United StatesThe admins have decided that because of the volatile speedrunning situation and the possibilities of things being patched after the first bunch of runs submitted is pretty high... Along with us needing time to decide what to do with rules and categories we have decided to wait to verify any runs potentially submitted until at least 7/1/2020. At that point we will decide either to further delay opening the boards or if we are comfortable opening for submissions.
Thank you for understanding.
Yesterday was a big day in Duck Life for discoveries
Two new things were found -Island Swim Glitch: -Tab Seed:
Island Swim Glitch (ISG) is a more consistent method to get the swim glitch that allows for 1 cycling swimming in any RC category (More info in the youtube video description)
Tab Seed (TS) takes advantage of out of bounds seed that we discovered using screen manipulation in other Duck Life games, but we could not take advantage of it because we banned Screen Manipulation due to it not being usable on official versions of the game. But using the tab key you can highlight clickable options of the game, and for some reason you are able to highlight over the out of bounds skill seed.
Tab Seed ruling is still being debated but where it stands now it will be allowed in every category besides Max Skills.
This post it to document the new finds for anybody interested in this game that are not currently in the discord
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/czGpb4D
There is a Duck Life Discord for the series that any runner of the Duck Life Series is welcome to join to talk about Duck Life 4 or the other ran games https://discord.gg/czGpb4D
http://www.strawpoll.me/11081923
Back before RCP and RCB was allowed the NoSS run was a display of who could do the minigames the fastest. After we allowed RCP and RCB the run now skips 99% of flying, most of swimming, and potentially most of running.Some view the run as being too similar to any% now/ too boring, while others want to keep it as it is.
Happy voting
It was discussed between active moderators of this game that we should lift the ban on Right click to Fast forward/Play
This is a huge change for the routes for many of the games There are limitations to this function however
You must still beat the champion in all the games Meaning you MUST cross the finish line in the final race With this being a limitation it stops people from finishing the game in under a minute.
Beating the champion and getting the crown symbolizes the game being beat.
If there are any questions the best place to ask them is to join the discord server that is in another forum post.
-Chegg
There is one
If you are or were a participant in the Duck Life community and want a link, just respond to the forum and i'll send it to you via Twitch whisper or Twitter message
-Chegg
One of the biggest parts that define the Duck Life 2 speedrun is the "Level upgrade cap system" being removed. This allows for you to train your skills to the maximum before even having to do a single race. The way you access this trick as runners of this game know is to... Beat the game normally Clear your file Boom the level caps are removed
The abuse of this system does not only stop at the removing of the level caps though After you beat the game normally you have access to extra bonuses that can usually only be accessed after beating the game. One of these things is the "Extreme Training" which makes the training sessions very uh...extreme. More importantly the training becomes amazingly fast. If you activate the Extreme training (Or any of the bonuses you get after beating the game) and clear your file...at the start of a new game the extreme training remains active. Playing through the game with the Extreme Training activated results in all the training minigames going exponentially faster than intended. I recently did a fun run with the extreme training activated and got a 20:55. A time that was impossible a week ago. With Extreme Training the run can be below 20 minutes with a good run, which is absolutely insane.
Now here is my side of everything, as the only active runner of this game at the moment. The removing of level caps can only be activated when you beat the game a first time Same with the activation of the Extreme training If we allow the level cap removing in the "Any %" category then I see no reason not to allow the Extreme Training (A real function that is programmed into the game). With all of that in mind I believe that a more appropriate name for the Duck Life 2 "Any%" would be along the lines of "Any%NG+" (Any percent New game plus). Many games have categories like that, which take advantage of a previous file to make a new game go even faster. Which is what we already were doing with the Level Cap removal. With turning "Any %" into "Any%NG+" we would turn the "All Level Upgrades" Category into the regular "Any%" (Which it in reality always was). Any%NG+ would remain the main category and we would still have an Any%
I realize that nobody really runs this game anymore, BUT, I still will wait for feedback on this before I take the action of changing the category names. And after a couple days if nobody says anything then I will continue to go fast and submit the name changes with my 20:55 (Which is a really beatable time) And of course feedback from people who actually would run this game would be most wanted.
-Chegg
I found that you don't need to max out the Climbing skill, or even get close.
I beat the Champ every time I tested it at level 80 climbing. It is very consistent and maybe brings some life into this game.
A good new time would be low 23.
Have fun
-Chegg
Hey Hey Hey
I'm posting this as a introduction of the 100% category, and to see the other Mod's opinions on it.
I created a route and have already uploaded it, and I plan to open up the new category when this post is finished.
The rules that seem most fair and usable are as follows.
Must Max out every level Must Win every race Must Wear every hat Must Wear every Color All rules for Duck Life Any% also apply
If any of the mods here are against this or want to change anything, of course feel free :)
