My short term memory sucks, and I don't remember if this was asked/answered: Has the final elevator in BitS been tested to see if a BLJ is quicker than jumping along the edge of the wind platform?
It also did not work for me either, the entire *LLLLOOOOOONNNNGGG* intro played perfect and as soon as Banjo can start playing the screen went black, and I can hear Banjo doing the actions as I played them. I also think that, besides upgrading the compatability, the many games that experience frequent desynchs get solved with a new Mupen patch. I guarantee N64 TASing will REALLY pick up once that hurdle is fixed.
Jabo's.First "update":Again, if people don't like this idea, I won't do it anymore. It just seems better than nothing and cooler than just saying "x stars, in level Y."
Well, you'd need to actually have an account. It's the japanese equivalent of youtube except the videos aren't full of macroblocks and the sound isn't crushed to 16kbps or whatever youtube does to make its uploads look and sound really bad. Although whoever made this particular recording has a weird echo going on. Anyway, I ripped the flash video from the page, so if you can play .flv's (VLC plays them fine), here it is.
I've finally finished the Deku Tree. In total, I'm 28.7 seconds faster than Comicalflop/Guano. Before you watch, a few notes... * I tried the ladder zip. I can't get it to work, as can nobody, and I don't care enough to spend hours trying to replicate it. * Climbing all the way up the vine was faster than getting hit by the skulltula. * I hit the skulltula with the sword because it also boosted Link forwards quite a bit, which was ultimately faster. * On hitting the web, rather than doing a small jump off of it, I just let him fall, then guided him onto the skulltula on the vine. This was 3 frames faster than doing a small jump. * I used a new route for getting to the scrub room. Ended up being 1.5 seconds faster. * It's also faster to not slash the sword so you bounce off the wall. It's faster to just let him fall in normally and climb onto land. * I killed the scrubs with different nuts from what are normally used. Not only does it look ten times cooler, but it's considerably faster too. With that said, here's the m64: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1013133397/OoT%20SL%20Deku%20Tree.m64 I've tested it from the start, and it's in sync, provided you use the same plugins that I did. I've encoded the tree section of the run for those of us who can't run mupen or experience a desynch for some reason. I've also got a video of my rupee route, which I haven't posted here before, so here are both of them. Rupee route: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mTims1T-sW8 Deku Tree: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AcYPTBLRnm8 I haven't included stuff like getting from the store to the tree because it's quite dull.
To play the movie without downloading the AVI, follow these steps. 1. Download the Direct64 plugin v0.5.03.25 from http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=26677 2. Download the TAS input plugin from http://tasvideos.org/forum/t/4200 3. Go to your mupen's root directory. -- Delete romsettings.ini there if it exists -- Delete mupen64.cfg there if it exists (do not delete mupen64.ini however) -- Extract the two plugins into the "plugin" directory. -- Remove everything that is in the "save" directory. 4. Launch mupen64 5. Go to Options|Settings, select the following plugins: -- Video plugin: Direct64 v0.5.03.25 -- Input plugin: TAS Input Plugin 0.6 -- Audio plugin: Jabo's DirectSound 1.6 -- RSP plugin: RSP emulation Plugin 6. Click the Config button under Video plugin -- Ensure both "N64 Color" and "N64 Depth Image" are set to "Ignore" -- Check "Enable fog", do not check "Simulate Overscan" -- Settings in "Enhancement" may be left as is 7. Load ROM 8. Load movie 9. Once it desyncs (inputs "AA" on name entry screen), load the movie again. (Yes, this is necessary.) Enjoy. If you need to interrupt the movie for some reason, remove the file in the "save" directory and restart from step 7. If these instructions don't help, then the instructions that worked for me don't work for you and I am unable to help further. Thanks to Raiscan for resolving many of these issues.
