Ontario, Canada
Supporter<3 well practice and love keeps things working hard and supported. I'm sure allot of us have diferent options that we looked at for capture cards but If you can get the money for one I recommend the one I use as its simple and records at high quality without any noticeable delays at all. If you'd also wanna be looking at upscalers/downscalers as well but I do not have any information in that area, since its more for older games being recorded.
what I'm using: http://gamerzone.avermedia.com/game_capture/live_gamer_hd
Obs does compress the video by a decent amount, considering that when I do 720p 4hrs or so which is roughly 5 gb in size roughly. But that also depends on quality you wish to record in besides resolutions as well considering I want to keep it as close to real as possible thats why the sizes are still large half the quality or even a bit less would drastically reduce the finial size by a few 100mb or more easily.
So I've been playing around here and there in Raid mode still because I always find it fun to come back to it and do some runs even just for an hr or so, But I'd like to start doing Medal % runs with a Partner on PS4 at some point.
If your interested in doing this let me know. You do not have to be using a max lvl character to start. Medal % criteria:
- complete the a full gauntlet on selected difficulty at the recommended lvl or below. (all stages/missions)
- Do not use Heals and revive crystals.
- Kill all enemies and complete the stages as fast as possible.
In order to get the 5th and finial medal for a stage you need to get the other 4, besides the 3 above ones I described the one you always get is the finish medal or w/e its called. You need the previous 4 to get the final medal.
Contact me on twitter preferred, and we can look at setting up some time to practice and try coop runs. We can also try for any % as well at some point.
I work 5 days a week, Thursday to Mondays normally. ( from 4pm till as late as 2am EST most days) I can set aside time after work or on my days off for this provided people are also serious about having fun and trying for some times on raid runs.
Anyways let me know. ~ M A S H
An Article content submission with some people to check them over etc as per Kirkq's suggestion sounds like a good idea, considering it would take stress off individuals to write and more allow others to link and rewrite the major article release with those snip-its others wrote in order to bring community related content about the speed running community(ies) together. Be very interesting to have because I always loved reading the short updates that SDA always has every week or so. I do not write much myself for article type stuff but I always like finding ways to help out and even sharpen my writing skills with things I find interesting or with stuff I work on. Having a way for others to submit links and a short description on speed running related stuff will help push content like this faster when the editor(s) can just summarize and write it to be more simple and informative.
You can also maybe look at having people submit example articles about a few things for a criteria to look for editors to do this. Could be a better way to find the people you want to work with.
Anyways just my thoughts and suggestions. <3
If you expect proper help from people that use the software and wish to get that assistance please provide more details on the situation and what you currently are trying to do... maybe some screen shots etc will also help show the problem. I have never had an issue with OBS, and most issues are actually user errors.
Then maybe request to be a moderator of the game and add that in, or if the mods have twitter or something maybe message them about adding that in. Best to only do that if you have a run in progress for it? Just some suggestions.
Generally speaking when starting a timer you just be doing so just before the first real input and end it after the last input, like mentioned before once you need to actually time it to the millisecond which most don't since its fairly uncommon to need, you can always re-time from the starting frame to the last frame of the run. Most else its just getting it down as a practice so you get better at it manually which is how 90% of runs are done anyways, splits in-between are not very important unless your looking to improve certain segments of the games you plan to run. Practice practice practice. Most times splits are done at the earliest and most convenient times in the runs like load screens where you cannot give any input thus allowing a few secs to manually place the split, keep in mind tho the overall time is what really matters for runs unless you plan to improve certain parts of the run.
on average for when i first started took a few casual runs that were around 7 or more hours each just to get the swing of the mechanics etc, still nor perfected movement and pathing myself yet but I've come down to time more recently in around 4:30:00 that's 4 hrs and 30 minutes, the World record being 3 hrs and 15 minutes if I recall. The main differences between the versions is the regular one PAL, US etc any of them that are not JPN are using the same version of the game, the JPN version will obviously have faster text speeds and also differ by story-line a bit considering they altered the backgrounds and design of the main characters for that version only.
I have yet to official run Replicant myself but from what I have seen the times from that one to the Gestalt version is significant enough to have me think to be separated as it stands to be only for ps3 and in JPN only.
I have notes that I have finished up, I am following them myself and looking over them encase I missed something which i could have easily. another thing is they currently are not pretty at all but detailed enough to walk pretty much anyone who has not played the game through it I think without actually spoiling anything major as far as story goes.
I currently only run ANY % myself but, I am working on doing 100% and other ones down the road. Be nice to see more people enjoy this game with me as well and who knows maybe someone will figure out some more interesting tricks or w/e that Omnigamer has not yet, currently he only uses 2 known tricks, 1 of which does not really matter much, the other is sorta tricky but uses some of the basic set up from the smaller one.
Get a hold of me on Twitter as its to best way to keep in contact and we can discuss things more etc, maybe do some fun runs or races, or I can even walk through the game with you if you'd like sometime and explain what I have learned etc.
Blank Splits are up at the resource section. They are loosely based from Omnigamer's WR run vod.
¤ Anyone that wants to discuss rules / rulings on categories or suggest rules and/or categories, can do so here.
¤ Runs are required to be submitted with RTA, and verifiable in-game time where applicable.
¤ Make sure that you submit the proper platform and Version played. Non-JPN versions are "Gestalt". JPN versions are "Replicant".
¤ Any % - this is the default New Game run from the very begin to the end using a fresh file.
¤ True Ending - this is the Final Ending of the game, which Starts from a fresh file.
¤ New Game+ - this is a continuation of a previously beaten file.
~ M A S H
The Leaderboards have been reorganized to separate the PS3 JPN-Only Replicant Version of the game from the other versions, We will use the Level-Leaderboard layout to keep things easier to submit. I know it does not look as pretty as the Full Game layout is and it should, but due to the game having a alternate version for the PS3 in JPN that version will obviously be faster just in general without the other differences. If you would like to comment and suggest changes please do.
I will be putting up a Post in the Nier forum with some outlined rules that can be elaborated on by runners of this game, please check them over first and ask any questions before submitting a run.
I have added 2 misc categories to the LeaderBoards, (these are not the main runs most people do.) NG+ Ending B - This ending is achieved by play-through the game again for the first time on your previous New Game save file. NG+ Ending C - This is an optional ending that can be achieved once certain requirements are met, you must start this from a completed New Game or New Game+ save file.
I recommend that runners start with Any % as it is the core run and easier to learn being straight from start to finish, the NG+ runs start at the games halfway point and things are somewhat diferent depending on the ending you are running for. (all other NG+ endings besides B, require some set up to complete before the actual run.)
Anyways, I hope to have the new notes and splits up for people soon.
~ M A S H
The notes/guide or whatever someone wants to call it, is done. I will pretty it up a bit, proof it a little and organize and structure it a bit more before I post the link to it here and upload it as well.
It's only to be looked at for referencing etc... kinda like a walk-through I suppose it is pretty straight forward and detailed enough hopefully for others to understand. If not please let me know how to improve it or if I'm missing something to add to it.
I will put the link in this Post later on when it's ready.
- I will be also uploading splits later with 2 route versions, A similar Split set up following Omnigamer's Official WR risky route that normally uses his tricks. My personal Splits which have a re-ordered end game splits compared to Omnigamer's.
I will also be starting on setting up my NG+ file for the other ending runs mostly D. And will be doing that as sorta casual play and just general gameplay.
~ M A S H
Sadly the game is only on console yes. =( But if you have either a ps3 or 360 getting the game might be a bit challenging to find, you could buy it online for a bit more then $10 for the 360 version and around $20 for the ps3 non Jap version. I'll be getting the other versions at some point down the road, till then I'll use what I have currently. But thanks for taking a look.
I also put up a snippet sample of the Notes/Guide I'm almost finished writing for the game. It explains a fairly complex trick that is easy to do but very hard to do right, failing it usually results in lost time.
Maybe in the future you will play the game even just for the enjoyment of stories and fairy-tales? =)
If only I was able to capture my MH4 from my 3ds, id be looking into running the missions. Good suggestions tho sir. <3 Heck everyone has good ones.
Recently I started back playing Nier which RTA times everything from load and save scenes, load screens/ transfers and every cutscene and dialog section and including end credits all the way up to the last save it gives after that gives the final time as soon as you select to save. give or take about a few minutes from the actual unskipable credits at end and another 30s or so for the last save you can make the final shown time is fairly accurate to RTA timing.
Anyways pretty much any game that shows and or gives time at the end is good. (Ex; Resident Evil games )
Just practicing enough and learning to split at more appropriate times is what most runners continue to do and get better with it. Most times its best time hit the split at loading screens which are not skip-able in games etc. Another thing to note is that the only real split time that matter are when you start the game before you make your first input, and at the end of the game after the last possible input. Those are the only ones that truly matter as they define the actual time you get.
Anyways keep at it, I'm still fairly new to actual running but have been around lurking in the running community for awhile now. =)
Just making a post to see if anyone else would like to learn to run Nier at all and or learn with me as well? It's a fairly unknown game thanks to poor press and localization, but it is a very underrated and overlooked game. It's part of the DrakenGuard Series of games, its a spin-off one of the many endings the games have. ( there is also no DrakenGuard Series section either but again mostly due to being unknown. )
Anyways I'm currently going threw my lastest runs and the WR one done by Omnigamer. I am writing out notes/guide to assist in learning the game for newcomers and to hopefully teach new tricks and optimal splits/routes. ( think of it as a spring board to get people going, that just have not played the game enough to know all the stuff. ) Anyways if you are interested you can check out the official post here: http://www.speedrun.com/NIER/thread/gfwny And drop a message or w/e and I would love to see more interested people maybe pick it up or watch and or compete in the runs.
Anyways thanks guys and looking forward to working more with the community of runners in the future ahead. =) ~ M A S H
