What is a good game to start Speedrunning?

Obviously, some games lend themselves to speedrunning better than others. Classic titles like Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Spyro are popular among runners because they’re quality games that have been researched and practiced by hundreds of players.

What timer do Speedrunners use?

LiveSplit

How do I start my LiveSplit timer?

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Alt-tab to LiveSplit.
Press the menu key.
Press e.
Press enter.
Use the mouse to manually highlight all of the text in the “Start Timer at” box. <— terrible.
Type in the new time.
Press enter.
Press the start timer hotkey.

Are speedrun timers manual?

For most games though, yes, speedrunners control the splits manually and usually have a certain error margin in their final time.

How do you upload a picture to Livesplit?

Livesplit has a background image feature as of version 1.6 in Layouts. In Livesplit: right click splits> edit layout> layout settings in the bottom left> at the top should be “backgroud” and you can change the dropdown menu from solid color to image and browse for an image.

What are the LiveSplit hotkeys?

The most useful keybind is obviously “Start/Split” that allows you to start your LiveSplit™. Then, there are two key-binds that I personaly find very handy: “Undo Split” & “Skip Split” that allows you to go back to a split (in case you missplitted) and to skip a split (in case you forgot to split).

What is a global hotkey?

A global hotkey is a combination of keyboard buttons that execute a command in any application or window, like launching your calculator app for example. It doesn’t matter if you’re in Word, Excel, in a browser, or on the desktop.

How do I set up Autosplitter?

At the top, set the game name to “GRIS” and then click the “Activate” button to enable the autosplitter. Then click on “Settings” and a new window will appear. In this window you need to check all the checkboxes related to your splits.

How do you pause Livesplit?

In settings there’s a hotkey for ‘pause’ mine is set to the pause key but idk if that’s default. To answer your question: You can configure a hot key to be ‘Pause’ in settings on livesplit.

How do I reset my Livesplit?

Just open up the run editor, select all the cells with times you want to clear and press the delete key on your keyboard.

What is an Autosplitter?

The autosplitter features an automatic split, start or reset for the Livesplit timer. Also it can track in-game time, which is mostly used to track time without loads. You can add this script to your Livesplit layout settings and it will work immediately.

What is auto splitter?

AutoSplit. This program compares split images to a capture region of any window (OBS, xsplit, etc.) and automatically hits your split hotkey when there is a match. It can be used in tandem with any speedrun timer that accepts hotkeys (LiveSplit, wsplit, etc.).

How does auto splitter work?

A car splitter splits the air a car drives into and forces the high pressure air up and the low pressure air passes underneath the car. The high pressure air then pushes down on the car, resulting in downforce and increased traction.

How do auto splitters work Speedrunning?

Autosplitters work by reading some memory of the game and using that to determine when the levels end. On switch, you will have to manually press spacebar or some other button to determine when levels end, and it will be less accurate.

What does it mean to 100 a game?

100% designates that you’ve done enough in the dev team’s eyes, and they don’t want to pressure most gamers into completing the insanely-hard challenges that the true top percentage would require. (Arguably self-defeating, since if the game is tracking it, many players will still want to achieve it.)

Do people 100% games?

Sometimes people who try for 100% complete are just doing it for the bragging rights. Depending on the game I go for 100% because the game maker is known for adding secret content/bonus levels/different endings such as the game Chrono Trigger which has 13 different endings.

Why is 100 complete?

Percent literally means ‘per’ ‘cent’ = per ‘hundred’ as per cent is short for per centum which is Latin for by the hundred. The key point is that ‘1’ is the symbol of completion. The quantity of a single ‘thing’ is 1 and 100% symbolizes that. So 50% is one half, 50/100ths of something.