KZ just finished a run with warp and beat the old any%. Because you dupe party 10x and it has an extremly high chance of crashing at many spots through the run, I feel like it's even a bigger meme than ingame hundo.

So i thought about renaming the old any% to something like any% (no warp) or classic% to keep the memes real. and have a new any% just for the warps.

So here's the poll

A: new category (for the old any%)

B: all in the same category

Because it was a topic in irc yesterday

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Yesterday it was mentioned that some collectible category names are "all <collectible>" like all rampages and some start with the number like 100 hidden packages. And it was proposed to change that so all of them have the same style of naming. So here's the vote.

A. Collectible categories should start with a number

B. Collectible categories should start with all

C. Inconsistent leaderboards are fine, no need to change that

The wider it is, the less you see.

Timing now starts on the first frame of the black screen with the text "I Luv LC…". That is before the initial cutscene, but after the splash screen. This goes for any% and 100%. The end of the timing stays the same for both categories.

The reason for this is that the ingame clock continues to run during cutscenes. The point for the start is picked because it's before the initial cutscene and if you want a fast time you'll have to skip it. It is also after the inconsistent splash screen, where you don't have any controll over.

Since some mission are bound to the ingame time, a possible abuse for the old timing is waiting for the initial cutscene to affect the mission order.

All times on the leaderboards have been adjust. I added a few sec to every run, whether they waited in the cutscene or not, which was the average additional time. Except for the WR which I retimed by counting the frames to be acurate. If your run had to get more than 14 sec on top, good for you. If you are not happy with the addition, go ahead and improve your PB.

It's a bit late for this post, since the timing was changed a few days ago, but better late then never.

Timing now starts on the first frame of the black screen with the text "Clean and Serene…". That is before the initial cutscene, but after the splash screen. This goes for any% and 100%. The end of the timing stays the same for both categories.

The reason for this is that the ingame clock continues to run during cutscenes. The point for the start is picked because it's before the initial cutscene and if you want a fast time you'll have to skip it. It is also after the inconsistent splash screen, where you don't have any controll over.

Since the weather pattern is bound to the ingame clock, a possible abuse for the old timing is waiting for the initial cutscene to have no rain in the first mission. There might be other abuses, but since the category has gained a lot of popularity in the recent times, it's better to change it before more is found.

All times on the leaderboards have been adjust. I added 14 sec to every run, whether they waited in the cutscene or not, which was the average additional time. Except for the WR which I retimed by counting the frames to be acurate. If your run had to get more than 14 sec on top, good for you. If you are not happy with the addition, go ahead and improve your PB.

Since that discussion started in Ilias chat a quick voting on that topic.

Should it be allowed to use a 3rd party tool (such as bandicam or dxtory) to toggle an fps limiter mid run.

A. 3rd party tools are TAS and should be not allowed

B. Allow framelimiting for the helicopter part in the last mission so people with too fast hardware are able to beat the game

C. Allow it everywhere. Even if everything else is beat able with current day hardware.

Since we fixed VC timing start to a proper point we should do that with sa too. Even if there is no abuse yet.

Since strimming is bad and getting secret WRs is the new big thing right now, some might wonder what is the best lossless codec. I compared some lossless vfw codecs which can be used with most recording software like Dxtory or MSI Afterburner.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18cszqLt88rtc-sPq9_I_4obbj_RpGYcPPB-6PWx5MSw/

Because everyone says stuff feels faster than other stuff but nobody timed it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LwERc2JPm9Lj1O-5sXDPR4rrOkBSpZxmY7l1WZvbE/

notes:

• I downloaded a fresh vc installation from steam before timing

• I used the slowest HDD i have available right now (Samsung f2, 5400 rpm, 1.5tb if you care)

• The HDD was 95% full because full HDDs run slower

• Game was lossless recorded to the same HDD that i played from the whole time, since lossless recording is one of the biggest strains on an HDD

That way i tried to simulate the worst possible scenario for somebody who has only one old and full hdd, is not streaming and has a too slow computer to live encode for smaller file sizes.

There is one special phonenumber that you can call and that is 911 ¤duh¤. What it does is make a broken car start again. It also spawns cops near you.

This is useful on Entourage. After the shootout you are left with 2 cars that won't turn on. Calling 911 to make the cars run again would save up to a minute depending on the car spawn rng.

I tried deathwarping during Paper Trail yesterday and suprisingly it worked out. I warped from the middle of Alderney to the top of Algonquin.

http://www.twitch.tv/jolzi/c/4166771

I guess this could also work on all the other phone call triggered missions like Hostile Negotiation.

I wrote in irc already but here again, so it doesn't get lost.

I timed the first cutscene/loading screen on different hardware and FPS setups because Misterpost complained about his loading times.

SSD @ 30 FPS - 135 Frames = 4.5 sec HDD @ 30 FPS - 188 Frames = 6.266666666667 sec RAM Disk @ 30 FPS - 135 Frames = 4.5 sec HDD @ 25 FPS - 175 Frames = 7 sec HDD @ 26 FPS - 191 Frames = 7.34615384615 sec

An SSD brings down the loading times to the minimum, so RAM Disk doesn't do anything better.

I can time some other loading times if you want, i think tirean talked about mountain cloud boys being bad. But i would need saves for the 1.0 Version.