Posted: 11/22/2006 11:54 AM
Post subject: Tips for a first-timer?
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Macman
Joined: 11/16/2006
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I just got the modified Gens emulator from this site, and I'm just now trying to get a feel for all the controls. I'd like suggestions as to a controller configuration that is good at handling pressing many keys at once. Also if someone could give me a clearer meaning to the method of re-recording, that would be highly appreciated (I didn't quite understand the methods on the FAQ). Hopefully I'll get the hang of how all this works and actually get a submission in someday, if college doesn't suck away all my free time.
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Posted: 11/22/2006 12:15 PM
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>Also if someone could give me a clearer meaning to the method of re-recording, that would be highly appreciated (I didn't quite understand the methods on the FAQ). When you save a state (F5), you are making a copy of what the game was like at that point, and which frame (time) it is on. When you load a state (F8), this information is loaded, and the game is effectively rewound to the previous point. If you are recording a movie, saving and loading a state allows you to rewind the movie along with the game, so that everything you recorded after saving the state disappears. This way you can re-record a part as many times as you want, by loading the state every time you make a mistake, until it is played well. You then save a new state, and record from there. Hope that was clear enough. This isn't a completely truthful picture, but it works for getting the concept. The best way to understand it is really just to try it.
Posted: 11/22/2006 12:22 PM
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I'm mostly worried about continuing a WIP movie, loading a state so I wouldn't have to sit through the whole thing, and suddenly noticing that I lost all progress I made by loading that state. Also, tips for key configurations would still be appreciated, as my normal config that I use just for casual play doesn't handle many keys at once (but I find it very comfortable).
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Posted: 11/22/2006 12:31 PM
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>I'm mostly worried about continuing a WIP movie, loading a state so I wouldn't have to sit through the whole thing, and suddenly noticing that I lost all progress I made by loading that state. I'm not sure what you want to know. Guess: mark read-only when playing a movie, then you can never destroy it by loading a state. You can switch between read-only and read-write with Ctrl-T (this does not affect the movie in itself). Make many backups of your movie file, and you'll be less sad when you mess up, because you probably will sooner or later. I make tens of backups whenever I make a movie.
Posted: 11/22/2006 12:37 PM
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Macman
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That's a good idea, thanks. Now I just gotta worry about my key configs, as I'm too used to using a set of keys that are close together, making frame advance a little difficult to do with multiple keys.
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Posted: 4/6/2007 8:12 PM
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