Slovakia
This already exists in Category Extensions :) https://www.speedrun.com/smb_catext#Tofu
If anything, I'd at least make it so that you have to do an Any% pass of the 25 levels (as well as the bosses?) that are normally required to reach the final boss, sorta like NG+ in Warped, except WOMBAT gives you literally everything, so you wouldn't be able to actually collect the crystals while already having all the power ups. But overall I still think it's pointless, especially since WOMBAT doesn't even work on what's considered the most optimal platform for this game (PS2).
A while ago I discovered a way to reach the 2nd Outer Atlantis exit on the 1st visit, sadly there seems to be no way to make the game actually let you progress further, so I guess I'm only posting this to spare the time of anyone else who might try looking for something.
More info (including a clip of how it's done) can be found on our Discord server over here: https://discord.com/channels/730768870947684442/730771405746208819/885356063782735922
At first I was thinking of posting this to Guides, though considering it's useless at it's current state, and not even a proper guide to begin with, I decided to just post it on here as a thread, for anyone who might have missed it on the Discord. (or is not even there)
Anyway, I'd be more than happy if others tried messing with it and let me know their findings, though I'm fairly certain I have already tried nearly everything there is to be tried, all to no avail, so I'm not really getting my hopes up for this to get anywhere... :/
Really late reply but I figured out that when you enter the cutscene on like the very edge of the trigger, you trigger just the dialogue and then the cutscene after you move a bit more, meaning you can skip them separately, saving like a second or something probably (haven't timed it yet).
Yeah, we talked about it in the Discord with a few people and supposedly there are some freeze spots because of which they used ePSXe, but I might end up giving it a shot eventually anyway, for the memes at least, if anything :D
Yeah, been sorted on Discord so no further replies required :)
Ok, so I've been thinking of trying out the Portland category of this game (might try others in the future, but that's irrelevant right now), well and basically I downloaded the Autosplitter, since I assumed that splitting for Portland would be pretty much the same thing as Any%, only difference being less splits, and it actually appears to work fine, even shows the "Game version: detected" thing, though whatever settings I select, it doesn't seem to Start/Reset the timer or Split anywhere, even tried changing my splits category to Any% - considering Portland is actually under "Grand Theft Auto Category Extensions" which acts like a different game in the Splits editor - although that didn't seem to change anything either... soo am I missing something? Btw sorry if I should've asked in like the Autosplitter thread, I just didn't see anyone else replying in there (other than the thread creator), hence why I decided to rather make a new one instead..
Used to have this issue as well, can't really remember the exact thing that fixed it, though basically I have a separate Bonus Game layout (which I'd assume you have as well, cuz of the Manual timing stuff) and all of my comparisons are set to "Personal Best" and timing methods to "Game Time" for the "Splits" and "(Detailed) Timer" sections in said layout.
