And it's gonna be rejected due to being built on an unofficial Dolphin build once again?
"in bounds" is vague and does not preclude the use of out of bounds strategies at face value.
So this run doesn't do the same BIOS setup as the other published DSi movies do, they start from the moment the DSi asks for user settings. Since there isn't a proper guide on how to do this yet I don't blame the author for not doing this. I have resynced the movie to start from this more consistent startup: https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638069337268309936 edit: new link as I forgot to set the re-record count back.
Makes sense, but how much different is this from a regular play? (I mean an "any%" TAS)
The movie must be complete Your submission must beat the game, or reach the most suitable endpoint the game allows. Single-level or otherwise incomplete movies are not allowed. Examples of suitable endpoints are:
- A definitive ending, such as a credits sequence.
- A kill screen, assuming it is impossible to complete even when TASed.
- If there's no clear ending, end after all unique content (enemies, level layouts, game mechanics, etc.) is exhausted.
This is probably the only one I potentially have a critique of - I'm unsure exactly what the definition of video screen is here. Does this just mean "the game appears on a computer monitor", or is the requirement here that the game itself display moving visual objects? If the latter, I'd have concerns about text adventures (as well as the few sound-based games out there designed for blind players).
Language: asm6502collision: A:04 X:00 Y:00 S:F9 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5AF: 48 PHA A:04 X:00 Y:00 S:F8 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5B0: A5 D6 LDA $D6 = #$1C A:1C X:00 Y:00 S:F8 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5B2: 85 D7 STA $D7 = #$1C A:1C X:00 Y:00 S:F8 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5B4: A0 14 LDY #$14 A:1C X:00 Y:14 S:F8 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5B6: 20 19 C6 JSR $C619 A:1C X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C619: 84 D6 STY $D6 = #$1C A:1C X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C61B: A5 D6 LDA $D6 = #$14 A:14 X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C61D: 29 1F AND #$1F A:14 X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C61F: 05 DE ORA $DE = #$00 A:14 X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C621: 8D 00 C0 STA $C000 = #$78 A:14 X:00 Y:14 S:F6 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:C624: 60 RTS (from $C619) ---------------------------- A:14 X:00 Y:14 S:F8 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5B9: 8A TXA A:00 X:00 Y:14 S:F8 P:nvUbdIZc $1F:E5BA: 8D 8F 06 STA $068F = #$00 A:00 X:00 Y:14 S:F8 P:nvUbdIZc $1F:E5BD: 68 PLA A:04 X:00 Y:14 S:F9 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5BE: A8 TAY A:04 X:00 Y:04 S:F9 P:nvUbdIzc $1F:E5BF: B9 64 82 LDA $8264 colPtrTableHigh,Y @ $8268 = #$D0 A:D0 X:00 Y:04 S:F9 P:NvUbdIzc $1F:E5C2: 85 4A STA $4A collision routine = #$B0 A:D0 X:00 Y:04 S:F9 P:NvUbdIzc $1F:E5C4: B9 74 82 LDA $8274 colPtrTableLow,Y @ $8278 = #$81 A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F9 P:NvUbdIzc $1F:E5C7: 85 4B STA $4B = #$8B A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F9 P:NvUbdIzc $1F:E5C9: 20 CF E5 JSR $E5CF Breakpoint 2 Hit at $E5CF: $E5CF:EC--X- Condition:K==#1F A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzc $1F:E5CF: 6C 4A 00 JMP ($004A collision routine) = $81D0 warp warp: A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzc $14:81D0: E4 6A CPX $6A = #$00 A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIZC $14:81D2: D0 2C BNE $8200 rts A:81 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIZC $14:81D4: A9 C0 LDA #$C0 A:C0 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzC $14:81D6: 09 01 ORA #$01 A:C1 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzC $14:81D8: 09 40 ORA #$40 A:C1 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzC $14:81DA: 8D 07 06 STA $0607 = #$00 A:C1 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:NvUbdIzC $14:81DD: A9 01 LDA #$01 A:01 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIzC $14:81DF: 8D 08 06 STA $0608 = #$01 A:01 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIzC $14:81E2: AD 95 06 LDA $0695 warp? = #$25 A:25 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIzC $14:81E5: 8D B9 06 STA $06B9 room1 = #$32 A:25 X:00 Y:04 S:F7 P:nvUbdIzC $14:81E8: 8D BA 06 STA $06BA room2 = #$32
Download KuboBG.luaLanguage: luawhile true do -- local x = memory.readbyte(0x0420) -- local y = memory.readbyte(0x0440) -- gui.text(x,y,"O") local base = 0x0320 for x=0,15 do for y=0,12 do local typ = memory.readbyte(base+y*16+x) if typ ~= 0 then local color if typ == 1 then color = 0xffffffff end -- wall if typ == 3 then color = 0xffff00ff end -- end trigger if typ == 4 then color = 0xffff0000 end -- warp if typ == 5 then color = 0xffff8800 end -- chest gui.drawBox(x*16,y*16+24,x*16+15,y*16+24+15,color) gui.pixelText(x*16+2,y*16+24+2,typ,color) end end end emu.frameadvance() end
inside /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:Language: shellsudo apt install ffmpeg:i386
and then I was able to launch libTAS like this and the game ran fine:Language: shellsudo ln -s libswresample.so.3 libswresample.so
Language: shell~/.steam/bin/steam-runtime/run.sh libTAS
Shall [198] SNES Kirby Super Star by Zurreco in 51:02.10 get the "One player in a multiplayer game" tag and be un-obsoleted?
Note that I use Wheelie Rider kirby a lot, and the helper is lost between games and clearly less important than kirby, so most of the run doesn't look very 2-player.
[980] NES Snow Bros. "2 players" by Randil in 13:56.85 This for similar reason.
Hi! Dev here. I was browsing my analytics, and found that my highest visits this month are from a website I had never heard of. and I thought "how curious". Nice to meet you all.
SKRAAGHRHSCH has 10 hit points, but I don't think that matters too much for you.
I am honored that my game has been the subject of such activities, and I am curious about where you found it, and what makes a game a good candidate for TAS? I suppose it is easier to do GBC ROMs because you could play them in something that manipulates time, etc, where as a browser-based game is a little tougher, or a game with a truly random generated world may be difficult to maintain consistency between runs. (for instance, https://juzek.itch.io/cellracer is probably not very possible as it currently is, although it would be easy to make an off-line build that is more consistent for you all.
Seeing as though I noticed improvements since the submission (mainly the Bowser fight), it may be best not to publish this. But then again, I recall Nach reacting unkindly towards how horrid the hack looks, although you can only applaud the author for trying; the hack series sparked worldwide significance for players and users. It was one of the hardest of its kind anyway. Still, we're better off waiting for staff approval before we can give rise to a new run of this hack. We can't be hasty enough to assume, "Okay, this is good, now let's make a new run." No. We need to ensure the TASVideos staff approves of this hack. Yes, they've lightened up on how they accept ROM hacks, but we can't fully use this to our advantage. In this case, we'll have to take it with a grain of salt; the staff will hopefully handle the rest in the meantime.
Would the fact that TAS cannot obtain this source of points hurt its judging due to suboptimality? Is the fact that the trick has been done on the Switch version going to hurt the argument for potential version differences?
Furthermore, since SWH is an unity game, reverse engineering the code is reasonably easy. Are there any issues with me using reverse-engineered code to potentially prove this discrepancy in behavior between versions? Would it be required to argue that the suboptimality comes from version differences?
https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638052470398915167 (total timesave of 105f (somehow, didn't expect the textbox to take up so much time))
This is gonna be a weird one. So, there's this game that I want to TAS for speed called GG Aleste II/Power Strike II (Game Gear). It's a shmup with the unfortunate issue of (very slow) infinite score leeching so speed is a more appropriate goal. The problem is that the only speed leaderboards for the game that I know of are on the Aleste Collection, which have replays but only has a Japanese release on Switch and PS4. I couldn't find many runs of the game to completion for that version online so I can't be certain of an exact fastest possible completion time, though I think I have a rough idea of the best time. Am I still expected to know these times for beating all known records if it requires either buying the collection (possibly twice if the systems have separate leaderboards) or knowing some folks who can check and verify those times for me?
But now there's also a question of how do we want to name non-USA versions of games. Previously the USA name had to be used even if the movie is made on the Japanese version, to make the movie easier to find. But that was only a problem when navigation was movie based. With game based navigation, you can now have different aliases attached to the game, and user will be able to find it. And non-USA movies still link back to the game they belong to.
https://tasvideos.org/140G
So do we still need to care what "THE definitive default" USA version is called, and use that name for all other versions? Or maybe each version can now be called according to its release title (barring actual Japanese spelling)?
Language: shell#!/bin/bash echo -ne "\033]0;Drag & drop file or folder\007" prefix="'" suffix="' " while IFS=$'\t\r\n' read -d '' -rsn 1 str && [ "$str" ]; do while IFS= read -d '' -rsn 1 -t .02 char; do str+="$char" done if [ "$str" ]; then # in case your temrinal adds funny symbols on drag'n'drop #str="$(expr "$str" : "$prefix\(.*\)$suffix")" # or #str="$(printf "%s" "$str" | sed -e "s/^$prefix//" -e "s/$suffix//")" find "${str##*/}" -type f -exec sha1sum {} \; fi done