Colorado, USAHey, everyone. Change in the rules coming up.
From now on, the mod team will not be manually removing load times for your runs... Which isn't nearly as bad as it sounds, especially for this game.
If you want load times removed from your runs (Which, trust me, you do.), there's a really easy solution. You're going to want to install this game's autosplitter (You can find it on the resources tab, and you can install it by following this tutorial: ). You're still more than welcome to run this game without it, just understand that you're waiving the removal of load times unless you remove them yourself.
We hope you understand. This will make verifying runs a lot easier on our end. Depending on how this change goes over, it might extend to the other games in the series. Feel free to leave your input.
Thanks!
This should help:
It's for the FNaF World autosplitter, but a lot of the mechanics are the same: 1.) Make sure you're set to Game Time, not Real Time. 2.) Make sure your game is named EXACTLY "FiveNightsatFreddys". 3.) Download the autosplitter from the "Resources" folder.
Hello, everyone!
Now that we've (mostly) fixed FNaF 1, FNaF 2 is next on the chopping block. And just like FNaF 1, we're going to be banning legacy runs from the leaderboards.
We found two quirks about the legacy versions of this game that just make speedrunning less fun:
1.) Night length seems to deviate by a random amount. We don't really know what causes it. Either way, it isn't a massive difference; Only ~1s of deviation. But across an entire run, that could be 5 seconds that a legacy runner would save over a CP runner, for doing little more but grinding the game until they lucked out and got better night lengths than anyone else. This alone wouldn't be a GREAT reason to remove legacy runs (If anyone CAN figure out why night lengths are random in legacy versions, we'd love to know more.), but it would only really turn this game into more of an RNG-fest than it already is.
2.) Night length depends on PC power. In short: If you have a better PC, and you're playing on legacy, you're going to have shorter nights than someone with a worse PC playing on legacy.
If you're reading this RIGHT as the announcement is posted, you might see some legacy runs still on the boards. It will take ~30 minutes to get rid of them all. Thanks! ~Hailoh
I'm not a mod for this specific board, but I'll get a verifier to take a look. Just hang tight, it should get taken care of soon.
CTRL + S is actually used in FNaF World to pull off some neat skips in Foxy Fighters. As far as I see it, it's perfectly fine in this context. While it could technically highlight some important sounds over others, those sounds aren't particularly hard to hear in the base game. There COULD be a way to abuse this... But we're not going to ban it any time soon unless it REALLY breaks the game beyond repair.
I don't see any problems with it, but it also isn't something we've tested. We encourage you to experiment with it for now.
(Also, sorry for the late response.)
Hey, everyone!
I am VERY proud to announce that, after almost 6 months... We've finally managed to do something that should have only taken 2 weeks. hahaha
The rules have been rewritten again, this time for good. Every run currently on the leaderboards has already been retimed to fit these rules. Let's just quickly go over the changes.
First of all, legacy versions of the game, REGARDLESS of platform, have been removed. After a bit of testing, we've deduced that night lengths actually vary by a few seconds depending on computing power. We decided to remove these earlier versions.
Second, runs have once again been split across all platforms. The night lengths on Mobile are actually much different than they are on PC and Console. PC & Console night lengths are basically the same (Bar a few frames), but given that the input device is so vastly different between the two platforms, and we were already splitting up Mobile, we decided to make them separate.
Third, loading times have been removed... But in a different way. Before, we tried to meticulously remove every single loading zone from runs, including "micro-loads" that occur in-between areas (Office to 6AM, 6AM to 12AM, 6AM to check, etc..). However, that seemed like WAY too much effort, and it would only make up for a handful of frames across the entire run (This was the main reason this project took so long.). However, if you DO want to remove those micro-loads...
Fourth! Autosplitters! They're here, and they're AWESOME. Special thanks to @Bruh_without_a_f for making them. If you're on PC, I can't recommend that you use them enough. They make running easier, they make verifying easier, they're great. You can find them in the "Resources" tab. If you have trouble installing them, try asking for help on the Discord.
Other than that, there were some smaller changes. You need to start your game from a fresh save file now (You can find a completed save file in Resources.), the rules have been completely reformatted... Yeah. That's it.
That's basically the last change these boards will see for a while. Until then... Happy running!
1.) Nope. Although, you can read up on a different way to skip the newspaper here: https://www.speedrun.com/fnaf1/guide/j2ool (Yes, it's a FNaF 1 guide, but it works for FNaF 2 as well.). 2.) They can be done in any order. You just need to do all of them.
This has been brought up multiple times on the forums. It hasn't been added because it's just too easy to get WR time. It was fully optimized before it even became a category.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone.
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that we are officially banning Twitch VODs from all games on the FNaF Series, because they expire after 2 weeks. Please turn them into a highlight, or re-upload them to YouTube.
Hello, everyone!
After a few months in the making, we're FINALLY ready to rewrite the rules for Any%, 2-Star and 100%. Here they are (Although the wording will change between categories):
Time starts on pressing "New Game", and ends on 6AM on the last night. Time is ONLY counted on the Main Menu, the newspaper, the office, check screens, the warning screen, and the Custom Night screen. ANY other screen is not counted towards final time.
- Note, your time will be re-timed by staff if you claim it to be 5th Place or above.
It is recommended that you use the CURRENT PATCH* of the game, although earlier versions are allowed on all platforms EXCEPT for mobile.
You MUST start from a fresh save file.
Developer hotkeys (CD+, CD1, CD2, etc) are not allowed on PC.
Cheats are not allowed on Mobile & Console, and the Door Pause exploit on console is not allowed.
If you are playing on Mobile, you MUST show the main menu before the run.
*CURRENT PATCH VERSION NUMBERS:
- PC: v1.132
- Mobile: v2.0.2
- XBOX: v1.2.4
- PlayStation: v1.0
- Switch: v1.0
Lets go over these changes one by one.
1.) We removed a few screens from what we consider "gameplay". Notably, 12:00 AM screens, 6 AM screens, and loading screens (Alongside a few others). Once the changes are in place, the time of a run will NO LONGER be determined by the quality of the runner's computer.
2.) Legacy and Current Patch will be merged into one category, and Mobile Legacy will be completely banned from the leaderboards. After searching far and wide for reliable patch notes, we've come to the conclusion that legacy versions for PC don't really give runners any significant advantage. If anything, it can actually make the run even longer. The only exception to that is on Mobile, where the nights are significantly shorter than they are on Current Patch. However, considering that it's no longer possible to obtain these legacy patches (Without some illegitimate methods), we've decided that the best decision is to ban them completely. This is also why we require that mobile users show the main menu before they start a run (Which you SHOULD be doing anyways, by the way.), to ensure they're running the correct version.
3.) From here on out, you MUST play on a fresh save file. This is basically just to ensure that you do check skip correctly. This change will NOT affect any runs posted before today, so don't worry about your run being deleted from the boards.
4.) We made it more clear that you can't use ANY developer hotkeys, as the only one listed beforehand was CD+ (Although they have ALWAYS been banned, its never been an issue.).
5.) Not listed in the above rules, we are going to be combining PC, Mobile and Console all into ONE category. After removing the screens listed in point #1, Console and Mobile don't really become all that different from PC. There are a few skips that Console & Mobile players can't do that PC players can, but we don't think that's a big enough difference to make subcategories for. We might fiddle with the rules in the future, though.
We're planning on going through every category and retiming runs to fit in with these rules, so that we can gradually integrate the new system. Any% will most likely change today, followed by 2-Star and 100%.
The rules may change further as time goes on, but this should be ABOUT what you should expect. We hope you enjoy!
~FSS
EDIT: I forgot to say two other things.
1.) Given this new ruleset, a lot of Any% runs are going to have the exact same time. It's not ideal, but its kind of a necessary evil.
2.) Now that we've removed load times, our mod team has a general idea for how short a run can theoretically be, and that knowledge heavily affected the ruleset. If we see a run that claims to be SHORTER than those theoretical times, AND if that run is also legit, then we'll tinker with the rules a little.
4 days is NOT a very long time. SRC only requires 2-3 weeks iirc. With a game this popular and a comparatively small mod team, it's going to take a while.
Mod work is REALLY time consuming if its done right. Show them some respect, they've earned it.
Well, it looks like we had the same idea. lolololololol
I genuinely didn't know this forum post existed before we added Death%, but... well, I hope it fits what you were thinking about!
