Wats
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Hey i own a physical copy of seek and destroy but i do not have a ps2 im wondering if i run the game from CDVD in software mode and disabled all of PCSX2 speedhacks if i would be allowed to compete. Thank you for your time |
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I think the rules on emulators being banned are hard set, and the game is pretty dead. If you could show the loadtimes and gameplay was the same or worse, It would be fine by me but I'm not a moderator. GL either way, this game is laggy and rough on the eyes ๐ |
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The problem is load times on emulator are way faster than ps2. But I really don't want to stop anyone from running the game if they don't have a ps2 so I guess we could make emu another category. Kinda sucks to split a dead game but unfair to put them together imo. |
Wats
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Thank You So Much! i bet if we brought more awareness to the game we could build a community. |
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Hey Wats, glad to see your're interested in this little game. Feel free to ask questions if you need help with your run, either here or via pm. Would be nice to have a community here. |
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So, this might be a dumb question but is there no "New Game" mode? |
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Any% is essentially "new game". You start from a fresh file and have to use the tanks provided by default and have only defualt treads/armor/weapons etc. if you meant "New Game +" then, no iirc you cannot repeat missions so there is no run that has all the best equipment, stats, etc. However, should you run some ILs (provided you are able to) such things would be well suited for your desires. As an aside, most categories on SRC are created in response to runs, not vice versa. So feel free to run your desired category and a mod SHOULD be willing to make a spot for you. |
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I see, thank you. |
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Ah. Makes perfect sense, I just have not played in a while. Good luck on runs if you do them! Smash the Q-Force. |
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Tbh, if I were categorizing it, I'd just copy the way Ultimate Destruction is laid out, any% then NG+, at least that would make sense to me. |
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As a fellow speedrunner, yes. But the way SRC works is any runs you submit (for most games) wont be publicly visible until approved and verified by a moderator. And Moderators are that for a reason, they know this game better then I (not a mod of this game) do. But again, I can absolutely try. NG+ will probly be a 35 minute run. 20 minutes of gameplay, 10 of loading and 5 of lag. xD We all have to start somewhere. One of the things i've learned is "trust your mods and follow your game's rules (vague rules are better because you have ore leeway to play around with)." |
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Maybe it's cuz I'm emulating it but I'm not really noticing a huge amount of lag...I do hope this isn't one of those games where the game speed is tied to framerate. |
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NG+ sounds like a good idea to me, I can make a category for it. But yeah emulator cuts out a ton of lag over ps2. I don't think any specific timing has been done but its a pretty significant advantage. |
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Ps2 would probably be preferred, but like sgt said I dont want to prevent anyone from running the game so use what you gotta use I guess. |
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I recently saw a policy that said EMU is fine as long as its not world record pace. That seems like a fair stance IMO, and I am aware this opinion contradicts the one I gave above. But PS2 is so laggy, I honestly wouldn't ban it at all, without a specific reason (I know most ps2 EMUs are less then adequate), because it just straight up runs bad. The worst missions are defend the king mission, the sunset mission on the long road, and the night mission in Magic. But really anything that overloads the screen (rockets cough) will kill the frames. |
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I actually checked earlier, obviously it wasn't at the same part but I loaded in 1 second whilst the other runs were 3 seconds. |