For Disney's Aladdin (Genesis) there's a glitch that allows attract mode to progress the game. It doesn't save time RTA, but if you end timing on last input a route is possible that looks like this: 1) approx 2-4 seconds of menu inputs 2) done with inputs, TAS timing is over 3) idle at the menu for approximately 2 real-time hours while attract mode slowly progresses the game and eventually triggers the ending I assume this would prompt you to change the timing mechanism for this game, rather than accept this run? (Run by me forthcoming on this topic, obviously this is really easy to generate if you only need to TAS out a couple seconds of menu inputs)
It has been said that Vault does not allow dirty SRAM. However, if I make a Castlevania Portrait of Ruin Sister Mode run that starts from clean SRAM(parts of mtbRc's input might be used), would it be eligible for Vault?
Is it a problem if do a movie with 2 controllers enabled,even though i'll probably not use the second character at all,cause i'll have to test if it saves time in specific places?
The run [2599] A2600 Seaquest by morningpee in 01:39.80 relies on a glitch that is the result of emulation error. I plan to submit a run to obsolete that one that doesn't use the glitch. However, I saw a lot of discussion on that movie's thread about goal choice, ending, and branch name, and I wasn't really sure what the ultimate conclusion was. Should the existing run still be held in 'moons' or is it actually in the vault? What kind of run would I have to submit to obsolete that one? Does it have to be a 'max score' run or could it be a 'no new content' run? (A max score run would likely just be repeating the highest scoring pattern every level until the end which would be about 25 minutes of repeated play.)
I TASed Harvest Moon on SNES in any% with a password to reach the end of the game on the first day. My TAS with password : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7j3RVJswaQ&list=UUz4dXr0beqy7tQzN75aBfNQ&index=9 The any% of the game without this password takes ~40 mins to end and the only thing you do is to sleep as fast as possible each morning after eating your breakfast, so it's very repetitive.... Only 5 days are special and you can't go sleeping without doing something. Current World Record without password : https://www.twitch.tv/videos/50429808 My questions are : Can I submit this any% with password ? Do I make this any% without password in any case or it can be rejected ?
Cheat codes and passwords are only allowed under select circumstances if it provides a good benefit towards the TAS' gameplay value, such as by unlocking a higher difficulty level. Aborting the game and skipping to the ending does not look like an acceptable reason. Note that if the game manual refers to the code as a normal way of playing, it's not counted as a cheat code. (But that does not appear to be the case in this instance). For reference, the specific movie rules in question are here.
Thank you for this answer even if you changed the "No skipping to the end with a password" section when I asked that 'kappa'.
Question: Am I really allowed to play SMS PAL games on NTSC mode if released in Brazil too? The rule says: "The Sega Master System is an unique system in that it can officially play PAL games at NTSC frequency in PAL-M regions (Brazil). Therefore, playing PAL games with NTSC settings is allowed for SMS games, but only if the game has a known official release in Brazil. More details about PAL-M here." However, I've found that there are issues with PAL games released in Brazil and playing them in 60hz. I've made some tests and investigations detailed in these 2 posts: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=464686#464686 - Aladdin in NTSC mode having an issue with input being denied on random frames (usermovie lists some frames of denied) http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=464942#464942 - every info I gathered on this issue My intent is to select the proper settings for SMS games to TAS it. But because of this input issue (which is probably present on systems?), there are situation where I simply have to wait 1 frame because input is denied on that sweet frame I would do action.
Is it allowed to use the SNES mouse for a SNES TAS ? If yes, is there a configuration i have to take on BizHawk (velocity and deadline) or I can choose it ?
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
So in F-Zero Maximum Velocity there's more or less a bonus track that has its own separate mode with exclusive features such as the ability to save ghosts and replays. I'm planning on doing the rest of the tracks in one Grand Prix mode TAS but this one cannot be done in any other mode. Should I make this a separate TAS or tack it on to the end of my GP TAS? I'm personally leaning towards the former because it's completely separate and lacks a bunch of the things that makes grand prix mode interesting (cpu bumps and randomly placed mines) and if I tacked it onto the end of GP, I'd want to skip credits by doing a soft reset. I could move it to the front of my TAS to get around that last point but eh... Either way it would just feel awkward having it attached to the main TAS, but it should still deserve a branch nonetheless as it contains unique content.
So in Mickey Mania for SNES, RTA runners will use Normal as the main difficulty setting. The only difference between easy and normal is the continues you start out with. In hard mode, the only difference is it removes checkpoints. and afaik, there's no useful death abuses that could save time. The checkpoints also dont slow down the run time in any way and the only reason it would be uses in RTA would be for safety. My question is since the only difference between normal and hard is the absence of checkpoints, would it still be required that I set the movie to play on hard mode? Edit: actually, Easy mode ends after a certain world, so it would be more ideal to do either normal or hard to show off the rest of the game.
