I added another sheet to the spreadsheet file from my first post to track which files of the DEMO, MOVIE and VOX folders are part of the minimum install + a 4th column to track which files we need to additionally include back in again to make the game runnable / more stable.

here's the sheet again for those lazy scrolling up ;) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y3ITC85TAdz-N37PX_Yg_dmWeyFCLRFdIUVzXR2wni4/edit?usp=sharing

Sooo, my thoughts:

Pros:

• Faster, of course
• easier and more comfortable (Reminded, I have only one hand, so removing the need of doing some gymnastic to skip cutscenes is a huge accessibility + for me)
• Overall, the impacted segments feel smoother, even as a viewer

Cons:

• Lots of sounds and voice lines are missing, which makes the game a tad bland (specifically on in-game cutscene that are not skippable)

So basically:

• HUGE accessibility improvement, at least in my point of view
• FAIR, since everyone will have the same time saves
• Even FAIRER, since now, some weird magic making some dialogs skip on full install won't be a problem again
• Doesn't feel illegal, as it was mostly content that was skipped anyway

TLDR: I'm 10 000% for implementing this

Yeah

https://www.speedrun.com/mgs1/resources/am0et

I'm going to go ahead and make an executive decision to allow this since nobody has objected. The above resource will be updated as needed as we continue to find issues. But for now, feel free to submit runs using the minimal install and feel free to discuss here.