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Donkey Kong Country 2 TAS (Any%) in 37:33.10 (60.00fps). It is about 1m33s faster than the published run.
You can watch this TAS movie below. (If you don't want to watch moving comments in this movie, push right bottom button.)
Note: With same 60.00fps as Published TAS, this TAS is in 37:33.10. 37:29.40 (title says) is with 60.0988138974405fps.

Goals

  • Aims for fastest time
  • Abuses programming errors in the game
  • Takes damage to save time

Level Info

I explain techniques and glitches to save frames in below movies. Output of Lua script (hitboxes, motion of Published TAS, random numbers, etc) is displayed in below movies. (If you don't want to watch moving comments in this movies, push right bottom button.)
http://www.nicovideo.jp.am/mylist/55733916

Table of time saved per level

This TAS FramesPublished TAS FramesFrames SavedTime Saved(approx.)
1-1615632170.3
1-22395212824.7
1-336336300
1-449249310
1-5308387791.3
1-61536153600
2-152652930.1
2-255255310
2-3773793200.3
2-479980010
2-542742920
2-632113260490.8
3-13258326130.1
3-24093409960.1
3-32730273110
3-43737373700
3-5105411781242.1
3-631653164-10
3-75275527500
4-131823207250.4
4-25927593140.1
4-37254004327954.7
4-44207420700
4-52706270600
4-629632974110.2
4-72662266310
5-1261430184046.7
5-26164616510
5-319373050111318.6
5-42266226600
5-54190419330.1
5-62826282710
6-130973124270.5
6-2482349601372.3
6-350755053-22-0.4
6-428672963961.6
6-594310821392.3
6-6383139411101.8
6-7568567-10
7-135223557350.6
7-2112341123620
Total111482117435595399.2
This TAS is made by BizHawk. Published TAS is made by Snes9x 1.43. BizHawk has more lag than Snes9x 1.43.

Reference

In Closing

Thanks to people below, I can complete this TAS.
  • Djeez : He publishes Gusty Glade Wrong Warp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPIyX_iFDo). This inspired me to make this TAS.
  • Umihoshi : He told me new trick "Fake Fall". This trick saves more than 10s in this TAS. And, his J ver TAS showed "Double Stomping". This trick is a hint of Wrong Warp in 5-1.
Masterjun: Judging while eating bananas.
Masterjun: New strategies, clever optimizations, and overall great improvements make this into a solid run. Accepting as an improvement over the previous movie.
feos: Pub.

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Posted: 11/7/2016 2:17 PM
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Amaraticando
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It seems very likely that a complete any% run could be verified on console. To do this, one would have to manually add extra frames where BizHawk eats them. This is falseable (at least it was in world 1). Do you want something like that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqvMrGhdcZ4
Posted: 11/7/2016 5:37 PM
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^ wow that would be really cool to see this console verified! Why is bizhawk behaving differently then lsnes though? Don't they use the same bsnes core? Where is the discrepency coming from?
Posted: 11/8/2016 1:53 AM
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lsnes is version 85 (can be compiled with other versions) and BizHawk is 87. I'm not sure why this happens.
Posted: 11/9/2016 12:17 PM
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What? Is this AI's playing?
Posted: 11/9/2016 5:04 PM
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This is a lsnes movie that I made playing in real time just to test whether my run could be sync on console. I'm making a translation to see if your run can be verified. I'm trying to make it by hand and, if possible, I'll ask this dude to run on console.
Posted: 11/12/2016 6:21 AM
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I wanted to see the video on my smartphone, but seems like watching nicovideo without an app and an account is impossible on android. :/
my personal page - my YouTube channel - my GitHub - my Discord: thunderaxe31 <Masterjun> if you look at the "NES" in a weird angle, it actually clearly says "GBA"
Posted: 11/12/2016 10:46 AM
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ThunderAxe wrote:
I wanted to see the video on my smartphone, but seems like watching nicovideo without an app and an account is impossible on android. :/
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5ygr0etb5gnmba7/
Posted: 11/14/2016 12:18 PM
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creaothceann wrote:
ThunderAxe wrote:
I wanted to see the video on my smartphone, but seems like watching nicovideo without an app and an account is impossible on android. :/
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5ygr0etb5gnmba7/
Thanks, but the quality is horrible. I give a yes vote because the TAS is awesome, but I must also say that the encode provided by the authors does not allow to enjoy it.
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Posted: 11/14/2016 6:50 PM
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I'm going to upload my own dump...
Posted: 11/14/2016 7:05 PM
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It'll be published tomorrow.
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Posted: 11/14/2016 8:24 PM
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Eh, it just finished uploading so here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yg3v97kl1wshdfg/
Posted: 11/14/2016 10:23 PM
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>ThunderAxe >creaothceann Sorry, quality of downloaded movie is bad. (I think 7-1 is the worst quality.) Nico server seems to encode original movie into bad movie. About the next work, I will improve. (Thanks for voting!) >feos Thanks! I'm glad.
Posted: 11/15/2016 4:46 PM
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This is one button pressing away from publication, and I have no idea what to pick as a screenshot. HALP
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
Posted: 11/15/2016 5:07 PM
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feos wrote:
This is one button pressing away from publication, and I have no idea what to pick as a screenshot. HALP
I'd recommend using this frame from 5-1 showing the complicated setup for the new wrong warp found in this stage. Definitely one of the coolest things to watch in this updated TAS.
Posted: 11/15/2016 5:09 PM
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Thank you! Approximate timecode?
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Posted: 11/15/2016 5:15 PM
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Looks like it is 20:49.099 (frame 75069).
Posted: 11/15/2016 5:21 PM
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [3261] SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest by hidaigai, Comicalflop, Dooty & Umihoshi in 37:29.40
Posted: 11/15/2016 11:58 PM
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Thanks everyone. My TAS is published. Btw, what is "Vote" above & "Rate" in [http://tasvideos.org/rating.exe/my/3261] ? My TAS results in moon tier. What is needed to get star tier?
Posted: 11/16/2016 12:29 AM
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Exotic platforms TAS of 2020 Speedy TAS of 2018 PC TAS of 2018 Glitchy TAS of 2015 TASer of 2014 SNES TASer of 2014 TAS of 2014 SNES TAS of 2014 Funny TAS of 2014 Glitchy TAS of 2014 TASer of 2013 SNES TASer of 2013 NES TAS of 2013 SNES TAS of 2012 Funny TAS of 2012
The vote on top of this discussion thread is a poll asking viewers the question about how much they enjoyed the movie. It starts as soon as the movie is submitted. The poll gives a general idea on how other people like this movie. This helps the judge make his final decision on this movie (accepted or rejected, and what tier it should go into). After the movie is accepted and then published, people can rate the movie (example of the this movie). The rating goes from 0.0 (bad) to 10.0 (perfect) and is split into entertainment and technical quality of the movie. This movie went into the Moons tier, which is the place for most movies that are at least somewhat entertaining. To make it to the Stars tier the movie needs to be excellent in entertainment, optimization and overall quality and polish. We also try to keep diversity in the movies of the Stars tier, so it might be harder to get there with the other movie already in there.
Warning: Might glitch to credits I will finish this ACE soon as possible (or will I?)
Posted: 11/17/2016 8:59 AM
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>Masterjun Thanks. I will try 102% TAS.
Posted: 11/17/2016 2:38 PM
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hidaigai wrote:
>Masterjun Thanks. I will try 102% TAS.
I was thinking of making the same thing. Do you wanna collab? If yes, what's the best way to exchange messages?
Posted: 11/17/2016 3:39 PM
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Just wanting to add that being in the moon tier is a big accomplishment. :) Nice movie by the way!
Posted: 11/18/2016 9:47 AM
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>Niamek I think this TAS, previous TAS & others in the moon are big accomplishment. Thanks. >Amaraticando Oh Yes. But i am working on another work. So, i hope you mainly make a key input file and i check it. Are you OK? (i will exchange messages with message box of TASVideos.)
Posted: 11/19/2016 3:08 PM
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feos wrote:
Thank you! Approximate timecode?
You do of course realize it shows Dixie and a Crock having a fun time together right? With some sensitive person slapping a censor image over it.
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Posted: 11/19/2016 3:19 PM
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LOL
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
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