Posted: 3/30/2010 5:55 PM
(Edited: 3/30/2010 9:14 PM)
Post subject: Console customization
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henke37
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Now that we have at least one platform that supports console customizations, what policy should we have about them? For those that don't get it, here is some examples of what I call console customization:
  • The console can be named by the player (for example the DS)
  • The console can have a global savefile with things like a friends list and achivements (Xbox I think)
  • The console can have your birthday (DS)
  • The console can be using avatars (Wii)
I propose that the console name should be "TASVideos" where possible. I don't have any opinion on the other matters. Similarly, what should the policy be for unique things the user can't change like console IDs? It is not impossible that a game could be seeding the random number generator with things like that.[/list]
Posted: 3/30/2010 7:02 PM
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Kumquat
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I actually made a thread about the DS's firmware settings a few weeks ago, but no one has responded so far. And when I asked adelikat before that, he told me to make a thread, so... But yes, there is at least one DS game with an RNG that is affected by your name, comment, and language, and there are several that do things on your birthday. I think we should be allowed to change them however we like (within the system's limitations, of course), and they should be recorded in the movie file.
Posted: 3/30/2010 8:31 PM
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Warp
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Kumquat wrote:
I think we should be allowed to change them however we like (within the system's limitations, of course), and they should be recorded in the movie file.
You mean the movie file should change the system settings of the (emulated) console before it starts the game? (Is that even possible? Don't most older consoles and handhelds start the game immediately, without any possible system menus popping up first?)
Posted: 3/30/2010 9:12 PM
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henke37
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The most sensible solution is to just include the save the bios generates.
Posted: 3/31/2010 9:00 PM
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Weatherton
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No, the most sensible thing is to just shut down the site because it's impossible to properly emulate the initial state regardless of this.... KIDDING (really, I am, this whole discussion is absolutely ridiculous).
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Posted: 3/31/2010 9:15 PM
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Dromiceius
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The "console customization" seems like the kind of thing where you leave it alone unless you know why you need to do otherwise. Sort of like the dipswitches in MAME ROMs.
Weatherton wrote:
No, the most sensible thing is to just shut down the site
Meme of the year, right there.