With Juste, I'm quite ok with them being separate categories because a run with Juste has to build up the character to have more options for movement. For instance, Juste gets a feather to allow double-jumping. On the other hand, Maxim is already powered up at the start, so the extra time spent going through hallways in the in-bounds run isn't that interesting.
There are some useful running tweaks on Pokemon HeartGold, but I don't think there are any in Pearl (not found at least)
Maps in Diamond and Pearl are broken up into 32-step by 32-step squares that are visible at any time, with nine of these squares loaded at any given time. When a player crosses over the game's various "load lines", located halfway across these 32×32 squares, the next area is loaded to memory, while the previous is unloaded. Through this, the overworld becomes a seamless area. Using the bicycle in the fourth gear, however, can cause the player to move too fast for the game to load the areas properly, especially if he or she changes direction while doing so to cross over the two load lines in the center of a square nearly simultaneously. Doing so triggers a race condition bug, causing varying effects such as a black area, a white area, or even a fully-loaded area to load, freeze the game, or change the Z-axis location.
What about when May's the NPC? Does this occur in Ruby/Sapphire too?
However, the game freezes and auto-resets after I choose "POKEMON" in the menu. This applies to both Gold and Silver.
I'm using Bizhawk 1.6 beta. I was using the same strategy that was used in the published run, except that Abras have different genders and Croconaw's name is "U".
Is it caused by the reason FractalFusion and Sanqui talked about?
Pier Solar's companion CD is not an audio CD; it's actually all data. (It plays using the RF5C164's PCM streaming capabilities, I believe). I imagine it would work correctly in Bizhawk without a cue file if Bizhawk loaded it, but I haven't checked.
Pier Solar? I thought we were talking about Sanic CD? Your last post says Sanic CD. Pier Solar's companion CD is not an audio CD; it's actually all data. (It plays using the RF5C164's PCM streaming capabilities, I believe). I imagine it would work correctly in Bizhawk without a cue file if Bizhawk loaded it, but I haven't checked. Edit: To clarify: Bizhawk does not play Pier Solar's enhanced alternate music simply because it does not load the companion CD with the game.
In the second generation, if the attacker's trainer had obtained the badge from the Gym featuring the type of the move being used (there was no Dark-type Gym, but every other type had one in either Johto or Kanto), its power would be multiplied by 1.125.
Badges. In Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, and Pokémon Crystal Version, in battles in which Exp. Points can be gained, the Johto and Kanto badges multiply damage of the appropriate attack type by 9/8 for Pokémon controlled by the player, as shown here: Zephyr Badge: Flying; Hive Badge: Bug; Plain Badge: Normal; Mineral Badge: Steel; Glacier Badge: Ice; Fog Badge: Ghost; Storm Badge: Fighting; Rising Badge: Dragon; Soul Badge: Poison; Volcano Badge: Fire; Boulder Badge: Rock; Rainbow Badge: Grass; Marsh Badge: Psychic; Earth Badge: Ground; Thunder Badge: Electric; Cascade Badge: Water.
Note: This movie begins from a save state from the end of regular mode in order to access Hyper Sonic from the beginning of the game. There is no other way to access it outside of a hack. We normally do not accept movies which begin from a save state.
Q: What's the difference between the MMC3 and MMC5 versions? A: The MMC5 version is technically superior. There is less slowdown and the charging sound doesn't interrupt the music. The author guarantees that the MMC5 version will work in FCEUX and that the MMC3 version will work in VirtuaNes. Other emulators may have issues, ranging from minor visual bugs to completely not working. Go ahead and try either version in your preferred emulator, but I personally recommend just playing the MMC5 version in FCEUX. MMC3 and MMC5 are chips that NES cartridges contained. The MMC5 is a later, more advanced chip. Mega Man 4 was originally made for the MMC3 chip, but PureSabe ported it to the MMC5 chip for his romhack to take advantage of its more advanced capabilities.
Wait....this only works for gold? Does that mean an improvement for [564] GBC Pokémon: Gold Version by FractalFusion in 2:54:27.15 should be done in Silver/Crystal?
I recall gold is faster than silver, thus gold was chosen - crystal is a different, longer game, so would be its own category - but at the same time, for TAS it's not an awful lot different to watch, so what's the incentive to re-invent the wheel?
I think I remember hearing from a Paper Mario speed runner that nothing out there really emulated Paper Mario very well.