California, USARecord Spore in OBS using "Window Capture" to avoid recording those bright flashes :)
Nice run, good to see more people running the category! Small note, your avatar is covering the bottom right corner blocking the character health. For future runs we'd like to have all the HUD elements visible in the video :)
Nice run! Please be sure to include selecting the difficulty in future runs :)
Be sure to include selecting the difficulty in future runs. Timing looks good :)
No worries, good to know! Feel free to link an example speedrun if you have one, I wasn't able to find their videos.
I haven't heard of these before, but I played a few just now and they are very interesting! Do you have videos of gameplay or of what the speedrun would look like for these?
In future runs, make sure that your creature does not have any consequence traits unlocked for Civilization Stage or other individual level speed runs :)
There is no minimum frame rate required for your computer to run the game, so should be fine as long as the run is timed RTA (minus loads). However, Spore is limited to only run at 30 frames per second, which cannot be increased for a valid speed run. (This is different than the 60Hz shown in the graphic settings. I record at 60fps because the mouse movement can be captured in 60 and it looks smoother, but the game itself runs at 30).
Site question about linking videos in the rules tab of a game I moderate. In one IL rules https://www.speedrun.com/spore/full_game#Cell_Stage the YouTube video is integrated. However in this IL rules https://www.speedrun.com/spore/full_game#Creature_Stage the video stays as a link not integrated. I have not done anything different to the videos on YouTube side. I am wondering why some videos are integrated and some not and can I control which ones that are? Thanks!
To be a mod for Spore I would expect someone to have an established presence with this Spore community, have runs verified on the leader board so I can guarantee they know the subtleties between NG and NG+, and so I would be confident they would verify runs accurately. Good rule of thumb for all communities whether speed running, twitch, discord is not to ask for mod especially when new to the community. ;) Adding new categories is possible, and you do not need to be a mod to suggest new ideas. Here, we want keeping categories competitive (I stated my position on this more in other forums and how to add categories). I know it is common for other SRC sites to have loads of categories but that reduces competition of devalues WRs. I would not even see how a full game pacifist run is possible in Spore. It would only work Cell through Tribal, completely herbivore cell, social creature, friendly tribal, but that runs into a problem because Civ stage would be religious. Economic I would think of is actually pacifist because Religious you are technically "attacking" and it would be impossible to become Economic to start Civ because that would require attacking tribes (to become industrious) or capturing "small" Economic cities as Religious at the start of Civ.
I heard that Space Stage may be a deterrent to playing a full game. So we are trying out a Cell to Civilization Stage category in the miscellaneous category. We are giving this a trial to see if there are runners who would like to try this out. I still try to limit adding these kind of categories but if there is demand it can stay and possibly be expanded. This Cell through Civ is for Easy difficulty and can be run on NG+. Timing starts and stops following the ILs. Starts after the blue start button on cell and ends at blue arrows during Civ.
I always try to limit adding categories, especially when there are few players. A bad stigma that goes along with many SRC sites are that there are so many categories and so few players that all the categories become so noncompetitive that everyone hangs on to their own WR. Maybe if there is a cool trick or something that is too hard to perform or incorporate in a full game that is worth just running a few levels to accomplish something, it could be done. But I wouldn't want to find every combination of levels. I'd recommend running the entire game or just one segment of it at a time. :) We should be adding in some fun MISC categories soon. Maybe some ally the grox% or all badge points in Space? Should be fun!
Hello everyone, I need some community help! :) There has been discussion about removing the load times for the speed run. There is clear evidence that the loads in Spore are inconsistent between computers and even between runs. This matters mostly for full games but involves a couple ILs too. To keep all runs on an even playing field, proposal:
- Remove the between level loads. These loads have fluctuated between a total of 50 seconds to over 1 minute and 10 seconds in a full game run.
- Remove the "pause loads" during Civilization Stage when selecting a different vehicle mid stage. These loads only occur once per launch of the game. These loads last around a second and can be avoided but should not be included when they occur.
- Remove the loads when entering or exiting planets in Space Stage. These loads occur every time and are inconsistent. These loads can be 20/30 frames or up to a full second each.
I developed a load remover for LiveSplit that will automatically remove all these loads and this script works in Galactic Adventures as well. However, I need the Spore community's help testing the script. We can manually add the load remover to LiveSplit but if it is confirmed to work, then we can upload the script to LiveSplit's servers and anyone can use it much easier with no manual download! Spore MUST be on the NEWEST version. Spore: (1.3.0.22) or Galactic Adventures: (3.1.0.22). Steam or other digital distributors will have the newest version. It is impossible to get this version using only the disc itself. Find the script in the resources tab on this site here: https://www.speedrun.com/Spore/resources I will include a tutorial of how to add the script in LiveSplit here: Be sure to change your comparison to "Game Time" in LiveSplit or it will not pause.
Here is a video of all the instances the Load Remover will pause the timer:
Thank you to everyone who tested this out. Please leave a response on this forum if it worked, did not work, or have any questions getting it work! :) If anyone has a different version of Spore, if this works I should be able to make additional load removers for different versions!
The run time does not have to reflect the on screen time. I always retime my runs in an editor to find the exact time. Since using splits on screen is done manually they are not always 100% accurate. Feel free to submit a time that accurately reflects the run time even if it is different than the time on screen :) Most people seem to post the time on screen without timing it accurately. I will accept the time submitted even if it is over becuase maybe the runner wants the time to match their on screen splits. I would only change/correct a time if the posted time is less than the actual run time.
Savage_Brick is being added an a mod to the Spore page! Savage_Brick has great community involvement and is a great speed runner for Spore and I believe he has earned the trust of the community.
Anyone looking to record their Spore runs with OBS, to avoid the flashy visual recording glitch do not record with Game Capture while Spore is in full screen (the mouse is also not synced up). For some reason OBS and Spore do not get along. To avoid this either record using Window Capture and play Spore in windowed mode OR to play Spore in full screen mode, record using Screen Capture. This is not required, it is just for better video quality :)
The rules for each category have been rewritten to hopefully be more clear and concise! A lot of the NG++ rules have been removed since this has been moved to the miscellaneous category. Each category's rules now clearly state what is allowed or not in five bullet points or less. The new wording looks cleaner with less italicized and underlined words. Rules have been added that have been known but never properly expressed, for example, 'Tribal creatures may start with Tribal Equipment' has been added, removing the vague "Intra-Stage influence" nonsense that was never explicit. Timing rules are more clear stating gaining and losing control means 'When HUD appears and disappears.' Using the HUD as timing markers makes runs very visually easy to manually time later. Video examples for all stages are still coming!
What version of the are you playing on? I would reccomend getting a new galaxy. Deleting the spore folder in the appdata folder. (Make sure to back it up if you go this route). I once was messing with the files in there and then the game never started up again and did a reinstall to fix it. Might also try is in game setting the GrachicsCache to 512MB this solved a lot of my crashing problems. Then also deleting the GraphicsCache folder in that same Spore file.
