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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:59 AM
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Deuceler
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I don't see why a TAS would ever need to upgrade bikes. I've done low% challenges in real time and have completed the whole game with the first bike. I'd be interested to see if this goes anywhere, I actually run this game RTA and have the fastest known time on Dreamcast. I didn't time it out, but it appeared to be faster than Playstation when I played it with FDS. Looking forward to the completion of this.
Posted: 2/1/2016 3:41 AM
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Deuceler
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So, finally figured out how the Misteria warp actually works! A consistent setup would be nice to unearth, and I'll continue to work on it. I'm basically just working on a TAS at this point while doing some RTA work. It's my goal to make one before the end of the year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU8wCgZvssQ
Posted: 1/6/2016 12:34 AM
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Deuceler
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Thanks for putting in some extra work there Alaktorn. You've been a huge help. I'll be continuing to search for more RAM addresses on my own (already found some boss health values and such) and who knows, maybe it will get me into doing a TAS. All this in search of making a faster RTA route! Will post any updates I find if they are relevant. Thanks!
Posted: 7/8/2015 9:33 AM
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Deuceler
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Awesome video Alaktorn!!! Definitely sheds some light on the way the trick works. Thank you very much for finding all those addresses as well they will prove to be very useful. I can't thank you enough for putting some work into the game for no reason other than my asking. I can't test until next week but I will be putting in some time for sure!
Posted: 7/7/2015 5:29 AM
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Deuceler
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Hey Spikestuff, thanks for the link to holyangel's TAS - I've actually been in contact with him for some time now and he discovered many of the glitches used during the run back in 2013. He isn't fluent in English, so it's difficult for him to communicate. We make it work however! Damn alaktorn, that's a bummer! Macho is luckily in the beginning of the run. I'll continue to mess with the Misteria Warp - I have a couple more theories to test out on it, but I REALLY appreciate your help with this! You were generous to give any of your time into the game.
Posted: 7/4/2015 5:38 AM
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Deuceler
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This is from one of my older PBs, because I abandoned more than 1 or 2 tries in recent runs. After I realized how random and shitty the trick is (as of now) I wanted to get something figured out before wasting time like this. Misteria Warp
Posted: 6/19/2015 2:00 AM
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Deuceler
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So the trick itself is called the misteria warp. Your enter a cave and hop across three moving platforms (all circling the room over water) to a central platform in order to collect a plant. When heading back you fall off the center platform into the water and instead of placing Musashi back on the ledge you fell from, it warps you to the entrance of the cave. I've tested to see if it was pixel dependent on the central platform but it doesn't appear to be. When the trick works you fall in to the water and the camera pans straight up, warping you to the entrance. If it doesn't work the camera pans diagonally up + right and places you up higher on the walkway of the central platform. I think it may depend on where you fall in the water but I'm not quite sure how to test it
Posted: 6/15/2015 7:31 PM
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Deuceler
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Thanks, it's been a little spotty to say the least. The card game is a pain in the ass, found a couple values that change but they only do after an answer is selected and if it's correct they stay the same. Do you have a suggestion for an emu with a better RAM search? I also have one of the tricks I'm trying to figure out and it seems to have some strange conditions in order to make it work - I'd like to see if anyone wouldn't mind racking their brain with me to try to find a solution
Posted: 6/12/2015 12:00 AM
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Deuceler
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So I started using PSXjin and found some addresses for the X and Y coordinates, but I'm still on the search for a few more. I'm going to dive into the Card game and see if I can decipher anything happening there
Posted: 5/17/2015 7:36 PM
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Deuceler
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Spikestuff - I didn't show Sh0rt's time because I'm not him, and he's not here. The main thing was the card game so that shouldn't matter. The movement and platforming is a little wonky for sure, but the main things I'm curious about are traversing slopes (up and down) while running versus jumping and things of that nature, just to try and move around as quickly as possible. Macho's card game starts at 10:42 in the video. It's probably worth nothing I say fuck a lot haha
Posted: 5/14/2015 6:52 PM
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Deuceler
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I do have a vid of my RTA, you can find it here. It's far from perfect :D I'd love to do some work on my own as well, but obviously having some help from you guys who actually know what the hell is going on would be amazing. The game itself hasn't had much of anything done with it, although there is a WIP TAS on Youtube that is through Chapter 2. (There is 6 chapters total). Let me know if y'all need any info about the game or maybe we could discuss somethings over skype etc. once the time comes. I'll dig around that RAM search thread, thanks for the link coolkirby. Looking forward to finding out more about the inner workings of this one EDIT: Thought it would be helpful to mention the major RNG point in the game is towards the beginning when I'm playing the card game in the restaurant. This is needed to gain enough money for an item required later on for a skip, and if this could be consistent the run would be so much better
Posted: 5/3/2015 8:03 PM
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Deuceler
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I was looking for a board on this game already, and this appears to be it. I'm currently running this game in real time and looking to delve a little deeper into the mechanics / movement / RNG in an attempt to figure a majority of it out. As a disclaimer I've never TAS'd before and I don't know a whole lot about it. I'll be looking in the newb and faq sections here to help myself out but was curious if anyone had any interest in assisting or pointing me in a positive direction? Thanks