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EZGames69 wrote:
Was it a rule at the time?
https://tasvideos.org/LegacyPages/MovieRules?revision=174#MatchTheBiosRegionToTheGameSRegion First mention of this rule goes back to 2010 according to logs.
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EZGames69 wrote:
Wasn’t it a common thing for runs to sometimes use incorrect bios at the time?
And it was still common to reject TASes over it using the wrong bios. That's not an justification to publish something using the wrong bios.
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Spikestuff wrote:
This TAS has a major issue. It's using the wrong bios. SCPH-1001 is an American bios, which is being used in turn with the Japanese title.
No.
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fsvgm777 wrote:
I feel it'd be courteous if Spikestuff is given co-authorship here.
And personally, even though I know input that I helped provide as an improvement for Pepper is being used without credit, it would be nice if the final result was actually optimal (-24f out of Level 2, possibly still improvable).
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This TAS has a major issue. It's using the wrong bios. SCPH-1001 is an American bios, which is being used in turn with the Japanese title.
Technoturnovers wrote:
it would also kinda suck to force the author to do even more work,
Porting this TAS to BizHawk would be much more preferable, and it doesn't have to be the author who's "required" to do it, in your words. Community work is a thing. People are allowed to port someone else's work and take secondary credit where need be The project should be mostly salvageable to keep Noxxa's name as an author without them needing to update the title themselves.
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Personally I'd rather see this TAS updated and moved to BizHawk instead of it being a PSXjin TAS.
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Randomno wrote:
Please change emulator version to r81
Why? If it syncs on latest who gives a shit? Also there's the possibility they started it on one version and ended on another.
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Dimon12321 wrote:
What does that mean?
If you've TASed libTAS in conjunction with MAME you would know you would have to make two saves at least on the first time when creating the movie. I don't know what the actual reasoning is (because I keep forgetting), but it basically starts a new thread(?) so you can't return to an earlier sequence of your input.
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Imagine deciding that today you just want to be Icarus. Firstly get the latest version from github, grab the AppImage. Firstly extract the AppImage:
chmod +x ./flycast-x86_64.AppImage
./flycast-x86_64.AppImage  --appimage-extract
And then go into that newly extracted file to .\usr\bin\ to fish-out flycast. Within libTAS to boot into game you just write the cue file of the title, in my case that would be:
"Charge "N Blast (USA).cue"
Pros:
  • Has Controller Support
  • Can Pause
  • Can Turbo
  • Can Rerecord (drop a save immediately).
  • Can Dump Video
Cons:
  • Can't Dump Audio
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You can upload to your userfiles and forward that here. And the Judge would take care of it (the Judge will also generally fix it themselves).
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LogansGamingRoom wrote:
i think tas length should have a limit of 24 hours.
I believe you should watch yourself before you gate off several communities at once because of your thoughts. As I said in my previous post on the topic. Baten Kaitos 100% is an infamous two week speedrun. Tears of the Kingdom 100% is above 24 hours at the current time of writing. TASVideos will not gatekeep a full completion, not now, not ever.
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WhiteHat94 wrote:
The Sniper. Pretty simple, short run, would nice to see a TAS snapshotting and getting the best patterns. RTA run - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXfR_Ap0rY
"Pretty simple" is an understatement, cause it isn't. There's a lot of RNG at play, a lot of things that need to be accounted for (positioning and timing), and bioses that need to be dealt with which gives different seeds.
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Delete: Scripts > frame 1 > DoAction Dr. Raymond Burr was modified so updated userfile. System time was changed from 7 to 3 to deal with the buttons. Modification done due to Newground API shenanigans still being a thing. So whoops.
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Hello JayKondeck and welcome to TASVideos, unfortunately the timing you're using is slower than the several year old publication [1715] NES Super Mario Bros. "warps" by HappyLee in 04:57.31. It's highly recommended to use the userfiles for movies that don't best something pre-existing and to hone in your skills
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Done from scratch: User movie #638298571590604477. Thanks to rythin for proving a more preferable System Time. This won't be submitted in its current state as it's not the best that can be dealt with. For example if I even out my points where I should've biased towards Strength and Intelligence making it a 10/14/14 this would've removed 4 sleeps. One last thing I noticed between this and yours is that there's one more thing that could've been done. At the roulette table you select the number, then spin. It's faster to spin then select the number.
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Right. Things that I've noticed and unfortunately can't fix. The major issue is (and why I can't fix it) is your framerate's wrong. The game runs at 35fps not 30fps. The second issue is when you're doing your generative stats you could muck around with System Time instead and see if that gives you anything close to preferable as a starting stat. Mucking around and setting the System Time to 28 gave me 5 / 9 / 10 with 9 Extra Points. Which when used can give me 9 / 10 / 14, similar to what you have but with an extra stat in Intelligence. However this also brings to question of "isn't it better to even all these out to the same stat if you're going to sleep grind +1 to get the stats you need, and the lowest having the most issue?" this is due to the job hunt being done at the end of the movie and the stats requirement of being President being at or above 666. Your naming input, something I generally personally ignore can be fixed up. Now I don't know why this first part doesn't work in Linux, but it works in Windows. You can do Ctrl+A and redo that instead of manually backspacing 8 characters. But, if you have a look at Don't Shit Your Pants or Thy Dungeonman input string can be done in one line, meaning in theory you can have all that backspace in a single line, but also the rest of your alias "[A]hym" be done in that same single frame instead of it being spaced out along with that Done input. This affects any time you manually put in cash for stocks.
Spikestuff wrote:
It looks like you overgrinded at the Casino. Probably something that can be simply patched.
To refer to this comment. Doing all the necessary gambling you have to do once is better than backtracking and completing it a second time. If you know how much money you need at early game in a single trip, it's better to aim for that instead. I voted Meh previously mainly for the downtime sections being flashing lights, but if I could now I would Abstain the vote if I knew what I learnt. This is a good opener of a Submission but much more can be done fixed, patched and understood upon for this title.
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5E3DB693682BB4D71516738A4FEB26EB Delete: Scripts > frame 1 > PlaceObject2 (73: API Connector (NewgroundsAPI)) Depth: 500 Location of the first tape moved due to this modification so updated userfile. Location changed from in the bathroom, to being inside the Lab. Modification done due to Newground API shenanigans still being a thing. So whoops.
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
This submission exploits a something in the realm of L+R presses.
That argument doesn't work when Arsenal, Sniper Assassin & Full Moon exist alongside one another. The best option at the current time is: It's even more apparent when the other movie is branched appropriately since the day the pre-mentioned titles had their exploitive ways approved for the site. This submission has basically been given the green-light to exist alongside the other one.
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So, multi video track has been placed on the mirror link: But that doesn't mean I didn't make single video tracks, cause I did: And if for whatever reason I'm not here in the future, and something happens to the encode... here's the script for the Reduced Flashing.
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Pepper's using the input I provided as an example 1:1 which slightly adjusts their input for the first level. Rather than creating a new one from scratch Pepper's used the input I provided, my input also has issues that I highlighted in my comment above. This input here is 222 frames faster than myself with only jump adjustments, and 233 frames faster than you. The "improvement" you provided has also not been in the oven for long enough, a sub 7 should be possible. If you're going to use the input I amended from yours make that clear rather than taking the credit to yourself.
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Flashing at 3:00 to 3:46 and again at 3:52 to 3:55 and finally 3:56 to 4:03 and lastly 4:06 to 4:46 and for good measure 4:49 to 4:50. I guess my only complaint-- besides the seizure. Is that it looks like you overgrinded at the Casino. Probably something that can be simply patched.
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This TAS has a lot of visible issues that aren't explained by the author. Firstly the major thing that I noticed is that you weave away from the enemies before going towards them to jump on them, This includes enemies that can be jumped over without this extra movement being done to wait for them to be lower. Because you can jump higher than a single frame, so you can jump over them without ever touching them. Secondly there's this larger coin that exists, with a heart, it's a free hit point with no damage required to take, or this extra stalling input. This TAS has a lot of stalling input and it's a concern to me because it means that this TAS was not in the oven for long enough. Coin management is also another thing the TAS might have to do as well to reduce the coin bonus, as well as the free puppies bonus. The Puppies one can be avoided, but the coin one is harder to route around, especially with the lack of knowledge I have, but the lack of information being provided here. And I guess this would extend to the quest of would the site allow this game to take the Sonic approach of going for the lowest score, which create a worse overall time? Here's the userfile of the first input that's based on yours, but is mainly made as a grounds of what's going on. Abstained.
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IT'S THE BOY.
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Firstly. WebNations is a hack that profited off everyone's work. That account can stay dead. With what you stated there are issues with how the person dumps their videos for their commentary that wouldn't line up with our dumps/encodes as they do things differently which causes a/v to desync on our end (author commentary isn't lost to time, a backup of it exists), or they present it differently with pausing and whatnot (as you mentioned). That's why we usually point to their encodes on their personal channels instead of providing ourselves. We would have to put in guidelines and a request for how the author has to present their audio in advance to their submission if we want to do it cleanly. Certain authors also stylize their work, so there's that as well. Another thing we're waiting on to hit TASVideosChannel as seen on Netflix Anime for instance is multi-track audio. This will help reduce the amount of Sonic CD encodes for instance (different soundtracks), and allow split audio tracks in multi-game encodes such as the recently published Pokémon coop diploma. But again it can land on the a/v desync issue. A better method to showcase these, rather than bury them in the mass of encodes (and classify it as ours, even though it's their hard work) is to actually have a playlist that goes off to the author's YouTube, a highlight sort of thing. The author created their commentary, so they should be the one to have their encode featured to their channel not ours. I personally rather not steal off of others commentary like another hack that previously existed.
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FractalFusion wrote:
Before Spikestuff fills the workbench with another 29 of these types of runs.
13 thanks. 20 onwards are Unity based.
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