I know that using a sub-par movie file (inputs) that unlocks everything, is OK if you use that as a base or starting point for the real TAS. That way you can skip the cutscenes in Story Mode.
The thing I meant was something different: you can skip the cutscenes before normally skipping them, so you don´t see anything of it at all !
And this one seemed pretty random to me in my speedruns.
regarding the verification movie:
I´m very new here, so I don´t know how stuff works exactly here. So all I need to do is having a verification movie that unlocks everything for the story mode and sets everything up for the real TAS and the TAS of course, that doesn´t start from restarting the game and the verification movie doesn´t need ot be on the same dolphin version as the real TAS ?
I think I will do the verification movie quickly and see if it synces in the dolphin version I´ll use (I´ll just use one of the newer developer builds ) anyways.
I think it shouldn´t take too long only for story mode.
Hello ^_^)/
I want to do a full story mode TAS (maxspeed first and open later maybe).
I managed to somewhat get dolphin to sync now. I got a full input file of a bit of story mode messaround on all chapters to work, but some other input files desync consistently at one specific point, so I wouldn´t say it´s rock solid.
From what I discovered the desyncs only appear when you interact with AIs, because I think they have some RNG, however it can sync even with heavy AI interaction.
Regarding the TAS I will probably optimize IGT, because of various reasons:
1. IGT is pretty much what only matters in the game and it is very accurate
2. If not using a file with optimal times on every chapter, I will lose time, because it will save the new record on the memory card
3. There are some strange RTA timesavers, like instantly selecting the difficulty after choosing the chapter and skipping the cutscenes by mashing A/start , that I haven´t looked into, but could be somewhat random or only frame perfect and I´m not willing to waste too much time on optimizing that, but I will of course optimize menu as much as I can.
(also I don´t even know if skipping them even saves time, because noone ever timed it)
So to be able to start the TAS, can someone please explain me which version of dolphin and which save file to use, to get something that can be verified ?
Also I will first go to settings and adjust the controller settings to my GCC and what I´m used to (I TAS with a GCC instead of the TAS input thingie, because that would take ages). I hope there is no problem with that.