here are a bunch of optimisations to know/do when speedruning stick rpg2.
Practice:
Having a save with 1mil at the start of the game makes it possible to practice runs while avoiding most rng.
Easiest way to get such a save is to use cheat engine.
Alternatively you can work in joe's pizza, buy an ID, gamble till you have 1mil, sleep then workout till 12am.
Another useful thing save file with 4 saves at different points across a run so you can practise any part easily.
Example. In any% having save at the start of the game, another after the first S/L, third after getting drunk and last right before lab
Make all the practise saves then search for srpg2Save.sol copy that file some where else and move it back when you want to practice.
Reset speed:
The main way to increase reset speed is to already have a another game open so you don't need to watch the game load when you close the current attempt.
The easy way to do this is to just shift+click the game on your taskbar whenever you see the initial loading screen.
where is a more complex form of this that uses three instances and only works if there aren't any character creation requirements.
To use that. Open two instances of the game then start a new game on one of them after pressing skip story open a new instance then switch to the one on the main menu rush through character creation and switch back to the one loading.
when you close the instance you are playing the next one will already be on the skip story screen.
In run optimisations:
you can also use multiple instances to speed up the time it takes to run back to the casino.
I do it by starting a race then opening a new instance alt+tabing to the main menu instance and loading a previous save then alt+tabing back to the original instance.
If I won the process starts again except I have to close the extra instance.
If I lost I either close the game or start another race depending on what point on the run it happens at.
So if I started a second race I will alt+tab to the instance that just loaded in to the game and start running to the casino when reaching the road I'll alt+tab back.
Quick miscellaneous tips:
Move your cursor where you need to use it preventively.
deleting your save file before running makes saving mid run faster as you don't get the confirmation prompt.
Lowering your monitor resolution makes the game window bigger.
Vendors in stores take a bit to load in so don't click them immediately.
Clicks only register if it gets pressed and released in the objects hitbox.
Knowing the horse race probabilities is important when routing.
Here's roughly what they are.
- orange place 2: =47.45% | +-1.25%
- Blue win 2,5: =59.47% | +-1.23%
- Red place 3,25: =49.22% | +-1.25%
- purple show 4: =30.00% | +-1.13%
- orange win 5: =17.1% |
- red win 6: =16.2% |
- yellow show 6: =25.2% |
- purple place 9: =15.3% |
- purple win 21: =6.42% |
- yellow place 26: =6.66% |
- yellow win 101: =1.33% | +-0.27%
