Personally, I cannot find a game that's strictly text-based to be entertaining at all, be it at normal speed or slowed down.
...But i highly doubt that TAS rules regarding timing will be changed, after so many years of using it.
For high-profile runs, we sometimes write the time using other timing methods in the movie description. That seems like a better place to put it than having a centralised page listing every run. Bear in mind that you have to specify the exact timing method used, because timing methods vary among the unassisted speedrunning community...Other timing methods used for unassisted running, such as SDA real-time timing and in-game timing, can give different results.)
As variant we can keep both timing in title, something like: [TAS] NNN - any% by NNN in 18:05 (17:58 RTA). But we have thousands TASes... so it will be enormous work to correctly measure all published TASes with RTA timing. And also as mentioned abow by ais523 in some cases RTA timing methods vary among.
I also want to point out that not all games with movies have RTA runs for them. for example: [3700] A2600 Crazy Balloon by EZGames69 in 04:02.13 So we cant exactly reference the RTA rules for that game if those rules dont yet exist.
OK, that works for me. Reject away!
From a scale from success to Charlie Sheen, I'd like to give this a very stocky "Winning!" This will directly improve the odds someone will want to TAS Alone in the Dark some day (a game I've been studying for years to run segmented: a TAS-only category is speculated to exist).
Collect all items that award points in each level, including all hidden gems, all treasure chests, and all five B+O+N+U+S eggs (in the levels that have them), but NOT including the fruit that randomly appears. There are no runs yet, so the above definition of "100%" is open for debate. (For instance, I did not include the "Perfect Health" bonus since that would prevent any damage boosting, though maybe it would still be interesting?) Glitches are allowed. Use of XTRA, NEXT, and ZEUS cheat codes are NOT allowed. Timing starts when you gain control of Mylo in the "Main Level", and ends when Mylo begins to exit the final level (for the exact frame, this is when the final door begins to open).
A couple questions while I'm checking optimality: Does this game have any kind of full completion criterion?
How much time does the OoB glitch save? So far doesn't sound like that'd be eligible to the fastest completion category.
In Final Fantasy VII, you can swap disc during FMV to load the wrong one and shorten it a lot or even skip it. Since you swap between Disc 1, 2 and 3 of the same game, is it allowed to do so ?
The ROM image must be integral It is not allowed to make use of images that are not intended to belong to the game being TASed. It is considered intended, if it is endorsed by the game or by its publisher (as an add-on, for example). For games that consist of multiple images that are intended to be used in a specific order, inserting a new image is only allowed when the game explicitly prompts for it, and the intended order must be respected.
Throughout the game there are many levels which have a single Starman block but a multitude of Continuous Starman blocks. If you play them quickly, you can be invincible throughout, while if you progress slowly, you have to fight with enemies.
I agree, this is a special case where starting with the character from the previous game is a valid, and even encouraged, entry point to the game. As with any save game start TAS, it would require a verification movie. The bigger trick is somehow extracting the save file from the verification movie so you can use it (not an issue for a marathon run).
The way I see it, any emulator configuration and hotkey should be banned during playing. In MAME I can simply erase all hotkeys that access emulator features, and when a TAS is played back that uses them, it desyncs. I only leave game controls enabled, and the run that uses only them works. Don't know how this is set up in dosbox, but we'll try to limit it in the same manner: config prior to tasing.
Just letting you know guys, DOSBox inside libTAS has very high chance of being accepted for DOS TASing. And libTAS has input roll like in lsnes.
I'm not sure what you meant, but the goat's movement will be restricted by the fence itself. So you are looking for the ratio between the radius of these 2 circumferences, so that the blue area is equal to the red area.
My solution makes the assumption that the fence end of the tether isn't anchored to a set point. The other (probably proper) solution makes the assumption that the tether is anchored to the specific point on the fence.