I think I might be starting to get lazy again so hopefully someone will be able to convince me to finish up the speed run today instead of postponing it.
Edit: Uhm, I forgot about the info on Bis site. I guess you guys already know about this.
Ok, it seems as though I am making a new time attack of Castlevania 2.
Use the hacked 60fps version, it desyncs much less often (for me at least).
what do u mean by "zero"? change "diskdude!" to "000000000" or to spaces? i opened on edit by using /64 and all it did was break a line every 64 characters, it didn't show 010100111010001010 style. it was ascII....
What program would I use to do that?
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
#include <dirent.h>
using namespace std;
static void FixROM(const string& s)
{
char Buf[16];
if(s.size() < 4 || s.substr(s.size()-4) != ".nes") return;
FILE *fp = fopen(s.c_str(), "rb+");
if(!fp)
{
perror(s.c_str());
return;
}
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
long size = ftell(fp);
rewind(fp);
fread(Buf, 16, 1, fp);
if(!memcmp(Buf+7, "DiskDude!", 9))
{
printf("Fixing %s (removing DiskDude signature)\n", s.c_str());
memset(Buf+7, 0, 9);
fseek(fp, 7, SEEK_SET);
fwrite(Buf+7, 9, 1, fp);
}
int size_shouldbe = ((size - 16) & ~1023) + 16;
if(Buf[6] & 4) size_shouldbe += 512;
if(size_shouldbe != size)
{
printf("Fixing %s (size is %X, should be %X)\n", s.c_str(), size, size_shouldbe);
ftruncate(fileno(fp), size_shouldbe);
}
fclose(fp);
}
int main(void)
{
DIR *d = opendir(".");
while(dirent *ent = readdir(d))
{
FixROM(ent->d_name);
}
closedir(d);
}On the main site, the ROM version is usually mentioned in parentheses nest to the game's name.
Ps: Seen the above message? If Famtasia refuses to load your ROM, it's because the ROM is garbled.
The most common reason for this is the "DiskDude!" advertisement tag in the ROM header.
The .NES file format specification states that those bytes should be zero, so Famtasia expects them to be. You can zero those 9 bytes with a binary editor if this is the problem for you.
i'll do a proper run some day.... :)
Time attack is a Japanese term.
Wasn't it Rockin' Kats instead of Rocking Cats? That's how I remember it atleast :)
OK, I redid it and its actually posted, my fmv length from reset to movie stop was 43:00!
Just checked the new version of my run. Im satisfied and all but there is a mistake in the very begining of the movie. It says "play length 17:52" which was my old version, and also "re-records 1480" which now is 784. It´s still the improved version but it might be confusing with these errors?
Is it just me or is the zip of that empty?
Merf. Why on EARTH was each level recorded seperately? x.x
I think i found a nice tool for you, to record all, what you want: http://xvidcap.sourceforge.net/
Sorry, but i make real Speedruns/TimeAttacks and no fakes like you all.
On www.microsoft.com you can download the program named "Windows Media Encoder" - You can record every program on a videofile with it