12h Challenge Tutorial

Not the proudest I've ever been of something I made, but definitely the least bad 12h challenge tutorial imo.
Read the video description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbpaavgjnCE

A bunch of individual Tutorials - by Buffet Time

Neighbors Skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Leoh7qHEes

Decadence Skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AzLGej7DP0

Fun & Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21GqOeAEEw

Resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Mc08JUTB0

Prankcall Skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8AQ2Egbmr4

Trauma Skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltcyc2EhmqQ

All Masks Tutorial - by Buffet Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPFfrwt30c

Autosplitter

At the moment I (Urinstein) take care of the autosplitter, so if you have questions or bug reports, add and dm me on Discord.
Be aware that the autosplitter only works on updated. Original is not supported.

To use the autosplitter right click Livesplit and go to ***Edit Splits...***
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/518571658475339776/762398871056810004/unknown.png

In the next window make sure you have declared Hotline Miami as the splits' game, then click ***Activate*** and then go to ***Settings***.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/518571658475339776/762399651705389086/unknown.png

At the top of the autosplitter settings you find the standard options ***Start***, ***Split*** and ***Reset***, in case you wish to turn any of these off.
More importantly, below you find the settings for when to split. Choose the category you want to run and then whether you want to split on every part, every level or (if you feel particularly degen today) every floor.
Hover over the settings for details. Do not check more than one of these settings.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/518571658475339776/762401017152405554/unknown.png

That's it, your autosplitter should be running now.
Unless you are playing any version of Hotline other than the Steam or GoG versions. Only these two are supported.

Make sure you have the right number of splits, to go with your splitter settings.
For ***Parts*** just create 5 splits.
For ***Levels*** create 20 splits [or download these splits here](https://www.speedrun.com/resourceasset/c2do0).
For ***Floors*** you should definitely download the ones uploaded in the Resources.
[These are for any%](https://www.speedrun.com/resourceasset/ndwcc) and [these are for All Levels](https://www.speedrun.com/resourceasset/he52b).
If you download any of these splits, you will have to put ***Subsplits*** into your Livesplit layout, not ***Spits***.
if you want to run All Masks, you will have to add an extra split at the end for the second Resolution.

If you choose to split every floor in ILs, keep in mind that every floor transition will be split, so for example Hot & Heavy will have 7 splits, as you enter Floor 1 four different times.
Also make sure for ILs to change your active comparison to Game Time.
The IL splitter only works for levels, that have a scorescreen with IGT.
The IL splitter is only activated in the level intro screen, so after starting or changing your setting to IL make sure to reload the level from the level select.

Since the autosplitter will at all times read out the IGT, it is possible to show it even during full game runs. Just add an additional timer you your layout and set it to display IGT.
The **Track death in IGT** settings makes it so that when you die, the IGT does not jump back but instead includes your deaths' timelosses in the IGT.

Data Dump

https://urinstein.github.io/Hotline-Data-Dump/

This is a collection of Dump's data mining efforts. Crucially it has all the AI logic analysed and written into a table, but it also has some other stuff.

Fix to Updated Version Crashing

Updated hotline is known to crash every 20-30 minutes of continous gameplay in case of integrated GPU due to unhandled memory leaks (on the Original version it happens no matter what, hence amongst many other reasons we don't run on it). That can be fixed in two ways:

1.1. If you have a both dedicated AND integrated GPU (mostly a case for gaming laptops of any sort), the game by default will start from integrated level (casus of phyre engine powering the game/bunch of other older engines too). You will need to adjust it manually. Go to control panel of your graphics card.

1.2. For NVIDIA, select 3D settings management from the list on the left. At global settings tab, adjust "Preferred GPU" from "Auto selecton" to "High-efficient NVIDIA processor".

1.3. If you wish to change this just for Hotline, go from global settings to program settings, select and add the game executable and change "Preferred GPU" from "Auto selecton" to "High-efficient NVIDIA processor".

Alternatively...

2.1. In the resources tab, you can find a 100% file or a file w/o Charlie (more suitable for running All Levels). Download either of these.

2.2. Change the name of the file to SaveData.sav (if it's not named like that already). Do not tamper with the format. The file should be weighting at 256KB.

2.3. Copy and paste the SaveData.sav file to the directory where the save is located: C:\Users\(your_name)\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami . Replace the file when asked.

Sounds absurd and we have no idea why this works, but it just works. If you need NG save instead, you can find one in HM Ultimate Resources folder in the said Resources tab. (HMUR 4.2 -> Saves -> 0% -> SaveData.sav)

Hotline Miami NG Any% Tutorial - by Buffet Time

I made an in-depth tutorial about how to run NG Any% check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQymzy9x-Es

Hotline Miami NG+ All Levels Tutorial - by Snowfats

Snowfats has done a very comprehensive tutorial of the NG+ All Levels route for Brandon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQLGw2sHF6I

Minor Glitches Explaination (Advanced)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLPIjHCTJmyimi_lkKZbIBhPSab8zgZSHvDYJqk_NNQ

New Skips Video Explanations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3H0V5t48nw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAiwTwYtx2E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XU0Ra16oP8

Skip Tutorials - by Urinstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3QlRi3HUQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWP0IYlUOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwomXGsDMtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIgq8WPxS0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDPuu2cBn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfzKV3BoAtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaF9eNj8dX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7NQO-ncry0

Various tutorials - by Urinstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOuorp-nup4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-O59wMFPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fgZcal0h0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P93dhfo5jk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FXulot1nXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D75Er_JdUes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QNgDiOW8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IHHyxZSCkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7968wspTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYbG4O9ChA

Name	Author
12h Challenge Tutorial	Urinstein 6 years ago
A bunch of individual Tutorials - by Buffet Time	Buffet_Time 8 years ago
All Masks Tutorial - by Buffet Time	Buffet_Time 7 years ago
Autosplitter	Urinstein 3 years ago
Data Dump	Urinstein 5 years ago
Fix to Updated Version Crashing	JACK4L 2 years ago
Hotline Miami NG Any% Tutorial - by Buffet Time	Buffet_Time 9 years ago
Hotline Miami NG+ All Levels Tutorial - by Snowfats	Buffet_Time 9 years ago
Minor Glitches Explaination (Advanced)	JACK4L 1 year ago
New Skips Video Explanations	Buffet_Time 7 years ago
Skip Tutorials - by Urinstein	Urinstein 2 years ago
Various tutorials - by Urinstein	Urinstein 2 years ago