What does it do

This mod allows your inputs to register in between visual frames, which drastically increases input precision on low framerates like 60FPS.

If you like the mod, please consider donating!

Why not just use Click Between Steps?

Because CBS is limited to 480TPS precision, while this mod does not have a hard limit on input precision (well, it technically does, but it's an extremely large number that would be hard to calculate). Also, this mod has a few fixes to improve the precision even further than Robtop's implementation, even if you ignore the 480TPS limit of Rob's version.

How to use

If the icon is automatically jumping when you respawn, disable the "Stop Triggers on Death" hack in Mega Hack.

To edit keybinds, go to the GD options menu and click the "Keys" button in the top right (requires Custom Keybinds).

It is recommended to use either Physics Bypass or one of these FPS values: 60, 80, 120, or 240.
This is because 2.2 has stutters on FPS values that aren't factors or multiples of 240 unless you enable Physics Bypass.

Disable TPS Bypass/Draw Divide when using this mod, because they're pointless.
This mod automatically overrides the vanilla "Click On Steps" and "Click Between Steps" options, so you don't need to worry about those.

The mod comes with its own version of Physics Bypass in the mod options (on Windows/Linux). Be warned that not all lists or leaderboards that allow CBF will consider this legit!

If on Linux, and the mod doesn't work, please try running the command sudo usermod -aG input $USER (this will make your system slightly less secure).

Known issues

• This mod does not work with bots
• Linux controller support is experimental

Credits

Icon by alex/sincos.

Android, macOS, & iOS code based off Click on Steps by zmx, used with permission.
Android port by mat, macOS & iOS ports by Jasmine.

(these credits are slightly outdated since the mod just uses the vanilla game's input handling now but oh well)

v1.5.0

• Port to GD 2.2081
• Switch to using Robtop's input handling to simplify the mod & improve compatibility
• Remove "Right Click P2" option (not feasible to implement atm)
• Remove "Late Input Cutoff" option (not feasible to implement atm, also it just wasn't good to enable to begin with)
• Remove "Thread Priority" option (irrelevant now)
• Improve input precision when Physics Bypass is enabled
• Add "Precision Fix" option on Windows to fix framerate desync issues that somewhat affect input precision (should not affect physics)
• Remove winelib dependency on Linux
• Build Linux input program with an old version of glibc to (hopefully) improve compatibility

Hello, I don't have a Discord server to make announcements in so I thought I'd write something here about this update. First, I'm sorry if it crashes your game or doesn't work properly. I release updates when none of the people I ask to test the mod experience any issues. I don't have a huge sample size of testers, so I can't catch every issue (it's especially hard to get testers for Mac/iOS).

Second, I know that this update took a while to release. Well, part of that was the fact that I changed a lot of stuff which took some time. But the main reason is just that I almost never play GD, so I don't have any need to update the mod for my own sake, and at this point, I have very little personal attachment to the game. I also don't make very much money off of the mod, in fact up until very recently I had only received a single donation since 2024. I'm not going to say the total amount I've received but it's less than Doggie gets from an average Grief stream. That said, I'm sure several other modders are in a similar situation, so I'm not going to beg for money too much (only a little).

Also, the aspect of programming that involves reading documentation, having to look up how to do stuff, having to work with obscure libraries or language features, etc. is extremely boring to me. I enjoy the puzzle solving aspect of coming up with algorithms or trying to improve the performance of software, but anything that involves working with code that someone else already wrote is very painful. So, the idea of having to update the mod to work with a new version of Geode and a new version of GD (with its own input handling that I had to figure out and work around) very much put me off.

On the subject of RobTop's CBS:
I have no issue with RobTop using the mod concept, using a similar name, etc. In fact, even if he wanted to use the mod's code directly, I wouldn't have an issue with it. However, I do wish he would have reached out before making the update so that I could help him with things like improving input precision or avoiding some of the bugs that were present in the original release of CBS (like some issues with buffering inputs, and not checking for inputs on a separate thread). In fact I had tried to get in contact with Rob several times before 2.208 released (through various different people with connections) but I never got a response back.

Overall I feel like it's somewhat pointless to make CBS and then only have 480TPS input precision, because that isn't enough to make it on par with CBF for top play so top players will just use CBF anyway (though I do appreciate CBF verifications being rateable now! Particularly Ashley Wave Trials (which I had WR on for a while after it released (btw) (and also I built the nerfdate))). The COS option seems fine though.

Some history for those who might be interested:
Technically the idea for this mod goes back to early 2022, before I had even learned to code, but I didn't try to implement it for real until 2023. However, I had to stop working on it at the time because of some life circumstances. Then, in 2024, after I had gotten better at coding, I started over and created CBF as a project for university. I didn't expect to have to maintain it for a very long time since it was originally more of just a proof of concept than anything, but it got a lot more complex and also a lot more popular than I had expected. I had previously made the "-1 frame" mod back in 2.1 (to remove the game's 1 unnecessary frame of input lag) and while it had seen a lot of usage from top players, it obviously was nowhere near the level of popularity that CBF has reached.

I want to say, for the record, that I tried to be as neutral as possible on issues like whether CBF should be allowed on the Demon List, whether it should be allowed on ingame leaderboards, etc. and I tried to comply with requests from members of these communities wherever possible (for instance, adding the watermark in the top right of the endscreen, and making it so that CBF doesn't submit to leaderboards on rated levels). I never gave a single opinion even in private servers about whether I thought CBF should be allowed on the Demon List until after it had actually been allowed. So, don't blame me if you were upset with that decision.

v1.4.6

• Fix Click on Steps processing inputs before spawn triggers were updated
• Fix Physics Bypass respawn lag
• Remove Click on Steps watermark since it should in theory have 100% parity with vanilla now

v1.4.5

• Fix inputs not registering on some 32-bit Android devices
• Fix Click on Steps triggering anticheat on some levels
• Improve rotation accuracy on frames where the player makes an input (Windows only for now)
• Fix rotation when using "2.1 mode" Physics Bypass

v1.4.4

• Fix dual desync (oops)

v1.4.3

• Fix dropped inputs (oops)

v1.4.2

• Slightly improve performance
• Fix wrong rotation calculation in duals
• Fix m_lastPosition being incorrectly set (probably fixes some bugs somewhere)

v1.4.1

• Fix keyboard input not working on Android

v1.4.0

• Android, macOS, & iOS support (thanks mat, Jasmine, and zmx!)
• Added a "Click on Steps" mode in the mod settings
• Fixed percentages with physics bypass on 2.2 levels
• Fixed not being able to unplug/replug input devices on Linux without restarting GD (thanks keratomalacian!)
• Allow disabling "Late Input Cutoff" on Linux
• Significantly cleaned up code, added comments

v1.3.0

• Update to 2.2074
• Enforce 240 steps/sec minimum for physics bypass, add 2.1 physics bypass mode
• Add a toggle for native Linux input detection (please click on the information button for the setting before disabling it!)
• Fix right click buffering before attempts on Windows (not fixed on Linux)
• Improve performance when the mod is disabled
• Reduce bugginess of the "Reduce Mouse Lag" option; also, it now works even with CBF disabled
• Possibly fix an issue where the mod wouldn't properly detect when the player died

v1.2.3

• Fix "Reduce Mouse Lag" option causing the game to pause

v1.2.2

• Add "Reduce Mouse Lag" option to improve performance with high polling rate mice
• Add "Safe Mode" option to prevent submission of progress/completions
• Possibly fix input on Linux for some people
• Add back donation link cuz Stripe finally reactivated my account

v1.2.1

• Fix a bug that could cause input on Linux not to work
• Update warning about permissions on Linux

v1.2.0

• Potentially reduce slope bugs
• Potentially improve performance
• Fix CBF not working for dash orb releases
• Fix keyboard input not working on Linux
• Significantly improve input precision on Linux
• Disable input when unfocused
• Don't submit CBF completions on star rated levels to leaderboards

v1.1.21

• Fix an exploit that could allow you to double jump
• Add thread priority option

v1.1.20

• bandaid fix for upward slopes cuz whatever

v1.1.19

• Fix delayed inputs on blocks moving downward
• Possibly fix velocity on slopes moving downward (needs further testing)

v1.1.18

• Fix orb void clicks

v1.1.17

• fix lock to player x again oops

v1.1.16

• Fix various velocity bugs caused by moving platforms
• Fix collision bug involving moving D-block platforms in wave
• Fix numpad numbers (requires num lock to be enabled!)
• Reduce indicator opacity

v1.1.15

• fix platformer again cuz im the troller of the century

v1.1.14

• Fix platformer because I accidentally broke it in v1.1.13

v1.1.13

• Improve collision & rotation

v1.1.12

• Fix ignore damage

v1.1.11

• Fix spider

v1.1.10

• Fix timewarp again
• Allow Physics Bypass even with Disable CBF checked

v1.1.9

• Fix D-blocks & maybe some other collision issues for non-platformer mode
• Fix a bug involving timewarp & physics bypass when the mod is disabled

v1.1.8

• Fix Lock to Player X desync
• Add indicator to endscreen
• Fix timewarp

v1.1.7

• Change getModifiedDelta hook priority for better compatibility with other mods

v1.1.6

• Added a Physics Bypass equivalent because I didn't want to wait for MH Geode 2.206
• Made step calculation formula closer to vanilla to fix some edge cases

v1.1.5

• Future proof for physics bypass
• Fix buffer clicks for the final time.......

v1.1.4

• fix duals oops

v1.1.3

• Add toggle to disable the mod without needing to restart GD
• Slightly improve input precision

v1.1.2

• Fix platformer & buffer click physics for real this time (I hope)

v1.1.1

• it turns out the physics stuff wasnt actually fixed im just pushing this version to let you all know that that was a LIE and i just got (un)lucky while testing

v1.1.0

• Update to 2.206
• Fix platformer & buffer click physics bugs

v1.0.9

• Add "late input cutoff" option

v1.0.8

• Fix bugs caused by multiple inputs on the same physics step

v1.0.7

• Hook handleButton instead of pushButton/releaseButton to massively simplify code & fix several bugs

v1.0.6

• Fix certain bugs involving right click

v1.0.5

• Add toggle for right click P2

v1.0.4

• Fix typo (very imortant)

v1.0.3

• Fix crash with More Level Tags
• Change hook priority (PR by NyteLyte)

v1.0.2

• Fix editor playtest crash
• Update Wave Trail Drag Fix incompatibility

v1.0.1

• Fix memory leak

v1.0.0

• Initial release