Post subject: openMSX information and Youtube TAS tutorial
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Before you start TAS-ing using openMSX please read the following carefully. OpenMSX emulates almost all MSX models for which we have BIOS files, it also supports a load of hardware extensions. A few warnings/reminders: - Please don't use C-BIOS; this is not an official BIOS but maintained by enthusiasts in the MSX scene. New releases are done about once per 8 months[/list] - Try to avoid turbo-r emulation while making a TAS. Turbo-R emulation is almost perfect but in the near future timing changes might be made in the source of openMSX rendering replays useless for newer openMSX versions. - We try to always make OMR files backwards compatible but we cannot guarantee that they'll work in the future. For the whole load of other information please go to: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/manual/faq.html#tas I have made a quick TAS tutorial to get things started. Link to video How to get into TAS mode. Bring up the console by pushing f10 for Windows/Linux or CMD-L for Mac The following command has to be entered into the console command line interface:
set mode tas
The following keys can be used
[end] = frame advance
[page up] go back in time
[page down] go forward in time (if you have a recording)
You can rebind keys like this: To permanently bind keys use the bind command
bind pageup -repeat "reverse goback 0.25"
For one time bindings use bind_default command
bind_default pageup -repeat "reverse goback 0.25"
the repeat option is optional but highly recommended. OpenMSX supports TCL http://www.tcl.tk/ and TAS tools are written in TCL too. To find the source of the TAS tool scripts go to /openmsx/share/scripts. Here is a good example on what can be done with TCL Link to video OpenMSX TCL tutorial - part 1 Link to video OpenMSX TCL tutorial - part 2 Link to video OpenMSX has a CLI based cheatfinder - see movie for a short tutorial Link to video How to setup openMSX and to show where BIOS file go please see Link to video OpenMSX supports video recording, to record a video in ZMBV install the codec with openMSX. When recording a movie use the command:
record start name_of_video.avi -doublesize
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The YouTube videos aren't available anymore. Are there any backup videos or can a mod remove them from the post?
Here, my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/dekutony
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FWIW: they display fine here... Do you have any specific questions or things I can help you with?
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Quibus wrote:
FWIW: they display fine here... Do you have any specific questions or things I can help you with?
I need a complete tutorial on how to record from OpenMSX. This emulator is very different from the usual one.
I love games and love to record videos (longplays). Visit my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/xRavenXP
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I don't have the time to make a tutorial... but if you have questions, please ask me on Discord. Some quick pointers:
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The videos in the OP are available again (thanks Vampier).