How Speedrunners beat Knights of the Old Republic in just over 20 minutes!

[@lane_m]

Hey guys! Thanks for all the support, I'm so thankful for everyone who has come to me and said they enjoyed the video! BE SURE TO WATCH THE ORIGINAL RUN! With all of this in mind, it makes the viewing experience all the more fascinating: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioOZqX-kitCrl9E

[@HotShotWire]

PEOPLE IT HAPPENED, JUST 8 MONTHS after this video was released! SUB 20 WAS BROKEN by non other than ChaosDrifting! idk kinda just felt like screaming a little

[@lane_m]

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[@r4ng340]

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[@r4ng340]

I learned a lot from this video and the video is vaguely about me 🤔🤔🤔 . Great job Lane! I am very flattered.

[@TheSloppyjoejr]

Good job 👍

[@TheOpenerXD]

I love that you have a thrashers jersey on in the speedrun. They still live in our hearts. #BlueLand

[@rawn9234]

Agh!Hacker

[@DaveChurchill]

To me there's nothing better than an in-depth video of a niche topic created by someone who is passionate about it. Great job

[@toonieven]

I am honestly flabbergasted.... If the KOTOR speedrun community would focus its attention on something more serious we would have had sustainable fusion or FTL drives already. Hats of to your intelligence, ingenuity and dedication though. KOTOR is my favourite game of all time and I've played it like 80 times (but I usually take 40 hours to do it) and I couldn't have imagined the game would still be able to suprise me in this way XD

[@SvendleBerries]

To be fair, its much easier to manipulate game code than it is particle physics lol Still though, its always impressive to watch speedrunners do their thing.

[@JKHGAMING]

Props on the editing bro. Definitely an underrated KZbinr. Hopefully the algorithm hits some day.

[@jedih8526]

Today is the day! \o/

[@JKHGAMING]

@@jedih8526 aye lol

[@morganwildman5528]

Your videos have the elusive combo of visual explanation and engaging commentary. I can't thank you enough for sinking so much time and effort into both. Watching this one all the way through and subbed before I was half-way done.

[@SchoellScrub]

1:16, 1:23:38 - OH MY GOODNESS! THERE I AM, THERE I AM!!! *ahem* Man this was a ride and a half. Seeing every single glitch and trick here being dissected and explained in detail was so freakin' cool in this format, especially with how this was edited. Its honestly crazy to see how far good ol' R4nch has come since his NMG days. I learned quite a bit here and I'll be honest it kinda inspires me to do an any% unrestricted run at some point in the near future when I have the time to buckle down and study the route. Incredible work here man. This video was quite the treat.

[@hajkie]

58 minutes, nice run man. :D

[@justacomedian]

Idk why this doesnt have more views but thank God the algorithm has blessed me with it

[@alexsmith6322]

Lmao how does a video about a 20 year old game (niche) SPEEDRUN (even more niche) not have more views Maybe it’s because this is one of the most obscure topics imaginable

[@Robbini0]

Frankly, this should be shown to some of the developers and catch their reactions to it. I saw a 'similar' (ie glitches, but no similar descriptions or graphics to explain it) video with some devs for HL2 to watch speedrun of it.

[@morgoth1179]

Yeah the Halo CE devs watching a speed run was one of the most enjoyable videos I’ve seen!

[@marnie4629]

even though im not the speedrunning type, this video is a great watch if you want to learn about the mechanics of KOTOR and improve your games, great job

[@aidenheinz4237]

Wow this video was so well-made you deserve way more subs. I’ve never understood a lot of kotor speedrunning tactics but for the first time I kinda understood.

[@silkiercomet]

I had played this game a lot and never imagined how much can you broke it down in a Speedrun until i found your video, nice work lane

[@NoxInABox69]

Call me crazy, but I think Lane is a Chrono Trigger fan. :P Fantastic video, and thanks for explaining in so much detail!

[@boogernights1]

Not me accidentally glitching into the sith base MINUTES into a playthrough and immediately getting stoved by a sith trooper. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lufex_]

We really gotta find that last 33 seconds timesave so we can quickly outdate this video. xD

[@emmalicious17]

A one and a half hour video about speedrunning strats on Kotor? Shit I know what I'm doing tonight.

[@danmounfield7431]

Not going to lie: initial thoughts 💭 “Pff, an hour to explain a 20 minute run?” Actually watching it 📺 “Super informative and interesting, good work!” 👍

[@SteveMan75]

indeed! thx Lane!

[@The-Black-Death]

This is honestly less of an actual "speedrun" and more of a save corruption lol.

[@MrAbgeBrandt]

Oh man that cracked me up! "KotOR1 unrestricted speedruns - An Excercise in Save Corruption"

[@nathanstruble2177]

I love these videos that are 4 times longer than the run itself

[@EndOfForever]

It's poetic that a game as epic as KOTOR has an equally epic any% speedrun.

[@MrAbgeBrandt]

Oh yeah I remember watching Glasnonck and Indykenobi many years ago. Crazy to see how far speedruns have come since. And I am really happy my favourite game of all time has such an alive community still.

[@Saaintnick]

I just started getting into speedruns and this taught me a lot! Great job man!

[@pinroshan020]

If i were you, get a real job instead of doin these nonsense.

[@One.Zero.One101]

This is the first time I've watched a 1-hour explanation of a speedrun.

[@martixy2]

"A level of gameplay has been demonstrated." I am not quite certain gameplay is the appropriate word here...

[@tonyheath626]

Love the Chrono Trigger music in the background!

[@dunethewanderer8944]

Honestly, having played Bioware games for two decades, the most shocking thing I learned from this video is that they called the planet-hopping portion of the game the "Creamy Middle".

[@alchapo5372]

This is the most hyper-niche thing I have ever seen

[@lad8820]

Remember when the hard save in the Lower City Cantina was crucial to the run? I thought I was fast then…

[@HuthTV]

That is alot of menuing. Very cool to see how completely broken the poor game is now 😆 Great watch!

[@lane_m]

Thanks I appreciate it, especially coming from an old timer like yourself (however brief your time with Kotor may have been)

[@PhillipChalabi]

Listening to the CronoTrigger music has me wanting to go have yet another play.

[@xriegle]

but seriously.. what is saladass?

[@joshsg6525]

Great vid, seems like you got a great community!

[@Jamesmy]

Every now and then I search up KotOR speedruns to check in on this amazing game + community. What a surprise to find this amazing in-depth explanation of such a cool speedrun. Awesome work finding all those glitches and explaining this run!

[@NinkoKotOR]

Jar Jar is definitely the key to all of this

[@JJJBunney001]

And heres my fastest time sitting at 30 hours 😅 No but seriously this was amazing, its always amazing seeing people figure out out of bounds and level skips. Like how do you even begin to think of even doing these things to begin with

[@decline1129]

Kotor (Kotor II specifically) is my favorite all time game. I have played hundred of playthroughs over the years and can't believe I never thought about there being a kotor speedrunning community. Looks like I have a lot to catch up on.

[@lane_m]

@@decline1129 yeah, hop in our discord! We're pretty much all in the same boat as far as favorite games go hehe

[@DaughterOfDrakes]

You know it's a good speedrun when the video explaining it is 4 times the length of the actual speedrun.

[@MoHawkAnakin]

That’s crazy this is one of my favorite games of all time. And part of why it’s so good is because the long story. Would of never thought it was possible to beat in 20 minutes.

[@DrMeowingtonMD]

very good video

[@SECONDQUEST]

You have a good style. 👌

[@jacobwilbers9852]

So you made the conversation tree sequence your wifi password

[@TheSloppyjoejr]

19:16 how in the world?

[@linuspino3935]

38:40 i can't stop thinking of range coming with a C63 AMG to a swoop race. im dead

[@naughtttt]

I tried watching this high and simply could not keep up with the insane tech, so I came back sober and watched the whole thing again cause I *needed to know*. ps your wifi network is mine now

[@lane_m]

Hehe, glad you got something out of this! and jokes on you, I don't live at that apartment anymore

[@jordanthejq12]

I think what astounds me most about this run is that BioWare programming a needless but kind safety check--someone playing KotOR can safely be assumed to know what ALT + F4 does, absent edge cases like small children--is what ultimately blew the game wide open.

[@BackwoodSpiritAnimal]

idk why KZbin reccommended this to me but I like KOTOR and speedrunning. This video follows the trend I see in speedrunning videos where there is a whole portion dedicated to shoutouts to pros and paying respect to the pioneers and I think that's real neat.

[@TBKOTOROB]

This is so whacked up I love it!

[@HotShotWire]

sub 20 when

[@Rokushi_ftw]

I have a question: What the fuck

[@handycoils7964]

Really excellent video man

[@lileamemsworth]

36:40 wouldn't it be 3992--3956 BBY, because counting down the years to 0 Loving the video!

[@alexsmith6322]

I respect the HELL out of the speedrun and the video as well My question is not trying to be a hater but

[@alexsmith6322]

How was this fun

[@ehhhwhatever202]

Amazing vid ❤️

[@terminal5026]

The video about a KoTOR speedrun: *lasts 1 hour and 25 minutes* The actual speedrun: *lasts 20 minutes*

[@SerialSnowmanKiller]

In the time it took to watch this video, the game could have been beaten four times over.

[@dimondimonovich1227]

She: Oh no, my parents are coming in 1 minute😮 This guy: 😎

[@Cba409]

Great video

[@driftsc2gaming779]

If you don’t get the fighter encounter before lehan, is that a reset point, run over?

[@lane_m]

Not quite, you can reload the save and try again. It's a 50/50 shot, so you shouldn't have to try too much. It can be a run killer though

[@RetroGamerBB]

There are a couple of glitches that can trigger the endgame. Kotor 2 has similar glitches. I prefer 100% runs when I'm doing it

[@aerondrax]

nice work!

[@KurticeYZreacts]

You guys didn't break the game you turned it inside out and started playing basketball with it😂😂

[@silver-ly]

Fucking love videos like these, really appreciate you posting. KOTOR is absolutely busted, bet KOTOR 2 is also

[@TagartTalking]

Okay my only critique is the loud moan about half way through. The joke was funny, but the volume was painful in my earbuds. I'm thinking a lot of people will listen to these as they fall asleep, so keeping those audio spikes more level might retain more viewers. Otherwise loving this channel! Keep up the good work!

[@abriellh]

best game ever made!!!!!

[@beelzeboss42]

Dude looks too clean and healthy to be a Discord Mod

[@ZackXa]

I think I've accidentally done a dlz by accident before. Plenty of glitches I've experienced that made no sense at the time, so I imagine the world record does have more to go..

[@RetroGamerBB]

I can't believe no one made an update or patch that zooms in on some of the menus. I'd rather they stretch the 480p art from the menu than to have it so small.

[@duross101]

The music when you were explaining the fake leveling up was really loud compared to your voice. For future reference maybe dial that noise down a little bit Hell most of it is quite loud.

[@Emil80000]

It'd be great if I could hear shit all over the music at 16:20 Edit: This actually seems to be a recurring thing, around the parts where explanations occur. Y'know, the parts where I'm supposed to be able to hear what is said?

[@kaloyanangelov8042]

I just got a nerdgasm...

[@nonAehT]

this game always reminds me of a time when star wars was good :(

[@jango3281]

Slight correction at 1:13:46, that is Evil Bastila outside the party. Evil Bastila's build when she joins the party is different and atrociously poor.

[@bloxrocks5179]

i only recently played this for the first time and i very quickly got 50 hours over 3.5 playthroughs

[@SilverMillsy]

The Chrono Trigger music in the Dantooine segment is too loud, makes it mildly difficult to understand what you're saying.

[@whitestararmada103]

im always in the mindset that cutscenes should never be counted for any game since your not playing during them. sounds easier to me to make a timer that pauses during them then doing all these fancy glitches to skip them.

[@jordanthejq12]

Wait wait wait. At 41:09 (if you go frame-by-frame) you can see the game transition between the two conversations you have with Canderous verrrry naturally. Almost as if... Does the game actually account for you already getting the launch codes before speaking to Canderous?

[@Sadeness99]

There is a bunch of unused shiz in the game so maybe

[@TimboBaggins187]

When you DLZ to the Gadon Fight does the door have to be closed?

[@lane_m]

Nope, just easier

[@justinperry8445]

8:53 is Ross Gellar

[@aidanhogan-thomas1797]

Shouldn't Gadon's headstone read 3956 - 3920? Sinces its BBY :p

[@blueicewolf9131]

When anywhere’s map glitch to skip kaskyyyk?

[@LordRevan4201]

Have you ever done the space suit glitch on the leviathan?

[@lane_m]

Yup, taking off the space suit is an old school glitch, still used in NMG runs

[@LVD3NS]

Good video, music is a little loud though. Makes it harder to hear you.

[@fox-milessavioroffoxes3782]

What happens if you Wire Target and kill an NPC that was never meant to be killed? Does the game crash or softlock

[@lane_m]

It won't crash. There are some NPCs that can't be killed because they're invulnerable or have minimum 1 hp. But otherwise, you can pretty much kill anyone, including plot important NPCs. This can lead to some funny softlocks. Like killing the Jedi Council and getting stranded on Dantooine.

[@denen404]

im mad I'm just now finding this video...wtf. i've watched 100's of hours of kotor videos..probably over 1k....this isn't fair rofl

[@elgirl19]

You look exactly like my old roommate

[@ferniture_]

How do I join the discord

[@mythrick7109]

Lmao, how they beat a game in just over 20 min, explained in 6x the time it took to complete the speedrun.

[@mcsmiles5127]

can anyone tell me the song at 8:30 I can't remember what it's from and I know I should know it

[@BactaBlast]

Chrono trigger i can’t remember the exact song though . maybe the room where you can go into different time periods song. 🤔

[@mcsmiles5127]

@@BactaBlast Nice thank you! Managed to track it down with that, it's corridors of time from the chrono trigger ost :)

[@drinks_menu]

Ok but 15:50 why he doing the same movements as his character 😂

[@nngnnadas]

Wait, how do we have the source code with the original comments?

[@lane_m]

So the uncompiled source for the scripts written with the never winter scripting language are available within the templates.bif data file. This is not the ENTIRE source code. Not to mention all the scripts elsewhere and still compiled. So some of the comments you see in this video are my own, and others are from the devs (such as the "creamy middle" comment). Also some of the code are things I reverse engineered on my own. It varies a lot. But no, we do not have the full, unabridged, source code unfortunately. As much as I'd love to have it.

[@von488]

Arent glitches bugs that the developer migtht fix, and wouldnt fixing them destroy the leaderboard?

[@r4ng340]

this can happen sometimes but in a game as old as kotor its not an issue. Also, some communities will just play the game on older patches for speedrunning if possible.

[@Vaelosh466]

Depends a lot on the game and the community. GTA5 speedruns are done on an old patch last I checked because some exploits were fixed in newer ones, but I think some game communities just split the leaderboards if a patch makes the run slower.

[@aciarduce]

"Well, brace yourselves, because things are about to get more complicated." It was at this point that the blood really started to steadily flow from my nose, ears, and eyes. And then it just suddenly began to poor from my mouth like saliva.

[@lo-rez]

20 minute speedrun but over 1.5 hour video🤔

[@HYDEinallcaps]

19:13 Black.

[@springheeljak145]

This and The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion are my favorite games. Yes, I am a millennial. And no, I won't take off nostalgiagoggles

[@lane_m]

Oblivion also has a dope speedrun

[@JamesCarmichael]

...what?

[@darktide6020]

about 18:42 you said half speed and it says x.75

[@lane_m]

Woops, good catch lol

[@darktide6020]

keep enjoying life

[@Magneekic]

Fastest I ever beat it was 43 minutes

[@paynexkiller]

Remake this video.

[@lane_m]

no u