Hmm ok I can see your point there so yeah it feels like this game wasn't really meant for speedrunning with all the random updates they were adding so yeah I probably won't run this category then if I have been having all these issues

one thing I would suggest is from other videos I have seen of the ending it just throws you back out and does not restart you like other endings so maybe I could do the process of getting the ending I would go click e on the hole and just add the time of the cutscene into the final run time I'm not sure if this is a good solution though its just my best suggestion

Downpatching was one of the first things I tried I have downpatched other games like poppy playtime chapter 3 before so I'm not new to the process but when I try to launch the downpatched version of the game for some reason despite it saying its the downpatched one it launches the one on the most recent patch and I cant find a reason for this happening

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall but that did not work I have also tried removing it from my steam account entirely and reinstalling it back on if that's what you mean

Ok for some reason I cant find anyway to delete my saves there does not seem to be a file that has the saves on the steam files and this might be a me problem but the game id does not show up in my programs file so I'm not sure what else I should try to do

Yeah in my first playthrough this method worked once and never again so it seems like that's the issue I will try deleting saves because I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling

I want to speedrun the All Endings category but for some reason the dancing bendy ending wont activate I do all the steps required in the latest update but for some reason when I click e on the hole nothing happens here is what's happening I don't understand what I'm doing wrong

Oh ok

It does not seem like there is a discord available although it's likely there will be one in the near future

If you want to become a new mod/verifier for this game reply to this thread I am looking for more people who want to help moderate this game

https://buggata.itch.io/captain-willie

Basically the silksong community in a nutshell lol

My autosplitter has just stopped working to

For me it took about a week

Changing your arrow keys to wasd is one of the moderations that is allowed so yes your run is still legal if you change them

If you want you can start with category extensions they can range from super short to really long that can maybe help you get a feel for hollow knight speedrunning. Or you could ditch that and just go speedrun hungry knight the choice is yours :)

I just made a guide going in full detail on how to downpatch the game so yes there is a way

I know there is a way to downpatch Poppy playtime but a lot of people are having trouble with that