[flying fox]

Last Saturday of the month, which means Unofficial Race Night and the game is Sonic Robo Blast 2. Here are the goals:

1) Beat the game as Sonic: 3
2) Beat the game as Tails: 6
3) Beat the game as Knuckles: 2

Current as of reply #12

Vote closes on Saturday 12pm EST.

[sonikkusama]

going to vote for shoes the two tailed fox. i imagine this game is going to be a blind run for a majority of racers, and the game is quite difficult for people that aren't used to it. shoes has been in my experience the easiest to complete the game as, sonic would probably be a nightmare for someone not familiar with the game, lol

[Thorn]

^ I'll note that while Tails is the easiest in my opinion and in the opinion of the developers, that is very much dependent on using a reasonable control scheme. For example, flying fox initially tried to use a controller and played the game with Sonic Adventure styled controls; not only do these controls not work on netplay, but it made movement in general awkward and she ended up finding Knuckles easiest (at least until the final zone, when Knuckles' unique mechanics make things more difficult or force him onto unique routes).

[Werey]

Tails or Knuckles, doesn't bother me. Have not yet mastered sonic and never will so yeah.

[Inuyasha]

Sonic ofc.

Anything else would be a disappointment.

[TimpZ]

I guess we're not going to do online? I probably won't make it myself though :/

[Thorn]

^ I asked flying fox if we could use the online race mode, but immediately realized the complications behind this: lag, parts of DSZ and ERZ not playing nice with Race mode, disconnections and errors, and that of all of the TSCers I play SRB2 with, I seem to be the only one capable of forwarding the proper ports to host the game. >_>

[Mastakirby]

Gotta go with Sonic for this one.

[Selphos]

Not-Sonic.

[SB737]

this is rock hard as sonic, tails is easiest, it'll take like all night for sonic,

So I'll vote for tails

[flying fox]

Posting for RPG, he votes for sonic.

[Zorkiy]

I'll go with the two-tailed fox.

[SB737]

is there a way to run SRB2 in a window instead of full screen?? also anyone know of a single segment run that I could use for routes? for tails

[Werey]

If you download a client called SRB2Net you can change all of those settings before entering the game so you can play in Windowed mode

[SB737]

^thanks werey, I'll ask you in IRC if I need anymore help :)

[Thorn]

By SRB2Net, Werey means the Net Launcher available from the SRB2 download page. If you launch windowed mode from here, be sure to also set a custom resolution at a multiple of 320x200, else the game will launch at exactly that and you'll be using an extremely tiny window.

You can also set windowed mode from the command line or by creating a shortcut to the main .exe and setting the proper parameters from there, again setting a custom resolution. Sample parameters are -win  -width 640 -height 400.

Lastly, if you have the CPU/GPU power for it, consider OpenGL mode (a checkbox in the Net Launcher, else -opengl without the previous parameters). It makes for a sleek-looking game, but can screw up some visuals (e.g., I can't see the laser wall of pain at the start of Egg Rock 1's left path) and lag in large rooms with much to render, and many of you will already be devoting resources to streaming the race.

[Token]

I'm just going to be "that guy" and vote for the guy that turns pink when goes into Super State.

[flying fox]

Tails wins. Room will open around 4pm EST.