Load Remover + Autosplit

LoadRemover and Autosplitter component for Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) for use in LiveSplit.

🆚Supported version

• Steam (current patch) - Full Support
• GOG (current patch) - Support to the basic autostart, autoreset, autosplit and loadremoval. See documentation below for more info.
• Classic Collection (steam) (current patch) - Support to the basic autostart, autoreset, autosplit and loadremoval. See documentation below for more info.

If you have another version in which it doesn't work, see the Contact section and let me know

➕Features

• Autosplitter on the 'Victory' screen (enabled by default)
• Loadremover for Galactic Conquest (disabled by default)
  • It only pauses the time on actual loading screens and resumes when it finishes loading. Works on every loading screen on GC.
• Loadremover for Campaign/Instant Action (enabled by default)
  • Pauses the time as soon as you get the Victory screen and resumes after the game finishes loading the next map.

💿How to install (no download required)

1. Right-click Livesplit and select Edit Split...;
2. In the Game Name option, search for Star Wars: Battlefront II and click it. Make sure it's the one with a colon (:) after Star Wars, the one without it is Dice's 2017 BF2;
3. Just below Start timer at it should show a text saying 'Load Removal is avaiable'. Click on Activate;
4. Click on Settings, make sure the configuration fits your needs (see the Features section above for help) and press OK;
5. On the Splits editor window, press OK;
6. Back on the Livesplit window, Right-click again and go Compare Against > Game Time;
7. If have already inserted all the splits you want, you are already set to go 😄

You can also check this tutorial by DarkLightBoco. Keep in mind some features have been added to this tool since the video recording, so the it's settings will look a bit different.

Important note: if you have already added the autosplitter through the Layout option, you should remove it from the layout so it won't have any conflict. The most common effect of having both enabled at same time is double splitting on victory.

👨‍🏫 How to use it

You will find all setting at Edit Splits > Settings. Dont worry if you forget what everything there does, you can find some info by mouse hovering each option.

Basic Functions

• Start (enabled by default): Automatically starts your timer as soon as it finishes loading a map. Due to some quircks on this game, there might be a couple frames of delay before it actually starts. This might vary between 100ms and 300ms. This will be taking into account when retiming;
  • After starting, you won't have to bother pausing/unpausing as long as either Galactic Conquest or Campaign/Instant Action is active;
• Split (enabled by default): Automatically splits as soon as it detects the Victory/Defeat Screen;
  • In case you are playing Galactic Conquest and quit a map to loose on purpose, it won't split for you due to the game not showing you the victory/defeat screen;
  • Also in Galactic Conquest, it also splits at the very last Victory Screen when you beat the whole GC game.
• Reset (enabled by default): Automatically resets the timer when reloading the same map without getting a victory/defeat;
  • For it to work, it has to be used along with the Custom Function Reset, described below.
    • I made it that way to prevent accidental resets in case people activate this ASL without checking the settings and the documentation. Better safe than sorry.

Custom Functions

• Reset (disabled by default): It has to be used along the Reset just above it.

• Load Removal Ruleset (enabled by default): Allows you to use either the Galactic Conquest or Campaign/Instant Action load removal. This pauses the timer following the one of the chosen options below. This must be active so the picked ruleset works

  • Campaign/Instant Action: Pauses the timer only when you get a Victory/Defeat screen and resumes after loading a map. It's the main load removal and should be used in all categories, with the exception of Galactic Conquest;
  • Galactic Conquest: Pauses the timer only on loading screens. That means that it wont pause at Victory/Defeat (but will split at it if you enabled Split);
  • If both Campaign/Instant Action and Galactic Conquest are enabled, it will use the Galactic Conquest ruleset;

• Campaign Subpslits: Allows you to automatically split on every new objective screen. You can find a file with all campaign maps and subsplits for any% in the resource page of the swbf2 speedrun page

• IA Subsplits: Allows you to automatically split the timer every subgoal according to a given Instant Action mode. Subsplits must also be added on LiveSplit Edit Splits menu. Check the pre-set targets below:

  • Assault (4 subsplits): subsplits on 36 / 72 / 100 / 140 points;
  • Conquest: It has two options: Points (120 / 90 / 60 / 30 reinforcements) and Bases (splits everytime your max captured cps increases)
    • In regards to Bases, the first split is always one higher than your starting CP amount and the last is the total required. For instance, on Coruscant you start with 1 CP, so your first subsplit is 2 and the last is 6.
  • CTF (4 subsplits): splits on 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 flags
  • Hunt (4 subsplits): splits on 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 points
  • XL (4 subsplits): splits on 70 / 140 / 210 / 280 points

Examples of Instant Action subsplits: I know the subsplits part my be difficult to follow, however it's worth mentioning and it's NOT mandatory at all. It can be more useful on Individual Levels (ILs) if you are trying to optimize your segments, but even on ILs it's not required to use it and not many people do.

📜 FAQ

1. The timer isn't pausing

   • Make sure you have set LiveSplit to compare against Game Time (Right-click on LiveSplit, then go Compare Against > Game Time)
   • Check if you have Load Removal Ruleset and either Galactic Conquest or Campaign/Instant Action enabled. The load removal only works if Load Removal Ruleset along with one of the laters are active.

   If you already checked both these points and still have problems with it, DM me or ask for help in our discord (see Contact below)

2. The timer isn't pausing (other sources)

   • I couldn't make one for this version because I don't have access to this copy, but with your help I can make one! Send me a message on my discord (see Contact below)

3. Wierd things are happening pls help

   • Check if you have a Scriptable Auto Splitter on your layout (Right-click LiveSplit, then go Edit Layout). If there is a Scriptable Auto Splitter there, select it and click on the minus button on the left.

4. I'm getting a "It appears you're running an unknown version of SWBF2" error.

   • Make sure you are using the default executable for your game version. If you are using a modified version, it may not work properly. Check the Contact section below for more help.

✉ Contact

• You can reach me out on discord at @Montuano or by joining our discord server

© Credits

9Tpercentmon

• Galactic Conquest load time removal and final victory screen split (steam,gog,classic collection (steam))
• Instant Action subsplitter (steam,gog,classic collection (steam))
• Autostart (steam,gog,classic collection (steam))
• General load removal (gog,classic collection (steam))

Lako3000

• General load removal (steam)
• Campaign subpslitter (steam)

💜 Extra thanks to...

• DarkLightBoco for testing and for the awesome video tutorial on how to install and use it
• jman40 for the help finding the tables needed for the conquest subsplitter
• Austin2075, CaptainEmu, Kazumus and Maxy_waxy for testing
• BF2 Speedrun Community for being the best speedrun community!