Okay, I'm pissed and I'll tell you why in a little bit First off, I'm coming back to this run. Projects are never really fully abandoned. They're just put on hold. So far I've only got Bell Castle Act 1. Here's a WIP, it's 3 frames faster than Exonym's WIP posted above. Believe me I had to fight for every one of those frames.
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/47189917528496898
This is not a game where you can check a few possibilities and call it a day. There are some times where it looks like doing things a few frames later makes things slower, but then you go a few frames later than that and it gets faster again. Working with the acceleration gives lots of possibilities. Exonym's WIP was also pretty solid. It's a big accomplishment to get just that.
So why am I pissed? Because the first time I ran through the stage, I was 4 frames faster than Exonym's WIP, but that got saved over and I couldn't figure out how to get it back. On top of that, when I tried to reproduce it based off of what I learned from doing it the first time, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get that one extra frame save to go. I know exactly where it happens, too. I should be 2 frames ahead of Exonym's WIP after I jump off the slope that I slide up backwards. I also know because I worked on that section a lot, that I should hit the mid checkpoint at frame 2465 rather than 2466 like I do in this WIP.
I know one frame is pretty small to make that much of a deal of, especially at this stage, but if I can't manage to find this one frame improvement that I know is there because I've already done in in the past, it'll put a stain on the entire rest of the run.
Please, anyone, if you are reading this, please help me figure out how to get my one frame back. This is bothering me so much. I know it's possible, but I can't for the life of me reproduce it.
