CanadaAnother potential problem (in this case one I'm not nessacarily against) with black screen timing is that it allows for runs to exist which softlock after finishing the level. However we already allow for this in TCB for full game runs, such as the new PC menu glitches route(which I should really run soon).
As much as I'm the only person who runs ILs that skip the vendor, we still have to write rules for them, & if we make the vendor (or even the storybook cinematic) the end of level, then we have to write a special case rule for when there is no vendor (or storybook cinematic) that can be applied to all levels. So I personally believe the vendor to be the worst option of the 3 being considered. As for audio timing in DW, I worry many runners may not themselves have the knowledge required to frame time to audio and that the burden of timing runs would be shifted even more onto mods by that change. I do still personally believe that the current rules are the best ones, and I'll give an example as to why; using menu glitches on PC, I have a run of AUP that reaches the vendor in 0.033 seconds, and another run which reaches the roast mutton load screen in 0.100 seconds. I believe the second to be a superior run as it is faster (the vendor will always take more than 0.066 seconds to navigate), but if the rules change the first run would have a faster time. (edit: Actually I'm wrong they would both be 0.00 seconds under the black screen timing, but that still doesn't accurately represent that the second run is faster due to skipping the vendor). But black screen timing could still work without having to write a bunch of rules for exceptional cases at least.
It's also worth noting that the thief warp is actually slower than the new route by TheBoat11th, in which you just run ahead of the thief. The thief warp is a leftover from an old route in which there were reasons we had to unload the thief, Boat was the one who thought to check if it even saved time in this route, and discovered it was slower. His route can be seen here compared to the warp:
I used to run into the problem of grabbing the ledge rather than warping quite often. That's why when I do it now I face sideways so I can jump next to the spot without grabbing it, then I turn towards it at the last moment and longjump into it from right beside it.
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I would however advice still using an original controller with the flashback though. I havent tried the most recent flashback so maybe using bluetooth rather than IR fixed it, but the others have all been really bad for input lag and dropped inputs.
I made a discord for the Tolkien Software Adventure games a while back, and recently decided I would expand it to include all 11 of the games made prior to the live action movies. It's still only a few people but you're welcome to join if you'd like: https://discord.gg/yhQ3PXT
It appears they already allowed a run using a hacked SNESClassic: https://www.speedrun.com/smb1/run/zpqx45xy
I recall that dxwnd has a problem with crashing if you try to open it with the default settings. I also recall I was able to look up a solution for it online. I think it was this one: https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/d76aa917/
Could a mod please add https://www.speedrun.com/The_Hobbit as the base game for https://www.speedrun.com/the_hobbit_ce
Could a Super mod please add https://www.speedrun.com/The_Hobbit as the base game for https://www.speedrun.com/the_hobbit_ce
The current rules don't actually say that amiibo's and 2 player aren't allowed. Is this a mistake, or was the intent to allow assists in all runs?
I have noticed that the rules state that one must "enter a swag name". Can someone clarify what qualifies?
Would a run done using a Sega Genesis Classic count as emulated or as a console run?
