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Posted: 10/6/2009 10:22 PM
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http://www.vbalink.info/ VBALink supports up to 4 systems. I wonder how hard/easy it would be to TAS-modify it.
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Posted: 10/6/2009 6:49 PM
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I think the "no horizontal underflow" goal is a little too broad, because (as I mentioned in the discussion topic) it leaves a bit too much room to skip "most" of an act without actually skipping the whole thing; the two most egregious offenders are Flying Battery 2 and Sky Sanctuary, both of which we barely see. It's not enough that I won't vote Yes, but I wanted to get that complaint on the record.
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Posted: 10/3/2009 12:25 PM
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Arkanoid Big Combo: Hit ten or more bricks without your ball hitting the paddle.
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Posted: 9/29/2009 4:12 PM
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I disagree with the second goal on the grounds that it leaves a little too much room for skipping "most" of an act without skipping the whole thing. Flying Battery 2 and Sky Sanctuary come to mind.
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Posted: 9/26/2009 1:04 AM
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Ferret Warlord wrote:
It's easy if you use a right triangle.
He was asking about equilateral triangles, and a right triangle cannot be an equilateral triangle.
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Posted: 9/22/2009 5:23 PM
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In that case, why don't you go ahead and submit? It looks plenty optimized, and if you DO find further improvements, you can always cancel and resubmit or ask for a file replacement.
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Posted: 9/18/2009 5:49 PM
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adelikat wrote:
mmbossman
I don't think you thought that one through.
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Posted: 9/18/2009 5:36 PM
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HappyMegaman?
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Posted: 9/18/2009 4:56 PM
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Baxter wrote:
Suggesting games to learn to use the TASing tools...
That one. The two I suggested in particular really only require frame advance; I've been working on both in ZSNES off and on for the better part of two years, and have a Run Saber run published.
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Posted: 9/17/2009 4:09 PM
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WhyAndHow would be a good place to start, IMO, in addition to embedding it there.
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Posted: 9/17/2009 3:55 PM
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I did CutCo for a few months back in '04. The knives sell themselves if you know enough people that you can generate sufficient leads, which I sadly did not.
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Posted: 9/17/2009 3:50 PM
Post subject: Game suggestions
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I think a dedicated topic for this is a good idea, for the newcomers/newbies who don't check the wiki. My suggestions are: SNES Run Saber: A straightfoward Strider clone; optimization comes solely from killing enemies in good time and moving quickly. SNES Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: A straightforward beat-'em-up; optimization comes from killing enemies efficiently. That's all I have right now; I'll trawl my ROMs folders for some more easy-to-TAS games tonight.
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Posted: 9/14/2009 6:40 PM
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I would say a full-glitch Hypersonic run should start from SRAM to enable Hypersonic for the whole game. I would pay money to see that. I'd also pay money for a concept run using debug mode and never jumping unless absolutely necessary, instead using the "reverse gravity" button to maneuver.
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Posted: 9/13/2009 11:32 PM
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ZSNES does sort of have memory viewing the cheat editor.
I was aware of that, but there's no way to keep an eye on it short of playing entirely in frame advance and checking the cheat editor after every frame. I don't think that's something a TAS-newbie is going to be doing.
If you want input display for a video after it's made, we have a tool to display input from a ZMV using the on screen commentary ZSNES has built in.
This I didn't know. Link to this particular tool?
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Posted: 9/13/2009 11:26 PM
Post subject: Give ZSNES A Try
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Speaking as someone who's used both ZSNES and SNES9X for TAS production, I think ZSNES is worth a look for simpler TASes. Pros of ZSNES: Rewind button means you don't have to worry about maintaining multiple savestates. Cons: Random desyncs are more common due to core randomness (also seems to happen if you loaded a state after rewinding during the recording process) Lack of Memory Watch and Input Display makes it unsuitable for high-complexity TASes (Super Mario World, for example.) Just wanted to put this out there.
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Posted: 9/10/2009 1:51 PM
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Also, the Force is falling behind in levels, due to the boss sniping. This is making manipulation a pain.
You could always stop boss-sniping.
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Posted: 9/8/2009 2:58 PM
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Edward_Tohr wrote:
And Youtube'd. Incidentally, if anyone knows of an upload site which allows for 500 MB files, I've got an AVI with the HUD and "skip boring parts" scripts enabled.
I believe Viddler fits the bill.
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Posted: 9/1/2009 1:05 AM
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Are you making sure to patch to a headered ROM?
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Posted: 8/27/2009 10:59 PM
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You're looking good so far, DK. Keep up the good work.
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Posted: 8/24/2009 11:57 PM
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Per recommendation, I played this game for a bit before watching the movie. This game is one of the most Nintendo Hard games I've ever played. The movie looked awesome. Yes vote, but a 100% kills movie would have been even cooler.
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Posted: 8/21/2009 8:06 PM
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Quick warning about using Lemon: I've heard a lot of people complain about not being able to equip things to him when playing the ROM. I don't know if it's just people with bad dumps or what, but you might want to look into it.
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Posted: 8/19/2009 4:26 PM
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Looking good, but I don't think what you did to Flying Battery 2 fits with trying to keep the run low-glitch.
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Posted: 8/18/2009 12:16 AM
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I'm up in Ohio; if you enjoy thrill rides, I'd highly advise you to try and get to Cedar Point, on the Lake Erie shoreline. Awesome stuff there.
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Posted: 8/13/2009 8:25 PM
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@Warp: I really enjoyed the Descent games. They also spawned the excellent Freespace space combat simulators, the second of which I still play to this day.
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Posted: 8/12/2009 12:51 AM
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I was working on a TAS of SMW: The Second Reality Project Reloaded, but lost my interest when my partner quit because he believed his results weren't up to the quality of the published runs.
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