Main Comments
3 years later with new starts and new routing... That's right! A new Oddysee 100% PSX TAS is here thanks to new routes and strats mostly discovered by l1ndblum! This movie is 15 seconds faster than the previous!
Flamingo warning!!
This is what realistically sounds like when there's lots of Sligs in DDG mode! Be warned!
Technical Stuff
Emulator Used: Bizhawk v2.10
BIOS used: SCPH7003.bin
ROMS used:
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (USA) bin and cue
Game Objectives
- Rescues All 99 Mudokons (100% Completion)
- Heavy Glitch Abuse
- Uses Major Skips
- Manipulates luck (RNG)
- Uses death to save time
Glitches Used
Death Delay (Sprite Corruption)
Often abbreviated as DDG it makes Abe invisible and can corrupt his sprite and eventually become invisible if he rolls into a bomb or jumping over a greande, allowing him to get past things that would kill Abe. Abe will die if he falls of a ledge or gets zapped. A video made by Sligfantry can show you how this glitch works:
Auto Turn Delay
This glitch works by standing on the edge of the ledge and pressing the down button quickly and run towards a spot where you would like to hoist down. You will need to press either 'left/down' or 'right/down' depending on which direction Abe was facing.
Stop Turn and Backwards Jump
By timing this glitch perfectly you can make Abe stop and turn. To set it up, Abe needs to be standing near a ledge (pressing up whilst turning around) you will be able to make Abe do a backwards jump. Notice that when you press the opposite direction to where Abe is standing at the incorrect frame, Abe will just jump up and stand. But if you time it perfectly, Abe will jump backwards and possibly jump to another screen. This will allow you to jump backwards to areas and skip Zulags. In a 100% run it will allow you to get to secret areas quicker and it skips a section of Stockyards Escape after finishing the secret area. Sligfantry's video can show you how this glitch works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIo1TJUBGlo
Multiple Backwards Jump
Whilst performing a backwards jump, simply press up/jump and Abe will do a multiple backwards jump and in this run Abe will use it to skip Zulag 3 to get to Zulag 4.
LogTurn
For this strat, I stand underneath the ledge, pressing Up and Circle in quick sucession on which Abe will say "I don't know!". This strat means Abe doesn't need to do any extra sliding to store the backwards jump.
Diagonal fall
This is done by combining the stop turn and the auto turn glitch. It is used as a time saver in Monsaic Lines and Free Fire Zone.
Quick Portal Closure
This run contains a glitch which saves a few frames. You can free the Mudokon a few frames earlier than a normal rescue. Here is the before and after video on how it looks when using the glitch.
Jumping from a Roll
A new thing originally discovered by Himmdwag, in some parts of the game Abe will jump from a roll!
Far grabs
In some places like RuptureFarms and Stockyards Return, Abe will do a far grab on which will make Abe jump from a roll to the next ledge a few frames earlier than running and jumping to a ledge normally.
Improvements
RuptureFarms
In this run, I do the grinders area first, then the grenade and Sligs room.
Monsaic Lines
I do a stop turn before chanting with the bird portal like in the Maximum Casualties TAS.
In this update, I do Scrabania first this time.
Paramonian Temple
Just like in the Max Cas run, I do the faster Bees DDG in Trial 2 and do the LogTurn in Trial 1.
Zulag 1
By doing Scrabania first this time, the missing ring finally appears in this run so there's no need to go up and down the lift to get the ring back!
Zulag 3
In this area I change the door order similar to the Max Cas run, but I have to set it up so I can use the Shrykull to kill all the Sligs at the start of the second room in Zulag 4.
I need to thank l1ndblum for all his IL and full game PC runs and for him finding most of these new strats! Next update will be any% and hopefully my first Windows submission. Stay tuned!
Suggested Screenshot
Frame 6832
nymx: Claiming for judging.
Samtastic: The top Abe runners are running this game again at a different category and they have found some useful strats. I will try and sync this with Bizhawkk 2.11 and Otoshock, hopefully I'll have a better run than this. Cancelling for the time being and hope that a better sync happens on 2.11.
