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  • BIOS used: Sony PlayStation BIOS (J)[''''SCPH-1000''''].bin
This TAS is based on [1876] PSX Resident Evil "Jill" by arukAdo & Uroboros in 57:42.62. I manually edited the emulator movie file to make the following changes :
  • Barry Glitch at the beginning, after Jill and Barry enter the dining room, pausing at the right frame make Barry freeze, thus skipping the next cutscene
  • Serum Skip in the corridor where Richard is dying, pausing just when the camera changes angles, and pausing again during the cutscene makes the player regain control of Jill. This is used to leave the room and skip the cutscene. After getting the crest in the gas chamber, I lose time on purpose to let Richard die; with this technique, it is no longer necessary to get the serum.
In arukado's and Uroboros' original run, they used the box next to the serum to drop the knife and the first-aid kit. Since I don't need to go get the serum, I don't pass near a box. To free an inventory slot, I use the first-aid kit after being hit by the small plant. To free the other inventory slot, I drop the knife in the box in the garden house, as it appears to be the quickest to go to.
Besides these edits and a few minor synchronization corrections, the majority of the run was made by arukado and Uroboros, thanks a lot to them!
feos: Fixed the movie time.
feos: Delayed until the author resyncs the run with a proper BIOS.
feos: Silencement is missing, I assume he's not working on this run at the moment. Canceling for now.
Silencement, Once you're done fixing it, you can uncancel it back, or just submit a new run.

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Posted: 8/9/2014 5:26 PM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #4395: Silencement, arukAdo & Uroboros's PSX Resident Evil: Director's Cut in 55:24.52
Posted: 8/9/2014 5:29 PM
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Hmmm... for some reason, it says that the run is 13 seconds long... It is actually 55 minutes long.
Posted: 8/9/2014 5:33 PM
Post subject: Re: #4395: Silencement's PSX Resident Evil: Director's Cut in 00:13.68
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TASVideoAgent wrote:
Besides these edits and a few minor synchronization corrections, the majority of the run was made by arukado and Uroboros, thanks a lot to them!
In that case, it would be nice to credit them as co-authors for this run, them having made the majority of the run after all.
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Posted: 8/9/2014 5:34 PM
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Good idea, doing this right now.
Posted: 8/10/2014 12:28 AM
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Silencement wrote:
Hmmm... for some reason, it says that the run is 13 seconds long... It is actually 55 minutes long.
199472 = 55:24.53 Yea, when I saw the time I got confused I thought it was seriously short. Anyways I'll vote at a later time.
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Posted: 8/16/2014 4:48 PM
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Looking at the votes/posts, I'm unsure about the intended tier for this run...
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Posted: 8/16/2014 5:06 PM
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feos wrote:
Looking at the votes/posts, I'm unsure about the intended tier for this run...
Maybe because there was no encode provided?... Follow like the previous TAS and Moon it *shrugs*... or you know, wait. Anyways, finally got around to watching this... Yes Vote.
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Posted: 8/16/2014 5:44 PM
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It desyncs for me. What are your settings/files?
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Posted: 8/16/2014 7:34 PM
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feos wrote:
Looking at the votes/posts, I'm unsure about the intended tier for this run...
i'm aggreeing with spikestuff there, PSX games are harder to run /to get on emulators for tassing issues the low vote count can be attribued to the lack of encode.... (at leaste peoples don't vote without watching first :) )
Posted: 8/16/2014 9:59 PM
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Yeah I've been checking most days hoping for an encode, as I'm interested in seeing this TAS!
Posted: 8/17/2014 6:14 AM
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Spikestuff figured it out. This run uses a USA ROM with a Japanese bios. Is there any policy on that? Should be?
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Posted: 8/17/2014 6:36 AM
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encode please im very interested in this
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Posted: 8/17/2014 8:31 AM
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Added the encode.
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Posted: 8/17/2014 9:17 AM
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feos wrote:
Spikestuff figured it out. This run uses a USA ROM with a Japanese bios. Is there any policy on that? Should be?
http://tasvideos.org/MovieRules.html#MatchTheBiosRegionToTheGameSRegion
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Posted: 8/17/2014 9:42 AM
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Silencement time for a request to you. What bios did you use?
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Posted: 8/17/2014 9:59 AM
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Yup you are right... I planned on TASin the japanese version, but it's the USA version on the site, so I used the other ROM but forgot to switch the BIOS. I just tried to playback the movie with a USA bios, it desynced at first but I think I fixed it. I am currently watching it to see if it works. Also, sorry for not providing an encode, but with my shitty Internet connection, it would have taken hours, if not days, to upload it. EDIT: Does not work :( I can fix it, it's not hard, should I cancel this submission and resubmit when fixed ?
Posted: 8/17/2014 10:09 AM
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Silencement wrote:
EDIT: Does not work :( I can fix it, it's not hard, should I cancel this submission and resubmit when fixed ?
If it won't take long, just upload to userfiles and place a link here when done, and we'll update the submission.
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Posted: 8/17/2014 10:09 AM
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http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/my#uploadfile
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Posted: 8/17/2014 11:52 AM
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This will be harder than I thought =/ The desyncs cause the RNG to be different, so some zombies are placed differently and I messes with everything. I think I'll fix it when I have time and resubmit later.
Posted: 8/17/2014 12:23 PM
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Nach wrote:
feos wrote:
Spikestuff figured it out. This run uses a USA ROM with a Japanese bios. Is there any policy on that? Should be?
http://tasvideos.org/MovieRules.html#MatchTheBiosRegionToTheGameSRegion
Wow, had no idea about this. Lucky I’m using 1001 with USA ROM… why is this rule in place? Consoles can run mixed versions, so it’s not like it’d create emulator inaccuracy? I remember making a rule on Cyberscore banning mixed play for Crash Bandicoot, but I don’t remember what the issues were… faster speed than normal play? Edit: someone should update this from that link: “Super NES BizHawk movie files (.bkm)”
Posted: 8/17/2014 2:43 PM
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does the bios have any influence the run or is it juste a synchronisation issue ?
Posted: 8/17/2014 2:46 PM
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It is just a synchronization issue. The first "cutscene" (the CAPCOM logo) starts 20 frames later on the US bios, and because of that, a lots of thing are out of sync, even after adding 20 blank inputs.
Posted: 8/17/2014 4:36 PM
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ok anyway, the movie is an improvment over the last movie due to some new glitches so yes vote for me
Posted: 8/17/2014 5:35 PM
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ALAKTORN wrote:
http://tasvideos.org/MovieRules.html#MatchTheBiosRegionToTheGameSRegion Wow, had no idea about this. Lucky I’m using 1001 with USA ROM… why is this rule in place? Consoles can run mixed versions, so it’s not like it’d create emulator inaccuracy?
Not all consoles can mix and match successfully. The games are also designed to run with a specific BIOS in mind, and BIOSes in turn are made for specific games in mind. Mixing and matching can introduce bugs that the designers did not intend. We don't condone exploitation of bugs which we ourselves created, and therefore, we don't allow for these pairings. And before anyone starts arguing "but it's playable", we can then make the same argument for exploiting emulator specific bugs, which we also don't allow.
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Posted: 8/17/2014 5:53 PM
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Nach wrote:
And before anyone starts arguing "but it's playable", we can then make the same argument for exploiting emulator specific bugs, which we also don't allow.
What if it's possible to do these bugs on the actual console? The ones I added to the run are feasible on actual hardware.
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