AFAIR, there were two ways to speed up on the straight way: high jump + roll + twist or short jump + twist (which, I think, is more suitable with frame advance). I played this game pretty well back then on my SNES, but I've forgot all the tracks since those times� A perfect TAS for this game will be extremely interesting, but hard� I'm afraid, just TOO hard to accomplish (the game's pretty long as well).
Edit: On a second thought, I may have overestimated the difficulty of this run. If anyone is feeling he could do it, I'll try to help.
I noticed that the file-size of "snes9x-v8.exe" you linked to is only 382 KB big. When I compare it to v7 or any other previous version they have a file-size of more than 1 MB. I just wonder why is v8 3x smaller althought it has more features?
Packed with UPX or something. Try it yourself:
1.42 (1792 KB) -> RAR -> 365 KB.
1.43-improvement7 (1140 KB) -> RAR -> 346 KB.
Well I think you should consider watching movies on the emulator itself, since the emulator movie files have as low filesize as you can possibly get.
DeHackEd has a good point: the precision. I watched some Super Metroid runs from SDA recently, and they were encoded at 29.97 fps. Every time Samus rode up the elevator, she disappeared. Some shots disappeared, too. It was ugly.
I can't wait until this is finished... so that you can start working on a any-% or 100% run. ;) Seriously though, this too looks like it could be an interesting variant.
100% is already taken by JXQ. I think he should consult with Michael Flatley or Graveworm or someone else for an optimal route. Too bad I don't know this game good enough to invent an optimal route myself.
I decided to start work on a second version, partially to fix the few very minor mistakes (not really obvious to most people watching it at normal speed), a few different strategies, and in general just aiming to make it look smoother and faster
I have a codec problem, I only have the sound when I ply the video.
I installed SLD Codec Pack a few days ago, so I'd like if someone could help me by posting a link for the good codec, thanks ;).
Try downloading ffdshow (a powerful and versatile decoder/filter for all your needs) or install k-lite codec pack, where it lies by default.
Just had a look at it, and liked it.
It's a pity the game becomes terribly repetitive when TAS'd, though… You just fly through the level without any noticeable action, same with bosses.
Well, yeah. I've beat it a couple of times back then on my SNES. My friends were quite surprised, heh. They couldn't get past the 30—35 levels. :)
It's also one of that games where passwords are totally useless. You can beat it only if you build up your strength from the very beginning.
I guess we just have to get used to kooky grammar sometimes.
Well it becomes even hilarious sometimes, but renders the game unplayable… That's why I try to hunt unlocalised versions down every time I can.
If you're familiar with the Engrish, then know: it's many many times worse with Russian. %)
I've got a nice selection of such goofs from Fallout 2, too bad none of you know Russian good enough to really enjoy those mistakes.
Я тоже чут-чут говорю по-русский. (Ну привет, муузуух.) Потому что у меня была русская девушка.
:D
Здравствуй, Транкейтед. В следующий раз не забудь поставить мягкие знаки после букв «т» в слове «чуть-чуть». ;)
Вообще, хороший у вас тут форум, мне нравится.
Bisqwit wrote:
But when they write "Directory contains {0} {1}s" , (a pattern that will be automatically completed with a number and a word during the program execution, for example, "Directory contains 23 block devices"),
it becomes impossible to translate, because there is no single suffix that you can tack into a word in Finnish to make it into plural
Yep, same here. There won't be any sensible russian Diablo translations for that reason. %)
Sanscrit is considered a dead language, as no country actively teaches it.
Teaching is not much of a problem, communicating is. As with my English, any studied language quickly stagnates without regular practice with its carriers. And where do you find a Sanscrit speaker? That's one of the main reasons I refused to study Ithkuil, but it's still on my prime list, as I found it the greatest constructed language ever since Latin (and maybe even greater).
Zurreco wrote:
Russian may not be the most popular language, but that doesn't make it any less desirable. I learned the alphabet conversion for it ~5 years ago and was pretty intrigued from there. However, I doubt I'll ever seriously learn Russian, since I hear it is terribly hard to learn.
Well, not that terrible, but yeah, sure it is hard. Especially with those mile-long lists of exclusions from almost every rule, not to mention those ever-changing accents where even us the native speakers make mistakes quite often. >_<
schneelocke wrote:
Is it? I learned Russian in school for two years (but forgot pretty much all of it again later on).
Sadly, it is. Too hard to be popular, especially for a non-european (especially for a non-east-european!). However, I was quite surprised when you said you studied it at school. Was that in Germany?
Well I thought teasers are to be made as sweet as possible, to raise the tension…
As with movies (cinematic, not speedruns), for example. A two-minute teaser often looks much better than the movie itself. But, judging from the effort Saturn seem to put in that run, I wholeheartedly believe the whole movie will be that great.
Maan, this waiting is almost intolerable. :D
I'm from Russia, and my native language is… umm… Russian (surprised, eh?). :D
Next, I understand written English (a bit worse with spoken English, but oh well…) and my speech is fairly good (but without any external help nor my personal motivation, most of the efforts are drawn to "trying not to make it worse", as I find myself constantly forgetting great parts of the English vocabulary, so now it's far from perfect), though it's a bit harder in "live" conditions… Still, I think a month or two of staying anywhere in England would pump my level up to an appropriate condition.
Games like Diablo II also help when it comes to its vast vocabulary of synonyms (even my English teachers didn't know all of them, heheh).
Another nice thing is to watch various movies in English (Monthy Python films are good for that), and with English subtitles.
I also can decipher a bit of German, French, Spanish and Polish, and some more of Latin/Esperanto. BTW, I plan to study Latin (all by myself, as it now seems to be usual for me) within this or next year, as it greatly helps in understanding some other European languages. As you can see, I'm rather interested in linguistics (a "downside" of being an INTP, lol). :)
I also understand some other Slavic languages as they're all pretty similar.
Zurreco wrote:
I plan to learn Russian within the next 10 years.
And that's pretty unusual since Russian is extremely unpopular, well, almost everywhere on the planet. :) But if you want an advice, feel free to ask (as I'm fairly familiar with all the cultural context that influenced the language for the last 10—15 years).
Everybody thinks Starwars is that great. But not me. I think Dune is better. Atleast story etc. :D
In fact, Dune is better when it comes to story, screenplay etc., but SW has definitely got more of that entertaining value in it. Dunno about the game, it didn't appeal to me that much (maybe because I don't like adventure games at all).
The second part is a whole different story, of course.
ARGH!!! Saturn, are you still saying this is not frame perfect? o_0 Those are the most precise movements I've ever seen so far in a SM speedrun, assisted or not! Holy crap, man… indeed, you are totally nuts.
Well, in a good sense, of course. :D
Wish you luck on your progress. This project of yours seem more and more interesting every week.
(A hint: next time try to lower the sample rate of the audio track, or encode it in mono — those artifacts sound horrible. :)) )
Very, very professionally done! You're saying this is your first TAS? Man, I'm impressed. o_0
Although there are some tiny spots of wasted frames spotted by Zurreco, but anyway, this is a great run (and I think only Zurreco himself can do it faster). I'd vote yes if I could. :D
Edit: Well, now I can. Another yes for you.
Oh my, this is so wicked fast! o_0
I think the only thing that can prevent this movie from getting a star is that casual audience probably isn't able to follow your movements. %)
Anyway, it's a sure 'yes' from me — despite the fact I cannot vote yet.
