Hi people, i'm starting to get into portal speedrunning but there's something i can't do that bothers me. When i open the game i can't put the splits on top of the gameplay, so i can't know what my current time is. When i alt+tab it just goes to steam with the LiveSplit open, but i dont know how to do it, can someone help me? Thanks everyone
On Steampipe, (The version opened on Steam) just change your settings ingame to 'Run in window (No border)' in your video settings. If this doesn't work add -noborder to your game launch options in the Steam client.
If you're on Unpack, right click your portal.bat file and edit it in Notepad. Then paste the following:
@Echo off
cd "%~dp0"
call SST/update.bat
echo 400 > steam_appid.txt
start hl2.exe -game portal -novid -console -noborder -window -high
An update has been released for SST that adds the command sst_portal_resetisg. This command removes Item Save Glitch and is to be used in place of restarting the game. This is a temporary solution while a more robust and legitimate one is developed.
The reasoning for allowing this is to make the ne