Though I do have to wonder Harry's wisdom of 'rescuing' people but leaving them stranded surrounded by aliens and zombies anyway.
A friend and I are considering downloading every movie via bittorrent. Roughly how much space will this take up? (assuming all movies are seeded)
Mine just processed 360p in addition to 240p and 480p, so it looks like it's still going. That's nice. Every time an encode went up to 480p and then also got a 360p version went on to be full HD eventually.
I can't find the source offhand, but I believe byuu said that snes_serialize () runs at most a handful of extra cycles before reaching a "saveable state" This would make frame-level advance easy and while cycle-level advance isn't possible, you'd still have an improvement over snes9x with that.
I've been reading through the featureset of libsnes recently (a good in-depth is at http://gitorious.org/bsnes/bsnes/blobs/51c1d242eae7271b55e61d488e00359c154bf180/bsnes/ui-libsnes/libsnes.hpp), and it seems to have all of the basic requirements for tool assisted recording, as well as features its competitors lack (subframe input and best-in-class emulation accuracy). Google and forum searches of tasvideos don't seem to bring up much discussion about it though; a few hits for bsnes but they all seem to be outdated. I'm wondering what the scoop is currently and if there are any plans to move to libsnes TASing.
Anyway, I might make it my mission to replace these encoder's work. They are probably not HD, anyway.
I encoded this Pom's run in HD in 720p to Youtube.
I've just rewritten my site's database to have a dedicated table for downloads, and I now have 1166 versions of DOS, OS/2, Win16 and Win9x games listed, with download sizes, release dates, and MD5 hashes. (Should I add or use SHA-1 instead?) A list is available here. I hope that this will help both TASers and voters to find copies of the games and ensure that everyone is using the same version (for those who want to watch the runs in an emulator instead of waiting for the encode).
Alright, I made 2 movie files. One that ends after the final shot, and one that ends after the last required input to roll the credits....
Now what? lol I'm guessing I have to put get it into a zip file, but I'm pretty sure the current submission page doesn't accept .dtm's yet.
The special video. Mostly grey, and every 5 to 10 seconds, a very short and fuzzy image of the game : So I'm quite sure I don't have the proper codec.
The thought occurred to me that, if you're dedicated to only having seeds possible normally (after the current version was released), you could still use the entire seedspace thanks to the eventual overflow.
Using example of Commander Keen, how would I go about finding out and comparing the values of things like horizontal or vertical movement speed or jump height when in different circumstances such as colliding with something etc.?
And what is the most common way people TAS games - with frame advance all the way through?
Should I backup my movie files often in case they desync?
I had no idea what version of the game you used, since no info was provided.
MD5 size filename
4c9176ce7bb861e591c6bd2525e6d547 44 /ctlpanel.ck3
3f7c08d71323b77707e0a771dcee3eaa 19216 /egahead.ck3
075d605deb211396e55b84dc8f774dd7 116800 /egalatch.ck3
815739653172d23c3fc839e80c111126 43840 /egasprit.ck3
47ec73f0d727e756c9158b988a3f9a08 18480 /finale.ck3
47dfb892bd52f370f5ae11934ac360f0 61619 /keen3.exe
c5ea5d1e9797c14182afbc18aba63ba8 1830 /level01.ck3
a85b95783ad529fca87d07a7dcf7a23e 2366 /level02.ck3
8cc6b40384d9c31b280a2aa0f025f958 2572 /level03.ck3
76c92ee97b119c416fd692e8fe40a00c 5978 /level04.ck3
95ccd6db3c44e6758145136eb8138299 5252 /level05.ck3
ffb27e921840f672ad1b4af19eda1c1d 1226 /level06.ck3
b7f4590036b56ad6fbeeba1ecb520651 3074 /level07.ck3
e1a736a399c001b271d894ef1b380aae 7226 /level08.ck3
40ece39678d0f0379bee8f2f6529b0ae 9288 /level09.ck3
f06342986c7643f31e53328f9b8bcdd1 2736 /level10.ck3
9b8429fd7aea5a458f2bd45339a87fb7 1624 /level11.ck3
0c5217fda750948f21b940a537acccf2 3048 /level12.ck3
ec34832741ef08ee787880d69748f07c 6172 /level13.ck3
1da7d7388b4e284fd71c16b229c8b689 3130 /level14.ck3
8a0d0903810b5a3fc704f6bfbf86b2a8 11018 /level15.ck3
dd7716d8f6ff4f0f44d2a923fc7278f3 944 /level16.ck3
6082480ce083fe86663fea3753feea5c 6054 /level80.ck3
11af6e2eeeeffe639fe48707c4757aba 320 /level81.ck3
9e2ef055188ec4fbee75a9ead1cfc1c9 1424 /level90.ck3
373768977e3911c05b8d4029fbb00c05 203 /scores.ck3
I wanted to ask you if it is okay that I use your video as an example of a series on YouTube that I started that's called "Obscure Game Reviews"?
So far, I've encoded DOS games in 60 fps, but I've heard of higher and variable frame rates.
Language: luacurrent_segment_table = nil; current_ts = 0; file_offset = 0; describe_type = function(major, minor) return ( (major == 0) and ( "VIDEO_" .. ( (minor == 0) and "UNCOMPRESSED" or (minor == 1) and "COMPRESSED" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or (major == 1) and ( "PCM_" .. ( (minor == 0) and "VOLUME" or (minor == 1) and "SAMPLE" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or (major == 2) and ( "FM_" .. ( (minor == 0) and "VOLUME" or (minor == 1) and "LOWWRITE" or (minor == 2) and "HIGHWRITE" or (minor == 3) and "RESET" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or (major == 3) and ( "DUMMY_SUBTYPE" .. minor ) or (major == 4) and ( "SUBTITLE_" .. ( (minor == 0) and "SUBTITLE" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or (major == 5) and ( "GAMEINFO_" .. ( (minor == 65) and "AUTHORS" or (minor == 71) and "GAMENAME" or (minor == 76) and "LENGTH" or (minor == 82) and "RERECORDS" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or (major == 6) and ( "MIDI_" .. ( (minor == 0) and "DATA" or ("UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) ) or ("UNKNOWN" .. major .. "_UNKNOWN" .. minor) ) end conditional_error = function(cond, msg) if cond then error(msg); end end string_to_number = function(str) local i, v; if not str then return nil; end v = 0; for i = 1,#str do v = 256 * v + string.byte(str, i); end return v; end read_fully = function(file, len) local ret = file:read(len) conditional_error(not ret or #ret < len, "Corrupt dump file: Unexpected end of file"); file_offset = file_offset + len; return ret; end read_fully_or_none = function(file, len) local ret = file:read(len) if not ret or ret == "" then return nil; end conditional_error(#ret < len, "Corrupt dump file: Unexpected end of file"); file_offset = file_offset + len; return ret; end read_skip = function(file, len) conditional_error(not file:seek("cur", len), "Corrupt dump file: Can't seek to end of packet"); file_offset = file_offset + len; end print_entry = function(chan_num, ts, minor, offset, length) conditional_error(not current_segment_table, "Corrupt dump file: Entry with no segment table in effect"); conditional_error(chan_num == 0xFFFF, "Internal_error: print_entry() called with chan_num == 0xFFFF"); conditional_error(not current_segment_table[chan_num], "Corrupt dump file: Entry with channel #" .. chan_num .. " not in segment table"); print(current_segment_table[chan_num].name, ts, describe_type(current_segment_table[chan_num].major, minor), offset, length); end read_segment_table_body = function(file) current_segment_table = {}; local entries = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 2)); conditional_error(entries == 0 or entries == 65535, "Corrupt dump file: Illegal number of channels " .. "in segment (" .. entries .. ")"); local i; for i = 1,entries do local chan = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 2)); current_segment_table[chan] = {}; current_segment_table[chan].major = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 2)); local namelen = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 2)); current_segment_table[chan].name = read_fully(file, namelen); end end handle_skip = function(file) current_ts = current_ts + 4294967295; end specials = { [string.char(255, 255, 255, 255)] = handle_skip, ["JPCRRMULTIDUMP"] = read_segment_table_body }; handle_special = function(file) local possible_indices = {}; local i = 1; local mlen = 0; for k, v in pairs(specials) do possible_indices[i] = k; i = i + 1; end while true do local d = read_fully(file, 1); local i = 1; while i <= #possible_indices do if string.sub(possible_indices[i], mlen + 1, mlen + 1) ~= d then table.remove(possible_indices, i); else i = i + 1; end end conditional_error(#possible_indices == 0, "Crroupt dump file: Unknown special type"); mlen = mlen + 1; if #possible_indices == 1 and #possible_indices[1] == mlen then break; end end specials[possible_indices[1]](file); end handle_packet = function(file, chan) if chan == 0xFFFF then return handle_special(file); end local tsdelta = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 4)); local minor = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 1)); local len = 0; while true do local d = string_to_number(read_fully(file, 1)); if d >= 128 then len = 128 * len + d - 128; else len = 128 * len + d; break; end end local offset = file_offset; read_skip(file, len); current_ts = current_ts + tsdelta; print_entry(chan, current_ts, minor, offset, len); end process_stream = function(file) file_offset = 0; while true do local chan = string_to_number(read_fully_or_none(file, 2)); if not chan then return; end handle_packet(file, chan); end end if not arg[1] then error("Filename needed"); end local file, err = io.open(arg[1], "rb"); if not file then error("Can't open " .. arg[1] .. ": " .. err); end process_stream(file); file:close();
With all due respect FerretFaucet, I think there are some significant flaws with these encodes that I'd consider serious enough to prevent me from using them.
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 0.96:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [x11] 288x384 => 370x384 Planar YV12
So... now we know where the player Y position is in the memory of the JPC-RR process running. How are we going to translate that to something practical? JPC doesn't see memory the same way that CheatEngine does. It has its own internal RAM. Let's assume you installed JPC-RR to "C:\JPC-RR\". Open notepad and write jpcrr.ram_dump("ram.dump", true) print("Dumped") and save it as "dump.lua" into "C:\JPC-RR\lua\". To be honest I don't remember why the "true" is there and I can't be bothered to read the docs. So just do it! Or don't and write "false" and see what happens. Live on the edge! So the script is in the default location now, let's run it. JPC has a lua window you can't get rid of, so bring it up and type "dump.lua" into it and click run. If all goes well it should say "Dumped" in the window. If not make sure the script is where JPC wants it.Now we have a binary dump of JPC's RAM called "ram.dump" inside the "JPC-RR\lua\" folder. There's no question that what we found in CheatEngine is inside that RAM dump, but how do we find it? Easy... maybe.
Language: luaon_redraw = function() -- Make some empty space to right, so we don't have to write over game graphics. -- The first parameter (1) controls when the empty space will appear. 1 => Screen only, 2 => Dump only -- 3 => Both. -- The second parameter (160) is size of the empty space. In this case, 160 pixels wide (20 characters). jpcrr.hud.right_gap(1, 160); -- The x-position to place texts at. Usually this will be 640 ingame, but in case it isn't... pos = jpcrr.vga_resolution(); -- Write some text. -- 1st parameter (1): When the empty space will appear (same meanings as first argument of right_gap). -- 2nd parameter (pos): x-position to write the text to. -- 3nd parameter (0): y-position to write the text to. -- 4th parameter ("ypos=" .. jpcrr.read_byte(0x0x2B0D8)): The text to write. -- 5th parameter (false): If true, linefeed in text causes line change in printed text. -- 6th parameter (255): Foreground red (0-255). -- 7th parameter (255): Foreground green (0-255). -- 8th parameter (255): Foreground blue (0-255). -- 9th parameter (255): Foreground alpha (0-255). -- 10th parameter (0): Background red (0-255). -- 11th parameter (0): Background green (0-255). -- 12th parameter (0): Background blue (0-255). -- 13th parameter (0): Background alpha (0-255). jpcrr.hud.chargen(1, pos, 0, "ypos=" .. jpcrr.read_byte(0x2B0D8), false, 255, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0); -- Write another text (in this case, number of current frame). The text height is 16, so write it at -- y-position 0 + 16 = 16. jpcrr.hud.chargen(1, pos, 16, "frame=" .. jpcrr.frame_number(), false, 255, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0); end -- Register on_redraw to run on each frame received. jpcrr.register_redraw_function(on_redraw); -- Wait for events. while true do jpcrr.wait_event() end
Also, do we sumbit the frame dumps or the .dtm?
I know Proto Man is in the works but I've never really been a fan of him. I want to run with Mega Man on Normal with DLC, if possible, but I can make do with it. After that I would like to run with Bass.
I am running OS X, so my method for making encodes differs significantly from what is suggested on the site, so before I begin I would like to get some feedback on the files I would be creating.