i go to the very end because i misapprehend. now i know where should stop in the run.
I went and did frame counts. Syntax: Level name: Time change (in frames) in levels, time change in boss fights. Positive numbers benefit fractalfusion, negative numbers benefit parrot14greenDisclaimer and notes: I am not infallible, I may have made some mistakes but overall I think they're correct to within 1 frame. Numbers marked with (?) may be subject to a higher degree of error. I skipped measuring Agile getting punched due to difficulty measuring the start point, and I should hope the equal. Some non-playable but time-affecting numbers (such as Flame Stag's supposed death delay if he's in the air when he dies, post-death lag, stage select speed, etc) are not noted. This post is intended to try to separate superior playing from a ROM change.Reploid Factory: -51, -62 Wire Sponge: -81, +3 Wheel gator: -136, 0 Flame Stag: -43, -4 Bubble Crab: -41, -1 Magna Centipede: -5, +17 Crystal Snail: -107, -1 Overdrive Ostrich: -94, -1 Morph Moth: -99, +2 Sub-Total: -704 (11.733 seconds) Sigma 1 (Violen): -26, -13 Sigma 2 (Serges): -40, -100 (?) Sigma 3 (Shouryuken, Agile): -100, (Skipped) Sigma 4 (Rematches, all at once): +13 Sigma 5 (Level): +50 Zero rematch: -32 Neo Sigma: +44 Wireframe Sigma: +1 (?) Sub-Total: -173 (2.883 seconds) Total: -877 (14.616 seconds)
I totally didn't expect that. "shadow rockman" was cool too against the Magne Hyakulegger miniboss, did that make you invulnerable to his shots or was that just your close proximity to him?
... though I didn't quite get why the re-Gator wasn't disposed immediately with the shouryuken.
- Aims for fastest time - Takes damage to save time - Abuses programming errors in the game - Manipulates luck I used Snes9x improvement v9. FractalFusion's run beaten in 39 seconds. Enjoy the movie!
I really liked how you got some of the enemies to drop 1ups, was this intentional?
Btw, do you ever plan to finish your 100% run?
Now the only possible improvement is to get {11, 5} within 9 extra frames of manipulation. There's almost 20 000 combinations to test, even though the only meaningful input values for each frame are left/right/idle. I can't do that, so this is my final movie. I hope someone improves it somehow someday. :)
I really like the "mark all forums read" button. I never noticed this before - is it new?
I actually don't think ChessMaster is pointless, although it probably is from an entertainment perspective. Finding the fastest way to beat a chess player when you know exactly what move they will play next is an interesting computer science problem, somewhat different to an unknown opponent like the traditional chess algorithms. Melissa
I think it's kind of funny that 5/6 of the games mentioned first already had attempts at TASes. - Solomon's Key 2 (NES) - SimCity (SNES) - Front Line (NES) - Clue (GEN) - Chessmaster (NES)
hmmmm do you mean save states re-recording functions ? or do you mean, as in porting the whole recording to divx, or other formats ?
But at least, I know why, I felt like speaking deaf ears, and sorry if anyone felt offended. I was only trying to help :)