1.12.7-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:

• add vault save speedrun start rule
• add sar_groundframes_total
• make BINK videos respect host time
• add sar_fcps commands
• add sar_ent_info
• add sar_force_qc
• rework and simplify vphys hud
• add player vphys bbox hud
• add sar_on_tas_start and sar_on_tas_end
• add tools-only framebulk support (>>) in TAS parser
• add sar_on_xxx_clear
• use string IDs for sar_trace
• add experimental window resizer (Windows only, for now)
• add documentation to sar_pp_scan
• static TAS tool execution order
• add ghost_demo_color
• add continuous mode to sar_hud_groundframes
• add sar_on_pb

Fixes:

• correctly disable TAS interpolation in raw playback
• advance demo queue correctly when filenames contain spaces
• prevent sar_hud_trace crash
• use correct eye offset in sar_trace
• predict correct velocity in TAS autostrafer
• prevent crashing on exit from incorrect hook handling
• prevent config+ crashing on exit
• execute sar_on_exit comamdns properly
• fix autostrafer on Linux (correct platform tools inconsistencies)
• automatically disable veccam in autostrafer

1.12.7-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:

• use translated tick numbers for sar_trace_bbox_at
• unhide cl_viewmodelfov
• add sar_hud_trace and sar_trace_dump to view info about trace tick
• add sar_demo_portal_interp_fix

Fixes:

• output error message on autosubmit key load failure
• run tools processing before sar_tas_dump_player_info
• always enable interpolation in raw TAS playback

1.12.7-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:

• ghost_leaderaboard
• give ghost spectators notarget
• store eye position in trace and allow teleporting to it
• teleport to current bbox tick on trace with -1

Fixes:

• don't show advancement for self when spectating

1.12.7-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:

• check TAS tool
• default sar_tas_autosave_raw to 1
• proper opaque overlay drawing
• default sar_render_shutter_angle to 360
• add Gaussian blending to sar_render
• TAS script version numbers

Fixes:

• correctly center text in multi-line toasts
• show sar_ihud buttons correctly in TAS playback

1.12.6

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:

• major updates to network ghosts and ghost rendering
• support for new Portal 2 engine version
• in-world overlays are now rendered in order
• through-portal ghost proximity fade
• new start next [now|save|map|cm] TAS start type
• sar_tas_dump_player_info
• sar_echo and sar_echo_nolf
• recognise sar_tas_pauseat modifications during TAS playback
• draw hitboxes of nearby entities in player trace
• sar_vphys_setasleep
• sar_pp_scan
• images for ihud inputs
• background image for ihud
• zoom button for ihud
• minhold parameter for ihud buttons
• unhide ui_transition_effect and ui_transition_time
• restore velocity and portals with sar_teleport
• install sar.pdb via sar_update on Windows
• replace sar_trace with sar_ruler
• rename sar_player_trace to sar_trace
• sar_trace_export
• sar_cam_path_interp
• mtrigger comparison for demo ghosts
• sar_pphud
• sar_speedrun_recover
• improve TAS autostrafer on speed gel
• sar_chat
• disable client interpolation during TAS playback
• instantly open portals in non-interpolated TAS playback
• make sar_tas_skipto bypass all rendering
• TAS usercmd debug dumps

Fixes:

• prevent garbled error messages in ghost demo parsing
• don't process usercmds until TAS player is ready
• don't skip TAS playback while waiting for sessions
• show X coordinate to correct precision in sar_trace
• make TAS funnel movement work with tools processing (sort of)
• don't trigger flags speedrun rules with fake CM flags
• prevent crashes and bugs when using sar_speedrun_autostop
• fix zooming in non-raw TAS scripts
• prevent HUDs from using invalid fonts
• only suppress first gameui_activate after opening Steam Overlay
• make stats counter actually work
• autocompletion for sar_cam_path_remkf
• keep motion blur off during TAS playback
• don't skip multiple demos using sar_startdemos
• prevent TAS tools changing viewangles on tick 0
• remove NaN values from TAS framebulks after tools processing
• don't crash the game when sar_trace commands are given invalid arguments
• teleport correct player when using sar_trace_teleport_at
• generate raws correctly when a TAS runs sar_tas_play

1.12.6-pre15

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_vphys_setasleep
• add entity hitbox drawing to sar_trace

Fixes:

• Fix typo in sar_ihud_analog_view_deshake command name
• Make TAS funnel movement work with tools processing, kinda
• Show X coordinate to correct precision in sar_trace

1.12.6-pre14

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 box overlays to be drawn through walls
• Disable ghost_spec_see_spectators by default
• Add sar_pp_scan
• Images for ihud inputs
• Background image for ihud
• zoom button for ihud
• minhold parameter for ihud buttons

Fixes:

• Display ghost disconnect toasts correctly
• Fix some ghost rendering, maybe
• Don't show ghost advancement for spectators to players
• Don't trigger flags speedrun rules with fake CM flags

1.12.6-pre13

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:

• Disable gravity while spectating ghosts
• Unhide ui_transition_effect and ui_transition_time

Fixes:

• Correct ghost_type help message
• Prevent crashes and bugs when using sar_speedrun_autostop
• Fix zooming in non-raw TAS scripts
• Prevent crash on load on Linux
• Fix sar_aircontrol 1 on Linux mods and Windows

1.12.6-pre9

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:

• restore velocity and portals with sar_teleport
• colored names in ghost chat
• improve ghost name drawing, add ghost_name_font

Fixes:

• convert ghost color to linear RGB during rendering only
• prevent HUDs from using invalid fonts
• only suppress first gameui_activate after opening Steam Overlay
• make stats counter actually work

1.12.6-pre12

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:

• give player godmode while spectating

Fixes:

• prevent +ghost_list crash with ghost_spec_see_spectators 0