Oregon, USAIt looks like this game is available on PS4 and PS5, not PS1. It's a minor issue, but when you browse the most active PS1 games on SRC, this is currently at the top of the list, which is obviously not correct.
I mostly just wanted a place to post findings for me and a friend who is also interested in running this game, but I will gladly give elsiz or Rad ownership of the server if they join the server and want it.
Obviously it's faster to get everything as you're going through the game, but IF you fight the falcon and go back to 100% previous levels, you get the credits again after 100%ing the last level. My question is, should 100% timing follow spyro 2 rules? End timing on last hit on the boss OR on collecting the final collectible, whichever comes last.
I'm not sure if there's a better place to request this. I don't see any stickied thread for something like this.
There's a category extensions page for the ps1 version of scrabble. https://www.speedrun.com/scrabble__category_extension
This page was originally made for the sake of one leaderboard, a leaderboard which has recently been moved to the main page for the game. This extensions page never really should have existed to begin with, and it is currently serving no purpose. It's not like the page is hurting anything by existing, but both myself and the other ps1 scrabble mod have no intention of using it again.
I've been thinking recently about the miscellaneous categories people have run that we don't have leaderboards for (like 12 egg, sparxless 120%, etc). Sometimes we don't have leaderboards because there isn't enough interest in a category, or because it's too similar to an existing category, and I'm fine with that. I agree that we shouldn't have dozens of categories with only one run clogging up the official boards.
But it still comes up a lot that someone wants to run some random category, and they don't know what the best time is. To help with that, I just whipped up a spreadsheet for any and all miscellaneous categories we don't currently track anywhere else. If anyone wants to add their runs to this, or if they want to have a board for another category, feel free to add it, or dm me with a link to your video of it and I'll add it for you.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vD1RRWtY64OyhrZCART0OvCgOICwz0p37hIzEAjy6k4/edit?usp=sharing
We're still a small group, but communication is important for the building of a passionate community. I hope anyone interested in the game will join us to discuss ideas and strategies. There's still a lot to figure out in this game!
I noticed that it seems like everyone (including me) keeps starting their timers on selecting "Main Game" rather than "Play Game", so I changed the timing to start there instead. If anyone has any other opinions about timing, this is still a young game and now is definitely the time to bring it up.
I added rules for which emulators are allowed. Right now, we're allowing
for PS1: mednafen and bizhawk for PS2: PCSX2
I will be the first to admit that these choices are fairly arbitrary. These are the emulators that I'm used to seeing and using. If you would like to use a different emulator, or if you feel an emulator should be banned, bring it up and I'll consider it.
The only emulator I have considered and decided against is epsxe for PS1 runs. epsxe is known to reduce a significant amount of lag from many games, and that could save minutes for someone in this game. Unless someone comes up with a very compelling reason for me to change my mind, epsxe is banned for now.
I added subcategories for the different releases of the game! I'm really mostly familiar with the PS1 version, so if anyone wants to start running one of the other releases of the game, let me know! I'm interested in hearing what the requirements are, what the run will probably look like, etc.
This isn't formatted very well, but this is the document I was using to keep notes on the game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8J7dV2JO17ebsCNG_1AT_R9Xdkv71KKeyeQXYBokvo/edit?usp=sharing
I would have cleaned it up if I expected anyone else to use it, but I always assumed I'd be the only person to run this game tbh :P (not saying people shouldn't run it, it's a great game, it's just so niche)
If we could find the last floating gold ticket that I didn't figure out, or a more consistent way to get some of the other ones, we could get a good replacement for the "make a bunch of money" ticket we start with.
After a lot of discussion in the discord, we have decided to add IGT as an optional timing method for runs. There is a new autosplitter that you can find on the discord that tracks IGT, but you can only use it if you're playing on PC.
You can also calculate the IGT of a run by checking your play time in your profile menu before and after a run. If you don't use the autosplitter, but you do want to track your IGT, then you need to show the profile menu in your video for the mods to verify the time.
If you don't track your IGT, you can fill that field with your RTA time.
If you do track your IGT, be sure to submit the RTA time for your run as well. RTA is mandatory.
If you have any questions or need clarification, feel free to ask here or in the discord.
I notice there aren't any categories for XBOX N+ columns 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 45. Is this because there have not been any runs of those columns yet? or is there another reason to not have those categories?
I intend to do at least one run of each of those columns in the next few weeks, so I would appreciate having categories to submit the runs to. :D
I've also been thinking about doing a full game run (not including any DLC packs). But I'm going to wait until I see how long the last columns take before deciding if I want to do a run that long.
I am unclear on some of the rules, and it doesn't help that most of the rule descriptions appear to be blank :P
My main questions are: -When does time start? -When does time end? -What is included in DLC Pack 1?
As far as timing goes, I've been timing my runs like every other game in the series is timed (time starts when you start moving on first level, ends when you hit the door on the last level). If N+ is timed differently, then my runs will need to be re-timed.
In addition, I'm having trouble getting the hang of some of the physics quirks, so if anybody wants to hop into the N community discord and explain some of the subtler details of this game to me, that would be much appreciated :D
I was wondering if there are any rules regarding doing runs on emulator (specifically for psp and ds) (more specifically ppsspp and DeSmuME)
I don't know much about the accuracy of the emulators, so if it's not allowed, I completely understand.
I know there aren't many runs on the board, but I thought I'd create a discord server for anyone who happens to pick up the game in the future.
A sense of community is important for the health of any speedgame, whether it has 2 runners or 100.
I've been looking into running 100% for this game, but I want to know exactly what the definition of 100% is.
Do we just need to complete 133 events? Do we also need to get max health? Do we need to get all the seeds of strength? Do we need to open every chest in the game?
What exactly are the requirements?
I usually prefer playing platformers with a controller. Does anyone have a problem with me using joytokey for conrtoller support?
