TF2 Rocket Jumping 101 Part 2 (1/2) honorablejay 2010-01-02 | It's finally here!!!For those that waited since part 1, thank you for your patience. This covers chapters 1-3: air control, duck tapping, and jumping from solid objects. The next half will cover chapter 4, boost jumping.Fortress Forever can be found here: http://www.fortress-forever.comUseful console commands:sv_cheats 1hurtme -100000 (used to boost health so you don't die)impulse 101 (used to refill ammo)cl_showpos 1 (shows your current map position and velocity)
Replacing the hydraulic lift on your office/gaming chair honorablejay 2023-11-05 | I recently had to replace the hydraulic piston from my girlfriend's gaming chair. It took a lot of effort, and some creative thinking, to get the job done. I figured my experience could help others save themselves from difficulties in doing something that should be simple but isn't always easy.
Quake 4 Any% Private 2:05:43 (with loads) 10/5/22 PB honorablejay 2022-10-06 | I'm getting more consistent with some of the more annoying tricks, however there are still a few I can't do properly. Also, I'm using a lot more conservative strats because I want this run to be safe for a GDQ marathon (hopefully it gets accepted).
Quake 4 Single Player Speedrun 9/8/22 PB honorablejay 2022-09-09 | This run is timed at 2:18:33.200 going from the very first frame of the intro cutscene to the very first frame of the ending cutscene. I don't have Livesplit setup yet to do remove loading screens, so this will have to do. Considering I've been running this game for less than two week I'd say it's a good first effort. The biggest change from older runs is the inclusion of crouch sliding which has the potential to drop a ton of time from the top runs.
Quake 4 SP Crouch Slide Examples honorablejay 2022-09-07 | Just an example of how crouch sliding in the single player campaign can be used. A lot of mistakes were made because I'm still working on my techniques. Hopefully I can get a full run recorded with much smoother movements.
Trials Rising Ghost Town Donkey Plat honorablejay 2019-11-24 | Overall a pretty smooth run, but there's still room for improvement. If I could figure out how to do the bigger skips then this could come down by at least 3 seconds.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Nosferatu in 51:10 honorablejay 2017-09-28 | Version: VTMB 1.1Timing starts after character creation. A glitch specific to the 1.1 version allows character stats to be set higher than normal.This is a really sloppy run, but I needed something to update my time on the leaderboards. I've picked up this run again after about 2 years of inactivity, so I have a lot of rust to shake off on top of learning the newer route.Hopefully the next run will be a lot cleaner.
Arkham City Any% (No Catwoman) Hard PB - 1:24:41 honorablejay 2017-01-22 | This run is pretty bad. I'm only uploading it so I have a time on the leaderboards to beat. I haven't run this game in over a year and it really shows. Improvements to come soon.
DARK (2013) Easy 1:13:06 RTA honorablejay 2016-09-06 | Really bad run, builds off of my original prototype run with a more streamlined upgrade path. Tons of mistakes and 2 sections that really gave me trouble. Looks like getting sub-1hr could be possible.
DmC NewGame+ Human in 1:21:57 No OOB/IG honorablejay 2016-06-12 | First full run through of this category. It's chock full of mistakes and can improve by almost a minute.
Punch Club - Great Luck honorablejay 2016-02-20 | And this is how you lose in the first round of the playoffs. Guess I'll have to make sure I get Diehard beforehand.And it was going so well up until this point. 2 hours of work down the drain in a few seconds.
Double Dragon II PB 11:18 honorablejay 2015-11-13 | This run came out of nowhere.The worst part of this run is going from the tractor at the end of stage 5 to the last fight in stage 6. Other than that, just minor mistakes and bad RNG.With my new sum of best splits being 9:55, this run still has a LOT that can come off. Time to do more grinding.
DMC Newgame Nephilim 1:37:11 RT (1:11:19 IGT) honorablejay 2015-06-19 | I really gotta stop uploading my progress. No sooner do I finish up with the 1:44 run this one came out a few hours later.Still quite a bit to clean up, but at least I cracked the 1:40 mark.Recently I found out the game doesn't count time spent in menus or in cutscenes, so I re-timed the run using IGT. The time came to 1 hour, 11 mins, and 19 seconds. For all future runs I'll be using IGT.
DMC Mission 12 OOB Sequence honorablejay 2015-04-09 | A quick tutorial on how to do the mission 12 OOB sequence which makes the level a lot more tolerable for runs.
Arkham Asylum Easy Any% in 1:26:10 honorablejay 2015-03-15 | New glitches have shaved about 12 minutes off of my previous PB. Once I get the zips optimized hopefully I'll be close to the 1:20 mark.
Arkham City Any% Hard - 1:36:14 PB honorablejay 2015-02-14 | Time to push even harder towards sub-1:35 -- Watch live at http://www.twitch.tv/honorablejay
Arkham Asylum Any% Hard 1:57:50.36 (Personal Best) honorablejay 2014-05-11 | Skipped the "Walk of Exposition" an jumped straight into the action. Not really the cleanest run, however this is my first time playing in about a month. This wasn't even intended to be a record, just a way to get back into the game. -- www.twitch.tv/honorablejay/c/4230787&utm_campaign=archive_export&utm_source=honorablejay&utm_medium=youtube
Batman Returns: Genesis 13:01 honorablejay 2013-09-10 | Finally got a run that slaughters my old time. There's way too much to detail, so I'll keep it brief.Jumping is the fastest normal form of movement outside of grapple swinging.By jumping right as I attack, the punch/kick is cancelled but the attack box stays active, letting me hit enemies while I'm jumping at them.Most of the heavy weapons were saved for the few boss fights that take too long without them, like the 4-1 sub-boss, Catwoman, and the final Penguin fight.
Future Cop L.A.P.D. (PC) 9:59 honorablejay 2013-08-21 | I'll eventually have a clean run, but after only about a week's worth of practice this isn't too bad. Compared to footbigmike's latest run (which clocks in at 8:56) I'm not too far behind. I chalk the lost time to some unoptimized sections and mistakes (which accounts for about 30-40 seconds of lost time) and version differences (which account for the rest of the lost time).Version differences: on Stage 2 I have to use 2 clips to get over the first wall since there's a bunker that blocks my path, and the final boss has exploding barrels everywhere which need the bulk cleared before I even drop down into the pit. Any other differences (like more enemies in many locations along with tons of extra stage props) are completely skipped.
Did I miss? honorablejay 2012-03-11 | While checking the stats for this pug, I noticed an interesting comment from the blue demo. He simply stated that I did miss and he just air-strafed into it. So what do you think? Did I really miss?
TF2 Lobby: Bhop fun honorablejay 2011-04-08 | Just messing around in this one, nothing really spectacular. I left the fail in this one for added laughs. It's nice to goof off with this plugin but it's a good thing that comp leagues don't use it.The custom speedometer was a feature of the server plugin, so unfortunately there's no way without a custom client plugin to get it. The closest would be the console command cl_showpos 1.To get the Quake hit sounds, go to http://tf2dingalings.com/soundsAside from the Quake sounds, there are a ton of others along with instructions on how to install them.
Batman Arkham Asylum: Nightmare 1 in 30s Easy honorablejay 2010-11-01 | Found 2 extra timesavers that let me get to the exploding wall in 2 of Scarecrow's spin cycles. Combined with the roll-cancel trick upon detonating the gel and I've cut another 4 seconds off my record time.
TF2 Lobby: Badlands Separation Anxiety honorablejay 2010-09-19 | I don't think he was expecting this......neither was the medic :)
Road Rash 2 Overclocked honorablejay 2010-09-12 | I've always wondered what it would be like to overclock a Sega Genesis to fix the horrible framerate issues in Road Rash 2 and 3. With the power of emulation, I've succeeded.Setup: The Wild Thing 2000 super bike from Road Rash 2 is notoriously hard to control. Insane speeds, twitchy handling, not to mention going 200+mph will make you wreck if you hit nearly anything. An extremely low framerate make things even worse.I start the race playing with the emulator set to normal settings. After one wreck, I pause the game, overclock the genesis's cpu by a factor of 8, then resume.Results: The framerate is no longer an issue. The engine seems to top out somewhere between 30 and 60 frames per second. However there are adverse side effects. It's interesting to note that the rendering aspect of the engine was held back by the limitations of the genesis cpu.While the game runs smoothly, the game doesn't play the same. The bikes don't handle as quickly as they normally would, usually taking 3-4 times as long to turn. This is not a result of control lag either (most of the controls are actually more responsive since the results are drawn quicker) but instead the game physics get messed up. The Wild Thing suddenly becomes a much easier bike to control yet still feels sluggish when turning.Unfortunately it's the way the game was programmed, so unless the engine is re-written to take advantage of a higher framerate while keeping the same feel there's no way to smooth the game out without completely breaking it. Road Rash 3 is even worse (to the point where the bike is almost glued to the road) and the biggest difference is the insane sharp turn in Germany (near the end of the track in Level 1) where you can take the turn at full speed and stay in the center of the road.**Note**Hopefully the video framerate isn't completely decimated by youtube so the difference in smoothness can be seen. If it does get messed up I'll upload the original video somewhere else. Also, the speedup in the music track is a result of the emulator itself, NOT the overclock (speedup is present even with standard genesis cpu speeds)
TF2 Lobby: Badlands Spire Defense honorablejay 2010-07-17 | I got damn lucky to survive this one. If his shot was another inch to the right it would've been me that died. Great example of how air strafing can save your life. Man I love lobbies.......
TF2 Lobby: Badlands Airshot honorablejay 2010-06-30 | Too bad this never happens in a real match. I think my teammates' reactions were better than the actual shots. The magic of video editing allows me to cut off the fail med pick right afterwards :)
TF2 Rocket Jumping 101 Part 2 (2/2) honorablejay 2010-01-02 | Second half of the video covering boost jumping. For those that waited since part 1, thank you for your patience.
X-Men Genesis Speedrun in 8:46 honorablejay 2009-07-31 | Finally got posted on SDA, so now here it is on my youtube page. This took a while to make, and even longer to get posted (finished on 4/1/09, finally posted 7/31/09). Detailed writeup can be found here: http://speeddemosarchive.com/XMenGenesis.html
TF2 Rocket Jumping 101: Part One honorablejay 2009-07-12 | Part 1 of a 4 part series detailing rocket jumping in Team Fortress 2. The clips were spliced together from different sessions, and unfortunately since TF2 changes the way my mic sounds when I record with Fraps, most of the clips aren't the easiest to listen to. Hopefully I'll be able to fix that for parts 2-4. I tried to go into as much detail as possible without making the video too boring. Leave any questions in the comments section and I'll answer them as quickly as I can.
