External tools

External tool rows are not part of Akron’s base overlay tabs. They appear only when the relevant mod is loaded, and they are documented separately so the main feature pages stay focused on Akron’s own options. Motion Smoothing adds FPS and TPS bypass rows to the Global tab. Its higher-FPS path keeps Celeste physics at 60 FPS while drawing extra frames, so Akron marks FPS Bypass and the physics-neutral smoothing options as Regular clean. Object interpolation is stricter because Motion Smoothing documents that it can add 1-2 frames of input delay. Extended Variant Mode can also expose variant-specific rows at runtime; those dynamic rows depend on the installed Extended Variant Mode option list. Extended Camera Dynamics adds camera status and ECD-backed zoom-out support for Akron Cursor Zoom when its own camera hooks are active. Akron still uses its native Cursor Zoom path for zoom-in and neutral zoom. When Speedrun Tool is loaded, Akron also exposes Ignore SRT inside the Lag Pauser option menu on the Level tab. That setting is documented with Lag Pauser because it changes Akron’s lag-spike filtering rather than adding a standalone Speedrun Tool row.

Tool	Option	Control	What it does	Attempt status
Motion Smoothing	FPS Bypass	Numeric toggle	Raise the draw cadence or enable Motion Smoothing’s smoothing pipeline while keeping physics at 60 FPS when TPS Bypass is off.	Regular clean
Motion Smoothing	TPS Bypass	Numeric toggle	Change the simulation tick cadence.	Cheat
Speedrun Tool	SRT Status	Action	Show whether Akron can read Speedrun Tool status, slot state, and room time right now.	Regular clean
Speedrun Tool	SRT Slot	Action	Show the active Akron slot used for Speedrun Tool state capture and restore actions.	Regular clean
Speedrun Tool	SRT Capture State	Action	Capture the active Speedrun Tool state slot.	Cheat
Speedrun Tool	SRT Restore State	Action	Restore the active Speedrun Tool state slot.	Cheat
Speedrun Tool	SRT Clear State	Action	Clear the active Speedrun Tool state slot.	Cheat
Speedrun Tool	SRT Room Time	Action	Show Speedrun Tool’s current room timer value when its room-timer export is available.	Regular clean
Speedrun Tool	Export Room Times	Action	Export room-time data when the optional room timer source is available.	Regular clean
CelesteTAS	TAS Status	Action	Show whether CelesteTAS reports an active or currently running TAS.	Regular clean
CelesteTAS	Configured TAS File	Action	Show the configured TAS file basename used by Akron’s CelesteTAS handoff.	Regular clean
CelesteTAS	Play Configured TAS	Action	Start CelesteTAS playback for Akron’s configured TAS file path.	Cheat
Extended Variant Mode	Reset Extended	Action	Reset all non-vanilla external variant settings to their defaults.	Regular clean
Extended Variant Mode	Reset Vanilla	Action	Reset external vanilla variant wrappers to their defaults.	Regular clean
Extended Variant Mode	Extended Variants Master	Toggle	Toggle Extended Variant Mode’s master switch when the mod is loaded.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Extended Variant Mode	Extended Variants Randomizer	Toggle	Open Extended Variant Mode randomizer controls when the mod is loaded.	Cheat
Extended Camera Dynamics	ECD Status	Action	Show whether Extended Camera Dynamics is loaded and whether its camera hooks are active.	Regular clean
Extended Camera Dynamics	ECD Zoom Out	Toggle	Allow Akron Cursor Zoom to zoom below 100% through Extended Camera Dynamics when its hooks are active. ECD zoom-out stays centered on the player; native zoom-in still uses Akron’s cursor-focused zoom path.	Cheat
Extended Camera Dynamics	ECD Restore Zooming	Action	Return Extended Camera Dynamics to automatic zooming after a forced camera focus.	Regular clean

Option menus

Rows with a triangle expose the controls listed below.

Option	Menu control	What it changes	Attempt status
FPS Bypass	Target FPS	Set the draw target while FPS Bypass is enabled.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Method	Choose interval or dynamic render cadence behavior.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth camera	Choose Fancy, Fast, or Off camera smoothing.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Objects	Choose extrapolate or interpolate object smoothing.	Regular clean for Extrapolate; Cheat for Interpolate
FPS Bypass	TAS mode	Keep overworld updates locked for TAS compatibility.	Cheat
FPS Bypass	Subpixel Madeline	Draw Madeline and held items at subpixel render positions.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth background	Use high-resolution background compositing in Fancy camera smoothing.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth foreground	Use high-resolution foreground compositing in Fancy camera smoothing.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Hide edge gaps	Slightly zoom the level to hide gaps introduced by fractional camera offsets.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Nasty mode	Apply the experimental smoothing preset that Motion Smoothing recommends avoiding in real gameplay.	Cheat
TPS Bypass	Target TPS	Set the simulation update target while TPS Bypass is enabled.	Cheat
Extended Variants Randomizer	Change variants randomly	Enable the external variant randomizer loop.	Cheat
Extended Variants Randomizer	Reroll mode	Replace the randomized variant set instead of changing one option at a time.	Cheat
Extended Variants Randomizer	Display enabled variants	Show the active variant list on-screen.	Regular clean
Extended Variants Randomizer	Interval	Set seconds between randomizer changes; zero uses screen-change behavior.	Cheat
Extended Variants Randomizer	Max	Set the maximum number of simultaneously randomized variants.	Cheat

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