Hello! I have done a speedrun on this game, and plan to do many more! I was wondering though, when is the start and stop times? Is it when you gain control, or when you start the first round, or when you turn on auto start and escape the settings?
This is a good question. Initially, I thought it should have been when we gain control of the monkey after the difficulty selection. However, it may be easier for the runners to start it at the difficulty selection. Re-timing the runs is not a problem for the mod team whichever timing method we settle on!
In my runs I go to the shop and open it and select the upgrade screen I want so its already where I want it to be before the run starts and then start the timer once I start the first round. Is this ok or am I going to need to redo my runs?
I, for one, do not believe this should be allowed. All runs should start the same for everyone at the difficulty selection, and menuing should be part of the timed run. Let me know if and why you disagree with this sentiment and we can further discuss.
Its no issue. My previous runs were done before those rules were set up so I wasnt sure if they could still be considered valid runs. I do think all runs starting at the same point is a fair rule.
To my understanding, with current rules, the runs start as soon as you gain control of the monkey, so that would be as soon as you get in game (unless you can open the menu as soon as the game starts kinda like what SlowCooker did, I think). I personally like the idea of the run starting at something like the player moving from the starting position or actually at the difficulty selection as f1 suggested, but that's just my opinion.
From the couple runs I did today it seems like if you select a difficulty and then hit the escape key while the game is loading, once it finishes loading the game will already be paused. Which is what happened at the start of my runs.
