After manually adding in some "best segment" splits based on test runs I did via the Level Select option, my theoretical best is now 1:20:24.29, so sub-1:25:00 shouldn't be too far away now! I just need to get a decent run together.... :/
Looking really solid now. Are you planning on submitting when you're happy with your time?
I'd love to, except my local recordings are nowhere near high-quality enough yet to submit. I don't even know if my PC can handle streaming and super-high-quality recording at the same time.
Bad news: this next run is not a world record. (Okay so the run is actually fairly good up until Prescott's Mech. Don't watch past the ride Floatyard.)
Good news: it looks much nicer than before, due to my attempts to get OBS to record SDA-worthy video.
I'm still working on any%, but I've also started a routing a new category: perfectionist%, which completes all sidequests in the game, thus getting the Perfectionist achievement. Stay tuned.
I had such a great run going just now which completely fell apart at Fort Wasteland (the Slobber quick-kill failed), and the hatchet was buried in the Floatyard, when Oswald spawned inside the eye door and then I failed the second half of the Prescott skip.
On the plus side, I improved my theoretical best splits:
I will submit a run to SDA once I get 1:16 or 1:17.
Here are some of my notes for perfectionist% (still very much a work in progress):
Notes on MANDATORY choices: Side with ORTENSIA in "The Bunny Wranglers" Side with MOODY in "Thanks for the Memories" STAY TO HELP PETETRONIC in Club 13 Side with METAIRIE in "A Friend In Deed" and take a picture of Gilda in Autotopia for her Train Dioramas MUST BE RESTORED for Encyclopaedia Wastelandica Side with CLARABELLE for the second part of Horace's Assistant Assistance Side with LARALEE in the Museum for Watch the Skies!
ALL OF THESE NEXT ITEMS MUST BE SOLD TO THE MUSEUM (One Toon's Trash) - SELL, BUT DO NOT BUY BACK: -- PART 37-B -- MELTING ICE CREAM -- ICE CREAM -- STRADIVARIUS -- CLOCK HANDS 1 AND 2 -- HOOK'S COAT / HAT / HOOK / RAPIER -- PEARL OF WISDOM -- JONES' COMPASS -- TRICK FORGE GEAR - BUY BACK: -- GIANT PEARL (Captain's Life) -- HOOK'S TREASURE (Captain's Life) -- CARTOON FIDDLE (Creative Threedom) -- TEDDY BEAR (Horace's Assistant Assistance) -- FLOWER COSTUME HAT (Horace's Assistant Assistance) -- DEED (A Friend In Deed) -- FORGE GEAR (Donald's Date)
Choices for Wrong Side of the Screen (WSotS only needs to be turned in postgame): BEFRIEND the Blotworx Dragon (after Episode 1, 6 GP for Ring of Fire) DEFEAT Prescott (After Episode 2, 6 GP for Second Chance) DEFEAT The Mad Doctor (Postgame, 6 GP for Trust the Mad Doctor)
Scrap Metal needed: unknown GP needed: 24 (6 each for Oswald, Ring of Fire, Second Chance, Trust the Mad Doctor)
Notes on when to turn in quests:
At several stages throughout: - One Toon's Trash - Watch the Skies!
Chapter 2 cleanup - The Spirit of Wasteland - Creative Threedom - The Bunny Wranglers - Thanks for the Memories
Postgame - Operation Gremlin Drop - The Wrong Side of the Screen - Rebuilding Autotopia - Encyclopedia Wastelandica - Finding the Hidden Heroes (14 Hidden Oswalds)
EPIC MICKEY 2 PERFECTIONIST% ROUTE
PROLOGUE
YEN SID'S LAB - As normal, but with extra money drops: -- buckets to the right of Sorcerer's Apprentice Hat. If it's a drop of 4, grab the three directly in front of the hat. -- Extra Silver E-ticket (10) to the right of the Cosmos -- in thinner section, Silver E-ticket (10) to the right of Mickey's house -- buckets after collapsing structure with thinner
DARK BEAUTY CASTLE - smash EVERY breakable object and hope for good RNG - after using Oswald to collapse the balcony, backtrack to smash the statues on the right - after thinning out the platform machine, go over to the Oswald Chest and pick up TRACK RUNNER PANTS
CHAPTER 1
IF YOU HAVE < 250 E-TICKETS AT THIS POINT, RESET!!!
MEAN STREET SOUTH - talk to the train conductor, activate THE WASTELAND LIMITED - talk to Seth, activate FINDING THE HIDDEN HEROES - pick up the 100 CLOTH to the left of the emporium and the 100 cloth over on the left of the building - go to the Emporium, purchase a watch sketch. Once done, fall off the edge and respawn - repair the train station with the Watch sketch. DO NOT TALK TO THE CONDUCTOR YET. - thin out the staircase for later, then paint in TELEPHONE BOX 1. Paint in the computer on the RIGHT of the pipe to the right of the telephone box for Bunny Wranglers later. - repair the Mad Hatter's hat, and during Gus' dialog, paint in TELEPHONE BOX 2 (next to the hat) - head into the underground
UNDERGROUND - collect the 100 cloth on the right - cross the gap, RESCUE GREMLIN 1
MEAN STREET NORTH - collect the SILVER GP on the right - head up, smash all chests, thin out the section of floor hiding Hidden Oswald 2 - collect the 100 cloth to the left of Adelle's shop - talk to Adelle to get the camera - During Gus' camera tutorial: -- repair TELEPHONE BOX 3 -- cause the earthquake and collect the scrap metal, paint in TELEPHONE BOX 4 -- repair the cinema's projection on the roof and paint in TELEPHONE BOX 5 -- by the time Gus is done talking, you should be facing HIDDEN OSWALD 1 to the right of Adelle's shop; take a photo of it.
RESET IF YOU HAVE < 100 BY THE TIME THIS IS DONE!!!
- go to Paulie's shop and buy MI1 (museum item): MELTED ICE CREAM. - get Oswald to repair Paulie's air conditioner, and while he's doing it, take a photo of HIDDEN OSWALD 2 that you revealed earlier - buy MI2: ICE CREAM from Paulie - go in the cinema, talk to PIG 1 which activates Creative Threedom, talk to the cinema projectionist, get scrap metal - talk to Gremlin Flynn, activate Wrong Side of the Screen - talk to Jamface, give him the Scrap Metal - talk to the Spirit, activate the Spirits of Wasteland quest - paint in TELEPHONE BOX 6 - enter the Windmill, collect MI3: Part 37-B to sell to the museum later, enter DEC
DEC (AS NORMAL)
OSTOWN - collect all scrap metal that falls after the scripted earthquake. Where it falls is RNG - repair the train station w/ fairy sketch and collect reward - take pictures of HIDDEN OSWALD 3 and HIDDEN OSWALD 4 on either side of the train station - paint in TELEPHONE BOX 7 (next to the projector) and TELEPHONE BOX 8 (next to the supercharger). - put all three pumps into normal slots. - DO NOT TALK TO GOOFY. Instead head straight down. - After Oswald gets his remote upgrade, command him to open the broken door and photograph HIDDEN OSWALD 5. Turn around, paint in the gears and photograph HIDDEN OSWALD 6. - Enter DEC
DEC (AS NORMAL)
RAINBOW FALLS - Collect AT LEAST TWO GUARDIANS behind the invisible inkwell. This will be for much later. - take the any% route, but after detonating the fireworks, jump off of the bridge. Rescue GREMLIN 2 and collect the bronze GP. - if the waterfall is DOWN, ride it up. If it's UP, fall off and you will respawn next to where you used the fireworks. - continue as normal until you reach the projector station. Take OFFICIAL PHOTO 1 of the Ink Falls (where the heads of the Seven Dwarfs are) - do TWO OF THREE good solutions (paint the coupling, use watch sketch to restart the pipe, use thinner to collapse the higher pipe. After doing this one last, thin out the wall on the left and pick up the 100 cloth once Pete says "Say there, pallies..." - spin the Building a Building gear ONCE and go through the projector.
BUILDING A BUILDING 1 (AS NORMAL)
ANGEL FALLS - Knock all the Sweepers off the map. Take OFFICIAL PHOTO 2 and collect REAL WORLD OBJECT 1. - Fall off the map, respawn, get Oswald to stand on the switch, paint in the sword. - Collect the silver GP from behind the sweepers once you've crossed. - spin the projector gear ONCE and enter the projector.
NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN 1 - Collect the film reel!!! (very important for Bunny Wranglers)
DISNEY GULCH - use one guardian to knock off the spatter with the sphere up top. - to the left, paint in the chest and grab SORCERER'S APPRENTICE ROBES - take OFFICIAL PHOTO 3 of the Guardian Pool. - take OFFICIAL PHOTO 4 of the Saloon - paint in TWO skulls, which should be enough to power the geyser enough to rescue GREMLIN 3. - grab the sphere, put it in, and collect REAL WORLD OBJECT 2. - take the train to the Lab
DISNEY GULCH LAB - take the alternate entrance to the Mad Doctor's Lab - collect the Silver GP next to the projector - enter the projector
THE OLD MILL 2 (AS NORMAL)
BLOTWORX DRAGON - Collect bronze GP and then perform Blotworx skip - before you start fighting, collect REAL WORLD OBJECT 3 and the Gold GP behind a thinned out wall - BEFRIEND the Dragon
EPISODE 1 CLEANUP
REMINDER: SINCE YOU BEFRIENDED THE DRAGON, THERE IS NO SCRIPTED EARTHQUAKE AFTER YOU WARP BACK TO MEAN STREETH SOUTH
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Fast travel to OsTown
OSTOWN - take turnstile DOWN to Goofy's Fountain Mishap area.
BELOW OSTOWN - when collecting the head, grab the MI4: STRADIVARIUS for later - MAKE SURE TO GRAB THE OSWALD HEAD, NOT THE MICKEY HEAD - move up again
OSTOWN - talk to Goofy, get the reward for the pump and for GFM. GOOFY'S FOUNTAIN MISHAP COMPLETE!!! - fast travel to Mean Street South.
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Photograph HIDDEN OSWALD 7 (thinned-out rock next to the Bunny Wrangler pipe) - give photos to Seth and paint in TELEPHONE BOX 8 - Visit the Mad Hatter and purchase the rest of the SORCERER'S APPRENTICE and TRACK RUNNER costumes. EQUIP THEM! - Go to Mean Street North.
MEAN STREET NORTH - Visit the Pin Trader. Purchase the OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT and RING OF FIRE pins (12 GP total). - Backtrack to Mean Street South.
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Enter the Museum. While Pete is talking, go all the way to the back of the museum and activate the Spirit you awoke. SPIRIT OF WASTELAND COMPLETE! - Trade in the REAL WORLD OBJECTS for scrap metal, sell everything to the museum. You should have about 2000 E-tickets by this point. - Go to Mean Street North again.
MEAN STREET NORTH (AGAIN) - Take the projector to Ventureland.
SERVICE STATION 1 (AS NORMAL, BUT PICK UP THE GOLD E-TICKET IN YOUR PATH)
VENTURELAND - Collect the FOUR pieces of the Hook animatronic (MI5, MI6, MI7, MI8) - Paint in the TELEPHONE BOX 9 next to the shop. Purchase the Anvil for 250 e-tickets, the Toon Fiddle for 500, and the Tiki Pearl for 1000 e-tickets. - Clear the rubble in the train station with the Anvil and fast travel to Mean Street South.
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Bunny Wrangling (FIVE BUNNIES). This is completely random. - After Bunny Wrangling - Sell everything to the museum, and buy back the Stradivarius (or Fiddle, whichever is cheaper) and the Giant Pearl. - Fast travel back to Ventureland.
VENTURELAND - Paint in TELEPHONE BOX 10 next to Daisy's house. - Paint in the 3 SUNDIALS and paint in TELEPHONE BOX 11. - Put the Tiki Pearl into the Tiki Head's mouth. - Collect Hook's Treasure and fast travel to Mean Street South.
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Sell and buy back the Treasure - Fast travel to OsTown
OSTOWN - go to Mickey's house, paint in TELEPHONE BOX 12, talk to PIG 2 living in Mickey's house. - Talk to Ortensia to activate The Bunny Wranglers. - Fast travel to Mean Street South.
MEAN STREET SOUTH - Go to Mean Street North.
CHAPTER 2
MEAN STREET NORTH - Take the projector to Bog Easy.
SKELETON DANCE 1 - pick up the film reel!!!
BOG EASY - Paint in TELEPHONE BOX 13 (near the shanty shop) REQUIRED FOR A FRIEND IN DEED. - Get Oswald to REPROGRAM the replicator. While he's doing it, get into position to rescue GREMLIN 4. - smash all pots on the roofs and take the backdoor entrance. - purchase the TV sketch from the Shanty Shop. - after going through the Shanty Shop, destroy all the Beetleworx and reprogram the Replicator. - Paint in TELEPHONE BOX 14 next to Gremlin Sparks' shop. - Go through the gates to the Old Town.
BOG EASY OLD TOWN - paint in TELEPHONE BOX 15 on the roof near where the fireworks are after riding the boat
I just got a 1:18! Since I'm not sure when I'll be able to do more EM2 stuff in the near-future, I'm going to try and submit it, and see how that turns out.
And all of a sudden, any% is alive and kicking again! A new trick and a route change (using paint on the Slobber, as the paint path to Prescott is way way faster and skips an annoying DEC) and I hope to be getting 1:15.
So you know that stupid spring with the Shadow Blot on it in the third diorama, the one that's been giving me so much trouble cranking because it's so random and stupid?