Hi, I am new to this but thanks to the community guides I am learning. The only problem at the moment is this:

I install LiveSplit, apply the Layout, try to activate SoulSplitter and I get this message(Image). I tried downloading the file from GitHub and following their instructions, but nothing. Also on the site I read that by now the system is implemented on LiveSplit, so pressing activate should automate the process yet nothing.

The things I tried to do were to exclude the folder from the virus scan and start as administrator, but you already know the result.

Update: I fixed it.

I had to extract the files directly into LiveSplit's Components folder. I was wrong to drag them from the zip to the folder, even though they are unzipped anyway, somehow they were not read. So it's not that I was completely wrong, but the system doesn't accept this. I hope this will be useful to someone else.

Now I have to figure out how to set it up. But I got into discord, in case I'll look there

The Discord server is the best place to get help.

I forgot that we never posted anything about these issues here on speedrun.com. Sorry about that. Since the DLC for Elden Ring came out, there have been issues with anti-virus flagging the files for our LiveSplit plugin (called SoulSplitter). Many people setting up LiveSplit for Sekiro speedruns, will experience this or a similar issue when trying to Activate SoulSplitter.

The most common issue is that Windows Defender (or other Anti-Virus like Avast etc) will quarantine the files without giving you a notification. Here is the guide on how to fix that: https://soulsspeedruns.com/livesplit/#troubleshooting

However, sometimes simply adding the anti-virus exclusions won't make SoulSplitter work. Or maybe the files don't even appear under the quarantined files list. In that case, you need to manually download the SoulSplitter component files from GitHub. A short tutorial on how to do that: 1. Close LiveSplit. 2. Go to https://github.com/FrankvdStam/SoulSplitter/releases 3. Download the zip file from whatever is the latest version. (do not download the ones named "source code"). 4. Extract the zip file. 5. Navigate to your LiveSplit components folder. 6. Drag the extracted files into the LiveSplit\components folder (replace old files if asked). 7. Apply the anti-virus fix explained here: https://soulsspeedruns.com/livesplit/#troubleshooting

Hope this helps anyone who sees it in the future.