Can we get a glitchless category going? I just got one of my friends into speedrunning and she's doing this game glitchless
Just define what is and isn't allowed, the rules should account for pretty much all of the known techs.
Your friend's run ended up being much better than expected. Normally these sort of category requests are accompanied by a one-off low effort run, but that wasn't really the case here.
I could add glitchless or intended%, glitchless might be fun to route, but there's always been a lot of interest in a no-tricks run (judging by youtube comments). It seemed like Vert's chat was on that side, as well. I don't think there's a huge group of people rushing to race these categories, so it can be decided if she or someone else keeps attempting this sort of playthrough.
Off the top of my head, some easy rules for glitchless would basically be: No out of bounds No infinite height tricks No infinite hover No car glitch No gundash No sword dash No boomerang in the sand trickery No glitched-horse summon for height No deceleration cancel
Sword cancel allowed (Probably not with the spirit of the category though) Midair block height boost allowed (Using it for height after a dash is questionable) Save warps and lava/fall warps allowed (?)
Intended% would be all of those banned plus some vague honor code of playing the game as intended, although that doesn't account for known tricks that were left in.
There might be some stuff I forgot, but the rules are pretty much going to be up to whoever runs it. Glitchless looks like it should still have some clever platforming for skipping or getting things early, but it's probably not as purist as most people would want. See: OoT glitchless complaints from gdq viewers.
Honestly, Sword Canceling is the same as gundashing and deceleration cancel. Not only are these tricks easily done on accident, they are really just minor abuse of priority in the code.
I haven't watched the person in question run the game. But I wouldn't be against adding the category. Tough I'd allow deceleration cancel with the gun (doesn't even save much time)
I'd really rather just make a no-flight% category, though. Forbidden would be:
- Out Of Bounds
- Anything flying related (IJs, Scythe hovering, Boomerang hovering) everything else would be allowed. Including things like:
- Chainskip
- Horse-height increase
- increased height by blocking (even after getting air dash)
- Getting Choking Grounds Armageddon piece early
I am not 100% sure on how to handle prologue in that category. Well... I would allow it but that would differ strongly from a glitchless run (getting extra health, etc).
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