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Posted: 2/25/2007 5:57 PM
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Ramzi
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GoldenEye and Mario 64.
Posted: 2/25/2007 6:16 AM
Post subject: Genetic algorithms for TASing
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I do not know much about this, aside from what I read on the Wikipedia article. So maybe some of you guys can tell me what you think. Suppose we take a game like Mario 1, and develop a bunch of random strategies like: run forward only, jump only, run and jump, do actions randomly. Then we define a cost function based upon a) the distance Mario makes it in the game, and b) the time it takes Mario to get there. Then we measure all of the strategies by our cost function, and select the most fit to go and make a mutated offspring. In enough generations Mario should be running forwards and not dying. I don't think it will be able to match what we humans have created, what with our knowledge of glitches and all, but maybe this technique can be used somewhere? Maybe?
Posted: 2/12/2007 10:17 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1CTPCm8v1E You guys okay?
Posted: 1/25/2007 1:42 PM
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Yes, this seems reasonable to me. I heard of computation times being the square root of their classical counterparts. So the numbers I was thinking of, as you pointed out, would still be too huge. OmnipotentEntity likes getting my hopes up, though. http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2471&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60
Posted: 1/25/2007 7:54 AM
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Hardcode the ONLY frame-specific solution to a battle into the game. This game will never be beaten in real life, and it would (probably) never be beaten by TASers. Nonetheless, there exists a unique, albeit difficult to find, solution to beating the game. Edit: Hey, with this said... I was reminded of something from a much older thread. I just recently started reading about quantum computers. What types of advantages would they provide in brute forcing a game's optimal solutions? Would those advantages allow for the game to be solved in a reasonable time (a human lifetime or somesuch)? Numbers people.
Posted: 1/10/2007 9:53 PM
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I believe there is a correlation between bad typing and failure to use turn signals.
Posted: 1/5/2007 8:36 PM
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These questions are too ambiguous.
Posted: 1/5/2007 8:34 PM
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In Wouter's AIM GetFile.
Posted: 12/30/2006 8:44 PM
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I think it would be cool, but I wouldn't hold my breath for its release.
Posted: 12/27/2006 6:57 AM
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A new one. And it's great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNvQYiM6bw
Posted: 12/21/2006 5:51 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z1wSOWXtW4
Posted: 11/21/2006 2:08 AM
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Are you kidding? As far as I'm considered he's super human.
Posted: 11/18/2006 4:33 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB2R8SqZNVg
Posted: 11/12/2006 5:01 PM
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Fedor is my hero.
Posted: 11/4/2006 8:25 PM
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Baxter wrote:
You need the ladder to complete each of those levels...
Ah, right, thanks.
Posted: 11/4/2006 8:10 PM
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I've been thinking a lot about Zelda 1 lately. A found a couple things, but they may not be too interesting. First of all, look at Michael Fried's 33 min video here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5245277851446670151&q=Zelda+speed At around 4:28, he walks left, and then walks left again. It may be faster to walk left, then immediately right, and then immediately left. Second of all, in this thread: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 I say,
Me wrote:
4 has to be before 5 4 has to be before 6 4 has to be before 7
I can't, for the life of me, see why that is true now...
Posted: 10/29/2006 6:44 PM
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So... Basically three endings. 4 if you count a changed graphic?
Posted: 10/29/2006 5:54 PM
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I own these games but have never really played them. I found them recently while cleaning and thought I'd start them up, time willing. With that said, there is something I've been confused about for years now. I skimmed this thread and some FAQs are GameFAQs. Maybe someone here can clarify things for me. How many unique ENDINGS are there? 4? 1) Ages, non-linked. 2) Seasons, non-linked. 3) Ages, linked. 4) Seasons, linked.
Posted: 10/27/2006 5:30 AM
Post subject: Zelda 1 glitch idea
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I was thinking about how the underworld levels are saved tonight, and the thought occurred to me that if I could bomb a wall that is not bombable, I could travel from one level right into another one. This glitch may be unreasonable, but one that does not seem so unreasonable is violating boundary detection with enemy boosts, flame boosts, and random button mashing. 
          +-------------+-----------+-+
          |9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7 7 7 7 7|8|
        +-+             |         +-+ +-+
        |9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7 7 7 7|8 8 8|
        |               |       +-+   +-+
        |9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7 7 7|8 8 8|
        |               |     +-+     +-+
        |9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7 7|8 8 8 8 8|
        |               |   +-+       +-+
        |9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7| |8 8 8 8|
        |               |   +-+-+     +-+
        |9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9|7 7 7 7|8 8 8 8|
        +-+           +-+       +---+ +-+
          |9 9 9 9 9 9| |7 7 7 7 7 7|8|
          | +-+   +-+ | |     +-+---+ +-|
          |9| |9 9| |9| |7 7 7| |8 8 8 8|
          +-+ +---+ +-+ +-----+ +-------+
If such a glitch existed, we could enter level 9 by enterring level 8 and glitch across level 7. Or, if the glitch causes "wrap-around" by glitching to the right-most of level 8, we can go straight into 9. This would bypass the Triforce check at the beginning of level 9. From here, we could plan a glitch route and fight Ganon, or hopefully just glitch to the princess.
Posted: 9/22/2006 12:01 AM
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A Bag of Magic Food can feed villages.
Posted: 9/9/2006 1:19 AM
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You type very well for a 7th grader. Better than a lot of college students. You're not special. Everyone else is just an idiot. No, you're special too. :-)
Posted: 9/3/2006 5:52 PM
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You should really stick around with one name for longer. Once you get 100 posts you're allowed the see the secret "Cheating Discussion" subforum.
Posted: 9/3/2006 8:05 AM
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Triple post.
Bag of Magic Food wrote:
moozooh wrote:
How am I supposed to believe that God said what he said, if no-one was there to write it down?
Because God said so! DUH! He coerced fallible people into writing infallible things.
God is not a deceiver! Descartes said so. You must be thinking of the devil.
Posted: 9/3/2006 8:02 AM
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moozooh wrote:
I did not say it is always better. But it is reliable to a point so that two different persons will have the same result based on the same input data, like you and me trying to solve 2+2. If a modern scientist makes a discovery, has it reproducible and describes the input data, I would expect another scientist to be able to do the same (like how we can conduct interesting experiments at, say, chemistry classes).
I want to quote this for emphasis. I so strongly agree with this, that I'll boldly claim that even theists have to accept this. Without going into "what is logic/math" or "what is science" or "why is math/science trustworthy" let's just say that it is. Evolution is a sore topic, yeah, fine. But even theists have to agree that math is valid and so is science (as it pertains to un-blasphemic things such as chemistry and geology and gamma rays.) However, faith does not have this trust, or universal seal of approval. The only people who trust faith are the faithful. One's faith in Christianity doesn't convince the Jew or Muslim. One's faith in Islam does not convert the Christian. Even without appealing to numbers, or democracy, or whatever... theists know this is true. I don't expect an answer, I am just saying it to provoke thought. Why is a math proof acceptable, but someone's story of his faith is not? How do you distinguish the honest from the liars or dellusion? You'll see it comes back down to science in the end. Without evidence or argument, all religious faiths are unconvincing to me. And some would argue "faith" based on evidence is not faith at all, and so God doesn't make it obvious because he wants you to believe without seeing. This personal faith will not convince anyone else.
Posted: 9/3/2006 7:51 AM
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- Chaos theory. - I picked an example randomly. Christianity really hasn't stopped me from doing anything I want to do, personally. What I'm going for is, I don't care to fight Christians unless it affects me. I don't care if they do stuff that affects other people, except indirectly. That is, if I tolerate an action against a certain group of people, perhaps in the future they will try to do something similiar to me. - Though I feel they strongly imply atheism, if you accept them and remain a theist, they do not strictly imply atheism. Do you take issue with any of them? If so, which ones, and which would you change, and why, to be more theist friendly?
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