Loving that glitchless! I always felt like SprintGod's first run should never have been obsoleted, cause the second one abused vertical screen wrapping, and then nitsuja came along and straight-up murdered the game.
But! You've also picked up an extra ring in FB2. I'm wondering how you found out about this one ring. Is there some kind of map-searching utility or part of the LUA script which scrapes level data for the total number of rings? Is it possible there are other goofy hidden wall rings that aren't known about yet like this one?
Anyway, thanks for keeping on with this run. It's been a joy to watch.
As far as I know, that particular ring was discovered during working on Amy@S3K improvement, as the new method for this level involves reaching that area.
Am I really that good? I mean I never thought I'd be able to surpass your skills. Thanks man :D
How about you do Act 1 and I do Act 2? ICZ2 did in fact wear me out and I need a break before I can continue.
Also if you remember my testrun for LBZ2 was my very first tas. I wanna be the one to redo it to really gauge how much I've improved since I started.
In this heigh is possible to setup the level warp for Knuckles but there is a problem: the spring, he kill me always when I try to pass trough him, even looking down with the camera, the spikes deloads, but the spring is still here, I think if someone founds a way to ignore the spring succesfully the level warp is possible.
Or if there is a way to ignore the weird death on the another level warp?
I think I figured out what your loop problem was. Tails can't get the 5 rings in the loop above the big ring because the loop is solid. I guess you were thinking of the wrong loop.
upd: Found the pathswapper. Apparently you have to be on the GROUND for it to work which is kinda dumb. That must've been the issue you were having.
Oh lol only a minute off. I tested the loop from the movie. I never had the solidity problem from playing casually either. I guess you did something weird to make that loop solid.
Interesting. I've never seen that happen before. I even tested it just now ago and the loop didn't block my path. It might've been a weird pathswapper interaction with Tails. I'll have to see what happens in the run.
Also I think we may be able to fix the music in LBZ1 just by saving time. You know that area below the 2nd big ring. I think it's totally unnecessary for Sonic to go down there because Tails could very easily collect those 7 rings by himself. Plus I spotted other mimor improvements in that area.
Tool-Assisted Spaghetti Videos
Nice job on the glitchless run. Are you planning on make a full run out of this?
I wouldn't suggest jumping out of the teacup early during the Knuckles cutscene because it makes you float in midair in an unnatural manner.
Also I should warn you that resyncing the ring attack will take me quite a bit longer than it did last time. I kinda have a busy week ahead me and I may not have a good opportunity to work on it until the weekend.
To be honest, guys, I'm not sure I deserve to have my name in the title anymore. It's all you two. Would I be grateful it was? Yes, absolutely. Do I feel I ought to get anything more than an honorable mention in the credits? Like I said, I'm not sure. In the end, it doesn't really matter.
upd2: I just did a quick test. We can make it to the second platform with plenty of time to spare. Now all we need to do is manipulate the position of the first platform. Can you please do that for me?
This is going to be such an epic TAS. The amount of effort, dedication, and skill that's going into this is incredible. Hasn't it been about a year since you first began working on this, Evil_3D? What did you guys ultimately decide about the rings in AIZ2? I think it was 327 before, now 335? So you opted to collect max possible, risk entertainment? That's what I would have done/recommended. Just saying. Personally I didn't find the 335 video boring at all, on the contrary I found it more entertaining that you went out of the way to get the extras. But yeah sure, I'm biased because Sonic 3K is afterall my favorite game. None the less keep up the great work, Evil_3D & Kaan55!
Speedrunning work-in-progress hacks seems against the spirit of speedrunning in general. That said, it does look like development is "paused" since 2012, which I guess makes this stable enough.
(though it's not obvious what version of the hack this is even running).
Removing the "Boss Battle" screen seems like cheating. In the video, it shows it takes ~5 seconds. If it was cut from the YouTube video, that'd be one thing... But actually removing it to gain 5 seconds on bosses, really means you are running a hack of a hack. As a result, I vote "no" for breaking the rules.
