any_pc_route [Metal Gear Speedrunners]

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Read the Metal Gear Solid FAQ for PC troubleshooting

There are many possible variants to the Docks, but only one thing is required. You must alter right guard's path, or kill him. If you do not, you will not be able to get on the elevator quickly.

If you alter the left guard's path, you must alter it further or kill him. Unaltered, he leaves the elevator area just before the elevator arrives.

You can use the credits as visual cues. Head up the left path when CG Artists Takashi Mizutani and Hideki Sasaki appear. The final credit is Assistant Director Yoshikazu Matsuhana.

You can dive into the water if you are in Alert/Evasion Phase.

Latest route for grabbing stun - enables you to use SWIM

Stealthy position at the searchlights

If you do not hold up on the analog for the Miller call, Snake will stop crawling.

You can also throw the guard approaching the elevator, but it is slower and harder.

Easier method to Vent Glitch - holding buttons

hold triangle, hold dpad up, let go of triangle, hold X, let go of dpad up and x once standing

Step Count Out of Bounds

Down 2 Steps
Left 6 Steps
Up Left 3 Steps
Up 7 (edit: 8?) Steps
Right Into Door

how to skip dress up sequence using SWIM

Floor Cue

Window Cue

Laser Pattern

Earliest point to start moving forward from the corner

PC Laser Skip for Easier Column 3

All Bosses Armory strat with Stun grenade via SWIM route

new Nuke Building 1F variant going SWIM route with Stun grenade

Nuke Bld. 1F Strat Compilation

examples in the videos are timed as

27.2s for stun - it's riskier but faster than above left side chaff
29.8s for box trap

Skip the Nikita Missile Launcher, you do not need it.

Step Count Out of Bounds

Down 1
Down Right 12
Down 11

or

Down 1
Right 8
Down 20

Step Count Out of Bounds

Down Right 7

Further routing explanation on dropping down from the roof and going prone to cancel GME in one movement.

Boba Skip - 50% successrate on first try

Chaff/Stun damage alignment - click picture for fullscreen

More infos about Boba skip can be found here

Further info on the old glitchless Tower A can be found in Glitchless

Crash can occur in front of the exit door. Be careful when doing GME Phase 2 going prone while falling into the door can cause a crash.

Step Count Out of Bounds

Up 1
Right 3
Down 1

Before the fight, save 2.5s with the FPV lean trick

faster and easier Wolf2 skip with SWIM

older explanations and tricks that are now slower

Do not use GME or Weapons Glitch prior to being shot by Sniper Wolf this will cause the game to softlock.

Step Count Out of Bounds

Up 1
Up Left 1
Up 4
Up Right 4
Up 3

The PC speedrun can use the god mode exploit at the start of the fight for an even faster time to finish the cargo elevator fight. In the following the 4 common examples are shown:

God mode then PPK all guards
God mode then PPK bottom right guard, fpv, then quick throw the other 2 guards

The PC/Glitched example

the Console/Glitchless example

Bonus grenade + GME example by iLL_Pazzo https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/227010328603394049/941334998542327838/2022-02-10_15-08-37.mp4

Convinience update utilizing SWIM for first frame ladder interaction

Underground Base 2

There are 7 spots the PAL Key (and Bomb) can spawn
This only happens if you have 10 or more Alerts before entering the room

The rat can hear you shoot regardless of distance, so unequip with R1 to avoid this. For example, the rat is by the turret and you shoot by the stairs.

Jumping into the ditch will spook the rat, regardless of distance.

Rat/PAL Card Info

Easier than chair trick with SWIM

Computer room for EX to take out camera Unless you have super speedy fingers that is Left+5+Fire+R1+9 Left+5+Fire+9

See here different versions of grabbing the extra stinger ammo you need for extreme difficulty. On lower difficulty it can save frames not grabbing the warehouse north Stinger ammo, but the BF ammo.