Hi!

I would like to begin running this game and I wanted to check if there are any route notes available. The link in the guides section doesn't seem to be up-to-date and I wanted to make sure nothing else exists before I start from square one :D

I've already seen the TAS notes so any other resources with the exception of watching existing runs on the leaderboard (which I already plan to do) would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Hello! I'm in the process of learning the glitchless route and am having trouble understanding enemy item drops (not artifacts, but things like stones and material chunks). Are there any resources or is there information available on what exactly affects RNG in relation to item drops?

For example, on any given run through of Year 1 Mushroom Forest, there are a couple enemies that do not seem to have consistency in what they drop (if anything at all), while others will drop specific items every single time. Do we know what causes this? Or is this just one of those "If the enemy drops a good item, keep going. If not, reset." situations?

I should clarify that I'm assuming this behavior is affected by RNG. I could be completely wrong :D

I'm a bit confused on the requirements for submission timing. If the load-remover is used, is it necessary to also submit a time with loads included?

Lately I've been encountering an odd glitch in between the 2nd puzzle and the beginning of the 3rd signal. The antennas on the 3rd signal will come up and then soft lock so that the B prompts never show up. This seems to happen sporadically if I skip the animation between the puzzle and the signal and occurs consistently if I spam the B button during the initial antenna raising animation.

Has anyone else encountered this or have thoughts on what's triggering it?

I'm UnrealCroissant (~~please excuse the typo in my account name...~~thank you admins for fixing that; I greatly appreciate it). I have really enjoyed watching speedrunning for a couple of years and am only now working up the gumption to attempt some myself. Currently, I'm looking into FFIV and Never Alone as they are a couple of games I really enjoy. I don't see myself doing this full time or anything but I hope to do it enough to make a few friends and have some fun.

I look forward to meeting a lot of you and may all of your runs be of the speediest variety!