Here's some of the stuff I discovered recently that will most certainly be useful in any%. I'll update this post as I find more. Thanks to user, alpaca and fox for their contributions.
See the video descriptions for how to perform the glitches. All of these can be performed in software rendering mode. Haven't extensively tested hardware rendering mode.
Zod colony clear glitch. Despawns all devils except for xenofex. Requires 3 fire aura scrolls or similar.
Quest NPC hire glitch. Requires a fire aura scroll or similar, or cast a spell like remove fear and talk to a hired follower at the exact same time, then choose target and die with the dialogue up, no scroll needed.
Item dupe glitch. Requires a fire aura scroll or similar. Might work at other chests but avlee was convenient in the run.
Not the clearest explanation but figured I'd document this somewhere.
Alpaca found a way to use the "zeroth" character to drink stat boost potions which overwrites quest bits with the current time. Performing the glitch itself is quite easy. You need a party targeting spell set as the quick spell on the first character and the other three unconcious/dead/etc. Now hit S to cast and click on the first character at the same time. You need to get the character menu open with the spell cursor, then click the first character to cast, then immediately hold right click for a second or two. Now you can select the inventory tab and grab a potion, then click on the right side of the screen to use it. The potion comes from the first character's inventory but using it on the invisible paperdoll applies it to the "zeroth" character, overwriting quest bits.
Have a look at my run (8:00) to see this technique in action.
Quest bits are stored at address 0xACD59D, 64 bytes. See quests.txt in events.lod for bit indices. Potions that line up with bits: might boost, personality boost, speed boost (and maybe more). You might want to play around with the glitch with cheat engine open to see how exactly the potions affect quest bits.
The high bit comes first like so, 12th byte: bit, bit index 0x80 96 0x40 97 0x20 98 0x10 99 0x08 100 0x04 101 0x02 102 0x01 103
Important bits: bit index, byte, bit, description 105, 14th byte 0x80, slayed xenofex 114, 15th byte 0x40, did proving grounds 119, 15th byte 0x02, killed tolberti 236, 30th byte 0x10, lost it bit for overthruster
Wow crazy stuff ! Great achievement. There is still some RNG to be worked out and some minor moves tricks to be used (I remember pressing SHIFT to fasten the rotation of my party). I'm pretty sure sub7 is achievable
Yeah I guess. Wasted a lot of time on grabbing items to sell and then I didn't even need to, so ideally don't bother with items at all. I did use the shift trick though, not sure if that even works in 7?
Problem is that the route is just so inconsistent. You could lose at any of these points: Emerald island alchemy shop, no potions. Emerald island magic shop, no scrolls. Bracada, not enough gold. Bracada magic shop, no potions. End of the run, even if you get this far it doesn't always work.
You could get the two white potions in the fly scroll chest which would save some time flying around (and gold) but good luck with that.
