Posted: 2/22/2023 7:43 PM
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JeffC
Joined: 2/22/2023
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Hi Folks - First post. I'm currently at the stage of having read these forums and guides enough to understand that what I envisioned TAS'ing to be is much more complex, but I'm thankful there is so much great info shared on these forums. Q: The Beginners Guide and 'How to make a TAS Video Guide' posted in this forum are excellent, but they seem to be very specific to NES Tas'ing. Are there any similar resources specific to the MAME platform? Given that the topics/titles for these posts are not platform specific, I initially thought that the resources might be broader and was surprised to find that FCEUX is very different than MAME-rr or other arcade TAS tools. tldr: Appreciate any suggestions on diving into MAME TAS'ing. Cheers, Jeff
Posted: 2/22/2023 8:02 PM
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Darkman425
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Hello, and welcome to TASVideos! There's a few emulator pages for running MAME games for the purposes for TASing: There's a lot of resources and support out there for working with LibTAS if you're willing to take the time for setup. Those can also apply to MAME TASing and lets you immediately work with whatever versions of MAME you need in case of regressions and such. For something in the future that's really promising, there's a MAMEHawk core being worked on for TASing arcade games in the multi-system emulator BizHawk. It's still experimental right now but will be in BizHawk 2.9 when that releases to try it out. Since it would be in BizHawk that means there are a number of tutorials for using BizHawk that can help. Once you got an emulator set up, the easiest way to get a handle on TASing anything is simply to jump in. Always be willing to ask questions on the forums and the TASVideos Discord if you have questions.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:34 PM
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Darkman425 wrote:
It's still experimental right now but will be in BizHawk 2.9 when that releases to try it out. Since it would be in BizHawk that means there are a number of tutorials for using BizHawk that can help.
It's actually been considered ready per consensus, and it will become acceptable after 2.9 is released. So yeah we recommend it now, and it may obsolete other ways to tas with MAME.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:55 PM
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JeffC
Joined: 2/22/2023
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Darkman425 wrote:
Hello, and welcome to TASVideos! There's a few emulator pages for running MAME games for the purposes for TASing: .....
Really appreciate your taking the time to explain Darkman; thank you. Just the explanation around which of the current options is recommended is great. Going to dive in an try to limit the amount of hand-holding I ask for, but I'm sure I'll be back.
Posted: 2/24/2023 6:49 PM
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I used MAME on BizHawk 2.9 and it was fantastic, mostly due to TAStudio.
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