I believe the Sonic games focus on in-game timers instead of real time. But this is okay, since the cutscenes are long and boring.
I'd definitely prefer in-game time :S
It's not possible in the first level because of a glitch.. the only way could have been bailing out of the speech skip halfway but even then sub 1:30 is doubtful as time can't be regained from not doing the skip. And I'd rather not have the opening cinema the first thing you see. 1:20 should be possible for a time though, but very hard obviously.
The rest should be barring no more problems except Air Base/Air Force One/Crash Site I guess.. Air base won't be a wr if it's better to start at one point in air force one or the other way around. I'm not sure whether the hoverbike can be released quickly and still get a wr time in af1, I haven't really looked into it. The hoverbike must be used in crash site since it just saves a lot of time. Are there any others?
Here is progress so far, about 25 seconds (an eternity) in
savestatem64
this level, at least the beginning is really smooth which you will notice and it makes it easier to do stuff. It has helped with desyncs but I have still had some especially right at the beginning with the initial pulling out weapon lag.
The question is.. should I be doing something different with the camspy/avenger/everything else then usual?
I probably won't be updating it much because I want to get further in PD.
Of course it would help if I didn't have to do most things 2-10 times just so it doesn't desync. :(
It isn't lagging, more like dropping frames because it was not a good port, he's still moving at the same speed. Only a few people worked on it according to the credits and it was fairly early in the n64's lifespan so it may have been difficult to port the game.
I wish there was a way to easily revert stuff and then I could make it so anyone could edit it but I didn't find anything.
Can anyone get this game to work? http://tas.schtuff.com/yakouchuu_ii_satsujin_kouru
Yeah, it's unfortunate that it has the best results usually but does not sync with the others sometimes. It also is the only one being worked on currently... maybe glide64 also.
See, I really hate to illegally download ROMs. Every game I've made a run of, or that I'm working on, I own or did own. I did once own an NES with Super Mario Bros 1 and 2, and I heard of a couple glitches that can speed up a run, but I can't find any good ROMs. I'm working on the Pokemon Red speedrun, which is an interesting area to be in, but I still don't like to download illegal ROMs. I suppose I will soon, after the Pokemon Speedrun, and if the cops ever come into my house, I'll argue that I only use the ROMs for making TASes. lol.
Actually, this isn't illegal at all if you consider GBA to be obsolete (but not yet I don't think, it's still being produced). Check out section 2 here http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ and being in canada would pretty protect you anyway as there are no concrete laws involving this.
Wouter, am I supposed to get in the first side door right when it gets opened by the bot or is it best to wait more in the cinema? All the videos have it waiting more (especially Your Eliteness') and getting through the door a bit after the bot opens it. I thought it's obviously get there right when it opens so the bot is reprogrammed faster before it gets too far down there but is that wrong? Or does the bot follow the exact same route and isn't interrupted in that part so it doesn't matter (or even waiting is faster as the bot is further along)? I'd figure it out but I'd have somehow find out what the bot is doing while reprogramming it.
OB64 = RPG + strategy but it has items and stuff so I'd go with rpg
Command & Conquer I would say is strategy, don't need to have too many categories.
Rogue Squadron can just be shooter. 1st, 3rd person and just shooters.
Okay. I'll test a dozen or so games using the default gln64 plugin for the following:
1. Graphical/sound glitches.
2. Desyncs. I'll play through a bit of the game a few times with recording on and play it back to see the results. I may also try playing back with different plugins to see the results, who knows.
3. Any other emulation errors that afftect the gameplay.
4. Any minor bugs that should be noted.
I'll make a table of my results and shove it on my hosting. If you would prefer I test something else or test something in a different way, otherwise I will start testing in a couple of hours.
Okay instead of changing all the categories right now (not sure about a lot of games), I'll just divvy them up as I make a page on them. Raiscan, if you want to test a few games that'd be cool.
