IL categories not applicable to all levels
2 years ago
Iceland

Hi, I'm a moderator for the game Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. The page for the game is actually used for three versions of the game (PC, N64 and GBC) and the three versions differ quite a bit. The GBC version has other levels than in the PC or N64. Because of this the IL leaderboards always look like they have empty sections when in fact they don't. I was wondering if there has been any discussion about options to put some sort of mark on an IL section if the category is not applicable to that level.

For example the level Russian Border is only on GBC so there is no way to play it on PC or N64. Just for visual reasons it would be very nice if we could put some sort of mark indicating that it is not possible to play this level on these platforms. Maybe something like this:

https://ibb.co/BKRKK6Y

I know none of this is particularly important and it's basically just for cosmetic reasons but the leaderboards would look a lot more healthy if we had this option. Currently it sort of looks like all the levels haven't even been played yet and I'm sure this would apply to many other games as well. Anyway, just curious if this has been discussed before and what people think.

Israel

The common way to accomplish this, is to submit a run to the irrelevant level/category combination, with just 1 millisecond and by the name "N/A". At the run comments you should add a short explanation for why this level/category is irrelevant, and that people should not submit runs there.

For example: https://www.speedrun.com/mr_bree_returning_home/individual_levels

Edited by the author 2 years ago
Gaming_64, Quivico and 4 others like this
Iceland

Ah I see, that's a good solution