Differences between Enemy Path-Finding AI in hard Mode and Normal Mode AI

(I'm not good at English so this guide uses machine translation)

Sometimes in hard mode, the ground enemy does not jump directly to the player's platform, because in hard mode, the ground enemy(not contain the baton guards without armor and dogs)adds a precondition to determine whether the platform foothold is reachable:
During the determination time, if the player is near the same platform as the foothold, the foothold is not determined to be reachable, and then the enemy will look for other feasible paths. If there is no other path, then the enemy will only hover near the landing point at the non-landing platform.(be like this GIF)

Interestingly, when there is no other path and after a period of time, some enemies will still reach the foothold (even if the player is near the foothold)

Plz inform me if there is any error

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full story any% normal (beginner route)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahbDEKy49Y

this video is a showcase of a good route for full story any% normal for new runners. worth noting that the strategies for almost all of the fights are applicable at high level as well. also contains an asm tutorial at 2:21.

general speedrunning guide

This guide briefly states some guidelines for speedrunning any Dan the Man level.
Down kick as much as possible. The down kick strat always makes you move faster, so the more down kicks you can fit into any speedrun, the faster you'll go.
Take as little damage as possible. Your health is sometimes required for certain strats in levels to skip long segments, and usually getting damaged will lose time either because the player character is stunned or there is less room for down kicks.
Use the double-down kick to defeat most enemies. This attack can deal about 60 damage on its own, and when combined with different gloves it can do much more. Most enemies have 60 health or less, so this is an effective method of defeating enemies.
Don't ASM all the time. This trick might be effective if you want to cross a gap quickly but it is a bit slow when you only do it on the ground because it requires a power attack to be charged up. Don't use it unless you think it's going to skip something.
I hope this guide helps. Happy speedrunning!

Prologue

in the second fight of 0-1, only use a double down kick for the right one, and then a high kick for the left one

in the third fight of 0-1, do a double down  kick with the first down kick on the black jar for the bottom two enemies

in 0-2 it's slightly faster to power attack ASM across the gap before starting the fight and then doing a double down kick on the enemy

in the second fight of 0-2 do the same thing except when on the other side use 4 bullets from a fully upgraded gun

in the last fight of 0-2:
1) take the RPG7 and shoot a rocket to the left and the right
2) switch to the modern rifle, shoot two bullets to the right and two to the left
3) drop down, defeat the three enemies with 5 bullets from the modern rifle
4) exit

in 0-3, ONLY ever try for a double down kick on the shielded goon, if they block it go to the vulnerable side and do the same thing

The down kick strat

__How to do it__:

 It's a pretty simple and effective strat. What you need to do is when running without interruptions (no enemies) instead of just going forward, you jump and kick downward while in the air. This will give you a little boost in speed.

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Nome	Autore
Differences between Enemy Path-Finding AI in hard Mode and Normal Mode AI	37bwb 11 months ago
full story any% normal (beginner route)	timeflow 10 months ago
general speedrunning guide	timeflow 6 years ago
Prologue	Spielpro 6 years ago
The down kick strat	Bogdan_mk 7 years ago