Keyboard shortcuts in stk
4 years ago
Limousin, France

I was wondering if it was possible to integrate keyboard shortcuts into Supertuxkart instead of fetching features such as restarting a race, leaving the race etc... in the menu. For example, in story mode with the bug in which the race starts again when you press the enter key, you lose about two seconds on each track. Considering that there are 21 tracks, it's about 42 seconds lost. When you try to have a good time on a track, it is often necessary to repeat the same track many times to get the best result from it. These keyboard shortcuts would be an additional comfort and 41 seconds saved on the run of Fouks and Andet. That's not insignificant. So I would like to know what modification I could make to the code to get these shortcuts. This option is available in most software (but not video games). And other questions: will the bug of the race that restarts be fixed for 1.1? Should keyboard shortcuts be submitted to the development team in your opinion? If the modification is possible to have keyboard shortcuts, will they be prohibited in the story mode rules (are they already)?

Edited by the author 4 years ago
Switzerland

If I understand correctly, you want to have a keyboard shortcut that do Press Select at the Finish Screen and restart + Escape to trigger the menu + Move to "Exit Race" + Click/Press Select.

That would basically be TAS and therefore not allowed. It is indeed not possible to do that simply by configuring the game, and requires Gameplay altering modding or external tools.

Probably that will be fixed in next versions.

Edited by the author 4 years ago
Wax-stk likes this
Limousin, France

Not exactly, ideally you should tap the enter key until the race starts again and only when the race has started again, exit with a keyboard shortcut rather than esc and click on exit. This strategy doesn't change the physics of the game, so I don't think it's a TAS strategy. It can also be well used just to start a race again, for example in Andet's streams, he restarts the race many times before finishing it. And this is the case for all speedrunners. If this is allowed, is the modification really difficult ?

Switzerland

Not really sure if I actually get what you exactly aim to do. Do you want to be able to use keyboard shortcut like Ctrl + Shift + Esc or whatever that instantly does Esc + Click on "Exit Race" so you can save "41 seconds" in your Any%?

If it is this, that is definitively TAS, not less TAS than for example use software that makes sure that I press optimally the Skid button each time or so. Change the physics and TAS are different things and don't have anything to do each other.

If you mean something that allows you to reset the game faster, that would indeed be legal as long as it does not give you an unfair advantage. For example when I ran 0.9.3, I actually modded Stk such that it resets automatically the profiles when I quit the Story Mode. If a modification doesn't affect the actual run at all in any way, you can do it. I will clarify this in the General Rules. So you could have a mod that for example restarts instantly your IL if you press "R", but you cannot use it to accelerate your Any% run. Also if you plan to mod the game this way, please consult us such that we confirm that the mod can be used.

Edited by the author 4 years ago
Alayan, Wax-stk, and Andet like this
Limousin, France

It's okay, I understood that for the story mode, but it would be interesting due to the "race restart" bug. But on the other hand I keep in mind that it might be interesting to submit to the development team the implementation of keyboard shortcuts globally for a future version.

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