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Mothrayas wrote:
jlun2 wrote:
At this time, I gathered knowledge about several aspects of the game, including the full lists of 171 Digimon in the game with their stats, the experience curve, 166 moves, 625 encounter data instances, and 16 items. However, I eventually got stuck routing out how to effectively get past the second boss (let alone everything else), and let it slide for a few years.
Before I forget, can you please also share the information you gathered? Not sure how much it'll help, but if anyone ever wants to tackle this game ever again they don't need to start over.
I was considering making a game resource page for it, but didn't figure it would be worthwhile. I'll put it up later, once I have the time to re-format the data I have into a site page.
I've now put it in the submission description. Contains data tables for Digimon (stats, move learnsets, digivolutions), encounter data, move info, experience chart, item list, and location IDs.
EDIT: And various useful ROM and RAM addresses.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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jlun2 wrote:
At this time, I gathered knowledge about several aspects of the game, including the full lists of 171 Digimon in the game with their stats, the experience curve, 166 moves, 625 encounter data instances, and 16 items. However, I eventually got stuck routing out how to effectively get past the second boss (let alone everything else), and let it slide for a few years.
Before I forget, can you please also share the information you gathered? Not sure how much it'll help, but if anyone ever wants to tackle this game ever again they don't need to start over.
I was considering making a game resource page for it, but didn't figure it would be worthwhile. I'll put it up later, once I have the time to re-format the data I have into a site page.
jlun2 wrote:
Also would you ever be interested in obtaining all Digimon, or some 100% of this game in the future?
It's not possible to obtain all Digimon. Only 7 are directly obtainable, and you cannot have more than 6 at once. Even if you count Digivolutions, you cannot have had more than 28 species at any given point for a single playthrough, and only 97 species out of 171 are obtainable at all. The game also has no Pokédex equivalent.
And barring Digimon/Digivolutions, there's not really much for full completion that's really of interest. The only permanent markers that could possibly make sense to go for are opening all chests, fighting the bosses that are skipped in this run, and destroying the crystals that were skipped, but none of those would be substantially interesting additions to the movie, and at the same they wouldn't add that much movie time either to the whole thing (at a guess, maybe around 30-45 minutes in total).
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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Hi, I've TASed a game or two with driving.
It can depend quite a bit on the level of realism that the game is simulating.
The term you were probably looking for is "racing line", which encompasses how to optimally approach corners in real-life races. Essentially, the same principles apply to racing or driving games that are realistic enough.
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Racing lines like this are designed to take the broadest curve through a turn, allowing you to maintain the highest speed into the next part without crashing or spinning out. If you can't take a turn at your maximum speed, you also need to brake in advance before starting the turn (this is what the braking point is for), and accelerate again approximately as you reach the apex point.
If the corner is wide enough or you are slow enough that you don't need to stop accelerating in order to take the turn, then focus instead on taking the shortest path possible. If you do lose some speed during turning this way, you'll need to find a balance between this and the racing line depending on how much speed you lose vs how much extra distance you travel.
For less realistic games, you can look into some of the following options:
• As a general rule, the less realistic the game, the more likely you are able to get away with taking shorter paths or turns instead of longer racing lines.
• Hug the corner wall (if available) if it does not meaningfully slow you down or cause damage (in some games like F-Zero X or Gran Turismo it might in fact speed you up)
• Some older games, particularly fake-3D ones that follow pretty different rules for the X and Z-axis relative to the player, don't really penalize lateral movement at all - in such cases, you primarily want to focus on just holding down the throttle at all points, and just turn enough to not crash out on the sides.
• If a game ignores terrain (or it does not have a significant effect on your driving), see if you can use it for shortcuts. Even in a game like TOCA, it's beneficial on a couple occasions to go through grass or even through a bit of gravel to skip a turn and/or some of the track.
There are potentially a lot more little rules on a game-by-game basis, but this should outline some basics at least.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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EZGames69 wrote:
TASVideoAgent wrote:
<a>Mothrayas</a>: Claiming for judgment.
What the heck you aren’t allowed to judge your own submissions.
screw the rules, its april 1st
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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vote no because the encode doesn't show all life energy getting wasted
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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It's...strangely mesmerizing.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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This is absolute art.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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Politically loaded posts have been split and moved to the world politics topic. I agree with the above posts - you can post about useful information and actions undertaken, but don't put the focus on the politicians themselves or what your opinion of them is. This is not the topic for that.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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SonicFan53 wrote:
So... if I do go through with this
SonicFan53 wrote:
But again, only if I DO make this emulator.
Do you have any emulation experience?
Do you have any programming experience?
Do you have any idea of the sort of scale of the project you would get yourself into?
Do you have a reason to reinvent the wheel of RetroArch, BizHawk, etc.?
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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From the 15 TASers from the 120 stars publication, only six have accounts, five of which are able to vote, and most of them have not been active recently. The authors themselves aren't the reason why that particular TAS is doing well.
Nach wrote:
If we say the average amount of votes per person is 3, then less than 60 people voted.
As of present, 74 individuals have voted (with 188 votes, making an average of 2.54 votes per person). For TASer, 54 individuals have voted (146 votes/2.70 average).
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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Bloopiero wrote:
If we're talking purely about gameplay speed, surely the famous [3662] A2600 Dragster by MrWint, Omnigamer in 00:08.39 submission would also fall under the triviality umbrella? RTA runners had achieved the time in this movie long before it was ever made, and there were no questions about it back then.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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According to the PAL submission, PAL was supposed to have a shorter time, but now this NTSC submission ends up having a shorter time. Did something change?
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theballaam96 wrote:
Doesn't it count as copyright infringement?
I know that when a submission is made that at least TASVideos has the TASer's permission to upload an encode to the TASVideos channel, but surely submitting a TAS doesn't give encode upload permissions to anyone else?
All submissions are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license, which permits copies and redistribution as long as appropriate credit is given and linked back to the source material.
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If you get World 0-1 on startup, then you have a bad ROM dump of Super Mario Bros. You need to find a new ROM.
EDIT: Look for a ROM name that has a "[!]" identifier, which marks it as a verified good ROM (e.g. "Super Mario Bros. (JU) [!].nes"). Avoid ROMs with identifiers like "[p1]", which denote pirated ROMs.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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BrunoVisnadi wrote:
andypanther wrote:
If I try to view Alyosha's movies from his profile, I get a "forbidden" page.
Apparently the URL is 9 characters longer than the maximum permitted because of the big amount of movies.
It isn't the amount of movies, it's the amount of player entries, as every new coauthorship is a new player entry.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
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TASer of the Decade 201X (2010-2019)
This topic will be for the second and final round of voting for TAS of the Decade.
Due to the high amount of eligible entries, voting will be done in multiple rounds. Round two contains the top 10 entries after round one.
As with other award polls, remember that you can vote for more than one option. Make sure to vote for all the entries that you consider worthy of the award.
Voting will be open until 2020-03-14 23:59 UTC. After the polls close, the top 3 winners will be decided. In case of ties, run-off polls may be held.
Candidates TASer of the Decade, Final Round:MasterjunadelikatTompaLord TomMothrayasMrWintHappyLeekeylieAglarAlyoshaThe winners:1: Masterjun2: Tompa3: adelikat
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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Sounds like it's the same hitlag change that causes moves that do less than 1% not to be SDIable in NTSC 1.0 and 1.1. With that logic, I would assume it would apply to all such moves, not just Mario's up B.
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feos wrote:
Masterjun has stepped down as a judge to focus on other things.
Hoping to see you back, sir, you're awesome!
It was always great to have Masterjun around on staff, and in general on IRC. Really good to have smart discussions with, as well as plenty of silly/funny talk. He also has been an excellent judge during this time.
I'm also hoping to see him back soon.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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After two weeks of nominations, the top picks for TAS of the Decade 201X and TASer of the Decade 201X have both been narrowed down to a total of 32 nominations each. Polls for both categories are now open for voting for registered users able to vote for the next two weeks here.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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Racing lines like this are designed to take the broadest curve through a turn, allowing you to maintain the highest speed into the next part without crashing or spinning out. If you can't take a turn at your maximum speed, you also need to brake in advance before starting the turn (this is what the braking point is for), and accelerate again approximately as you reach the apex point.
If the corner is wide enough or you are slow enough that you don't need to stop accelerating in order to take the turn, then focus instead on taking the shortest path possible. If you do lose some speed during turning this way, you'll need to find a balance between this and the racing line depending on how much speed you lose vs how much extra distance you travel.
For less realistic games, you can look into some of the following options:
• As a general rule, the less realistic the game, the more likely you are able to get away with taking shorter paths or turns instead of longer racing lines.
• Hug the corner wall (if available) if it does not meaningfully slow you down or cause damage (in some games like F-Zero X or Gran Turismo it might in fact speed you up)
• Some older games, particularly fake-3D ones that follow pretty different rules for the X and Z-axis relative to the player, don't really penalize lateral movement at all - in such cases, you primarily want to focus on just holding down the throttle at all points, and just turn enough to not crash out on the sides.
• If a game ignores terrain (or it does not have a significant effect on your driving), see if you can use it for shortcuts. Even in a game like TOCA, it's beneficial on a couple occasions to go through grass or even through a bit of gravel to skip a turn and/or some of the track.
There are potentially a lot more little rules on a game-by-game basis, but this should outline some basics at least.
TASer of the Decade 201X (2010-2019) 
TAS of the Decade 201X (2010-2019)