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Wow! Once again there is a run in progress that is absolutely must-see when it's done.
I sure would like to know what emulator he is using and with what kind of rerecording upgrades.
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I came up with the BZero name when I signed up for my second ever Internet forum, on January 31st 2002, except then I spelled it "B-Zer0". I was (and still am) a big Final Fantasy fan, so at first I figured I'd name myself after an FF character. However, when I was in the process of signing up, I thought that maybe that was a bit overdone (BTW, on the first forum I signed up to I called myself Squall Tribal >_>), so I got the brilliant idea of naming myself after a summon instead of a regular character, and named myself after my favorite summon, Bahamut ZERO, except I abbreviated it a little, and changed the o to a 0. Yeah, that was clever.
Later that year, I signed up to GameFAQs, where you can't use hyphens in your username, so I had to go with BZer0. Some time later, I realized the 0 thing wasn't really all that clever and started using BZero whenever I signed up for new sites.
I haven't completely figured out how the in-game timer works, besides that your character will move when it's 0. I might look into this some more later...
Well, I've figured out that when there's a text box, you can close it when the counter goes back to 0. (Edit: Whoops, you already said that earlier in the post. >_>)
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I can't even begin to follow that explanation, because my Memory Watch window has none of the buttons mentioned or anything. It tells me to press start, but I only see "Clear", "Save", "Load" and "Close" buttons..? I am completely lost.
...I think I'll just continue playing the way I have been.
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alden wrote:
This looks pretty good so far, actually.
Thanks.
I didn't look very closely, but during the part with the bear, did you have to walk that far down?
If I had tried to throw the fish from anywhere else, Graham would have walked over to that spot automatically, and seeing as his automatic walking speed is roughly twice as slow as his normal walking speed (when I control him), walking there myself is faster. Also, if I had stood farther from the bear, I would also have had to move to cursor farther as the cursor always shows up where Graham is standing (the cursor's speed is twice as fast as Graham, and four times as fast as his automatic walking speed BTW).
Because of the different walking speeds, I always have to place myself in the exact spot Graham would automatically place himself. This is the most time-consuming part about making this TAS.
Harmonik: http://dl3u.savefile.com/017e5d200df3e6f62e3141f161105bc2/King_s_Quest_V_TAS_WIP_BZero.avi
Edit: Um, one question. In the Q*bert topic in this forum, they said recordings have to start from soft reset, but the rules say they must start from power-on. Apparently, the Q*bert video got rejected because it was recorded from power-on. So... what's the deal here?
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Sorry for double posting again, but I have to post this new link: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/885877548/King%27s%20Quest%20V%20TAS%20WIP%20BZero.fcm
I realized that I didn't have to pick up the silver coin now, as I'm going back to town later on and I'm also passing by the bakery (where I use the silver coin) after the second trip to town. This will save me some time, since I don't have to leave and reenter town like in the last attempt. It will also look better.
Anyway, I started all over again, but I used the old video as a frame-by-frame guide, so it didn't take that long to do. Whereas I had used 1945 re-recordings at this point in the first WIP I uploaded, I have now only used 228. For all three attempts together, I've used 2727 re-recordings, though.
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Here's my WIP so far. Just reached the desert.
[Edited out. Scroll down a few posts.]
Note: The reason I leave town and reenter right away, is because the silver coin on the ground doesn't appear until the second time you enter town.
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01 GripShift - http://www.youtube.com/user/owrbzero
02 Final Fantasy VII - I have the current unassisted speedrun world record for the English-language PSX version (8:25:59), and I've done an LLIOIENA challenge as well as a few other challenges.
03 Super Mario Bros. - Who here hasn't mastered this game? Heh.
04 Willow - Only full game I've written a walkthrough for. I'd say I know my way around this game better than most people.
05 Worms 2 - Well, I can pull off some pretty spectacular rope-tricks, and with some luck I can take out a three-worm team in one round.
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I was thinking of posting my WIP after the desert part, there's really not much to watch right now.
Besides, I have to start over because I screwed up on the first text box (and probably a few more after that, I haven't bothered to check). When trying to close the text box on the first possible frame, I just tried a frame, and if that didn't work, I waited maybe 5 or 10 frames and tried again until I found one that worked. When I found a frame that worked, I just tried the frame before that, and if that didn't work, I assumed that all frames before that one wouldn't work either. Turns out every 4th (or so) frame works, so if you can close a text box at frame 2578, you can also close it at frame 2582, but not 2579, 2580 or 2581. Probably common knowledge for you guys, but I sure as hell didn't know. x_x
Edit: Wow, good thing I decided to start over. When I started my first attempt, I just tried randomly pressing all the buttons during the company logos at the beginning, but nothing happened, so I thought you just had to wait them out. This time, knowing that not all frames work, I tried a bit more carefully, and was able to skip the Konami and Sierra logos by hitting the B-button at the right frames. I still couldn't skip the copyright notice, though, so I hope that's not possible. >_<
Anyway, saved at the first "black screen-frame" after the first town part, and I'm a little over 21 (!) seconds ahead of my first attempt.
Edit 2: I'm back at the above-mentioned "bakery-frame" where my first attempt ended. I'm now no less than 1306 frames ahead of my old time. Also, on my first attempt, I had 554 re-recordings at this point. This time, I have 880; I was more careful to position myself more correctly when picking up the fish and the silver coin in town and when talking to the baker.
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I have started a TAS for KQV (my first TAS). I just saved at the first frame where the screen is completely black after exiting the bakery (after buying the pie), and I'm exactly 1500 frames (25 seconds) ahead of your walkthrough video. ;)
Anyway, is it worth it to continue? Will this video be rejected due to low entertainment value, even if it's technically close to perfect? The movement of the cursor looks impressive, but other than that, I fear it's gonna be a tad boring to watch. >_>
