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Use FCEUX2.1.0a to view this movie. Open the emulator and go to config > movie options and make sure display subtitles is selected. Open the movie then right-click and select View Comments.
All submission text info is displayed in the comments dialog. All significant improvements are mentioned in the subtitles as the movie is playing.
This movie is 837 frames faster than my previous attempt. The bulk of the time is from a nice shortcut in level 6. Thanks to honorableJay for pointing it out. Also thanks to Cardboard for the idea to improve the level 1 boss.

Summary

  • Aims for fastest time
  • Takes damage to save time (and for fun sibling rivalry)
  • Manipulates luck
  • Abuses Programming errors in the game
  • Abuses Bimmy for fun
mmbossman: Nice improvements, and interesting use of the captions. Bimmy approves.
adelikat: Updated the submission file with a new movie that contains better subtitles (wording, placement, formatting). Also, processing.

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Posted: 4/23/2009 1:42 AM
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Dammit
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Subtitles are excellent. The excellence can be extended to the encoded video by adding them as softsubs (in MKV container or similar) instead of having two AVIs. This would be easy with a utility that converts the text from the fm2 into srt or ssa. From there it's a trivial mux operation.
Posted: 4/23/2009 4:31 PM
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adelikat
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Dammit wrote:
Subtitles are excellent. The excellence can be extended to the encoded video by adding them as softsubs (in MKV container or similar) instead of having two AVIs. This would be easy with a utility that converts the text from the fm2 into srt or ssa. From there it's a trivial mux operation.
Yeah, that idea has been already tossed around already. The main thing is I haven't really known how to implement it codewise. They way you suggest seems to be easier since the encoder can just pull it out of the .fm2 file.
It's hard to look this good. My TAS projects
Posted: 4/23/2009 6:54 PM
(Edited: 4/24/2009 12:36 PM)
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Aqfaq
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Posted: 4/23/2009 9:36 PM
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ShinyDoofy
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Dammit: My C++ really sucks, but it seems to work somehow: <CIA> fceultra: shinydoofy * r1283 /fceu/ (5 files in 3 dirs): SDL: added --ripsubs So grab the latest SVN if you're an SDL user.
Posted: 4/24/2009 10:25 AM
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Undie
Joined: 4/29/2006
Posts: 70
Loved the subtitles! Made it a lot more interesting to watch! Yes vote definately (not because of the subtitles lol).
Posted: 5/10/2009 8:15 PM
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georgiek
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This is one of my most favourite tases to date. awesome work :) i love seeing this game improved!
Posted: 5/27/2009 12:34 AM
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Ren
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Posts: 46
Easy "yes" even without the subtitles (accidentally grabbed the wrong avi -- why are there two, anyway?) Only weird thing was waiting for the disappearing platforms -- can't you jump and kick the other character up ? Also, earlier when you enter the elevator in level 4 it looks like the blue guy is llate -- this would be great to explain via subtitles. About the subtitles: I've played this game through and through, and so for me the strategies are easy to understand. I'd really like the author comments to include stuff like 'Double Dragon 2 was blahblahblah" and "The knee hit does X hp while other hits do Y hp damage, so it's used through the run." Also, since this can play out like a kung-fu movie, bad one-liners are kinda expected ;) "Watch where you're hitting!" "Mind the first step, it's kinda steep!" but maybe that's just me. Liked the 'no, YOU touch her!' ;) In any case, this movie wins for entertainment value, thoroughly breaking a hard game and making it look easy and the subtitles are an excellent bonus. Absolute 'yes'.
Posted: 11/3/2010 5:39 PM
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