hi, is there anyone else here who is disappointed with the speedrunning tools available for linux users?

i’ve tried livesplit through wine but i can’t get global hotkeys or autosplitters working, and speedrunning in general doesn’t allow for the leeway required to tab out, split, and tab back in. i did give this a shot but it seems like livesplit server is deprecated and the project never got any more work done. also tried livesplit one, but again i couldn’t figure out global hotkeys or auto splitting.

i used to use a tool called flitter but i would really prefer something more configurable like livesplit.

ok actually midway through writing this and looking for links to the things i’ve used in the past, i found this tool that does support global hotkeys. autosplitter would be nice, but it’s better than the rest.

i’ll still post this though - i’m curious if there are any tools/tips/tricks/etc others have to share.

    • businessfishOPEnglish
      0•3 months ago

      i would guess that asking somewhere like here dedicated to linux would yield better results than speedrunning-specific communities because everyone uses livesplit. i also like asking this type of question on lemmy/reddit/etc because then someone else can find this if it gets an answer via search engine :)

      honestly my frustration might actually be stemming from the monolithic nature of speedrun timers currently. livesplit is the best by a wide margin and does pretty much anything you could want it to do, so reasonably there are few competitors. livesplit also happens to not support linux, which is a little disappointing considering it is basically the de facto free and open timer software.