Post by Bladegash

Aha, that's so true. I don't usually just give up on projects I work on, but after doing a few levels of Sonic, I got burned out on making time attacks. It looks like Quietust is taking a breather now too. At least he's almost at the end. SprintGod must be some kind of machine to have finished Sonic 3. I really hope this one gets finished though. Its already one of my favorites, and it should definitely get a star when complete.

Posted: 4/8/2005 9:15 PM

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AngerFist

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I don't about SprintGod. I pm:ed him several weeks ago about if he were going or planning doing any more run of the sonic series without replying ;P

Nitrogenesis wrote:

Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!

Arc wrote:

I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.

natt wrote:

I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it

Cooljay wrote:

Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P

Posted: 4/8/2005 10:33 PM
(Edited: 11/14/2008 3:59 PM)

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Quietust

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Joined: 7/14/2004
Posts: 250

I gave up on trying to do the Metropolis boss without taking damage - in order to maximize speed, the following method must be used: 1. Hit Robotnik when he's at the bottom of the screen, such that the sphere he releases collides with the floor. 2. Have either Sonic or Tails take damage - the sphere will immediately pop. 3. Repeat The main problem here is that only ONE character can take damage during each hit - if both are flickering, then you have to wait for the sphere to expand before you can pop it (by which time Robotnik is back at the top of the screen). I've posted an attempt at using this technique, though it isn't perfect (and it'd take a huge amount of planning to get it perfect, since you'd have to time stuff 2 hits in advance). Current status: ---------------- Current run ------ | Previous run ----- | TSC Records ------ Emerald Hill --- 0:18 - 0:36 ------ | 0:19 - 0:37 ------ | 0:20 - 0:38 ------ Chemical Plant - 0:17 - 0:51 ------ | 0:20 - 1:04 ------ | 0:22 - 0:53 ------ Aquatic Ruin --- 0:19 - 0:38 ------ | 0:24 - 0:44 ------ | 0:24 - 0:43 ------ Casino Night --- 0:25 - 0:55 ------ | 0:26 - 1:01 ------ | 0:34 - 1:05 ------ Hill Top ------- 0:39 - 0:48 ------ | 0:45 - 1:00 ------ | 0:48 - 1:03 ------ Mystic Cave ---- 0:28 - 0:37 ------ | 0:35 - 0:41 ------ | 0:40 - 0:49 ------ Oil Ocean ------ 0:26 - 0:48 ------ | 0:35 - 0:51 ------ | 0:38 - 0:59 ------ Metropolis ----- 0:54 - 0:50 - 1:32 | 1:01 - 1:00 - 1:53 | 1:12 - 1:30 - 2:33 Wing Fortress -- x:xx ------------- | 1:47-------------- | 1:56 ------------- Death Egg ------ x:xx ------------- | 0:48-------------- | 0:49 -------------

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Posted: 4/8/2005 10:33 PM

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Bag_of_Magic_Food

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SprintGod's working on a new Sonic 3 and Knuckles run. He mentions it in IRC from time to time.

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Posted: 4/9/2005 1:47 AM

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qbproger

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w00t Quietust is working on it again :-D

Posted: 4/9/2005 6:30 AM

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Sleepz wrote:

SprintGod must be some kind of machine to have finished Sonic 3.

Well it seems to me he's a god! Great work Quietust! Keep going, you're almost there!

Posted: 4/9/2005 7:23 AM

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Quietust

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Note that I'm still not satisfied with the time I got on that boss - I'm sure if I work out the delays a bit differently, I can get it even faster. After that, I get to decide what to do for the Sky Chase Zone playaround; Wing Fortress has some room for improvement, and Death Egg will be quite a bit faster...

* Quietust, QMT Productions P.S. If you don't get this note, let me know and I'll write you another

Posted: 4/9/2005 7:24 AM

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Whoa... that's amazing. I can understand how it's frustrating to get it exactly right. But you do it in two passes now. Is it really possible to do all 8 in one pass? Say you could only do the first 6 spheres in one pass under optimal conditions... then the last two would still take an extra pass and the time gained would be very small or perhaps even none. I'm thinking maybe 21 seconds of improvement is fantastic enough for this level. But if you want to continue trying, who am I to object?

Posted: 4/9/2005 7:51 AM

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Quietust

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1. When Sonic or Tails get hit, they flicker for exactly 2 seconds once they hit the ground (though falling and hitting the ground can take up to a full second), during which they are invulnerable. 2. The Metropolis Zone boss flashes for exactly 1 second when he gets hit (compared to 1/2 second for the other zone bosses). 3. When Sonic lands a hit, he can immediately take damage to cause the bubble to burst right away, but when I have Tails take the hit, it's always delayed by a short amount. If I hit as rapidly as possible, character A (who took damage during the first hit) will still be flashing during the 3rd hit and won't be able to insta-pop the sphere - this is why the run I posted took 2 passes instead of just one. If I insert a delay between every other hit (i.e. get the first 2 hits as quickly as possible, then wait a short bit so I can get the 3rd and 4th hits without him getting away), I should be able to defeat the boss in a single pass.

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Posted: 4/25/2005 10:33 AM

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AngerFist

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Any new progress Quietust?

Nitrogenesis wrote:

Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!

Arc wrote:

I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.

natt wrote:

I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it

Cooljay wrote:

Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P

Posted: 5/1/2005 1:15 AM
(Edited: 11/14/2008 3:59 PM)

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Quietust

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Joined: 7/14/2004
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Managed to shave another ~2 seconds off the Metropolis boss. Personally, I don't see this getting much faster without more effort than I'm willing to put into it. Next is Sky Chase, a fixed duration auto-scrolling level. I would appreciate any suggestions as to what I should do to pass that time... Current status: ---------------- Current run ------ | Previous run ----- | TSC Records ------ Emerald Hill --- 0:18 - 0:36 ------ | 0:19 - 0:37 ------ | 0:20 - 0:38 ------ Chemical Plant - 0:17 - 0:51 ------ | 0:20 - 1:04 ------ | 0:22 - 0:53 ------ Aquatic Ruin --- 0:19 - 0:38 ------ | 0:24 - 0:44 ------ | 0:24 - 0:43 ------ Casino Night --- 0:25 - 0:55 ------ | 0:26 - 1:01 ------ | 0:34 - 1:05 ------ Hill Top ------- 0:39 - 0:48 ------ | 0:45 - 1:00 ------ | 0:48 - 1:03 ------ Mystic Cave ---- 0:28 - 0:37 ------ | 0:35 - 0:41 ------ | 0:40 - 0:49 ------ Oil Ocean ------ 0:26 - 0:48 ------ | 0:35 - 0:51 ------ | 0:38 - 0:59 ------ Metropolis ----- 0:54 - 0:50 - 1:30 | 1:01 - 1:00 - 1:53 | 1:12 - 1:30 - 2:33 Wing Fortress -- x:xx ------------- | 1:47-------------- | 1:56 ------------- Death Egg ------ x:xx ------------- | 0:48-------------- | 0:49 -------------

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Posted: 5/1/2005 4:58 AM

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Yesssss... Q is back. Skychase is a boring zone and there is not much to do about it. Is is possible to collect 0 rings and kill 0 monsters? I don't know if that would make it better. Perhaps there just isn't a way to make this stage entertaining.

Posted: 5/1/2005 5:06 AM

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Ouzo

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I would suggest grabbing rings and killing monsters to sync with the music *shrugs*

Posted: 5/2/2005 5:09 AM
(Edited: 11/14/2008 3:58 PM)

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Quietust

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A boring stroll through Sky Chase, a slightly speedier run through Wing Fortress, and a 12-hit finish in Death Egg, and this run is tentatively complete. Wing Fortress might have some optimizations I missed. Current status: ---------------- Current run ------ | Previous run ----- | TSC Records ------ Emerald Hill --- 0:18 - 0:36 ------ | 0:19 - 0:37 ------ | 0:20 - 0:38 ------ Chemical Plant - 0:17 - 0:51 ------ | 0:20 - 1:04 ------ | 0:22 - 0:53 ------ Aquatic Ruin --- 0:19 - 0:38 ------ | 0:24 - 0:44 ------ | 0:24 - 0:43 ------ Casino Night --- 0:25 - 0:55 ------ | 0:26 - 1:01 ------ | 0:34 - 1:05 ------ Hill Top ------- 0:39 - 0:48 ------ | 0:45 - 1:00 ------ | 0:48 - 1:03 ------ Mystic Cave ---- 0:28 - 0:37 ------ | 0:35 - 0:41 ------ | 0:40 - 0:49 ------ Oil Ocean ------ 0:26 - 0:48 ------ | 0:35 - 0:51 ------ | 0:38 - 0:59 ------ Metropolis ----- 0:54 - 0:50 - 1:30 | 1:01 - 1:00 - 1:53 | 1:12 - 1:30 - 2:33 Wing Fortress -- 1:43 ------------- | 1:47 ------------- | 1:56 ------------- Death Egg ------ 0:42 ------------- | 0:48 ------------- | 0:49 ------------- If you think this run is satisfactory, I'll be glad to submit it.

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Posted: 5/2/2005 5:12 AM

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BoltR

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I will eat your soul if you don't.

Posted: 5/2/2005 5:18 AM

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Ouzo

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Awesome. I love the super-spindashing in sky chase zone.

Posted: 5/2/2005 5:50 AM

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nifboy

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BoltR wrote:

I will eat your soul if you don't.

I second this threat.

Posted: 5/2/2005 5:56 AM

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atro_city

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Pure excellence. Seriously, there's not much else to say.

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Posted: 5/2/2005 7:07 AM

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Highness

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Sorry to say, but I can't find the "YES"-button. OHHH! This ain't submited yet? Go and do that. If you ask me, this movie earns a STAR. ;)

Posted: 5/2/2005 7:21 AM

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Sleepz

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Submit it. You're packing the best run on the whole site.

Posted: 5/2/2005 4:59 PM

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Quietust

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I wasn't satisfied with the end, so I redid the Wing Fortress boss and Death Egg zone, completing them a total of 1 second faster (even got 1:42 on Wing Fortress).

* Quietust, QMT Productions P.S. If you don't get this note, let me know and I'll write you another