Hey, there is a complete guide to setting up Duckstation for speedrunning in the guides section: https://www.speedrun.com/ff8/guides/uh8r3

All the relevant settings required and some optional/preferences are included also.

Feel free to join the discord as that's a more convenient way to ask for help and advice also.

Good luck with learning!

Hey! I've been really enjoying running this run, nice short and just enough RNG.

I'm just wondering if it's worth considering merging some of the categories? As far as I can tell, 3+4 are identical, as are 5+6 and 7+8.

I assume there are some casual differences with other elements however for a speedrun they're identical unless I'm mistaken.

Version 0.7

• Time without loads: 3:56:46
• Time with loads: 4:10:13
• Date of run: 2023-08-01
• Turbo/Autoclicker: Turbo (Kiwami + AHK for stuttering)

Very cool indeed. Something similar has been done by pingval using save corruption to complete the game in like 12mins (if you don't count the ending cutscene). It might be something you'd like to check out:

Here's my tutorial on how to set up this step count: