This tutorial was by far the most helpful thing to get me started both on LiveSplit AND an OBS that is actually easy to use. Thank you for your incredible insight and tips!
*adjusts glasses* Well if you look at second 3.53 you can see there was a short cut from his jump to the castle, this means the run was spliced and therefore invalid. I got my PHD having physician to prove it
Most streamers dont put it over their game. They have several monitors and on one of the monitors they have the livesplit but in their recording software they have it all stacked and in the right spots.
I always assumed this interacted with the games itself and always wondered how it would grab the info off of ancient game consoles. Well, this cleared up that mystery.
Best in depth livesplit video on RUclips period. This answered all of my questions man it also helped me on improving transparent timer. Thanks for taking the time to make this video Liked* and Subscribed* 👍🏽
Thanks for the tutorial, I set the world record for need for speed the run (2:13:54) But wasn't aware of it, so I wasn't recording but now I'm going to do it lmao
Thanks very much! Frienf of mine wanted to encourage me to do a speedrun and I was wondering how to get that nifty timer. Your tutorial is super helpful and easy to follow, thank you!
Hey linkus is there any way you would be willing to share what the dimentions of your things are? Like what is the size of your video capture, Webcam, Splits etc.... I'm trying to get a set up similar to yours and having numbers to compare with would be very helpful.
I speedrun Sonic Adventure DX on steam, and I wanna know how I can make the timer start on its own when I choose Tails, do the splits when I complete them, and then the time end on its own when I beat Tails' story? I thought other speedrunners had stuff like that so they didn't need to use a hotkey.
Sweet tutorial, but I have a dumb question. In order to get the timer to register my keypresses, it needs to be in focus. However, when I'm in game, it's no longer in focus. It's still displayed over top of the game, but it won't register my presses to start/stop the timer. What am I missing?
Thanks. So, how do you import community splits records? And how do you do automatic splits, I mean, when a boss is done, I press somehow sooner or later the button to split, then split is different; I don't think it is all manual, as it would be unfair if I press 1 sec before others. Someone plz explain this to me, thanks.
Thank you very much for the tutorial. It helped a lot. But how do you make those boxes? Are they a part of your background or do you make them seperately?
when i search game name it has no search results like i can type "a" and nothnig pops up i can type in any game like minecraft or cuphead but nothing shows in the search
Interesting video! So you basically press a key to go to the next split... I always thought it was measured automatically, in order to make it fair for everyone?
I'm unable to save my layouts and I'm not seeing that option anywhere. I'm trying to make a new category for myself too so idk if that's relevant. How do I save my splits and layout after I'm done? Also is there a way to split while staying in a steam game? Is it possible to use it as an overlay over top of whatever game I'm playing? It feels impossible to start speedrunning without knowing these things and I don't see that info in this tutorial anywhere. What's in here is helpful, but it hasn't helped me actually start running.
How do I add sub splits? Like if I want to list a certain level in the game, and then have splits underneath that for each mission associated with that level, and keep them grouped together like that?
Hey I got a question for ya, where do you get the cool background that you use for your overlay? Did you make it yourself or did it come from like a free overlay bank?
how do i use the livesplit while playing a game? because when i try to speedrun and i press my hotkey to start the timer, the timer doesnt start. i have to open the application in order to start the timer
Have a question, I'm on mac and when I download the folder LiveSplit does not show up but LiveSplit.exe shows up and when I open it, it doesn't open LiveSplit it opens something else can someone help
thanks for the video however i cant stop the timer through pausing the game or cutscenes which then gives me a totally different time to ingame time how do you do this to match the ingame time?
hello, I only play isport, I wanted to know if you have developed a countdown, which would display: departure time, the hour which is counted from the start and the remaining time Thanks for your answer
Sorry if my question is kinda dumb, but is there any way to assign a button on a PS4 pad to slit my timing rather than a Keyboard key? The thing is, when I start making the run I dont wanna touch anything else besides the pad that Im playing on. Thanks
hi i started speed running a game on roblox called speed run 4, but whenever i want to go to my next split i have to waste a second or 2 on clicking livesplit and pressing my button, its really annoying and time consuming i need to find a way where i can play the game and as soon as i press my button it goes to the next split instead of having to click on livesplit.
What should I do if I click on LiveSplit in my folder after extracting all the files if it keeps trying to open the appliacation? Also, do the files only have to be extracted once?
I am trying to learn all this and I got most of the major parts down. However, I am not seeing how to get the LiveSplit itself into OBS. Does anyone know how to do so? It was a bit confusing when I tried to do the share window option in OBS. Thank you!
It is possible for an offset (an offset of 86400 seconds would display 24:00:00, and -356400 seconds is -99:00:00 here). And it is possible for the stopwatch timer to go beyond 99:59:59 What happens at 1000 hours? 10000 hours? 100000 hours? 596523 hours (it's really 2147483647 seconds)? *What happens after 1193046:28:15.00?!*
yo, I have live split and followed all the instructions, but whenever i go to actually launch it it just doesnt open, however it says its open in task manager. is this a common issue? because i have no idea what to do
How do you activate timer while game is running? Doesn't seem to be possible. And windowed mode wouldn't make a difference. Neither would two displays.
Hello. This tutorial is pretty nice but. For some reason i cannot add more splits to my timer. I don't know why but i'm trying to speedrun a specific ROBLOX game and i cannot add anymore then one split to the timer.
alr this is just editing layout, obs and other thingies but most important is how u make livesplit record game bruh. it just closes when i open up Minecraft. so what i do?
Livesplit is working fine, sorta. Is this the same with everyone or do i have to click the livesplit timer (just left click, not editing anything) just to activate the timer, or am i doing something wrong.
I speedrun minecraft, so I'm trying to get moving as fast as I can, but I have to click the livesplit tab, press enter (my start button) and immediately click back to game, which is annoying in my opinion.
The latest version is likely bugged. Updated to it and it crashed immediately. Then I downloaded it from livesplit.org and the application won't even open.
5 years later and this still coming in clutch for potential new speedrunners like myself
I literally wanna do a smb1 speedrun, possibly 4:55-5:05.
You should have speedrun this tutorial. Would be meta af
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This tutorial was by far the most helpful thing to get me started both on LiveSplit AND an OBS that is actually easy to use. Thank you for your incredible insight and tips!
This tutorial is absolutely phenomenal. Thank you so much for explaining and demonstrating all this functionality in a clear, concise manner!
Exactly a year later, still an amazing video.
Damn bro he passed Ganon in 5 seconds that's crazy!!
*adjusts glasses* Well if you look at second 3.53 you can see there was a short cut from his jump to the castle, this means the run was spliced and therefore invalid. I got my PHD having physician to prove it
I wonder what new tech they've found to pull that off
Thank you so much! I've myself been thinking of getting into speedrunning and this guide could really help! So again, thank you! :D
Just learned that you were swedish, or im pretty sure since you have a swedish interface. Very cool to have a big Zelda RUclipsr from my country!
When you don't know anything about speedrunning, but still want to make a speedrunning related video
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking!
He know how to speed run, he said that in the beginning
I know I'm 2 years late, but he's a professional speedrunner
everytime i get back into speedrunning i forget how to do this and i always use this video thx for posting it your streams are awesome btw
thank you, i actually wanted to start speedrunning for fun and test it out. i'm 4 years late but it's never too early to learn!
thank you very much for this tutorial. I'm looking forward to using all this knowledge for my first speedrun ever of FFiX
Hi, I have one question, how can I put a timer on a full screen game?
Thx.
I don't think its possible :-[
use either windowed fullscreen or use a 3rd party program such as borderless gaming in windowed mode
this is really late ik but you could delay the time it takes to use hot keys so it takes like 5 seconds till it starts
Most streamers dont put it over their game. They have several monitors and on one of the monitors they have the livesplit but in their recording software they have it all stacked and in the right spots.
I always assumed this interacted with the games itself and always wondered how it would grab the info off of ancient game consoles. Well, this cleared up that mystery.
Best in depth livesplit video on RUclips period. This answered all of my questions man it also helped me on improving transparent timer. Thanks for taking the time to make this video Liked* and Subscribed* 👍🏽
Thanks for the tutorial, I set the world record for need for speed the run (2:13:54) But wasn't aware of it, so I wasn't recording but now I'm going to do it lmao
This is a really detailed tutorial. Well done!
Thanks very much! Frienf of mine wanted to encourage me to do a speedrun and I was wondering how to get that nifty timer. Your tutorial is super helpful and easy to follow, thank you!
Yo! Är du svensk? Tack för hjälpen, den här videon hjälpte mycket! Are you a Swede? Thanks for the help, this video helped alot!
I'm gonna start running mega man x2! This is gonna be a huuuuge help!
Ny till speedrunning, tack för videon. Du förtjärnade precis en till prenumerant
Hey linkus is there any way you would be willing to share what the dimentions of your things are? Like what is the size of your video capture, Webcam, Splits etc.... I'm trying to get a set up similar to yours and having numbers to compare with would be very helpful.
This was a big help, thank you very much! Time to grind those PBs!
I speedrun Sonic Adventure DX on steam, and I wanna know how I can make the timer start on its own when I choose Tails, do the splits when I complete them, and then the time end on its own when I beat Tails' story? I thought other speedrunners had stuff like that so they didn't need to use a hotkey.
Sweet tutorial, but I have a dumb question. In order to get the timer to register my keypresses, it needs to be in focus. However, when I'm in game, it's no longer in focus. It's still displayed over top of the game, but it won't register my presses to start/stop the timer. What am I missing?
i have the same problem but for some reason global hotkeys don't work
wait, they work on different windows, but not on my game, tf
Thanks. So, how do you import community splits records? And how do you do automatic splits, I mean, when a boss is done, I press somehow sooner or later the button to split, then split is different; I don't think it is all manual, as it would be unfair if I press 1 sec before others. Someone plz explain this to me, thanks.
i may only be using this for a speedrun where i increase the water bills, but god damn this is useful
Thank you very much for the tutorial. It helped a lot.
But how do you make those boxes? Are they a part of your background or do you make them seperately?
when i search game name it has no search results like i can type "a" and nothnig pops up i can type in any game like minecraft or cuphead but nothing shows in the search
Very good the tutorial and all but how do i add custom fonts like the mario one ????
Thanks a lot. Everything's clear. Very good indeed!
Interesting video! So you basically press a key to go to the next split... I always thought it was measured automatically, in order to make it fair for everyone?
How would one go about programming that?
@Linkus7
Hey thanks man for the video. Getting ready to dabble in speedrunning and needed a quick run down on LiveSplit useage.
I'm unable to save my layouts and I'm not seeing that option anywhere. I'm trying to make a new category for myself too so idk if that's relevant. How do I save my splits and layout after I'm done? Also is there a way to split while staying in a steam game? Is it possible to use it as an overlay over top of whatever game I'm playing? It feels impossible to start speedrunning without knowing these things and I don't see that info in this tutorial anywhere. What's in here is helpful, but it hasn't helped me actually start running.
What happened to the other 6 Linkus?
Amazing video, thank you so much man!
Great video, I would have liked it a lot better if you did it in the form of a speedrun.
livesplit any% (in bounds, v1.5.2) wr in 12:04
this deserves more likes
probably late to ask this, but what if you wanted to change settings and make it into a count down? how do i do that?
very good tutorial, was a massive help for me
just take care with "layout explanations"... actually it isn't too much important
a speedrun timer having a 21 minute introduction is so ironic
How do I add sub splits? Like if I want to list a certain level in the game, and then have splits underneath that for each mission associated with that level, and keep them grouped together like that?
When it comes to changing the hotkeys, I don't have the ok option. Something must be wrong with my version?
Hey I got a question for ya, where do you get the cool background that you use for your overlay? Did you make it yourself or did it come from like a free overlay bank?
how do i use the livesplit while playing a game? because when i try to speedrun and i press my hotkey to start the timer, the timer doesnt start. i have to open the application in order to start the timer
Have a question, I'm on mac and when I download the folder LiveSplit does not show up but LiveSplit.exe shows up and when I open it, it doesn't open LiveSplit it opens something else can someone help
ye but when you open it, it does not open LiveSplit it opens some random other timer app
Did you fix it?? :)
thanks for the video however i cant stop the timer through pausing the game or cutscenes which then gives me a totally different time to ingame time how do you do this to match the ingame time?
Thanks for all the help!
hello, I only play isport, I wanted to know if you have developed a countdown, which would display:
departure time,
the hour which is counted from the start
and the remaining time
Thanks for your answer
When I add the World Record field it picks the right category but not the right sub-category WR I wanted.
every time i try to open the livesplit folder i get an error message saying: the parameter is incorrect
Sorry if my question is kinda dumb, but is there any way to assign a button on a PS4 pad to slit my timing rather than a Keyboard key? The thing is, when I start making the run I dont wanna touch anything else besides the pad that Im playing on. Thanks
hi i started speed running a game on roblox called speed run 4, but whenever i want to go to my next split i have to waste a second or 2 on clicking livesplit and pressing my button, its really annoying and time consuming i need to find a way where i can play the game and as soon as i press my button it goes to the next split instead of having to click on livesplit.
enable global hotkeys in the settings menu that will fix this!
@@Dairyproducts69 thank you
What should I do if I click on LiveSplit in my folder after extracting all the files if it keeps trying to open the appliacation? Also, do the files only have to be extracted once?
When I try to run livesplit in the first step, it just says the application cannot run and the timer doesn't even appear for me help is appreciated
same issue here. Ill see if I can figure it out. If so, ill reply here again
yea for me it just doesn't open at all
when i want to insert above in that editor the bars are grey any reason why they are grey?
I am trying to learn all this and I got most of the major parts down. However, I am not seeing how to get the LiveSplit itself into OBS. Does anyone know how to do so? It was a bit confusing when I tried to do the share window option in OBS. Thank you!
it won't work for me, it says " object refrence not set to an instance of an object "
It is possible for an offset (an offset of 86400 seconds would display 24:00:00, and -356400 seconds is -99:00:00 here). And it is possible for the stopwatch timer to go beyond 99:59:59
What happens at 1000 hours? 10000 hours? 100000 hours? 596523 hours (it's really 2147483647 seconds)? *What happens after 1193046:28:15.00?!*
What I'm wondering How you use your keybinds ingame while playing because im running l4d2 and I need to jump and i'll split and I dont like it
I keep getting an error when i try to launch: "exception has been thrown by target of an invocation"... any ideas?
how do i get a timer on full screen game is it possible?
i have a problem, whenever i change the controls for starting pausing etc. if i close the programm it does not save. why?
So does auto split activate while the game is active? Or do you need the layout also?
when i downloaded the file i cant find the program. please anyone help me with this
During the stream, when i reduce SplitScreen, on the Stream it can't show the Time, how do I fix that ?
Thanks brotha, very helpful!
This was very instructing
Is there no way to make the background transparent?
What if the game isn't supported by livesplit, what then?
Just type it in
yo, I have live split and followed all the instructions, but whenever i go to actually launch it it just doesnt open, however it says its open in task manager. is this a common issue? because i have no idea what to do
This is amazing! im using this for Roblox doors
so someone please answer this Question how do i start speed running
with a elgato and a ps5 because the auto start want work automaticly
How do you activate timer while game is running?
Doesn't seem to be possible. And windowed mode wouldn't make a difference. Neither would two displays.
I figured it out.
Just enable Global Hotkeys.
Duh...
It´s so easy yet I didn´t know about most of this D:
how do you add custom fonts for the timer
Hello. This tutorial is pretty nice but. For some reason i cannot add more splits to my timer. I don't know why but i'm trying to speedrun a specific ROBLOX game and i cannot add anymore then one split to the timer.
When I try to change the colors it gives me a error message. Is there a way to fix this issue?
how do you get your windows to look like that im so amazed
i can open livesplit and get the timer but after making a split file the splits wont open
LOL great video but what did you say at the very beginning? The CC picked it up as “how to use live split and cannabis”
what icons do you use, can you send me the link please?
How do I do this on console specifically ps4, speedrun.com requires it but there are still console runs
what do you do when smartscreen blocks it
For me obs shows it as the live split spliters and a giant black box thing on the left side of it
how do you get the blue theme background or any color background besides black?
nevermind figured it out
alr this is just editing layout, obs and other thingies but most important is how u make livesplit record game bruh. it just closes when i open up Minecraft. so what i do?
i cant find the font he uses on live split
trying to open livesplit but my pc is automatically closing it because it is an unrecognized application
When i open the zip file, I see everything but the application (Livesplit). Can someone help?
Matthew S. I'm having the same problem
Yeah whenn i open the zip file only the useless stuff shows
Has there been a fix for this?
Are you opening or unzipping
how do i actually get it to overlay on top of the game
Livesplit is working fine, sorta. Is this the same with everyone or do i have to click the livesplit timer (just left click, not editing anything) just to activate the timer, or am i doing something wrong.
I speedrun minecraft, so I'm trying to get moving as fast as I can, but I have to click the livesplit tab, press enter (my start button) and immediately click back to game, which is annoying in my opinion.
@@nutterbutterboy8837 you can turn on global hotkeys if your hotkeys are something that you won't use in the normal run
can you make a video on how you connect the system to obs
Bruh he showed you how
@@AthasClover i mean the game system i should of been more specific
im having an issue, im trying to use this on a browser game but its making me tab into it every time i want to split, is there a way to fix this?
If you haven't tried it, use global hotkeys and select "Deactivate For Other Programs" to also prioritise that hotkey only for LiveSplit
Assume you did tho
How can i show which key i pressing?
The latest version is likely bugged. Updated to it and it crashed immediately. Then I downloaded it from livesplit.org and the application won't even open.
How can we download other runner's splits for comparison?
Ask the runner for the file.
It says that it is unsafe to run on my PC and therefore won't let me use it, how should I resolve this problem?
same
How do I get a settings.cfg file?
How do you stop it from closing immediately upon opening it?
Now it just deletes its own executable.
I have the same issue