Good News everybody!, Running on Duckstation is now allowed and is the recommended way to run Digimon World via emulation, move over EPSXE cause the future is now
Heres what you need to know running on Duckstation:
Version 0.1-8773 is the necessary build, the exact build we tested loading times on will be provided in the resources page.
You must use these settings found under "Console"
Console
- Everything Unchecked
CPU Emulation
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Execution Mode = Interpreter (Slowest)
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Everything else unchecked
CD-ROM Emulation (these will provide the closest loads to PS2 Slim FDS)
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Async Readahead = Disabled (Synchronous)
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Read Speedup = 5x (10x Speed)
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Seek Speedup = None (Normal Speed)
Resetting for RNG manipulation will be set to an exact time per reset of 28 seconds, this matches the time for a PS2 Slim reset, this 28 seconds covers when you hit reset til you press start at the title screen, we will manually retime that section and adjust your final time on verification.
For the sake of ease for verification, Duckstation will be the only emulator allowed for Save & Quit runs, maintaining a whole bunch of emulators when people can just get this one at any moment makes no sense
You arent allowed to run from a loaded save state and must freshly reset (showing the PS1 boot sequence) between attempts and when resetting for RNG manip.
You must display your active settings over your run like shown in this screenshot below in the bottom right, you can find this option under Graphics > OSD > Show Settings
Thats pretty much everything, these options are subject to change depending on new findings with load times etc, but hopefully we've covered our bases and it just works like expected, also be sure to check out our new Digimon World Vice Leaderboard (https://www.speedrun.com/Digimon_World_Vice) if you want to run the game that way instead, but do keep in mind it has slightly different Duckstation settings.
Its been found that doing training with these Duckstation settings has a random chance of crash, please keep this in mind going forward, we'll be revising the ruleset as we find a solution
revised to drop the read speedup to 5x (10x speed), we have good reason to believe the crashes wont happen but be sure to either let me know here or in the Digimon Speedrunning Discord if you experience any crashes and we'll revise again if needed
