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Posted: 3/26/2021 5:01 PM

Post subject: Publications with corrupted movie files

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[3410] Wii GoldenEye: 007 "007 Classic difficulty" by FitterSpace in 1:41:35.67 - blank zip. [1677] PCE Vigilante by Sonikkustar in 05:44.40 - input doesn't match the submitted file. Both can be restored from submissions.

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Posted: 3/26/2021 2:56 PM

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TheKDX7?

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Posted: 3/25/2021 2:27 PM

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Actual explanation. If you don't reach the credits, the game is not completed yet, so the "post-completion input" clause doesn't apply here, because it handles input that needs to happen after the credits. What we can do is use the movie with the concert for encodes, but it should also be modified to reach the credits eventually.

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Posted: 3/23/2021 4:56 PM

Post subject: Re: #7045: adelikat & EZGames69's Genesis Beavis and Butt-Head in 09:24.38

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TASVideoAgent wrote:

I am unsure if it's preferred to have the movie that reaches credits be submitted instead

JudgeGuidelines on Post-Completion Input wrote:

Sometimes extra input is required after the game ending sequence has started, so it could fully proceed to the last ending screen. It is preferred to contain such input in the submitted movie

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Posted: 3/22/2021 4:12 PM

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If it's a simple patch, sounds like a decent idea. Just need to make sure it doesn't enable any "secret" advantages.

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Posted: 3/20/2021 5:49 PM

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Since this movie has already been resynced to use the BIOS, I suggest replacing this submission with that movie. I verified that all level durations are identical in the resync CasualPokePlayer posted, and fluctuations in loading times compensate each other by the end of the movie, aside from a single frame that the resync is "ahead" due to shorter loading around 70k frames in.

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Posted: 3/20/2021 9:15 AM

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jlun2 wrote:

What's more "legit"? Sorting from slowest to fastest. 1. Trigger the ending sequence, which while longer due to dialogue, sets up the end game flags 2. Setting up boss complete flag, probably some post game credit flag, then load credits. 3. Trigger the credits, ignoring game completion flags.

Depends on how the game works after you've completed it. If there's nothing at all after completion and normal credits, it's ok to trigger them directly. But to play safe and make it obvious for the viewers, you can use the fullest option.

jlun2 wrote:

I want to obsolete: [2225] GBC Keitai Denjuu Telefang: Speed Version "warp glitch" by jlun2, MisterChess in 07:12.50 using ACE. That movie is impossible, since it uses a VBA bug where opcode 10 10 STOP is ignored. Does the very 1st old movie become a new category despite vault due to rules on ACE now?

It can't become a new category if it's the same category in every sense. There's a hacky workaround that involves reverse-obsoletion of newer run by older. Is there a forum post explaining why it's invalid?

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Posted: 3/18/2021 3:54 PM

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Fx wrote:

Thumbnail suggestion for TASvideos channel: https://i.imgur.com/LlQlAoT.png

What frame is this?

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Posted: 3/17/2021 5:37 PM

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What constitutes difficulty in this game?

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Posted: 3/17/2021 3:40 PM

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TAS Tutorial - Making Your First TAS, by The8bitbeast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlJzD6wWmoXmihK13itZJ-mzjK3SD1EaM

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Posted: 3/17/2021 3:36 PM

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ThunderAxe31 has stepped down as a judge. Thanks for all you great contribution! I really like you sir, and I wish you perfect future!

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Posted: 3/15/2021 3:49 PM

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Monotonous gameplay, slow pace, repetitive environment, music with no memorable melodies, and also lasting for 2 hours... Even live commentary has to become casual talk most of the time, because there's not so much to comment in this game, it's basically repeating the same few cool tricks once in a while, otherwise it just feels too bland. Voted No.

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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:30 AM

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It was really impressive to see a 3D shooter on such a platform! Also short enough to not get repetitive. Yes vote.

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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:56 AM
(Edited: 7/20/2022 7:49 PM)

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Notes to self This is what mame uses to determine how many samples it needs to emit for any given AVI fame

Language: cpp
length = framenum_to_samplenum(framenum + 1 + m_soundbuf_frames) - framenum_to_samplenum(framenum + m_soundbuf_frames);

And here's the body

Language: cpp
inline std::uint32_t avi_file_impl::framenum_to_samplenum(std::uint32_t framenum) const
{
    return (std::uint64_t(m_info.audio_samplerate) * std::uint64_t(framenum) * std::uint64_t(m_info.video_sampletime) + m_info.video_timescale - 1) / std::uint64_t(m_info.video_timescale);
}

Great times. If I replicate this in hawk, hopefully av will sync. m_soundbuf_frames is a semi-arbitrary number of extra frames to prepare samples in advance for, 0.57 of a second, something around 45 frames of safety buffer. I hope I won't need it. framenum is current actual frame. Also I don't think I cleared the sound buffer when loading states lol. It just kept appending irrelevant samples.

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Posted: 3/12/2021 5:51 PM

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I know.

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Posted: 3/11/2021 8:26 PM

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Vault is meant to guarantee that if the game only provides for boring runs, it still has a chance to be published as a speed record. But if its Moons content, we allow various speed/entertainment trade-offs in otherwise vaultable branches. The most known example is Super Metroid 100%, which bans OoB because that'd make it much less entertaining, even though that would become vaultable.

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Posted: 3/11/2021 3:49 PM

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That sounds perfectly publishable, but we can't predict obsoletion without having a discussion with the audience after the submission arrives.

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Posted: 3/9/2021 2:51 PM

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SmashManiac wrote:

That thread contains no reply from site manages since 2019, despite the multiple issues and progress report requests posted since then.

Does this thread look better in that regard?

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Posted: 3/8/2021 11:34 AM

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TheKDX7 wrote:

There is also the case of this run : GB Looney Tunes (USA) in 09:28.88 by Sonikkustar which was made obsolete by this "glitched" category at the time : GBC Looney Tunes (USA) in 03:53.97 by Aqfaq & Sonikkustar couldn't we give it the "All levels" category or just "any%" and the other one "warp glitch" ?

Only if it meets the rules for full completion, otherwise it's ineligible for Vault.

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Posted: 3/8/2021 9:32 AM

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Since 2008, Deign's run has been improved in both actual gameplay and in memory corruption (which it also has), so it's not entirely optimal at this point. And in terms of entertainment and difference, the thing we haven't had in a while is a "no memory corruption" run of MM1. Memory corruption is the technique that leads to the heaviest glitches in MM1, and some people feel like they've had enough of those over the years, which is exactly why Sonic "no zips" is there: it's the heaviest glitch in Sonic, and it feels over-used to some people. So the best approach with MM1 seems to be a new run, using a "no memory corruption" branch.

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Posted: 3/8/2021 8:29 AM

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Stairs of Doom "Corners Quest". No music, very annoying stairs sequence that repeats all the time, not much gameplay (nothing surprising or complex). Even 7 minutes feel like too long of the same stuff. No vote.

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Posted: 3/5/2021 10:49 AM
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Builds and runs for me on my lubuntu 20.04. If it's a clean clone/build, then your best bet is asking kilaye.

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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:51 PM

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Fixed the link.

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Posted: 2/24/2021 9:01 PM

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That record didn't exist before this submission was made, so it did beat all records when it was submitted. Yes it has been bested, but the new improved version is in limbo, and we can't use it for anything directly. Until someone makes an actual new submission, we prefer the currently available record which this run is.

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Posted: 2/24/2021 3:23 PM

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We have a thread for https discussion: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21429

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