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Hopper262 wrote:
Between the glitches and the interesting rationale for the endpoint, this is one of the most entertaining TASes I will never, ever, not in a million years ever watch in full. :)
I'm with you on that. Unfortunately, I had to endure it for quality reasons. 😐
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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GJTASer2018 wrote:
Despite the space theming, this looks less "Lunar Lander" and more like "Frogger in Space". Also, do you have a userfile showing that Level 29 is indeed completely impossible to get through (as you claim in the description)?
I forgot to mention that. It does look like Frogger! I'm glad someone else is thinking the same thing. As for the 29th level, I figured that any judge could just let it continue to see that there are only 1 block gaps throughout the 4 layers of asteroids.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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KusogeMan wrote:
for TAS i do believe that liu kang is probably the fastest, since RTA doesn't input bike kicks perfectly but still all the other optimizations would have to be done
You are right, but I made the analogy because of the final boss fight. There was a noticeable delay in affecting the AI of Shao Kahn. I was curious if the delay could have been prevented, if using Shang Tsung's Fireball attack. But either way, there were critical optimizations missed through-out the entire TAS. I think that the difference between the two characters wouldn't have warranted a rejection though.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I'm posting this here, because I feel like you are not noticing the comments that have been made by a number of judges over your history of submissions. In the future, please look under your submission notes to see our judging statements. ---- Well, I didn't have to look at this long before I realized that it is not heading in the right direction. Let's go through some of the details: *The Bicycle kick is certainly a powerful move, but it seems to be slightly behind...due to having a longer striking move. This makes the round last a tiny big longer. Seems that it would be faster to end off on a quicker move that will not take much completion time. *Your character choice MAY be a problem. There are some issues that I see at the end. where you have to delay, in order to affect the AI of your opponent. The WR uses Shang Tsung, where the use of the Triple Flaming Skull attack to deal damage from afar to get around this. *"Flawless Victory". This is a mistake. If you watch the WR, the player takes damage at some point (usually in the first moment of the fight) to receive damage. This is the key to keeping the fight going fast and stop the time it takes to display the notification of your "Damage-less" round. *"Bonus Round". This is another mistake...and the biggest issue I see. This round is achieved by using low kicks only, which is what the bicycle attack does. If you had changed your strategy on the fight before the "?" round, you would have been able to skip this. This article explains it: https://www.ign.com/wikis/mortal-kombat-2/Jade_(Bonus). I do not enjoy seeing your history of rejections, but it doesn't seem to me that you are doing what is necessary to make a highly optimized TAS. In this case, a lot of this could have been avoided by at least perfecting the WR run, which avoids all these issues I mentioned above. I'm sorry, but I'm rejecting this run for optimization reasons.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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jeff_town wrote:
So happy to see this tas'd! sadly, you grab the spars so quickly we don't see much gameplay. You'll do "maximum score" and get 99999999 next, right?
Lol. That sounds like a lot of work.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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GJTASer2018 wrote:
"Pandemonium" is very appropriate for this title, considering how much is going on all at once on the screen! (Although if this is Crossroads 2, what happened to Crossroads 1 perchance?)
The original Crossroads was good, but not this good. I decided to do this one first. Eventually, I'll get around to it. This version has some things that make it much more exciting. For one, this version has "power-ups". You don't see them much here because I'm going so fast. Instead of "white spars", red and blue ones exists. Blue makes you go faster, which I manipulate RNG to show up on the 3rd screen. Red makes you shoot faster, which I don't get...because it doesn't matter.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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For those of you who are interested, here is a comparison of my original effort. I almost submitted this, but I wanted it to be better. Well...I certainly made it better! Link to video
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Ok...I'm good with the improvements. Another judge can take over now. Let me rephrase, since I've been added this submission by Logan, I wanted to make sure that I'm happy with the entire movie's optimization. I am satisfied and have uploaded the newest movie.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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No. I saw that you had two graphical screens instead of one. I reworked that area and got the rest of the inputs to sync up. So...they still have all the commands that you had.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I see that Logan has already added me to this submission. I'll will drop, once I'm satisfied that the movie doesn't have anything else to cut.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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During judging this, I notice something odd. I tested it out and found 226 frames. https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638456130874458229
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I've been thinking on this, over the past few days, and I'm coming close to a strategy on how I want to finalize my judgement. I may be processing other submissions, but I'm not ignoring this one. Just wanted you to know and the fact that I plan on finishing this submission in the next few days.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Heisanevilgenius wrote:
How come the area around the core was so clear? All the times I played the game you have to clear through hundreds and hundreds of bricks
That is the right side of the core. I made a documentary that shows that side and why I didn't go that route.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Thanks for the explanation. This was very fun to analyze. I enjoyed it a lot. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I have finalized my judgement of this run. The only issue that I found, came from watching Faddy's run against yours. There are times that I see Faddy ahead (early in the game) and you catching back up. Then you are ahead, but get behind again. Eventually, you are growing in your lead and this never happens again. Can you please explain this?
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I will upload the file and drop out of judgement soon. I'm busy with things at home right now.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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LGR...have you had a chance to review my findings? I have been thinking of coauthorship, if you are willing.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I found a way to end input earlier. https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638439118824734706
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I know I judged this, but I also had to make a post to say how much this style of game took me back to my youth when I was a player of these style of games. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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GJTASer2018 wrote:
This game has a dumb name - it really should have something along the lines of "Four in a Row" instead of giving the impression it's a slotmachine! Voted "Meh" because there just isn't much there entertainment-wise...
Yep...completely understandable. The highly optimized outcome is the only excitement that I got from this.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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This comparison may look trivial, but my BOT was able to help me understand the weakness of the AI. Having played this on Level 4...I originally thought that a 4 pieces win wasn't possible. But this comes from the testing of over 100,000 solutions...where I was finally able to catch on to what was happening. I eventually ended up tricking the computer myself with this 4 move solution, by taking advantage of RNG, which had a very small effect. RNG in this game would cycle through a few moves that were chosen for the CPU's next move. Oh...anyone interested in the savings, the BOT was able to help me get it cut by 2141 frames. Link to video
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Dacicus wrote:
Is starting at the top a limitation of this version of the game? That reference lists solutions with a shorter number of moves at other starting positions.
Yes...it is a limitation. This game always starts with an open hole at the top.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I'm glad to see DrD2k9's interest in some of these Compute's Gazette games. He has always been interested in trying to discovering other categories to widen the library of possible variances that a game can be played in. Looks really good. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I thought it about it a bit more and going for one quark will be faster, because you can waste all the remaining turns on the top left coordinates. There would be no travel time to point the laser into the cube. So...that is the only difference I can think of.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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feos wrote:
What would be different when aiming for fastest completion?
I had this talk with DrD2k9 over Pegs. Basically, both are strategy games and this game is complete after loosing all 25 efforts to find a quark. I'm not sure if there is a speed difference, since I didn't test that route. Who knows, maximum score could be the fastest effort. I only went for maximum score, since the game is extremely hard to play.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX