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In term of time it sure is a really nice improvement but in term of run it's pretty much the same thing minus the lag xD But well, since the submission is a pretty long process, I'll just wait a while in case that me or someone else find a faster route then I'll re submit it after since you guys tell me it's a good idea to do it. But meanwhile I recorded it on my stream. You can watch the run if you're interested. Basically the differences are that I do the config glitch 10 times instead of once and it removes every lag when saving/loading the game. It saves about 11 secs. Oh and each character in my name saves one execution of the config glitch. Link to video I also made one using the RTA route, which imo is dumb but I didn't make the rules :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7YN_Gpzuyk And not really @jlun2 :P
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I'm really sorry for that but I'm a total noob about what this glitch does to the RAM. I found all the stuffs by trial and error. I invite anyone with the knowledge to download the submission and look it up. Beside, I just found a new glitch today. It's basically the same as the level 0 glitch but instead I manage to get to level 74 which gives me enough hp to do the corrupt name glitch but also prevent the extremely long loading. I don't think I'll submit this again since it's only a minor improvement and it really isn't interesting enough to make people rewatch it. I will try see if there is any other way to improve the run before uploading it. But FYI the run is now 9508 frames instead of 10155 frames
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For the sake of science Maybe I should see what does happen if you "win" in gift mode.
I bet that would be possible using game genie.... Actually did anyone ever try leaving the island with game genie? I really wonder how the game would react. I can't be the only who thought about it. Youtube gives me nothing though -.-
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xnamkcor wrote:
Any chance of a no warp/no end glitch run using the level 0 glitch? Also, can you use this to "win" Gift mode?
It used to be a thing but my run kinda killed it -.- The fastest RTA using only the level 0 glitch is this run with a 3:14 time (any% glitchless is 3:42 by the same guy) http://www.twitch.tv/elmagus/c/3898464 For your second question, I've personally done no test but I've heard it wouldn't work for the very simple reason that no one ever say a name. I'm pretty sure that even the level 0 glitch wouldn't work because when you enter the only dungeon of the mode, your characters switch to temporary level 1 copies and there is no way to save in the dungeon, making it impossible as far as I know. This run has another problem though, which is rng manipulation easy enough to do in a RTA. It also killed the run haha (13:20 compared to 53:56 that had INSANE luck) http://www.twitch.tv/yogidamonk/c/6101260 By the way, source: http://www.speedrun.com/lufia2
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Aaaaw yeah. Thank you very much for the publication <3
JeedUnit also improves the previous run by almost a minute and a half through a new glitch – the corrupted name glitch, and improved RNG manipulation.
Just for the record, this isn't a new glitch. It's just a more optimal route. They both used the same corrupted name glitch. While we're there, I could add the history of this glitch for those interested. 1st route (41:42.61) 2nd route (my favorite) (7:28.49) 3rd route (5:23.18) 4th and current route (3:30.21) The current TAS use the 4th route with a small change at the end while the previous run by ventuz used the 3rd one. Also, is it possible to add the subs to the youtube video? I'd suppose that most people won't download the encode and will simply watch it on youtube so it would be really kind. It also got requested by someone in the comments. Thank you very much.
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Had to double check lol. I guess you're not familiar with Lufia 2 but when you clear "new game" you unlock "retry" where you get x4 exp and gold. With the glitch, it clears the game normally and unlock "retry" like it should. It doesn't affect your save in any way though. This is also pretty cool, because when you beat "retry" you unlock "gift". Without going in full details, people speedruns that mode and the only quick way to unlock it is with game genie. If you don't have a game genie, the glitch let you unlock that mode much more quickly, saving at least 7h of gameplay.
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Zurreco wrote:
Voting No on that distracting overlay on the side of the encode. Just terrible. The run, however, was pretty good.
Sorry if my stream's layout annoys you, but I guess it's better that I have a video than none at all, huh? Anyway, the submission doesn't have them, if it's that terrible. Thanks for the vote.
Samsara wrote:
Naming is a non-issue. If someone ends up submitting an improvement that does nothing but use a shorter name, it'll be rejected.
That's what I thought, thanks for the confirmation!
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ars4326 wrote:
As for my opinion on giving a custom name, I'm fine with it as I've done it on a few of my past runs, myself. I take it as an author's way of personalizing their work.
Exactly my thought there. I do it in my RTAs too. I'm glad it seems to be encouraged in the guidelines.
ALAKTORN wrote:
I presume calling yourself Jeed cost you some frames? What’s the ruling on naming in TASes, actually? I suppose you could be allowed to name yourself whatever you want, even though it’s not a speed-entertainment tradeoff.
I lost about 25 frames before starting the game and I think exactly 30 during the game. I also lost 3 that I got back for rng manipulation. Anyway, thanks for the comments and to those who took the time to watch and vote. It's greatly appreciated!
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Edit: First post edit. Since my video as been published, I might not be as often here. If you have any question about the run send it on twitch. It's pretty sure I see it on the same day or the next one. http://www.twitch.tv/jeedunit Thank you very much. Hmm since I'm new on TASVideos, I'm not exactly sure how everything works. I think you can add commentary to my run which is pretty cool so I made some. I added them to my youtube video and I used the format they suggested me. I'm kinda confused about how I should add them to my submission so I'll put them here. Let me know if I need to change anything. The format is .srt
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00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:50,000
First of all we need to get to level 2. We buy a boomerang to make the fight as short as possible.

2
00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:03,000
Entering the cave changes the next battle according to our rng value. For the fastest level up, I manipulated it to get 2 moths.

3
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:30,000
We need to heal our character at max hp. Then do the config glitch pressing left on the music option. After we save and reload

4
00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:48,000
The level 0 glitch gives us insane stats which we need for the next glitch. It also makes the loading extremely long. Sorry!

5
00:01:52,000 --> 00:02:00,000
Now that we have high max hp, we heal to 240. Which for some reason makes the config glitch corrupt our name.

6
00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:10,000
A corrupt name let us access many triggers. Some warp us, some activate events, some give us items and many crash the game!

7
00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:20,000
At this point it's pretty hard to explain what's going on. Basically, I'm working my way to an end game trigger.

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00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:28,000
For that, we need a mimic and a clone!

9
00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:46,000
Since we can't have more than 99 of an item and the glitch gave us way more, we need to drop the extra.

10
00:02:52,000 --> 00:03:00,000
There we go! This trigger automatically sends us to the credits if we let it go.

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00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:15,000
Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the run and the commentary :)