Hey guys, a post was made here a while ago and then disappeared asking for a solution to an issue with a particular cutscene that was buggy and had a chance of being unskippable or having a particular inconsistent issue.

I didn't save it while it was up, but I was wondering if anyone had any video/better knowledge of the issue that might be making it harder to run. I'd like to see if I can replicate the issue and if its something that is worth trying to find a work around to make it easier for runners.

I wanted to discuss what versions of the game are best to run each category and also talk about a possible change to emulation

With N64 I think its the best for any% because in the PC version its impossible to skip the ancient fate level and I have yet to test it on DC but considering its OS is based on windows it was probably also patched.

With N64 emulator there doesn't seem to be as much of a problem with random slowdowns as there are on the actual n64 console. I've recently completed an any% n64 run without dying and using the major skips and ended up with a time of 48:38. This leads me to believe since there's probably a 1:30 minute range where maybe slightly different routing may have added time that there would be an extra minute and a half or so that is saved by running emulator.

I would suggest we do something like move the emulator into its own category, but I feel like that's not something that is okay for me specifically to push. I'm one of 3 people that used a legitimate copy of the game in any%, I cannot post my any% run because obs stopped my recording of the run at random points(I can dm show it if you dm me) and I'm not even close to the WR. If we all feel that way however I think things should change

PC is the fastest at running the game but its inconsistent. There are times where you start the game and it runs faster than the last time. this is a problem with the game that we kinda just have to live around unless we work together to figure out another option(willing to take down my PC runs if thats what it means to make things fair). Due to its faster gameplay and the lack of the ancient fate skip I think this is the fastest for the 100% category.

is there a point to running DC?