New Beginner
8 years ago
Germany

Hi everyone. I got this game a few days ago and i decided to train this game so i can go as fast as sanic. Does someone got a few tips to learn this game?

United States

Well first thing, it's not really the best idea to be doing Adventure runs currently since they'll all be instantly invalidated with every new build, and then invalidated again when the game comes out of early access. The way we have the board set up right now is just to support anyone submitting times for any recent build number, but the boards will be cleared, all submissions deleted, when the game comes out of early access. We'll then do some restructuring, likely removing the ILs board completely, since the in-game ones work perfectly fine, and replay mode is an upcoming feature, so you can view the times in-game after that update, and we'll likely also change the timing method to be more consistent instead of what it's listed as on the rules right now - Instead of begin timing when gain control and end timing when it cuts to black at the end of Destination Unknown, we'll likely change it to begin timing when you click "restart" (or "adventure") from the main menu, and end timing when you hit the finish in the Credits map. This new timing method is more consistent with the game's predecessor, Nitronic Rush although NR runs don't include the Credits map because it's simply a straight, "hold boost," map.

Next, it'd be a good idea to come join in the Distance community Discord server - Discord is a webchat similar to IRC, and it also has optional voice channels if you want to use voice. It's quite active, currently 64 people are in there - Take note that this isn't a "Distance speedrunning" server, it's just the general Distance community server, so many of the people aren't runners, although there are also many of us who do ILs in there as well. The Distance community also has a weekly community multiplayer get-together event called Speedy Saturday, info here.

As for routes, until the replay mode is added to the game, we keep a youtube playlist available here, and if you see my name on any of the in-game leaderboards for a map we don't have in the playlist, I don't mind recording a video. You can also ask in the Discord if there's a route you want a video for. A majority of us are more concerned with solo sprint right now instead of Adventure, for the same reasons I gave above, so none of the current Adventure routes are really documented except in the couple runs Cyclops and I have posted.

The only real "tips" I can give is that this game is really mechanical, very much muscle memory and basically no RNG at all, so it comes down to practice, over and over, training your muscle memory for each individual map. Other than that, if you're using a controller you'll want to use the shoulder buttons for boost and jump/wings instead of the face buttons. The shoulders are already bound by default, so you don't have to mess with any config/rebinding to set them up. Using the shoulders instead of the face allows your thumbs to be free for steering and rotation control at the same time as boosting and jumping. If you play on keyboard like Cyclops and I, then you should have no problems with that. Keyboard is typically much more difficult/awkward to initially learn on, but it is easier to become more proficient with after you've learned the basics. Controller is typically easier to learn on, but harder to become proficient with. It's personal preference mostly, and the devs are currently doing some more balance changes in an experimental build to ensure that controller and keyboard players can fairly compete.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Germany

Ok thanks for the answer.

I rly like this game and i don't believe that they change the tracks that much. But ofc i don't rly know. So if i can the maps and succesfully remember them all it would be a great start for the full game :P. That means that i still train the maps.

Thank you for your invitation for discord. I joined yesterday and hopefully we'll having a lot of fun :D

I thought you would say that the only real tip would be to train and that i need a lot of brain muscle to remember all the OoB's. I play with a 360 controller and i think, i let the controls how they are. I kinda like 'em :D

United States

The official maps aren't being updated at all during the Early Access period because the devs are only updating Adventure mode in their own internal/private build. They're waiting until very near the full release date to release all of the new Adventure stuff in one big update, so it will be a major change when they do release it.

As for controls, you can use whatever you want, but you do need to be able to do rotation, steering, jump/wings, and boost all at the same time, so if your control scheme doesn't allow you to do that, then you need to make some edits to it. This is why I mentioned the shoulder buttons on controller instead of the face buttons. They are already bound by default so you don't have to make any edits.

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