1.12.8-pre8

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_strafehud_match_accel_scale

Fixes:

• display own ghost color correctly in chat
• draw ghost_sync UI below game HUDs
• make sar_quickhud mirror hud_quickinfo behaviour
• get correct substring for cond RHS var/cvar parsing
• fix crash on printing ghost message shorter than name
• fix crashes and bugs in pathmatch cache (Linux only)

1.12.8-pre7

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_strafe_hud
• #cvar, cvar:, and %string parsing for cond
• highlight mentioned names in ghost chat
• integrate improved pathmatch into Linux build (loading time improvements)
• sar_hud_{show,hide}_text all
• expose entity selector to TAS protocol
• entity selector for autoaim ent TAS tool
• sar_hud_fps

Fixes:

• reset cl_skip_player_render_in_main_view correctly on SAR unload
• portalgun linkage ID fetched incorrectly
• correct sar_crosshair positioning in splitscreen
• unify file autocompletion to better system
• improve precision of floating-point svar arithmetic
• fix incorrect display on sar_strafe_quality

1.12.8-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

Fixes:

• fix Linux crash on latest Portal 2 update

1.12.8-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

Fixes:

• fix not being able to move in Underground after skipping Long Fall

1.12.8-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_speedrun_skip_cutscenes
• conds
• allow sar_ent_slot_serial in-game

Fixes:

• fix delay before sar_dpi_scale takes effect
• help strings
• don't record various commands

1.12.8-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:

• speedrun autoreset
• sar_stop
• legacy mtrigger format
• floating point svar operations
• allow $0 in function expansion
• sar_on_xxx_list
• allow unquoted strings for svar_set
• better autocompletion for svar commands
• wait_to, wait_for

Fixes:

• help string typo
• crash when using svar_from_cvar on command

1.12.8-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:

• add sar_disable_weapon_sway
• add sar_pip_align
• allow time value for sar_speedrun_offset
• don't require quotes for sar_speedrun_recover

Fixes:

• use real tick interval for TAS playback
• print trace name correctly
• remove cheat protection on r_flashlightbrightness to fix map lighting in CM
• time pauses correctly in coop

1.12.8-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

Fixes:

• prevent performance issues with binary hooks (including performance regression from 1.12.7-pre12)

1.12.7

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

config+

• sar_on_pb, sar_on_not_pb
• sar_on_tas_start, sar_on_tas_end
• sar_on_xxx_clear
• svar_substr
• sar_function arg count expansion
• sar_function multi-arg expansion operator
• allow expanding sar_function args above index 9
• ?var parsing for cond
• allow variables on RHS of conds
• more verbose cond errors

TAS and trace

• replace sar_trace_font with sar_trace_font_size
• portals in sar_trace
• sar_hud_trace and sar_trace_dump to view detailed info about trace tick
• sar_trace_override
• store eye position in trace
• string IDs for sar_trace
• use translated tick numbers for sar_trace_bbox_at
• teleport to current trace bbox tick with -1
• version line in TAS scripts, including various fixes in newer version (latest is version 6)
• rngmanip line in TAS scripts
• tools-only framebulks (tick>>tools) in TAS parser
• check TAS tool
• autoaim ent functionality for TAS autoaim tool
• TAS server debug tick

Ghosts

• replace ghost_name_font with ghost_name_font_size
• remove ghost LODs
• ghost_draw_through_walls
• ghost_demo_color
• ghost_leaderboard
• give ghost spectators notarget

Other

• sar_cheat_hud
• sar_always_transmit_heavy_ents
• sar_portals_thru_portals
• sar_hud_rainbow
• sar_dpi_scale
• sar_paint_reseed
• sar_rng_save/sar_rng_load
• sar_groundframes_total
• sar_fcps_ commands
• sar_ent_info
• sar_force_qc
• sar_prevent_ehm
• show serial number in entity list commands
• add entity slot serial debug commands
• achievement tracker
• refactor overlay drawing
• improvements to sar_quickhud and sar_crosshair
• internal changes to demo data injection
• use default HUD color in HUD text
• improve file autocompletion
• show toast after successful update before game exist
• bhop and crouchfly patches
• vault save speedrun start rule
• rework and simplify sar_vphys_hud
• add player vphys bbox hud
• window resizer (Windows only)
• continuous mode for sar_hud_groundframes
• add camera path export
• partial demo portal interpolation fix
• unhide cl_viewmodelfov
• make BINK videos respect host time
• default sar_tas_autosave_raw to 1
• default sar_render_shutter_angle to 360
• add Gaussian blending to sar_render

Fixes

• fix ghosts not rendering sometimes
• move ghost name tags down when model ducks
• output color codes correctly in sar_ihud_modify
• prevent chat spam after leaving splitscreen
• sar_teleport in splitscreen
• fix splitscreen detection
• don't overlay sar_pp_hud portals twice
• show correct line numbers in TAS parse errors
• better error message for input release duration in TAS scripts
• handle portals correctly in sar_teleport
• prevent sar_fast_load_preset errors in P2SM
• fix portal gun linkage ID detection for sar_portalgun_hud etc
• correct TAS server error messages
• allow time portal placement in TAS
• load stat counter data after config exec
• remove stat counter error on game load
• use eye pos for sar_ruler_creator, sar_seamshot_finder and sar_aim_point_hud
• make direct funnel inputs work correctly in TAS tools playback
• correct autostrafer behaviour under sar_aircontrol
• add missing newlines to cvar descriptions
• make TAS player see base maps in Speedrun Mod
• print trace name correctly in errors
• always enable interpolation in raw TAS playback
• advance demo queue correctly when filenames contain spaces
• prevent crashing on exit
• execute sar_on_exit commands properly
• output error message on autosubmit key load failure
• run tools processing before sar_tas_dump_player_info
• don't show advancement for self when spectating
• correctly center text in multi-line toasts
• show sar_ihud buttons correctly in TAS playback

1.12.7-pre17

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_trace_font_size

Fixes:

• texture errors on text overlays
• speedrun timing, sar_coop_reset_progress, sar_teleport etc not working properly in coop