yes, as brutalal says, basically cloud's attack takes 90~ frames while bolt takes 300~ frames
and GS would have a bad amount of HP left for the final blow anyway
oh and the strategies in that video are quite old and were done manually without scripts, so they can be improved. some mistakes in the route too.
**there are non-obvious mistakes throughout my youtube video run, so you may wish to consult me or brutalal before progressing! :p**
do you use msn messenger or something? i smell a 3-way chat :p
this might be useful so you can easily compare battle times:
start frame = first frame of battle scene is drawn (black screen with tiny box in center)
last frame = screen goes completely black after battle (frame counter disappears in pcsx)
Sample of Enemy attack length:
enemy attack length can vary wildly
in the case of Aps, sewer tsunami can vary up to 191 frames. it will make optimisation difficult.
due to this, when manipulating an enemy attack, attacking can be faster than forcing a wait (stopping enemy atb, then pressing X).