Today I completed an All Ghost Photos VE run after seeing that it was a category extension for the original and thought it would be a fun run to do
Considering this category doesn't exist, and being that I highly doubt anyone else is interested in doing it
I ran this on Dolphin 5.0-20240 instead of 5.0 so I could disable "Store XFB Copies to Texture Only" in the graphics hacks settings (this also fixes the blue codec screen in newer versions). I understand that this change to the settings falls outside of the Leaderboard rules. At the end of the run, I explained and showed an example of why I did this, as in 5.0 the photos are solid green, although the ghost is still visible. While I could have done this run on 5.0, I chose to do it on a newer version with this setting changed out of pure preference, as anyone else interested would be able to see the photos as they "should" look in game.
Here is the link to the run:
The main reason for this thread would be the discussion of the settings change
The run is possible (as shown at the end of the video) in 5.0 with default settings, and while 5.0-20240 is much slower, the settings change as I understand it is against the rules. So if it's decided not to allow this run I can understand that. At the same time, it's just a silly category extension run so I honestly don't see any harm in it.
My intention was to do this run on console to avoid this issue entirely, but I think my Gamecube is dying and while practicing, wasn't able to finish a run. This was the next best option for me personally, as this was just a one off run for fun. I just thought it might be nice to add to the CE's
Thank you, Suave Beardson
I think for this one category we can make an exception in the settings. It's not going to break the emulation and for the sake of the CE it's better to actually being able to see the pictures. So long as all other rules are set standard I have no qualms over a CE exception.
