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Posted: 1/12/2023 1:53 PM
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NordicAnomaly
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CasualPokePlayer wrote:
Just provide the firmware files. They are not optional for movies.
Thanks! I downloaded a GBA BIOS which did the trick. I have to ask though - is there any way to convert a movie file so that I could play/edit it on the latest version of Bizhawk? Edit: Since a movie is essentially a list of inputs, I'm guessing it is simply a matter of creating a movie file for the latest BizHawk and then I just copy/paste the input list from the old movie file.
Posted: 1/12/2023 9:24 AM
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I'm trying to play a movie file of the GBA game "Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force". The movie was recorded by myself in 2015 and can be found here: https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/22112057107299145 I cannot get it to play on the latest version of Bizhawk (2.8). I have also tried the version of Bizhawk used to record the movie (1.9.3) but that version does not even want to load the rom due to "missing firmware files". Is there any hope of being able to watch this old movie? I've been sort of interested in trying to TAS this game again.
Posted: 4/14/2015 7:59 PM
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So, 5 (depends on how you count, there's no clear definition) levels done: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/22112057107299145 Youtube video of WIP 1+2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yTmkkzy17s Everything got a lot faster with the dash power, unfortunately I couldn't really utilize its full potential until level 4, as you have to wait for R2-D2 in level 3.
Posted: 4/10/2015 8:36 PM
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WIP: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/22024238404057103 (bizhawk movie) Tried to make something out of this... nothing too serious. I'm expecting to get better as I'm going through the game, so this will probably be improved. That being said though, feel free to watch and comment on these first two levels. Luke moves a lot slower while jumping than he does while running, so ideally I want to be in the air as little as possible. Even stopping to duck and shoot the box near the end of the first level is faster than jumping over it, to give you an idea. The only glitch I've used is the one Cardboard mentioned earlier in this thread; using Up+Down+B to use the lightsaber without having it. It's particularly useful against the boss in the second level, as it kills him in two hits. IMO the game makes for quite a nice looking TAS, and it's only going to get faster with force powers.
Posted: 3/28/2015 9:40 PM
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Thank you both for the explanations. It's kinda weird, because this question came from a book used in the first year of Swedish upper secondary school, while logarithms aren't introduced until the second year. So either it's an oversight, or you're basically supposed to figure out how to use logarithms by yourself.
Posted: 3/28/2015 10:20 AM
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FractalFusion wrote:
NordicAnomaly wrote:
But then I thought, since they just want the exact form, why can't I answer like this: tan22.5 = tan22.5 (exact form) Now, this answer of course completely defeats the purpose of the problem, but can you really say that it's an incorrect answer?
Perhaps a case of being a bit too literal here? :)
Yeah, I suppose. The intended solution here is pretty clear after all. :) It just happened to remind me of a question on a math test which was something like; "Create an equation with the solution x = 5", and someone went ahead and answered "x = 5". While not exactly the kind of answer the teacher was looking for, they couldn't say that it was wrong. And really, why make it more complicated than it has to be? Shouldn't math be about the opposite - to solve problems as efficiently as possible? Edit: Btw, I just remembered a question that my teacher was unable to answer a few years back... maybe someone here wants to give it a shot? Here it is: "How many digits does the number 200^2010 have?" At this point I hadn't been introduced to logarithms, so it should be possible to solve without them.
Posted: 3/27/2015 10:45 AM
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While doing some trigonometry today I came upon a problem I found interestingly worded: Translated to English it says: "Determine the exact value of tan22.5 by using the figure." I realize what the purpose of this problem is, I'm supposed to find that tan22.5 = DE/1 = AE/1 = DE = AE = CB - DB = ((sqrt of 2) - 1), by using various trigonometric identities. But then I thought, since they just want the exact form, why can't I answer like this: tan22.5 = tan22.5 (exact form) Now, this answer of course completely defeats the purpose of the problem, but can you really say that it's an incorrect answer?
Posted: 2/27/2015 9:38 AM
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Warp wrote:
131. It really helps if you understand the xor operation (which most programmers do). I think this is one of the problems with most IQ tests: Your experience affects the result a lot. A person with the exact same IQ but with less experience on such things would score less.
Agreed. It is hard to find a good way of measuring it though. Reading up on the xor operation (which I had no prior knowledge of), I see similarities between the walsh matrix featured on the wikipedia page and question 34 of the first test: Notice the diagonal pattern. Does anyone else see this? Am I completely off or is it a similar system? Edit: Tried making it more obvious. Dunno if successful.
Posted: 2/27/2015 7:23 AM
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mz: That's a bit more... efficient! I guess finding the answers should be part of the test as well... =) Thanks for this though, now I able to see which ones I got wrong... and I understand why they were wrong too. I now understand all of them except number 34, which remains a mystery... I forgot to add that if you guys liked that test, the danish version is even longer, you can take it at: http://mensa.dk/test-din-ik
Posted: 2/26/2015 11:28 PM
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Thank you, the upper right one was my initial choice as well. Shows that I'm not completely crazy. My reasoning was that the pattern is vertical which would mean that the lines with squares "flip over" in each step downwards and the squares are somehow added/subtracted or something similar... and that would mean that the top right answer would give the second and third column the same value since it is the mirrored version of the very center square, with the middle right and bottom center being mirrored aswell, and the top center and top right being the same. Dunno if that made sense. But, I made a test just now. Since there is no way to see the right answers, I redid the test with exactly the same answers apart from this one question to see if the result would change. The top right answer gave me a score of 138, while the BOTTOM CENTER gave me a score of 140. Which means that either the test is wrong, or we all are. I can't fathom why botton center is the correct choice though. The square in the very center with uneven big/small squares messes up any sort of calculation I get going (tried counting the squares below the line as negative and the squares above the line as positive and adding them). I guess you can't rule out some sort of diagonal pattern... though that's probably overthinking it. Ugh... I'll try sleeping on it. =)
Posted: 2/26/2015 7:46 PM
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Post subject: Visual IQ test challenges
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Test 1, 35 tasks in 25 minutes (finnish): http://www.mensa.fi/wordpress/?page_id=27 Test 2, 39 tasks in 40 minutes (danish): http://mensa.dk/test-din-ik ______________________________________________________________________ *Original post* First, let me say that I'm not trying to assert myself in any way, I know these tests might not always be a good way of measuring a persons intellect. I just personally find them very stimulating and I get frustrated when I cannot solve them. =( For those unfamiliar with these types of tests, the concept is very simple, there is a grid of nine squares and one of them is missing. You have to pick the right one out of six choices at the bottom. I simply can't find the logical next pick for this one question. Maybe it's one of those questions where you simply "see" it or you don't, no matter how long you spend looking. Either way, here it is: http://imgur.com/fUIZqho (The whole test, for those interested: http://www.mensa.fi/wordpress/?page_id=27) So yeah, if anyone could find the right answer and maybe even explain why it is the right one, it would be very much appreciated. For some reason this was the first place I thought of to ask. =)