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Posted: 7/15/2013 2:30 PM

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I think input is displayed there using gpu message function, not real lua drawings like tas gpu.

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Posted: 7/15/2013 12:46 PM

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http://tim007.com/prog/6502_Disassembler.7z Also http://www.zophar.net/utilities/nesdev.html

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Posted: 7/15/2013 9:08 AM

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Yes, but no one knows what. I posted on Pete's (the creator of peops gpu) forum and got no response.

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Posted: 7/15/2013 6:47 AM

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max12187566 wrote:

It's so troublesome for you，Feos！！！

Hmm, I suggested that I replace the submission file with the improved version, and you cancel it completely with some odd words... No need to cancel each time, you could just upload here and post a link.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 9:27 PM

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feos:		oh wow. all submissions from 2380 to 2390 were published by me
Nach:		>_>
Nach:		All hail the new Bisqwit!
Nach:		Meow!
feos:		<_<
Mothrayas: ALL HAIK BISCAT
Mothrayas: *HAIL
Mothrayas: ALL HAIL BISCAT
feos:		me too?
feos:		also why Bisqwit?
Nach:		How many of our publishers can you name who published 10 runs in a row?
feos:		hahaha
Nach:		11

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Posted: 7/14/2013 8:19 PM

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Right, like a couple of bullets traveling from one to another and back :) The only hard thing is that one would need to redo ALL OVER in order to fix some tiny aspect in the past.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 8:04 PM

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Well, since in this run there are many places where it is slower than the existing one, and it is only faster thanks to new shortcuts, it has a low chance to be accepted as an improvement. But not zero! I'd encourage the Author to try out more improvements, thankfully no one keeps them secret.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 6:57 PM

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you can add "pause" at the end of the batch file to read all you wish after it is executed. or even change "@echo" to "on".

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Posted: 7/14/2013 6:41 PM

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Watched the first half of it. God, there is a Star material right there! Just WOW!

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Posted: 7/14/2013 5:41 PM

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Hm, I never thought that this game would be finished with a game over :D I liked the first version because it is a part of the overall action, and it must be a faster input end.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 2:33 PM

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Will you upload the improved movie? I wanted to encode it, and to replace the submission as well.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 1:40 PM

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Please share the script, it looks awesome and can be used for publication encodes.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 12:40 PM

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HD output, if it was created, must be just sitting in the "output" folder. And if the error was in uploading it to tasvideos, then you will need Encoder role. However I'm not sure if it is the error you are getting. Can you quote it?

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Posted: 7/14/2013 8:50 AM

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youtube comment wrote:

It's been discovered that the Tetris room can be skipped, if you jump onto the first falling block as you drop into it. Would shave many seconds off your run.

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Posted: 7/14/2013 7:56 AM

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http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/CommonTricks.html Thread #13010: How to find glitches/bugs ?

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Posted: 7/13/2013 8:47 AM

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Being only eligible for Vault does not mean you can leave unused time savers while they are not hard to use. Vault is for movies that were not liked by enough people, but that tier exists for people whole still like such movies! So there are always people who would like a Vault movie, in this case it's me. And I advise you to revisit your last level and just check which moves can be done sooner. For example, there is a spinning platform that starts moving as soon as you jump on it. Then do a jump earlier on the ground to get onto that platform sooner, it must start moving sooner. Another tip is that jumps usually increase vertical speed, so if you need to get to a lower platform sooner, you can not just walk off the upper one, but jump from it. It is a common TAS trick that works in a huge majority of games. Other tricks can be read about here: http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/CommonTricks.html And here is the overall guide: http://tasvideos.org/TasingGuide.html Also, I meant not the externall application called TAS Movie Editor (that allows copypaste), but the internal FCEUX tool that allows heavy editing and watching in real time.

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Posted: 7/13/2013 8:28 AM

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No need to cancel, you can just post an improved version here and we replace the submission file. As for the first TAS ever, were you using TASEditor? It gives a nice assistance in testing first frames for actions and is quite newbie-friendly.

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Posted: 7/13/2013 8:17 AM

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I guess it's the same movie, just trimmed properly. That's a nice run to me thanks to the new tricks, but it still has a good room for optimizing. You should do time-critical actions as soon as possible, like searching for the first frame where jumping from one platform to another would work, and which option saves more frames. Even the last hit on the final boss was not made as soon as possible, I just moved it a dozen frames back and it still worked, getting the final time 13:35.92.

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Posted: 7/13/2013 7:13 AM

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"You are about to submit your first TAS. Make sure it is well optimized, beats all known records, and meets other [movie rules]. If not, you may just post a work-in-progress movie on [Forums] to get competent help from other members."

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Posted: 7/12/2013 2:47 PM

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Doing a fast encode to gain more voters.

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Posted: 7/10/2013 9:01 PM
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Improved 14 frames up to the start of the 4th floor of level 2. User movie #7835924255932263 MESHUGGAH?

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Posted: 7/9/2013 5:45 PM

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On boss 3 that guy loses a whole bunch of frames by not hitting him as fast as possible, because he spawned to the left. So when the last hit was done, the boss was lower and the box appeared fast. But in our movie delaying boss death only loses time, because he isn't too high either already, and was hit at the first possible frame. Boss 2 falls from the lowest pos already. Boss 4 doesn't jump. Boss 1 is random, but must be easy to manipulate by killing item dropping enemies at different frames. This way in that submission I forced boss 3 to spawn in the middle, and boss 4 to drop the stones 10 sooner than in WIPs. Post #350698

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Posted: 7/9/2013 5:16 PM

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Boss 1 actions:

Language: asm
; State = 0x8, fly with 2 divings

$D320:A5 8F     LDA GlobalTmr = #$9F               A:00 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIZc 
$D322:65 90     ADC RNG = #$24                     A:9F X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:NvUBdIzc 
$D324:85 90     STA RNG = #$24                     A:C3 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:NvUBdIzc 
$D326:E6 90     INC RNG = #$C3                     A:C3 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:NvUBdIzc 
$D328:60        RTS (from $D320) ----------------- A:C3 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:NvUBdIzc 
$AA1E:29 20     AND #$20                           A:C3 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:NvUBdIzc ; is 6th bit 1 or 0?
$AA20:D0 08     BNE $AA2A                          A:00 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIZc 
$AA22:A9 08     LDA #$08                           A:00 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIZc ; no branch
$AA24:9D 0E 04  STA State,X @ $0418 = #$0E         A:08 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzc ; do 2 divings

; State = 0x10, Fly down slowly (required for last pattern)

$D320:A5 8F     LDA GlobalTmr = #$4F               A:01 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$D322:65 90     ADC RNG = #$D0                     A:4F X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$D324:85 90     STA RNG = #$D0                     A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$D326:E6 90     INC RNG = #$20                     A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$D328:60        RTS (from $D320) ----------------- A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$AA1E:29 20     AND #$20                           A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzC ; is 6th bit 1 or 0?
$AA20:D0 08     BNE $AA2A                          A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzC 
$AA2A:A9 18     LDA #$18                           A:20 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzC ; branch
$AA2C:9D 5E 04  STA Yspeed,X @ $0468 = #$19        A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzC 
$AA2F:20 66 8D  JSR $8D66                          A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:FB P:nvUBdIzC 
$8D66:A6 B1     LDX SlotPtr = #$0A                 A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$8D68:FE 0E 04  INC State,X @ $0418 = #$0E         A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC 
$8D6B:FE 0E 04  INC State,X @ $0418 = #$0F         A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC ; fly down
$8D6E:60        RTS (from $8D66) ----------------- A:18 X:0A Y:18 S:F9 P:nvUBdIzC

Add these lines to the script to see the value he reads, whenever it is 20, he does slow flight down. RNG during the level must be manipulated so that he gets 20 on the last pattern. Or maybe even on both, could save us 2 hit points to spend during the level, instead of 1.

Language: lua
boss1RNG = AND(RNG,0x20)
gui.text( 0, 24, string.format("AND: %X",boss1RNG))

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Posted: 7/9/2013 4:15 PM

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DarkKobold wrote:

PPS: This movie kind of proves total domination of TASEditor over old-style methods. Ask MESHUGGAH!
Consider this question asked!

AnS wrote:

Yeah, this movie doesn't prove anything. Only statistics may do such thing.

Lag count of our movie: 614 Lag count from that guy: 699 Lag count of adelikat's run: 740 Precision is better catered for in TASeditor, though it doesn't automatically make your movies perfect. But it does the best job assisting it.

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Posted: 7/9/2013 3:15 PM

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http://tasvideos.org/2415M.html Okay the movie is published. But the way kkapture dumps still leaves black frames when loading a state. But listen to the sound! It is amazing. Still in 2 places the voice sample was cut in teh middle, but there are no glitches or noises or something. It is because tas spu state is NOT LOADED along with savestates. But still, if we add a feature to dump extra frames and then cut them out with avisynth, it would make my spu savestates hack unnecessary and video frame not dying. Since we can use a custom avisynth function, dumping to a text file these: Remove(frame#, offset) But that would require an extra conversation - how to do extra frames in the first place.

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