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Posted: 5/15/2011 3:55 PM
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EightBitGuy
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(Thanks.) I decided to work on this, and completed world 5. About 15 seconds were saved over my previous run (58 seconds over the cancelled run, 1:30 over the currently published run). I'm not at all certain that 5-MM is optimal, but I'm moving on. Only world 6 is left, but I don't have much hope about improving most of the levels. About the plus and expert levels, I'm leaving them to a 100% run. The plus levels are too much of a hassle, and the expert levels require 100% on everything else to access.
Posted: 5/12/2011 9:17 PM
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EightBitGuy
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(Sorry for the delayed reply.) Progress? I got up to 5-MM, but I lost any motivation to continue. As such, I haven't actually done anything in several months. I really should start working on it again... I dread some of the levels coming up, though.
Posted: 8/1/2010 5:40 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Any% World 4 Redone Progress Bump. World 4 is finally finished. About 14 seconds were saved over my previous attempt (43 seconds over the cancelled run, 52.5 seconds over the currently published run) More route tweaks and overall lag reduction was how most of the time was saved. Thanks of Chef Stef for the idea on 4-2a. Also, I got an error the first time trying to post this. Hopefully this goes through okay.
Posted: 5/22/2010 2:47 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Any% World 3 Redone Sorry for the long delay. World 3 is now finished. About 16 seconds were saved over my previous attempt and the cancelled run (about 30.5 seconds over the currently published run). The time was mostly saved through route tweaks, although there was some optimizing to be done. There are a couple new tricks, but nothing interesting. Two things to note - first, the rerecord count is probably slightly inflated, due to liberal use of the "frame search" key, and second, I don't expect much more significant improvement, as I think most of the time-saving tricks/shortcuts for the last three worlds have already been found (although there are still things to test).
Posted: 3/28/2010 3:43 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Any% World 2 Redone World 2 of the Any% run has been finished. About 10 seconds were saved in this world over my previous run (15 seconds over the cancelled run, 38 seconds over the currently published run). This is almost entirely due to new routes in 2-5a and 2-MM. Curiously, world 2 is shorter than world 1. 2-MM also has a new glitch, which causes a Mini-Mario to run foward uncontrollably. I am not sure what causes this, it might have something to do with the Mini failing to turn around.
Posted: 3/19/2010 3:46 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Any% World 1 Redone I have started work on the any% improvement. This will hopefully be the final run. World 1 is faster by about 2.5 seconds over my previous attempt (4.5 seconds over the cancelled run, 14.5 seconds over the currently published run), mostly due to much tighter play. However, I am not convinced that 1-MM is optimal, but I can't seem to do better. On the subject of a 100% run, I think it would be interesting. It would show the plus worlds, as well as the expert levels, which are not seen in the any% run. It would also need new routes through most levels, as the presents are usually out of the way. It is possible to use Start/Select/A/B to skip having to do the bonus games, saving a large amount of time, in exchange for seeing the title screen after 84/104 levels.
Posted: 3/4/2010 3:57 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Chef Stef, good job on collecting those numbers. It is helpful to see where time was gained or lost. I did think there were a couple more levels where I lost time, though, but apparently not. About 4-2a, I hadn't considered putting the key into a wall to skip the conveyor belts, mostly because I didn't know it was possible (good find!). It saves ~30 frames. It also works on 3-4a, saving ~60 frames. Are there any other places this could be used? Adelikat, Sorry. I didn't submit it because there were quite a lot of mistakes I knew of before finishing it, and I couldn't be bothered to fix them. I'll know better next time.
Posted: 3/2/2010 5:15 PM
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EightBitGuy
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Voting No. Reason: This movie is not optimal. Several large improvements can be made. It is possible to skip the inbetween level/world cutscenes with Start/Select/A/B (Saves ~1 minute for the 5 world transions + DK). Some large shortcuts/better solutions were missed. 5-2b (waiting around for the monkey) can be skipped by just going to the end without said monkey (~21 seconds). 4-4a It is possible to beat that platform by going around the level normally (~8 seconds). 6-3a Triple jumping directly to the key is possible, skipping the rest of the level (~10 seconds). Also, a movie I made some time ago (here) beats this by ~2:33. However, it still can be improved, so it wasn't submitted.