Turok 2 hard mode speed run

2012-08-13 07:32:16 am

Very nice !. Yeah it's clear at least a 12:20 is obtainable. I would strongly suggest just using an explosive shell on those yellow fireborn after coming out of the 4th child area to avoid getting blocked. As I used to have the exact same problem. Just shoot at the wall or ground and it'll kill them. You probably lost about 4 seconds there alone. The Overhead item grab is not worth it and I'm sure you've tried it out. Luckily it doesn't save huge amount of time anyway, just a few seconds. Totem could have been slightly better but it was fairly quick due to having about 5 of them all gathered together round the totem like that. Nice run though !

Yeah I'd say it is a world record, at least on easy mode it. I can see you can strafe round a lot of enemies that would otherwise be very dangerous on hard mode which definitely helps as far as keeping a constant speed around the level. Either way I feel quite inspired to give this level a few attempts too.

Bismuth

2012-08-22 12:56:44 am

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I've just done a 10:47.63 Death Marshes (I start the timer when I gain control at the beginning of the mission using a save). I have a marvelous sub-26 at the beginning of River of Souls, in-game time it is. Your run saved at 26:06, I have it saved at 25:59. But I understand that easy vs. hard makes quite a difference. Actually I am very surprised that the difference was this small between my "segmented run" and yours. Maybe my Death Marshes is still very bad. I know for sure there is a lot to improve on the stupid Purr-Linns, on both gates where there are two of them that you have to kill, it took me about 8 shots, making me lose an insane amount of time. I guess the best I can come up with currently is 10:2x high, but we never know, maybe there's some crazy trick that could make sub-10 possible.

Also, maybe it's because I've played it a little less than Port of Adia, but it does feel like it is much harder to get Death Marshes consistent and perfected, because of all those slope jumps that save tiny seconds, the early feather, the overhead items (I now skip the full health, you simply don't need it on Easy) and all those enemies you gotta kill in one hit. I've found a way to get rid of the raptors at the end of the mission consistently, but I need help for the gates, I don't know if anyone has a trick... as you can see in the video I face a lot of resistance on both of them, yet I still beat my best time recorded separately. I say that because my actual best time is 10:39, recorded in my 4-mission run iirc.

Video: http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/329496722

I've just done a 10:47.63 Death Marshes (I start the timer when I gain control at the beginning of the mission using a save). I have a marvelous sub-26 at the beginning of River of Souls, in-game time it is. Your run saved at 26:06, I have it saved at 25:59. But I understand that easy vs. hard makes quite a difference. Actually I am very surprised that the difference was this small between my "segmented run" and yours. Maybe my Death Marshes is still very bad. I know for sure there is a lot to improve on the stupid Purr-Linns, on both gates where there are two of them that you have to kill, it took me about 8 shots, making me lose an insane amount of time. I guess the best I can come up with currently is 10:2x high, but we never know, maybe there's some crazy trick that could make sub-10 possible.

Also, maybe it's because I've played it a little less than Port of Adia, but it does feel like it is much harder to get Death Marshes consistent and perfected, because of all those slope jumps that save tiny seconds, the early feather, the overhead items (I now skip the full health, you simply don't need it on Easy) and all those enemies you gotta kill in one hit. I've found a way to get rid of the raptors at the end of the mission consistently, but I need help for the gates, I don't know if anyone has a trick... as you can see in the video I face a lot of resistance on both of them, yet I still beat my best time recorded separately. I say that because my actual best time is 10:39, recorded in my 4-mission run iirc.

Video: http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/329496722

Squeebles

2012-08-22 04:23:06 am

I've had kind of an idea for those last two juggernauts but I can't seem to get it consistently- I know that Tek arrows have a strange hit effect to them because the arrows land somewhere underneath the frame and the explosion comes from the general body instead of either armor or flesh. Bottom line is the tek arrow can register a head shot by hitting the mouth- the head- above the head- and sometimes just off to the side of the head. I still can't find a way to make it work every time but I can tell you for certain that you have a higher chance at a critical hit with tek arrows than shredder shells.

giganotabehemoth87

2012-08-22 04:23:32 am

Very good run. I wonder if the totem strat I proposed would save more time here. It's certainly safer but then easy mode you could probably make your way a bit faster because of their lower HP, and of course you don't need to worry about being killed as any where near as much. One thing that bothered me in my strat was leaving the purlin behind me, but it's simply too much hassle to try and kill him without wasting too much ammo.

For killing the sentry purlin I think you're aiming a little too high, try aiming lower (sort of just above there legs) and the shots should connect with their fleshy stomach area, killing them in one blow. Being easy mode you could probably get away with using the mag 60 in the same fashion and get some fast kills, but I haven't tested that.

Yeah I'd agree death marshes is a bit harder than POA, if mainly for the swamp jumping at least. I used to die a lot due to badly timed jumping, but you seem to pull it off effortlessly on both runs I've seen. It nearly went awry before the ladder to the 2nd armory but it didn't matter.

Very good run. I wonder if the totem strat I proposed would save more time here. It's certainly safer but then easy mode you could probably make your way a bit faster because of their lower HP, and of course you don't need to worry about being killed as any where near as much. One thing that bothered me in my strat was leaving the purlin behind me, but it's simply too much hassle to try and kill him without wasting too much ammo.

For killing the sentry purlin I think you're aiming a little too high, try aiming lower (sort of just above there legs) and the shots should connect with their fleshy stomach area, killing them in one blow. Being easy mode you could probably get away with using the mag 60 in the same fashion and get some fast kills, but I haven't tested that.

Yeah I'd agree death marshes is a bit harder than POA, if mainly for the swamp jumping at least. I used to die a lot due to badly timed jumping, but you seem to pull it off effortlessly on both runs I've seen. It nearly went awry before the ladder to the 2nd armory but it didn't matter.

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2012-08-23 09:34:30 pm

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Yeah in Easy you lose 75 points of health in the swamp, which is not a big deal 98% of the time. One time I even lost health in the first area, before the first armory, and actually made it! It always takes me by surprise and makes me jump when the screen flashes red though, because it is VERY red when you lose 75 health!

I will try to see what's best for killing those sentries right now and run some more death marshes tonight. Watch my stream! Wink

Edit: I tried every weapon available at this point, nothing works. Every single one of them is very random, on my first try with the mag 60 I made their heads explode instantly, but I was never able to do that thing ever again, out of maybe 12 tries. I think explosive shredder shells are the least terrible at killing those fast, but still, it simply requires luck. Sometimes they just completely ignore 15 shots.

But anyway, I was playing Death Marshes poorly so I decided to run River of Souls. My best time so far was 18:59 but I knew by comparing videos that you had made a time about 10 to 20 seconds faster than mine in this level. I made 19:39 or something a few days ago, so it was not worth mentioning. At that point, I assumed I could aim for 18:30. Yesterday, I managed to get 18:56, but I knew there was room for improvement. Well, improvement has been made today, with a shattering 18:13.13! And the crazy part is, it is actually still far from perfection and I can easily aim for sub-18. The middle part (from after the gate area with the raptors, to the 2nd sister) was not smooth and I lost some time on my 18:56 run. The part right after was superb, but I failed at the last graveyard and I managed to lose a big chunk of time between the Leap of Faith portal to the end. It looks simple, but it's actually one of the trickiest bit in the entire level. There is a slope jump, three enemies to dodge, and a water boost to get, all within about 8 seconds. Overall I would say it's possible to get about 17:45, 17:50. I will aim for sub-18 and then consider how much more time can be saved. With that 12:27 in Port of Adia, 10:47 in Death Marshes and 18:13 in River of Souls, my total time so far is 43:54 (saved right after warping back into the Hub this time).

http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/329718262

Yeah in Easy you lose 75 points of health in the swamp, which is not a big deal 98% of the time. One time I even lost health in the first area, before the first armory, and actually made it! It always takes me by surprise and makes me jump when the screen flashes red though, because it is VERY red when you lose 75 health!

I will try to see what's best for killing those sentries right now and run some more death marshes tonight. Watch my stream! ;)

Edit: I tried every weapon available at this point, nothing works. Every single one of them is very random, on my first try with the mag 60 I made their heads explode instantly, but I was never able to do that thing ever again, out of maybe 12 tries. I think explosive shredder shells are the least terrible at killing those fast, but still, it simply requires luck. Sometimes they just completely ignore 15 shots.

But anyway, I was playing Death Marshes poorly so I decided to run River of Souls. My best time so far was 18:59 but I knew by comparing videos that you had made a time about 10 to 20 seconds faster than mine in this level. I made 19:39 or something a few days ago, so it was not worth mentioning. At that point, I assumed I could aim for 18:30. Yesterday, I managed to get 18:56, but I knew there was room for improvement. Well, improvement has been made today, with a shattering 18:13.13! And the crazy part is, it is actually still far from perfection and I can easily aim for sub-18. The middle part (from after the gate area with the raptors, to the 2nd sister) was not smooth and I lost some time on my 18:56 run. The part right after was superb, but I failed at the last graveyard and I managed to lose a big chunk of time between the Leap of Faith portal to the end. It looks simple, but it's actually one of the trickiest bit in the entire level. There is a slope jump, three enemies to dodge, and a water boost to get, all within about 8 seconds. Overall I would say it's possible to get about 17:45, 17:50. I will aim for sub-18 and then consider how much more time can be saved. With that 12:27 in Port of Adia, 10:47 in Death Marshes and 18:13 in River of Souls, my total time so far is 43:54 (saved right after warping back into the Hub this time).

http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/329718262

Squeebles

2012-08-24 08:33:48 am

I have one more idea, though I don't know how useful it is- If all else fails you can turn auto aim off and use the sniper scope and tek arrows to shoot somewhere near their head(like I said, anywhere close will get the critical hit) but I don't know how long it costs. I'm used to using manual aim so for me it seems much easier to tek-snipe them.

Bismuth

2012-08-26 01:51:34 am

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Pausing the game for that is sure to take as much time as when I am very unlucky, sadly. And I tried using auto aim off, it barely helps actually.

Squeebles

2012-08-26 10:12:29 am

Alright then, the only other ideas I have are jumping or crouching- They change the angle that your shot comes out at and every once in a while that's enough to change whether you hit the armor or the face -nod-

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2012-08-27 12:13:13 am

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yes I actually jump to land more shots sometimes but it doesn't seem to help a lot.

Today I've been playing some more River of Souls, and I've come to the conclusion that there is 20, but reasonably 15, seconds to be saved on the last graveyard on my 18:13. I got from +29 to +14 in that sole split.

Also I've been experiencing some completely new (to me) bug about slope jumping, water boosts and all. It seems that when you are under the effects of a perfect water boost and that you jump in an upwards slope so that you reach the top of your jump as you reach the top of the slope (or something like that), you gain what looks like a slope jump, but on flat ground! It's as hard to control as a normal slope jump, and it's sometimes big, long and really really fast (which is not what she said). I also believe there might be some potential with getting out of water using speed from another water boost for a ridiculous speed. I'll be testing this right now.

And the highlight of the night: the most perfect dino run in the entire world (notice the two flawless "early gates" before the first tunnel), it was so incredibly promising... until this happened. http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330103721

AAAAND FINALLY. 17:47.02. River of Souls is now my little bitch. This time will be very, very hard to beat! Overall I made about 10 to 15 seconds of mistakes, and I'd expect a perfect time to be around 17:20. Honestly, I doubt I will ever do it under 17:30 though.
http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330113882

With some calculations, using 12:27 for Port of Adia, 10:47 Death Marshes and 17:47 River of Souls, I would do the first 3 missions in 44:18. This makes me believe the best time one could aim at for an RTA of the first 3 missions is sub-44. It would require near-perfect runs on all three levels. Death Marshes is improvable by about 20 seconds so with 12:25 PoA, 10:30 DM and 17:40 RoS, one could do 43:54 theoretically.

yes I actually jump to land more shots sometimes but it doesn't seem to help a lot.

Today I've been playing some more River of Souls, and I've come to the conclusion that there is 20, but reasonably 15, seconds to be saved on the last graveyard on my 18:13. I got from +29 to +14 in that sole split.

Also I've been experiencing some completely new (to me) bug about slope jumping, water boosts and all. It seems that when you are under the effects of a perfect water boost and that you jump in an upwards slope so that you reach the top of your jump as you reach the top of the slope (or something like that), you gain what looks like a slope jump, but on flat ground! It's as hard to control as a normal slope jump, and it's sometimes big, long and really really fast (which is not what she said). I also believe there might be some potential with getting out of water using speed from another water boost for a ridiculous speed. I'll be testing this right now.

And the highlight of the night: the most perfect dino run in the entire world (notice the two flawless "early gates" before the first tunnel), it was so incredibly promising... until this happened. http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330103721

AAAAND FINALLY. 17:47.02. River of Souls is now my little bitch. This time will be very, very hard to beat! Overall I made about 10 to 15 seconds of mistakes, and I'd expect a perfect time to be around 17:20. Honestly, I doubt I will ever do it under 17:30 though.
http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330113882

With some calculations, using 12:27 for Port of Adia, 10:47 Death Marshes and 17:47 River of Souls, I would do the first 3 missions in 44:18. This makes me believe the best time one could aim at for an RTA of the first 3 missions is sub-44. It would require near-perfect runs on all three levels. Death Marshes is improvable by about 20 seconds so with 12:25 PoA, 10:30 DM and 17:40 RoS, one could do 43:54 theoretically.

Bismuth

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2012-08-27 10:02:18 pm

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After River of Souls, my in-game time is 43:26, and in Gigan's run, the in-game time is 43:28 just before the portal defense. Also, I recorded tonight a little video that shows and explains in detail why I believe sub-12 on Port of Adia to be actually possible. http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330221241 (sorry my microphone is really quiet, I should have done a little sound check)

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2012-09-01 04:16:31 am

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New First 3 missions time of 44:44.17! My RoS was kinda bad (about 18:15) and with a tiny bit better PoA (it was a solid 12:31 though) and Marshes (I must say I can't complain much about it though!) and with a 17:40 RoS, 43 is possible. This would most likely be the last minute-break to be done on the first 3 missions, except if it becomes a "real" category. At that point it would be much faster to skip every key in levels 3 and 2, saving enough time for a 42 to be done. I'm thinking 5 seconds first key, a good 20-30 second key, 0 third key in DM, and 10 (or does it trigger the door?), 20, 0 in RoS. In total it should add up for a minute or something, but I'm throwing numbers out there without testing it. Oh and skipping the Primaken key would save another 10.

Video of the 44:44.17 http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330680280

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Bismuth: 2012-09-02 04:34:35 am

2012-09-02 02:28:19 am

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I just choked on a new World Record Port of Adia http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/b/330804940

Bismuth

2012-09-14 05:31:07 pm

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Sad update: my internet can't handle enough bandwidth (or whatever), I can't download/upload more than x GB per month, and the excess can be expensive... this month's excess was 100$, so I must quit streaming and watching HD stuff, sadly. My speedrun attempts are on the ice now, I doubt I would try anymore if I never stream.

Veritate

2012-09-15 12:34:50 am

Not that I wouldn't grant you the time off, but you can still capture video offline?

Bismuth

2012-09-25 05:29:49 pm

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yes I can still capture video offline, I just don't quite feel like it

Bismuth

2012-12-23 01:28:50 am

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Delicious update: trying to cut the 44 after christmas, I just did a rusty run of 46:27.47

Bismuth

2013-01-03 03:12:56 am

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and I tackled the WR with a sub-45 run! now I know 43 is possible! Smiley

Bismuth

2013-01-05 01:38:35 am

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eh, I see not many people are showing interest right now... I'm just throwing this here...

giganotabehemoth87

2013-01-07 12:53:24 pm

I'll watch this at the weekend when i have decent connection on another PC. So far it sounds like you've done a very good job thumbsup

Bismuth

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2013-01-07 10:09:01 pm

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um the youtube version has messed up the audio... here is the twitch highlight http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/c/1816339

(also for giggles: http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/c/1810495)

By the way iirc your segmented run was about 45:35 in real time, whereas this is 44:06, just so you have a bit of an idea how it compares to your run. Let's not forget easy vs hard though, I can't say my run is better than yours Tongue

And the only big mistakes are the awful totem defense fights, I lose like 10-15 seconds in each of them. Port of Adia was a real heartbraker... going on a 12:20 and ended up as 12:31... wr is 12:27. As soon as I have some time I'll practice those extensively so I get safe strats instead of just running around trying to kill stuff.

Bismuth

2013-01-09 11:26:14 pm

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I found timesavers in River of Souls!

This one is about 5 to 7 seconds. http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/c/1826637
This one changes EVERYTHING. http://www.twitch.tv/bismuth9/c/1826649

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Bismuth: 2013-01-13 03:50:34 am

2013-01-13 03:47:36 am

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I am currently trying to record a segmented run, but I'm having trouble getting XSplit to record properly. First, there's this watermark on the lower right... Also, it doesn't record sound properly. I had to download a FLV converter and get it to convert my video to AVI. Then I tried to crop it with VirtualDubMod and I got an error message: "Improper VBR audio encoding in the source AVI file (audio stream 1)". It suggests to rewrite the header but it results in terrible increasing delay between audio and video. If I don't do that, it crashes. Video plays fine in WMP but it is 27 minutes long for the first 2 segments which are less than 4 minutes.

By the way I tried for 2 and a half hours to get 1:37 at the first segment (Behemoth had 1:46) and I think 1:36 is possible but 1:37 is satisfying.

I'm considering using something else than XSplit... anything else that I can get for free, that has no watermark, good quality and no sound problems? I'm guessing I can't have all of those at once, of course, but once could dream... If someone has a solution to crop my AVI file without messing up the audio though, that would be enough; the watermark will have to be dealt with then.

(also posted in support forum)

I am currently trying to record a segmented run, but I'm having trouble getting XSplit to record properly. First, there's this watermark on the lower right... Also, it doesn't record sound properly. I had to download a FLV converter and get it to convert my video to AVI. Then I tried to crop it with VirtualDubMod and I got an error message: "Improper VBR audio encoding in the source AVI file (audio stream 1)". It suggests to rewrite the header but it results in terrible increasing delay between audio and video. If I don't do that, it crashes. Video plays fine in WMP but it is 27 minutes long for the first 2 segments which are less than 4 minutes.

By the way I tried for 2 and a half hours to get 1:37 at the first segment (Behemoth had 1:46) and I think 1:36 is possible but 1:37 is satisfying.

I'm considering using something else than XSplit... anything else that I can get for free, that has no watermark, good quality and no sound problems? I'm guessing I can't have all of those at once, of course, but once could dream... If someone has a solution to crop my AVI file without messing up the audio though, that would be enough; the watermark will have to be dealt with then.

(also posted in support forum)

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2013-01-15 04:44:37 am

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The segmented run was doing well tonight... I spent about 5 hours on it and got to 6 minutes into the run, until I realized I couldn't use the recordings of the first 2 segments (I cut behemoth's first into 2 because I was too annoyed). My save at the waterfall warp is 5:53, whereas in your run you saved at 6:14, which gives me a 21 seconds lead. I have to redo the run though... I think I might be able to get 5:51 though. Segment 1 was not absolutely perfect, and I feel like segments 2 and 3 added together could shave another second. Segment 4 was perfect, segment 5 was near perfect under the circumstances. I could upload it to YouTube (I cheated and rerecorded the first 2 segments just to have an idea of the run it gives, second segment is 2 seconds too slow). My issue with it is that I can't keep up the same upload/download pace I've had since january 1st for all of the month, and the file is almost 5 GB. Good thing that AGDQ doesn't last 4 weeks!

Now that I think of it, I may reduce the quality to a terrible pixelated low-res crap just to give a small idea. When I finish a real segmented run of port of adia I will upload it at the best quality I can get.

Also, I use more segments, definitely. I used 5 segments for 6 minutes, but I can say I could not possibly get one second lower on segments 2, 3 and 4. It's that optimized.

Edit: Ok I have uploaded a very low-quality (it's still 600 mb though... ugh) version of it, but I am starting it from scratch due to further optimization possible on segment 1 (as you can see when I redid a 1:37 to replace lost footage I got it even though I managed to miss the portal once) and due to the fact that I had to rerecord the first two segments and the health/ammo/lifeforce don't match. Like I said segment 2 in the video is 2 seconds too slow but whatever, I was restarting anyway.

The segmented run was doing well tonight... I spent about 5 hours on it and got to 6 minutes into the run, until I realized I couldn't use the recordings of the first 2 segments (I cut behemoth's first into 2 because I was too annoyed). My save at the waterfall warp is 5:53, whereas in your run you saved at 6:14, which gives me a 21 seconds lead. I have to redo the run though... I think I might be able to get 5:51 though. Segment 1 was not absolutely perfect, and I feel like segments 2 and 3 added together could shave another second. Segment 4 was perfect, segment 5 was near perfect under the circumstances. I could upload it to YouTube (I cheated and rerecorded the first 2 segments just to have an idea of the run it gives, second segment is 2 seconds too slow). My issue with it is that I can't keep up the same upload/download pace I've had since january 1st for all of the month, and the file is almost 5 GB. Good thing that AGDQ doesn't last 4 weeks!

Now that I think of it, I may reduce the quality to a terrible pixelated low-res crap just to give a small idea. When I finish a real segmented run of port of adia I will upload it at the best quality I can get.

Also, I use more segments, definitely. I used 5 segments for 6 minutes, but I can say I could not possibly get one second lower on segments 2, 3 and 4. It's [u]that[/u] optimized.

Edit: Ok I have uploaded a very low-quality (it's still 600 mb though... ugh) version of it, but I am starting it from scratch due to further optimization possible on segment 1 (as you can see when I redid a 1:37 to replace lost footage I got it even though I managed to miss the portal once) and due to the fact that I had to rerecord the first two segments and the health/ammo/lifeforce don't match. Like I said segment 2 in the video is 2 seconds too slow but whatever, I was restarting anyway.

Squeebles

2013-01-30 03:33:45 pm

I'm sorry about my inactivity here of late, I'll be sure to check out all the vids tomorrow and from what I've seen you made a couple great discoveries for RoS- Congratulations ^u^b

Squeebles

2013-01-31 07:00:34 am

Alright, I think I might have at least a tiny bit of advice for your Level 3 run- In case you're running out of explosive shells coming up on the first armory- As you first enter the level have the Tek bow armed with Tek arrows, hold the trigger from the start and as you approach the ledge on your right(where the armory is situated) jump up and shoot for the center of the door as you continue heading to the bridge. If it works right all locks will be broken and you'll have only lost the time you spent aiming(which shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as using regular shells to blow open the door). I saw you walk right over a 5 Tek arrow pick up before doing some swamp hopping so it won't cost any extra time recover the ammo either. Also in that area where there are 2 prisoners close to eachother; If the AI works like in the N64 version at all, go for the closest one first- The patrolling Purr-lin always circles the tree to the farther cage rather than running straight for the closer cage in my experience.

Alright, I think I might have at least a tiny bit of advice for your Level 3 run- In case you're running out of explosive shells coming up on the first armory- As you first enter the level have the Tek bow armed with Tek arrows, hold the trigger from the start and as you approach the ledge on your right(where the armory is situated) jump up and shoot for the center of the door as you continue heading to the bridge.  If it works right all locks will be broken and you'll have only lost the time you spent aiming(which shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as using regular shells to blow open the door).  I saw you walk right over a 5 Tek arrow pick up before doing some swamp hopping so it won't cost any extra time recover the ammo either.  Also in that area where there are 2 prisoners close to eachother; If the AI works like in the N64 version at all, go for the closest one first- The patrolling Purr-lin always circles the tree to the farther cage rather than running straight for the closer cage in my experience.