We are allowing Emulator Runs on this game. BUT, there are specific things that should be said. Rules about emu on Speedrunslive.com apply here as well. VBA 1.7.2 is the most commenly used emu for running. But, using VBA-M is banned. If we find any proof that your run was done using VBA-M, your run will not be accepted and you will be notified why.
With that noted, any other emu "Unless otherwise noted" are ok to use.
¤Other Misc. Rules¤ This still goes for emulators. DON'T USE SAVESTATES! DON'T USE TURBO! DON'T SPEED UP THE GAME!
All of these are ways to make the timing inaccurate. Save states are cheating. They allow you to restore any point in the game with the push of a button. We DO allow you to reset the game manually (soft reset) and reload.
Turbo is making the program push a button every other frame/every frame. In laymen terms, it pushes the button really fast. This is not fair to players that don't use turbo, or can't use turbo.
Speeding up the game is obvious. It makes the timer inaccurate. You speed up the game, but the timer will still be going the same. This is cheating.
Any refusal to adhere to these rules will result in your run not being accepted. Again, you will be notified. Thank you. -Charleswayne101
Update: Currently, resetting on Emu is banned. Because it doesn't have the intro that a GBA or GBA player does.
In regards to why VBA-M is banned, it is mainly because it is not fully accessible to other users. This wouldn't be a problem, except that VBA-M runs slightly better than VBA. It is unfair for us to allow someone a better time on the leader boards just because they used an emu that makes the game run faster. Again, thank you for understanding. -Charleswayne101
I am fairly certain that this has to be the weirdest rule i have ever seen on here. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I am confident the difference between VBA-M and VBA is negligible compared to the difference between console and VBA in general. You might wanna look into banning VBA in general and having Bizhawk as the emulator of choice cause that is the most accurate emulator you will find compared to Console. Maybe you should contact the Seriesmods (who you seem to conviniently have excluded from this game for some reason) about this issue. They have handled the same issue for several other games aswell and you might want to look into options that make more sense than the current state.
Blackwin5, I am still currently looking into things. I, right now, want to find people who I personally know will look into these matters. This is a very different game from others on this series, and I am still working on rules, emulator rules, and many other things. It is not clearly stated why VBA-M is banned on SRL, but I do know that it was banned for a reason. I am still looking into it, as I have said in my information post, any false information we may find will be deleted.
Me and the people I'm currently talking to about this game. A few of them want to run it, and some of them just like to talk about it. We're working on things for the site, and hopefully will make things better for future runners, and current runners alike.
Strawberry, I am working on these things, the people I talk to either are still setting things up, are too busy, or have not been contacted about Speedrun.com. I AM working on a discord server that we can all get on and talk about these things. That way, anyone can hop on and talk about it without having to go through a lot of trouble. I appreciate your concern, and I will hopefully be able to get this issue sorted out quickly. Until Next time, Get your Game on. -Charleswayne101
