Antarcticahttps://www.speedrun.com/resources -> Everything you'll need for splits, broadcasting, etc.
Most runs/categories/games will always require video proof for high level runs that are near the top of the board. However, for more popular games that get a lot of submissions, they might not require video proof and you can get by with a screenshot of splits or even no proof at all (the rules for the category will often state if this is the case by saying "Video proof not required until <cutoff time>"). Always check the rules for a game/category and reach out to the game mods if you have any specific questions about it.
Which programs to use depends on both personal preference and computer specs. For example, in the past, Livesplit gave me troubles on my old laptop because the CPU was weak. So I used Wsplit since it was less intensive and performed better. Just play around and do some test recordings/streams to make sure that your laptop is strong enough to run the necessary software for splits and broadcasting.
PS: don't ever publicly post your email lol. That's an open invitation for spam mail and other crap from bored people crawling the forums. You'll never need it for anything on this site other than the standard administrative stuff like resetting your password.
Not a bot, but more ban evading https://www.speedrun.com/user/Martramed
I personally use Sony Vegas to edit videos, but really any video editing software can do it. I've never used Blender and I'm not super familiar with it but a quick google search yielded this which might help https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/48484/video-sequence-editing-cutting-strips
Trimming a video is basic functionality for video editing programs so that's why you can really use any video editing program to do it. Stuff like windows movie maker might should do it for you (hopefully without messing up the encoding, FPS, or anything) and I think even VLC can trim them. Google will give countless tutorials for various programs.
Yes you can reverse engineer ROMs but you'll need an extensive knowledge of programming in order to disassemble the ROM and then build the functions from whatever the disassembler gives you. I believe GB games were coded primarily in assembly, maybe C with specific compilers, for what it's worth.
idk of any specific disassemblers for GB ROMs off the top of my head. You'll probably find more info on sites like romhacking.net and open source repositories and might even find more in depth tools there that you can download to disassemble and/or reverse engineer the games (idk much about GB stuff).
All that being said, what are you hoping to find the actual functions of the game code that'll help with routing? Stuff like drop tables for items or other "RNG" things you hope to manipulate? If that's the end goal, a compete reverse engineer might be overkill - you might be able to use memory viewers if those are available.
EDIT: Drakodan's post covers the last paragraph I wrote.
You need to reach out to the mod of that game.
They haven't logged on in 2 months but he has a Twitch and YouTube account linked on husband profile so try to reach out to them there. If you still can't reach them then request to become moderator here https://www.speedrun.com/The_Site/thread/63nr7
It's probably assumed that you'll run those from a fresh file as opposed to a race file.
As a developer too, I understand that point of view, but I think developing a tool for the speedrunning community and charging for it is in bad taste.
You acknowledge that there is a lack of tools for a certain platform and develop a tool for that platform, but charge for it and that just sits poorly with me because you're basically giving users an ultimatum - stick with the poor tools that exist or pay for mine.
Sometimes developing tools to better a community of people warrants them being released free of charge because the purpose should be to help the community rather than get some profit off of the lack of tools. That's my feedback anyway, I encourage you to consider open sourcing it or removing the paywall so that people can fully make use of this tool without needing to pay.
Still, regardless of our different viewpoints on the paywall, nice work on it. It's a job well done.
LiveSplitOne is cross platform and browser based https://cryze.github.io/LiveSplitOne/
I'm hearing stuff from people on places you posted this, and they are saying this has features behind a paywall?
That's...not good. There are so many open source timers and other free ones that I can't imagine why anyone would pay for one, even if it does look nice. Hell, using the generic timer on the phone would be better than upgrading to a paid version of this too get features other timers offer free of charge.
I'm hoping the people talking about this having a paywall are misinformed because monetizing a timer like this is pretty bad.
The mod for that game is active, they were online just a few days ago. If you want to be a mod for the game or have pending runs for the game, you'll need to talk to them about it.
There is a last resort thread in The Site forum, but it's for when the mods of a game are inactive and unable to be reached (which does not seem to be the case here)
They do, I believe they started implementing it recently so that members of the Team can create their marathons instead of always having to go through Full Mods/Admins. I don't know the full extent of it, but it is there in some capacity. Here's an example one Pac created for Degen Dash https://www.speedrun.com/degendash
Why is a mod putting your runs in a category instead of you doing it yourself? You pick which category to submit a run to when you submit it. Are you sure you're not accidentally submitting to the wrong category when you submit the runs? I can't think of a reason why the mod would be submitting the runs on your behalf.
Now, if the mod is editing your run to place it in a different category after you submit it, that's a different can of worms and would need to be addressed because a mod shouldn't do that especially if they are editing it to an incorrect category.
Well in order to help you or answer any questions you have, we'll need more information than just that the "notes don't help".
I'd recommend joining the KH discord (it's stickied in the KH series forums) and ask your questions there - you'll get faster answers since these forums don't get checked super often.
Why delete it though?
It's not an empty board as you have runs on it, so I can't think of a reason to delete it. Even if nobody else has run it, you never know when someone might come along to run it in the future. It's best to keep it up so that it doesn't have to go back through the game addition process in the future.
Honest question, if chat bothers you that much (and it seems to consistently be that bad), why don't you just close chat? Or have you looked into using auto-mod more thoroughly to stop certain messages from going through? I don't know what kind of bad chat you have, but even updating your banned word list to auto censor certain words might help. Heck, even a bot like Moobot or Nightbot to auto ban phrases can work too.
This is why I made the comment about the OP being deleted - "chat nonsense" is a very, very broad topic that can mean a variety of things related to trolling, spamming, etc. Depending on what your specific issue is (which maybe the OP specified), there are a bunch of different and more specific suggestions on how to fix it. Even something like temporary mods, people who are currently watching your stream who are trustworthy enough to clean up chat on the fly for a stream or two (then they get unmodded) might help. Worst comes to worst, if your chat is that bad that it's messing you up, just close it until the run finishes so that you're not distracted by it. I know a lot of people that do that to help them focus and to ignore any of the shit that might happen.
Unfortunately the best answer and solution is to find people who watch you consistently at varying hours and mod them (which seems to be a sticking point for you). I only have a few mods myself, but I have a couple that are based in the same country as me and a couple that are based on the other side of the world. This way I know that no matter what time I'm streaming at, I'll have a good chance of a mod stopping by. Finding viewers, let alone ones that stick around and are trustworthy enough to moderate can be tough, but it's also the best solution for this problem.
