North Carolina, USADoes anyone know how the in game timer is timed? Is it live or does it count frames like the '98 version? I ask because if it's live I may be losing a chunk of time since I run on a standard PS4.
I can see where using the gun to stair skate is still using the gun even without shooting it. It's being used as a tool for cutting time when the focus should be knives. At the same time I can see where this seems a bit picky. The only advantage to having the handgun is to stair skate and that has nothing to do with killing enemies. Considering this is a Speedrun I honestly wouldn't mind the handgun being used. On the other hand it's picky to even care if I can stair skate or not. But I understand the issue at hand is more about runs becoming obsolete with a late ruling. Anyway, my main concern is would we have to put the handgun in the item box or just unequip it? Because making a trip to the box is slower than just unequiping.
Glad to see his run was verified cause it was no doubt a legit run. GG Pinpuro!
Crap, so Kendo cutscene doesn't trigger. Is the lab anywhere in the oob. I'm guessing no and it loads in the whole new area.
Adding categories won't hurt the board. If anything change could bring more runners. I recently added a new category to MGSV: Ground Zeroes board and it brought in a couple of new runners. Anyway, just don't be afraid to change stuff around and test a little. I'll be improving my Easy time for now but when I run 100% it'll be for everything including files.
Has it been considered to add an S Rank and 100% category on the boards? Could be interesting and bring new ways to play.
01-01-19
Rules have been elaborated.
Companion app has been added as a variable. Runs without use of the companion app are now default. Runs using the app can be compared with the current boards through the filter tab.
Stealth, No Kills was added to both full game and individual levels.
Full Game runs are now categorized by Any%, Stealth, No Kills, and 100%. Sub categories New Game and New Game + have been added to better organize the boards.
Individual Levels are now categorized by Any% and Stealth, No Kills. Sub categories have been added to better organize the boards.
Anyone buying the JPN release for running purposes? Comes out Dec 20th. I plan to get the ENG version for PS4 but haven't seen any info on being able to change the voices or text to JPN. Hoping its included in all versions.
I'd say do PC/Console as the categories. PC will definitely be faster on loads.
Sent you a wallpaper on Twitter from the new HD promotion art. May look good on the current colors.
Very nice buddy! Hoping they do the same with 2&3 for the series. Been running other games and wanted to get to this but having the HD version should be better. HYPE! Maybe a different background for the boards as well? I'm sure there will be wallpapers released for this. Maybe haha.
The cutscenes definitely count towards the in game timer. There're tricks to cut down, cancel or gain some time. For all missions the way to start the in game timer at 0 is to return to the title screen as soon as you gain control in a mission. Continue the mission from the title screen and when you gain control of Snake/Raiden the in game timer begins at 0. There's a trick on PS4 in the Ground Zeroes mission. After you skip the cut scene you want to press the PlayStation button to go to the xmb menu. Wait about 8-10 seconds and return to the game application and you'll start Ground Zeroes saving the time you would have used on the black screen after skipping the cut scene. As for reflex it can save a ton of time. I believe reflex last 8 seconds and only uses up 2 seconds in game time. So you want to travel as much ground as you can during reflexes. Also manually triggering reflexes can improve times a ton when done right. When in reflex you want to keep extending it every step by tapping the aim button. This will keep the reflex active for the 5 second duration.
The game must not be emulated at all. Runs must be preformed on console or pc.
I know more about this game than anyone else here. Taking off or editing no traces will never happen and if it did I'd drop from mods. I actually asked for a long time for that category to be added and did countless runs before it was added. No Traces doesn't need to have any more rules because it is an actual mission bonus score. As for adding naked I was against. I feel as though we covered the basis of the game without it becoming too over complicated. But if the mods agreed to add it than that's fine. These are a bunch of rules and I wonder how many people will actually be turned away due to that. I'm not sure why you must dismiss the horse if you just don't use him but I guess it'd dq it. Either way I hope you continue tp submit the runs for this category.
Why is Snot a Problem excluded from the individual levels? Could we add it if there isn't a reason why?
From what I remember I tend to stick with Snake with all my No Traces runs. Point taken though. If you put up a big enough fuss and actually do some of these runs (say 10 missions) then I'm sure the mods would consider it. Subsistence is pretty much the run your talking but I don't know what your rules are. Write up some rules and share some videos in the forums.
