Posted: 1/24/2017 7:58 AM
Post subject: Fire Emblem - New Mystery of the Emblem
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ruadath
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So the next project I'm going to tackle is probably going to be TASing this game, since mechanically it is very similar to Shadow Dragon, and I have the RNG figured out for this game as well (though it is quite a bit more complicated here, so using a reverse lookup for the initial seeds isn't necessarily going to work...) Before I work on the game itself, however, it might be interesting to try individual TAS of each of the stand alone bonus chapters that the game provides. This does require having a save file that completed the first prologue chapters... and since I want to make sure I don't end up violating any rules this time, I'd like to know if it suffices just to create a verification movie that gives the desired SRAM?
Posted: 1/24/2017 9:59 AM
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and since I want to make sure I don't end up violating any rules this time, I'd like to know if it suffices just to create a verification movie that gives the desired SRAM?
Yes, and you have to make sure your submitted TAS uses that SRAM, that the verification movie doesn't desync, etc. The verification movie doesn't have to be fast, though. It can be as unoptimized as you like.
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Posted: 1/29/2017 10:22 AM
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Link to video After some more disassembly, some route planning, and about 350k resets for a good initial seed, here is the start of a Normal/Classic TAS of this game!
Posted: 2/4/2017 6:19 AM
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Since I've now completed the Prologue, I've made this quick TAS of the first episode of the BS bonus chapters in just over 24 seconds. Link to video But it's probably not worth submitting this to the site (unless you guys think so?), though I probably will attempt a 999 score TAS and submit that. The other chapters are definitely much more involved and I probably will submit general TAS for those.
Posted: 2/5/2017 5:02 AM
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New WIP, completed through Chapter 2 Link to video
Posted: 3/11/2017 12:23 AM
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What's the rule about starting from not clear SRAM if it doesn't really change much about the run but saves a few seconds? In particular, at the end of the Prologue (in the video above), a few seconds are lost due to a screen appearing that says that I have unlocked certain bonus content (since it is the first time the prologue is cleared). Would it be allowed to start from not clear SRAM (using the same movie as verification) in order to skip that scene and save a few seconds? Just curious as to what the rules are here.
Posted: 3/11/2017 1:16 AM
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Generally speaking, using a non clear SRAM is to show off content a clean one could not. Using it as a time saving feature as a way as you are describing is actively discouraged. In general, as I understand it, published movies on this site a; 'turn the game on for the first time and destroy it' kind of thing. Judges here will ignore un skippable stuff as standard when they review a submission. The thing is, TAS's in general still get a knee jerk reaction of...... Your cheating! Starting from 0 can help with that perception, even if its a little bit.