Emu only loses 2-3 mins. My best emu run could easily save like 8 minutes in not being bad.

In this specific case, mind you, not in general for people who might be interested.

Totally agree. The issue isn't that I'm upset about more categories because my times are good on emu or console or whatever as well, my issue is that it seems less an accessibility gripe and more of a "I don't wanna have to compete against the top 10 runs on the board" if we have viable emulation options that are within a certain threshold.

If we made an emulator available that was equivalent to the PSP/PSTV there'd be no reason to split the boards as there's no discrepancy in time or accessibility.

If people are still in favor of a split after that then it's because they want to compete in a less competitive environment.

Emulators are welcome for accessibility in exchange for their lack of competitive advantage.

I'd be much more happy with utilizing a community wide standard emulator with adjustments made (Like duckstation previously mentioned) so that emu can run even to the hardware rather than separating an entire board for the sake of accessibility that others were not afforded.

I'm not a mod so it's up to them.

You can check the menu and sort by emu only and compare that way.

I'm not de-legitimizing your games in other communities, just that there isn't a difference between consoles in this game outside of the 2 min of time save between consoles.

Since you brought up my other communities, they're all sorted into categories based on differences in the games and routes based on the consoles, not relegated to differences in time.

Submit emu runs. There's nothing wrong with that and they're 100% accepted. As you mentioned, we're very open to emulators as they're generally more accessible.

If there are any issues or difficulties, please reach out to me and I'll help troubleshoot.

Utilizing bits and pieces from multiple fan patches and making them compatible with each other I have put together a huge QoL patch for Septerra Core.

No adjustments to difficulty, balance, etc... Simply a better game to stream and play.

Crashes when loading certain files are fixed, movement speed is defaulted to run with shift to walk, the game launches in an adjustable windowed mode, and combat no longer involves waiting forever.

This patch now works on both versions of the game! make sure to download the correct file for whatever launcher you plan to use

To download the GOG patch file please click this text here

To download the STEAM patch file please click this text here

Open the installguide.txt I've provided in each patch folder to install the patch and learn how to properly adjust the window sizing without distorting the image.

• MOVIES ARE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING. I AM WORKING ON A FIX. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH MOVIES AND PLAY CASUALLY, AVOID THIS PATCH

This is NOT the fan patch that is provided with GOG and will not work with that unofficial patch. The game is NOT provided so you will need to purchase it on Steam or GOG first.

The current WR run was done on the unofficial version of the game and this QoL patch does not have a speedrun category. Keep in mind it will not be submitted to the same leaderboard category. I plan to run a QoL specific category and I will communicate with the mod if enough interest develops to add a category for it

Here is a Youtube video featuring the patch and showcasing some of the changes :

That's up to y'all in the 4++ category. Just let me know what you think and I can adjust accordingly!

I will add a few different categories to accommodate this!

What is an arc? Is it like an amiibo?

I'll do an overhaul of the categories and such to accommodate the requests, restrictions, DLC, and different versions of the game.

This will mean that runs will have to be more closely scrutinized in verification aspects. Obviously, things have to be watched more closely to ensure that correct runs are submitted to their correct categories and what have you. That being said, I won't be able to accept runs that are potential top three times without video moving forward.

I'm very happy to have interest in the game and I don't want to stifle anyone's desire to run it! However, it is hard to verify what is done in a single segment and what is done in a bunch of smaller segments and the two should not be compared to one another.

Due to the game's length I'd be happy to add a single segment as well as a segmented category for each of the runs also!

I'm working closely with the people translating the switch version into English. I hope to structure that out and publish it along with instructions for anyone who's interested to download and install that patch onto their switch. I will keep you posted on that and I hope that that will bring a lot more interest to the game and community.

Dang that's a huge breakthrough and good info. Very unfortunate

Keep killing it guys, awesome stuff!

Item-less would be a modified Albert route. Mees and I spoke about it previously and it's extremely do able.

That's awesome.

Let me know if you guys come up with a "No Damage Item" route. I'd love to do an entire run of just additions. I imagine it'd be an Albert route.

They do, yes.

It's actually the most common way to do it. I use a PS2 to play PS1 titles because Fast disc speed saves time in loads.

Yup! Wii U, Backwards compatible PS3, Wii, and PS2 in that order.

Sucks because of motion controls.

Sure thing!