Currently on inbounds+glitchless runs we catch the L(hehe) and we have to sit there and wait while the L rises to it's maximum height so the hiker can pogo off of the floor and continue. Waiting for something and not doing anything else sucks in a speedrun.

Turns out there is a way to get over the tree and fall into the right side very fast and it allows the hiker to catch the L one cycle earlier! Here's me attempting to do it for an hour:

Timestamps 13:14 success1 (best) 13:46 success2 20:23 success3 22:41 success4 24:37 success5 38:22 epicfail 45:02 ???

very epic

I saw chip's post about this: https://www.speedrun.com/sexy_hiking/thread/5mdx5 To summarize he says he wants to retime runs to ensure consistency, and then goes ahead and does it. He posts a spreadsheet of what he has done and the job is done. But I have a problem with some of this work. He says he adds .33s if someone started their timers while the hiker is standing on the ground as opposed to naturally loading into the level. This is a problem.

The time it takes for the hiker to fall down to the ground and settle varies from level to level. Every level except 3 the hiker takes longer than .33s. I've recorded myself loading into each level 20 times and analyzed the recording frame by frame and these were the most common times for each level:

1. .37
2. .48
3. .33
4. .42

Is it vital to add .04 or .15 to a couple runs? No. But much like chip I want the leaderboards to be consistent and future-proof. I have some free time this week to do it and I wanted to discuss it before I take action.

In this thread I will share with you what I do to make my game run smoother, let me know if these work for you, or share something you do instead :D

1- Right-click sexyhiking.exe> Properties> Compatability> Compatability Mode> tick the box and select Windows 7

This solves the game freezing when loading a new level.

2- Open the game, press F4 to make it windowed and F4 again for fullscreen.

For some reason this makes the game smoother. I honestly didn't like it at first because I was used to playing with lag but it grew on me. But it also causes one noticable minor issue; upon finishing the game it asks "Wanna see the reward!?", that box is completely gone. If you can't live without it, here's how to fix, It comes back if you watch the whole credits :D

Every computer is different. Something that works for me might not work for you or the reverse. I play on a Windows 10 laptop(MSI PL62-7RC). It's specs are Intel 7th gen CPU(7300HQ), Nvidia GPU(MX150), 8 GB RAM(DDR4-2400), 1 TB HDD(5400 RPM).

That's all. Hope this helps you and feel free to ask me questions.