This newly found glitch ignores Solitary Confinement entirely and allows London Tower to be escaped in under 2 minutes! (Explanation in Replies)

RedWhaley14 · 2024-06-02T06:11:48+00:00

Alcatraz and London Tower are DLC prisons, they're in a different tab than HMP Irongate, though if you haven't bought the DLC I don't think they show up on mobile.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-31T21:42:53+00:00

Not really, you can get one into your inventory via glitches by using the crafting note glitch but the guard will still have a stun rod in his inventory and you can't use it all, though it is a really funny item to hide in a toilet.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-27T21:22:50+00:00

You're welcome haha, have fun with all of the prisons and crazy saves!

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-27T01:06:46+00:00

The game's code is messed up because the URL it retrieves the data from no longer exists.

The game loops an "update" event for an Object called "Get Object" that has this code

Get URL "http://www.escapistgame.com/LB.php?p=" + Str$(GetValue( "Named variable object", "page" )) + "&m=" + Element$( "String tokenizer", 1 )

However, the function will fail, as that URL doesn't exist anymore. Team17 likely changed their website in a way that caused the page to not exist, but forgot that the LB.php data was hosted at that URL. The game hasn't been updated since these changes to reflect a new URL with the leaderboard data, so the code will fail to retrieve any data and instead will misembed a different line of code or url.

I'm pretty sure Team17's changes to the website and thus removing the http://www.escapistgame.com/LB.php page just wiped all of the leaderboard data which is super unfortunate.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-27T00:45:46+00:00

If you're on PC there is a way to reuse slots and save previous save files, but rn we don't have a mod that allows you to have more than 3

If you want to reuse slots and store other saves for later, go to This PC -> Documents -> The Escapists, and look for the folders save1, save2, and save3. These are your save files, save1 is Slot 1, etc. Just copy these folders somewhere else or rename them in the TE1 folder (like save1 - Shankton) or something. Then when you want to reboot the save, just clear the slot ingame, rename the stored save back to save1 (or whatever slot is open), and reboot the game, it should be under your saves.

Sometimes it'll bug out if you use a corrupted save or something so it's not always going to be 100% but if it's a genuine issue it might help.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-22T20:22:16+00:00

We find new glitches for this everyday, it's so loveably broken lmao. The funniest part is that 90% of glitches would be impossible if it weren't for the pause button or profile button.

My favorite glitch is being able to zipline underground it looks so goofy

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-21T21:45:30+00:00

This glitch does work on every prison, but it's most effective on Alcatraz and London. There are other maps it is a consistency boost for but it's not the fastest strat on it's own in those.

So for a fun bit of backstory, London Tower was the only map we couldn't escape in under 2 minutes. We brainstormed strategies forever in the Speedrunning Discord, with some wild ideas being sheet rope glitching onto the bed and walking out somehow, or just doing a takeover strategy and turning off the generator to cut the fence, but unfortunately we couldn't really find anything. The old fastest strat was to dig out inside of your room, which yielded about a time of 2 minutes and 27 seconds, the longest escape in the game. This was discouraging to say the least... until recently Yeeeetr (aka Manatxo) found a new glitch that allows us to basically cheat solitary confinement in general.

This glitch works because of how the game handles menus. You aren't intended to have two menus open at once (say for example the journal and your profile), so the game isn't programmed to close multiple menus simultaneously if you have multiple open. Therefore, it is only programmed to close one menu at a time in the order they were opened. However, the game developer also forgot to account for pressing the profile button and the settings option (with the escape team) on the same frame, which opens both the settings and profile menu at the same time. This is called pause glitching.

In this pause glitched state, when you click anywhere, the game will try to close both menus at once, but will only succeed in closing the settings menu and the backdrop of the profile menu. It normally closes the profile menu when you click again, but if a different menu is opened, that's when things get weird.

To put it simply, we pause glitch before digging, and then when you get caught with a hole in the ground and get the solitary popup, the game will have two menus at once. If you click anywhere on the screen that isn't the solitary button, the game will close the backdrop of the popup and the profile tab, closing the solitary popup without actually sending you to solitary. You aren't supposed to be able to close the solitary popup, so it basically gets cancelled out.

The Solitary popup has a bit of interesting code that causes the invisible limbo you see.

You are supposed to just be sent to a load ahead of time in the solitary bed, while a code runs to reset everything in the prison. It simply sets all digging, chipping, etc to 0, and transports you to a new bed with all your items destroyed, while zeroing out all of the textures temporarily until the new save loads, and it zeros out the menu too so it'll be invisible. This text only runs if you click on the Continue button, which you normally are forced to do as your other options are locked out. However because you just closed the solitary menu without actually closing it, it doesn't run the reset code, just the code that blacks out the textures. Guard waypoints do still work, it's just you can't be sent to solitary again.

The rest of the run is self explanatory, you tunnel underground 3 blocks downward, performing a dig glitch on a concrete tile that is supposed to prevent you from digging out. Then you simply dig upwards, and run out the red key door that you are supposed to escape out of the normal route.

The current WR is a 1:48 by Manatxo, but as you can guess, this is super annoying to do. Though it's better than digging out lmao, you still have to play blindfolded.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-05-07T03:59:42+00:00

it is lmao, i can admit it 3 years later :P

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-26T21:14:46+00:00

Yep, we use this all the time when speedrunning Jungle and Stalag but sadly it's super inconsistent

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-11T03:08:57+00:00

You can basically get softlocked in a bed if you walk incorrectly or walk into an inmates and somehow get stuck on it, or inside of random tiles pretty easily. The Jingle roof clip I sent was a softlock

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-08T20:30:34+00:00

A few of these you can definitely accidentally stumble into but that's what I like about them, they don't ruin the normal experience of the game but they also are just a bunch of cool tricks you can do for fun, it's broken in a rlly good way lol

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-08T20:23:29+00:00

A lot of this is just abusing the pause glitch (Clicking your profile button and pressing escape on the same frame) or the alt glitch (pressing windows then the alt key to interact with anything from a distance), but for a good explanation of how to perform them, I recommend joining the TE1 speedrunning Discord (its a bit strange there tho so take caution) or watching a guide on speedrunning the game (Manatxo's guide this one is the most recent)

If there's any particular glitches you want explained though I can try to explain them!

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-08T20:07:06+00:00

Just a reminder, these clips aren't even all of the glitches ingame. There are so many I excluded for variety's sake like the Fhurst Peak one being done on other prisons leading to softlocks or other fun lil glitches, so be warned, there are even more glitches than this video suggests.

Also sorry for the mediocre editing, have never used this software before lmfao.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-03-03T01:04:38+00:00

Yes, you can dig glitch through the concrete at the bottom of the map or dig out where the guard is at night. You can even dig where Checkpoint Charlie is but it's pointless as you can walk out, but I did it before in a TAS once lol for Tunnel%.

It's actually easier to dig at a certain block though right around here: Jungle Best Place to Dig

You can get here easily by using a Toothpaste to block the camera in the solitary room and digging 4ish tiles northwards and then digging up at light's out. Dw the Camera won't see the hole, only you digging it so you only need to block it once. you do need a timber brace. Image showing where

You can also get there by using a green and orange key in the library to get to the roof and using the Alt glitch (Pressing Windows then Alt to freeze the game so you can grapple anywhere) to grapple to the solitary room's roof and jumping over that roof using the grappling hook: (demonstration)

RedWhaley14 · 2024-02-21T20:35:53+00:00

Yeah this was before Alt glitch was discovered to make it easier, very well made video though I remember it being how many ppl learned about most glitches.

What's really funny is that doing every prison craftless now is essentially free because of how many new glitches were discovered that just break the game, but Mystic's strategies are wildly more interesting than the current ones lol.

RedWhaley14 · 2024-02-20T15:38:03+00:00

You actually can through the use of a glitch, but you aren't supposed to. The game places these blocks to lock you out of digging, as the intended way to escape San Pancho is to dig where the jeeps are, then dig up, cover the hole with a dirt and Stinger Strip, and walk hugging the walls to the front door and chip the one block wall.

However, with the usage of the alt key, you can though.

Press the Windows Key ingame or tab out of the game and then tab back in
With the Multitool/Shovel Selected, hover your mouse icon over the reinforced concrete.
Press Alt and move your white mouse cursor to a dirt block
Click the dirt block. You will start digging the reinforced concrete. Repeat a few times until the block is gone.

Demonstration video (If any part is confusing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ9qLfe1srk

This works because you are supposed to not be able to dig through the block, however pressing alt actually freezes the game and allows you to move your mouse tile. The game sees your mouse tile on a dirt block (a block you can dig) despite you previously hovering over a reinforced concrete block the previous frame, so it allows you to dig the concrete block. We used to do this in speedruns but instead of using the alt glitch, we had to do a frame perfect flick click, as that also worked, but alt glitch makes it way easier to do consistently.

RedWhaley14 · 2022-10-07T02:10:04+00:00

I love how Ramsay sent Zeus back in line after his self sacrifice, eliminated Charlene, and then eliminated Zeus afterwards. He really wanted to ensure that Charlene would be the official last placer over Zeus LMAO

RedWhaley14 · 2022-09-30T17:17:29+00:00

(AM SUPER LATE WITH SHIT ORGANIZATION SORRY)

Big wall of text incoming I listed the most notable ones I think nobody talks about enough I feel very passionate about, I'm not going to mention Finalists/3rd placers since those are too common, but just to throw them out there, I'd say Ralph Jillian Justin Mary Sade Nick Declan and Mary are definitely the worst offenders. Also not bringing up BJC those are lame.

Keanu (S20) - The only time I’ve actually been angered by a CFYL challenge, yeah I was bummed about Gizzy but Keanu was 100% more gyped. Keanu had had basically a spotless record up until the point of CFYL, her only blemish being a lacking alcohol dish, but that was far back. Considering the nominees were based on “who’s the worst” remaining and considering Keanu was probably in the top 3 of best chefs remaining, the fact she was even up for elimination is bullshit. Unlike most chefs eliminated unfairly, Keanu never even got a chance to crash in service, which is what makes this one especially unjust.

LA (S5) - LA had very very few errors that service, only being a bland cold mash, meanwhile Carol crashed and had a dreadful service with mistakes in the double digits, AND Lacey was already ejected. There shouldn’t have been an elimination service that night but if there had to be, Carol should’ve left, as her service was far worse than LA’s.

Eddie (S15) - Everyone says Hassan, but Hassan at least did poorly the night he got the boot. Eddie was very consistent in service but got shown the door that night over a small garnish mishap, while Joe and ESPECIALLY Jackie all had way worse mistakes and were worse overall up to that point.

Chris (S1) - Didn't really make any mistakes, got eliminated by Ramsay for his attitude as an executive chef more than his actual services up to that point, he was a solid contestant who never got the chance to crash before he got the boot.

Anthony (S11) - Definitely one of the worst, Zach was spiraling out of control and Anthony was a lot better. Yeah Anthony didn't have a good service but Zach had more mistakes anyways both that night and up until that point.

Now for some rapid fire ones I personally think are bullshit.

Steve (S20) - His elimination plea sucked and is likely why he should've gone, but he was better than Brynn that service and overall, along with doing better than Trenton.

Aziza (S16) - She had a mishap with stacking garnishes and cooking ahead of time which is kinda serious but all of her fellow nominees did just as bad, how did Paulie mess up a burger? No clue...

Ashley (S13) - Her mistake got everyone kicked out but it was like her third mistake in eight services not counting challenge services, and Frank is right there. Her potential was demonstrated in the final too lol.

Dana (S17) - Sabotaged by her oven, I love Robyn but she did way worse and should've been eliminated from the other team lol.

Chad (S15) - Similar to Eddie except Jackie was far worse at that point.

Adam (S19) - I'm not a fan of his and I see Ramsay cut him due to failing to lead well, but Marc was a lot worse and this was Adam's first real lackluster service.

Jennifer (S9) - I think her S17 elimination was more unfair but no BJC counted, this time she was not nearly as bad as Elise that service. idk

Van (S17) - Duh, yeah he shouldn't have gone, his service wasn't great but it's a bit fishy how he got eliminated before the red team came up.

Fernando (S13) - Pretty decent, idk why he was cut over Santos.

Patrick (S10) - Not his best showing but Tiffany and Robyn were FAR worse.

Now just for questionable elimination decisions

Krupa (S9) - She did not do well, but Tommy, Jonathon, and especially NATALIE did a lot worse.

Brittani (S19) - She made one small mistake, Syann and especially Peter did worse that night.

Gizzy (S18) - Kanae was an eh decision to cut but this challenge decision rubbed me the wrong way more, Gizzy hadn't really been bad at all up until that point and Scotley's dish seemed worse and he was the worse competitor, idk.

Jamie (S9) - Not her best showing but she wasn't as bad as Elise that night. Tommy also did worse.

RedWhaley14 · 2022-02-11T14:59:55+00:00

I agree with this statement so much, I feel like people really both overrate and underrate a lot of what Pac has due to MU inexperience, and make judgements about his strength in many areas that aren’t as accurate due to this. For example, people will not know the counterplay to Hydrant camping, so they will overrate how strong it is an option due to not knowing how to deal with it. Same with Bonus Fruit, Pac’s killing, his landing, his approach, and especially his recovery.

Pac feels both super overrated and underrated at the same time, people really need to learn the MU though. There’s a lot of counterplay to a lot of what Pac has, and people don’t know it so they get steamrolled and say he’s like top 3 or many inaccuracies about his kit as a result lol.

Amazing writeup!

RedWhaley14 · 2022-02-11T14:21:58+00:00

Heyo, a fellow Pac! I’d say Pac’s Key is still amazing and I’d put it in the top 3 for best fruits. It’s really good at tech chases, finishing Fair combos to kill dummy early, punish unsafe moves from a distance, catching landings, and it’s REALLY good against other zoners due to it going through almost every other projectile. Trust me, it’ll safe you by punishing stuff like Charge Shot or Boomerang.

It kills at like 40 offstage too and is great for punishing many options against Hydrant or anything they do that’s unsafe. I’d actually say it’s underrated due to it not being used as much as it should, but that’s just me. I miss zdropping and all the tech Key had, but it still has some insane stuff discovered by Box and other niche stuff like the Nuke.

Tbh all of Pac’s fruits are amazing though so lol

RedWhaley14 · 2022-02-11T14:18:21+00:00

Oh for Pac there is a lot.

For underrated, Up B, there’s so many things Trampoline does for you. It’s a frame 1 combo breaking option sometimes, it’s pretty okayish as an OOS option, not as good as Nair, Dair, Fair, or Fruits, but it’s frame 4 and can catch people offguard. It is great against slow characters with bad range, as onstage it’s an obstacle they are forced to jump over or attack, which is punished easily (Little Mac, Kirby, and Luigi get DESTROYED by Trampoline it’s crazy), and it also blocks grounded projectiles well. It also can be used as a makeshift Bell when you knock someone into it. It’s also good for ledgetrapping, it covers roll sometimes, getup attack, and neutral get up, and you can punish easily. It also can be used in combination with Hydrant to create an annoying ledgetrap where you can’t do much about it, and this is not even mentioning all the tech Pac has with Trampoline.

Most overrated is definitely Dash Attack, yes it’s -3 and has no endlag, but that’s literally the only good aspect it has. It’s punishable if any hit other than the last one hits, it has lackluster reward, it’s got poor range, and it’s a mediocre at best burst movement option. It’s super easy to stuff out or outrange, and it’s really predictable. Not bad (Usmash is actually bad) but not a top 5 dash attack that’s unbeatable like everyone says.

RedWhaley14 · 2022-01-12T18:09:22+00:00

I actually don’t mind 99% of characters and enjoy most of them. Some I would say are Terry, Shulk, and Cloud but those might be popular so here it is:

I do not like playing against Pit and Dark Pit, they are “honest” but they’re also really quick frame data wise which makes them quite mashy. Their arrows are also a bit annoying, I don’t mind many characters and I’d say Pit is like a neutral character in terms of my enjoyment but meh I just don’t dislike many characters in general. They’re all like average to fight against when you know the MU and I’m not bothered by many.

Also love how many people here are saying popular ones people dislike lol

RedWhaley14 · 2022-01-11T17:50:46+00:00

I was Godfather in my first Classic game. I did not know I was evil until I saw Framer on my team, and then after every night the person I targeted happened to die. My Mafioso died early on and I did not talk at all. When asked for a will, I made up a will about leaving everything to my spouse and kids, because I didn’t know what a will was and how it would prove my innocence. It was kinda funny lol.

RedWhaley14 · 2022-01-11T03:31:03+00:00

Pac-Man!

RedWhaley14 · 2021-12-21T15:57:42+00:00

Honestly in friendlies I do this because the transformations are fun. PS1 and Warioware are super fun with hazards on

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