Already there but the game rule/category rules split is shit in short games like this i will combine those two.

You have to do the level with the door before, i would like to cut that out to have a pure boss fight @Badoum

The boss fight is part of the level. :/

Damageless to make a bigger difference beetween any% and it and to increase the challange.

Timing should be from the last frame of "bad end" of level IX to the first frame of the closing animation after the bossfight.

This would be a test run:

I retimed every run in ANY% under 5 seconds. Timing method will now be from the first frame before the menu slides in to the first frame you can see the end sceen.

This is done because slight differences in timing can be ignored in most other cathegories but because this is a run of a second in the best case there is no other option.

New runs should be uploaded in 60fps to guarantee best possible timing. http://www.watchframebyframe.com/ <- I use this to measure all runs you can too.

As an example http://www.watchframebyframe.com/watch/yt/pLbB05LfuYY

Times where all retimed some gained some lost. In the End its more accurate which is the best outcome.

pros: -basically splicing proof -if we find something weird in a run we can easier replicate it with audioclues etc.

cons: -you have to have sound on

would do that, dont really care about it but i would like to get a day to setup a proper background if you dont want to do it. The artbook would give quite much material. (if you dont use nightmode change it under "more...")

Ehm dont try to make the lower runs more accurate than seconds, can become a hell to keep track on it. just as a tip

Runs will get closer and more perfect. We should switsch to timing with milliseconds at least for world records.

The best points to measure start and end would be the last frame where "New Game" is seeable and the first frame the closing animation starts at the end.

measured with http://www.watchframebyframe.com/

The current worldrecord would be 4m 55s 620ms

Are timestamps in the description ok?

For practical purpose i would make this checklist:

-all levels finished without skipping -all ancient Inscriptions -going to heaven in level 6 -suicide in level 6 -alternate (true) ending

When you follow these requirements all achievments would be done in one run, but this should be clarified. using achievments is always unreliable.

I combined the Categorys which have the goal of capitulation into one in the style of "Form Nation" this will streamline the look of the speedgame

@Otterstone_Gamer so just leave ethiopia to take all your land and release that shit in northern afrika? at that point you can play any% and just let yourself die as ethiopia

If you have ideas for new categories on this board you can present them here. Having a run prepared would help but is highly recommended. If you have a suggestion for "Form Nation" you can submit it to the category ideas subcategory. Think about what type of challanges are not present in the current leaderboard.

Discussion with other runners and refining the Idea on the Discord is always a good Idea!

Because the routing in any% and new% is becoming more and more identical I would like to propose to change new% a bit. Banning order66 (and similar strategies) and paratroopers would make the category more distinct and a challenge again. Runs which used this strategys would be moved to any%.

I would like to know what you guys think about this.

@Jonnah https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/changes-to-playing-previous-versions-of-pds-titles.1120883/ This change was in September 2018 the runs were in March 2018

Also it seems like this condition is still the case if you change multiple times between the new Version and 1.3.3 Which is done often.

was like one year ago. seems like they changed it. could be because steam now doesnt handle it as older versions anymore. Instead they handle it as Beta now.

But nice now you can abuse the 1.3.3 bugs to get the achievments again

in any% you can use old versions of the game. In these achievments are disabled

"Attack soviets" is quite long would be a category like german blitzkrieg which isnt played much A campain in china would also be quite long. If we need a long land campain I would take china. Rhineland would be possible but its not that different from "oppose hitler"

Kaiserrreich: Kaiserreich is a mod, which makes it harder to control if other mods are used.

Setting a late Start date for a war: would combine speedruns more or less. the optimal way to defeat the soviets in 39 is to annex other countrys before that to have a better front or more production. And Im pretty sure you are able to get super speed divisions until 39, Russia wouldnt even be hard.

Winter war? As soviets or as Finland? Would be a 39 start if we would do it, if I think about it it would be a mix of poland and ethiopia :/ To play as Finland would always take 6 months for white peace, to win against russia would take to long/would be to hard

I will ask Wanuke about a China category, but he is right now not really active.

I found this spore discord, its a unoffical discord from the forum itself it looks quite nice: https://discord.gg/WT6vr4s