FAQ Pokemon Red any% Glitchless Speedruns

FAQ Pokemon Red any% Glitchless Speedruns

Q: What should I do if I want to run this game?

A: Here are the first things you should do:
    - Play through the game casually so you know the basics of a Pokemon game.
    - Join the Pokemon Speedrunning Discord here: https://www.speedrun.com/pokemon/thread/r7a65
    - Watch the this run (as it uses the updated route) with the guide open to learn more about the speedrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfQFU55Vaw&feature=emb_logo
	- Watch the detailed walkthrough with an input viewer by Pokeguy: https://youtu.be/ydaZpqWpcm8
    - Get a guide here (We recommend the beginner guide with revives): https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnredblue/guides
    - Decide what category you want to run (Glitchless or Classic)
    - Start learning the game and have fun!

Q: What route should I use?

A: The WR for red is HIGHLY competitive and involves a lot of risk that is minimized in the beginner guide. If you are new to running red we recommend starting with the beginner guide since it is designed to be close to the WR route with extra safety.

Q: What hardware can I run this game on/Do I need to buy anything to run this?

A: You can find the full list here: https://pastebin.com/1BJgj2cS But we recommend the approved Emulator, Gameboy Player, Gameboy Interface, or a GBA in general since the standard RNG manips won't work on anything that isn't one of these.

Q: I want to run on emulator, how do I get everything?

A:
- You want to download the only approved emulator DOWNLOAD THE PSR VERSION https://github.com/Dabomstew/gambatte-speedrun/releases
- Download the GBC Bios: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5scbbuzc01i672m/AADBExTmHDcZ2hETAYQs1ECna?dl=0
- Load the Bios into the emulator by opening a rom and you are good to go!

Q: What is the difference between Glitchless and Classic?

A: Classic is Glitchless with three major changes:
    1) No Hard Resets/RNG manipulation.
    2) No Instant Text
    3) No Pokedoll skip (Using the pokedoll on the ghost in Pokemon Tower)

Q: What is Instant Text

A: Instant Text is a natural oversight in the game where talking to the bike sales man without the bike voucher and closing his final dialog with B will set the text speed to instant. This isn't a glitch in the communities eyes, and is NOT permanent. Here are somethings that kills IT:

- Opening the menu outside of battle
- Opening the Pokemon or Item menu in battle
- Any Yes/No textbox

Q: Why did the WR video save and reset/What is RNG manipulation?

A: You can manipulate RNG in pokemon red, which is all done by hard reseting the console (Saving and resting). With that you can get the perfect nidoran, get no random encounters in mount moon, and solve the surge cans puzzle.

Q: RNG manipulation seems daunting, should I learn it right away?

A: No actually! Only one simple RNG manipulation is needed to run this category, male nidoran manip, and you can ignore all other manips until you know the route more. (Surge cans manip is an exception too cause it saves many headaches and is very simple)
There is another category with no RNG manipulation: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnredblue/full_game#Any_Glitchless_Classic

Q: Why is my manip failing?

A: It's most likely you are doing something wrong:
1) A Presses - You have a 17 frame window to press A and you don't just want to lightly tap it make sure it's pressed!
Picture of A Press window: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/425297133382533122/741663432633221161/image0.png
2) Intro - Everything from the the hard reset needs to match. EVERYTHING. The intro included. If the video shows an input you have to do it the same.
3) Movement - You want to do the movement 100% correctly so double check. Also make sure you are holding the first direction as the game loads. You are basically buffering the first movement.
4) IGT - There is a small chance your manip will fail and we call it an IGT failure. If you get the same failure every time you try or, you suddenly get failures after learning a manip it might be IGT.
5) MISC. - There could be 100 things going wrong, but you can ask in the #speedruning-help channel in the PSR discord. We recommend recording yourself doing the manip with an input viewer.

Q: What is triple extended? (https://pastebin.com/ApTUFBQ3)

A: You can do 3 manips that are extended from the nidoran manip.
1) Pidgey manip and catch.
2) Forest no encounter manip
3) Stringshot turn 1 from the bug catcher in forest
WARNING: This manip only saves about 20 seconds and is NOT beginner friendly. We suggest getting runs complete before even trying to learn this manip. When you do know it, there is 0 risk doing it in runs. But your time is better spent learning other sections of the run.

Q: When should I reset my runs?

A: The simple answer is try not to reset. Set a PB then if you even have a small chance of beating that time finish out the run :D

Q: Any tips for improving my time?

A: Races are a great way to improve. You are actively playing with other runners, working on the entire run. This discord, https://discord.gg/4mAWWz6, is a great place to find other runners to race.

Q: Why do you do X in the run?

A: You can ask any questions about the route in the PSR discord. We keep the guides simple for new runners, but there is a lot that goes into routing.

Q: When should I heal?

A: You can follow this pastebin or refer to your guide: https://pastebin.com/HgyuMvyr

Q: What should I practice the most?

A: The late game is important to practice. Many new runners get the early down by doing runs but struggle on good runs in the late game.

Q: Are there practice saves?

A: Yes! https://www.speedrun.com/saves/Red_Savestates_wn1b8.zip

Q: Should I be saving?

A: Yes! When starting out saving is a great idea. Here is a list of good saving points in the run:
    - Before Brock (Bad Special)
    - Before the Oddish girl in Rock Tunnel (Low HP)
    - Before Black Belt in Giovanni's Gym
    - Before Agatha
    - Before Lance
    - Before Champ Fight