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Posted: 3/27/2024 6:46 AM

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ded

Joined: 3/27/2024
Posts: 4
Location: Bulgaria

Hello! I would like to do a combo video about MK Mythologies Sub-Zero. There is a trick where you can keep the opponent in the air (including bosses) by canceling a special move into another one and so on. The problem is that this require frame advance method, which I never learned and just cannot do. I'd basically need around 7-8 combos against the normal bosses, as the rest of the combos I can record by myself. In case someone would like to assist, that would be great! Many thanks in advance and apologies if this is the wrong thread. If there is interest I can give links to my older combo videos for classic MK games (or just search dedkmk on Youtube).

Posted: 3/27/2024 6:51 PM
(Edited: 3/27/2024 6:52 PM)

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Dimon12321

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Hello, ded! Nice to meet you! Unfortunately, our community doesn't have much enthusiastic people who would be glad to do this kind of stuff. Also, in your case, it doesn't sound like an improvement to Fly's TAS. Obviously, one may tell you to learn how to use frame advance. It's an extra button you have to press, while holding the input, to register it and jump to the next frame. It's like playing on 1% speed, but frame advance lets you control the tempo easier. If you still don't feel like doing that, you can simplify the task, if you provide ROM hash, emulator name, BIOS versions (if it's PSX version of the game), a list of alleged combos and input movie files where Sub-Zero reaches regular bosses. This way, the person, who agrees to help you, will spend the least time on preparation.

TASing is like making a film: only the best takes are shown in the final movie.

Posted: 3/27/2024 7:42 PM
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Thanks for the reply, Dimon12321. Yes, I am aware of Fly's speedrun, as he or someone else contacted me back in the day for some of the tricks used there. The combo mechanism is discovered by Sagatruns and basically looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wkh6AooWUA However, he is also not that good with FA and told me it took him a lot of time to record just this clip. I know Bizhawk allows to record a movie from any state of the game and just playback it, so all i need really are the uncompressed avis. If that's not against the rules, maybe the thread can stay in case someone could help with this as I cannot do it anyway? Many thanks.

Posted: 3/27/2024 9:22 PM
(Edited: 3/27/2024 9:28 PM)

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WarHippy

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Do you just need help with a couple TAS combos, or do you need help with the whole video? -EDIT- I just re-read the OP. A collab like this should be do-able. I have more questions, but you can reach out to me on discord (same username)

Posted: 3/27/2024 9:44 PM

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DrD2k9

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Something else to consider learning/using is TAStudio (assuming you’re using BizHawk). It allows for placing specific inputs on any given frame of a run without having to use frame advance or recording mode. It’s a way to ensure perfect precision on when/where inputs are applied. Using TAStudio should allow for always being able to utilize your combo regardless of how frame perfect the inputs need to be to accomplish it.

Posted: 3/28/2024 7:04 AM

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