Depends on the game.
I'll give a few examples of each.
-Hardware-based RNG: In Pokemon gen 1 and 2, the RNG is advanced based on how many CPU cycles have elapsed. By changing what buttons you press, even if there is no visible change, every RNG value will be different because the game having to read and think about buttons slightly changes the timing. RNG manipulation in this game consists of pressing different buttons that don't effect the game until you get the result you want.
-RNG as stream: In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, the RNG does not advance on its own. Instead, whenever something says 'Yo, I need a random number', the next random number is computed and given to that thing. RNG manipulation in this kind of game consists of looking at the 'stream' of upcoming RNG values, highlighting the ones that you want (for example to get a soul or item drop) and either using more or less RNG values to get that one when you need it (For example, every time Soma grunts, a random number is used to decide what sfx is used, and many enemy behaviours and attacks will use random numbers)
-RNG as frame counter: In this kind of game the RNG is advanced once every time a frame elapses. To manipulate RNG in this kind of game, you must arrive earlier or later. A good example is Super Mario Bros 2, where the number of frames that has elapsed since you turned on the game modulo 256 (aka a 'global timer' of 8 bits) determines all 'randomness' such as Birdo deciding to fire or not.
Also note that some games have multiple, separate RNGs - for example, one for encounters and one for everything else, or one for graphics and one for attacks.
I keep thinking I've heard of a way faster time on this title with Richter recently... unless there's some version speed difference that makes them incomparable...
Abstaining for now..
Mr. Kelly R. Flewin
You are thinking of pksl_'s Richter mode WR on XBLA, which is (almost) the same game, with less lag and loading times, and obviously isn't TASable right now. If you compare RTA and TAS and ignore lag/loading times, the TAS comes out 15-20 seconds faster.
In particular, this is the scriptless single segment WR by coolkid (who also did some of the segments in Half-Life 21 as you may have noticed ;) ):
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Nitsuja linked a "test TAS" in the second post of this thread. It's presumably not up to date with the latest techniques, but it's still a fun watch.
Yes - combine that with the latest route/tricks for something awesome.
BTW, I had the thought that the Chelsea run with pre-made Bunny save file could be done after a Bunny any% TAS (because you could make the save file as Bunny) - for a back to back both characters any%.
Using the Tab key is an alternative to using the mouse, if the items are selectable with the Tab key.
scahfy wrote:
pirohiko wrote:
I want to do button input by TAB like normal FlashPlayer. (T_T)
Yeah, that would open a lot more possibilities if Gnash let you "tab" between input objects like Flash does. It's an open source project, so if anyone has the inclination, they could try adding the functionality.
I want to try TASing Too Many Ninjas! http://www.foddy.net/Ninjas.html
In-game it does not require a single mouse press. It doesn't even require pressing the mouse to restart after dying. But to start the game for the first time you need to click once. Arrgh! :)
Here are all the fastest speedrun times I know of currently:
Bunny Must Die (J) 100% RTA by Saver
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Bunny Must Die (J) any% RTA by Saver
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Bunny Must Die (J) any% No Wrong Warp RTA by Saver
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Chelsea and the Seven Devils (J) any% (with pre-made save file) RTA by Saver
Link to video
FYI - This game is proven to be fully TASable in Hourglass! So the gameplay/glitches look interesting in these speedruns, consider looking into TASing this great game! :)
This is not the area to talk about Doom.
This is an area to talk about Flash Games using Gnash.
If someone does create a forum move I request my post to be deleted please.
I think the point is that there's a version of Doom you can run in Flash, so therefore you could submit a Doom TAS to tasvideos as Hourglass -> Gnash -> Flash port of Doom -> Doom. So it/getting it to run is on topic :D
I achieve this by warping to level 17 with a code.
Eh?
Isn't that what is called password, which is, by the way, not allowed unless there is a really good reason behing it?
EDIT: Nevermind, I'm a complete moron.
I think it's the equivalent of 'plays on hardest difficulty'.
It reminds me of Sonic '06. In Sonic '06, you can do a glitch that brings you to the credits of one of the three stories, and the save file after that shows 100% completion. Yet despite this, you can't use this 100% completion in all three stories to unlock the Last Story for some reason.
Just so you know, Bobo the King, Javascript only has to be syntatically correct to compile. Unlike a language like C# or Java, and like languages like Python, it can attempt to call non-existent methods, manipulate non-existent fields or variables, etc. and the code will fail (sometimes silently!) at runtime.
No, I don't like it either :D
Also, 'me' is whatever it was defined as in the current scope. ctrl+f for 'me' and look for the earliest use of it in the displayed code - it will probably be like me = map.getPlayer() so you know it's nonexistent, or it will be the parameter passed into a method, so it's probably a method that deals with the currently being acted upon object. or hasn't been defined yet, in which case you need to map.getPlayer() yourself. (Or maybe it's defined as 'player' or whatever. You have to take a look and see what's available.)
FURNACE FUN IS NOW SKIPPABLE!!!
http://twitch.tv/smasher32
(The setup is you die on a death square, but your angle is perfect so the knockback that's meant to hurl you into the lava doesn't, and after that you can just run to the end of furnace fun)
