From b50605c3f17f8cca576d441eac4b9a37c8992eb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TaikoZhong <108016253+GanYiZhong@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 20:29:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gauge: align the cell fade-in sprite with the bar

1p/2p_bar_fade was a 24 px (two-cell) sprite drawn half a cell left of the
new cell and 3 px below the bar (4 px for 2P), so gaining a cell looked like
a half-cell bump. Crop it to one cell (12 px), anchor it on the new cell and
line its body up with the bar rows. Gauge frame position is unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Graphics/game/gauge/1p_bar_fade.png | Bin 144 -> 138 bytes
 Graphics/game/gauge/2p_bar_fade.png | Bin 140 -> 132 bytes
 Graphics/game/gauge/texture.json    |  16 ++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge/1p_bar_fade.png b/Graphics/game/gauge/1p_bar_fade.png
index 6475d6bf74d91d35c61d8878fd2a2852724f8bd7..807ed3c0fd1cb71cdf3a3eca7aef18f794d508e8 100644
GIT binary patch
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diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge/2p_bar_fade.png b/Graphics/game/gauge/2p_bar_fade.png
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diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge/texture.json b/Graphics/game/gauge/texture.json
index 72ec1ba..8723c2a 100644
--- a/Graphics/game/gauge/texture.json
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge/texture.json
@@ -371,22 +371,22 @@
   ],
   "1p_bar_fade": [
     {
-      "x": 732,
-      "y": -31
+      "x": 738,
+      "y": -34
     },
     {
-      "x": 732,
-      "y": -87
+      "x": 738,
+      "y": -91
     }
   ],
   "2p_bar_fade": [
     {
-      "x": 732,
-      "y": -31
+      "x": 738,
+      "y": -34
     },
     {
-      "x": 732,
-      "y": -87
+      "x": 738,
+      "y": -91
     }
   ],
   "tamashii": [
-- 
2.54.0


From 9b16a03b66fc1c9073cf33b7a4a1173a01a0cb78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TaikoZhong <108016253+GanYiZhong@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 21:22:12 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Enable gauge_cell_fade_in (new gauge cell fades in
 instead of flashing)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Graphics/skin_config.json | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Graphics/skin_config.json b/Graphics/skin_config.json
index 855a362..e71f1b2 100644
--- a/Graphics/skin_config.json
+++ b/Graphics/skin_config.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
             "songselect_2p_join": true,
             "costume_preset_slots": true,
             "dan_title_horizontal": true,
-            "combo_color_tiers": true
+            "combo_color_tiers": true,
+            "gauge_cell_fade_in": true
         }
     },
     "score_counter_pos": {
-- 
2.54.0