California, USALife is very busy but I will eventually get around to updating the mod to be better suited for speesrunning and speedrunning verification.
I won't make it unless the mods give guidance on what they will/won't allow for this hypoethetical category.
toasterparty#9244 on discord, dms are open
Would there be interest in a load time remover? I think a lot of people are put off from running this game because of hardware differences.
TLDR; Imagine how good the speedrun could be if every level behaved like 6-6
I've reverse engineered the game enough to the point where I could make a mod for Steam/Epic/GoG/etc. that attempts to reinvent the speedrunning scene. Some things such a mod could do:
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Provide a timer source which is agnostic to hardware differences (e.g. pause during load screens)
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End levels early when N-Star score is met, thus the run rewards players who earn points quickly and the leaderboard can diverge greatly based on runner skill/experience. This would also remove "downtime" where runners have nothing to do for the last few minutes of a stage
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Chain levels together without having to drive on the overworld (results screen -> load next level)
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Unlock NG+ stars on new save creation
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Remove chalkboards from the game
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Increase the server tickrate to reduce the advantage of co-op teams in the same room/city
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Fix bugs (e.g. sink bug, double serving bug, etc.)
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Skip needing to speak to Onion King
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Other Speedrunning quality of life?
Before I start work on such a project, some collaboration would need to be done between the (seemingly stagnant?) moderation team and myself. I would also want some honest consolation ahead of time if people are actually interested enough in this game to essentially learn the new hypothetical modded categories.
If you want some proof of my modding portfolio, here's a showcase of a different OC2 mod I made (randomizer) that already implements several of the bullet points listed above:
