I don't think DMC channel state at bootup is consistent. Try playing Blades of Steel, and see how the demo changes every time you play it.
I tested it for a bit using different DMC timer start states, and it looks like you are probably correct.
That sucks :(
I thought we had a good chance of console verifying this run, but if that is true it seems unlikely.
I have no idea what DMC timer means, but would it be possible to set this to some known, "legit" value to make things consistent on console?
So, did reverting the change fix the problem? feos, jlun2, nrg_zam?
Sorry for the late reply, but at the latest interim, the buttons are back for me.
How about the scroll bars?
@feos: In the latest dev build copying/cutting cells isn't working for me and when I do that it just leaves the clipboard empty and pasting doesn't do anything.
Scroll bars seems to appear again, but for GBC core, whenever I misclick and click on this region next to "A" in the interim I get :
http://imgur.com/a/guHiw
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.TAStudio.TasView_MouseDoubleClick(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseDoubleClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Everything works and looks correct to me.
What OS are you working with jlun2? You and nrg_zam seem to be having the same issue.
@feos: do you think my commit that fixed the original issue i was having should be reverted? It seems like it might be cause of problems here. Maybe then i can find a more surgical fix for windows 10, since I'll at least be able to see the problem, without messing things up for other users.
http://imgur.com/p9n4kIR
Edition: Windows 10 Home
Version 1607
OS Build: 14393.576
How about you?
I'll see if optimizing the input, but pressing "A" on Harry at the same frame as the movie would allow the "28" to occur.
Also, can you please check if there's some 2nd RNG affecting this?
Edit: It doesn't work; even if the last "A" press is the same frame, changing the previous A makes it 13.
Changing 0x00F8 in WRAM ~5 frames before 0BCA (damage dealt) is set changes to 13. Although the addresses around it seems to be for sprite animation. I suspect its the frame that changes 0x0BCA that's responsible, since if the hit changes it at frame 26166 it hits 28, but it hits 13 at other frames.
Edit 2: Nevermind, landed a different hit at 26166 and it was 13.
Edit 3: Brute force check every frame naively by delaying 1 frame then pressing "A"
Language: lua
memory.usememorydomain("System Bus")
local frame_start = emu.framecount()
local state = {"Checklag","Wait","Reload","Fix","Done"}
function waitframe(frame)
while (frame >= 0) do
emu.frameadvance()
frame = frame-1
end
end
--[[
algorthim for checking rng
start before land hits
1. save state at enemy select
2. press "A" not on lag frame
3. wait 200 frames and see if crit
4. reload save
5. advance frame
6. repeat
]]--
--0BCA
local damage_dealt = 0 --needs to be outside loop so it won't get reset
while true do
local frame_now = emu.framecount()
local frame_dif = 0 --difference between this frame and start frame
local statenow = state[1]
savestate.saveslot(1)
while statenow == state[1] do
frame_now = emu.framecount()
--C3A1 at 37 == cursor gone. 36 == cursor here
savestate.saveslot(1)
console.log("Reached 1 "..emu.framecount())
if memory.readbyte(0xC3A1) == 37 then --just in case
statenow = state[2]
break
end
if memory.readbyte(0xC3A1) == 36 then
joypad.set({A = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
statenow = state[2]
break
end
emu.frameadvance()
end
while statenow == state[2] do
console.log("Reached 2")
waitframe(5)
if memory.readbyte(0xC3A1) == 36 then --the enemy select cursor still exists, something went wrong with state1
statenow = state[4]
break
else
waitframe(200)--200 if you want to crit, 400 for npc
statenow = state[3]
break
end
end
while statenow == state[3] do
console.log("Damage: "..memory.readbyte(0x0BCA,"WRAM").." prev "..damage_dealt)
if damage_dealt == 0 then
damage_dealt = memory.readbyte(0x0BCA,"WRAM")
elseif damage_dealt == memory.readbyte(0x0BCA,"WRAM") then
frame_dif = frame_dif + 1
savestate.loadslot(1)
emu.frameadvance()
statenow = state[1]
break
elseif damage_dealt ~= memory.readbyte(0x0BCA,"WRAM") then
console.log("Done. Frame pressed at: "..frame_now.." Started at frame: "..frame_start)
console.log("You waited "..frame_now-frame_start.." frames")
client.pause()
statenow = state[5]
break
else
console.log("IDFK?")
client.pause()
statenow = state[5]
break
end
end
while statenow == state[4] do --something went wrong with state2, go try reload
console.log("Reached 4")
savestate.loadslot(1)
emu.frameadvance()
joypad.set({A = 1})
emu.frameadvance()
statenow = state[2]
break
end
while statenow == state[5] do
emu.frameadvance()
end
emu.frameadvance()
end
Edit: Made the script take account into damage and damage from previous delay, in case some other goal is in mind.
In the latest interim build:
1. Open a game
2. Open a tasproj file using the "File>Movie>Recent" dialogue
3. Don't frame advance; it should be at frame 0/whatever
4. Open up TAStudios
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(ExceptionArgument argument, ExceptionResource resource)
at BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.InputRoll.DoBackGroundCallback(PaintEventArgs e, List`1 visibleColumns)
at BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.InputRoll.DrawBg(PaintEventArgs e, List`1 visibleColumns)
at BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.InputRoll.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
http://i.imgur.com/7Blrfpu.png
It then gives the errors shown.
Also completely unrelated, but whenever I open TAStudios, my RAM watch window clears out. Can this please be changed so that it doesn't do that?
Edit: Why were the buttons in TAStudio regarding the branches and markers removed? Similarly with the scrollbar.
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/36050262009454538
I believe I did it. This beats the boss in 5 turns, with both alive. However, attempting to optimize the input causes the last hit to land 13 rather than 28. I'm worried it may be some desync, given the RNG appears to be the same, so can you please check if this syncs for you?
Edit: Delaying the last "A" press also changes the hit from 28 to 13 for some reason.
Hey, while messing around with Harry and Ron, I seemed to have accidentally skipped an enemy's turn. This happened at the first boss fight, where Ron went first, then I tried to flee with Harry. The game was paused a bit, so I pressed "A", and suddenly it was Ron's turn again. I think the first boss is much more approachable now, just let me try and see if I could make something work first.
Edit: Nevermind; unfortunately, this does not advance the RNG, so it still won't work since I would only be able to use Ron, and he'll end up out of MP. I mean, of course unless using only Ron to cast Flipendo 17+ times while Harry skips the turn over and over ends up being faster. lol
In other words, right now, if I get the knight to 2 more hits left, it appears I'm left with only Harry. Allowing Ron to live would work, but ends up using Flipendo since Harry has to keep skipping turns. Maybe advance the RNG with Flipendo? IDK.
Edit 2:
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/35962672901060452
Quick input file where I used this trick + Flipendo to advance the RNG so Ron could crit the knight. It works, but I'm not sure if it would be faster than to heal.
I just discovered how to prevent the graphical glitch to "THE END" screen, tough the game will still freeze: instead of swapping Pokémon 7 with 8, swap 6 with 8.
But as I said, this only corrects the graphical part of the problem; the game will still freeze and not save the progress.
I was wrong about this. What made it change was not the different Pokémon swap, but the different amount of time taken in order to close the menu.
I'm doing some experiments, and looks like for every frame you close the menu later, a different script is triggered after the credits. I already got some very interesting results, like getting the game softresetted or getting teleported to a glitched location. This may even bring a way to mimic the correct credits end perfectly!
Edit: this is the most interesting one I've encountered so far. It happens if you close the menu 3 frames later in FractalFusion's movie file:
http://i.imgur.com/ggPIEMD.png
Edit 2: it looks like the game executes the next commands found in the WRAM after finishing the credits.
Given that you cancelled it, I suppose this means you failed to find a way to make the post-game contents work properly?
I see what you guys are getting at... idk why TASVids would disallow anything that would make the game faster (isn't a TAS trying to make the game as fast as possible?) but I've never been apart of the TAS community so I wouldn't know these things. The thing is that we need a great amount of frustration TMs in order to accomplish the idea we are going for (1-2 shotting all the bosses in the game) so idk how we would do that efficiently that would be any faster than using wonder mail, the only thing I see is that we buy a frustration TM in the shop after Skarmory, then find a ton in Mt. Thunder and also finding a link box to link them all together (my original plan was to have 4x frustration on partner and 3x on starter with a move that can kill the Mankey in Uproar forest)
I just think it's a little dumb that we cannot use a feature of the game to speed it up but what do i know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If it helps, try making a "test" run with Frustration, and one without. And by test run I mean the boss fights with the only difference being Frustration. That way, if Frustration via Wondermail ends up getting rejected, it would still allow others to know how much time it would've cost (rather than "it makes battles shorter" without an approximate time).
Edit: Hopefully better wording: Find how much time would be lost/gained without/with Frustration, and hope that helps argueing why it is needed.
Legit question: Would it help if the site code was open sourced (not user data though) and allow anyone to try and help? Or is that already a thing and I'm just under a rock?
Pokémon Stadium should fail, the game checks regularly if the transfer pack + game inserted are connected / have been connected / have been disconnected.
I'll try a setup tonight on French Stadium with 7EME ETAGE when I get back home.
Does it check far too frequently to exploit, or are there some window to do so? Also can the check be spoofed?
I know it's rather late, but this may be an idea for 2018 I guess?
Post #445289https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL_Zuc0tlvo
"Pokémon R/B/Y: Bringing arbitrary code execution to other games"
It even has a proof of concept.
I'm still working on this run. I'm at the last 3 rooms before the boss. Just for future reference:
The fire ghosts appear in 4 rooms: 0x5A, 0x55, 0x53, 0x54 then boss fight. I need to manipulate the into the sprinklers to make them vulnerable. I'm having trouble finding how their addresses move around, but it seems for the purpose of the TAS it is in the following, all in Combined WRAM:
Room 0x5A
01B194 - X
01B198 - Y
01B19C - XSpeed
Room 0x55
018BB0 - X1
018BB4 - Y1
018BB8 - XSpeed1
018D20 - X2
018D24 - Y2
018D28 - XSpeed2
018D5C - Ghost 2 is on fire; 0x60 means on fire and 0x1 means its not
018F54 - X3
018F58 - Y3
018F5C - XSpeed3
Room 0x53
017118 - X1
01711C - Y1
017120 - XSpeed1
017288 - X2
01728C - Y2
017290 - XSpeed2
016FA8 - X3
016FAC - Y3
016FB0 - XSpeed3
Room 0x54
017EF8 - X1
017EFC - Y1
017F00 - XSpeed1
017D88 - X2
017D8C - Y2
017D90 - XSpeed2
018068 - X3
01806C - Y3
018070 - XSpeed3
I hope to finish this run soon, but I'm having terrible luck for the last part.
Does the game count this as "beated" after a hard reset then? ie. Mewtwo cave is open, Hall of Fame is available at PC, and whatever other post-credit effects appear.
I'm not sure how useful this is to anyone, but since I already wrote it:
Assigning discrete values to an array in a single line:
Language: lua
local Array = {}
--Because some of the values are all over the place
function assign_multi(string,...)
for i, v in ipairs(arg) do
Array[v] = string
end
end
assign_multi("Village",20,46,97,131,132)
assign_multi("Forest",2,3,133)
assign_multi("Village 2",88,141,166,168)
Checking if a key in keyboard has been pressed, then react after a set amount of frames:
Download inputdelay.lua
Language: lua
function inputdelay(inputs, delay)
local is = input.get()
local start = false
if inputs ~= nil and (is[tostring(inputs)] ~=nil) then
console.log(is)
while (delay > 0) do
emu.frameadvance()
delay = delay -1
end
start = true
return start
end
return start
end
while true do
if inputdelay("C",30) then
gui.text(0,0,"Hi") --debugging
end
emu.frameadvance()
end
--checks the mouse position during a click relative to the client and see if its within some range
function get_mouse_pos(x,y,width,height)
mx = input.getmouse().X
my = input.getmouse().Y
--input.getmouse() is already relative to client
if (mx > x and mx <x> y and my < y+height) then
return true
end
return false
end
while true do
if (input.getmouse().Left and get_mouse_pos(0,50,80,20)) then
gui.drawText(0,30,"Hello")
end
emu.frameadvance()
end
1. Open TAStudios
2. Drag the movie into TAStudios (or load the movie, then open TAStudios)
3. See the buttons? Those are the buttons corresponding to what you pressed. If you don't see anything on the "piano roll", try clicking on it or something
4. To go to a specific frame, double click it, then click on the frame's entry on "markers" at the bottom right.
Oh, and unlike rerecording, you can also copy paste input, rewind, and view input on the fly. The TAStudio "tasproj" file is a zip file, so if the project gets corrupted or anything and won't open, treat it as a zip file and extract the input file from there.
On the latest version, 1.11.9.1, I accidentally clicked the spot next to player 1 in TAStudios for gbc:
Spot in the black outline:
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.TAStudio.TasView_MouseDoubleClick(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseDoubleClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
