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I'm using 4.0-4167, so it's not the latest but it's somewhat close. I used to use 4.0-1430, that's what the WIP was made from. On each, they would usually only desync if I TASed for a long period of time. I don't have Dual Core or Idle Skipping on, I'm using LLE recompiler for audio, and I'm not using a memory card for either .dtm. I did play with the graphics settings while TASing, but I did that before where the desync happened and it didn't have any effect on the TAS.
Here's the input file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vly707ea77jg7v/Spider-Man%202.dtm?dl=0
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Okay so because of the new revisions and the finding of that neat little trick, I restarted. I made it all the way back to the first fight while TASing, significantly faster. I replayed it and it desynced very early on in the run.. It's happened in the old WIP too and it's really annoying. Sometimes I'll replay it and it will desync somewhere, other times I'll replay it and there won't be any desyncs at all. Are there any ideas for why this happened or how to avoid it?
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itsPersonnal wrote:
was there really no way to not lose all your speed landing that one LJ at 0:15 ?
Yes, unfortunately. The closer towards the edge I get and long jump from, the shorter the distance from the long jump. I would have to spin if I LJ'd from the edge, so this saves some time
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On a side note, is there an official timing method for individual level stars? For a TAS I've thought of using
(first frame of star celebration)-(first non-white frame after cutscene of flying in)/60
unless there is already an existing method.
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Made a google site just to keep track of everything SA2B TASing with the help of itsPersonnal :)
https://sites.google.com/site/sa2btas/home
There are still things to be added of course. Please share your opinions.
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jlun2 wrote:
Well, I managed to get OoB at the warehouse at the last chapter, but it happens seemingly by pure luck. Also sometimes I swear I move through a building as if it weren't there, but again, I have a hard time replicating them. :o
I'll fool around when I get to that point in the run.
I found a neat trick for swinging too; if you swing, boost, then wall run, you can keep the speed while flying in the air :) the wall run needs to be started close to the edge of a building though.
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jlun2 wrote:
Nice! For this game, there's a whole bunch of oddities like the occasional clipping glitch, to NPC's suddenly glitching out. I would love to see that abused. :D
Awesome! I hope there's an OoB glitch somewhere. If I could do that in a boss fight that would be really neat I think
and I may have found something about the memory addresses: the one I'm looking at only shows Spider-man's speed when he's on the ground (running), so there must be one for when he's in the air too :/
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Patashu wrote:
bihan wrote:
Before I make any more progress though I want to find an x-speed address to track his speed. Can anyone help me find it?
Of course! Use this guide to find 'higher and lower' position and speed:
http://tasvideos.org/MemorySearch.html
Because x and y positions (standing on the ground and moving around), you don't know which axis points in which direction, but z (being higher and lower) is always obvious, do things like 'I jumped up, assert my z position is higher' 'I fell, assert my z position is lower' and you will very quickly find z position. Then look at the surrounding memory addresses and you will find x position and y position too!
You can try the same with z speed, but z speed 'might not exist' as a memory address, so you may not find it (-> may have to make a LUA script that tracks change in x/y/z between frames and tells you how much it's changed)
You may also find that instead of x/y speed you have horizontal speed and angle. It depends on the game.
Another trick you can do is trying to find HP memory address. The surrounding memory addresses to HP may also be useful things.
Thanks! I'll try using this too. I looked at THC98's tutorial but I still didn't find the address.
And thank you everyone :)
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Zarmakuizz wrote:
If you have fun TASing this game, don't wait for our opinions and go ahead :)
Alright :D well I started a little bit, I did up until Spidey first goes to Dr. Connors class and made a video for it. Before I make any more progress though I want to find an x-speed address to track his speed. Can anyone help me find it?
Here's the video:
Link to video
I tried to use this and it wouldn't open, saying "this application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application."
Also should I move on to 4.0 now?