Posts for Kingemocut

Posted: 12/25/2015 1:47 AM
(Edited: 12/25/2015 1:52 AM)
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Kingemocut
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Joined: 12/24/2015
Posts: 2
Location: UK
i'm going to have to vote no. IMO it's the exact same sort of thing (actually slightly more basic in the video) as last years TASblock finale. Heck, I can remember saying we should call it Pokemon plays twitch. From a technical standpoint, last years TASblock actually had to also have network access with it. this could easily just be a text encode, and so (IMO) is worse than last years. Never mind how we can't even read it. then again, the text goes the same speed as twitch chat during a *GDQ, but that just makes me turn off from the chat. since it's so similar, returning *gdq guys are going to feel like the community just got lazy for the finale, at least that's the vibe I've got from the video. then again, i might enjoy it if it's not actually the finale, and there's a surprise under the proverbial sleeve.
how to go insane in 4 simple steps. 1. want to TAS 3d FPS PC games 2. only have hourglass 3. realize hourglass BSoD's you when using savestates 4. actually TAS your target with hourglass.
Posted: 12/24/2015 7:52 PM
Post subject: Red Faction 2
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Kingemocut
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Joined: 12/24/2015
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this was hell to even just start up. Tools that can be used: Hourglass W/O savestates (and possibly with) thanks to RF2 using both mouse AND button inputs as camera movement, a TAS of this is possible. i have, very VERY badly done the first level, but with windows 8.1 it is more or less impossible to use savestates. as soon as the short preview of terribleness is finished being uploaded to google chrome, i will post the link to the file itself here. word of warning, if you suffer motion sickness don't watch. the camera shakes more than being on a boat, and because i had to botch it together due to my inability to correctly encode it, the file is not even vault tier. it is, quite literally, trash tier, but considering it's my first i'm happy. at the very least, hourglass can make the game go windowed, something that normally i've had issues with. Edit: Linkity link Notable issues with hourglass causing memory issues (and thus a BSoD) whenever you try to savestate in windows 8.1, the best botch to get around this is to use a Vertual Machine that can savestate the entire desktop. it'll be super slow, super bad, and most likely cause desync issues, but without one of the most useful tools for a TAS broken, it'll have to do for now. Red Faction 2 will sometimes load up as a black screen and stay like that from start to end. restart the entire record to fix this issue. The exact same thing can happen during a playback too, and seems to happen slightly more often when fast forward is ticked for video dumping. RF2's audio will, semi-often, "break" and not correctly get loaded in, or just be lower volume than normal.
how to go insane in 4 simple steps. 1. want to TAS 3d FPS PC games 2. only have hourglass 3. realize hourglass BSoD's you when using savestates 4. actually TAS your target with hourglass.