Hi there! New returning mod here, sorry it took so long to get back to you. But yes, Directors Cut can be run with maxed guns and cutscenes skips. I hope to see a return to the category one day hopefully! :D

There is a speedrun discord with all the HOTD games, overkill included! Come join! https://discord.gg/fhp6HBKz74

In the spirit of keeping competition as easy and fun as possible I like to have categories that are easy to retry again and again. However one that has been bugging me for a while is Story Mode for PC. Try as I might I have not found any solution to clear save data for this game. If anyone has a solution please let me know below so we can make that category playable! :D

Fixing now that I am back :D

Hello there everyone! It's been a while, hope you're all well!

8 Years ago I added this game to the Speedrun.com boards and I only had knowledge of the Wii version, and not much experience being an actual active mod, so I would like to change that today and really try to breathe new life into the games scene!

First order of business, the rules regarding timer start. These rules are based off the Wii's ability to select a file out of 3, however PC and PS3 do not have this option, only having one file, so the timing on those platforms will be changed to when you select "Story Mode" or "Director's Cut", as the timings for WR have already done, so no times need to be changed thankfully, but good to clear the air on it.

Second order, Director's Cut. The rules fail to mention the run can be done in New Game+ mode, as there is no way to clear the file on Wii or PS3 without having to redo all of Story Mode again every run, and PC has no way to delete saves... period.

Third order is I would really love to hear from runners if you have any issues, my Discord is TheGlitched64, feel free to come over and chat with me if there is anything that does not make sense or needs clearing up.

Take care you lovely people.

-TheGlitched64

Guess I will be sticking to NMG then hahaha, unless it works on the NES Mini. Might be a time to make the switch... no pun intended... (Pun possibly intended)

If you find a version that is different from the known flash or unity versions we do advise that you don't run on them, as we would like to just stick to those two as the "official" versions to run.

For anyone that does see this thread to look for an answer, just know we are getting a TON of new submissions, mostly for Duck Life 1, they are coming in faster than I can verify. We are trying :) https://prnt.sc/wax9iu

Sorry for any delays! We are running through the backlog now, if you have any concerns we have a discord where you can come chat and ask a mod about it if we are taking too long.

This video shows off the Save Manipulation trick. Hopefully down the line we will have a guide on what steps to take to do this yourself. :D

It was recently discovered by runner Ennopponetwelve that by opening 2 instances of this game, you could, take a completed game, and glitch the new game into taking in its save data, essentially beating the game or getting to the final city with all your levels and items quickly. Basically this glitch can be equated to switching out a memory card in the middle of a run, or incorporating a finished save file from a guide section and glitching the game into reading that save data instead.

The use of this glitch essentially renders the whole game moot and in a run, basically beats the game from the get go. However we don't want to ban this trick outright, as it is a way to beat the game. So a new category is being made for this glitch over on Duck Life Category Extentions, known as SAD or Save A Duck (Or a certain different abbreviation.) We will have a guide there showing what this glitch does, and hopefully down the line an explanation on how you can achieve this yourself. So, if you want to try it out for yourself, head on over to https://www.speedrun.com/dlce#DLBattle

This is something that has long been discussed in the Duck Life series, about the quality possibly having minor effects on gameplay, however there, much like here, we haven't been able to really find any concrete evidence on quality setting affecting the game. Sorry to say it is the first I have heard of this happening.

Originally the idea of posting just a picture was born out of the difficulty of recording a 3DS but yes it can be easy to record a small clip with a phone, I know I won't be too picky on quality. It's something that was just a placeholder while stuff was figured out, I agree this is something that ought to be changed and something I will change the coming day!

As for the full game stuff, I will look into that a bit more before deciding on any changes on it, I feel that it may be alright for now but of course I will update on how that goes soon as I check!

Apologies for the lateness of the reply.

We finally have a full list of DL WR lists and progress, hope some people find it interesting, I did. :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gtZRmrBWTB0-FJHTb8LYs7Rk--a_2hVb0PptnZwypPc/edit?usp=sharing

Hi there all! The moderators of DL have gotten together and made a giant scoreboard totalling all the times from every category and turning them into points on a massive leaderboard! Every WR is 100 points and WR/Your PB*100 is the score you get from that category! It's easy to get to the top simply by running a lot of categories so we hope this gives you incentive! Have fun and happy running! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19EKNebaCHYmY0T2qSBQCX6VMEFFhJ6YuzD0mlHGZ7T4/edit?usp=sharing

We'll all be mods. For the memes.

For the purposes of making clear what can and cannot be done in "Glitchless" categories in Duck Life games, here is a list of known glitches for the game that are banned in No Major Glitches.

Any after effect of RcP RcF RcB

Out of bounds Seed

Anything out of bounds that can be accessed with tab

Anything can be resulted from screen stretch

Infinite skill seed (inbounds)

Any world/ cutscene skip (RC related or not)

Any previously held over effects of RC (DL4 NoRC menu storage)

If you beat your any% PB while doing 100% then yeah, you can submit the same run to both categories if you like. :)

Ok, resend your older run and I'll put it through.

I believe that Pimple is the fastest character with the average power. I have run with all 3 and get the fastest time with Pimple each time, however it might also come down to your play style. I'd recommend eventually trying all 3 out, but, for just starting i'd say Pimple. :)