Spawn Warps

Table of Contents

• Description
• Default Spawn Warps
  • Autosave Hotshots
  • The Routine
• Transit Point Storage
• Uses
• Module Lists
  • Forced Autosaves
  • Notable Default Spawns
• Related Glitches

Description

Spawn Warps are a class of glitches that cause the party to warp to a specific spawn waypoint within a module. This can be used to cut out movement or in rare cases skip past otherwise problematic obstacles.

Default Spawn Warps

Every module has a waypoint inside of it that acts as a default spawn point. Under certain circumstances, an entry made to the module in a non-standard way (i.e. not by entering from an adjacent module) will cause the entire party to spawn at this default spawn point. A Default Spawn Warp, therefore, is any method of entering a module in a non-standard way.

There are currently two methods for warping to the default spawn location of a module; we’ll call the module we’re warping to the Destination Module.

Autosave Hotshots

Description: This method of Default Spawn Warp uses an Autosave Hotshot, which (almost) always spawns the party at the default spawn location for a module. While still a specialized glitch, Autosave Hotshots are the more flexible of the two Default Spawn Warp methods.

Steps:

1. Have an Autosave in your Destination Module.
2. Use another Autosave with your desired party to perform an Autosave Hotshot.

Notes:

• Remember that the party that spawns in the Destination Module is the one that triggers the Autosave Hotshot. You can lose quest progress in this way if that party has less progress than the Destination Module autosave party.
• The only situation in which an Autosave Hotshot does not spawn the party at the default spawn location is if Transit Point Storage is used instead.

The Routine

Description: By using the Routine to delete data from our save file, we can also delete the transit waypoint that we have set in the Destination Module. Using fast travel to Transit Back after performing a Routine will then return the party to the default spawn location in the Destination Module.

Steps:

1. Reach the Destination Module whose default spawn location you want to reach.
2. Return to the Hideout/Ebon Hawk. This can be done either naturally or with a Fast Lane.
3. Perform the Routine to delete the Destination Module (and its transit waypoint data) from your save file.
4. After loading your Quick Save, Transit Back to reach the Destination Module’s default spawn location.

Notes:

• Since the Routine deletes most of your save file data, this method of Default Spawn Warp is best used very early in the run.
• Also note that using the Routine will make Save Teleporting ineffective.

Transit Point Storage

Transit Point Storage is a specialized application of Autosave Hotshots that allows you to return to a fast travel waypoint in a module, even after using fast transit elsewhere.

There are three restrictions:

• Only transit points stored in modules that Autosave upon entry can be warped to.
• Stored transit points can only be warped to from modules that Autosave upon entry.
• The Autosave must be in the module with your stored transit point. This can be accomplished using a Hard Save in an adjacent module.

Steps:

1. When you first visit the module, set the transit point where you want to spawn.
2. When you want to warp to that stored transit point, make sure you are in a module that Autosaves.
3. Quick Save your current game and load the save described above.
4. Go to the module you want to warp to so that the Autosave triggers, then Quick Load.
5. Return to the Ebon Hawk/Hideout (possibly using a Fast Lane) and activate AMG on the load.
6. Open the map and click Transit Back. This replaces the Quit pop-up with the Transit Back pop-up.
7. Switch to the Options Menu and ensure both “OK” and “Load Game” are highlighted using the mouse.
8. Press Enter. This transits back to the module you Quick Saved in, triggering an Autosave, and opens the Load Game menu.
9. After loading in, use the Load Game menu to load the Autosave.

Notes:

• Notice that steps 5-9 are a modified Autosave Hotshots using fast transit to trigger an Autosave while the Load Menu is open, rather than moving through a load zone.
• If no transit point has ever been set in the Destination Module, Transit Point Storage will spawn you at the default spawn location for the module.

This glitch can be used to store only one transit point per module, but you can store one for every module and travel there as long as the Autosave conditions are met. See Forced Autosaves for a list of modules whose transit points can be warped to.

Uses

Default Spawn Warps are used several times in Unrestricted speedruns:

• The Routine method is used to warp to Upper City South’s default spawn location (near Zelka’s shop).
• Autosave Hotshots are used to warp to the following modules:
  • Upper City North (in all Unrestricted categories)
  • Lower City (in All Quests)
  • Dantooine Courtyard (in All Quests)
  • West Central (in All Star Maps)
  • Hrakert Rift (in All Star Maps)
  • Leviathan Command Deck (in All Quests)
  • Temple Exterior (in Any%)

Transit Point Storage is used once in All Quests Unrestricted to return to the Dune Sea from Manaan.

Module Lists

Forced Autosaves

The following table contains all 28 modules that force an Autosave. These are modules that are eligible for Autosave Hotshots or Transit Point Storage.

Notable Default Spawns

This is a list of all 37 modules that have notable default spawn locations. While some modules’ default spawns are at the usual module transition locations, these modules have more interesting default spawns that may make a Default Spawn Warp worthwhile.

Related Glitches

• Anywhere Menu Glitch
• Hotshot
• The Routine