Thats what i do as well, it takes longer and its harder (in the sense you have to play all of it over again from where you want to fix something), but it is much simpler.
I have xbox live, but i don't like halo 3. I felt that halo 2 had a much better multiplayer.
I will play on gears of war or shadowrun though (even rainbow six vegas, havn't played that in a while though).
I have never used a hex editor in my life so i can't tell you if thats the cause (im taking it as you hex edited the movie). I know there are some games that cannot be hex edited, and SMW may be one of those games.
Here is my current progress on paper mario (m64 file):http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1344075107/Paper%20Mario%20TAS.m64
Sorry there is no avi file, it was too big to fit on anysite lol. It cuts off at the end because i needed to hit the heart box so i could kill the gomba's, and when trying to rerecord over it it kept freezing so i gave up on it for today. Should be a good enough to give you an idea of what its at so far. Also open to suggestions
Note: im proud to announce this has been played with frame advance almost the whole movie (a first for me)! A few parts were not using frame advance, but was at 20% speed (only about 5% of the movie).
and then I posted a picture of an ice sculpture. Uch, explaining jokes always kills them.
Anyways, I saw from the OoS topic that you'd stick with just paper mario. Sarcasm aside, you really will learn so much faster and better if you do not distract yourself with hundreds of games at once. I distracted myself to hell and back when I started out, and I wish to god that someone had been as firm with me as I am with you to stick with one game and don't do anything else until that one game is done. If you need any more advice about anything, I'm perfectly willing to share what I've learned over the past year+.
Thanks for your support! I'll keep that in mind if i need anymore help!
As for the picture, nothing shows up on my screen.
I was going to post a paper mario WIP tonight, and it was close to where i wanted to end the WIP at, but then i loaded a save state and it was corrupt yet again. I've ran through the M64 file 6 times now and tried to get some save states i can start rerecording from, and non of them work, its pissing me off.
If i could make a run that at least lasts as the fastest for a month id be happy lol.
This won't happen. Runs are rejected if it's proven that there is a faster WIP in the works.
Seriously, listen to Tompa, Soulrilvers, and SwordlessLink. They are very skilled TASers who know what they are talking about, and are doing a good job on both OoS and OoA. Find some other game. Better yet, since I've been monitoring how many topics you post in, find ONE game and stick with it. I can't tell you enough how important that is, especially to fledgling newbies such as yourself.
Well it would seem as though this game is out of the question then. I'll focus on paper mario now.
I think i may just work on this from time to time, but like i said before i don't expect to be the fastest on this game, or the best at it. If i could make a run that at least lasts as the fastest for a month id be happy lol.
The pit walk isn't working either way for me, no matter what. I can get to where it looks almost like he's going to step onto the other side, then he gets pulled into the pit.
I did redo my run and i shaved 2 seconds off of my old time leading up to the pit room.
Ahh ok, i thought walking diagonally was faster because you would be going both ways at once. Ill also retry the pit walk tomarrow, after i get up, im out for tonight. Thanks for all the help tompa.
If my run doesn't work out for me, I'll glady help you and soul out with your run.
Update: here is my newest run, the one ill be working on now. It uses frame advance, but as you can see at the end of the movie i still fall into the pit. What am i doing wrong? I did just like you said.
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1008851569/Seasons%20run.vbm
Ok well i guess ill have to break away from my slo-mo and try to do some frame advance. I will try a run of this game, but yours may be better. Thanks for answering these questions, i know they can be annoying sometimes.
Ya i do know what save states are, i use them all the time.
Here is what im asking: Is it possible to resume recording from the end of a video. Meaning that i am able to start the video where i ended it last time and can continue on.
Or
Can i make seperate videos and combine them together into one?
The first option would be easier and better, but ill do number 2 as well if i have to.
Nevermind, i read through the faq and figured out i just have to load the last save state i made while im playing the movie in normal mode (not read-only) right?
I'm wondering if there is a way i can combine movies together/resume recording on the movie at a later date so i dont have do to the whole game in one sitting. If this is possible it would help a lot because i could do the game section by section without doing a full on 8 hour run of it.
Ok thanks, ill do that then, because frame advance i just can't get the hang of it. I either don't have the right things pressed when i hit advance, or i advance 2 or 3 frames and it screws me up. I guess ill have to start practicing my frame advance.
