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Posted: 5/21/2007 11:41 AM
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moozooh
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Tombad wrote:
I think it's quite fine to publish the movies "as-is", or how the games were made. If you want to see it in colors, nothing is stopping you from watching the vbm. (Not to mention colors are subjective, and would generate whine anyway, since "it's not how it was intended").
If you are the authenticity fan, note that GB movies aren't created with real gameboy colors. Since gameboys themselves were dot matrix-based, thy couldn't actually show even half the contrast of the B&W picture you're seeing in the video. Go to VBA settings, "Gameboy -> "Gameboy Colors". Looking good, eh? But that's how it was intended! Also, I dare you to look at how N64 encodes are created: 1, 2. Does it make them look like the actual game looked on the screen? I also would like you to remember that SGB player allows pseudo-colorization on the console itself. SDA gameboy encodes are also pseudo-colorized for that matter — because everyone knows that even 8 colors are less boring than a B&W picture.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/21/2007 12:08 AM
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moozooh
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Apparently, adelikat didn't want to encode it in color. Instead, he encoded it… in color! Because I don't know how else to call it: A B&W video with pink tint on one side and green on the other, awesome! \o/
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/20/2007 12:53 PM
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moozooh
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Impressive speedball action. I think you're actually getting way ahead on the schedule of completion time.
Tub wrote:
why don't you pick up the energy tank between the norfair elevator and ice beam? Drewseph did a larger detour for an additional energy tank later. Are you confident you won't need it? Or will you pick it up later, when traversing that room from right to left?
Don't forget, they are using different routes. That etank would be of greater use on the way back, when there will be no recharge stations on the way. In other news: I have updated this page with all (I think) the tricks used in this and future runs, together with short explanations and demos. If any of you think it lacks something, feel free to notify me. I will maintain this page as a repository for the SMR data until I consider it good enough to create SuperMetroidRedesignTricks.
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/19/2007 11:53 PM
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Spider-Waffle wrote:
I saw you doing rolls and flips in the same air; I guess that was faster than doing all flips?
Yeah, look at the boost values table. Each additional consecutive flip — even three of them — won't add as much as a single roll (flip city is 248 boost units, flip+roll is 304).
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/19/2007 7:14 PM
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moozooh
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Haha, wow, Genesis runs indeed do need improvement. >_> I'm also surprised by GB's performance in your chart.
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Posted: 5/19/2007 1:42 PM
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Comicalflop, before you progress further, I URGE you to use Snes9x 1.51 for this run. Not only you gain the access to the FX addresses, but also much greater graphics.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/19/2007 1:54 AM
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This be one of my favorite runs of this year.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/18/2007 11:36 PM
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moozooh
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Okay, finally watched it. Like many others, I enjoyed the idea of this run way more than the run itself. It's completely incomprehensible, mostly due to the aforementioned lack of visual synchronization between all games. It's a fantastic accomplishment and I really respect your dedication to this project and the quality of play, but I can't enjoy it at all. And the fact that I don't generally like MM games doesn't help this fact, either. I will abstain from voting, because it's a very high quality run, but it certainly needs its audience that I am not a part of.
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/18/2007 5:11 PM
Post subject: Re: Add a comment section on published movies?
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moozooh
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FODA wrote:
We must admit that only the TAS enthusiast is willing to go on the forum and create an account just to make a comment.
I don't want to admit that! (Furthermore, I don't even think so.)
FODA wrote:
But, I also wonder that this creates extra technical difficulties for a website with so many published movies, and that it would require some sort of spam/troll control...
The simpliest way I see is making comments from unregistered users moderated. But who will volunteer?
Warp wrote:
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Posted: 5/18/2007 9:45 AM
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For those interested, I have updated the SuperMetroidTricks page with some up to date info, including the elaborate instructions on how to skip Torizo on NTSC, and the new shortest charge technique — the result (not the final, I hope) of a research initiated by hero of the day. More updates pending.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/17/2007 1:27 PM
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Saturn wrote:
The previous link on my site works anyway.
I need it to compare the cooldown values with the results I've achieved myself. It may be possible to improve it further (not that it matters much now, but still interesting).
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/17/2007 1:13 PM
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I actually meant the SMV for only the fight itself. All you need are the main SMV, a savestate at the beginning of the fight and going here.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/17/2007 12:48 PM
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Any chance for an .smv? I can't even use Rapidshare due to the specifics of my internet connection. :\
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Posted: 5/17/2007 12:20 PM
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Tub wrote:
so.. the interesting part is that you don't need to press down (thus slowing down) before sparking, possibly allowing you to start a spark at an otherwise unreachable place? (or at least to reach the place faster?)
Exactly.
Tub wrote:
If I understand this correctly, you wouldn't need to ascend the slope the way you did to reach the spark position. Wouldn't it be enough to run almost the whole way up, hit down, start a spark to the left (thus immediately gaining full speed again), hitting the slope and jumping off?
Also true. I did it just for kicks, to demonstrate the abuse.
Tub wrote:
btw, is your way of ascending the slope faster than just running up? Or slower?
Slower, due to one frame of no horizontal movement per every recharged spark. Since it is very limited, there are only few possible applications: 1) helping to recharge less/faster during complicated multi-room spark sequences or sparks on heavily rugged surfaces; 2) slowing down a recharged spark without interrupting it. Apparently, Drewseph did it twice in his run, but since the trick can be rather hard to spot unless looking at it under massive slowdown, no-one noticed it. Moreover, he told me he knew about it after I released the demo, and scolded me and Saturn for being so inattentive to the things he did in his run. :D
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Posted: 5/17/2007 12:33 AM
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Low% and the new any% are in the works, 100% will likely not be improved, at least any time soon. On the other hand, it's good enough as it is now.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 5/16/2007 11:59 PM
Post subject: Bomb Torizo skipped on NTSC!
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Alright, after a lot of testing and failed attempts, I did it: Torizo can now be skipped on NTSC. Proof: - SMV (needs Snes9x 1.51, though works on any emulator if done right); - AVI. I was close to skipping it a few months ago, but had my attempt at getting stuck in the door at X=28 (which is crucial for this to work) accidentally overwritten. That time I simply forgot to use the turnaround animation, but some time ago figured it was the only thing I needed beside that X=28. I wish to thank Saturn and Hero of the day for poking me to try it more. Also, hooray for memory watch.
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Posted: 5/16/2007 9:56 PM
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If you're bothered with the text, just skip it. There's a Tab button on your keyboard, it's usually used for fastforwarding in rerecording emulators. And it's even easier with the AVI.
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Posted: 5/16/2007 9:00 PM
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Another trick that might be useful (then again, it might not, but still looks interesting): shinespark abuse (SMV/AVI). The only requirement is that you must recharge on a slope before doing anything funny. After recharging, you have a limited amount of frames until you lose the ability to spark (14 to be more exact). You may draw further conclusions from the addresses I provided in the video (top two are pixel/subpixel speed, bottom two are pixel/subpixel momentum). Why does it work? Because Samus doesn't regain full momentum upon recharging a spark, and has to do it gradually. You may use that time to jump and spark from mid-air. Since you can't recharge on slopes in SM, it won't work there.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 11:32 PM
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I'll look into it (or try to get some help elsewhere), as it could save me hours of frustration. Thanks for the info.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 11:02 PM
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Hmm… so the drops are determined one frame before they appear? If not, there should be a way to at least predict them once they get.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 10:36 PM
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Kejardon wrote:
None of Samus's movements affect the RNG at all IIRC, and I don't think Rinkas or Metroids do either (except through item drops)
Sadly, it does — maybe just not directly, but still does. :\ I tried it today, and got different results by executing different movement patterns for both myself and the metroids even if placing the bomb on the same frame. I'm not going to make it fully optimal, I'm afraid, since for all the 4-metroids rooms, I'll have to kill at least two of them with the same bomb each time, and trying to nail the perfect luck would take me years. It was the same when I manipulated the kago drops back when I was TASing SMR: being at different pixel positions (maybe just tiles, whatever) affected the drop that was being generated. It really sucks. [EDIT] Is there an address that could say me what drop is being generated or at least allow me to see if the RNG is being shuffled? I suppose that would help greatly. So far randomness is pretty much the only thing where I [can] lose frames.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 9:59 PM
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Saturn wrote:
And regarding the death after the 1st save in Brinstar: I think you can't skip it in any case. You need it in order to copy your save file in the game-sram.
The thing is that it could possibly be substituted by a soft-reset, which is faster at least in realtime.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 3:29 PM
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evilchen wrote:
how am i able to get threw this room a hit does -60 energy
Either by taking an additional etank, or by taking both an additional etank and an Ice beam. But if you're going to do it the hard way, you need to get more hp and take knockbacks only from the wavers on the way to the X-ray room, and trying to do the same on the way back (which will be harder). You know, I would rather consider taking the Ice beam in any case, since you wouldn't want to spend hours luck-manipulating metroids to give you only powerbomb refills.
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Posted: 5/15/2007 9:28 AM
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You thought cosplaying was stupid? You haven't seen stupid! The Original Human PONG Performance The Original Human SPACE INVADERS Performance The Original Human POLE POSITION Performance Yes, actors are referred to as pixels (not without a reason). And pay attention to sound effects. :)
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Posted: 5/14/2007 6:14 PM
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Lorenzo_The_Comic wrote:
Hmm, I didn't know nitsuja programs Visual Boy Advance... The first year I've ever used Roms was back in 2004. I probably won't worry about Visual Boy Advance for TASes, because the Version I have can't Rerecord.
Ok, what exactly was the message of this post, other than to contradict yourself (you say you won't worry about rerecording VBA, yet you have two GB TASes as your potential projects)?
Warp wrote:
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