Everything SV Tournament 2024 Registrations Open!

Tournament Details

• Format: Double Elimination Solo
• Rank: Open rank
• Registration Phase: September 22 - October 12
• Tournament Phase: October 13 - November 30

Prize Pool

• 1st Place - $250 USD, 1 year of Donator and a Profile Badge
• 2nd Place - $150 USD, 6 months of Donator and a Profile Badge
• 3rd Place - $70 USD, 4 months Donator and a Profile Badge
• 4th Place - $30 USD and 2 months of Donator

Schedule

Categories

• Reading - Focused on the reading element of SV
• Memory - Has elements of memorization (stacked notes, chunking, etc.)
• Hybrid - Has elements of both aforementioned categories, usually more focused on reading than memory
• Reverse - Main focus of the map is reverse scroll (upscroll if you read downscroll and vice versa)
• Splitscroll - Focused on reading multiple scroll directions at once
• Wildcard - Qualifier exclusive, contains elements of all types

Quaver v1.5.0 Update Patch Notes

Official Quaver 4K Tournament 2024 Winners

• 1st Place: neptunefun
• 2nd Place: ATP Koshepen
• 3rd Place: DevPlayzz

Ranking Queue Reset & Updates

Notable Updates

• The entire ranking queue has been reset. You will need to submit your mapset(s) to the ranking queue again if you are still eligible.
• In order to submit a mapset to the ranking queue, you need to have uploaded 10 mapsets to the game.
• Mapsets now require two denials instead of one to be marked as denied.

New Additions

• Updated mapset & ranking queue submission to API 2.0.
• Donators can now upload 20 mapsets per month with a 100MB file size limit.
• Added an option to not automatically delete files when importing them.
• Added the ability to place long notes while using the number keys in the editor.
• Added skinning for the judgement and combo bump animations.
• Added skinning to override map backgrounds with custom images.
• Added an option to display receptors over the lane cover.
• An alert is now shown in the editor when exporting a mapset with unsaved changes.
• The editor now always uses unlimited FPS.

Bug Fixes

• Audio visualizers in the menus now use less memory.

Contributors

Quaver v1.4 Update Patch Notes

Quaver Official Tournament 2024 Supporter Badges

New Additions

• Uploading skins to the Steam workshop now works on Mac and Linux.
• Skins will now automatically reload during replays when updating any of its files.
• Improved server connection. This should result in less frequent disconnects.
• Added an option in the editor to reimplement legacy long note rendering.
• Multiplayer modifiers now update when pressing the Mirror keybind.
• Deleting maps will now go to the recycle bin instead of deleting permanently.
• The editor now automatically creates backups of your map every 5 minutes.
• Allow custom divisions to be chosen when resnapping notes in the editor.
• Improved .sm file importing.
• Added various performance improvements.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues when audio seeking in the gameplay preview.
• Fixed the beat snap lines not showing in the editor when using 1/48 snap.
• Fixed a crash caused by an invalid skin.ini file.
• Fixed various tournament related issues.
• Fixed render issues for the map background and difficulty bar in song select.
• Fixed incorrect results displaying after playing.
• Fixed tooltips going off-screen.

Contributors

Register For The 4th Quaver Official 4K Tournament!

Tournament Details

• Format: 1v1 Solo
• Rank: Open to everyone
• Registration Phase: April 27th - May 18th
• Tournament Phase: May 18th - July 28th

Prize Pool

• 1st Place - $150 USD, 3 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 2nd Place - $100 USD, 2 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 3rd Place - $50 USD, 1 Month Donator, & Profile Badge

Register Now

Quaver v1.3 Update Patch Notes

New Additions

• The jukebox screen has been added back to the game.
• You can now block players and prevent them from communicating with you.
• Added a button for changing Custom FPS.
• Added an option to invert the scrolling direction in the menus similar to Mac OS.
• Added an option to continue playing after failing without the use of No Fail.

Editor Updates

• Added the option to scale ImGui elements.
• Added a spectrogram to the editor. You can now choose between this and the waveform while mapping.
• Added the ability to set a range when adding new custom beat snaps.
• Added the option to switch difficulties directly in the editor.
• Added the ability to swap lanes for hit objects.
• You can now add bookmarks to your map via editor plugins.
• You can now set the offset to use when live mapping in the editor.

Skinning Updates

• Added RGBA Support to skin.ini.
• Added skinning for the main menu logo background.
• Added skinning for the "Various" status in song select.
• Added skinning for the footer menu.
• Added skinning for the song select search filter panel.

Other Additions

• Added a "/server" chat command to switch to a different multiplayer server.
• Added an option to play hitsounds when releasing a long note.
• Added an option to toggle the Mirror modifier with a keybind.
• Added an option to toggle the Autoplay modifier with a keybind.
• Added an option to hide the unranked alert when pausing during gameplay.
• Added an option to unlock the Windows key during gameplay.
• Cleaned up the options menu by adding a new "Advanced" section.
• Improved performance in the editor for maps with a large amount of timing lines.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the audio would overlap in the download screen.
• Fixed a bug with infinite scrolling in the download screen.
• Fixed the editor not scrolling properly due to rounding errors.
• Fixed a crash when using certain metadata in .qua files.
• Fixed the Autoplay toggle being active while dialogs are shown.
• Fixed an issue with Discord Rich Presence.
• Fixed the multiplayer results screen displaying incorrect scoring values.
• Fixed an issue with .sm and .mcz file importing.
• Fixed the waveform initializing even while not being displayed (reduces memory usage).
• The difficulty name in the tournament overlay no longer ignores max width.
• The difficulty name in the tournament overlay now uses the correct color.
• The difficulty rating in the tournament overlay now uses the correct value when mods are applied.

Fallback Version

Contributors

We are pleased to announce that later this year we will be having the return of the Quaver Official 4K Tournament. As we gear up for the months ahead, we are looking for staff to help organize the tournament. In addition, we have also provided a tournament schedule down below to give everyone a chance to plan accordingly.

Tournament Staff Registrations

• Live Streamer
• Commentator
• Referee
• Mapper
• Map Pool Selector
• Play Tester
• Graphic Designer
• Composer

Tournament Schedule

Quaver v1.2 Update Patch Notes

Official Quaver 4K Tournament 2023 Winners

• 1st Place: kaijuu
• 2nd Place: Koshepen
• 3rd Place: Btf Konkawe

New Additions

Editor Bookmarks

• To create a bookmark, simply click the "+ Add Bookmark" button at the bottom of the editor, or press CTRL+B.
• To edit a bookmark, you can left click one of the yellow ticks in the timeline.
• To delete a bookmark, you can right click one of the yellow ticks in the timeline.

Multiplayer Server Rewrite

• Auto Host is now an option that can be applied to any multiplayer game instead of having their own dedicated lobbies. This should remove the clutter in the multiplayer lobby, as well as give the host more control over when the matches start.
• Team mode in multiplayer is no longer available.
• The jukebox screen is no longer available.
• The #announcements channel in-game has been removed, and will be replaced with a #first-places channel soon.
• The #offtopic chat channel in-game has been removed.

Other Additions

• In the miscellaneous section of the options menu, there are now settings to prioritize the game mode and difficulty rating that is automatically highlighted when you choose a map in song select.
• Increased performance during gameplay notably during intense scroll velocity sections.
• Increased performance while scrolling through a lot of maps in song select.
• The grade in the results screen is now skinnable.
• Added the skin.ini option to change the y position of the song progress bar.
• Added a setting in the options menu to to enable "Tap to restart" during gameplay. This makes it so instead of holding the restart button for a brief period of time, simply tapping it will trigger a restart.
• Increased the range of the audio and visual offset settings to -500 to 500.
• The experimental theater screen has been removed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the sound effect volume not being consistent with the master volume.
• Fixed the "Player Profile" button in the leaderboard directing to the incorrect user.
• Fixed a crash in the editor when placing an object without a timing point.
• Fixed an issue that does not render objects in scroll containers.
• Fixed time signatures and timing lines not being copied when copying timing points in the editor.
• Fixed duplicate scroll velocity and timing point selections while shift clicking in the editor.
• Fixed an issue with replays failing when missing long notes.
• Fixed an issue where the the 7K+1 scratch lane was not ignored when using the Inverse, Full Long Notes, Randomize, and Mirror modifiers.
• Fixed an issue where the game would not launch with some controllers plugged in.
• Fixed a crash when changing modifiers in multiplayer while being host and not having the selected map.
• Fixed duplicate ghost users in multiplayer.
• Fixed disbanded multiplayer games showing up in the lobby.

Register For The 3rd Quaver Official 4K Tournament!

Quick Links

• Website, where to go to register to the tournament!
• Twitch
• Staff application

Prize Pool

• 1st Place - $150 USD, 3 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 2nd Place - $100 USD, 2 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 3rd Place - $50 USD, 1 Month Donator, & Profile Badge
• 4th Place - 1 Month Donator

Tournament Schedule

General rules

• THE FULL RULESET CAN BE FOUND HERE. It is assumed players and staff have read the full ruleset in its entirety. We will assume you did in the case any disputes occur. The following is a short summary of the basics.
• This tournament will be played as a 1v1 format on Quaver. There is no player cap to the number of registered players.
• It will be divided into 3 stages. Qualifier, the Elimination Swiss and the Knockout Finals.
• It's an open rank tournament. Keep in mind, we reserve the right to refuse a players entry if they have a past history of putting the tournament into serious disrepute.
• All participants must keep a proper attitude and act in good faith when it comes to sportsmanship.
• Most communication will occur on the Official Quaver discord server. Any rule changes or unexpected occurrences will be announced in the Discord server. Any player unable and/or unwilling to use discord must notify host by any means before the registration period closes.

Qualifiers Instructions

• The Qualifier mappool will consist of 8 maps featuring 1 SV, 4 Rice, 2 LN and 1 Hybrid.
• A registered player will have two attempts to set a qualifying score on each map.
• There will be no warmups in any of the qualifying lobbies.
• All players who officially submit 1 attempt of each map will have completed their Qualifying run.
• Once all runs have been submitted and calculated, the bottom 33% of players are eliminated. If more than 300 players complete Qualifiers, the top 200 will advance into the Swiss Stage.

Swiss Instructions

• Seeding for the Swiss Stage will be generated based on the performances made during Qualifiers.
• Once the initial seedings are generated. Players will play one match a week.
• Each swiss stage mappool will consist of 13 maps featuring 1 SV, 6 Rice, 4 LN and 2 Hybrid.
• Matches are Bo10.
• In order for players to advance from the Swiss Stage into the Knockout Stage, a player must receive at least 5.5 Swiss Points in 6 weeks. Players will receive an uneven start of Swiss Points based on Qualifier results. Players unable to theoretically reach 5.5 Swiss Points at any week WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE TOURNAMENT AND ELIMINATED.
• If a player reaches 5.5 Swiss Points+ early, they will advance and skip all remaining Swiss Stages.
• At the end of Swiss Week 6, all surviving players will advance into the Knockout Stage.

Knockout Instructions

• Following the end of the Swiss Stage, a bracket will be generated. Depending on the number of surviving players, Byes may be given.
• Bracket stage will last 3 weeks. It will be a single elimination bracket.
• Each Knockout Stage Mappool will consist of 16 maps featuring 1 SV, 7 Rice, 5 LN, 2 Hybrid and 1 Tiebreaker.
• Matches are Bo13.
• No player will play more than 2 matches a week regardless of how the Knockout Stage is structured.

Staff Registrations

• Referee - You oversee each match and tally up the scores - confirming a winner in the end.
• Streamer - You livestream the match for others to view on Twitch. It is important to create a fun viewing experience for others.
• Commentator - You speak on the stream for the match - providing an entertaining and informative experience. Streamers can also be commentators.

Want To Participate? Register Here!

Quaver v1.1 Update Patch Notes

New Additions

• Removed Steam Early Access. Quaver is now fully released and no longer in beta.
• Added Judgement Counter Skinning.
• Added the ability to edit time signatures in the editor.
• Added more search tags ("keybind", "keyboard", "keys") to the options menu.
• Added an editor action to reverse the order of HitObjects.
• Added a close button to the top right of the AutoMod panel in the editor.
• Disabled updating ranked statuses when offline.
• Disabled the beta splash screen when loading the game.
• Updated the editor's AutoMod to the new ranking criteria.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the game not starting on Linux/Mac. You should no longer need the Steam Linux Runtime/Proton/Etc in order to run the game.
• Fixed various connection issues on Linux.
• Fixed donator-shared mapsets not downloading in multiplayer.
• Fixed a crash when right clicking QuaverBot in the online user list.
• Fixed an issue with AutoMod always giving issues for "vs." metadata.
• Fixed the editor not loading for some Other Game maps.

Quaver 0.32.0 Update Patch Notes

AutoHost Multiplayer Games

No Miss Modifier

Other Additions

• Added the ability to import playlists from the website. However, currently it does not download new mapsets. It only syncs maps you already have downloaded. Downloading will most likely come in a future update.
• Added the ability to set your audio output device in the options menu.
• Disabled the windows key during gameplay.
• You can now press F10 to play test from the start in the editor.
• Old map backgrounds are now deleted when adding a new one in the editor as long as it is not in use by another map in the set. This is to reduce the file size of the mapset folder.
• The BPM Affects SV option in the editor is now defaulted to off.
• The Miss and Okay windows for the default judgement presets no longer scale.
• Added a small delay when play testing from the start in the editor.
• Added the ability to change a map's local offset in the multiplayer game lobby.
• Improved the performance of playlist loading. This should improve game load and import times if you have a lot of playlists and maps.
• Screens now refresh when reloading your skin (main menu & song select). This should make the process of designing menu skins easier.
• The location of the modifier display in song select has changed. This change was made due to modifiers not appearing if the song difficulty name was too long.

Bug Fixes

• The applause sound effect now stops when exiting the results screen.
• Layers for reference difficulties in the editor no longer hide even if they are set to.
• Fixed a positioning issue when using the WidthForNoteHeightScale skin.ini config option.
• Fixed profile pictures not displaying in local scores.
• Fixed scores not submitting if you paused prior to the map starting.
• Pressing ALT + Enter in song select no longer starts the map.
• Autoplay no longer gets toggled when pressing tab if the chat is open.
• Fixed an issue where a song would keep playing when entering the map downloader screen.
• The online user count now displays "OFFLINE" if you are disconnected from the server rather than "USERS ONLINE."
• Map ranked statuses now update when refreshing your maps with the F5 function.

Minor Update Patch Notes

• Fixed the NSV modifier not displaying correctly in the tournament viewer/theater mode.
• Fixed the results screen not working properly with Autoplay/Spectator.
• Fixed the lane cover not scaling properly on different screen resolutions.
• Fixed the editor's waveform not being fully loaded for longer songs.
• Map metadata is now trimmed when modifying it in the editor (prevents multiple spaces).
• Fixed a crash in the tournament viewer + added more logging to diagnose multi-spectator crashes.
• Fixed the applause sound not playing in the results screen after gameplay.
• Fixed a crash in multiplayer song select.
• Fixed the friends list loading infinitely on login.
• Fixed text truncation issues for song select maps.
• Fixed the broken Discord invite URL in the main menu.
• The skinnable avatar mask in the results screen now has full alpha support

Quaver 0.31.0 Update Patch Notes

Tournament Registrations

Difficulty Calculator Update

• Improved and fixed a bug with long note calculations.
• Fixed a bug with jack pattern detection.
• Fixed an issue with long jack pattern detection.
• There is no longer a cap/maximum value on strain calculations.
• A new difficulty bar has been added to song select to better reflect difficulty level thresholds.

Other Additions

• Added controller support for gameplay inputs.
• Added Steam Rich Presence. Players on your Steam friends list can now see what you are currently up to in-game.
• Scores with the No Scroll Velocities (NSV) modifier can now be submitted to the server. These scores are are unranked and can be accessed via the Mods or All scoreboards in-game.
• Added low/high pass filter settings to the waveform in the editor.
• Added color and alpha settings to the waveform in the editor.
• Added an audio direction setting to the waveform in the editor.
• Improved the quality and loading speed of the waveform in the editor.
• The results screen can now be skinned.
• The note visualizer on the main menu can now be skinned.
• Added a hover skinning element for the main menu navigation buttons.
• Added a hover skinning element to the song select mapset buttons.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the song select scroll bar handling at incorrect heights.
• Fixed a small typo in the editor.
• Fixed overlapping chat messages.
• Fixed multiplayer mapset uploads not working if the folder contains rejected file types from the server.
• Fixed the game's config file not saving for displaying notifications from bottom to top.
• Fix SV normalization with 2+ timing points & scroll velocities.
• HitObjects are now deselected when they are removed via plugins or live-mapping in the editor.
• The song time and time left indicators in editor are now rounded to the nearest millisecond.

Register For The 2nd Quaver Official 4K Tournament!

Quick Links

• Website, where to go to register to the tournament!
• Twitch

Prize Pool

• 1st Place - $150 USD, 3 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 2nd Place - $100 USD, 2 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 3rd Place - $50 USD, 1 Month Donator, & Profile Badge

Tournament Schedule

Tournament Rules and Format

• Double Elimination - This means there is a loser's bracket.
• Each player is allowed to ban one map from the map pool per match.
• Each player may choose one warm-up map to play before the match. The warm-up must not exceed 4 minutes in length, and it must be uploaded on Quaver's website.
• Free rate will be turned off (you must use the rate specified for each map)
• If you are thinking of rescheduling your match, please do it up to 24 hours before your match time. We will give you more information on how to reschedule in the coming days.
• if a disconnect happens up to 30 seconds into a match, it will be restarted.
• The tie-breaker map will only be played in the case of a tie (both players being one away from the point limit)

Staff Registrations

• Referee - You oversee each match and tally up the scores - confirming a winner in the end.
• Streamer - You livestream the match for others to view on Twitch. It is important to create a fun viewing experience for others.
• Commentator - You speak on the stream for the match - providing an entertaining and informative experience. Streamers can also be commentators.

Want To Participate? Register Here!

Map Pool Suggestions

Quaver 0.30.0 Update Patch Notes

In-Game Leaderboard Additions

• Scores that are played with the No Long Notes, Full Long Notes, and Inverse modifiers now submit to the server. These scores are unranked and do not count towards your overall rating.
• You can now view No Long Notes, Full Long Notes, and Inverse scores on the "Mods" leaderboard.
• Added a new "All" leaderboard for Donators. This displays both unranked and ranked scores on one leaderboard.
• Donators can now view 100 scores on the leaderboard instead of the usual 50.
• Local scores with the No Long Notes, Full Long Notes, and Inverse modifiers now display the correct performance rating (only applies to new scores). This also applies to multiplayer and gameplay UI.

Steam Workshop Editor Plugins

Other Additions

• You can now customize which judgement causes combo breaks in the judgement window modifier dialog.
• Holding down Page Up/Down now zooms the playfield in the editor.
• A right click option to add/remove friends was added to the song select's leaderboard.
• The hitlighting animation now plays when releasing long notes.
• Added a keybind (F4) to test play maps in the editor.
• Added a keybind (Shift+F2) to undo random song selection in the song select screen.
• Players in a multiplayer lobby now change color depending on their status (Gold = Host, Blue = Not Ready, Green = Ready, Red = No Map).
• Pausing before the song starts no longer unranks your score. It will now only unrank it after the first note has past.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the "Unknown Server Error" issue when attempting to log into the server.
• Fixed an issue when uploading mapsets to the server with slow upload speeds.
• Fixed the incorrect song length displaying for maps in the download map screen.
• Fixed a textbox issue in song select when the map preview's autoplay is turned off.
• Fixed the LeaderboardScoreColor skin.ini value being flipped.
• The editor now requires a timing point in order to test play.
• Fixed a crash when a textbox's character length is too long.
• Fixed the judgement texture height not being scaled correctly in the judgement window modifier dialog.
• Fixed the "Download In-Game" button on the website not working for some maps.
• Fixed various dropdown menu issues in the options menu.
• Fixed a crash when a judgement window's preset name is the same as a default preset.
• Fixed an issue where the game resizes itself on a loop on secondary monitors.
• Fixed an issue where you cannot select duplicate scroll velocities or timing points in the editor.
• Disabled the retry hotkey in the multiplayer and spectator results screen.
• Fixed the scroll wheel audio seeking not working on the map preview in multiplayer.
• Fixed a typo in the upload mapset dialog.

After almost a year, we are opening back up applications to join our chat moderator and ranking supervisor teams! This means that we are looking for active players and community members who are skilled in either chat moderation or reviewing maps to further expand our team and improve the quality of the game in these areas. If you are interested in either (or both) positions, read below for more information on how to apply. Furthermore, if you've already applied in the past and did not receive a response, please apply again!

Chat Moderator Application

• You are an active player and community member.
• You are in the Quaver Discord.
• You are very knowledgeable about our Discord and in-game rules.
• You must speak fluent English.
• The ability to speak another language other than English is a plus (but not required)!

Ranking Supervisor Application

• You are an active player and community member.
• You are in the Quaver Discord.
• You must be able to identify issues within maps.
• You are familiar with our current ranking process.
• You are familiar with our current ranking criteria.

Quaver 0.29.0 Update Patch Notes

Additions

• The AutoMod feature in the editor now detects issues with your audio file format.
• The AutoMod feature in the editor now detects when a map does not have a preview point.
• The "Back" button in song select now has the same behavior as pressing the escape key.
• Disabled the menu navigation buttons when you are already on that specific screen.
• Removed the "Retry" button in the results screen when accessing the screen through a replay.
• Improved the robustness of mapset importing.
• Disabled the fullscreen hotkey (Alt + Enter) during gameplay.
• Added a crash logging system (the next update will contain lots of stability improvements).
• Added a map selection/download IPC Handler (quaver://map/{id} in the browser).
• Added a mapset selection/download IPC handler (quaver://mapset/{id} in the browser).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash involving notifications.
• Fixed a crash when having a corrupted config file.
• Fixed a crash when quickly exiting the map download screen.
• Fixed a crash in the editor when a mapset contains an invalid map from another game.
• Fixed a "background thread" error popping up during score submission.
• Fixed the "Go To Objects" panel not working with extra spaces at the end of the input.
• Fixed the game window being off-screen when not using 100% window scaling on Windows.
• Improved the text quality on smaller resolutions on Windows.

Ranking Queue Discord Notifications

OAuth 2.0 Implementation

Quaver 0.28.0 Update Patch Notes

Ranking Queue Reopened & Ranking Process Changes

Submitting Mapsets For Rank

Ranking Process Changes

• When getting a mapset denied for rank, you will now need to wait two weeks before being able to submit it again. This does not prevent you from submitting other mapsets - only the one that was denied.
• The ranking queue now has a slot system depending on how many ranked mapsets you have. This is an effort to make users to choose more wisely about which maps they submit to the queue, as well as reduce some of the queue's backlog. [table] [tr] [th]Ranked Mapsets[/th] [th]Allowed Slots[/th] [/tr][tr] [th]0[/th] [th]1[/th] [/tr][tr] [th]2[/th] [th]2[/th] [/tr][tr] [th]5[/th] [th]3[/th] [/tr] [/table]

Editor AutoMod

• Overlapping Notes
• Metadata Errors
• External File Errors (background, audio, etc)
• Errors With Timing Points Or Scroll Velocities
• Miscellaneous Ranking Queue Errors
• & Much More!

Results Screen Performance Rating & Health Graphs

Other Additions

• Added "mods.txt" and "mapid.txt" files to the "/temp/Now Playing/" folder for use with live streaming.
• Editor plugin descriptions now display in the file menu bar when hovering over them.
• Gameplay now takes custom timing signatures into account when rendering timing lines.
• Added Ctrl+Shift+V to paste without re-snapping in the editor.
• Added links to the Ranking Criteria and Ranking Process to the editor's help menu.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the difficulty seek bar in the editor scaling incorrectly with playback speeds.
• Fixed the recently played sorting option in song select not working properly.
• Fixed subsequent skins not exporting when attempting to export the default skin first.
• Fixed objects being unsnapped when pasting in the editor.
• Fixed online offset using the incorrect sign.
• Fixed Ctrl+Backspace functionality in textboxes.
• Fixed Drag/Input/SliderInt2/3/4 editor plugin functions to take an array.

Quaver Update 0.27.0 Patch Notes

Difficulty Calculator & Leaderboard Updates

• Beginner and Easy Difficulties are scaled by density to provide a more accurate result.
• Improved the quality of the short long note nerf from a previous update.
• Hard Maps with easy sections that were previously underrated have been buffed.
• Short maps below 60 seconds that were previously overrated have been nerfed.

Main Menu Skinning

Editor Quality Of Life Improvements

• When using the "Apply Offset To Map" feature, the preview point will also be moved.
• Implemented EditorActionBatch for plugins to group actions into a single batch.
• When adding notes with the number keys, it will now add it to the currently selected layer.
• Toggling layer visibility no longer adds to the "Undo stack" in the editor.
• Time signatures are now taken into account when rendering the editor playfield lines.
• The metronome now takes into account the current timing point's time signature.
• Added the ability to explicitly hide timing lines in the timing point editor.
• Added a file menu bar option that contains information on how to add a background image.
• Added a file menu bar option & shortcut to force update the .qua file cache (for manual changes).
• Added manual .qua file change detection.
• Added the ability to add a new difficulty to a mapset from a .qua file.
• Added a copyright notice on the upload confirmation dialog.
• The number keys now change the composition tool when the "Place Objects With Top Row Numbers" option is disabled.

Results Screen Improvements

• The deviance graph in the results screen is now scaled to the full map length - meaning if you fail, it displays the total progress made in the map.
• The judgement window number labels on the deviance graph are now correct.
• Added red lines to display misses on the deviance graph.
• Added an accuracy graph in the results screen (use the "Graph" dropdown to access it).
• Added the ability to use the retry key in the results screen.

Other Additions

• You can now drag folders into the game window to import any maps inside of them.
• Chat message times now display in local time.
• Improved bulk song import speed.
• Improved the load speed and look of the difficulty seek bar in song select/editor/multiplayer.
• Implemented online offset & added a button to update all online offsets in the misc section of the options menu. We're currently working on adding online offsets for all existing maps.
• Added support for "Edit" difficulty when loading maps from an external game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed long notes rendering past the receptors if hit late.
• Fixed an issue where the config file would not be written.
• Fixed songs from an external game not loading with a custom "BeatmapDirectory."
• Fixed the client hanging on startup if the config file is corrupted.
• Fixed banners not exporting to .qp files.
• Fixed borderless window issues when starting the game.
• Fixed banners not importing when loading .sm files.

Quaver 0.26.0 Update Patch Notes

Tournament Viewer Additions

• Added a "MaxWidth" property to the various tournament overlay text displays.
• Added a setting to color the map's difficulty name in its associated difficulty rating's color in the tournament overlay.
• Replaced "DimWhenLosing" with "ColorWhenLosing" in the various tournament overlay scoring text displays.
• The progress bar will now draw on top of the tournament overlay.
• Added the ability to set the Player 2 skin in the tournament viewer/co-op/theater mode.
• Added player modifier display settings to the tournament overlay.
• Added current winner display settings to the tournament overlay.

Other Additions

• Added an option to toggle the displaying of notifications during gameplay.
• Added a "Plugin" menu option to the Help section of the editor.
• The ResnapNotes() function is now available to use in editor plugins.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a freeze when another player spectates in the middle of gameplay.
• Fixed the tournament viewer getting stuck at the end of the match.
• Fixed player usernames and avatars being incorrect in the results screen of the tournament viewer.

Official 4 Keys Tournament Registrations Open!

Quick Links

• Register for the tournament
• Join the tournament staff team
• View the player Spreadsheet
• Suggest maps for the tournament

Prize Pool

• 1st Place -$60 USD, 3 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 2nd Place -$30 USD, 2 Months Donator, & Profile Badge
• 3rd Place -$10 USD, 1 Month Donator, & Profile Badge

Tournament Schedule

Tournament Rules and Format

• Double Elimination - This means there is a loser's bracket.
• Each player is allowed to ban two maps from the map pool per match. You can only ban one map per category. Each category is based on map type, and you will be able to view the possible categories on the map pool spreadsheet in the future.
• Each player may choose one warm-up map to play before the match. The warm-up must not exceed 4 minutes in length, and it must be uploaded on Quaver's website.
• Free rate will be turned off (you must use the rate specified for each map)
• If you are thinking of rescheduling your match, please do it up to 24 hours before your match time. We will give you more information on how to reschedule in the coming days.
• If a disconnect happens up to 30 seconds into a match, it will be restarted.
• The tie-breaker map will only be played in the case of a tie (both players being one away from the point limit)

Staff Registrations

• Referee - You oversee each match and tally up the scores - confirming a winner in the end.
• Streamer - You livestream the match for others to view on Twitch. It is important to create a fun viewing experience for others.
• Commentator - You speak on the stream for the match - providing an entertaining and informative experience. Streamers can also be commentators.
• Map Pool Selector - You select, possibly chart, and assure quality of the maps selected for the participants to play.

Want To Participate? Register Here!

Map Pool Suggestions

Quaver 0.25.0 Update Patch Notes

Additions & Bug Fixes

• Changed the administrator chat color to red.
• Added various editor plugin additions.
• Added editor plugin functionality for layer manipulation.
• Added a menu item in the editor to resnap objects in the map.
• Added a menu item in the editor to toggle "live mapping" (placing objects with number keys) on/off.
• Removed access to BrowserHelper.OpenUrl() from editor plugins.
• Fixed a crash in the editor when quick exiting during test play.
• Fixed the cursor disappearing in the editor when trying to test play with no objects at that point.
• Fixed the gameplay preview in multiplayer sending unnecessary packets.
• Fixed a random crash during multiplayer gameplay.
• Fixed a bug where the game would run at 2 FPS in the multiplayer game lobby.
• Fixed a crash when spamming rate changes in multiplayer.
• Fixed notifications spamming when no longer spectating multiplayer matches.
• Fixed the tournament viewer ending matches prematurely.
• Fixed the tournament viewer not displaying all players in the results screen.

Quaver Update 0.24.0 Patch Notes

Short Long Note Difficulty Nerf

The Change

Leaderboard Rank & Score Changes

Client-side Difficulty Recalculations

Other Additions & Bug Fixes

• Bug fixes & performance improvements have been made to timing lines during gameplay.

Quaver Update 0.23.0 Patch Notes

Skinning Improvements

• Replaced the skin.ini config values "HitLightingWidth" and "HitLightingHeight" with "HitLightingScale" and "HoldLightingScale." You can now control the sizes of the hit and hold lighting textures individually, and changing the sizes of them is now consistent with other elements.
• Added "HitLightingColumnRotation" and "HoldLightingColumnRotation" skin.ini config values to be able to rotate the hit/hold lighting based on the column it is in.
• Added a "DefaultSkin" skin.ini config value to be able to explicitly set the default skin your custom skin will use. If none is specified, it will use the default skin the player has set in the options menu.
• Removed "UseAndRotateHitObjectSheet" and separated it into two settings. Added "UseHitObjectSheet" to use a spritesheet for skins that use different note textures per beat snap and "RotateHitObjectsByColumn" to rotate the notes depending on the column that they're in. This allows you to create bar skins which use beat snap colors much easier.
• Added a "JudgementHitBurstFps" skin.ini config value to explicitly set the animation frame rate of judgement hit burst textures.
• Added a "WidthForNoteHeightScale" skin.ini config value to be able to customize the height of the objects without having to resize all of your images manually.

More Editor Shortcuts

• You can now place normal notes using the number row keys. However, you cannot currently place long notes with them just yet!
• Pressing Ctrl + I will place a scroll velocity point at the current time.
• Pressing Ctrl + Shift + I will place a timing point at the current time.
• Pressing Shift + Up/Down will now switch the active layer.
• Pressing Home/End will skip to the beginning/end of the map respectively.
• Pressing Shift + H will show/hide the current layer.

Other Additions & Bug Fixes

• The "BPM Affects SV" option in the editor now works properly and is toggle-able.
• The left and right audio channels of the editor's waveform have been swapped. Previously they were displayed incorrectly.
• "CreateTimingPoint()" for editor plugins is now able to take float values for its parameters.
• Added wiki links to the "Help" section of the editor's file menu bar.
• In song select/multiplayer, using the "CTRL + +" keybind at 1.95x rate will now increase the speed to 2.0x.
• The "Rate" leaderboards for .05x speeds above 1.0x are now working.
• The "Ratio" value in the results screen now displays "0" if no marvelous judgements have been hit and infinity () if marvelous judgements have been hit but no perfects were hit.
• Added an "actions.SetHitObjectSelection()" function for editor plugins.
• Fixed timing points & scroll velocities in the editor not pasting to the correct location.
• Added CTRL/Shift + Click functionality for the select button for the timing point/scroll velocity panels in the editor.
• Disabled the hitlighting and judgement hit burst animations scaling with the playback rate of the song.
• Fixed the judgement hit burst animation disappearing and it having the incorrect sizing.
• Fixed a crash when the game is unable to read the skin.ini file.

Discord Donator Role

Quaver Update 0.22.0 Patch Notes

Download Screen Audio Previews Are Back!

Toggle Gameplay Overlay

Update Ranked Statuses & Open Game Folder Buttons

Gameplay Startup Speed & Loading Screen

Song Select Search Filter Additions

• You can now use != when filtering your search by ranked status and original game (status!=ranked, game!=quaver)
• A "short name alias" has been added for the ranked status filter. You can now use s=r which is equivalent to status=ranked and s=u which is equivalent to status=unranked.

Other Additions & Bug Fixes

• Added a setting in the options menu to toggle the game's process priority from normal to high (can help with performance/stuttering)
• We have fixed a bug where the map would never end while spectating a user.
• The game no longer soft locks when importing while spectating a user.
• The built-in audio offset calibrator's map offset has been corrected.

Quaver Update 0.21.0 Patch Notes

Editor Waveform

Timing Point & Scroll Velocity Editor Improvements

• Both panels are now vertically resizeable.
• You can now select a range with Shift + Click.
• Added a "Select Current..." button to jump to the current point and select it.
• You can now deselect all points with CTRL + D.
• The "Multiplier" and "BPM" fields are now automatically focused when creating a new point.

Other Additions

• Migrated to cdn.quavergame.com for fetching mapset banners.
• Removed the "Smooth Accuracy Changes" setting from the options menu.
• Removed the "Audio Device Period" and "Audio Device Buffer Length" settings from the options menu.
• Added support for loading "AdditionalSongFolders" when importing .sm charts.

Image Host (CDN) Migration

• Mapset Banners - https://cdn.quavergame.com/mapsets/:id.jpg
• Playlist Covers - https://cdn.quavergame.com/playlists/:id.jpg
• Profile Covers - https://cdn.quavergame.com/profile-covers/:id.jpg
• Profile Badges - https://cdn.quavergame.com/badges/:id.png

25,000+ Players & 700,000+ Scores. Thank You!

Support Quaver Development - Donator Perks

• The ability to view and compete on leaderboards for any map (including unranked and unsubmitted)
• The ability to customize your website profile banner and add an "about me" section
• Access to country & friend leaderboards in-game
• Username changes once per month
• The ability to right click a multiplayer match to spectate it
• A website profile badge
• An in-game chat color
• An Increase in map upload slots (12 instead of 10)
• Real-time scoreboards for online leaderboards (ghost scores)
• The ability to upload unsubmitted maps in multiplayer for others to download
• & much more in the future!

• 1 Month - $4.99
• 3 Months - $13.99
• 6 Months - $26.99
• 12 Months - $49.99

0.20.0 Update Patch Notes

Difficulty Recommendations

Keybind Display

Other Additions

• Temporarily disabled the song preview in the download screen (it will return soon!).
• Added a "Donate" button to the top navigation bar.
• Changed the default skip keybind to [Space].
• Added a setting to display ranked accuracy while using custom judgement windows.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the game locking up sometimes when accepting the privacy policy.
• Fixed a login failure when unable to load news posts.
• Fixed the game setting its process priority to high upon game launch.

A new Quaver client version has been released!

0.19.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual bug where long notes would slide below the receptors.
• Fixed a bug on Windows where alt+tabbing while in fullscreen doesn't minimize the game.

0.19.0

Additions

• Half rates above 1.0x can now be played for ranked scores and in multiplayer,
• Health at lower levels now scales based on map density (actions per second). The game should now be more beginner-friendly.
• DrawLongNoteEnd is now defaulted to True for the default bar skin.
• Added "HyuN - Disorder" as a default/bundled song.
• A notification with useful information now appears when failing to upload a skin to the workshop.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the editor causing a black screen when creating/uploading maps.
• Fixed a crash when unable to load custom skin textures.
• Fixed a crash while playing multiplayer matches.
• Fixed judgement burst texture animations not working.
• Fixed an issue where the game may lock up a user's session on Linux.

Quaver Open Beta Release Date!

Alpha Testers, You've Got a HUGE Update!

To Our Community: A Thank You!

With the decade closing and Quaver approaching closer to release, we feel it's time to start showing off what's coming to the game upon its release in 2020. Many of you have questions about the game and how far we are into its development, and we'll give an answer to some of them in this post.

Development Status

How far into development is the game?

When is the game releasing?

How can I contribute?

What's Coming to Quaver Next Year

A Brand New Song Select

• Playlists - A long-awaited feature - In the new UI, you're able to create and manage groups of all of your favorite maps. It's not limited to just this though. You're also able to export your playlists to a zip file or even upload your playlists online from directly in-game to share with other players!
• Rate & Friend Leaderboards - We've added two new leaderboards to the game. You'll be able to view scores that were played on a given playback speed as well as scores that only your friends have submitted!
• Custom Map Banners - Many of you have asked for a way to make custom banners for your maps in the game. You'll be able to do so.
• Over 15 different sorting options - We've added sorting options for everything ranging from difficulty, average notes per second, to even long note percentage. If you can think of it, it's most likely there!

Spectator, Theater Mode, & Co-op Gameplay

• Spectator - Wanting to watch other players live? We've added the ability to spectate others in the game.
• Theater Mode - With this feature, you'll be able to load up to 4 replays, and watch them simultaneously.
• Co-op Gameplay - Have a buddy next to you that can't wait their turn? We've added a co-op mode where two players can play on one screen at a time.

The Online Hub - Connect With Others & Twitch Integration

• Resizable Chat - Whether you want to cover your screen with the chat or make it a tiny portion, you'll be able to resize the chat to your heart's desire.
• Twitch Song Requests - You'll be able to connect your Twitch to your Quaver account, and receive song requests from viewers directly in-game.
• Online User & Friends List - See who else is online, and manage your friends list.
• Active Song Downloads - Songs that are currently downloading will have its own tab and be displayed.
• Missed Notifications - Went AFK for a bit? No worries. Any important notifications that you missed such as chat messages, game invites, or even errors will be displayed for you to view and interact with.

Complete Multiplayer Revamp

• Uploading Unsubmitted Maps - If you have donator features (more on this in the future), you'll be able to temporarily upload unsubmitted maps for the multiplayer lobby to download.
• Map Leaderboard View - You'll now be able to view the leaderboard of the selected multiplayer map at any time while waiting for the match to start.
• Chat Display - We've added an on-screen chat to multiplayer along with message history. This means if you leave the game and rejoin, you'll be able to view the past 20 messages that were sent.

Replay Playback Controls

Fully Featured Music Player & Listening Parties

• Listening Parties - You and up to 15 other players will be able to simultaneously listen to tracks. This serves as an alternative way to connect with other players, and to share your favorite tracks.
• Playlists - Any playlists that you've made in song select will also be available in the music player.

Sharing Skins via Steam Workshop

Conclusion

An update to Quaver has just been released which introduces our newest feature: Customizable Judgement Timing Windows. In the song select modifier menu, you can now find a new option where you can create presets for your own judgement timing windows. This will effectively enable you to make the game as easy or hard as you choose, allowing for 100% customizability. The game comes with 8 built-in presets that you can use including the following from easiest to hardest:

• Peaceful
• Lenient
• Chill
• Standard* (Default)
• Strict
• Tough
• Extreme
• Impossible

Here's How It Works:

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Added mean & standard deviation values to the results screen.
• Added buttons to fix local and global offset in the results screen after playing.
• Global offset is now unaffected by audio playback rate.
• You can now change local offset by 1 millisecond by holding CTRL while adjusting it during gameplay.
• Added the ability to copy a timestamp with no objects selected in the editor.
• Fixed the game crashing when copying hitobjects in the editor on Linux.

In Other News...

After receiving a ton of feedback from you guys, we believe it's time to start tweaking and balancing some of the game mechanics of Quaver. According to your feedback, one of the main concerns with Quaver was with the way accuracy was calculated - particularly because of its harshness and extreme focus on Marvelous to Perfect ratio. On Tuesday, we released an update which makes it slightly more lenient. All of your existing scores have been recalculated to this new system, and almost everyone has benefited from it. You may have gained or lost ranks and first place scores as a result of this change.
In order to understand the change, it's important for you to understand the overall goals that we want to achieve when calculating accuracy in this game. We want to discourage spamming & not playing the game properly Achieving high scores for not playing the game correctly is something that we want to avoid. If you're consistently achieving poor judgements, your accuracy should reflect that. We want to encourage and reward players for achieving a higher ratio of Marvelous judgements as opposed to Perfects Achieving consistent Marvelous judgements is significantly harder than Perfects when it comes to the timing windows. We acknowledge this and want to reward this in accuracy calculations without being too harsh. We want accuracy to reflect a play's overall performance well This one is pretty simple. If you perform extremely well on a score, your accuracy should be extremely high and vice versa. Achieving 99%+ scores should be difficult and rewarding for the player Given that 100% is only achievable by gaining all marvelous judgements, 99% should be difficult to achieve as well and focused more heavily on ratio past a certain point.
For this update, we've changed the way judgements are weighted when calculating accuracy.
In the picture above, you can see the differences between the two systems - namely the Perfect judgement weighting changing from 96% to 98.25%, and the Great judgement weighting changing from 50% to 65%. This ultimately makes the game slightly easier than before. After spending a long time tweaking values, we've settled on testing this approach. While the system is still not perfect, it seems to align more with the goals we have for this game when it comes to our scoring system, and we believe it's a great start. Keep in mind that this update only changes accuracy. The performance rating algorithm has not been modified, so naturally the rating of your scores have also increased. From what we've heard so far, this tweak seems to make the game head more in the right direction, and we believe the same. Give the new system a try, and let us know why and how you believe things should be tweaked further. Thanks for reading!

Achievement Hunters & Completionists - Your time has arrived! We've just released version 0.16.0 of Quaver, which brings to you our new achievement system. We've introduced over 30 achievements to unlock ranging from a variety of difficulties!
With these achievements, the goal was to give players something worth striving for in addition to their every day goals, so we've added achievements of a variety of types. These include achievements for performance rating, combo, total score, rank, first place scores, and so much more! For now, these achievements only apply to ranked maps. Some achievements such as the combo ones may be unachievable for the time being while we are scarce on the amount of ranked maps, however they will be with time.

What about achievements I've already met the requirements for?

I can't click the "Show All Achievements" button

Will you add more achievements? What about multiplayer achievements?

• Maps will now display their correct ranked status upon importing them into the game.
• Added better keybind support for keyboards with non-US layouts.
• Fixed stage-hit-position-overlay not being positioned properly in skins.
• The "quaver.sh" file for Linux users has had its line endings changed to LF.
• In-game notifications now support longer messages.

Hey, everyone! Over the course of the past few months, many of you have reached out to us with questions on how to join our Ranking Supervisor Team. If you're unfamiliar with who the Ranking Supervisors are and what they do, they're the people responsible for approving user-submitted maps to be officially ranked. They are also in charge of directly helping improve both the map ranking process and criteria by having in-depth discussions with other team members and the community. A ton of you have asked us how to join, and now's your chance! If you're an active and experienced mapper for either game mode with skills in reviewing maps, feel free to apply! We've opened up applications that you can fill out to let us know that you're interested in joining which you can find at: https://quavergame.com/supervisors In order to join our team, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must currently be a Steam alpha tester
• You must be experienced in map creation
• You must be skillful in identifying issues in maps
• You are familiar with our current Ranking Process
• You are familiar with our current Ranking Criteria

Hey, all! The time has finally arrived! After 3 months since our last 0.14.1 update and 6 months since the first alpha registrations, we're proud to announce that the new multiplayer update (0.15.0) has been released, and round 2 alpha registrations are now live!

Steam Alpha Testing Registrations

• You must be a member of our Official Discord Server.
• You must not already be an alpha tester.
• You must be at least 13 years of age.

0.15.0 Multiplayer Update

• Free-For-All - The player with the highest performance rating at the end of the match wins.
• Teams - Two teams. One winner. The team with the highest average performance rating will win the match.
• Battle Royale - As the match goes on, the player with the lowest performance rating gets eliminated from the game. The last player standing wins.

• Over 20+ Customization Filters and Chat Commands - Add filters for selecting maps such as the difficulty range, allowed game modes, maximum song length, long note percentage, and so much more!
• Automatic Win Count Tracking - When a player or team wins, the server will automatically keep a record of how many wins they have. There is also the option to manually set win counts. This is especially useful in competitive environments.
• Built-in Referee System - Ever wanted someone to manage tournament matches but don't want them to get in the way of the scoreboards? You can designate a player to be the referee of the game to do just that!
• Real-time Score Tracking - On our website, you can view the scores of multiplayer matches in real-time as they happen.
• Previous Match History - Similarly to real-time score tracking, you can also view the results of previous multiplayer matches on our website.
• Two Health Systems - We offer either a classic health regeneration system upon death where you have to reach 100% health in order to revive yourself, or a life-based system where if you die, you lose a life.
• Free Mod & Free Rate - When activating free mod, a player can use any modifier that does not change the speed of the map or converts long notes. With free rate, players in the game can use any speed they choose.
• Built-in Team Chat - When playing with teams, you have access to a special #multiplayer-team chat channel to communicate with your teammates.
• Auto Host Rotation - You have the ability to turn on auto host rotation where after each match ends, the server will automatically choose the next player to be the host of the game to select a new map.
• Multiplayer Wins Leaderboard & Profile Stats - We've also implemented a new fun leaderboard that displays how many wins players have in multiplayer. Furthermore, your multiplayer win-loss record is now displayed on your profile.

New Default Skins

User Interface Updates & Improvements

Map Pools

Other Additions & Bug Fixes

• Added a DeadNoteColor skin configuration property to customize the color of missed long notes.
• Added a number display that shows the player's current performance rating in the top-left of the screen.
• Added a setting to toggle smooth accuracy number display changes.
• The numpad +/- now works for rate changes in song select.
• Added a chat badge and color for game contributors.
• Added an option in song select to delete maps.
• Added an option in song select to select a random map.
• Added Discord Rich Presence for the map downloading screen.
• Added a ComboPosX skin configuration property.
• Added keysound and sound effect support.
• Added options in the settings menu to fix sound effect latency on Linux machines.
• Changed the blur intensity on the song select screen.
• Added the difficulty range to maps in the download screen.
• Removed the alpha warning screen.
• Added the ability to instantly exit replay watching on pause.
• Added a playercard in the main menu.
• The game now uses the Steam overlay browser by default to open web pages.
• The game now brings the player to the download screen if they do not have any maps when clicking on single player or multiplayer.

• Fixed a crash when failing to login to the server.
• Fixed Discord Rich Presence clearing on score submission.
• Fixed issues with number display scaling and positioning.
• Fixed the AccuracyDisplayPosY skin config property not working.
• Fixed the grade display aspect ratio.
• Fixed the keys per second display not updating immediately on key presses.
• Fixed the ColumnLightingOffsetY property not working properly.
• Fixed a crash during editor play testing.
• Fixed replays not exporting properly.
• Fixed the game crashing on stacked notes with autoplay.
• Fixed replays and autoplay not having the correct score when lagging.

Conclusion

Hey friends! After over 6 months since our initial Steam alpha tester program launched, we're finally opening it back up again to 1,000 new players! In other news, with the next update we'll also be releasing Quaver's brand new multiplayer mode. In this blog post, you can check out when the next alpha registrations and update will be, as well as get a sneak peek on what's to come in the next update!

Steam Alpha Tester Program

What, When, Where, & How?

• When? - Saturday, June 29nd, 2019 @ 12:00pm EST (4:00PM UTC)
• How? - We will post an announcement on Discord and Twitter with the link when it opens, so be sure to follow us and join the server if you haven't already!
• Any Requirements? - In order to be accepted into the Steam alpha, you must be a member of our Discord server. If you are not already a member of the Discord, it would be optimal to join beforehand to not potentially miss out on signing up before registrations close. We use Discord heavily as a way of communicating with testers 1-on-1, so we're making it a strict requirement this time around.
• How Many Steam Keys? - 1,000

A Message to All Current Testers:

Upcoming Multiplayer Update (0.15.0)

Sneak Peek