So, here is a serious first attempt at the first fight, but due to the game mechanics it looks like it is played very badly, even though it aims for fastest time:
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/556172157/Beast4.gmv
Here's a Lua script that monitors player x-position and the shared hit point address, and it also automatically skips frames that don't accept input:
gens.registerafter(function()
if memory.readbyte(0xfff0c8) == 239 then
gens.emulateframe()
end
--xpos
message1 = string.format("%d", memory.readwordsigned(0xfff0be))
gui.text(150, 120, message1, "green", "black")
--hp
message2 = string.format("%d", memory.readbyte(0xfff2c9))
gui.text(200, 120, message2, "red", "black")
end)
Sorry about that.
The ending can be fixed, and maybe some more frames can be saved by taking less damage on the enemies before the final boss. Hopefully, there is a secret agent working on improving it as we speak.
gui.register( function ()
screenx = memory.readword(0xff8046)
screeny = memory.readword(0xff804a)
playerx = memory.readword(0xff83b2)
playery = memory.readword(0xff83b8)
velocityx = memory.readbytesigned(0xff83d1)
velocityy = memory.readbytesigned(0xff83d3)
-- Screen X-position
message3 = string.format("x:%d", screenx)
gui.text(128, 128, message3, "blue", "black")
--Screen Y-position
message4 = string.format("y:%d", screeny)
gui.text(128, 144, message4, "blue", "black")
-- Player X-position relative to the screen
message5 = string.format("x:%d", playerx)
gui.text(152, 128, message5, "green", "black")
-- Player Y-position relative to the screen
message6 = string.format("y:%d", playery)
gui.text(152, 144, message6, "green", "black")
-- Player X-axis velocity
message7 = string.format("%d", velocityx)
gui.text(152, 114, message7/16, "red", "black")
-- Player Y-axis velocity
message8 = string.format("%d", velocityy)
gui.text(152, 106, message8/16, "red", "black")
end)
-- BOSS1 TURRET MONITOR
gens.registerafter(function()
if gens.framecount() > 2600 and
gens.framecount() < 3100 then
bosshp = memory.readbyte(0xff8895)
message9 = string.format("BOSS:%d", bosshp)
gui.text(128, 92, message9, "white", "black")
turret1 = memory.readword(0xff8f0a)
turret2 = memory.readword(0xff8f6a)
if turret1 == 0 then
message10 = string.format("1ST TURRET DESTROYED!")
gui.text(128, 100, message10, "white", "black")
end
if turret2 == 0 then
message11 = string.format("2ND TURRET DESTROYED!")
gui.text(128, 100, message11, "white", "black")
end
end
end)
Improved level 1 by 30 frames compared to the current published run.
The thing is that the last guy is always the most important, because he determines when the level ends, so to save time, it is best to make the last guy come as fast as possible, even if it makes the other guys come slower. This should be optimal first level:
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/453339673/LostVikingsLevel1.gmv
Even though Ouzo's run is old, it is ahead of its time with the 3 players. It is a well done TAS, but can be improved a lot, because the game is absolutely awesome and a great challenge for any TASer.
I'll put a bounty of $20 on this.
Done.
Shouldn't TASes always use the hardest difficulty, unless there's a good reason not to? (Or would it make any difference in this case?)
the forfeit text is different in the youtube encode than in the last screenshot
I suppose that this is the final version for the big rubber elevator?
I've been looking at the WIPs again, and I agree, it is indeed too dark to be entertaining for people who've never played the game before.
All Equipment/Weapons
So it WILL be faster than 2 minutes .. =P
He sent the eleventh plague, the plague of birds. The birds carried women and children offscreen, but no frames were saved.
I get desync...... emulator 11b?
Many items make the game crash when you interact with them.