Yo speedrunners! I'm doing research for my next video and am looking for examples of speedruns where its allowed to use stuff like external tools, quality of life mods, or actual cheat codes. If you have any cool examples let me know.
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
In a few Shovel Knight runs we use a cheat code to disable RNG map encounters. Infernax has some built in cheats to play as alternate characters, they have their own categories.
fallout 4 runners use the official pip-boy app that was released with the game. but it's no longer available in app stores, so we use an android emulator. we use the app because it lets us fast travel at a time we normally wouldn't be able to.
• Super Mario Sunshine Hacked File to skip cutscenes before/after Airstrip
• ESS adapter for Ocarina of Time (banned in Majora’s Mask)
• Bioshock Infinite HRH Mod
one i know of is minecraft which allows the use of an eye of ender calculator to basically do the math and trigonometry for the runner to locate the stronghold without having to take several minutes finding the stronghold which speed up the runs tremendously since being greenlit
Runners for the PC version of Metaphor Refantazio are allowed to use the program SpecialK and a plugin called Metaphorfix to smooth over a lot of the issues with the PC version of that game, which as a result of engine quirks, makes it the fastest version of the game by over an hour vs PS5.
Octopath Traveler speedruns have a separate leaderboard for runs using the Cait Mod which guarantees a 3% monster spawn for extra exp/money, so that runners can specifically route around having that instead of relying on rng and improvising based on when they encounter the Cait
Titanfall 2 has a handful of (imo) really interesting QoL tools/fixes that I'd love to chat about. Feel free to hit me up if you're interested in learning more
Comments
• ESS adapter for Ocarina of Time (banned in Majora’s Mask)
• Bioshock Infinite HRH Mod