Hi, everyone! Here is some general info that I think could be useful for future runners.
- Safe cracking is bound to your FPS! I would recommend the runners to cap their FPS at 30, which is what the Xbox 360 runs the game with. I think that is the intended safe cracking speed. Uncapped FPS is going to give you super speed when turning the cog wheels during the safe cracking mini game. You should definitely avoid this.
Keep in mind that with capped FPS you can't do the Iceland fence skip. It only saves 2 seconds if done perfectly. I don't recommend going for that skip in full game runs anyway.
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How to prevent audio glitch softlocks: use the widescreen fix and then change the settings there to windowed. Playing on 1 or 2 CPU threads apparently also helps with this.
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How to decrease load crashes: Don't input anything during loads. No mouse moving, no keyboard inputs. Nothing at all. Still doesn't work? Make the game run on 1 or 2 CPU threads. Still doesn't work? Make a shortcut of the game and add -ll as an option. I have no idea what that actually does, but it was suggested in some nVidia post as you can see here: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2079/~/splinter-cell-double-agent-crashes-when-loading-a-single-player-game .
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How to prevent the Cole Yeager interrogation room at the end of JBA HQ Part 1 from softlocking: That cutscene softlocks because Jamie doesn't spawn into that room correctly. This happens if Jamie is not in the server room but is stuck in front of the room's access panel. After fulfilling all objectives, make sure to go to the room with the access panel and watch Jamie activate it and enter the room. This will make him get teleported into the interrogation room correctly later on. If Jamie is not in front of the panel, that means he is already in the server room. That means you're fine. Just make sure you make it back to the training part in time before Moss does, so you don't lose any time. There is plenty of leeway, though.
With all this info the game should hopefully become more runnable. Good luck!
