The file common\Cyberpunk 2077\r6\config\InputUserMappings.xml is permitted to modify according to the rules, but the file AppData\Local\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077\UserSettings.json isn't specified.

However, the file AppData\Local\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077\UserSettings.json isn't in any of the game directories, and could be considered be a user file and not game file.

So, is AppData\Local\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077\UserSettings.json permitted to modify or not?

The usage is similiar to InputUserMappings.xml so it could be suitable to include it as permittable to modify, in the rules.

I have a suggestion, to make it more detectable, and clear, when someone cheats a game, by altering the RNG to increase the luck.

Best to "solve" such problems in the future, would be to have some "speedrunning mod" or similiar (that SDC could officially create) that players must insert in their game, that alters the RNG seed to depend on movement, game time, the world seed or other form of input, but still give the same percentual drop rates. In this way, you can require that the speedrunner submits his input sheet, and then the exact gameplay can be replicated on the moderator's side. Comparing this with a live stream where the keyboard or controller is visible in the frame, would with 100% conslusion either tell if they are cheater or not, without having to analyze RNG drop rates.

This mod could either be a EXE that either modifies system RNG to act predictable based on inputs, which then would need to be "initialized" (maybe by pressing a key sequence that is specified in rules after game is started - making this key sequence visible in input sheet - and thus the speedrun would play successfully even on the moderator's computer regardless of how other things look). The advantage of this, is that the mod-EXE would work for any game that uses system RNG to calculate drop rates, but the disadvantage is that some games uses their own RNG that is not system dependent, and thus would require separate code in the EXE in question. OR it could be a game-specific mod, that is unique to each game that must be created by the moderators, but that gives more workload.

Because, then, an unmodified game, with the speedrunning mod, with the same world seed, should, given the speedrunners input sheet, give a completion of the game in the time claimed. If not (ergo, the speedrun becomes "desynced" just because the RNG drop rates does not match), then the original game has been modified. And in the same way, if the input sheet doesn't match the claimed stream (with the keyboard or controller visible), then the input sheet has been TAS'ed to give unfair advantage.

There is a kind of problem with analyzing RNG rates, and that is that its possible to say its impossible to win on the lottery = you cheated when you won on Jackpot with that 8 digit number matching your ticket. and thus forfeiting your monetary win. So its kind of difficult to prove that a random number generator was tampered with, unless you get to analyze the exact RNG - thats why official lotteries have their RNGs analyzed and then sealed with a tamper evident sticker. So nobody can claim the generator was cheated if the number of lottery tickets that won, is lower than the "expectation".

In the case with Dream's rum, its more clear-cut, but imagine if Dream would just up' their drop rates with a little bit, causing the rates to not be "impossible" or "unobtainable".

Thats why I suggest that a "speedrunning mod" should be used to submit speedrunning samples, which is then a official SDC mod that MUST be used when submitting speedruns.

This could then apply to all games were a RNG affects the run in such way that it would affect speedrunning.

Note that the mod itself doesn't need to be in any way "verified running" or "verified unmodified" - because when the speedrunner submits the input sheet and stream - the moderators just set up a identical setup on their side, meaning the run can be verified. If anything is modified or cheated with - the run will not complete successfully on the moderator's side.

And in this way, the actual run, can be replicated with 100% accuracy on anyone verifying the speedrun, giving more credibility even if something unlucky happens.

NOTE: This idea post applies to ANY moddable game (or even unmoddable ones if the system-RNG approach is used), where RNG is a great factor in speedrunning - not just Minecraft that caused this concern/idea/feedback.