Does this 4 frame improvement over your previous version really need a new submission? That submission file was updated quite a few times... why not once more?
Sorry, I was tired and wanted to get this submission in before falling asleep.
ThatGugaWhoPlay wrote:
It is also worth noting that any published author automatically gets the right to edit and add game resources pages. My hope was that published authors could utilize the game resources pages to 'document' what they learned.
I managed to save another frame from lag reduction on stage 3. Since I keep finding improvements, I'll cancel the submission. Sorry Baxter and ThatGugaWhoPlay. :|
Btw, could anyone please help check if there's anymore room for improvement? I don't want to continously bug Baxter and ThatGugaWhoPlay every now and then to replace the submission. :/
I managed to reduce 2 frames of lag, but lost one frame to manipulate drops.
You can find the run here.
Edit: I saved 3 more frames from lag, but I'm having horrid luck at the last 5 enemies in the third stage. This might take some time.
Sorry, but...
Frame War?
:P
Btw, could anyone please help check if there's anymore room for improvement? I don't want to continously bug Baxter and ThatGugaWhoPlay every now and then to replace the submission. :/
- Trying to control 2+ players in a game where luck is dependent on the input of all players.
- Taking hours to avoid lag, only to find out the rest of the run desyncs/have worse luck
- Taking hours to save 1 frame only to lose it due to a frame rule
- A small improvement that initially seems useful ends up changing the rng, causing everything from that point to be redone.
rog, do you know if there would be anymore significant timing differences in the future? Also, what do you mean by speed difference? Speed as in how fast the game runs in a computer, or ingame timing difference?
Uh...
I managed to save 11 frames...
...until the loading screen at the end of the 4th stage, where it took 10 extra frames to load.
So...here's the improvement. :P
Edit: And here's the suggested screenshot for the "improvement".
Frame 21708
Edit2: I managed to reduce a lag frame in stage 3 again. Please wait.
I really have my doubts that this would be considered a good game choice but I may continue anyways. In the game you move right to get to the end of stages killing all of the enemies every time your progress is stopped. This same style of moving right, shooting all 3 enemies as early as possible, move right, etc. would last somewhere between 25 and 35 minutes.
Let me know what you think.
I haven't watched it yet, but based on your comment on the gameplay, I think a playaround would be better due to 25 minutes of the same thing isn't exactly the most entertaining thing to watch.
Entertainment-wise, I think you did alright compared to the published run. Keeping klmz's dancing in Stage 5 was awesome. Your dancing in the Stage 1 boss was ok (I liked seeing shots get used), but I think you were a little off tempo.
I think I know what you mean. Let me see if I can fix it. :)
Edit: LOL! Due to the edit, it changed the RNG of the health drops in stage 2, allowing me to get full health at the end of the boss fight. :P
Edit2: It desynced due to having less lag in stage 3. I think the submitted run could be improved now, so for anyone interested in encoding, please wait abit. Sorry.
By the way, there used to be a page on .dtm documentation that I found shortly after making this list, but it seems to have disappeared from the Dolphin google-code page.
All I found is this incomplete documentation on .dtm
I suddenly had an idea that could make use of the 3 extra players instead of treating them like filler. While one of the players go ahead, the 3 others could dupe items. It wouldn't waste time, since there's an achievement that requires a player to take 1st place while 2 laps ahead of player #2. Also, the items would help with the 500 item achievement.
The final time is now 34261 frames.