TimeSplitters 2Archipelago randomizer mod

Playing with others

One local TimeSplitters 2 profile represents an Archipelago slot. Separate players can exchange items live or return to a still-hosted asynchronous room. Native shared-world co-op or online TimeSplitters multiplayer is not established by this integration review.

Known scope and limitations

• Use the Steam PC edition of Homefront: The Revolution, which contains the required port, and install TS2 Redux v0.2.7 with its default selections. Confirm Redux works before adding the randomizer.
• Install both 1.1.0 downloads together: Scotch.dll goes in Bin64/TS2Redux, AP_client.cfg in the game root, and ts2redux.apworld in Archipelago/custom_worlds. The World requires Archipelago 0.6.4 or later.
• For a new 1.1.0 room, set both the game value and game-specific YAML section to TimeSplitters 2 Redux. Remove the old PC integration file timesplitters2.apworld from custom_worlds to avoid keeping two conflicting registrations.
• Keep the paired 1.0.2 client and World if you need to finish a seed generated before 1.1.0. Changing the displayed name or installing the new client does not migrate that older room.
• Back up the ordinary profile and ap_saves folder before updating or changing seeds. Profile and one-time-grant files are written separately. Avoid seed or slot names that differ only in punctuation or long suffixes, since filenames are sanitized and shortened.
• Stay connected while playing. Check detection, saving and timed-effect cleanup pause when the connection drops. Profile-based checks can be revisited after reconnecting, but unique optional objectives and interrupted effects do not have complete durable recovery.
• Several queued refill packs of one resource can be consumed by a single refill. Traps are serialized to avoid conflicting cheats, but their intended duration is not guaranteed through a disconnection.
• Use the documented Windows setup and default Redux components. Native hooks depend on fixed game offsets; the reviewed source does not establish a complete executable-version rejection guard. Schema mismatches produce a warning rather than a safe migration.
• The config stores the room password as plain text. Keep it private. A plain host can fall back to unencrypted transport; an explicit wss:// address pins encrypted transport when supported by the room.
• The source includes license and dependency documentation, but the downloaded client and APWorld archives omit the full notice files. Complete native-binary reconstruction and runtime compatibility were not verified in this review.