1.13.2

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog
Fixes:

• Coop disassembler reset ping/taunt state
• NetMessage functionality after game update

Contributors: @ThisAMJ

1.13.1

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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This release includes several Challenge Mode bugfixes for Portal Stories: Mel and adds support for autorender clients.

Features

• 4689511 sar_on_renderer_start and sar_on_renderer_finish
• c19d857 sar_unlocked_chapters

Bugfixes

• f799002 Fix crash when playing challenge mode demo
• 850f4b7 Fix missing challenge mode flags on Advanced Faith Plate
• 253de9c Disable watermark during demo playback
• 1009d0b Fix silent exit crash on Windows

Contributors: @hero622 @ThisAMJ @NeKzor

1.13.0

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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This release adds Challenge Mode to Portal Stories: Mel and introduces a new release channel for testing canary builds.

Features

• 25e7aa8 Custom Challenge Mode
• 914a054 Canary builds

Contributors: @hero622 @ThisAMJ @NeKzor

1.13.0-pre6

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• sar_on_speedrun_finish

Fixes:

• unpatch Betsrighter
• Removed Herobrine

1.13.0-pre5

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• sar_disable_challenge_stats_hud_partner - enables or disables the new behavior where your CM leaderboard is closed after your coop partner closes theirs (the behavior is currently inconsistent, which will be addressed soon)
• allow multiple maps on speedrun category definition e.g. sar_speedrun_cc_start "Mel Intro" map=st_a1_mel_intro|sp_a1_mel_intro
• allow * wildcard for map in category definition e.g. sar_speedrun_cc_start "Workshop" map=*

Fixes:

• re-add previous CM leaderboard behavior where the leaderboard never opens, for non-elevator maps (with sar_disable_challenge_stats_hud -1)
• network ghost angle interpolation
• translate map filenames to titles in more places
• NetMessage character limit is 127
• toggle now works for SAR cvars e.g. sar_load_delay
• don't crash when checking for SAR updates too frequently
• sar_hud_demo 1 shows relative path
• fixed crash on plugin unload
• disabled view controllers on load (coop reset during disassembler animation, change level during incinerator cutscene, etc) -- This accidentally patched Betsrighter! Next release fixes.
• coop reset fixes ability to ping

1.13.0-pre4

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• sar_transition_timer - tells you how much time a dialogue fade lost (meaning how much earlier you should go in)
• sar_patch_{major,minor,small}_angle_decay - patches angle decay. Major requires cheats.
• new sar_disable_challenge_stats_hud - Opens the leaderboard for a few ticks to address #19 and better coop leaderboard handling - interferes with non-elevator maps, see discussion (P2SR discord server)
• Discord Rich Presence - enable with sar_discord_rpc_enabled 1
• Filepaths for SAR files can now be in any gamedir (e.g. Portal 2/portal2/tas/)
• sar_workshop_skip - requires cheats
• add optional component argument to vphys commands (e.g. sar_vphys_setangle <hitbox> <angle> [component = z])
• record frametime caps in demos
• sar_command_debug
• move, look, use, shoot, zoom, duck, stop, and cmd TAS tools - see the documentation
• ducked parameter for autojump TAS tool
• setang ahead TAS tool to look toward current velocity direction
• check holding [ent] TAS tool to check if you are holding an entity
• sar_debug_step_slope_boost
• custom cfg coop messages with sar_cfg_message <message>, received in _sar_cfg_message svar, sar_on_cfg_message
• sar_speedrun_get_mtriggers[_map] to get mtriggers from the boards
• show map titles in toasts instead of filenames
• show offline players in coop invite list

Fixes:

• Linux mod support (including TWTM!)
• SAR coop messages should now appear less when the partner doesn't have SAR
• fix affected cvars by game update
• coop ghost sync
• ghost_chat as orange
• NetMessage support in Reloaded
• sar_speedrun_skip_cutscenes in Reloaded (hopefully)
• autosubmit exits early on CI builds
• ghost_connect threading - it shouldn't lag when you connect now!
• better sar_hud_tbeam formatting
• strafehud goes over 100% precision
• custom crosshairs in demos
• prevent crash in material system
• unload all created materials and textures
• autoreset regression, support for low tick numbers in coop
• map ends after flags
• sar_tas_replay after check reaches maximum attempts
• sar_tas_dump_player_info was broken
• un-hardcode max speed for autostrafer
• sar_force_viewmodel_fov helpstr

1.13.0-pre3

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• better support for flags in help
• sar_frametime_uncap - Experimental, removes the 10-1000 FPS cap. Use at own risk.
• warning for flagged cheats in coop (progress will not save, runs will be invalid)
• better sar_con_filter_debug - if your console stops outputting anything with srconfigs, run this command and send output to @amj in the P2SR discord.

Fixes:

• fix solocoop command handling regression in previous update
• fix certain vanilla commands no longer working after game update
• fix custom crosshairs not working as P-body
• correct sar_cam_path_setkf help string
• don't warn about fps_max during loads (sar_loads_uncap 1)

1.13.0-pre2

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• steamid cond
• sar_get_partner_id
• coop ghosts support
• sar_con_filter_debug
• sar_placement_helper_hud

Fixes:

• check for non-portalgun weapons
• match vanilla single-portal quickhud
• cm autoreset while orange is loading
• solocoop sv_pausable pause timing
• mel end speedrun rule
• Portal Reloaded NetMessage support
• SAR chat messages showing up in singleplayer
• FCVAR_CLIENTCMD_CAN_EXECUTE errors because of game update
• unclamp frame time ( <10fps, >1000fps works now)

1.13.0-pre1

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• sar_disable_viewmodel_shadows
• sar_force_viewmodel_fov
• Portal Reloaded Coop timing categories, sar_speedrun_skip_cutscenes

Fixes:

• offsets for renderer on Linux
• removed Herobrine

1.12.8

Installation

• Download:
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Place the binary into the game folder e.g. Portal 2
• Open developer console and enter plugin_load sar

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Changelog

Features:

• allow starting the TAS server on any port (sar_tas_server <port>)
• add direct TAS script playback through protocol
• allow entity slot index as entity selector. e.g. box[1] for 2nd entity named "box"
• sar_cam_path_draw
• sar_cam_path_goto
• linux condition for cond
• un-cheat-protect cl_{forward,back,side}speed commands for walk binds

Fixes:

• prevent crash on load on Portal Reloaded on Linux
• allow multiple arguments in sar_toast_create
• correct pp HUD behavior when portal-peeking
• orange's angles HUD in demo playback
• coop taunt overriding sar_cam_control
• progress reset event for solocoop
• various help strings

TAS fixes:

• TAS vector param count validation (0>1 1 0 0|0 0 1 1 is not valid)
• prevent crash on TAS raw script save
• prevent crash on invalid TAS angle smoothing type
• correct entity info TAS server packet
• correctly handle CM TAS header
• remove length limit on TAS-ran commands
• use newest TAS version for sar_autostrafe
• fix TAS trace tick sometimes being off-by-one
• can hover over 0th trace tick
• correct angle handling in camera/trace

Removals:

• sar_cam_path_showkfs - use sar_cam_path_getkfs instead
• sar_hud_text - use sar_hud_set_text instead