this list is obsolete, please refer to the new sticky for more and better info: https://www.speedrun.com/hamsterball/thread/73q29

This is an up-to-date list of skips in Hamsterball maintained by XoanoN: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IW96CwowJ98BRJU6Tyws1yygGSumwhG0XrPP4E_yoko/edit?usp=sharing Among other details, it outlines what is and isn't allowed in NMS runs.

This mod may be used in All Unlocks runs to avoid having to manually reset the unlock pads on every attempt. It works by resetting the unlock pad every time a race is loaded: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/554092318286938116/1017778210886397992/Unlock_Reset.bps

To avoid having to reunlock the arenas for normal play, the mod also unlocks every arena when the Rodent Rumble menu is opened.

The file is a BPS patch that is applied to Hamsterball.exe. You can use Floating IPS to apply it: https://dl.smwcentral.net/11474/floating.zip Make sure not to overwrite the original game!

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During the naming change for Hamsterball, the images for the games seem to have been mixed up. The PC game shows the PS3 cover in several places in the site. Also, searching for Hamsterball still yields the old names. Does this get fixed over time?

I am the series mod for Hamsterball and I was wondering if the games' names could be changed like so: Hamsterball Gold -> Hamsterball Hamsterball -> Hamsterball (PS3) as the PC game is more popular and the Gold subtitle isn't used in the latest versions:

In addition, 100% is usually taken to mean everything the game tracks, which here is unlocking Mirror, the arenas and getting all the weasels. Still redundant, but nowhere near the time waster you described.

Normal and Frenzied are exactly the same for speedunning, that's why I had them merged. Pipsqueak isn't even that different, either. Mirror Tournament is such an uninteresting variation that there are exactly 2 runs of it on this site, as opposed to 54 on non-mirror. I myself haven't played it, even casually, in a long time. Unlocking all the races and Mirror is already done just by clearing Normal or Frenzied. The only difference between TT and Normal or Frenzied is the lack of unlock platforms, which is only relevant for 2 races: Up, where the platform prevents a shortcut; and Impossible, where it makes a shortcut slightly easier. Plus, being able to get all the weasels is IMO the bare minimum to even consider running the game in the first place.

There are 2 methods. Ideally, you bounce off the ramp after the first tube and take a mostly straight path through the concave bridge to get enough speed to bounce off a lower part of the spiral floor and get enough height to surmount the wall. If you don't get enough speed, you can squeeze through the gap between the fence at the top of the spiral and the spiral's inner wall to get the bounce that way.

If you only have a single monitor, just run HB in windowed mode. But that's beside the original question.

For LiveSplit to register inputs while out of focus, enable the Global Hotkeys setting and run LS as administrator (right click in Start menu or File Explorer). Without admin privileges, programs can't read each other's inputs (keylogging is serious business).

If you're not an administrator on the computer, ask someone who is to set up an admin-capable shortcut ( https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/655967-allowing-user-to-run-a-program-without-admin-password ).

The most important part about the reason is the impossible movements. Basically, you hacked the mouse sensitivity. If you wish to attempt another run, be sure to wiggle the ingame mouse sensitivity slider around before you do so.

This is the most generic layout you could have created. Light mode is bland as all hell and night mode is uncomfortable for my eyes, which is weird considering I loved the old, dark layout.

No problem, it also wisened me up a little bit.

Warm Up Race has 70 seconds on Pipsqueak and 65 seconds on Normal. Your runs start with 80 and 75 seconds, respectively, meaning you gave yourself 10 extra seconds.

As of today, 2019-05-15, custom screen resolutions may be used, except for aspect ratios wider than 4:3 in skips categories.

As some of you have probably noticed by now, the way runs are categorized has been overhauled.

For full-game runs, we've merged Normal and Frenzied difficulties, as the only differences between them are the time allotted and the score awarded, neither of which matter for a speedrun. In this case, the difficulty is shown next to the time in the leaderboard.

For individual-level runs, we've elevated the usage, or lack thereof, of skips to main category status, which means no-skips runs are now shown in a separate column, instead of not at all.

If you have any questions, post them below!

You would, Humanny. Changing your name won't let you out the radar.

Don't try to bounce toward the twist, just stay on the out-of-bounds platform until you regain control.

I wish to become a moderator for Hamsterball Gold, as I have several records and I've even discovered a shortcut recently. Neither of the moderators (one of which is the series mod) respond to contact.

Thanks!