Autosplitter Setup for Emulator Runs

A big thanks to TheDementedSalad for figuring out how to **finally** get us a working autosplitter for emulator runs!! This works on both PSXFin and Duckstation (has not been confirmed to work yet on PSXJin).

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# Getting the Splits Files

In the resources section you can find a file called "Autosplitter Files".  In there I have uploaded splits files for both Legacy Emulator and Duckstation. The four types of splits in there are:

1. New Game Normal (also works for New Game Easy and New Game+, you may just want to remove some item splits such as the magnum and grenade launcher)
2. S-Rank Normal
3. New Game+
4. Area Splits (works for any category)

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# Preparing the Timing Method

1. If you are running on Legacy Emulator, right-click your splits and under "Compare Against" make sure that **Game Time** is checked. This will make sure that you are displaying IGT on the timer.

2. If you are running on Duckstation, right-click your splits and under "Compare Against" make sure that **Real Time** is checked. This will make sure that you are displaying RTA on the timer.

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# Activating the Autosplitter

Once you've downloaded and opened one of the splits files, right click your splits and click "Edit Splits". In the menu that pops up, click the activate button if it is not already activated:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114685279882711090/1157045822412816517/image.png

Once activated, click on "Settings":

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114685279882711090/1157045988997996714/image.png

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# Autosplitter Settings

The description below is for New Game Normal on Legacy Emu with Door Splits, but should be easily adaptable.

**Please note that because of a bug which is currently present in LiveSplit, if you check too many boxes at once or check them too rapidly, LiveSplit may crash!!! I would suggest checking maybe 3-4 boxes at a time somewhat slowly then exiting and saving your splits before making more edits!**

The options below are what you should check to use the New Game Normal splits as they are set up in the files uploaded in Resources:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114685279882711090/1157046190077128854/image.png

Here is a little more information if you want to edit those at all:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114685279882711090/1157050922854260848/image.png


### Comments

1. If you are running on Duckstation, make sure to uncheck both "IGT Start" and "IGT End", then check both "RTA Start" and "RTA End". Also make sure to set your timer to compare against Real Time!

2. If you are running on Easy difficulty, you may want to uncheck the Magnum item split and delete that split as well.

3. If you are running New Game+ on Duckstation, the autosplitter starts a little bit later than when we start timing. To accomodate for this, you can add a 2.1 second (by my calculation) offset to the timer in the Splits Editor:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114685279882711090/1157069713172611092/image.png

DuckStation Setup

First follow the instructions here to download and install DuckStation: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation
Finding the appropriate PlayStation BIOS and ROM is your responsibility, we cannot distribute those!

For the required settings in the emulator, we need to set things in a few tabs. These settings are designed to place everyone on the same level in terms of performance and remove any "pay to win" from the competition. Begin by opening the settings menu.

#Console Settings
Under Console Settings, "CPU Clock Speed Control" must be unchecked and "Read Speedup" must be set to "None (Double Speed)".
https://imgur.com/a/gjH6nGG

#Emulation Settings
Under Emulation Settings, "Emulation Speed" must be set to "100% [60 FPS (NTSC) / 50 FPS (PAL)]" and "Runahead" must be disabled.
https://imgur.com/a/j2aFS7C

#Hotkey Settings
There's no requirements here, but I generally recommend disabling all hotkeys (at least that could cause issues like turbo or fast forward). Savestates are useful for practice, but of course not allowed in runs.

#Controller Settings
This is where you bind the buttons on your controller or keyboard. Pretty self explanatory :)

#Display Settings
This tab contains some of the most important settings for submitting runs as it's how we can tell if the other settings are set properly. In the "On-Screen Display" box at the bottom, the following 5 options must be checked: "Show OSD Messages", "Show Emulation Speed", "Show Game Frame Rate", "Show Display FPS", and "Show Controller Input"
https://imgur.com/a/jjxT2vJ

#Enhancement Settings
"Force NTSC Timings (60hz-on-PAL)" should remain unchecked. If you play the PAL version, you get the PAL speeds!
https://imgur.com/a/YLcU0eZ

deserteagle417

Resident Evil: Survivor

PlayStation

BenSimWise

JohnnyHdez

JPN / NTSC

Any%

S-Rank

Handgun A Only

Emulator (Legacy)

Console

DuckStation

NG Normal Run Type

Platform

NG+ Run Type

NG Easy Run Type

Thanks to @TheDementedSalad we now have an autosplitter for the game! You can find a setup guide for it under "Guides" and some pre-made splits for it under "Resources".

Now that we have a working autosplitter, we should talk about the timing rules for Duckstation. For New Game runs, it starts and 

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Autosplitter Setup for Emulator Runs	deserteagle417 1 year ago
DuckStation Setup	deserteagle417 3 years ago