NG+ = new game but start with every weapons in your inventory + bolt, time start when you spawn on veldin and finish when you press the buttom at the final boss
"Beat the game from a fresh NG+ (Challenge Mode) file. Timing begins when you gain control of Ratchet. Timing ends on final input to press the final button after Drek. The final button must be pushed to trigger the end game cutscenes in order for the run to be valid."
This is for timing and level select. A NG+ file is a file that allows you to have all the weapons, gold bolts, skill points, and the like. This can be created by defeating Drek and entering Challenge Mode after watching the ending cutscenes. Timing starts when you gain control of ratchet. if you are using digital HDD PS3, you can set your livesplit timer to start at -3.7 seconds, and start the timer once you press O to load your file. for digital SSD PS3, -3.3 seconds. This negative number fluctuates between your console, hardware device, and method of playing (digital or a physical disc) Timing stops once you perform your final input when you press the button after Drek. This means you end your timer once you ground pound into the button after defeating Drek. Your run will be invalidated if you don't press the button and trigger the ending cutscene.
"When making the save you may only pre-select what two weapons you have out at the start instead of the wrench as well as your quick select layout. Deplanetizer glitch is allowed."
This essentially means you can pre-select weapons before the run starts, so you don't have to waste time pulling out any weapons. Generally, you want the Walloper out as a primary and the RYNO as your secondary. The Deplanetizer glitch is a type of file manipulation that allows you to skip Drek entirely. This video demonstrates the first time it was used in runs and in the description is how you set your file up to be able to perform this glitch. This is not allowed in Any% or All Gold Bolts.
"Note: When submitting runs, please do not include milliseconds in your time. That slot exists solely for Hoverboard Race submissions."
When submitting your run, just enter the time up to the seconds. Let's say you got a "25:43.78" in Livesplit for your run, you'll only enter on your submission "25:43." We allow millisecond times when you do Individual Level runs such as the Hoverboard races on Rilgar and Kalebo III
"Frame by frame timing: Timing starts the first frame where the game is visible after the initial load, and ends on the frame you can see the fire from the thrusterpack upon pressing the final button on Drek"
This part is generally irrelevant for casual runners. This just explains how you time your run in the event you don't use Livesplit or your timer started early/late or your timer ended late/early or even both.
"For runs completed on PS2, leave the "Hard Drive Type" option as "-""
We've recently added a Harddisk Type option to the leaderboards as in light of the recent acceptance of SSD PS3s. If you run the game on PS2, just keep the hard drive type as the hyphen.
hope this helped!! happy running! :D
