does the tutorial mission count as Lvl.1

That depends on the category. NG runs start with the tutorial mission. NG+ runs do not.

are skipping cut scenes allowed

Yes. I recommend watching some videos of categories you might be interested in running so you can see what is skippable.

None as far as I know!

Yes, my understanding is that any slowdown which occurs should be fair for all players.

If you see any discrepancies between runners, please let me or another moderator know!

Hi argo! Your runs have been fantastic!

To answer your question about the timer, it's not purely a load remover. It reads an in-game timer value (e.g., this is also why it slows down for the slow motion after killing some bosses or completing some objectives).

Here is an explainer from the programmer about how this works in Armored Core VI and other recent FromSoftware games:

https://github.com/FrankvdStam/SoulSplitter/wiki/IGT-in-soulsgames-explained

I mean, if you really want to, go ahead? I don't think this is giving you an advantage over regular kbm, so if you submitted it to the leaderboard I'd probably accept it.

For anyone glitch hunting, AKheon found some interesting behavior, some of which is useful (and I used in my run).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBQWbQFlqZQ7qXk639UGKifbo9DRNUj_s

1. Need login dates for users so we can know if we need to request moderation for boards.

2. Restore "latest added runs" so we can see at a glance what the latest activity on a board is.

3. Do not allow any user to view rejected runs on a leaderboard.

Gotcha! I was able to replicate that first method real quick. I can already see that making the sewer door clips more consistent even if there aren't other uses (I have to imagine there will be other uses, though).

Good luck with testing the unload!

Oh wow! This seems like it could be huge.

For the first one, is there any significance to being on the slope? Or is it holding the direction on the load screen that's the important part?

With the second clip, is the issue that its specific to that location and you don't know why - like is mantling the essential ingredient here?

Always happy to add categories - for miscellaneous categories like, I really like to see a proof of concept run. Post a video of this!

Update: The Gundam Speedruns discord server linked above is present as an archive.

Active discussions of Gundam speedrunning is now taking place in the Anime Speedruns discord server: https://discord.gg/YtMMvcB5Su

Hi! The "single attempt" language appearing in the 100% rules refers to the run being submitted being all part of the same single playthrough. What is not being permitted is submitting a run combining segments from different attempts.

For example, if you did 3 runs and submitted videos that include the first third of the first run, the second third of the second run, and the final third of the third run, that would be rejected. The submission needs to be all from the same run or "single attempt."

I should note that this language is not in the Any% rules which are expected to be done without any breaks or stopping the timer.

Hello! I recently did a speedrun on the XBOX version of True Crime NYC - yes, the version where it's supposed to be almost impossible to beat the wrestling minigame with Tommy in the mission Human Cargo.

I have a method that I think should make the minigame more consistent/reasonable to beat.

The problem with the game is that the window to hit B for "Throw" is impossibly small. The solution that the game doesn't make clear is that while you're trying to hit B you can still hit A or X for "Push". This means that while you're trying to get that almost impossible B input you can be hitting A or X to stay in place at the end of the crate.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

This would probably go under the Individual Level boards. You should record at least one example run of what you have in mind.

If you come into the JC speedrun discord and share a video of an IL category, I will likely go ahead and make that IL board. For rules, you should consider how you would want to start timing - should it be from new game? The ILs for bases/towns are simple because of the re-oppress option but harder for an entire region. My guess is you would prefer to start from re-oppress on a place within a region but then all the other locations in the region must be "un-oppressed" as well.

I'm not going to go through and make IL boards for 100% or liberation of each region without a clear ruleset and runs for at least several regions.

Hi hernesperses!

For meme categories in the same mold as Race to Mr. Snowman, I would want to see completed examples of the proposed run from at least two different runners. I'm mostly asking for this so there isn't a flood of "reach arbitrary location after finishing the first mission" categories.

That said, I totally underestimated how popular Race to Mr. Snowman would be, so happy to enable more categories like that if there's that base level of interest.

Hi! As long as you clearly explain the rules of the category and do a run as an example, I would likely add a category to the leaderboard.

You are certainly welcome to join the JC Speedrun discord and discuss the idea with other runners who may be interested in something longer than any% but not quite 100%.

JC speedrun discord: https://discord.gg/WDmzacN

Here's an invite link to the Just Cause series speedrun discord:

https://discord.gg/WDmzacN

No one has done a 100% speedrun. The category would only be made if someone has done one.

No, the easy new game runs dream is dead! I might do it anyway.

Still, Speedrun Mode Any% and 100% do feel like the natural successors, I agree, I can't imagine anyone will miss Final Delivery.

Hi, you'll need to delete your savefile which, for Windows, is stored in Documents/Teardown/ by default, the filename is "savegame.xml"

If you want to keep your original savefile, just rename it to something else, like "savegame.xml.backup" and then rename it "savegame.xml" when you want to use it