[DBG]

A little something happened to me while I was trying to S-Rank one of the DLC stages (so I could post stats) and I believe I should make it known.

I do not know if this has already happened to anyone else, but while I was trying to S-Rank one of the DLC stages (specifically Mazuri Day 4)... I restarted the stage because... well... I was going for an S-Rank and didn't like how it was going.

I restarted the stage a few times and I eventually found myself able to control and move Sonic during the part when he says "Here we... GO!" before the timer started.

This happened twice for me.

I did restart the stage again both times and everything went back to normal.

[Parax]

strange... I've never gotten nor heard of any glitch like that. If the timer doesn't run until he says go, then this is something that needs to be looked into/probably banned for competition.

[Thorn]

^ Why should this probably be banned, exactly? Why is it wrong to save two seconds before the level starts, but perfectly legit to cut off entire laps of lap levels, especially when you have to somehow remove game updates to do some of said glitches?

Or, if you're looking for "moving without the timer running" examples (for both 2D and 3D levels, of course), it's legit to take Sonic's route in Launch Base 2 as Knuckles, even though the timer freezes in a spot where it should be moving, and it's also legit to freeze time in Sonic Adventure 2.

[Parax]

eh, depends on if it's just totally random or what... though even then I guess. other glitches that involve restarting are allowed (robot chase glitch, JJ1 3D-->2D) so whatever.

[DBG]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

[Firstkirbyever]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

[Parax]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

you can't play SC4 without the patch >_>

[Firstkirbyever]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

you can't play SC4 without the patch >_>

i call bs >_>

[DBG]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

I don't think so.

[Groudon]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

I don't think so.

If you got it to happen on a DLC stage, the game was patched (since you can't play DLC stages with the game unpatched).

[DBG]

Well... it was random... and Mazuri Day 4 is the only stage it has occured on (for me, anyway), so... I don't really know.

when this happened was the game patched?

I don't think so.

If you got it to happen on a DLC stage, the game was patched (since you can't play DLC stages with the game unpatched).

Oh... that's what you meant.

I did say "Mazuri Day 4" and that IS a DLC stage...

...

I suppose this glitch isn't significant enough for anything to be done about it?

[DBG]

Ignore the double post.

I discovered what causes this glitch... or at least I think I did.

This glitch also happened to me in Cool Edge Day 4.

Do you recall when you activate a switch and then the game locks the controls temporarily so that the camera shows you what the switch is for? If you restart during that, you'll have free movement when Sonic says "Here we... GO!" before the timer actually starts.

It doesn't work in Night stages though.

[Groudon]

Is there a specific time you need to restart?
I cannot get it to work on SC4.

[DBG]

Is there a specific time you need to restart?
I cannot get it to work on SC4.

Yes.

When you hit the switch and temporarily lose control of Sonic... while the camera is moving to show you what exactly the switch did.

EDIT: It looks like this glitch works only for the PS3 version as DsS was able to get it to work as well. However, that might change once the Apotos/Shamar DLC is downloaded.

[Aitamen]

very interesting...  I love it when games break >_>