I would like to do runs with the new route and I need to know how to get this patch running, thanks!

As many of you know, I originally set up this page. I do not think that should grant me the ultimate authority on how this page is run, since I haven't always been the most active runner. If community members agree that we need some major changes, I'm happy to listen to that and help out. If you ever feel like you deserve a change in leadership because I'm frequently inactive, I'll understand and we could elect a new admin.

Currently this page is admittedly a bit of a mess. This is mostly due to the nature of a game that is still being updated and what that means for speedrunning. It is also because this is a sandbox game with no defined endgame, and so we can only compete in arbitrary challenges. I'm thinking maybe we'll remove all of the empty categories, and only add new ones after someone does a run of it and requests we add it.

This game has a very small community. I personally think having a strict hierarchy within this community doesn't really make sense, so I'm going to do everything I can to lower myself to the same status as everyone else despite my admin status. That means I won't be taking any action unless most of us discuss it and agree first.

After seeing the way the IL leaderboard is structured, I agree is doesn't belong on the main page, but perhaps Story style ILs should go here. We shouldn't allow faking upgrade collection or anything, actually collect upgrades, and certain stages would be redundant to add, but there's a lot of interesting tech used in some story style ILs that would be cool to showcase here. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

I was wondering what are the odds we would allow a mod that changes emerald pieces to blue instead of green? I think it's not fair that some people have a disadvantage spotting free pieces, and it would foster better competition to allow blue emerald pieces.

I've ran knuckles all A ranks in the past, I'd say it would be a good idea to include those. The only question would be how do we deal with upgrades? We could allow upgrade remover for PC players, and have console peasants run from an edited file or something. We could also just allow upgrades, but that would remove a significant portion of tech from the run.

Wanted to ask because I have no other way to record this game in not shit quality. Also, since the rules aren't defined in riku's story, I was wondering when to stop timing. Is it the last hit, or the last cutscene skip, or something else? Thanks in advance for the help, looking to get a half way decent time in riku's story.

If you run this game, or plan to, you are welcome to join the community discord server, where we can chat and stuff. PM me for the invite link.

I'm considering making a list of allowed mods, since many mods exist that do not change gameplay in any way that would give anyone a time advantage. The basic rules about which mods aren't allowed are as follows.

1. any mod that adds an autopilot is not allowed (example: mechjeb, kOS)
2. any mod that adds a new functional part that changes a ships attributes is not allowed.
3. any mod that changes anything about the game's physics is not allowed (example: FAR, NEAR, hyper edit)
4. any mods that affect time warp

Mods that are allowed:

1. Mods that only change your HUD in ways that do not affect any aspect of flight (if the mod is just telling you information/ changing the appearance of something on the HUD, fine. If the mod adds a button or something that affects your ships flight in any way, bad,. Also, if the mod gives you extra information during EVA, bad.)
2. Mods that change audio files are allowed.
3. Mods that retexture things are allowed.

If you would like to suggest any sort of change to this list, feel free to post here, I am by no means the ultimate authority on this subject.

I've seen a run of extra spicy 100% that was pretty good. Why isn't this a category? here's the run I found:

If you want to talk about anything KSP speedrun related, this is a good place for that.

If you know of an interesting or popular category for this game, or want to make your own category, post it here for approval.