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I posted in the DeSmuME forums, maybe this is a known bug in that emulator version.
Barring that, I will try to find the RNG so we can brute-force a sync from the first frame of gameplay.
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derula wrote:
I wonder if for runs like this, an edited encode could be made a part of the submission. Like in this case, after five minutes, there would be a cut with a note saying "15 minutes later..." and then it jumps to the final minute-or-so. Because I would yes-vote that edited encode, but not the complete video.
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"TASVideos Pro" is the second on the list on Google's autocomplete when you type "TASVideos". Is there sense in making it more obvious this is a joke on this page?
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Allmost all frames saved in 200 lines mode are due to "landing recovery cancel" by pressing down arrow just before landing in level 1-17.
I think this is why his latest run is faster than my WIP, but I can't get his DSM to sync, so my perspective is limited.
Can anyone please help me get his run to sync? I want to TAS this game but have been held up by this for awhile now.
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micro500 wrote:
Would anyone be interested in helping out via a distributed computing setup? It would involve you running a program in the background on your computer that would be processing codes. It would also communicate with a server to keep track of what has been done.
Sure
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partyboy1a wrote:
No, I'm not talking about that... There is a small animation each time after the lines get cleared. If you clear the bottom lines, all lines above must wander down. In the NES version, this is done instantly. In the DS version, there is a small animation which shows the progress how the field changes. The field won't be changed if the top four lines are cleared. This should make the animation unnecessary because the field is already in the right state. I think this could save about one third or one half of a second for each four lines cleared.
I think there must not be even a single block above the cleared lines to get this to work.
That's a good idea! I will test it tomorrow.
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partyboy1a wrote:
If you only clear the top four lines, it wouldn't be necessary for the other pieces to drop down, so this should save quite a fair amount of time.
This is true for NES Tetris and other Tetris games without hard drop, but clearing only the top four lines saves no time in Tetris DS. Am I understanding you correctly?
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adelikat wrote:
This was a judging error in my opinion. A max score run doesn't go into the vault. If it was deemed an any% that's a potentially controversial decision that should have been discussed beforehand.
What should be done after is leave it as it is currently, in moons. The more the idea of this being any% is discussed the more it is clear that this isn't a non-controversial non-subjective idea. And therefore, not ideal for the vault.
The run is improvable. Since this branch seems unentertaining and unvaultable, I don't see how an improvement will be publishable if the current publication remains in moons. I think I agree with feos, for the sake of consistency within this one game.
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Mothrayas wrote:
I find it somewhat dubious. The little "copyright" blurb seems more like an easter egg if anything, and the game itself doesn't look like it ends.
Apart from the example of reaching 999999 (and then getting hit), the text "Copyright 1983" shows up if your sub dies and you have 0 lives left. Also, after you reach 999999 and get hit, your sub is uncontrollable, even though you have many lives remaining. I don't think the ending is an easter egg or a glitch.
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Mothrayas wrote:
It is unfortunate how this run blows away the really extensive and fun setup of the previous Super Mario World arbitrary code execution runs. In my opinion, what made the previous runs so interesting is how many steps were required to make it possible.
On the other hand...this is quite a bit faster than I'd even expect from an improvement. What's next? Breaking a game before the end of the title screen?
EDIT: Also, I vote meh. Great improvement timewise, but as anything resembling gameplay is dwindled so much, it just becomes boring to watch.
Whenever I show someone a SMW ACE run, I show them the obsoleted run or the AGDQ expo. There's something about spawning so many cheep-cheeps that makes the obsoleted run more entertaining to me than the current one.
So given what's already happened, I'm in favor of this movie obsoleting the current publication.
Edit: If it's not a playaround or demonstration, I don't see why having a very short run for the "game end glitch" branch is a bad thing. There are many other ways to break games than simply jumping to the credits, and a TAS that tweaks the game but leaves in a significant amount of gameplay will always be more entertaining to me. Since that would be a separate branch, there is no conflict.
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I think you made it as entertaining as it could be, by flying upside down after complete objectives, talking to NPCs from inside the floor, and falling over after defeating Dark Seid.
TASVideoAgent wrote:
Goals/Aims for Superman 64:
• Surviving the creation of this TAS
I commend you, yes vote.
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Scepheo wrote:
jlun2 wrote:
Meh vote. You didn't fall upside down at the end. :/
On an interesting note, I did eventually manage to trigger the end sequence while being catapulted out the left of the screen, but this was somewhere between 10-20 frames slower.
Speed/entertainment tradeoff. That version sounds better.
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solarplex wrote:
what constitutes a level finish, grabbing enough divers?
Yes, you must return to the surface with 6 divers. If you resurface with fewer than 6, then you lose 1 diver, your oxygen refills, and the game advances 1 difficulty level. But this way, the game will not increase points per kill, and my goal is to reach 90 points per kill, so 6 is the magic number.
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From IRC last night.
[10:07pm] ManoftheSea: I don't want to register just to make one post, but the recently submitted pacifist run of Sunset Riders has a kill at 15:30 in the submitted encode, on the top right of the screen.
He is right, an enemy was unnecessarily killed at that point. Not pacifist.
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