Yeah Retro after my stream on Friday when you popped in, Any% seems pretty tolerable, but when I did 100% and having to go through mansion like 3 or 4 times I was like, this is so not worth it in my eyes. Challenge run definitely, but I'm not sure about a new category. Jill probably isn't too bad for any or 100% but Chris is a different story. I also thought about if maybe a Magnum route for Chris would be faster, but I don't know how many shots with the magnum it would take to down tyrant and super tyrant. Plus that would mean going through the whole game meaning doing elder, and P42 and all those knife only up until you finish the caves and are going back to grab the stone and metal object and both the books and picking up the magnum on the way there. But again I don't know the bullet count because I think you'd only be able to have 18 magnum shots for the whole lab, which I don't know is enough.
Have you tried out any% as Chris? Because I know you do a lot of Jill runs, so I'm sure any% is possible as Jill but have you done any testing for Chris?
Definitely an interesting category extension, I'll ask some of the other mods and other people in the community about it.
As Pessi stated, analog skating is only allowed via Door Skip mod and really the best thing is just practice getting used to switching between tank and alt at the necessary moments and it'll become 2nd nature and you'll get used to the movement, for me when I know I am doing tank controls and know that I will have to switch to alt almost immediately, I'll have my index finger on my analog stick ready for when my thumb is done stair skating. That's just me, I'm sure other runners have their own set up with their hands.
I don't run Jill at all, I only do Chris but I'll go over what I do with Chris as it might have some similarities with Jill. At the initial start of the fight I run straight forward with Chris so just holding up on the D-pad and x or square whichever controller you're using And after the camera angle change and running slightly past the door I stand and wait and at that moment, She will either spew acid or lunge at you. If she spews acid she will shoot it at the door and knock off one of the webs and after that run to the door equip the flamethrower and take care of the rest of the web, this method doesn't kill her but it is slightly faster since she takes care of one of the webs for you the only worry is her cooperating when running back since she is still alive. The second occurrence is after you run straight forward and wait she lunges at you and misses you but ends up right in front of the door and from there you can flamethower her and webs at the same time killing her and passing through safely and back safely, which takes ever so slightly longer since she didn't take out one of the webs for you.
Very interesting indeed.
I myself don't run Jill at all, I only do Chris any, 100 and knife only but thank you for sharing this and I'm sure this will be brought to other runners attention to do some testing for consistency and to see how much time it would save from the standard way of doing the fight.
Thanks for sharing the strat!
Yeah as Roo said, disabling should be fine since the controls aren't remapped to an unfair advantage so you're good to go! Happy chopping!