Does livesplit count as a valid timer for TBG? And even if it is, is there a way to have autosplits? Because there's no option for auto splits in the splits section in livesplit.

If livesplit doesn't count, is there another option? Or is there an actual timer that I can enable in game?

Livesplit is a valid timer for The Beginner's Guide, however you need to have an addon for it to remove load times in order for the run to be valid. the one that we use is SourceSplit which you can download from here: https://github.com/fatalis/sourcesplit/releases

after downloading and installing it, you will need to enable it within Livesplit itself so that it works with The Beginner's Guide. In your livesplit you need to go Edit Layout > + > Control > SourceSplit. Within SourceSplit itself you will need to go into the Game Process List and add in 'beginnersguide.exe' and select it.

if you're not sure what i mean, refer to my video guide from about a year ago on how to set it up: https://www.speedrun.com/tbg/guide/wp9hl