject.ApplyDefaultsToSelf"/>
-        public override BeatmapDifficulty GetRateAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(IBeatmapDifficultyInfo difficulty, double rate)
+        public override BeatmapDifficulty GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(IBeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, IReadOnlyCollection<Mod> mods)
         {
-            BeatmapDifficulty adjustedDifficulty = new BeatmapDifficulty(difficulty);
+            BeatmapDifficulty adjustedDifficulty = base.GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(beatmapInfo, mods);
+            double rate = ModUtils.CalculateRateWithMods(mods);
 
             double preempt = IBeatmapDifficultyInfo.DifficultyRange(adjustedDifficulty.ApproachRate, CatchHitObject.PREEMPT_MAX, CatchHitObject.PREEMPT_MID, CatchHitObject.PREEMPT_MIN);
             preempt /= rate;
@@ -276,6 +282,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
             return adjustedDifficulty;
         }
 
+        public override IEnumerable<RulesetBeatmapAttribute> GetBeatmapAttributesForDisplay(IBeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, IReadOnlyCollection<Mod> mods)
+        {
+            var originalDifficulty = beatmapInfo.Difficulty;
+            var effectiveDifficulty = GetAdjustedDisplayDifficulty(beatmapInfo, mods);
+
+            yield return new RulesetBeatmapAttribute(SongSelectStrings.CircleSize, @"CS", originalDifficulty.CircleSize, effectiveDifficulty.CircleSize, 10)
+            {
+                Description = "Affects the size of fruits.",
+                AdditionalMetrics =
+                [
+                    new RulesetBeatmapAttribute.AdditionalMetric("Hit circle radius", (CatchHitObject.OBJECT_RADIUS * LegacyRulesetExtensions.CalculateScaleFromCircleSize(effectiveDifficulty.CircleSize)).ToLocalisableString("0.#"))
+                ]
+            };
+            yield return new RulesetBeatmapAttribute(SongSelectStrings.ApproachRate, @"AR", originalDifficulty.ApproachRate, effectiveDifficulty.ApproachRate, 10)
+            {
+                Description = "Affects how early fruits fade in on the screen.",
+                AdditionalMetrics =
+                [
+                    new RulesetBeatmapAttribute.AdditionalMetric("Fade-in time", LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{IBeatmapDifficultyInfo.DifficultyRange(effectiveDifficulty.ApproachRate, CatchHitObject.PREEMPT_RANGE):#,0.##} ms"))
+                ]
+            };
+            yield return new RulesetBeatmapAttribute(SongSelectStrings.HPDrain, @"HP", originalDifficulty.DrainRate, effectiveDifficulty.DrainRate, 10)
+            {
+                Description = "Affects the harshness of health drain and the health penalties for missing."
+            };
+        }
+
         public override bool EditorShowScrollSpeed => false;
     }
 }

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

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
-using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.IEnumerableExtensions;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
 {
@@ -51,15 +51,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
 
             // Combo scaling
             if (catchAttributes.MaxCombo > 0)
-                value *= Math.Min(Math.Pow(score.MaxCombo, 0.8) / Math.Pow(catchAttributes.MaxCombo, 0.8), 1.0);
+                value *= Math.Min(Math.Pow(score.MaxCombo, 0.35) / Math.Pow(catchAttributes.MaxCombo, 0.35), 1.0);
 
             var difficulty = score.BeatmapInfo!.Difficulty.Clone();
 
             score.Mods.OfType<IApplicableToDifficulty>().ForEach(m => m.ApplyToDifficulty(difficulty));
 
-            var track = new TrackVirtual(10000);
-            score.Mods.OfType<IApplicableToTrack>().ForEach(m => m.ApplyToTrack(track));
-            double clockRate = track.Rate;
+            double clockRate = ModUtils.CalculateRateWithMods(score.Mods);
 
             // this is the same as osu!, so there's potential to share the implementation... maybe
             double preempt = IBeatmapDifficultyInfo.DifficultyRange(difficulty.ApproachRate, 1800, 1200, 450) / clockRate;

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/Evaluators/MovementEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Evaluators
+{
+    public static class MovementEvaluator
+    {
+        private const double direction_change_bonus = 21.0;
+
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(DifficultyHitObject current, double catcherSpeedMultiplier)
+        {
+            var catchCurrent = (CatchDifficultyHitObject)current;
+            var catchLast = (CatchDifficultyHitObject)current.Previous(0);
+            var catchLastLast = (CatchDifficultyHitObject)current.Previous(1);
+
+            double weightedStrainTime = catchCurrent.StrainTime + 13 + (3 / catcherSpeedMultiplier);
+
+            double distanceAddition = (Math.Pow(Math.Abs(catchCurrent.DistanceMoved), 1.3) / 510);
+            double sqrtStrain = Math.Sqrt(weightedStrainTime);
+
+            double edgeDashBonus = 0;
+
+            // Direction change bonus.
+            if (Math.Abs(catchCurrent.DistanceMoved) > 0.1)
+            {
+                if (current.Index >= 1 && Math.Abs(catchLast.DistanceMoved) > 0.1 && Math.Sign(catchCurrent.DistanceMoved) != Math.Sign(catchLast.DistanceMoved))
+                {
+                    double bonusFactor = Math.Min(50, Math.Abs(catchCurrent.DistanceMoved)) / 50;
+                    double antiflowFactor = Math.Max(Math.Min(70, Math.Abs(catchLast.DistanceMoved)) / 70, 0.38);
+
+                    distanceAddition += direction_change_bonus / Math.Sqrt(catchLast.StrainTime + 16) * bonusFactor * antiflowFactor * Math.Max(1 - Math.Pow(weightedStrainTime / 1000, 3), 0);
+                }
+
+                // Base bonus for every movement, giving some weight to streams.
+                distanceAddition += 12.5 * Math.Min(Math.Abs(catchCurrent.DistanceMoved), CatchDifficultyHitObject.NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH * 2)
+                                    / (CatchDifficultyHitObject.NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH * 6) / sqrtStrain;
+            }
+
+            // Bonus for edge dashes.
+            if (catchCurrent.LastObject.DistanceToHyperDash <= 20.0f)
+            {
+                if (!catchCurrent.LastObject.HyperDash)
+                    edgeDashBonus += 5.7;
+
+                distanceAddition *= 1.0 + edgeDashBonus * ((20 - catchCurrent.LastObject.DistanceToHyperDash) / 20)
+                                                        * Math.Pow((Math.Min(catchCurrent.StrainTime * catcherSpeedMultiplier, 265) / 265), 1.5); // Edge Dashes are easier at lower ms values
+            }
+
+            // There is an edge case where horizontal back and forth sliders create "buzz" patterns which are repeated "movements" with a distance lower than
+            // the platter's width but high enough to be considered a movement due to the absolute_player_positioning_error and NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH offsets
+            // We are detecting this exact scenario. The first back and forth is counted but all subsequent ones are nullified.
+            // To achieve that, we need to store the exact distances (distance ignoring absolute_player_positioning_error and NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH)
+            if (current.Index >= 2 && Math.Abs(catchCurrent.ExactDistanceMoved) <= CatchDifficultyHitObject.NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH * 2
+                                   && catchCurrent.ExactDistanceMoved == -catchLast.ExactDistanceMoved && catchLast.ExactDistanceMoved == -catchLastLast.ExactDistanceMoved
+                                   && catchCurrent.StrainTime == catchLast.StrainTime && catchLast.StrainTime == catchLastLast.StrainTime)
+                distanceAddition = 0;
+
+            return distanceAddition / weightedStrainTime;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/Preprocessing/CatchDifficultyHitObject.cs

@@ -11,15 +11,49 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Preprocessing
 {
     public class CatchDifficultyHitObject : DifficultyHitObject
     {
-        private const float normalized_hitobject_radius = 41.0f;
+        public const float NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH = 41.0f;
+        private const float absolute_player_positioning_error = 16.0f;
 
         public new PalpableCatchHitObject BaseObject => (PalpableCatchHitObject)base.BaseObject;
 
         public new PalpableCatchHitObject LastObject => (PalpableCatchHitObject)base.LastObject;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized position of <see cref="BaseObject"/>.
+        /// </summary>
         public readonly float NormalizedPosition;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized position of <see cref="LastObject"/>.
+        /// </summary>
         public readonly float LastNormalizedPosition;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized position of the player required to catch <see cref="BaseObject"/>, assuming the player moves as little as possible.
+        /// </summary>
+        public float PlayerPosition { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized position of the player after catching <see cref="LastObject"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public float LastPlayerPosition { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized distance between <see cref="LastPlayerPosition"/> and <see cref="PlayerPosition"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The sign of the value indicates the direction of the movement: negative is left and positive is right.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public float DistanceMoved { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Normalized distance the player has to move from <see cref="LastPlayerPosition"/> in order to catch <see cref="BaseObject"/> at its <see cref="NormalizedPosition"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The sign of the value indicates the direction of the movement: negative is left and positive is right.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public float ExactDistanceMoved { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Milliseconds elapsed since the start time of the previous <see cref="CatchDifficultyHitObject"/>, with a minimum of 40ms.
         /// </summary>
@@ -29,13 +63,35 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Preprocessing
             : base(hitObject, lastObject, clockRate, objects, index)
         {
             // We will scale everything by this factor, so we can assume a uniform CircleSize among beatmaps.
-            float scalingFactor = normalized_hitobject_radius / halfCatcherWidth;
+            float scalingFactor = NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH / halfCatcherWidth;
 
             NormalizedPosition = BaseObject.EffectiveX * scalingFactor;
             LastNormalizedPosition = LastObject.EffectiveX * scalingFactor;
 
             // Every strain interval is hard capped at the equivalent of 375 BPM streaming speed as a safety measure
             StrainTime = Math.Max(40, DeltaTime);
+
+            setMovementState();
+        }
+
+        private void setMovementState()
+        {
+            LastPlayerPosition = Index == 0 ? LastNormalizedPosition : ((CatchDifficultyHitObject)Previous(0)).PlayerPosition;
+
+            PlayerPosition = Math.Clamp(
+                LastPlayerPosition,
+                NormalizedPosition - (NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH - absolute_player_positioning_error),
+                NormalizedPosition + (NORMALIZED_HALF_CATCHER_WIDTH - absolute_player_positioning_error)
+            );
+
+            DistanceMoved = PlayerPosition - LastPlayerPosition;
+
+            // For the exact position we consider that the catcher is in the correct position for both objects
+            ExactDistanceMoved = NormalizedPosition - LastPlayerPosition;
+
+            // After a hyperdash we ARE in the correct position. Always!
+            if (LastObject.HyperDash)
+                PlayerPosition = NormalizedPosition;
         }
     }
 }

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

@@ -1,8 +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.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Evaluators;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Skills
 {
     public class Movement : StrainDecaySkill
     {
-        private const float absolute_player_positioning_error = 16f;
-        private const float normalized_hitobject_radius = 41.0f;
-        private const double direction_change_bonus = 21.0;
-
         protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1;
         protected override double StrainDecayBase => 0.2;
 
@@ -24,12 +19,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Skills
 
         protected readonly float HalfCatcherWidth;
 
-        private float? lastPlayerPosition;
-        private float lastDistanceMoved;
-        private float lastExactDistanceMoved;
-        private double lastStrainTime;
-        private bool isInBuzzSection;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The speed multiplier applied to the player's catcher.
         /// </summary>
@@ -49,80 +38,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty.Skills
 
         protected override double StrainValueOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
         {
-            var catchCurrent = (CatchDifficultyHitObject)current;
-
-            lastPlayerPosition ??= catchCurrent.LastNormalizedPosition;
-
-            float playerPosition = Math.Clamp(
-                lastPlayerPosition.Value,
-                catchCurrent.NormalizedPosition - (normalized_hitobject_radius - absolute_player_positioning_error),
-                catchCurrent.NormalizedPosition + (normalized_hitobject_radius - absolute_player_positioning_error)
-            );
-
-            float distanceMoved = playerPosition - lastPlayerPosition.Value;
-
-            // For the exact position we consider that the catcher is in the correct position for both objects
-            float exactDistanceMoved = catchCurrent.NormalizedPosition - lastPlayerPosition.Value;
-
-            double weightedStrainTime = catchCurrent.StrainTime + 13 + (3 / catcherSpeedMultiplier);
-
-            double distanceAddition = (Math.Pow(Math.Abs(distanceMoved), 1.3) / 510);
-            double sqrtStrain = Math.Sqrt(weightedStrainTime);
-
-            double edgeDashBonus = 0;
-
-            // Direction change bonus.
-            if (Math.Abs(distanceMoved) > 0.1)
-            {
-                if (Math.Abs(lastDistanceMoved) > 0.1 && Math.Sign(distanceMoved) != Math.Sign(lastDistanceMoved))
-                {
-                    double bonusFactor = Math.Min(50, Math.Abs(distanceMoved)) / 50;
-                    double antiflowFactor = Math.Max(Math.Min(70, Math.Abs(lastDistanceMoved)) / 70, 0.38);
-
-                    distanceAddition += direction_change_bonus / Math.Sqrt(lastStrainTime + 16) * bonusFactor * antiflowFactor * Math.Max(1 - Math.Pow(weightedStrainTime / 1000, 3), 0);
-                }
-
-                // Base bonus for every movement, giving some weight to streams.
-                distanceAddition += 12.5 * Math.Min(Math.Abs(distanceMoved), normalized_hitobject_radius * 2) / (normalized_hitobject_radius * 6) / sqrtStrain;
-            }
-
-            // Bonus for edge dashes.
-            if (catchCurrent.LastObject.DistanceToHyperDash <= 20.0f)
-            {
-                if (!catchCurrent.LastObject.HyperDash)
-                    edgeDashBonus += 5.7;
-                else
-                {
-                    // After a hyperdash we ARE in the correct position. Always!
-                    playerPosition = catchCurrent.NormalizedPosition;
-                }
-
-                distanceAddition *= 1.0 + edgeDashBonus * ((20 - catchCurrent.LastObject.DistanceToHyperDash) / 20)
-                                                        * Math.Pow((Math.Min(catchCurrent.StrainTime * catcherSpeedMultiplier, 265) / 265), 1.5); // Edge Dashes are easier at lower ms values
-            }
-
-            // There is an edge case where horizontal back and forth sliders create "buzz" patterns which are repeated "movements" with a distance lower than
-            // the platter's width but high enough to be considered a movement due to the absolute_player_positioning_error and normalized_hitobject_radius offsets
-            // We are detecting this exact scenario. The first back and forth is counted but all subsequent ones are nullified.
-            // To achieve that, we need to store the exact distances (distance ignoring absolute_player_positioning_error and normalized_hitobject_radius)
-            if (Math.Abs(exactDistanceMoved) <= HalfCatcherWidth * 2 && exactDistanceMoved == -lastExactDistanceMoved && catchCurrent.StrainTime == lastStrainTime)
-            {
-                if (isInBuzzSection)
-                    distanceAddition = 0;
-                else
-                    isInBuzzSection = true;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                isInBuzzSection = false;
-            }
-
-            lastPlayerPosition = playerPosition;
-            lastDistanceMoved = distanceMoved;
-            lastStrainTime = catchCurrent.StrainTime;
-            lastExactDistanceMoved = exactDistanceMoved;
-
-            return distanceAddition / weightedStrainTime;
+            return MovementEvaluator.EvaluateDifficultyOf(current, catcherSpeedMultiplier);
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchBeatmapVerifier.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit
             new CheckBananaShowerGap(),
             new CheckConcurrentObjects(),
 
+            // Spread
+            new CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime(),
+
             // Settings
             new CheckCatchAbnormalDifficultySettings(),
         };

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchHitObjectComposer.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -219,5 +220,40 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit
             distanceSnapGrid.StartTime = sourceHitObject.GetEndTime();
             distanceSnapGrid.StartX = sourceHitObject.EffectiveX;
         }
+
+        #region Clipboard handling
+
+        public override string ConvertSelectionToString()
+            => string.Join(',', EditorBeatmap.SelectedHitObjects.Cast<CatchHitObject>().OrderBy(h => h.StartTime).Select(h => (h.IndexInCurrentCombo + 1).ToString()));
+
+        // 1,2,3,4 ...
+        private static readonly Regex selection_regex = new Regex(@"^\d+(,\d+)*$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        public override void SelectFromTimestamp(double timestamp, string objectDescription)
+        {
+            if (!selection_regex.IsMatch(objectDescription))
+                return;
+
+            List<CatchHitObject> remainingHitObjects = EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.Cast<CatchHitObject>().Where(h => h.StartTime >= timestamp).ToList();
+            string[] splitDescription = objectDescription.Split(',');
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < splitDescription.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (!int.TryParse(splitDescription[i], out int combo) || combo < 1)
+                    continue;
+
+                CatchHitObject? current = remainingHitObjects.FirstOrDefault(h => h.IndexInCurrentCombo + 1 == combo);
+
+                if (current == null)
+                    continue;
+
+                EditorBeatmap.SelectedHitObjects.Add(current);
+
+                if (i < splitDescription.Length - 1)
+                    remainingHitObjects = remainingHitObjects.Where(h => h != current && h.StartTime >= current.StartTime).ToList();
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckBananaShowerGap.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit.Checks
 
         public IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var hitObjects = context.Beatmap.HitObjects;
+            var hitObjects = context.CurrentDifficulty.Playable.HitObjects;
             (int expectedStartDelta, int expectedEndDelta) = spinner_delta_threshold[context.InterpretedDifficulty];
 
             for (int i = 0; i < hitObjects.Count - 1; ++i)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckCatchAbnormalDifficultySettings.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit.Checks
 
         public override IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var diff = context.Beatmap.Difficulty;
+            var diff = context.CurrentDifficulty.Playable.Difficulty;
             Issue? issue;
 
             if (HasMoreThanOneDecimalPlace("Approach rate", diff.ApproachRate, out issue))

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21catch#general
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Platter");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 15).TotalMilliseconds, "Rain");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 4, 0).TotalMilliseconds, "Overdose");
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModAutoplay.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
 {
     public class CatchModAutoplay : ModAutoplay
     {
+        public override Type[] IncompatibleMods => base.IncompatibleMods.Concat(new[] { typeof(CatchModMovingFast) }).ToArray();
+
         public override ModReplayData CreateReplayData(IBeatmap beatmap, IReadOnlyList<Mod> mods)
             => new ModReplayData(new CatchAutoGenerator(beatmap).Generate(), new ModCreatedUser { Username = "osu!salad" });
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModCinema.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Replays;
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
 {
     public class CatchModCinema : ModCinema<CatchHitObject>
     {
+        public override Type[] IncompatibleMods => base.IncompatibleMods.Concat(new[] { typeof(CatchModMovingFast) }).ToArray();
+
         public override ModReplayData CreateReplayData(IBeatmap beatmap, IReadOnlyList<Mod> mods)
             => new ModReplayData(new CatchAutoGenerator(beatmap).Generate(), new ModCreatedUser { Username = "osu!salad" });
     }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModDifficultyAdjust.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
         {
             get
             {
-                if (UserAdjustedSettingsCount != 1)
+                if (!IsExactlyOneSettingChanged(CircleSize, ApproachRate, OverallDifficulty, DrainRate))
                     return string.Empty;
 
                 if (!CircleSize.IsDefault) return format("CS", CircleSize);

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModEasy.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
@@ -9,5 +10,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
     public class CatchModEasy : ModEasyWithExtraLives
     {
         public override LocalisableString Description => @"Larger fruits, more forgiving HP drain, less accuracy required, and extra lives!";
+
+        public override void ApplyToDifficulty(BeatmapDifficulty difficulty)
+        {
+            base.ApplyToDifficulty(difficulty);
+
+            difficulty.OverallDifficulty *= ADJUST_RATIO;
+        }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModFlashlight.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
 
         public override BindableBool ComboBasedSize { get; } = new BindableBool(true);
 
-        public override float DefaultFlashlightSize => 325;
+        public override float DefaultFlashlightSize => 203.125f;
 
         protected override Flashlight CreateFlashlight() => new CatchFlashlight(this, playfield);
 

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModFloatingFruits.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
         public override string Acronym => "FF";
         public override LocalisableString Description => "The fruits are... floating?";
         public override double ScoreMultiplier => 1;
-        public override IconUsage? Icon => FontAwesome.Solid.Cloud;
+        public override IconUsage? Icon => OsuIcon.ModFloatingFruits;
 
         public void ApplyToDrawableRuleset(DrawableRuleset<CatchHitObject> drawableRuleset)
         {

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModHardRock.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
         {
             base.ApplyToDifficulty(difficulty);
 
+            difficulty.OverallDifficulty = Math.Min(difficulty.OverallDifficulty * ADJUST_RATIO, 10.0f);
             difficulty.CircleSize = Math.Min(difficulty.CircleSize * 1.3f, 10.0f); // CS uses a custom 1.3 ratio.
             difficulty.ApproachRate = Math.Min(difficulty.ApproachRate * ADJUST_RATIO, 10.0f);
         }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModMovingFast.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// 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.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
+using osuTK;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
+{
+    public partial class CatchModMovingFast : Mod, IApplicableToDrawableRuleset<CatchHitObject>, IApplicableToPlayer
+    {
+        public override string Name => "Moving Fast";
+        public override string Acronym => "MF";
+        public override LocalisableString Description => "Dashing by default, slow down!";
+        public override ModType Type => ModType.Fun;
+        public override double ScoreMultiplier => 1;
+        public override IconUsage? Icon => OsuIcon.ModMovingFast;
+        public override Type[] IncompatibleMods => new[] { typeof(ModAutoplay), typeof(ModRelax) };
+
+        private DrawableCatchRuleset drawableRuleset = null!;
+
+        public void ApplyToDrawableRuleset(DrawableRuleset<CatchHitObject> drawableRuleset)
+        {
+            this.drawableRuleset = (DrawableCatchRuleset)drawableRuleset;
+        }
+
+        public void ApplyToPlayer(Player player)
+        {
+            if (!drawableRuleset.HasReplayLoaded.Value)
+            {
+                var catchPlayfield = (CatchPlayfield)drawableRuleset.Playfield;
+                catchPlayfield.Catcher.Dashing = true;
+                catchPlayfield.CatcherArea.Add(new InvertDashInputHelper(catchPlayfield.CatcherArea));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private partial class InvertDashInputHelper : Drawable, IKeyBindingHandler<CatchAction>
+        {
+            private readonly CatcherArea catcherArea;
+
+            public override bool ReceivePositionalInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => true;
+
+            public InvertDashInputHelper(CatcherArea catcherArea)
+            {
+                this.catcherArea = catcherArea;
+
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+            }
+
+            public bool OnPressed(KeyBindingPressEvent<CatchAction> e)
+            {
+                switch (e.Action)
+                {
+                    case CatchAction.MoveLeft or CatchAction.MoveRight:
+                        break;
+
+                    case CatchAction.Dash:
+                        catcherArea.Catcher.Dashing = false;
+                        return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            public void OnReleased(KeyBindingReleaseEvent<CatchAction> e)
+            {
+                if (e.Action == CatchAction.Dash)
+                    catcherArea.Catcher.Dashing = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Mods/CatchModRelax.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // 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.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Mods
     {
         public override LocalisableString Description => @"Use the mouse to control the catcher.";
 
+        public override Type[] IncompatibleMods => base.IncompatibleMods.Concat(new[] { typeof(CatchModMovingFast) }).ToArray();
+
         private DrawableCatchRuleset drawableRuleset = null!;
 
         public void ApplyToDrawableRuleset(DrawableRuleset<CatchHitObject> drawableRuleset)

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

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
         {
             base.ApplyDefaultsToSelf(controlPointInfo, difficulty);
 
-            TimePreempt = (float)IBeatmapDifficultyInfo.DifficultyRange(difficulty.ApproachRate, PREEMPT_MAX, PREEMPT_MID, PREEMPT_MIN);
+            TimePreempt = (float)IBeatmapDifficultyInfo.DifficultyRange(difficulty.ApproachRate, PREEMPT_RANGE);
 
             Scale = LegacyRulesetExtensions.CalculateScaleFromCircleSize(difficulty.CircleSize);
         }
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects
         /// </summary>
         public const double PREEMPT_MAX = 1800;
 
+        public static readonly DifficultyRange PREEMPT_RANGE = new DifficultyRange(PREEMPT_MAX, PREEMPT_MID, PREEMPT_MIN);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The Y position of the hit object is not used in the normal osu!catch gameplay.
         /// It is preserved to maximize the backward compatibility with the legacy editor, in which the mappers use the Y position to organize the patterns.

osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Replays/CatchReplayFrame.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Replays.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
@@ -64,5 +65,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Replays
 
             return new LegacyReplayFrame(Time, Position, null, state);
         }
+
+        public override bool IsEquivalentTo(ReplayFrame other)
+            => other is CatchReplayFrame catchFrame
+               && Time == catchFrame.Time
+               && Position == catchFrame.Position
+               && Dashing == catchFrame.Dashing
+               && Actions.SequenceEqual(catchFrame.Actions);
     }
 }

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

@@ -224,7 +224,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
                     addLighting(result, drawableObject.AccentColour.Value, positionInStack.X);
             }
 
-            // droplet doesn't affect the catcher state
+            if (result.IsHit)
+                CurrentState = hitObject.Kiai ? CatcherAnimationState.Kiai : CatcherAnimationState.Idle;
+            else if (hitObject is not Banana)
+                CurrentState = CatcherAnimationState.Fail;
+
+            if (palpableObject.HitObject.LastInCombo)
+            {
+                if (result.Judgement is CatchJudgement catchJudgement && catchJudgement.ShouldExplodeFor(result))
+                    Explode();
+                else
+                    Drop();
+            }
+
+            // droplet doesn't affect hyperdash state
             if (hitObject is TinyDroplet) return;
 
             // if a hyper fruit was already handled this frame, just go where it says to go.
@@ -244,19 +257,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
                 else
                     SetHyperDashState();
             }
-
-            if (result.IsHit)
-                CurrentState = hitObject.Kiai ? CatcherAnimationState.Kiai : CatcherAnimationState.Idle;
-            else if (!(hitObject is Banana))
-                CurrentState = CatcherAnimationState.Fail;
-
-            if (palpableObject.HitObject.LastInCombo)
-            {
-                if (result.Judgement is CatchJudgement catchJudgement && catchJudgement.ShouldExplodeFor(result))
-                    Explode();
-                else
-                    Drop();
-            }
         }
 
         public void OnRevertResult(JudgementResult result)

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Editor/Checks/CheckManiaConcurrentObjectsTest.cs

@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests.Editor.Checks
             });
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestHoldNotesAlmostConcurrentOnSameColumn()
+        {
+            assertAlmostConcurrentSame(new List<HitObject>
+            {
+                createHoldNote(startTime: 100, endTime: 400.75d, column: 1),
+                createHoldNote(startTime: 408, endTime: 700.75d, column: 1)
+            });
+        }
+
         private void assertOk(List<HitObject> hitobjects)
         {
             Assert.That(check.Run(getContext(hitobjects)), Is.Empty);
@@ -65,7 +75,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests.Editor.Checks
             var issues = check.Run(getContext(hitobjects)).ToList();
 
             Assert.That(issues, Has.Count.EqualTo(count));
-            Assert.That(issues.All(issue => issue.Template is CheckConcurrentObjects.IssueTemplateConcurrentSame));
+            Assert.That(issues.All(issue => issue.Template is CheckConcurrentObjects.IssueTemplateConcurrent));
+            Assert.That(issues.All(issue => issue.ToString().Contains("s are concurrent here")));
+        }
+
+        private void assertAlmostConcurrentSame(List<HitObject> hitobjects)
+        {
+            var issues = check.Run(getContext(hitobjects)).ToList();
+
+            Assert.That(issues, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+            Assert.That(issues.All(issue => issue.Template is CheckConcurrentObjects.IssueTemplateAlmostConcurrent));
+            Assert.That(issues.All(issue => issue.ToString().Contains("s are less than 10ms apart")));
         }
 
         private BeatmapVerifierContext getContext(List<HitObject> hitobjects)

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
 
         [TestCase("convert-samples")]
         [TestCase("mania-samples")]
+        [TestCase("mania-slider")] // e.g. second and fourth notes of https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/73883#mania/216407
         [TestCase("slider-convert-samples")]
         public void Test(string name) => base.Test(name);
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
                 StartTime = hitObject.StartTime,
                 EndTime = hitObject.GetEndTime(),
                 Column = ((ManiaHitObject)hitObject).Column,
+                PlaySlidingSamples = hitObject is HoldNote holdNote && holdNote.PlaySlidingSamples,
                 Samples = getSampleNames(hitObject.Samples),
                 NodeSamples = getNodeSampleNames((hitObject as HoldNote)?.NodeSamples)
             };
@@ -57,12 +59,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         public double StartTime;
         public double EndTime;
         public int Column;
+        public bool PlaySlidingSamples;
         public IList<string> Samples;
         public IList<IList<string>> NodeSamples;
 
         public bool Equals(SampleConvertValue other)
             => Precision.AlmostEquals(StartTime, other.StartTime, conversion_lenience)
                && Precision.AlmostEquals(EndTime, other.EndTime, conversion_lenience)
+               && PlaySlidingSamples == other.PlaySlidingSamples
                && samplesEqual(Samples, other.Samples)
                && nodeSamplesEqual(NodeSamples, other.NodeSamples);
 

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

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         }
 
         [TestCase]
-        public void TestFilterIntersection()
+        public void TestKeysFilterIntersection()
         {
             var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
             criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("keys", Operator.Greater, "4");
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         }
 
         [TestCase]
-        public void TestInvalidFilters()
+        public void TestInvalidKeysFilters()
         {
             var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
 
@@ -183,5 +183,132 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             Assert.False(criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("keys", Operator.NotEqual, "4,some text"));
             Assert.False(criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("keys", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "4,5,6"));
         }
+
+        [TestCase]
+        public void TestLnsEqual()
+        {
+            var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
+            var filterCriteria = new FilterCriteria
+            {
+                Ruleset = new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo
+            };
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "0");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo1 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 0,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 0
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo1, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "0");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo2 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 0
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo2, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "100");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo3 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 100
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo3, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "1");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo4 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 1
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo4, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "0.1");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo5 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 1000,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 1
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo5, filterCriteria));
+        }
+
+        [TestCase]
+        public void TestLnsGreaterOrEqual()
+        {
+            var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
+            var filterCriteria = new FilterCriteria
+            {
+                Ruleset = new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo
+            };
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "0");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo1 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 0,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 0
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo1, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "0");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo2 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 0
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo2, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "100");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo3 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 100
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo3, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "1");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo4 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 1
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo4, filterCriteria));
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "0.1");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo5 = new BeatmapInfo(new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo)
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 1000,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 1
+            };
+            Assert.True(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo5, filterCriteria));
+        }
+
+        [TestCase]
+        public void TestLnsNotManiaRuleset()
+        {
+            var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
+            var filterCriteria = new FilterCriteria
+            {
+                Ruleset = new ManiaRuleset().RulesetInfo
+            };
+
+            criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.LessOrEqual, "100");
+            BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo
+            {
+                TotalObjectCount = 100,
+                EndTimeObjectCount = 50
+            };
+            Assert.False(criteria.Matches(beatmapInfo, filterCriteria));
+        }
+
+        [TestCase]
+        public void TestInvalidLnsFilters()
+        {
+            var criteria = new ManiaFilterCriteria();
+
+            Assert.False(criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.Equal, "some text"));
+            Assert.False(criteria.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria("lns", Operator.GreaterOrEqual, "1some text"));
+        }
     }
 }

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

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Mods;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { LegacyMods.Key2, new[] { typeof(ManiaModKey2) } },
             new object[] { LegacyMods.Mirror, new[] { typeof(ManiaModMirror) } },
             new object[] { LegacyMods.HardRock | LegacyMods.DoubleTime, new[] { typeof(ManiaModHardRock), typeof(ManiaModDoubleTime) } },
-            new object[] { LegacyMods.ScoreV2, new[] { typeof(ModScoreV2) } },
+            new object[] { LegacyMods.ScoreV2, new[] { typeof(ManiaModScoreV2) } },
         };
 
         [TestCaseSource(nameof(mania_mod_mapping))]

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/convert-samples-expected-conversion.json

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       "StartTime": 1000.0,
       "EndTime": 2750.0,
       "Column": 1,
+      "PlaySlidingSamples": true,
       "NodeSamples": [
         ["Gameplay/normal-hitnormal"],
         ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"],
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
       "StartTime": 1875.0,
       "EndTime": 2750.0,
       "Column": 0,
+      "PlaySlidingSamples": true,
       "NodeSamples": [
         ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"],
         ["Gameplay/drum-hitnormal"]

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/mania-samples-expected-conversion.json

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       "StartTime": 500.0,
       "EndTime": 1500.0,
       "Column": 0,
+      "PlaySlidingSamples": false,
       "NodeSamples": [
         ["Gameplay/normal-hitnormal"],
         []
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
       "StartTime": 2000.0,
       "EndTime": 3000.0,
       "Column": 2,
+      "PlaySlidingSamples": false,
       "NodeSamples": [
         ["Gameplay/drum-hitnormal"],
         []

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/mania-slider-expected-conversion.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "Mappings": [{
+    "StartTime": 500.0,
+    "Objects": [{
+      "StartTime": 500.0,
+      "EndTime": 2500,
+      "Column": 2,
+      "PlaySlidingSamples": true,
+      "NodeSamples": [
+        ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"],
+        ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"],
+        ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"],
+        ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"]
+      ],
+      "Samples": ["Gameplay/soft-hitnormal"]
+    }]
+  }]
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Resources/Testing/Beatmaps/mania-slider.osu

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+osu file format v5
+
+[General]
+StackLeniency: 0.7
+Mode: 3
+
+[Difficulty]
+HPDrainRate:2
+CircleSize:5
+OverallDifficulty:2
+SliderMultiplier:1
+SliderTickRate:2
+
+[Events]
+//Background and Video events
+//Break Periods
+//Storyboard Layer 0 (Background)
+//Storyboard Layer 1 (Failing)
+//Storyboard Layer 2 (Passing)
+//Storyboard Layer 3 (Foreground)
+//Storyboard Sound Samples
+//Background Colour Transformations
+3,100,163,162,255
+
+[TimingPoints]
+355,476.190476190476,4,2,1,60,1,0
+
+[HitObjects]
+256,352,500,2,0,L|256:208,3,140

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

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Replays;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
 {
-    [Ignore("These tests are expected to fail until an acceptable solution for various replay playback issues concerning rounding of replay frame times & hit windows is found.")]
     public partial class TestSceneLegacyReplayPlayback : LegacyReplayPlaybackTestScene
     {
         protected override Ruleset CreateRuleset() => new ManiaRuleset();
@@ -72,13 +70,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -137d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -138d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 111d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 112d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 113d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 114d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 135d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 136d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 137d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 138d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 112d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 113d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 114d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 135d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 136d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 137d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 138d, HitResult.Miss },
 
             // OD = 9.3 test cases.
             // PERFECT hit window is [ -14ms,  14ms]
@@ -99,13 +98,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 9.3f, 70d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 71d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 98d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 100d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 124d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 125d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 100d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 124d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 125d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -98d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -99d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -100d, HitResult.Meh },
@@ -145,13 +145,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -137d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -138d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 111d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 112d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 113d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 114d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 135d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 136d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 137d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 138d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 112d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 113d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 114d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 135d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 136d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 137d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 138d, HitResult.Miss },
 
             // OD = 9.3 test cases.
             // PERFECT hit window is [ -16ms,  16ms]
@@ -172,13 +173,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 9.3f, 70d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 71d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 98d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 100d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 124d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 125d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 100d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 124d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 125d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -98d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -99d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -100d, HitResult.Meh },
@@ -207,13 +209,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 3.1f, 88d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, 89d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, 116d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 117d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 118d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 119d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 140d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 141d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 142d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 143d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 117d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 118d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 119d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 140d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 141d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 142d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 143d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -116d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -117d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -118d, HitResult.Meh },
@@ -253,13 +256,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -122d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -123d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 96d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 120d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 121d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 120d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 121d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
 
             // OD = 3.1 test cases.
             // PERFECT hit window is [ -16ms,  16ms]
@@ -280,13 +284,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 3.1f, 78d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, 79d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, 96d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 120d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 121d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 3.1f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 120d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 121d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 122d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 3.1f, 123d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -96d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -97d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 3.1f, -98d, HitResult.Meh },
@@ -327,13 +332,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -98d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -99d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 79d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 80d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 81d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 82d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 96d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 80d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 81d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 82d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 96d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 97d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 98d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 99d, HitResult.Miss },
 
             // OD = 9.3 test cases.
             // This leads to "effective" OD of 13.02.
@@ -356,13 +362,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 9.3f, 50d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 51d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 69d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 70d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 71d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 72d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 86d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 87d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 88d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 89d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 70d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 71d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 72d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 86d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 87d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 88d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 9.3f, 89d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -69d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -70d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, -71d, HitResult.Meh },
@@ -402,13 +409,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -191d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -192d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 155d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 156d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 157d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 158d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 189d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 190d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 191d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 192d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 156d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 157d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 158d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 189d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 190d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 191d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 192d, HitResult.Miss },
         };
 
         private static readonly object[][] score_v1_non_convert_double_time_test_cases =
@@ -440,13 +448,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -205d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -206d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 167d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 168d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 169d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 170d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 203d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 204d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 205d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 206d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 168d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 169d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 170d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 203d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 204d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 205d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 206d, HitResult.Miss },
         };
 
         private static readonly object[][] score_v1_non_convert_half_time_test_cases =
@@ -478,13 +487,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             new object[] { 5f, -103d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -104d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, 83d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, 84d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 85d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 86d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 102d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 103d, HitResult.Miss },
-            new object[] { 5f, 104d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // coverage of broken "can't hit meh late" behaviour, which is intentionally not being reproduced
+            // new object[] { 5f, 84d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 85d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 86d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 101d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 102d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 103d, HitResult.Miss },
+            // new object[] { 5f, 104d, HitResult.Miss },
         };
 
         private const double note_time = 300;
@@ -510,7 +520,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
                 ScoreInfo = new ScoreInfo
                 {
                     Ruleset = CreateRuleset().RulesetInfo,
-                    Mods = [new ModScoreV2()]
+                    Mods = [new ManiaModScoreV2()]
                 }
             };
 

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

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         private void toggleTouchControls(bool enabled)
         {
             var maniaConfig = (ManiaRulesetConfigManager)RulesetConfigs.GetConfigFor(CreatePlayerRuleset())!;
-            maniaConfig.SetValue(ManiaRulesetSetting.MobileLayout, enabled ? ManiaMobileLayout.LandscapeWithOverlay : ManiaMobileLayout.Portrait);
+            maniaConfig.SetValue(ManiaRulesetSetting.TouchOverlay, enabled);
         }
 
         private ManiaTouchInputArea? getTouchOverlay() => this.ChildrenOfType<ManiaTouchInputArea>().SingleOrDefault();

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

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
 {
-    [Ignore("These tests are expected to fail until an acceptable solution for various replay playback issues concerning rounding of replay frame times & hit windows is found.")]
     public partial class TestSceneReplayStability : ReplayStabilityTestScene
     {
         private static readonly object[][] test_cases =
@@ -22,87 +21,79 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
             // while round brackets `()` represent *open* or *exclusive* bounds.
 
             // OD = 5 test cases.
-            // PERFECT hit window is [ -19.4ms,  19.4ms]
-            // GREAT   hit window is [ -49.0ms,  49.0ms]
-            // GOOD    hit window is [ -82.0ms,  82.0ms]
-            // OK      hit window is [-112.0ms, 112.0ms]
-            // MEH     hit window is [-136.0ms, 136.0ms]
-            // MISS    hit window is [-173.0ms, 173.0ms]
+            // PERFECT hit window is [ -19.5ms,  19.5ms]
+            // GREAT   hit window is [ -49.5ms,  49.5ms]
+            // GOOD    hit window is [ -82.5ms,  82.5ms]
+            // OK      hit window is [-112.5ms, 112.5ms]
+            // MEH     hit window is [-136.5ms, 136.5ms]
+            // MISS    hit window is [-173.5ms, 173.5ms]
             new object[] { 5f, -19d, HitResult.Perfect },
             new object[] { 5f, -19.2d, HitResult.Perfect },
-            new object[] { 5f, -19.38d, HitResult.Perfect },
-            // new object[] { 5f, -19.4d, HitResult.Perfect }, <- in theory this should work, in practice it does not (fails even before encode & rounding due to floating point precision issues)
-            new object[] { 5f, -19.44d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -19.7d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -20d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -48d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -48.4d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -48.7d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -49d, HitResult.Great },
-            new object[] { 5f, -49.2d, HitResult.Good },
+            new object[] { 5f, -49.2d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 5f, -49.7d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -50d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -81d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -81.2d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -81.7d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -82d, HitResult.Good },
-            new object[] { 5f, -82.2d, HitResult.Ok },
+            new object[] { 5f, -82.2d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 5f, -82.7d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -83d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -111d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -111.2d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -111.7d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -112d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 5f, -112.2d, HitResult.Meh },
+            new object[] { 5f, -112.2d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 5f, -112.7d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -113d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -135d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -135.2d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -135.8d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -136d, HitResult.Meh },
-            new object[] { 5f, -136.2d, HitResult.Miss },
+            new object[] { 5f, -136.2d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 5f, -136.7d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 5f, -137d, HitResult.Miss },
 
             // OD = 9.3 test cases.
-            // PERFECT hit window is [ -14.67ms,  14.67ms]
-            // GREAT   hit window is [ -36.10ms,  36.10ms]
-            // GOOD    hit window is [ -69.10ms,  69.10ms]
-            // OK      hit window is [ -99.10ms,  99.10ms]
-            // MEH     hit window is [-123.10ms, 123.10ms]
-            // MISS    hit window is [-160.10ms, 160.10ms]
+            // PERFECT hit window is [ -14.5ms,  14.5ms]
+            // GREAT   hit window is [ -36.5ms,  36.5ms]
+            // GOOD    hit window is [ -69.5ms,  69.5ms]
+            // OK      hit window is [ -99.5ms,  99.5ms]
+            // MEH     hit window is [-123.5ms, 123.5ms]
+            // MISS    hit window is [-160.5ms, 160.5ms]
             new object[] { 9.3f, 14d, HitResult.Perfect },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 14.2d, HitResult.Perfect },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 14.6d, HitResult.Perfect },
-            // new object[] { 9.3f, 14.67d, HitResult.Perfect }, <- in theory this should work, in practice it does not (fails even before encode & rounding due to floating point precision issues)
             new object[] { 9.3f, 14.7d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 15d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 35d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 35.3d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 35.8d, HitResult.Great },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 36.05d, HitResult.Great },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 36.3d, HitResult.Good },
+            new object[] { 9.3f, 36.3d, HitResult.Great },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 36.7d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 37d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 68d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 68.4d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 68.9d, HitResult.Good },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 69.07d, HitResult.Good },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 69.25d, HitResult.Ok },
+            new object[] { 9.3f, 69.25d, HitResult.Good },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 69.85d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 70d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 98d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 98.3d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 98.6d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 99d, HitResult.Ok },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 99.3d, HitResult.Meh },
+            new object[] { 9.3f, 99.3d, HitResult.Ok },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 99.7d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 100d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 122d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 122.34d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 122.57d, HitResult.Meh },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 123.04d, HitResult.Meh },
-            new object[] { 9.3f, 123.45d, HitResult.Miss },
+            new object[] { 9.3f, 123.45d, HitResult.Meh },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 123.95d, HitResult.Miss },
             new object[] { 9.3f, 124d, HitResult.Miss },
         };
@@ -110,7 +101,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
         [TestCaseSource(nameof(test_cases))]
         public void TestHitWindowStability(float overallDifficulty, double hitOffset, HitResult expectedResult)
         {
-            const double note_time = 100;
+            const double note_time = 300;
 
             var beatmap = new ManiaBeatmap(new StageDefinition(1))
             {

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

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
                         drawableRuleset = (DrawableManiaRuleset)Ruleset.Value.CreateInstance().CreateDrawableRulesetWith(createTestBeatmap())
                     }
                 };
-
-                drawableRuleset.AllowBackwardsSeeks = true;
             });
             AddStep("retrieve config bindable", () =>
             {

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmap.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
 
@@ -42,14 +43,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps
             {
                 new BeatmapStatistic
                 {
-                    Name = @"Notes",
+                    Name = BeatmapStatisticStrings.Notes,
                     CreateIcon = () => new BeatmapStatisticIcon(BeatmapStatisticsIconType.Circles),
                     Content = notes.ToString(),
                     BarDisplayLength = notes / (float)sum,
                 },
                 new BeatmapStatistic
                 {
-                    Name = @"Hold Notes",
+                    Name = BeatmapStatisticStrings.HoldNotes,
                     CreateIcon = () => new BeatmapStatisticIcon(BeatmapStatisticsIconType.Sliders),
                     Content = holdNotes.ToString(),
                     BarDisplayLength = holdNotes / (float)sum,

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmapConverter.cs

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps
             }
         }
 
-        public static int GetColumnCount(LegacyBeatmapConversionDifficultyInfo difficulty, IReadOnlyList<Mod>? mods = null)
+        public static int GetColumnCount(LegacyBeatmapConversionDifficultyInfo difficulty, IReadOnlyCollection<Mod>? mods = null)
         {
             var converter = new ManiaBeatmapConverter(null, difficulty, new ManiaRuleset());
 

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

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Utils;
 
@@ -30,12 +32,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
 
             if (HitObject is IHasDuration endTimeData)
             {
+                // despite the beatmap originally being made for mania, if the object is parsed as a slider rather than a hold, sliding samples should still be played.
+                // this is seemingly only possible to achieve by modifying the .osu file directly, but online beatmaps that do that exist
+                // (see second and fourth notes of https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/73883#mania/216407)
+                bool playSlidingSamples = (HitObject is IHasLegacyHitObjectType hasType && hasType.LegacyType == LegacyHitObjectType.Slider) || HitObject is IHasPath;
+
                 pattern.Add(new HoldNote
                 {
                     StartTime = HitObject.StartTime,
                     Duration = endTimeData.Duration,
                     Column = column,
                     Samples = HitObject.Samples,
+                    PlaySlidingSamples = playSlidingSamples,
                     NodeSamples = (HitObject as IHasRepeats)?.NodeSamples ?? HoldNote.CreateDefaultNodeSamples(HitObject)
                 });
             }

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

@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
                     Duration = endTime - startTime,
                     Column = column,
                     Samples = HitObject.Samples,
+                    PlaySlidingSamples = true,
                     NodeSamples = nodeSamplesAt(startTime)
                 };
             }

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

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
         public ManiaRulesetConfigManager(SettingsStore? settings, RulesetInfo ruleset, int? variant = null)
             : base(settings, ruleset, variant)
         {
+            Migrate();
         }
 
         protected override void InitialiseDefaults()
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
             SetDefault(ManiaRulesetSetting.ScrollDirection, ManiaScrollingDirection.Down);
             SetDefault(ManiaRulesetSetting.TimingBasedNoteColouring, false);
             SetDefault(ManiaRulesetSetting.MobileLayout, ManiaMobileLayout.Portrait);
+            SetDefault(ManiaRulesetSetting.TouchOverlay, false);
+        }
+
+        public void Migrate()
+        {
+            var mobileLayout = GetBindable<ManiaMobileLayout>(ManiaRulesetSetting.MobileLayout);
+
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
+            if (mobileLayout.Value == ManiaMobileLayout.LandscapeWithOverlay)
+#pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
+            {
+                mobileLayout.Value = ManiaMobileLayout.Landscape;
+                SetValue(ManiaRulesetSetting.TouchOverlay, true);
+            }
         }
 
         public override TrackedSettings CreateTrackedSettings() => new TrackedSettings
@@ -44,5 +59,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Configuration
         ScrollDirection,
         TimingBasedNoteColouring,
         MobileLayout,
+        TouchOverlay,
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/Evaluators/IndividualStrainEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// 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.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Evaluators
+{
+    public class IndividualStrainEvaluator
+    {
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        {
+            var maniaCurrent = (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)current;
+            double startTime = maniaCurrent.StartTime;
+            double endTime = maniaCurrent.EndTime;
+
+            double holdFactor = 1.0; // Factor to all additional strains in case something else is held
+
+            // We award a bonus if this note starts and ends before the end of another hold note.
+            foreach (var maniaPrevious in maniaCurrent.PreviousHitObjects)
+            {
+                if (maniaPrevious is null)
+                    continue;
+
+                if (Precision.DefinitelyBigger(maniaPrevious.EndTime, endTime, 1) &&
+                    Precision.DefinitelyBigger(startTime, maniaPrevious.StartTime, 1))
+                {
+                    holdFactor = 1.25;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return 2.0 * holdFactor;
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/Evaluators/OverallStrainEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// 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.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Evaluators
+{
+    public class OverallStrainEvaluator
+    {
+        private const double release_threshold = 30;
+
+        public static double EvaluateDifficultyOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
+        {
+            var maniaCurrent = (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)current;
+            double startTime = maniaCurrent.StartTime;
+            double endTime = maniaCurrent.EndTime;
+            bool isOverlapping = false;
+
+            double closestEndTime = Math.Abs(endTime - startTime); // Lowest value we can assume with the current information
+            double holdFactor = 1.0; // Factor to all additional strains in case something else is held
+            double holdAddition = 0; // Addition to the current note in case it's a hold and has to be released awkwardly
+
+            foreach (var maniaPrevious in maniaCurrent.PreviousHitObjects)
+            {
+                if (maniaPrevious is null)
+                    continue;
+
+                // The current note is overlapped if a previous note or end is overlapping the current note body
+                isOverlapping |= Precision.DefinitelyBigger(maniaPrevious.EndTime, startTime, 1) &&
+                                 Precision.DefinitelyBigger(endTime, maniaPrevious.EndTime, 1) &&
+                                 Precision.DefinitelyBigger(startTime, maniaPrevious.StartTime, 1);
+
+                // We give a slight bonus to everything if something is held meanwhile
+                if (Precision.DefinitelyBigger(maniaPrevious.EndTime, endTime, 1) &&
+                    Precision.DefinitelyBigger(startTime, maniaPrevious.StartTime, 1))
+                    holdFactor = 1.25;
+
+                closestEndTime = Math.Min(closestEndTime, Math.Abs(endTime - maniaPrevious.EndTime));
+            }
+
+            // The hold addition is given if there was an overlap, however it is only valid if there are no other note with a similar ending.
+            // Releasing multiple notes is just as easy as releasing 1. Nerfs the hold addition by half if the closest release is release_threshold away.
+            // holdAddition
+            //     ^
+            // 1.0 + - - - - - -+-----------
+            //     |           /
+            // 0.5 + - - - - -/   Sigmoid Curve
+            //     |         /|
+            // 0.0 +--------+-+---------------> Release Difference / ms
+            //         release_threshold
+            if (isOverlapping)
+                holdAddition = DifficultyCalculationUtils.Logistic(x: closestEndTime, multiplier: 0.27, midpointOffset: release_threshold);
+
+            return (1 + holdAddition) * holdFactor;
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -65,13 +65,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty
         protected override IEnumerable<DifficultyHitObject> CreateDifficultyHitObjects(IBeatmap beatmap, double clockRate)
         {
             var sortedObjects = beatmap.HitObjects.ToArray();
+            int totalColumns = ((ManiaBeatmap)beatmap).TotalColumns;
 
             LegacySortHelper<HitObject>.Sort(sortedObjects, Comparer<HitObject>.Create((a, b) => (int)Math.Round(a.StartTime) - (int)Math.Round(b.StartTime)));
 
             List<DifficultyHitObject> objects = new List<DifficultyHitObject>();
+            List<DifficultyHitObject>[] perColumnObjects = new List<DifficultyHitObject>[totalColumns];
+
+            for (int column = 0; column < totalColumns; column++)
+                perColumnObjects[column] = new List<DifficultyHitObject>();
 
             for (int i = 1; i < sortedObjects.Length; i++)
-                objects.Add(new ManiaDifficultyHitObject(sortedObjects[i], sortedObjects[i - 1], clockRate, objects, objects.Count));
+            {
+                var currentObject = new ManiaDifficultyHitObject(sortedObjects[i], sortedObjects[i - 1], clockRate, objects, perColumnObjects, objects.Count);
+                objects.Add(currentObject);
+                perColumnObjects[currentObject.Column].Add(currentObject);
+            }
 
             return objects;
         }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/Preprocessing/ManiaDifficultyHitObject.cs

@@ -12,9 +12,59 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Preprocessing
     {
         public new ManiaHitObject BaseObject => (ManiaHitObject)base.BaseObject;
 
-        public ManiaDifficultyHitObject(HitObject hitObject, HitObject lastObject, double clockRate, List<DifficultyHitObject> objects, int index)
+        private readonly List<DifficultyHitObject>[] perColumnObjects;
+
+        private readonly int columnIndex;
+
+        public readonly int Column;
+
+        // The hit object earlier in time than this note in each column
+        public readonly ManiaDifficultyHitObject?[] PreviousHitObjects;
+
+        public readonly double ColumnStrainTime;
+
+        public ManiaDifficultyHitObject(HitObject hitObject, HitObject lastObject, double clockRate, List<DifficultyHitObject> objects, List<DifficultyHitObject>[] perColumnObjects, int index)
             : base(hitObject, lastObject, clockRate, objects, index)
         {
+            int totalColumns = perColumnObjects.Length;
+            this.perColumnObjects = perColumnObjects;
+            Column = BaseObject.Column;
+            columnIndex = perColumnObjects[Column].Count;
+            PreviousHitObjects = new ManiaDifficultyHitObject[totalColumns];
+            ColumnStrainTime = StartTime - PrevInColumn(0)?.StartTime ?? StartTime;
+
+            if (index > 0)
+            {
+                ManiaDifficultyHitObject prevNote = (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)objects[index - 1];
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < prevNote.PreviousHitObjects.Length; i++)
+                    PreviousHitObjects[i] = prevNote.PreviousHitObjects[i];
+
+                // intentionally depends on processing order to match live.
+                PreviousHitObjects[prevNote.Column] = prevNote;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The previous object in the same column as this <see cref="ManiaDifficultyHitObject"/>, exclusive of Long Note tails.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="backwardsIndex">The number of notes to go back.</param>
+        /// <returns>The object in this column <paramref name="backwardsIndex"/> notes back, or null if this is the first note in the column.</returns>
+        public ManiaDifficultyHitObject? PrevInColumn(int backwardsIndex)
+        {
+            int index = columnIndex - (backwardsIndex + 1);
+            return index >= 0 && index < perColumnObjects[Column].Count ? (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)perColumnObjects[Column][index] : null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The next object in the same column as this <see cref="ManiaDifficultyHitObject"/>, exclusive of Long Note tails.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="forwardsIndex">The number of notes to go forward.</param>
+        /// <returns>The object in this column <paramref name="forwardsIndex"/> notes forward, or null if this is the last note in the column.</returns>
+        public ManiaDifficultyHitObject? NextInColumn(int forwardsIndex)
+        {
+            int index = columnIndex + (forwardsIndex + 1);
+            return index >= 0 && index < perColumnObjects[Column].Count ? (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)perColumnObjects[Column][index] : null;
         }
     }
 }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Difficulty/Skills/Strain.cs

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Skills;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Utils;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Evaluators;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 
@@ -15,23 +14,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Skills
     {
         private const double individual_decay_base = 0.125;
         private const double overall_decay_base = 0.30;
-        private const double release_threshold = 30;
 
         protected override double SkillMultiplier => 1;
         protected override double StrainDecayBase => 1;
 
-        private readonly double[] startTimes;
-        private readonly double[] endTimes;
         private readonly double[] individualStrains;
-
-        private double individualStrain;
+        private double highestIndividualStrain;
         private double overallStrain;
 
         public Strain(Mod[] mods, int totalColumns)
             : base(mods)
         {
-            startTimes = new double[totalColumns];
-            endTimes = new double[totalColumns];
             individualStrains = new double[totalColumns];
             overallStrain = 1;
         }
@@ -39,65 +32,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Difficulty.Skills
         protected override double StrainValueOf(DifficultyHitObject current)
         {
             var maniaCurrent = (ManiaDifficultyHitObject)current;
-            double startTime = maniaCurrent.StartTime;
-            double endTime = maniaCurrent.EndTime;
-            int column = maniaCurrent.BaseObject.Column;
-            bool isOverlapping = false;
 
-            double closestEndTime = Math.Abs(endTime - startTime); // Lowest value we can assume with the current information
-            double holdFactor = 1.0; // Factor to all additional strains in case something else is held
-            double holdAddition = 0; // Addition to the current note in case it's a hold and has to be released awkwardly
+            individualStrains[maniaCurrent.Column] = applyDecay(individualStrains[maniaCurrent.Column], maniaCurrent.ColumnStrainTime, individual_decay_base);
+            individualStrains[maniaCurrent.Column] += IndividualStrainEvaluator.EvaluateDifficultyOf(current);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < endTimes.Length; ++i)
-            {
-                // The current note is overlapped if a previous note or end is overlapping the current note body
-                isOverlapping |= Precision.DefinitelyBigger(endTimes[i], startTime, 1) &&
-                                 Precision.DefinitelyBigger(endTime, endTimes[i], 1) &&
-                                 Precision.DefinitelyBigger(startTime, startTimes[i], 1);
+            // Take the hardest individualStrain for notes that happen at the same time (in a chord).
+            // This is to ensure the order in which the notes are processed does not affect the resultant total strain.
+            highestIndividualStrain = maniaCurrent.DeltaTime <= 1 ? Math.Max(highestIndividualStrain, individualStrains[maniaCurrent.Column]) : individualStrains[maniaCurrent.Column];
 
-                // We give a slight bonus to everything if something is held meanwhile
-                if (Precision.DefinitelyBigger(endTimes[i], endTime, 1) &&
-                    Precision.DefinitelyBigger(startTime, startTimes[i], 1))
-                    holdFactor = 1.25;
-
-                closestEndTime = Math.Min(closestEndTime, Math.Abs(endTime - endTimes[i]));
-            }
-
-            // The hold addition is given if there was an overlap, however it is only valid if there are no other note with a similar ending.
-            // Releasing multiple notes is just as easy as releasing 1. Nerfs the hold addition by half if the closest release is release_threshold away.
-            // holdAddition
-            //     ^
-            // 1.0 + - - - - - -+-----------
-            //     |           /
-            // 0.5 + - - - - -/   Sigmoid Curve
-            //     |         /|
-            // 0.0 +--------+-+---------------> Release Difference / ms
-            //         release_threshold
-            if (isOverlapping)
-                holdAddition = DifficultyCalculationUtils.Logistic(x: closestEndTime, multiplier: 0.27, midpointOffset: release_threshold);
-
-            // Decay and increase individualStrains in own column
-            individualStrains[column] = applyDecay(individualStrains[column], startTime - startTimes[column], individual_decay_base);
-            individualStrains[column] += 2.0 * holdFactor;
-
-            // For notes at the same time (in a chord), the individualStrain should be the hardest individualStrain out of those columns
-            individualStrain = maniaCurrent.DeltaTime <= 1 ? Math.Max(individualStrain, individualStrains[column]) : individualStrains[column];
-
-            // Decay and increase overallStrain
-            overallStrain = applyDecay(overallStrain, current.DeltaTime, overall_decay_base);
-            overallStrain += (1 + holdAddition) * holdFactor;
-
-            // Update startTimes and endTimes arrays
-            startTimes[column] = startTime;
-            endTimes[column] = endTime;
+            overallStrain = applyDecay(overallStrain, maniaCurrent.DeltaTime, overall_decay_base);
+            overallStrain += OverallStrainEvaluator.EvaluateDifficultyOf(current);
 
             // By subtracting CurrentStrain, this skill effectively only considers the maximum strain of any one hitobject within each strain section.
-            return individualStrain + overallStrain - CurrentStrain;
+            return highestIndividualStrain + overallStrain - CurrentStrain;
         }
 
-        protected override double CalculateInitialStrain(double offset, DifficultyHitObject current)
-            => applyDecay(individualStrain, offset - current.Previous(0).StartTime, individual_decay_base)
-               + applyDecay(overallStrain, offset - current.Previous(0).StartTime, overall_decay_base);
+        protected override double CalculateInitialStrain(double offset, DifficultyHitObject current) =>
+            applyDecay(highestIndividualStrain, offset - current.Previous(0).StartTime, individual_decay_base)
+            + applyDecay(overallStrain, offset - current.Previous(0).StartTime, overall_decay_base);
 
         private double applyDecay(double value, double deltaTime, double decayBase)
             => value * Math.Pow(decayBase, deltaTime / 1000);

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckKeyCount.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
 
         public IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var diff = context.Beatmap.Difficulty;
+            var diff = context.CurrentDifficulty.Playable.Difficulty;
 
             if (diff.CircleSize < 4)
             {

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaAbnormalDifficultySettings.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
 
         public override IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var diff = context.Beatmap.Difficulty;
+            var diff = context.CurrentDifficulty.Playable.Difficulty;
             Issue? issue;
 
             if (HasMoreThanOneDecimalPlace("Overall difficulty", diff.OverallDifficulty, out issue))

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaConcurrentObjects.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
     {
         public override IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var hitObjects = context.Beatmap.HitObjects;
+            var hitObjects = context.CurrentDifficulty.Playable.HitObjects;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < hitObjects.Count - 1; ++i)
             {
@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
                         continue;
 
                     // Two hitobjects cannot be concurrent without also being concurrent with all objects in between.
-                    // So if the next object is not concurrent, then we know no future objects will be either.
-                    if (!AreConcurrent(hitobject, nextHitobject))
+                    // So if the next object is not concurrent or almost concurrent, then we know no future objects will be either.
+                    if (!AreConcurrent(hitobject, nextHitobject) && !AreAlmostConcurrent(hitobject, nextHitobject))
                         break;
 
-                    if (hitobject.GetType() == nextHitobject.GetType())
-                        yield return new IssueTemplateConcurrentSame(this).Create(hitobject, nextHitobject);
-                    else
-                        yield return new IssueTemplateConcurrentDifferent(this).Create(hitobject, nextHitobject);
+                    if (AreConcurrent(hitobject, nextHitobject))
+                    {
+                        yield return new IssueTemplateConcurrent(this).Create(hitobject, nextHitobject);
+                    }
+                    else if (AreAlmostConcurrent(hitobject, nextHitobject))
+                    {
+                        yield return new IssueTemplateAlmostConcurrent(this).Create(hitobject, nextHitobject);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21mania#rules
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Hard");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 45).TotalMilliseconds, "Insane");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Expert");
+        }
+    }
+}

osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaBeatmapVerifier.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
             // Compose
             new CheckManiaConcurrentObjects(),
 
+            // Spread
+            new CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime(),
+
             // Settings
             new CheckKeyCount(),
             new CheckManiaAbnormalDifficultySettings(),