I've seen a monster cause blindness in World IV, but that's not exactly a nice location to get them. I picked up a list of monsters from a FAQ on GameFAQs, let's see what ctrl+F finds me...
Even a single ELIXIR should be good enough for us. Those things got 3 uses, so that equates to 15 P-BLASTs, 15 GAZEs, and 15 TELEPORs just for picking up one ELIXIR. This should be plenty, should we find the initial 5 uses for each ability too ineffective.
By the way, the RNG values for abilities I was picking out were for a 3-mutant party and seeking out TELEPOR. I was picking only the optimal ones in this case. However, since you clearly have different plans, I'll pull some other RNG values you might want to consider:
In the meantime, I created a function that tells you what direction an NPC is headed.
They seem biased towards going northwest...
local y,n= "Y","N"
local canrun={[0]= n,
--0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
y,y,y,n,y,n,y,n,y,y,n,y,n,y,y, --0x
y,y,n,n,n,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,n,n,y,n, --1x
y,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,n,n,n,n,n,y, --2x
y,y,y,n,y,y,n,n,n,y,y,y,n,n,y,y, --3x
n,y,n,y,n,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,n,y,n, --4x
n,y,y,n,n,n,y,n,n,y,n,n,y,y,n,y, --5x
n,y,y,y,n,n,n,y,y,y,n,y,n,y,n,n, --6x
y,y,n,n,y,n,y,n,y,n,y,n,n,y,y,y, --7x
y,n,n,n,y,n,y,n,y,n,n,y,n,y,n,n, --8x
n,n,y,y,y,n,n,y,n,n,n,n,y,y,n,y, --9x
n,n,n,n,n,n,y,n,n,n,y,y,y,y,y,n, --Ax
n,n,n,y,n,n,y,y,y,n,n,n,y,y,y,n, --Bx
y,n,y,n,y,n,n,n,y,n,n,n,n,y,n,y, --Cx
y,n,n,y,y,y,n,y,y,n,y,y,n,n,y,n, --Dx
y,n,n,n,y,y,y,n,n,n,y,n,y,n,y,y, --Ex
n,n,y,y,n,y,n,y,n,y,n,y,y,n,n,n --Fx
--0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
}
--*****************************************************************************
local function showrun()
--*****************************************************************************
local runRNG= memory.readbyte(0xC323)
gui.text(63,135,canrun[runRNG])
end
while true do
showrun()
emu.frameadvance()
endWe should be doing over 200 at 99 Mana with a P-BLAST. This is enough to one-shot most World III monsters, if not all of them.
Mutants can't naturally learn FLARE. Take a look at a previous list or the growth.lua if you wish, it's not even there, let alone any possible RNG values for it.
C30B|Ab1|Ab2|Ab3|Ab4
----+---+---+---+---
86 | - | + | + | -
93 | - | + | - | +
166| - | /2| + | /2
243| - | + | - | +
-: Subtracts initial number of uses (bottoms out at 0).
+: Adds initial number of uses.
/2: Divides number of uses by 2, rounding down (adds 1 use if no uses left).
=: Restores number of uses to initial value (not used).The other benefit to that battle was to get me closer to the coveted TELEPOR. I could pick at the fact that you went through many battles without a single stat gain, but I know you were going for TELEPOR as well. The 1 Mana was mostly unavoidable, but then again, I could have picked a better RNG on the path to TELEPOR.
If you've been collecting data on the stat gains, I'd like to know what you've got so far. Aside from that, I've only made a basic attempt at manipulating luck, and indeed, many improvements could be made. Yet in spite of that, I tightly navigate the menus.
I feel like we're in a little competition, even though we are working together. Probably what pushed me into clearing out World II.
local state1 = savestate.create()
local state2 = savestate.create()
savestate.save(state1)
for i = 1, 300 do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state2)
for k = 1, 8 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
end
savestate.load(state2)
end
savestate.load(state1)
emu.pause()local state1 = savestate.create()
local state2 = savestate.create()
savestate.save(state1)
for i = 1, 300 do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state2)
for k = 1, 8 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
end
savestate.load(state2)
end
savestate.load(state1)
emu.pause()movie.rerecordcounting(false)
local state1 = savestate.create()
local state2 = savestate.create()
local H,S,D,A,M,X,Y= "hp","st","df","ag","mn","AB","!!"
local _ = "__"
local Growth={[0]=H,
_,_,D,X,_,M,_,A,_,_,X,_,X,_,_,
_,_,X,M,A,_,_,M,_,_,_,_,M,X,_,M,
_,_,_,_,_,_,A,_,_,_,X,M,X,H,X,_,
_,_,_,X,_,_,H,X,A,_,_,S,A,M,S,S,
H,_,X,_,A,_,_,_,X,_,_,_,_,A,_,M,
X,_,D,H,X,S,_,H,M,_,H,H,_,Y,H,_,
S,_,_,_,M,M,X,_,_,_,S,_,S,_,M,X,
_,S,H,A,_,H,_,S,_,S,_,X,X,_,_,_,
_,A,A,A,_,X,_,A,_,M,M,_,H,_,M,H,
A,M,_,_,D,X,X,_,H,H,M,H,_,_,H,_,
X,H,M,H,H,X,Y,H,H,X,_,_,_,_,_,A,
M,X,M,_,H,H,_,_,D,X,A,S,_,_,S,S,
_,X,_,X,_,M,H,X,_,H,H,M,H,D,X,_,
_,H,S,_,_,S,A,_,_,M,_,_,H,A,_,H,
S,M,H,M,_,_,_,M,M,A,D,X,S,M,_,_,
_,S,_,Y,M,_,M,D,X,D,X,_,_,H,X,X
}
local FrameTable={}
local FTI = 1
savestate.save(state1)
for i = 1, 300 do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state2)
frame = emu.framecount()
for k = 1, 8 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
end
local rng = memory.readbyte(0xC30B)
-- Uncomment for Agl. boost +5
--if rng == 130 or rng == 56 or rng == 221 then
-- Uncomment for TELEPOR
if rng == 235 then
FrameTable[FTI]=frame
FTI = FTI+1
end
savestate.load(state2)
end
savestate.load(state1)
for i = 1, #FrameTable do
gui.text(100, 9*i - 8 ,FrameTable[i])
end
emu.pause()Went through World I in just over 9 minutes Stats:I'm probably going to manipulate more agility and mana for little miss TAS at this point. Poor GEN-BU can just fight himself, I'm too busy to fight some "required" boss battle. I'm not using your script, I just have it set up so if I hold a button then frame-advance, the script blindly goes through a sequence of input. I'm still manually looking at the list of gains that show up and manually checking battles, looking for the right meat for my monster. It's possible your script itself is causing a desync. But I'm not actually sure. Some further checking may be needed. My vba.ini is almost a brand-new one, considering how recently I got VBA. Try deleting it or moving it to another folder so VBA doesn't detect it, and start fresh to see what happens. Probably wouldn't help, but aside from deleting it, wouldn't hurt to try.name mHP St Df Ag Mn Transition to World II mkay 103 17 7 11 13 My monster, WEREWOLF Run 20 9 14 7 11 Has an ICE spell. Useful-ish. Test 55 12 16 3 9 Has POWER (dead weight) and TELEPOR (awesome) TAS 55 6 11 13 27 P-BLAST of doom!!
Around 2 minutes in. I got myself BARRIER and POWER, and well on my way to getting P-BLAST and change my monster to O-BAKE. The POWER will help in killing a random ZOMBIE and KINGSWRD each in two rounds, as well as give GEN-BU a good smack. Just ask, and I'll upload my current run, on the spot, wherever I might be. On a side note, I programmed in a cheap macro through lua. From the field, it goes into the menu, saves the game, then resets. So I got around the difficulty of pressing four or five buttons at once. As for your desync issue, the timing difference you read about is mainly saying that movies from v19 will likely not sync at all on v20 or later, and vice versa. This shouldn't affect sync-stability for playing back movies made using the same version. I haven't run into problems myself, yet. I'm not sure what further help I can be, though.
I'm thinking I should try to make another run alongside yours, except I use 3 mutants and a monster and see how little I can get away with. Knowing myself, I always want to keep optimal in my own ways, so I may end up making progress slowly. Comparing times shouldn't be too difficult, and having two separate runs may show techniques that either player missed the first time around. So you're comfortable using a controller. I'm fine with the keyboard myself. And I'm not familiar with GlovePIE, but I do have a Wii Classic Controller.
local state1 = savestate.create()
local state2 = savestate.create()
local H,S,D,A,M,X,Y= "hp","st","df","ag","mn","AB","!!"
local _ = "__"
local Growth={[0]=H,
_,_,D,X,_,M,_,A,_,_,X,_,X,_,_,
_,_,X,M,A,_,_,M,_,_,_,_,M,X,_,M,
_,_,_,_,_,_,A,_,_,_,X,M,X,H,X,_,
_,_,_,X,_,_,H,X,A,_,_,S,A,M,S,S,
H,_,X,_,A,_,_,_,X,_,_,_,_,A,_,M,
X,_,D,H,X,S,_,H,M,_,H,H,_,Y,H,_,
S,_,_,_,M,M,X,_,_,_,S,_,S,_,M,X,
_,S,H,A,_,H,_,S,_,S,_,X,X,_,_,_,
_,A,A,A,_,X,_,A,_,M,M,_,H,_,M,H,
A,M,_,_,D,X,X,_,H,H,M,H,_,_,H,_,
X,H,M,H,H,X,Y,H,H,X,_,_,_,_,_,A,
M,X,M,_,H,H,_,_,D,X,A,S,_,_,S,S,
_,X,_,X,_,M,H,X,_,H,H,M,H,D,X,_,
_,H,S,_,_,S,A,_,_,M,_,_,H,A,_,H,
S,M,H,M,_,_,_,M,M,A,D,X,S,M,_,_,
_,S,_,Y,M,_,M,D,X,D,X,_,_,H,X,X
}
local FrameTable={}
local FTI = 1
for i = 1, 16 do
FrameTable[i] = 0
end
savestate.save(state1)
for i = 1, 50 do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state2)
frame = emu.framecount()
for k = 1, 8 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
end
local rng = memory.readbyte(0xC30B)
if Growth[rng] == "ag" then
FrameTable[FTI]=frame
FTI = FTI+1
end
savestate.load(state2)
end
savestate.load(state1)
for i = 1, 16 do
gui.text(100, 9*i - 8 ,FrameTable[i])
end
emu.pause()ppjoy1.Digital0=wiimote.Classic.a
ppjoy1.Digital1=wiimote.Classic.b
keyboard.Escape=wiimote.Classic.x
ppjoy1.Digital4=wiimote.Classic.Minus
ppjoy1.Digital5=wiimote.Classic.Plus
ppjoy1.Digital7=wiimote.Classic.LFull
keyboard.Backslash=wiimote.Classic.RFull
ppjoy1.Digital8=wiimote.Classic.ZL
ppjoy1.Digital9=wiimote.Classic.ZR
ppjoy1.Digital0=wiimote.Classic.Home
ppjoy1.Digital1=wiimote.Classic.Home
ppjoy1.Digital4=wiimote.Classic.Home
ppjoy1.Digital5=wiimote.Classic.Home
ppjoy1.Digital16=wiimote.Classic.Up
ppjoy1.Digital17=wiimote.Classic.Down
ppjoy1.Digital18=wiimote.Classic.Left
ppjoy1.Digital19=wiimote.Classic.Right
if Classic.LFull
mouse.x = 0.69
mouse.y = 0.29
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = .55
mouse.y = .29
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = .65
mouse.y = .48
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
wait 200 ms
keyboard.G = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.G = false
keyboard.R = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.R = false
keyboard.O = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.O = false
keyboard.W = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.W = false
keyboard.T = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.T = false
keyboard.H = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.H = false
keyboard.Enter = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.Enter = false
mouse.x = 0.74
mouse.y = 0.29
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = 0.35
mouse.y = 0.2
wait 100 ms
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
endif
if Classic.y
mouse.x = 0.69
mouse.y = 0.29
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = .55
mouse.y = .29
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = .65
mouse.y = .48
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
wait 200 ms
keyboard.R = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.R = false
keyboard.E = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.E = false
keyboard.S = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.S = false
keyboard.T = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.T = false
keyboard.A = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.A = false
keyboard.R = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.R = false
keyboard.T = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.T = false
keyboard.NUMPAD2 = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.NUMPAD2 = false
keyboard.Enter = true
wait 10 ms
keyboard.Enter = false
mouse.x = 0.74
mouse.y = 0.29
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
mouse.x = 0.35
mouse.y = 0.2
wait 100 ms
mouse.LeftButton = true
wait 10 ms
mouse.LeftButton = false
endif
debug = [mouse.x, mouse.y]
ppjoy1.Analog0=wiimote.Classic.Joy1X
ppjoy1.Analog1=wiimote.Classic.Joy1Y
ppjoy1.Analog2=wiimote.Classic.Joy2X
ppjoy1.Analog3=wiimote.Classic.Joy2YBobo the King, are you planning to redo, or do you want to leave this submission as it is? Or both?
state = savestate.create()
newrng = memory.readbyte(0xC30B)
local function Disp(rng)
message = string.format("0xC30B: %d", rng)
gui.text(10,10,message, "green", "black")
end
while true do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state)
emu.frameadvance()
i = 1
while i<9 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
i = i+1
gui.register(Disp(newrng))
end
newrng = memory.readbyte(0xC30B)
savestate.load(state)
endHave you tested suicide with Up + C? Lower damage but rapider execution.
state = savestate.create()
while true do
emu.frameadvance()
savestate.save(state)
emu.frameadvance()
i = 1
while i<10 do
joypad.set(1, {A = 1, B = 1, select = 1, start = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
i = i+1
end
newrng = memory.readbyte(0xC30B)
savestate.load(state)
message = string.format("0xC30B: %d", newrng)
gui.text(10,10,message, "green", "black")
endIn my opinion, this is a cool run. However I have questions. In Miami Bonus, you kill yourself off in the most unceremonious way. How much slower would it be just to complete it? Wouldn't it be better to complete it? You suicided in Miami Bonus, but why not the other bonus levels?
This gets a mild Yes vote.
I was able to watch it, but I still found it too repetitive.
Eh, voting yes.