Problem 1 is hell, most boring part of the game with a huge margin, nothing to do with it.
Problem 2 is also bad, but at least you can use the spare time to pick up the B1 Rations you need for later
Problem 3 is solved by going to floor 4 and freezing the key right after you get the hang-glider, and then use the elevator in the womans bathroom as a shortcut to get back to the tower building and fight UltraBOX. This means you don't have to backtrack after you use the hang-glider, and saves a lot of time.
Alright, so which items should I actually take? I'm playing through the game again to see what I absolutely need or what I could skip, but that might be a while, so if anyone already knows or has any info, please give your input!
I'll refer to this post I made on Gamefaqs about what items are needed for a non-TAS speedrun.
A-ration from the first truck
Gun w/ 30 bullets
Keycard 1
Keycard 2
11 mines from the minefield
keycard 3
6 stinger missiles
cardboard box
B-ration (hidden in the second room after you enter tower building)
10 plastic explosives from B1 of tower building
keycard 4
30 grenades from floor 10 of tower building
keycard 5
keycard 6+brooch
15 mines from the truck one screen south of the bridge
Hangglider
C-ration from the cool storage, (it's the one furthest down, and you're waiting for the brooch to cool anyway)
15 mines from the truck one screen south of the bridge
keycard 7
15 grenades on the first screen of the Predator fight, hidden left between the wall and the box
keycard 8
egg (the one to the left)
50 bullets from the first truck between the bridge and detention center
15 grenades + A-ration from the second truck between the bridge and detention center
A-ration from the upper right corner of the detention center outer wall
Keycard 9
Cartridge
30 grenades
Cartridge
A-ration + keycard 1,2,3,4,5,6 + spray can + lighter
gun.
This list is made with the no-kills Big Boss ranking in mind (on the PS2 version), so depending on what level of stealth you settle on you could just punch guards to death rather than pick up those rations listed above.
Circlekyuu wrote:
also i'm not sure, but do you actually have to follow the green beret man to gain access to the room where you have to look in the manual for the code?
Yes you do have to do that, and you can't skip the conversation with dr Petrovich either, or Running man won't show up.