T-20000 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 So recently, speed run is a trend in the gaming community, so anyone wanna speed run KSP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minerbat Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 how can you even speedrun a game with no goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendelaar Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, minerbat said: how can you even speedrun a game with no goal? I know @Cunjo Carl did a fantastic speed run a couple of years ago. He defined that visiting all bodies as a main goal of the speed run. I think he did a normal career game. He did in in 8 hours or so. It was a very cool challenge as it forces you to design and fly all vessels in a complete different way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnbattley Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Speaking as a former world champion () these days winning such races are all about knowing the exploits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendelaar Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, dnbattley said: Speaking as a former world champion () these days winning such races are all about knowing the exploits... wow! i just skimmed through your video. but i really want to learn those exploits you're talking about. very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnbattley Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, xendelaar said: wow! i just skimmed through your video. but i really want to learn those exploits you're talking about. very impressive Thank you! The main tech to know about is the landing leg drive (k-drive) and KAL exploit. With those two you can get crazy (and basically unlimited) acceleration even from a relatively early game state, reducing the challenge to a matter of choosing which planets to visit in the most efficient order... Sadly the guy who followed me did so *very* efficiently, shaving about 50 minutes off my time, and I just don't have the time or dedication to see if I can find a way of matching, let alone beating, that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendelaar Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 ah, the KAL exploit. yeah, I've used that one once or twice. so in other words.. you can get to any place with an Ant engine? Very clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I though the goal of a KSP speed run was to unlock the tech tree in science/ career mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Amongus Sussy Player Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 @dnbattley I think ksp speedrun base should be to mun and minmus fastest so land on the mun then land on minmus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camacju Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 This link may be helpful: https://www.speedrun.com/ksp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swjr-swis Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Recently. Ahh kids these days. History only reaches as far back as they can look up on Youtube. Despite what some highly retconned Wikipedia articles may tell you, speedruns were invented in the gaming 'community' about five seconds after the first gathering of gamers finished a regular run of the first computer game with an ending, for the second time in a row. Spoiler "HA! In your face! Finished faster!" "Oh yeah?? Hold my drink! Gimme that joystick!" "Heyyyy... it's MY turn to try first." "MOOOOOOOM! They're fighting over the joystick, they're gonna break it!" "You ALL get to have your turn, play nice kids! Don't make me come down there." <mocking voice> "Mooooom. Pffft." "Will you two shut up and let me concentrate?" (Ahem. Never mind.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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