New category for solutions with/without features accessible only with pasting the code

[commonnickname]

There are some feature that don't exist in the game normally, but that you can introduce by editing the code in a text editor. For example: random pickUp, random set, numbers from 100 to 255 etc. However, putting solutions that use those features feels like it would defeat the purpose of having a repository where people can look up record solutions, - if those solutions cannot be written without 3rd party software. Or maybe not a new category, but a new tag: Year NUM - NAME (TYPE) - (in-game/editor).txt

[commonnickname]

Related questions: If we make a new category, what do you think we should do with solutions that use early random steps? Technically, a text editor is not required to write it, because it can be written on another level and then copied over. I'm 55/45 split in favour of moving it into the new category.

[ghost]

i think early random steps count as "hidden feature"

[commonnickname]

Another reason to have a new category is that in case the developers fix it, we won't have any problems retrieving older solutions that work.

[ghost]

yeah, that's right

[ghost]

but what about levels like compulsory office romance or levels with div 0 trick?

[commonnickname]

Or a category "without copying". Another motivation would be that the iPad version doesn't allow to copy and paste the code?

[NeunEinser]

I really think we should have this. I personally do not like exploit solutions at all, and imo they do not belong in the main category, if a new category is created. It might be the best solution, tho to have a new tag for exploit solutions, so that we do not have to create exploit categories for all 3 current categories. For the overview table, a simple icon marker in the level name would probably work.

By "exploit solutions" I mean solutions, that can not be created without external tools (i.e. a text editor). Quirks like div 0, or e.g, abusing ForEachDir to skip looking around should still be categoriezed as "non exploit", imo.

[Ormek]

I agree. I was looking for a speed solution for year 15:Shred Lines. I found the top speed to be 11, but I cannot enter it in the game, just paste it, because the GUI does not allow me to create pickup n,e. Therefore, the answer was not fulfilling.

[Doomsday31415]

Why hasn't this been fixed yet? It's been over a year.

Solutions that use exploits like pasting in invalid commands should be in a separate category, not the main one.

[blueglyph]

I agree, solutions that cannot be entered from the game, so either non-existent like pickup n,e or not granted at that level like step n,e, should be in a separate category, if there at all.

[abfipes12]

thanks for suggestion, I made a directory for pasteable-only solutions with 26 solutions