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I agree with the above, definitely submit it, but maybe as just a supplement to the actual movie. How long does it usually take after a submission to show up? I've been looking forward to this run for years now.
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Ishmayl - go to the workbench, the gmv is there. You've been able to watch WIPs, so I'm sure you can watch the submission.
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It was awesome man, can't wait to see the optional battle
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As promised, the scripts. Generic Attack This code allows you to select one attack. Used for a single attack manipulation. Takes care of the manipulation and attack sequence.

local selectk, donek, hidek, morek, nextk = "S","D","H","M", "N";
   	
BattleCheck =60;

LocX = 0xFFE82E;
LocY = 0xFFE82F;
EX = 0xFFEF2E;
EY = 0xFFEF2F;
RNG = 0xFFDEA4;
NumPlayer = 0xFFB640;
OrderL = 0xFFF71A;
In_Battle = 0xFFB682;
Character_Store = 0xFFE800;
Enemy_Store = 0xFFEF00;
EXP = 0xFFB62D;
Lua_Hold = 0xFFA7B7;
done = false;
done = false;
StartPlace = 0;

local keys, last_keys = {}, {};
local nums = {};
local nums = {"numpad0", "numpad1","numpad2","numpad3","numpad4","numpad5", "numpad6","numpad7","numpad8","numpad9"};
local pup, pdown = "pageup","pagedown";
local plus, minus = "numpad+","numpad-";


Results = {};
Matcher ={};
party_index = {};
enemy_index = {};
Z= {}
EXPlist = {};
Z.HP = 0;
Z.Atk = 0;
Z.Stat = 0;
party_size = memory.readword(NumPlayer);
   for i = 1,party_size,1 do
		party_index[i] = memory.readbyte(In_Battle+i-1);
   end;       
   
for checks = 1,party_size,1 do
		Matcher[checks] = {};
	  	Matcher[checks].HP= memory.readword(Character_Store+0xE+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].Lvl = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x0B+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].AtkC = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x13+party_index[checks]*56);	  	
	  	Matcher[checks].HpB = memory.readword(Character_Store+0x0C+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].MpB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x10+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].AtkB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x12+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].DefB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x14+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].AgiB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x16+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks].Stat = memory.readword(Character_Store+0x2C+party_index[checks]*56);	  	
	  	Matcher[checks].EXP = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x30+party_index[checks]*56);	  	
end;
Estart = party_size + 1;
enemy_size = 0;
for i =1,25,1 do
   		if (memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0xE+(i-1)*56) > 0) then
   			enemy_size = enemy_size+1;
   			enemy_index[enemy_size] = i-1;   			
   		end;
 end;

for checks = 1,enemy_size,1 do
		Matcher[checks+party_size] = {};
		Matcher[checks+party_size].HP = memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0xE+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks+party_size].Atk = memory.readbyte(Enemy_Store+0x13+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	Matcher[checks+party_size].Stat = memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0x2C+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	    
end;



 StartRNG = memory.readword(RNG);
 sframec = 0;
 START = savestate.create();
 savestate.save(START);
while StartRNG == memory.readword(RNG) do
	gens.emulateframeinvisible();
	sframec = sframec + 1;		
end;
savestate.load(START);
for i = 1,sframec-2,1 do
	gens.emulateframeinvisible();
end;
savestate.save(START);

joypad.set(1,{C=1});   	
gens.emulateframefast();
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gens.emulateframefast();	
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joypad.set(1,{C=1});   	
gens.emulateframefast();
startframecount = movie.framecount();
FClist = {};
RNGList = {};
Success = {}
RNGCheck = savestate.create();
  StartRNG = memory.readword(RNG);
   while memory.readword(RNG) == StartRNG do	   
      savestate.save(RNGCheck);
      gens.emulateframeinvisible();     
   end;

function GetOrders(Start,Finish)

for curord = Start,Finish,1 do
   savestate.load(RNGCheck);
   CurRNG =  memory.readword(RNG);   
   for n = 1,curord,1 do
      CurRNG = math.fmod(CurRNG*13+7,65536);
   end;
   memory.writeword(RNG,CurRNG);
   RNGList[curord+1] = CurRNG;
   outstr = '';
   for i = 1,100,1 do
	   gens.emulateframeinvisible();
	end;
	while (memory.readbyte(0xFFDE7B) ~= 8) do					
      				joypad.set(1,{C=1});    
       				gens.emulateframeinvisible();
	end;
	memory.writebyte(Lua_Hold,1);	
	gui.text(10,10, string.format('%d of %d done.', curord+1-Start, Finish-Start+1)); 
	gens.emulateframe();
	Success[curord+1] = false;
	Results[curord+1] = string.format('%d:',curord);	
	EXPlist[curord+1] = 0;
	for checks = 1,party_size,1 do		
	  	Z.HP = memory.readword(Character_Store+0xE+party_index[checks]*56);	  	
	  	Z.Atk = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x13+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Z.Stat = memory.readword(Character_Store+0x2C+party_index[checks]*56);	  	
	  	Z.Lvl = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x0B+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	Z.EXP = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x30+party_index[checks]*56);
	  	if Matcher[checks].EXP < Z.EXP then
	  		EXPlist[curord+1] = Z.EXP - Matcher[checks].EXP;
	  	elseif Matcher[checks].EXP > Z.EXP then	  	  
	  		EXPlist[curord+1] = Z.EXP+100 - Matcher[checks].EXP;	  	
	  	end;
	  	if Matcher[checks].HP ~= Z.HP then		  			  		   
	  		if Z.HP == 0 then
	  			outstr  = outstr .. 'Death ';
	  		end;
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d (%d HP)', party_index[checks], (Z.HP - Matcher[checks].HP));	  		
	  	end;	  	
	  	if Matcher[checks].Lvl ~= Z.Lvl then
	  		HpB = memory.readword(Character_Store+0x0C+party_index[checks]*56);	  	  				
	  		AtkB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x12+party_index[checks]*56);	  		
	  		DefB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x14+party_index[checks]*56);
	  		AgiB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x16+party_index[checks]*56);
	  		MpB = memory.readbyte(Character_Store+0x10+party_index[checks]*56);
	  		if party_index[checks] == 7 and (AtkB - Matcher[checks].AtkB) == 3 then
	 			--outstr  = outstr .. 'Peter +3 ';
	  		elseif party_index[checks] == 0 and (AtkB - Matcher[checks].AtkB) == 2 then
	  		 	outstr  = outstr .. 'Bowie +2 ';
	  		elseif party_index[checks] == 5 and (AtkB - Matcher[checks].AtkB) == 2 then
	  			outstr  = outstr .. 'Slade +2 ';
	  		end;	  		  		
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d LVL %dHp %dMp %dAk %dDf %dAg', party_index[checks], (HpB - Matcher[checks].HpB), (MpB - Matcher[checks].MpB), (AtkB - Matcher[checks].AtkB), (DefB - Matcher[checks].DefB),(AgiB - Matcher[checks].AgiB));	  		
	  	elseif Matcher[checks].AtkC ~= Z.Atk then	  	
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d ATK+ %d', party_index[checks],Z.Atk -  Matcher[checks].AtkC );
	  	end;
	  	if Matcher[checks].Stat ~= Z.Stat then	  	  	
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d (%d Stat)', party_index[checks], (Z.Stat));	  		
	  	end;
	end;
	for checks = 1,enemy_size,1 do		
	  	Z.HP = memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0xE+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	Z.Atk = memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0x13+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	Z.Stat = memory.readword(Enemy_Store+0x2C+enemy_index[checks]*56);
	  	if Matcher[checks+party_size].HP ~= Z.HP then	  
	  		if Z.HP == 0 then
	  			outstr  = outstr .. 'Kill ';
				Success[curord+1] = true;
		  	end;
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d (%d HP)', enemy_index[checks]+1+party_size, (Z.HP - Matcher[checks+party_size].HP));	
	  		if (Z.HP - Matcher[checks+party_size].HP) < -200 then
	  			outstr  = outstr .. string.format(' %d (%d HP)', CurRNG, (Z.HP - Matcher[checks+party_size].HP));
			end;
	  	end;	
	  	if Matcher[checks+party_size].Stat ~= Z.Stat then	  
	  		Results[curord+1] = Results[curord+1] .. string.format(' %d (%d Stat)', party_index[checks], (Z.Stat));	  		
	  	end;  	
	end;	
	if string.len(outstr) ~= 0 then
		print(outstr)
	end;	
	FClist[curord+1] = movie.framecount() - startframecount;		
	end;
end;

GetOrders(StartPlace,BattleCheck-1);
print('Check Complete!');


--*****************************************************************************
function press(button)
--*****************************************************************************
-- Checks if a button is pressed.
-- The tables it accesses should be obvious in the next line.

    if keys[button] and not last_keys[button] then
        return true

    end
    return false
end


AttackNum = 0;
 done = false;
 entermode = false;
 CurStart = 0;
 poses = 0;
 pagetype = true;
 lastmessage = "Commands: S - Show Attack, H - Hide, M- more, D - done";
 lastmessage2 = "";
 hidemode = false;
 
 while not done do	
  keys = input.get(); 
  	gens.frameadvance();    	
	if not hidemode then
	 	memory.writebyte(Lua_Hold,1);
		gui.drawbox(0,0,260,160,'black','black');	
		for i = 1,12,1 do		    	
		   	if i+CurStart == BattleCheck+1 then
		    		gui.text(7,10*(i-1)+1,'end');		 
		   	elseif i+CurStart <= BattleCheck then 
		   	    if pagetype then		   	    
		    		if AttackNum+1 == i+CurStart then
		    			gui.text(7,10*(i-1)+1,Results[i+CurStart],'red');		
		    		else
	    				gui.text(7,10*(i-1)+1,Results[i+CurStart]);		
	    			end;	    			
	    		else
	    			if AttackNum+1 == i+CurStart then
		    			gui.text(7,10*(i-1)+1, string.format('%d: RNG: %d, Length: %d frames, EXP: %d',i+CurStart-1, RNGList[i+CurStart], FClist[i+CurStart], EXPlist[i+CurStart]),'red');		
		    		else
	    				gui.text(7,10*(i-1)+1, string.format('%d: RNG: %d, Length: %d frames, EXP: %d',i+CurStart-1, RNGList[i+CurStart], FClist[i+CurStart], EXPlist[i+CurStart]));		
	    			end;
	    			
	    		end;	
	    		if Success[i+CurStart] then
	    			gui.drawbox(1,10*(i-1)+3,5,10*(i)-3,'red','red');
	    		end;
	        end;	    		
	 	end;
    	gui.text(1,130,lastmessage);
    	gui.text(1,140,lastmessage2);
    	if entermode then  
    		gui.text(5, 130, mode);  
    		for i = 1,pos,1 do
    			gui.text(5+i*7,140,entered[i])
			end;
			for i = pos+1,poses,1 do
				gui.text(5+i*7,140,'_');
			end;
		end;   	
   else
   		memory.writebyte(Lua_Hold,0);    	
   end;
	
	if press(nextk) then
		pagetype = not pagetype;
		end;
     
     if press(plus) then
        if AttackNum < BattleCheck-1 then 
          AttackNum = AttackNum+1;          
          RNGres = RNGList[AttackNum+1];   				   		
   		  lastmessage2 = Results[AttackNum+1];
   		  lastmessage = string.format('Selected: %d, RNG: %d, Length: %d frames, EXP: %d', AttackNum, RNGres, FClist[AttackNum+1], EXPlist[AttackNum+1]);
   		  if AttackNum > CurStart+10 then 
   		    CurStart = CurStart + 11;
   		  end;
        end;        
     end;
     if press(minus) then
        if AttackNum > 0 then 
          AttackNum = AttackNum-1;
          RNGres = RNGList[AttackNum+1];   				   		
   		  lastmessage2 = Results[AttackNum+1];
   		  lastmessage = string.format('Selected: %d, RNG: %d, Length: %d frames, EXP: %d', AttackNum, RNGres, FClist[AttackNum+1], EXPlist[AttackNum+1]);
   		  if AttackNum < CurStart then
   		    CurStart = CurStart - 11;
   		  end;
   		    
        end;        
     end;     
      if  press(pup) then    		
   		if ((CurStart - 11) > -1) then	
   			CurStart = CurStart - 11;	   			
   		end;
   	end;
   	if press(morek) then
   	  GetOrders(BattleCheck, BattleCheck+29);
   	  BattleCheck = BattleCheck+30;
   	end;
     if press(hidek) then    	
    	hidemode = not hidemode;
    end;  
   if press(donek) then    	   
    	done = true;
    end;
   if  press(pdown) then    		   		
   		if (CurStart + 11) < BattleCheck then 
   			CurStart = CurStart + 11;	
   		end;   		
   end;
   if press(selectk) then    	
    	entermode = true;
    	mode = "S";
    	entered = {};
    	poses = 3;
    	pos = 0;    	
    end;   
   if pos == poses and entermode then 
   		entermode = false;
   		if mode == "S" then
   			AttackNum = entered[1] * 100 + entered[2] * 10 + entered[3];   			
   			if AttackNum < BattleCheck then
   				RNGres = RNGList[AttackNum+1];   				   		
   				lastmessage2 = Results[AttackNum+1];
   				lastmessage = string.format('Selected: %d, RNG: %d, Length: %d frames, EXP: %d', AttackNum, RNGres, FClist[AttackNum+1], EXPlist[AttackNum+1]);
   			else
   			    AttackNum = 0;
   			    lastmessage = "BAD BATTLE SELECTED, RESETING."
   			    lastmessage2 = "";
   			end;
   		end;	
   end;
   for numloop = 0,9,1 do 
	   	if press(nums[numloop+1]) and entermode then 	   	        
   				pos = pos+1;
   				entered[pos] = numloop;
   		end;
   end;
   last_keys = keys;
end;





savestate.load(START);
for i = 1,AttackNum,1 do
	gens.frameadvance();
end;
joypad.set(1,{C=1});   	
gens.frameadvance();

Targeting = savestate.create();
while memory.readbyte(0xFFFECD) ~= 22 do 
	savestate.save(Targeting);	
	gens.frameadvance();
end;
savestate.load(Targeting);
joypad.set(1,{C=1});   	
gens.frameadvance();

while (memory.readbyte(0xFFDE7B) == 8) do 
	gens.frameadvance();
end;

while (memory.readbyte(0xFFDE7B) ~= 8) do 
	joypad.set(1,{C=1});   	
	gens.frameadvance();
end;
gens.pause();   
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Post subject: An offering to the great Lord Anoobis
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Posts: 2202
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An offering to the great Lord Anoobis. An improvement of 3 minutes, going into the 9th battle. Hopefully, this is enough to appease the gods.
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Posts: 1573
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Anoobis approves the sacrifice.
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How is this going?
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Hey dark, This one doesn't show up on the movies list for some reason and I'm pretty sure it did at some point - did you ever formally complete this?
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tithin wrote:
Hey dark, This one doesn't show up on the movies list for some reason and I'm pretty sure it did at some point - did you ever formally complete this?
Seems like he did get it done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7aAzbHSJt8
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Schwiggle wrote:
tithin wrote:
Hey dark, This one doesn't show up on the movies list for some reason and I'm pretty sure it did at some point - did you ever formally complete this?
Seems like he did get it done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7aAzbHSJt8
That is the old movie. I never finished the new version that saves 3 minutes, mainly because I got horrible enemy movement in battle 10. An enemy can only move in an L pattern if the enemy turn is right after a player turn. So, I was losing a ton of time, because I could not repeat the patterns I got in the previous run. I got frustrated, and never got around to finishing that battle.
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Posts: 964
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I guess this is as good a place to post this as any; there is a disassembly of this game, which could be useful for a new version of the TAS. From this disassembly, I figured out what caused the issue with Lemon being unable to equip items and fixed it. What the issue boiled down to is: you take the character's class ID, read a longword (32 bits) usage mask specific to the equipment in question and shift the longword right by (class ID + 1) bits. The usage bit for the class would be shifted into carry bit, and used from there. For Lemon/Red Baron, class ID is 31; so the shift would be of 32 bits. Now, the issue is: in x86, a shift is modulo 32, meaning a maximum shift of 31 bits. In 68k, a shift is modulo 64, meaning a maximum of 63 bits. Starscream (Gens' 68k core) had code to handle this; but it failed miserably (except for rotation) because while it generated code to shift by 31 bits, it failed to generate code to shift by the rest of the bits. With this bug, the usage bit shifted that got into carry would be that of Golem class (ID 30), which can't use any weapons.
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