osu!

What works

Solo Mode

Multi Mode

Adding beatmap file directly to osu! by clicking .osz file and select run with osu!

Sound

Sign in osu! account

Control Music, Effect, and Master with the arrow keys

Control Music, Effect, and Master with scroll wheel

Select beatmap and select song with the arrow keys in Solo Mode

Delete beatmap from in game

Run osu! updater

What does not

"An occurred! Please check your internet connection" when installing osu!

Workarounds

Install dotnet40

What was not tested

Song Editor

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

Last update: 2019-05-03.

Recommended readings:

• Ultimate guide to low-latency osu! on Linux by Franc[e]sco
• Low-latency osu! on Linux by The Poon
• osu-wine by Forefront

This section describes some minimum steps required to run osu! in vanilla Wine. Other sections have additional information to improve user experience. For practical purposes, winetricks is used (it's not mandatory since you can install .NET Framework manually but it requires more steps), so first get the latest version:

$ wget 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks'
$ chmod +x ~/winetricks

1) Create a new 32-bit Wine prefix:

$ env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wineboot --init

If Wine prompts for installing Mono, click Cancel.

2) Install .NET Framework 4.5:

$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks dotnet45

3) Download and install osu!:

$ mkdir 'osu!'
$ wget 'http://m1.ppy.sh/r/osu!install.exe' --output-document='osu!/osu!.exe'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!/osu!.exe'

BUG 44184: If the installer stuck in an endless loop, close it and then:

$ > 'osu!/discord-rpc.dll'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!/osu!.exe'

This will create a dummy discord-rpc.dll and try to start osu! again.

4) Creating a shortcut: 

Create a new plain text file and put the following:

Save this file as osu!.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications and mark it as executable:

$ chmod +x '~/.local/share/applications/osu!.desktop'

Take the path to an osu! logo image and put it in the Icon field if you want to set an icon for the shortcut.

Last update: 2019-08-21.

Arch Linux specific:

• osu! doesn't render anything on screen and exits with some X server error message: install lib32-libxcomposite package:

  $ sudo pacman -S lib32-libxcomposite

• osu! can't connect to internet: install lib32-gnutls package:

  $ sudo pacman -S lib32-gnutls

Japanese characters no displaying correctly: install MS Meiryo font:

$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks meiryo

Note that korean characters are not shown with this font.

Options menu symbols and audio controls are missing: install GDI+:

$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks gdiplus

GDI+ installer is a ~538MB file. If your internet connection is slow or very limited, consider instead taking a copy of gdiplus.dll from a Windows 7 installation and copying it to your Wine prefix, and then add manually a Native override for gdiplus.

Open winecfg:

$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu winecfg

Go to Libraries tab, add gdiplus and set it to Native Then Builtin. Close all dialogs by clicking OK.

Audio latency is very high!: please check out The Poon's guide and Franc[e]sco's guide.

Other known problems:

• My system is frozen!: if osu! freezes and you lose control of your system, press Ctrl+Alt+F2 (to enter to a tty) login and enter the following to force closing osu!:

  $ pkill osu

  Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 (or Ctrl+Alt+F1 on some systems) to return to your desktop environment.

• I started osu but my cpu usage is at 100% and nothing happens: same as frozen system. Open a terminal and execute pkill osu. Wait ~10 seconds and try again.

• Alt+tab doesn't work when Fullscreen is enabled: if you can't use Alt+Tab hotkey, disable Fullscreen mode inside osu!.

• I can't switch to Windowed mode from Fullscreen/Borderless/Letterbox: close the game and go to your osu! folder. Open the osu!.«user».cfg file, find the Fullscreen and Letterboxing options and set them to "0", then find the Width and Height options and set them to a value lower than your monitor's resolution:
  Fullscreen = 0
  Letterboxing = 0
  Width = 800
  Height = 600
  

Please leave us a comment in Comments section below if you still have problems installing or running osu!.

Last update: 2019-01-07.

When filling a Test Result report, mention at least the exact osu! build number you tested. It can be found inside the game just at the end of the Options menu. It usually looks like b20171106.5 or 2017.1030.0. It can also be found on "osu!.«user».cfg" file (find the LastVersion value).

Remember to follow the Installation guide, step by step, before considering that you've failed to get osu! running. This is important because the guide has been designed to work for any system. Also mention whatever you did in order to get osu! working, regardless it is on the Installation guide or not.

For more information about how to fill a report, see AppDB Test Results Guidelines.

If osu! doesnt't recognize internet connection and you have internet connection, install 32-Bit GNUTLS Package. In Arch Linux,

sudo pacman -S lib32-gnutls