Submission #2787: Mukki's GB Trip World in 06:11.42

General Improvements

• Optimisation of Oscillating Velocity
  • When I made my first two versions last year I didn't use RAM Search despite the fact that I had been using it competently for a few years. This game's RAM is very difficult to figure out. I found the X co-ordinate quite by accident this time around. It is consigned to a single byte and increases by several pixels per frame while walking so one can only test 'greater thans' over a very short period. This was not helped by the fact that cheat search in the old vba was very difficult to use. However, when I found the positioning addresses the velocity addresses were close by. I saved several frames throughout the run after discovering that the velocity oscillates between 15, 16 and 17 when either normal, mouse or big Yacopu. When you jump the value remains constant and by pressing A on the correct frame you can get the value to go as high as 18.

• Hopping Glitch
  • Probably reponsible for the most improvement. When in flying form Yacopu's top velocity is 24 (it is reduced to 23 on every 16th frame for a single frame). However, if A is pressed for a single frame on take-off and again when the ground is reached Yacopu gets a slight velocity boost (usually up to 25-26 on the first bounce) and if repeated the previous boost is not cleared properly and another boost is piled on top (usually 29-30) on the second bounce and so on until Yacopu is impeded. The highest velocity I was able to get with this technique was 37.

• Big Yacopu Glitch.
  • When using the Big Yacopu boosting trick his velocity usually goes up to 47 and slowly decreases. However, in certain situations if one presses the opposite direction for 3-4 frames before B is pressed Yacopu gets a huge boost to a velocity of 65!

• Transformation Optimisation
  • Rather than transforming on the first frame possible you can jump forward for a few frames before transforming to allow the momentum to carry you forward. Similarly, transforming before entering certain screens can save time by avoiding cool-down animations and utilising the transformation's faster Y-velocity. Discovered by cyghfer

• General precision
  • Of course, the odd frame here and there. Mainly World 2 boss, World 4 miniboss and the final boss are improved by a few frames through slightly different strats.

Individual Level Improvements / Comments.

• World 1
  • A couple of seconds are saved by using the momentum from the steep slopes while in flying form. Discovered by cyghfer

• World 2
  • Using the falling leaf in screen 3 to optimise entrance into screen 4 saves about 40 frames. More time is saved later as a result because I make the slope before the transformation kicks in and so the momentum carries me during the animation avoiding the need to stop.

• World 3
  • Flying over the water and transforming while falling instead of swimming in fish form. Discovered by cyghfer
  • In the wind screen the wind effects don't affect the top of the screen for some reason allowing for a huge improvement. Discovered by cyghfer

• World 4
  • Because of the hopping glitch I am able to get to the mouse fruit fast enough to make the ball unneccessary in this instance.
  • It is possible to glitch out of the miniboss area, but you end up stuck in a wall only able to move upwards. If someone could figure out how to get out of the wall or how to get in the wall of a level that you travel upwards in using this method you could save some nice time (See: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/459414923/tripworldglitch.vbm).

• World 5
  • Likewise, the hopping glitch makes it faster to fly through this level.

Thanks

• Aims for Fastest Time
• Abuses Programming Errors in the Game
• Manipulates Luck
• Genre: Platform