Hey everyone. As MattMatt has made a load remover that works for PC speedruns of Death Stranding, runs will now be sorted by IGT which is the full length of the run, without any loads. You can get this time by activating the load remover in livesplit.

To preserve all runs done before this load remover, I have changed the IGT of all runs on the PC boards to be the same as the RTA time. For any future runs that you may submit, please use the load remover and submit that time under 'IGT', and the full length of the run from start to end (including loads) under 'Time'.

This also means that we won't use the game's in game time that it gives you after having completed the game, since it wasn't accurate anyway, and this new load remover will remove the advantage that some runners may gain from having a better PC.

If you have any questions about this change feel free to message me.

I think this is a very nice response to the LOAD REMOVER. I support the change.

I have two questions and requests.

1. Please tell us how to introduce it in LiveSplit. Is it correct to think that it is activated by simply pressing the button "Edit Split" - "Active"? Also, how many lines do I need to add for the Segment number? How many lines do I need to add about the number of Segments?

I have never used AutoSplit before, so I am just guessing, To enable AutoSplit (Load Remover) I am aware that the number of segments (and names in some cases?) must be the same. I am aware that they must be the same.

2. Cut load times from videos you have already posted. This is about a video that has already been submitted and done very well, We can imagine that it would take considerable effort to produce a video of the same time or better.

It may be difficult to certify, but it is possible to record on a video that has already been posted. Would it be possible to shave off the load time from the LiveSplit record and re-record it from the LiveSplit record already recorded on the video? I know this would be difficult to do since there are so many videos, We would be happy if you could consider this by making it possible only for those who apply.

This is an additional question.

I have the Death Stranding DC version on Steam. I briefly tried it there and it worked regarding the auto timer and load remover.

However, the Original version uses the Epic Games version. The automatic timer and load remover did not work here.

I looked at the "DeathStranding.asl" file and saw the line "ds.exe", The executable name of the Epic Games version is "DeathStranding.exe", Original 1.08 was changed as follows

state("DeathStranding", "Original 1.08")

int loading: "DeathStranding.exe", xxx... int results: "DeathStranding.exe", xxx... int mainmenu: "DeathStranding.exe", xxx...

In short, the "ds" was changed to "DeathStranding".

I have come to the point where I recognize that it is "Original 1.08" as shown in the attached image.

The timer and load remover still work, The timer and load remover still did not work.

Is it safe to assume that the Epic Games version is not supported?

This matter has been confirmed in Discord.

*Information as of 1/19/2024

1. we also had the Epic Games version of Load Remover additionally supported. It will be applied automatically when LiveSplit is installed.

2. However, the Epic Games version of DIRECTOR'S CUT is not supported, so if you want to play the DC version, you need to use the Steam version. Load Remover is not enabled.