could rename the current 100% to 100% no special names or pure 100%, and have what im proposing be 100%, or keep the current one as 100%, and the route im proposing be 100% stage name. or something along those lines

well, after i get sub 37 with the current hundo route, i plan on trying a few runs with this file name and the different routing. whether that ends up being a new category or part of the existing one, whatever, lol. my personal opinion is like yours, KK, 100% is 100%, as long as you obtain the 100% on the file select screen it shouldnt matter how.

Where my opinion differs is that i think it should just become part of the current category, but thats why i started this thread, to get everyones opinion on it.

it would affect the time by a few seconds, since we would be ending time on orb grab after dracula (currently after drac we have to sit through the end of stage fanfare, and soft reset when the ending appears). it wouldnt be anything overly significant though, like 4 to 5 seconds

it still absolutely allows a true 100% route, you still have to do all of the same stuff as we currently do to obtain 100% file completion. This would just allow us to change up the ordering of said stuff.

So, for anyone unaware, the category currently ends by hitting the exit door of the alternate Stage 5. This is very anticlimatic, but unavoidable due to needing to do everything else in the game to be able to unlock said stage.

I have recently been informed that by entering your file name as X-X!V''Q (same as the luck mode name for SotN), it allows you do have all the stages already unlocked (but doesnt change your file percentage at all, you still start at 0% and have to do everything).

Using this would allow us to route the game a bit differently, both making Dracula the proper end of the route AND saving time over the current route. This would make the run both much more enjoyable to run, and much more interesting to watch. I see a LOT of comments in my chat about how anticlimatic the ending for 100% is.

So yeah, I want to get all of the mods opinions on this, and possibly open up discussion for allowing use of that name for the file.

i think having a subsection for TAS and segmented runs is a pretty good idea. Even if just under the "resources" section, as pres said.

looks great! thanks xtreme! :)

well, in regards to your first point, i would look into which mapper both version use. If the JP version uses a different/better mapper, it very well could handle lag better. I know Life Force/Salamander is that way, the JP version has significantly less lag, and allows you to have 3 options (US version only allows 2 options), and thats all because it uses a different mapper :)