I might have a solution for the timer thing. Simply make the livesplit manual start key the same as the key that resets on the savestate mod, it should trigger both at once.

If there's a different mod without those problems then perfect. Where can you get instant restart mod?

I like this idea and feel similar to Kero about the upsides. But there are a couple of obvious problems.

1. The standstill time would no longer exist, so we'd probably have to calculate exactly how long that is and subtract it retrospectively from all previous runs, or add it onto all future runs.

2. Livesplit would no longer sync on reset, so ideally it would need to be sync'd to the savestate mod somehow.

3. The savestate doesn't affect hammer position, so there's some potential for abuse on that first jump. I'm not too bothered about that, but I was just trying it out now and did a tutorial line I've never done before. tf lol

If we can sort those things out I think its a great idea.