United KingdomI would like to request to become a moderator for the MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf speedrun leaderboard ( https://www.speedrun.com/ma2 ). The current only moderator for the game has been inactivate for at least 3+ months now (in terms of any true activity) and hasn't responded to any outside contact or contact through the speedrun site from other users as well. The current moderator was also the moderator of another game in the franchise (MechAssault https://www.speedrun.com/ma ) until another user was granted moderation through here also for the same reason as I have stated. I currently have a run on the leaderboard.
I think so, I noticed this when I was verifying some runs. I think the PC version saves a few seconds from loading overall but I haven't timed it properly so i'm not completely sure. Interesting difference if that's the case.
I can definitely add some more categories :) I was unsure what to add when I first created the game category so that's why there's currently only one but those are some good suggestions. Give me some time to create the categories as I'm a bit busy this month but i'll try to add it in my free time on the weekend for example.
Thanks for the suggestions :)
First of all, thanks for the explanation on the topic. I found it very confusing how everyone seemed to have slightly different loading times (even within the same region), with some being faster than others. I thought it might have something to do with disc reading speeds or maybe the version with Jet Set Radio being slower but I wasn't 100% sure. I did somewhat know about how games installed onto the hard drive through soft modding the xbox would have faster loading times (as proven in other games) but I personally felt that it wasn't fair in speedrunning, so I left this out. With xbox 360 on the other hand, I knew that many original xbox games suffered from slow down but I still found it interesting how it loads somewhat faster. I haven't had time to personally test it but even with the game suffering from slowdown, would it make up for it with load times? As the game has to load several times between each race but I haven't tested or compared how it much of a difference is between each version. I know its not anyone's fault but I found it frustrating how my lap times are somewhat decent but I feel loading times are holding me back, at least on my xbox and version of the game.
My next question would then be: what setup would be required to achieve the fastest loading times? I understand how there's different versions of xbox but what would be the fastest? (v 1.6?). As for the game version, I'm amusing the version without Jet Set Radio would be faster. thebook92 seemed to have the fastest load times out of everyone I compared (by far), even when compared to xbox 360. So I would be intersested in knowing what kind of setup he has.
I'm not totaly sure but I feel the speedrun of Chronicle mode should just be based on overall lap times from each race (basing the speedrun only on skill which makes it the same for everyone) but then it would eliminate the menu being a factor in the speedrun which adds some challenge to the run, so i'm not sure. For now I guess getting the best setup is key if you want to achieve faster times (at least for me). Again thanks for the expatiation. I understand a lot more now and things are a lot more clear.
Damnnn.... got a lot of improves to do I guess... haha
In all seriousness though, I made a lot of mistakes throughout the run since I kinda forgot what to do in some parts and what I'm allowed to skip (and splits messed up) but even with all that I'd probably only be able to get it under 2hrs.
So these tips should help a lot and especially when you do a run, thx.
