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JankRusty wrote:
As I've said in the submission, this seems to use the RSDK engine, so the Aglar Act 2 zip won't work. If this is built in Sonic 1's original code though then it could be possible, assuming that Stealth didn't fix any bugs. I also did make sure that I hit Eggman as soon as I could, however I had to go slightly to the left to hit Eggman due to smaller hitboxes. And regarding the end, well it looks sloppy because the camera moves really slowly, sort of reminiscent of the first boss in Sonic Megamix.
I don't think the RSDK engine would even be able to run on such hardware like the GBA, and from what I've seen playing the port myself, it controls mostly like Sonic 3, but with Sonic 1/2 style zips. So the Aglar zips would work, but would have to be set up a little bit differently.
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JankRusty wrote:
I'll be correcting you ever so slightly in this. There's a bit of terminology for what's considered a zip and what's considered a so-called level wrap, at least in a Sonic game, it's just that both are called zips due to visual similarities and functions.
A zip is when you clip into a wall and go and at some high speeds inside the wall, which is something that is patched in this game. A level wrap is when you go to the far left of the level to end up in the other side, something that with few exceptions can be done without zips. And in Sonic Mania speedruns you can actually see some instances of "level wraps" by exploiting the death animation thus removing any interaction with objects.
To put it shortly, level wraps could theoretically be possible in Sonic 1 Forever.
I don't think zips are possible in Sonic 1 Forever/Sonic 2 Absolute, along with other RSDK games due to huge engine overhauls, and the fact the engine was made from scratch in the late 2000's and has a different physics system entirely compared to the Genesis games. 2 modern Genesis Sonic overhaul that I know has zips is Sonic 3 AIR and Sonic 2 Community's Cut, because their engines are similar enough to the actual Genesis games to still have zips. (Level wraps in Sonic Mania also require pauses, but the Genesis games don't require pauses for level wraps.)
Now it probably is possible to glitch into walls in the RSDK games, but not usually, you have to go essentially light speed and off screen to do that, and even then we only know it's possible to glitch through breakable walls, and not non-breakables. But yeah, that's my yapfest.
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Love the amount of glitches in this game and how you pulled them off. YES VOTE.
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This TAS doesn't seem bad, but it is pretty slow with combos, and plus, it would be slightly more entertaining to confuse the cpu, but because this isn't a playaround run, that will slide for me. But honestly, you should perform moves like Ken's kick air throw more often, as those moves can damage a cpu a good bit. Not too bad though besides for combos.
Meh vote.
(the in-air Tatsus are kinda repetitive too, even though they can be used for good)
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Glad to see people already testing out isle-portable through TAS tools and emulators!
Was planning too myself but I didn't have time to, mainly due to personal things, along with me getting into Tomodachi Life.
But yeah, hope some new developments come over the next few days!
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This isn't a bad TAS by any means, it's pretty optimized from my POV (I'm not an expert when it comes to TASing though), but because of how short this hack is, my guess is this won't make it through to publications.
Meh vote.
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Edit: I was able to improve this by 3 seconds and 4 milliseconds IGT here:
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Been making a TAS of Koryu for a little while now, and I've been wanting to do some throw glitches for the TAS itself. I also found a video demonstrating these throw glitches (the one below), but unfortunately there's no guides to the throw glitches themselves. It's also a PAIN to replicate touch-of-death glitches does by CPUs as well, like with Blanka's electricity going bonkers around the stage and knocking you out in an instant. If anyone has any info on this hack that may help me with the TAS, please let me know, as I'd like to break the TAS record of a most broken Street Fighter II' TAS.
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Gameplay is pretty quick, but combos could be better.
Overall, from what I've seen, this TAS really isn't that entertaining. No vote.
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Bigbass wrote:
Stockiel wrote:
also it's for actual age verification, like having to scan an ID
(1) Require any user of the operating system to provide the
date of birth of the user in order to--
(A) set up an account on the operating system; and
(B) use the operating system.
Seems it only requires the user to provide their date of birth. This would be massively more acceptable than sites/apps using private companies that really do scan our faces or IDs. However, it looks like we'd have to wait for the Commission to actually come up with rules on how this should be performed before we'd know what's expected.
It's also not clear how enforceable this would actually be for free OSes.
Yeah, I didn't really read some of the laws fully. There's some that require IDs, and some that only require attestation. Doesn't matter though, it's still BS either way.
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I remember trying to use MarioNES inside of PCem (using eXPerience's MicroXP) and got alright results. But still, this might be pointless, but it IS pretty cool seeing a TAS inside of another TAS.
Yes vote (cuz why not).
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CasualPokePlayer wrote:
Stockiel wrote:
You can't just make an operating system (like Arch Linux, the OS I use) have age verification immediately.
That's why the laws don't take effect immediately on being passed, there is time before OSes implement this. Even then, desktop Linux isn't really the main target, Windows/macOS/Android/iOS are (and states don't exactly have much power to enforce these laws on like desktop Linux since they can only regulate intrastate commerce, as opposed to the OSes listed before as they most likely have some company presence within the state, especially California).
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Not only is there no point to these laws, it's a HUGE security risk. What if someone's data gets leaked and what if they're a child?
Data leaked from where exactly? The local computer being pwned? If you didn't realize, there's way more important/valuable things on your computer that can be accessed instead of the user's self-reported age (and those things are what malware will aim for), so this doesn't really change the status quo in that way?
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If Gavin Newsom wouldn't have thought about laws like this.
I think you're putting too much credit to Gavin Newsom for this law.
Don't get me wrong, I do not like Newsom (and I like that he is term limited here), but it's not Newsom coming up with the law and proceeding to roll it out everywhere. The source is rather tech lobbyists who proceed to back this kind of age verification, then most politicans falling for it (like in California, it was unanimous in the State Assembly and State Senate). The reasons for the tech lobby to advocate this can come down to multiple factors:
1. It can be used as a way to satisfy the crowd of people who want to "make tech companies accountable" (without actually doing so).
2. It allows tech companies to easily some kind of age info for data collection purposes (although the law under ideal circumstances only has age brackets available (e.g. every adult and child lying about their age will just report 18+), and again this is self-reported age anyways)
3. It can easily charm dumb politicans who see this as "common sense" as it puts the onus of age verification at a single source instead of shoving it onto "adult websites."
1. also is great for politicans who see this as the lesser of the two evils, if age verification is going to be forced down our throats, might as well be the one which is effectively checking the "I am 18+" checkbox once on the OS and not giving ID to every possibly adult website.
Not gonna lie, reading your post after reading mine, I can see where you're coming from. Seeing as major tech dudes (CEOs, and some other people in charge of huge tech companies like Apple and Microsoft) are of course in control of most of the the tech industry, it probably is true that they originally came up with the idea, and not politicians directly. I also didn't specify where the data would be leaked from where I said it would be a huge security risk, but yes, the data from the computer being pwned specifically is what I meant (also yes, I do realize there are more important valuables on a PC than just the age of a user). But if a computer were to get pwned at that time of the law being enforced or after, and if law enforcement were to find out the user was a child, they would probably be fined (about point 2 from you: you are right about people lying about their age most likely will show up as 18+ (since that's what they're most likely going for) and will be able to access the computer fully, but it is stored on the main system, so there are still chances of getting caught. In states like Texas though, you need an ID to verify, and if you don't have an ID or refuse to scan one, you probably won't get access to your computer (in an 18+ or free manner that is). I know I might not be describing this in great detail but I'm trying my best here.
Also, with you saying desktop Linux is implementing age verification, some are and some aren't. There are ones fine with it, like Ubuntu and Fedora, but there's ones that are against it like Gentoo, not even bothering to add it into OpenRC. (that's all for me to say about the desktop Linux stuff though)
I'mma also get to point number 1 on the very first paragraph of points, I do agree that it can be used satisfy people who want to make tech companies "accountable", which in my mind, isn't even the point of the law itself. But at this point, I don't even know what to say anymore. I'mma just leave it here.
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Tegron wrote:
This is just my personal opinion, but I suspect that age verification in reality only pretends to be for the safety of children, but actually is a way to control us. However, I have to agree that it makes no sense, and that we already have parental controls for this purpose. I don’t think age verification will affect TASVideos, and that we won’t be forced to implement it for this site as well.
They do make it seem that way, but it really isn't for "protecting the kids" they so say. It definitely is a way to control us. The fact that people on both sides on the political spectrum agree with these BS laws boggles me, this is probably the first time I've seen both sides agree on something so major. We're people and we can do what we want, when we want. That's what stupid politicians like Gavin Newsom and Matt Ball (of California and Colorado) need to understand.
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ShgofcTAS wrote:
as a brazillian i agree, a law popurplaly called ”Lei Felca” has similar OS Level age verification requirements and it is raising concerns about what will happen to Linux and other open source apps.
Yeah, I've heard about Brazil's laws too and they seem a whole lot worse than the laws in certain states in the country where I live right now too. From what I remember, I think Brazil was actually the first country to enact laws like that. It's honestly so stupid.
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I've been kinda wanting to make a topic here like this for a bit now mainly because of the California and Colorado age verification laws, and I've been wanting to see you all's opinion on the matter as well. For me, even though I'm not Californian or Coloradan, I still think its stupid that politicians even gave out this horrendous idea for "age verification". Like why OS level, what's the point? I already know about 5 states actively wanting laws like this put in place or putting them in place right now: California, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, and New York (thank god I live in none of those states). But seriously, do these politicians (especially Gavin Newsom of California) not know how computers work, or even parental controls for that matter? You can't just make an operating system (like Arch Linux, the OS I use) have age verification immediately, the end user CAN add parental controls to the computer though, in case if they don't want an irresponsible child goofing around, so there's no point into ANY of these laws. Not only is there no point to these laws, it's a HUGE security risk. What if someone's data gets leaked and what if they're a child? At this point, I don't even know what to say anymore about crap like this. If Gavin Newsom wouldn't have thought about laws like this, we wouldn't have been in a situation like this. (no offense to Californians though, y'all are cool). Anyways, that's all I have to say. Hopefully this stuff doesn't extend any farther.
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So, I just found out that MAME now has added support for the HP Jornada 720, a PDA (personal digital assistant) from the year 2000 with 32MB of RAM, a 206Mhz StrongARM family ARM processor, and Windows CE 3 in its newest release, version 0.286. Since emulation for the Jornada 720 has just been added though, it's probably very buggy and not recommended to use right now for gaming, only recommended for testing out. (EDIT: status in MAME is NOT WORKING for people who are wondering)
I am planning to test some stuff out and see if it works within libTAS as well. If anyone else wants to try as well, here's the sha1sums of the ROMs you'll need:
For MAME, you probably already know where to get it.
(EDIT 2: I only got the BIOS booted up, if anyone gets Windows CE set up and working, please let me know)
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I'm not an expert SMW TASer, but this run was VERY improvable, especially in the parts where you climb the cage (or whatever it's called).
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This run (^) is a 6 second improvement that I made myself. I also ended inputs early because the inputs at the very last part aren't needed.
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I guess you could say that, because they also do control similarly to Game & Watch games too tbh
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CoolKirby wrote:
Hope it's quick to resync! Also, would the platform be Arcade, like the original Donkey Kong, instead of Tabletop? If it is, "Platform: Arcade" should be recognized by the site when you resubmit (but can be changed later, either way).
I wouldn't consider it an arcade game because it doesn't have a credit system.
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Well damn. Thanks for letting me know though, Spike.
(I'm also gonna cancel this run because my framerate is wrong, so yea.)
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Thanks for the encode, CoolKirby. Also, glad to know what happens when someone plays the TAS movie on another computer. When I play the movie more than once on my ThinkPad though, it doesn't desync. But yeah, I will use your encode in my submission.
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Even though I'm late to this, I just wanna say this: what's the point with this submission? The game here that you TASed is just a simple hack of The Lion King that adds simple cheats to the game that essentially makes the game boring. I'm not too familiar with this game, but I seriously don't even know what's the point of submitting a TAS of a such simple hack that just hinders the experience of the game by making it too easy.
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Nominating Mikewillplays and InputEvelution
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Nominating eien86 most definitely.
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Do I really need to say anything?
YES.
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