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I'd like to give some criticism as well.
A reoccurring problem a lot of people have with the TAS block is the lack of context.
If you read some of the feedback links MESHUGGAH posted up there, you will see this over and over again. Of course, reddit being the single source, all feedback should be taken with a grain of salt, but there is no denying the amount of similar comments.
In fact, prior to the event I had the idea to introduce more context. So instead of paraphrasing, I'll just quote it here.
2018-10-05
<Masterjun> dwangoAC: btw, one thing just so you can keep it in mind:
<dwangoAC> Yes?
<Masterjun> once you show Mari0, I do think you need to show the game in a normal way beforehand
<Masterjun> instead of going straight into the TASes
<Masterjun> just the mechanics
<dwangoAC> Masterjun: Should we identify someone to do that on-site?
<dwangoAC> We're saving some frames here and there and I added 5 minutes for explanation.
<Masterjun> not speedrunning or anything of the sort
<dwangoAC> Masterjun: Someone with better mastery over a mouse than I.
<Masterjun> well, you don't even need to do all that much
<dwangoAC> Masterjun: I may try it myself
<dwangoAC> We'll see
<Masterjun> just shoot a portal, shoot another one, go through one, there you go
<Masterjun> that's it, that's all you need for the people to get into what's coming, but without that a lot of context is missing
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scrimpeh wrote:
Forgive me asking, but if there's additional input required to reach a definite ending state after the credits, shouldn't that be counted toward the completion time as well?
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I had to adjust it a bit due to timing differences from FCEUX, but here it is:
Super Mario Bros. 3 cleared in 126 polls by abusing the DPCM glitch workaround overflow.
It might not be actually 126 polls on console, as I assume there are blank, emulator-only polls, existing as a video frame so BizHawk can draw them.
Edit: I should probably add that the initial idea of abusing the workaround was by ais523, and total won the race of creating a way to jump to the credits. So all credit to them.
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EZGames69 wrote:
So the publication ratings are irrelevant when you’re claiming that the judge incorrectly accepted it to moons.
Wrong.
EZGames69, it's the judge's job to predict the ratings and judge accordingly. The poll results are not ratings. The simplicity of the poll results makes them only a tool to estimate the final feedback.
Saying "the decision is correct until people rated the movie" is wrong.
The statement "the judge had no way of knowing what the rating would be" is the reason we even have judges.
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I suggest that you don't embed so many videos in your first post, or even in the whole thread.
Loading first page really slows down my whole browser for a bit.
It's also very disorienting.
Just post the link and a short description.
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It seems like VBA-rr has some kind of internal problem with generating a proper filename for Lua savestates with a slot number. I get the same error.
The only thing that does work is not using a number and just using internal Lua savestates:
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I'm not Lord Tom, but I might be able to answer some things.
First of all, the title is somewhat misleading considering your actual question.
First I'm going to address your question in the title.
In short, reaching a state of Arbitrary Code Execution from scratch means:
1. Figuring out what needs to change (what memory addresses, what values, etc.) to effectively give you enough control of the processor to expand the control even further.
It's what our corresponding wiki page is all about.
2. Figuring how to use the in-game mechanics to actually change the things around.
This step looks like what the actual question in the reply is about.
Once you get there, it's only a matter of knowing how to program to actually create content. The content might be just changing two or three addresses and start the credits, or it might be creating full games. The former is interesting for TASing, the latter is more on the level of ROM hacking and even game development itself. This can be done independently from the other two steps, as you can just use Hex Editors or Cheats to change the according bytes.
Now, advice on your actual problem in the reply.
Of course, in games like Pokemon, the first step has already been established and the second step only requires knowledge of the game itself.
Your best bet is to ask for more game specific advice on how to manipulate the items and all that. (Hard to give advice without knowing the exact game though)Of course, you also need actual content if you want to do something other than just display the credits. So go ahead and create your payload. Though this doesn't really have anything to do with TASing.
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^ That doesn't really sound like a convincing argument, so here I go.
Two main points why games didn't run at the movie frame rate of 24 fps were:
- Devices would flicker obviously at 24Hz, distracting from the gameplay or the motion itself
- The utility frequency was getting more and more standardized to 60Hz and 50Hz when display devices were developed, so it additionally became a standard for television and video games as well.
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This is due to your link including __ which is a formatting identifier for starting a bold text, breaking the link. Try replacing the underscore with the URL encoding for it (%5F) instead: [module:youtube|v=%5F%5FXDZfEGUh0]
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The submission text was edited by noahkiq and me to include a lot more information on tricks and level comments.
This should make it easier for people to get into TASing the game themselves!
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