it's a category in Minecraft Classic already

@LordWeasel, u might be using optifine, but in reality, with a bad computer, it does not help at all (for me at least). If you are using optifine, u may want to check ur autosave settings in Minecraft

@LordWeasel, while it may be true that you don't need a timer in the video, it would be much better to have one for a couple reasons.

First of all, it would make a much cleaner verification process for the mods, who have to check that the video is actually what you say it is (there may be speed verification but who knows), so it is highly recommended.

Secondly, it saves time. Having an igt is really beneficial since it allows you to save time from loads; namely autosaves. Based on what you said about ur laptop not being the best, this would mean that your autosaves would be pretty heavy, which may lead to very long autosave loads. An igt would help you track this and help you save lots of time. You can take a look at my obsolete run times and you can see the 1-2 min differences that I was able to save from loads.

Third, timers should not be much of a problem for lag, neither is screen capturing. I recommend that you use OBS (NOT Streamlabs OBS), and capture the timer as well as the video. It really should not affect overall performance.

Read below. Here are some stream settings that you should use to record ur runs.

I would recommend streaming privately to youtube as opposed to record. In fact, anyone with a bad pc should be streaming their runs. This is because streaming is much less stressful on a computer than recording is.

Suggestions for OBS: Output scale: 540p or below FPS: 30 or below (25 minimum) Downscale filter: Area CPU Usage preset: ultrafast Bitrate: 3000-6000

If u need help message @MangoBo1, he has a video that I don't have the link to rn. Hope this helps!

You guys have to remember that minecraft isnt specifically designed for speedrunning as well, so nothing may change for mc speedrunning.

@2BearsAtNoxus, ik what u said was just an example, but it was kinda flawed. There's basically a 99% guarantee there will not be new meta. Villager trading is already out of the question since it became so scuffed in 1.15+. Note that it's also slower than piglin bartering anyways. While it may produce a new way to get pearls(for example), a new category split would be dumb since it's already so similar to previous categories. Let's say warden's dropped pearls or u could find em in chests, while again it may be a different way of obtaining pearls, but it's similar to previous categories (pre1.9). New category splits are made when there is a drastic difference between them. 1.16 was already under heavy consideration for a split. The split did end up happening though bc of the major changes it had. The likelihood of underground caves introducing a new meta is quite unlikely. id say the next meta would be when obtaining blaze rods becomes different, but then again just speculation. You could be right, but 99% isn't too far.

@Taffy_TA The game rules state that you can not play on a snapshot or any other version of Minecraft that's not a full release unless stated otherwise, 1.16 included. As for Optifine, it has been banned indefinitely for versions 1.16+. You may use sodium as an alternative. :)

Congratulations @Korbanoes! I hope you're doing better now, take as long a break as you need. Can't wait for the 1.7 runs :D

@itsryan212 as charlie mentioned, please stop suggesting categories in forums and as Lezzy mentioned, there's always an objective to a game and that's why a speedrun category of that objective exists. Building a flying machine has nothing to do with Minecraft as a completion of the game and therefore won't be a category.

@itsryan212, I've given u the reason and 100pxx was only agreeing with me there is nothing wrong with that. So what if he is not putting up forums for new runs?? Basically, this will not be a category.

I dont think this is a good category since it's basically beating the game with extra steps. It's just beating the dragon then getting an elytra. There's no point in it being a category... it just overlaps with the main any% categories and get an elytra too. It's basically what @greenflee said

So two things, you have the portal placed above the two magma cubes right? like ur absolutely sure it's the right coords. Secondly, u have to stand in the middle of the nether portal and do NOT touch the wall when ur in the portal.

Talking from experience btw.

@ItsLenny So I would recommend ignoring what the 3 people above said because it's right and wrong in a way....

First of all, I want to ask what version you are planning to run for ssg. That would be helpful in letting me help you

@LSD_Gaga good point, but no. If the player is moved by a mob, then unfortunately it does not count. Otherwise, the timing would have to start at the beginning of loading in the world, and you would not be able to use the command time set 0.

However, rules could change @ mods

If that happens, it's just bad luck. Unfortunately, the run would not count if that happens.

@hamarb123 I'm on mac too and so it probably is a razer mouse problem. However... it is better to switch to hotkeys anyways instead of scroll wheel.

macOS Catalina, I run 1.14 mostly which is 1.13+

so the supposed rule is that timing starts 1 second after world load unless u had a first input during the time frame.

The only thing you are allowed to do before timing starts is change difficulty and check f5 mode. This is because you can load a world with in f5 mode if you exited your last world in f5.

Opening your inventory is considered as an input so for this reason the timer will start if you open your inventory (set the recipe book)

The reason for an Optifine ban is because it changes the game too much. If you look into Optifine there is much more than what you just mentioned. Off the top of my head I can think of the following things:

• For one, there's lazy chunk loading
• there's also clear water
• Fast math (gives u more reach)
• disable fog

There r more things listed in the actual rules, but these are thing things I could think of off the top of my head. The reason mods are banned in speedrunning is because they can change the game from its Vanilla form. Optifine is one of those mods and is only allowed for performance boosts. Things such as fog and clear water are easy to detect in runs, but fast math and lazy chunk loading are harder to detect.

The reason why Optifine is allowed in the first place is to even out hardware difference. Since an alternative was found (sodium), Optifine has been banned. Basically, if an alternative comes out for 1.14, then you should expect Optifine to be banned there as well

What do you use as your crouch key? This could affect the scroll wheel in a way because I know that there are many unchangeable keybinds on the mac.

You could also switch to using hotkeys to select the item in your hotbar as opposed to scroll wheel. This can be faster sometimes as well.

As for your shift problem, I'm not sure about that. Shift is my sprint key as well and I can change items while running perfectly fine.

btw, I am on macOS Catalina 10.15.6 on a MacBook pro-2019

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