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Leonix
Profile Joined June 2019
161 Posts
December 25 2023 03:16 GMT
#1


Apparently speedrunners know this trick quite well, how comes they implemented the ESC skip in the original, but not in the broodwar?
Or the Remastered for that matter?
First terran mission in broodwar being quite infamous i would guess for this ...
MineraIs
Profile Joined September 2020
United States846 Posts
December 25 2023 04:57 GMT
#2
Groundbreaking
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GoShox
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1842 Posts
December 25 2023 09:04 GMT
#3
I believe they wanted Brood War to be more of an experience with cinematics and created a bunch of new triggers that can not be skipped via escape like they can in vanilla. I don't know the exact details but someone like tec27 who seems to know everything about the game might have an idea of what changed.

You are correct that this is essential for speedrunning since the community measures in real time. There's three different ways to skip dialogue in BW - the method depends on what kind of cutscene you're skipping:

1. Dialogue where the screen centers before freezing your game - The trick you showed in the video (save and reload before your screen is centered and the audio starts playing, then save and reload for each subsequent line of dialogue)
2. Dialogue where the game freezes without centering your screen (destroying the Command Center in BWT1 for example) - Simply click and hold the Menu button with your mouse until the audio starts playing, then save and reload for each line of dialgoue
3. Dialogue that does not freeze the game (bringing Duran to the beacon in BWT3 for example) - Simply save and reload
Leonix
Profile Joined June 2019
161 Posts
December 25 2023 20:38 GMT
#4
thx, nice to know
Quatari
Profile Joined February 2010
Australia48 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-02-18 19:50:52
February 18 2025 19:19 GMT
#5
Does this still work in the current version of Remastered in the Brood War campaigns? If so, what keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks do it? Pressing Esc or F10 or Alt+L or Alt+S or trying to use the mouse don't do anything for me (the dialogue just keeps playing). Do I need to downgrade to a previous version of Remastered? FTR, I am using version 1.23.10.13515 | enUS | 64-bit on Linux via Steam.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10253 Posts
February 19 2025 00:35 GMT
#6
On February 19 2025 04:19 Quatari wrote:
Does this still work in the current version of Remastered in the Brood War campaigns? If so, what keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks do it? Pressing Esc or F10 or Alt+L or Alt+S or trying to use the mouse don't do anything for me (the dialogue just keeps playing). Do I need to downgrade to a previous version of Remastered? FTR, I am using version 1.23.10.13515 | enUS | 64-bit on Linux via Steam.

You might be better off joining the SC:BW speedrunning Discord to learn these things; I'm sure one exists and it will probably be linked on speedrun.com or similar.
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LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1506 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-02-19 14:05:27
February 19 2025 13:56 GMT
#7
On February 19 2025 09:35 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2025 04:19 Quatari wrote:
Does this still work in the current version of Remastered in the Brood War campaigns? If so, what keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks do it? Pressing Esc or F10 or Alt+L or Alt+S or trying to use the mouse don't do anything for me (the dialogue just keeps playing). Do I need to downgrade to a previous version of Remastered? FTR, I am using version 1.23.10.13515 | enUS | 64-bit on Linux via Steam.

You might be better off joining the SC:BW speedrunning Discord to learn these things; I'm sure one exists and it will probably be linked on speedrun.com or similar.



https://discord.gg/gMVJwHfn5Z


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVpUiMHRe0HwCjIhBRuvanJhAqZQh7cn8


Skipping scenes is annoying, I hate it with a passion! I can't think of anything that ruins the fun of speedrunning more than this, short of my PC exploding in my face.

"Thadortin:
For skipping pure dialogue we hold the 'alt' key then : s, s, o, l, l (shortcuts working for english)
skipping pauses is a bit different
save & load when the camera is moving on its own, press F10 when the game loading, save again (no need to load)"
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