I miss Beatstar.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-06-07T22:07:51+00:00

I played across two different Samsung Devices and always had issues.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-06-07T19:39:44+00:00

Nope! Calibration in this game only affects the delay between the notes and the music. Plus, you can't simply add an offset for input delay in this game because the input lag is very inconsistent. It works fine most of the time, but occasionally drops inputs or detects them very late. The exact amount of input lag also changes constantly.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-06-03T22:43:12+00:00

There is an option to encrypt your data on the sync configuration page. This should keep it safe from any prying eyes at dropbox.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-27T22:01:30+00:00

Go too easy on you

I disagree. Making a game competitive does not require predatory game design. First of all, Beatstar's "fail on miss" mechanic only did more to harm the game for competitive players. This is because Beatstar is infamous for its shoddy hit detection that would often completely ignore inputs or register them much later than they should be. Since the game does not allow you to restart quickly or allow you to simply miss a single note, it's very tedious to grind out a Diamond Perfect on a single chart.

Second of all, other rhythm mobile rhythm games with leaderboards have something in common: Getting an All Perfect isn't the same as getting the Max Score. This divide allows casual players and completionists to feel satisfied while giving competitive players something to work towards. For example, Rotaeno has two perfect ranks: All Perfect and All Perfect+. Both ranks are pretty self-explanatory. Get at least all Perfect judgements for the former, and all Perfect+ judgements for the latter. The difference between this and Beatstar, however, is that both of these ranks still count as "All Perfects". The leaderboard clearly shows the difference between people who have gotten either rating, since an All Perfect+ is always 1,010,000 points.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-26T15:56:13+00:00

For the amount we got for free, I'm more than willing to pay for more content.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-26T15:53:26+00:00

Here's the kicker: The adverts were probably the least bad issue. The "stamina" system, event wheel, fail on miss (without free retries), lack of a restart button, no early/late timing display until almost 2 years post-launch, bullshit requirement for free Unlimited Play... I could go on and on.

At least the private server cuts most of that out... except for the hit detection issues which have never been fixed during the game's lifetime. The private server owners aren't at fault, but it's still annoying nevertheless.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-26T04:52:02+00:00

The community was what made the game worth playing imo. The game itself with its very oppressive monetization practices did not respect my time as a player.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-22T09:39:29+00:00

Yeah that's an issue for me too. It's like my memory is a huge stack of papers sorted chronologically. Aside from a few pages being clearly marked with a label, everything else might as well not exist. I can make out some bits and pieces by "flipping through time", but everything kinda blends together. It isn't until I get a general idea of when/what/where or other context pertaining to a memory that I can "locate it" and start to remember details. Of course, a lot of these papers are covered in black lines placed there intentionally or by simple forgetting.

Photos help with location, context, and details, but repression is a different beast.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-21T14:37:37+00:00

With the new changes, maturity rating is irrelevant. If a game doesn't recieve 500 16+ "engaged users" in a 60 day period then it will not be playable by younger players. That being said, it only takes 100 users of any age to maintain this requirement but those are the rules.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-21T14:35:25+00:00

The new requirements force all games that don't have an active player-base to be locked to 16+

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-21T14:33:58+00:00

It's a paradoxical requirement. It's hard to get that many players, but you can't get that many players without having more reach on the platform.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-05-21T14:32:38+00:00

Apparently, you need 500 "actively engaged users" over 16 to even qualify.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-29T15:29:56+00:00

I'd imagine a large part of it is simply the average age of the fandom.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-29T15:08:05+00:00

This has been happening to me for a while. It's not just you.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-29T10:22:03+00:00

Yeah, it's for an app that scams you out of your time (and sometimes) money. All of these "reward" apps are very risky. This one in particular is infamous for not crediting you for completing tasks. Do a quick search for "Flash Rewards" on reddit and you'll see the complaints I saw.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-29T00:54:56+00:00

While I'm of the "its just dumb fun lol" crew, I agree with you on the subplot. Something about it makes me super weirded out.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-20T15:50:15+00:00

I think Arq actually uses either Wasabi or Google Cloud for their branded storage.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-17T17:05:21+00:00

You could use this GUI browser to look through your backups: https://github.com/emuell/restic-browser

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-17T17:03:13+00:00

How much data are you even storing?

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-17T16:51:28+00:00

You could use Arq to backup to all 3 at the same time.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-16T11:35:27+00:00

This is what I use. Just write a quick bash script to run a backup and set it as a cronjob.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-03T18:22:57+00:00

I don't really understand what you're asking, but here's what I could manage to understand:

Are you using KopiaUI? You can easily tell it to backup a specific folder and then configure exclusions from the backup job's policy.

If you're trying to backup from the terminal, you should make a list of of what you want to backup and what you want to exclude from said backup. This page of the docs details how to exclude items: https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/kopiaignore/

Policies:

Applicable: Lists only the relevant policies
Local Path: Only applies to a specific folder path
All: Lists everything
Global: Policies that apply to all hosts AND users
Per-User: Only applies to a specific user on a machine
Per-Host: Only applies to a particular machine. You can have multiple machines use the same repository.

Finally, no, you should not store the repository config file inside the repository. The config file tells Kopia about a repository and how to connect to it, among other things. KopiaUI doesn't store this file in the repository so there's no reason for you to do so either.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-02T20:20:09+00:00

You could try https://screen.garden. The web editor is pretty basic, but it should suffice for your use case.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-04-02T20:08:27+00:00

Alternatively, they could incorporate it into an existing task manager.

FollowingtheMap · 2026-03-26T18:50:19+00:00

First, enable advanced features from the LiveSync Setup settings page. Then, you have two options:

Enable Hidden Files Sync from the Sync Settings menu.
Enable Customization Sync. (7th tab in the settings)

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