1.12.6-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:

• install sar.pdb via sar_update on Windows

Fixes:

• prevent rare game crash on SAR load
• don't render ghosts at precisely the world origin
• prevent crash when using sar_aim_point_hud across loads
• stop mods from crashing on load

1.12.6-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:

• add sar_trace_export
• add sar_cam_path_interp
• add mtrigger comparisons for demo ghosts

Fixes:

• autocompletion for sar_cam_path_remkf
• fix crash on TAS playback on Windows
• correctly catch coop chat messages after game update
• prevent Steam Overlay game crash after game update
• stop crashes on Linux after game update

1.12.6-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:

• make default ghost color black

Fixes:

• prevent crash when using overlay shading on Windows

1.12.6-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:

• add +ghost_list
• add sar_pphud
• add sar_speedrun_recover
• improve TAS autostrafer on speed gel
• replace sar_trace with sar_ruler
• rename sar_player_trace to sar_trace
• rewrite overlay system
• detect teleportations in ghost interpolation
• bendy ghosts :)
• per-client colors for networked ghosts
• add basic shading to ghosts

Fixes:

• show number of clients in ghost_list
• keep motion blur off during TAS playback

1.12.6-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 ghost_list
• add sar_chat
• include map name in ghost speedrun finish toasts
• ghost_show_advancement 2/3

Fixes:

• don't show incorrect run time in ghost map change info

1.12.6-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:

• more efficient ghost update protocol
• add ghost_net_dump
• add ghost_chat

Fixes:

• don't draw overlays while skipping

1.12.6-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:
literally none lol

Fixes:

• don't skip multiple demos using sar_startdemos
• prevent crash when using sar_tas_skipto on Windows
• prevent possible crash on game load

1.12.6-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:

• run ghost pre-commands correctly
• disable client interpolation during TAS playback
• instantly open portals in non-interpolated TAS playback
• make sar_tas_skipto disable rendering

Fixes:

• TAS usercmd debug dumps
• prevent TAS tools changing viewangles on tick 0
• remove NaN values from TAS frameulks after tools processing
• don't crash the game when sar_player_trace commands are given invalid arguments
• teleport correct player when using sar_player_trace_teleport_at
• generate raws correctly when a TAS runs sar_tas_play

1.12.5

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 HUD positioning system for ihud
• Reset course 6 area with sar_coop_reset_progress
• Replace sar_render_remove_broken with sar_demo_remove_broken
• Delay demo autostop to fix rendering
• Allow negative values for sar_sr_hud position
• Set host_framerate and fps_max in TAS playback
• Remove cheat protection on r_PortalTestEnts
• Multiline TAS comments
• CM board autosubmission
• Make in-game unstuck timer use host time
• Coop support in TAS tools
• Default ghost_name to player name
• Multiple demo backups via higher sar_demo_overwrite_bak values
• Persistent svars
• Allow changing pitch within optimal range while autostrafer active
• Eye offset, duckstate, and grounded HUDs
• Player trace tick HUD and hover bbox
• Strength parameter for absmov TAS tool
• Coop support for sar_player_trace
• Custom autocompletion for playdemo
• Custom autocompletion for exec
• Coop sv_pausable 1 speedrun timing support
• Autocompletion for sar_startdemos and sar_startdemosfolder
• Allow starting demo sequence in the middle with sar_startdemos
• Autocompletion for svar_set
• TAS tick advancing
• TAS server implementation
• Remove sar_replay and sar_mimic
• Show time rather than ticks in sar_hud_demo 2
• Support for cycled speedrun rules
• Custom keys for sar_ihud
• Show current parameter value in sar_ihud_modify
• Make sar_aim_point_hud and sar_seamshot_finder respect sar_cam_control and eye offset
• workshop and menu conditions for cond
• end speedrun rule type
• decel TAS tool
• absmov TAS tool air movement pitch compensation
• sar_velocitygraph
• sar_hud_velang
• sar_cam_ortho
• sar_minimap
• sar_stitcher
• sar_give_fly
• sar_give_betsrighter
• sar_on_coop_reset_done and sar_on_coop_reset_remote
• sar_on_session_end
• sar_hud_portal_angles and sar_hud_portal_angles_2
• sar_tas_replay
• sar_demo_replay
• sar_tas_playback_rate
• sar_demo_blacklist_all
• sar_on_coop_spawn
• ghost_sync_countdown
• sar_challenge_autostop 3 to save only PB demos
• sar_tas_restore_fps
• sar_cam_force_eye_pos
• sar_player_trace_teleport_at
• hwait
• sar_render_skip_coop_videos
• sar_tas_play_single
• sar_on_config_exec
• sar_con_filter
• sar_getpos
• sar_geteyepos
• sar_drawline
• sar_hud_velocity 5

Fixes:

• Prevent negative font index hack in ihud crashing the game
• Don't add extra newlines in sar_speedrun_result output
• Make TAS player run changelevel correctly
• Allow fully quoted command for sar_expand
• Improve player trace accuracy
• Don't create directories for demos which won't record
• Don't run changelevel in the menu for TAS playback
• Make sar_demo_remove_broken correct interpolation timing
• Fix TAS save loading on Linux
• Fix error messages loading saves in TAS playback
• TAS parser will no longer ignore comments in commands
• sar_on_xxx can now take a fully quoted command
• The same player can no longer double-trigger a flags rule in coop
• Prevent non-existent directory error when running record whilst already recording with sar_record_mkdir 1 set
• Make lphud work in demos
• Make lphud consider both players' portals in coop
• Add missing elements for HUD order autocomplete
• Fix TAS raw exports not including CM map name
• Fix crashes caused by incorrect TAS tool arguments
• Improve pausing during TAS playback
• Set in_forceuser 100 during TAS playback
• Fix sar_tas_skipto
• Don't carry over tools or commands into inferred TAS framebulks
• Optimise raw TAS script output
• Fix accuracy issues in raw TAS script output
• Fix sar_autorecord -1 when you change level before a new recording initializes
• Fix crashes and desyncs when using networked ghosts
• Cheat-protect movement modifications outside CM
• Don't fire flags speedrun rules when hitting wrongwarp flags
• Fix TAS NaN movement check
• Don't add quotes to cond arguments
• Default ghost_connect port to 53000
• Fix format string expansion bugs in toasts and HUD text
• Improve TAS playback legitimacy with tools enabled
• Set TAS playback cvars before fully loaded
• Transition between maps correctly in TAS playback
• Improve sar_tas_play autocompletion
• Run cond commands immediately
• Prevent TAS from moving while taunting in tools playback
• Don't wait for server ticks to elapse to run scheduled ghost events
• Correct console spew level after svar_capture
• Prevent game crash on SAR unload
• Only run sar_on_flags events on final flags hit
• Improve crash reports on Windows when PDB file is present
• Correct SAR version echo command
• Don't carry commands and tool commands into trailing inferred TAS framebulks
• Prevent threading issues causes weird console output
• Make sar_teleport work for orange
• Correct start tick correctly in sar_demo_remove_broken
• Don't time ghost_sync pauses in speedrun timer
• Normalize TAS controller move analog after applying tools if total is over 1
• Fix speedrun timer and coop detection in demo playback

1.12.5-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:

• absmov TAS tool air movement pitch compensation
• sar_drawline
• sar_hud_velocity 5

Fixes:

• prevent threading issues with toast and console output
• update TAS server state on every frame
• enable IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses for TAS server on Windows
• use forward slashes for TAS server game directory message
• make sar_teleport work for orange
• use floating-point absolute value in autostrafer calculations
• correct start tick correctly in sar_demo_remove_broken
• possible performance improvements