Hey, I was wondering if there is a timer difference between different PC ports of this game? I'm using V1.0 and I cannot for the life of me crack sub 40m even while doing the rng manipulation, quick load and out of boundary strats.
This run here was 40m 03s: https://www.speedrun.com/sh2/run/kz5k5pnz
In this run the player does not use any rng, out of boundary or quick load making him have to backtrack to read the hangman and grab his weapons from the hotel elevator room while having visit extra rooms to read codes.
He was still able to get almost sub 40m on a Director's Cut seed of this game even tho he added unnecessary time to the run. Does this affect the timer at all or is there something else I am missing? TY
There's not supposed to be any differences but I also haven't been able to crack sub 40. I ran the game every day for about a year and never got under 40m50s on Any Difficulty. The thing everyone will most likely tell you is that there are no official differences in the timer in the various versions that everyone is allowed to run.
There are no official differences in the timer in the various versions that everyone is allowed to run. NA builds of the game are Director's Cut in their nature, just lacking the text in the main menu.
Runners tend to overestimate the timesaves the RNG manipulations provide and underestimate the timesaves that could be gained by optimizing their 2D controls movements.
Link a video of your run. It's true that since the Supergamer's run major timesaves were found but at the same time we don't know what your movement skill is.
RNG manip only saves like, 20 seconds or something on a run with good movement. Don't focus on the flashy things like RNG manip, 99.999% of the timesave in this game comes from moving smoothly, and that takes time to get good at because 2D controls are a bitch.
as far as is known, there aren't any timer differences across the couple of PC versions that exist.
Thanks for responding guys!
I guess I thought that the rng saved more time then it actually does and yeah my movement is kind of choppy in some parts and my menu speed could improve but here is my 6th place run that I am still waiting on to be verified: https://www.speedrun.com/sh2/run/y6le92jy
Going forward we will be requiring a visible IGT timer on submissions on the PC version, preferably using the LiveSplit script. Most people already do this, but we're making it mandatory to make run verification easier. Thank you for your understanding.
Runs submitted prior to this change will no
