Posted: 1/17/2023 7:14 PM
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LoganTheTASer
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i want to make a tas of super boy 3 for the msx. i can't open bizhawk for a reason that i've forgotten. so i have 2 things i want to confirm: 1. when i tried to open "openmsx", it said it could harm the computer. i'm using windows 10. do i open it or not? 2. if i can open it, how do i load the game rom (i have it installed) and tas with it?
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Posted: 1/18/2023 1:29 AM
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LogansGamingRoom wrote:
1. when i tried to open "openmsx", it said it could harm the computer. i'm using windows 10. do i open it or not?
Did you get openMSX from its official site or from somewhere else?
LogansGamingRoom wrote:
2. if i can open it, how do i load the game rom (i have it installed) and tas with it?
Check out the Documentation on the openMSX site. It even links to a video showing different ways to load a ROM. What do you mean by having the ROM "installed," though?
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Posted: 1/20/2023 3:09 PM
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1. yes, i did get it from the official website 2. i’ve installed a rom of an msx game from MOD EDIT: Do not link to sites that host copyrighted ROMs. Thank you. ~fsvgm777 didn’t know that rule, thx for informing me :) - logan i’ll check out the documentation when i feel like it
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Posted: 1/22/2023 3:47 PM
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LogansGamingRoom wrote:
i want to make a tas of super boy 3 for the msx.
Cool!
1. when i tried to open "openmsx", it said it could harm the computer. i'm using windows 10. do i open it or not?
If you got it from our website https://openmsx.org/ I can personally guarantee you that it is safe.
2. if i can open it, how do i load the game rom (i have it installed) and tas with it?
What do you mean with 'installed'? In general, you need this:
  1. download the system ROMs of real MSX machines. There's a file systemroms.zip on the web which helps here.
  2. put them at the right location, so that openMSX can find them. Just a single unzip in the share/systemroms folder as explained here: https://openmsx.org/manual/faq.html#whereroms
  3. select the proper MSX machine to emulate. For TASing, often the Panasonic FS-A1WSX is used. Select it via: Menu (top left button in the window, hover there if it's gone) -> Hardware -> Change Machine -> Panasonic FS-A1WSX. Then set it as default: Menu -> Hardware -> Set current machine as default
  4. The game is a ROM cartridge game. So you can put it in the MSX cartridge slot in several ways. Like:
    1. Menu -> Cart. Slot A -> select ROM file or
    2. drop the ROM file on openMSX.exe and it will start with the ROM in slot A
    3. use the openMSX console (F10) and use the carta command.
    4. Drop the ROM file on the openMSX window (but be careful: due to a design bug, this makes the replay file for the TAS be not portable, as it will hardcode the path to your ROM file).
    Method 2 is the easiest, as it will make sure that your openMSX session starts with the ROM inserted and at time 0 your MSX is ready to go TAS.
  5. Start TASing, use these quick pointers:
Posted: 1/25/2023 3:32 PM
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1. thanks for letting me know 2. what i meant to say was “downloaded” smh just one question: what do you mean by “records input by default”? it’s great hearing from the “openmsx-pert”. thx for your help :)
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Posted: 1/25/2023 4:07 PM
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It means that openMSX by default records all the input you give (controller movements, keyboard input, etc.). This is what you need for TASing. I just wanted to say that you do not have to enable this. People usually use it directly to correct mistakes when playing a game, using the PgUp key they go back in time a second. Try it out :)
Posted: 1/25/2023 9:33 PM
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Quibus wrote:
It means that openMSX by default records all the input you give (controller movements, keyboard input, etc.). This is what you need for TASing. I just wanted to say that you do not have to enable this. People usually use it directly to correct mistakes when playing a game, using the PgUp key they go back in time a second. Try it out :)
cool. if i remember i’ll fire up openmsx tomorrow.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 11:11 PM
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OK, just try things out a bit and let me know if there are any questions.