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mz
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I think everything FatRatKnight said is correct.
FatRatKnight wrote:
That the fact my multitrack script even works is due to a glitch. One which we should cause other emulators to break in exactly the same fashion, quick.
But then you probably get minor bugs like this one: http://tasvideos.org/forum/p/209639#209639. Still, I rather have that bug instead of having the screen filled by old emulator-related messages, as in Gens. :P
FatRatKnight wrote:
if I were to save-state with lua, then get rid of lua, play a few frames then load-state, will I see the lua junk in the freshly loaded state?
I just checked in Gens and you don't see the Lua junk after loading a savestate. I'm sure it's the same in PCSX-RR too, so probably it's the same in all emulators.
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mz
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Axel Ryman wrote:
Megaman Legends 1
There's this recent "ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心 / Mega Man Legends TAS" by hogehoge6161: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A9D600C2C987889C
Axel Ryman wrote:
Megaman X4
FractalFusion has an unsubmitted Megaman X4 TAS on his YouTube channel made with an early version of PCSX-RR: http://www.youtube.com/user/FractalFusion :D
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mz
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parrot14gree wrote:
How to use the function gui.gdoverlay(int x = 0, int y = 0, string gdimage)? I want to insert a image on game screen,but the msg always say "bad image data" while run the lua script.The source of the image is from emu screenshot. Does it has any example to learn?
If you want to insert an image from a file, this should work:
im = gd.createFromPng("example.png"):gdStr()
gui.gdoverlay(20,20,im)
If you want to use a screenshot, you should replace "gd.createFromPng()" with "gui.gdscreenshot()":
im = gui.gdscreenshot()
gui.gdoverlay(20,20,im)
You need to install Lua-GD for this to work. Just get this file and this file and extract only the dll files into your emulator folder.
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mz
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White Label wrote:
I know this is kind of backwards but is there a way to convert fm2 to fcm?
I saw this in one of the recent MM2 submissions: fceutools. There should be a command-line program called "fm2tofcm.exe" that does what you're looking for. I haven't tried it yet, though.
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mz
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I made some multiple encodes syncing each movie at the start of each level: Team 3 left - Team 2 right http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U3NPSWSI (68 MB) (YouTube) Team 3 top left - Team 2 top right - Team 1 bottom center http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HX3GKWR0 (36 MB) (YouTube)
Dammit wrote:
So, should the winning entry be submitted or not?
You should submit it, in my opinion; this is an excellent game for a TAS. I know some of the levels are currently improvable, but until a new movie is made, this one is the best movie we have (and by a considerable amount of time). Even if it gets rejected or you decide to cancel it, at least we'd still have it on the official database now and it would not get lost in a third page of a forum thread, or stored in an external server. It would also let more people know about the contest. EDIT: added Megaupload links. EDIT 2: added YouTube links.
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mz
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andymac wrote:
And the winner is... <insert drumroll here> team 3! which consisted of dammit with final time of 11:20.22. Congratulations!
Fixed! Congratulations to both teams for finishing their movies on time. :) I had a great time watching dammit blast through the game. I've now seen what it takes to make a great TAS: a very special kind of mind and a lot of will! Unfortunately two members of our team had real-life issues and couldn't make it to the contest, and I tried TASing some levels, but my times were always literally raped by dammit's times. The whole Team 3 movie was made only by him, heh. I hope he will submit this to the site. I'm also looking forward to more contests in the future, maybe where even normal TASers can have a chance of winning. :P
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mz
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We're done too!
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mz
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Yeah, the tutorial levels are really stupid. The rest of the game is kind of fun, I guess. It's not the "best game ever", but it's ok.
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mz
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AngerFist wrote:
mz, do you think you could somehow save/fix my movie? Cause due to this issue, I lost an entire stage of progress :( I can also provide the savestate if you'd like.
If you've already tried loading that savestate while recording/replaying a movie in read+write mode, and you couldn't fix it, then no, there's nothing I can do, I'm afraid. I'm not very familiar with the internals of FBA, I'm sorry. EDIT:
Xipo wrote:
as BadPotato said "how can we toggle to show input while playback?"
http://tasvideos.org/forum/p/206093
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Yes, you need to re-configure hotkeys if a new version of PCSX adds new ones. There's nothing (clean and not annoying) that I can do to prevent that.
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Post subject: Re: Request: games where you can buy things (RPGs excluded)
mz
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If you liked Parasite Eve 2, you're probably going to love Dino Crisis 2. Here are a few more PlayStation games that I like: -Castlevania: Symphony of the Night -Choro Q: Wonderful/Combat/Marine Q Boat/Jet: Rainbow Wings/Penny Racers/1/2/3 (I'm currently translating this one. :P) -Gran Turismo 1/2 -ISS Pro Evolution 1/2/Winning Eleven 4/98-99/2000/2000 U-23/2001/2002 -Mega Man 8 -Mega Man Battle & Chase -Mega Man Legends 1/2 -Rage Racer -Robo-Pit 2 -The Misadventures of Tron Bonne -Tobal 2 -Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1/2/3/4
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mz
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That's weird, it did sync for me; but it wouldn't be the first time a run syncs for some and it doesn't for others... Stage 3 was really funny, by the way. :P
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mz
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Ok, sorry then. I though that you had at least watched my movie so far before claiming things like "If you think my method is wrong, you need to think again." or just doubting about everything I said to you. Also, your condescending tone led me to think that your knowledge of this game was rather vast. The truth is: I'm not very far on the run yet, and that's why this walking trick hasn't been very useful yet; although you showed to me one place where I could have already used it and I'm very thankful for that (as I also am for the "walk only for one frame" thing, which will be very useful in a TAS). I don't have an estimation of how many steps I'll take in total, but I don't think that's really important at the moment; that's what this test run is for, anyway.
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BrutalAl wrote:
Are you telling me you get enc-none at step 84, or what?
I'm telling you my current test TAS finishes at step 84. If you didn't even know that, then that explains why it seemed like you ignored all of my posts and were just focused on explaining once and again how the random encounter system worked.
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mz
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You're just fucking stupid, everyone hates you, sorry to tell you the truth. no one likes you, you're someone pretentious and TASes only to be on speed game, but don't have any hope, you won't get there.
mz
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BrutalAl wrote:
The following StepID ranges will remove one battle each (if walked that is): 66-67
Er... How? By step 65 my DangerValue is 50, and its DangerLimit is 13. I think you're mistaking this TAS with a segmented speedrun, which I'm not making one at the moment.
BrutalAl wrote:
98 121-126 131-133 145-146 162-171 191-195 208-210* That's 32 frames in total and 8 battles removed (X means walk during the frame the StepID goes from X-1 to X).
Well, my TAS so far ends at step 84, so I hope you don't mind if I say again "So... All in all, darkwasabi and I were right about it not being any useful so far."
BrutalAl wrote:
I honestly don't get how that fact would be the one to change your mind on the subject. Walking one (or a few) steps is much faster than having to face and flee from a random battle, and this holds true even if you walk all of the frames during the steps.
I also hope this made you get how that fact changed my mind on the subject:
BrutalAl wrote:
Sloppy me. Walking 1-22 will remove the very first battle (along with some new that spawns in it's absences)
If you still think that walking all the frames for ~25 steps is faster than escaping a single battle, maybe we're just playing different games.
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mz
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If you are referring to his huge Excel table which I recently found, he has his first (and only, so far) battle skip after Dollet, at step 74, which I couldn't reproduce in my run without doing several walking steps, and I've been told he was able to do it only because he used a save a few steps before. Also, this is where your "only walk in the first frame of a step" trick could make this whole walking thing useful.
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mz
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So... All in all, darkwasabi and I were right about it not being any useful so far.
In FF7 a random battle (that is escaped instantly) is only slightly faster than saving, resetting, and then loading. The situation could be the opposite in FF8 (saving, resetting, loading < random battle) this should be tested (if it hasn't already been that is) seeing how saving can remove battle.
I will test it, thanks.
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mz
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funnyhair wrote:
I suggested the car not because it avoids battles, but it moves faster than you do
funnyhair wrote:
Driving in a car and taking trains to avoid battles= good idea.
:P
funnyhair wrote:
how do you avoid battles?
You only need to change your input. That is: instead of pressing left, press up, or right, etc.
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BrutalAl wrote:
[...] Just because a battle can be dodge by walking doesn't mean you have to walk all the steps up to it. [...]
Thanks for all the help so far, but I already know very well how the mechanics work. The problem is, if, for example, you only walk 3 or 4 steps to skip a battle, you've not only wasted time by walking, but you're also still left with a rather high DangerValue, and you most probably won't be able to skip a battle in the next few steps...
funnyhair wrote:
walking everywhere= bad idea. Driving in a car and taking trains to avoid battles= good idea. How come so many people have forgotten about the cars? Walk in the fields if you need to level up but if your not wouldn't it be shorter and less time consuming to take a car or a train, because there are no battles, and you move faster? Has everypone forgotten about the cars?
You can always avoid random battles in the world map, without the need of cars, trains or the walking trick. Also, higher levels are a bad thing in this game. :P
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mz
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BrutalAl wrote:
I honestly don't get how that fact would be the one to change your mind on the subject. Walking one (or a few) steps is much faster than having to face and flee from a random battle, and this holds true even if you walk all of the frames during the steps.
Walking "a few" steps didn't look faster than escaping from a battle in my tests, since I needed to walk quite a few steps just to delay most battles. I thought with your trick I could keep the DangerValue relatively low, with minimal speed loss, if I apply it to most steps; but I haven't made any tests yet, so I don't know how that will work, but you seem to be sure it's not a good idea.
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mz
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BrutalAl wrote:
A step is registered as a running or walking step on the frame the StepID goes from X to X+1, so you will only have to walk for one frame in order to get the entire step registered as a walk.
Oh... This I didn't know. I guess this is what makes the whole thing useful in a TAS. I will have to find a way to do this automatically with a Lua script, or it will become boring as fuck just trying to find the first frame of each step. Thanks for the information.
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mz
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This is from a PM I sent to computerbird recently (we're going to work together on a real TAS of this game):
By the way, due to what happened with Metal Gear Solid (it crashes before the final boss) recently, I decided to put this run on hold and just concentrate on rewriting the sound plugin; and maybe keep working on the test TAS once in a while, to see if the game can at least be completed in PCSX.
(MGS crashes due to hacks in the SPU plugin to prevent movie desyncs.)
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About the crisis levels: is it possible to even know in what level are you at the moment? I mean, how do you know if you are in level 1, 2, 3 or 4? I think I've been at the same crisis level throughout most of the run so far, and yet I've been able to greatly change the damage inflicted by Renzokuken with a bit of luck manipulation (with it you can change from only 3 hits to ~8 hits plus Rough Divide, for example).
Tub wrote:
Dead party members can raise your crisis level - finally a use for zell \o/
Heh. :P
Tub wrote:
Maybe a memory search will yield more information?
I doubt it; there are just too many variables that seem to be RNGs. Maybe a debugger can help, but I'm not too experienced with ASM yet.
nfq wrote:
he did use it in the next fight. seifer did 88HP damage, and surprisingly, the soldier died from that. maybe that particular soldier had less health.
That's correct. There seems to be two different types of G-Soldier:
computerbird wrote:
And in Dollet, the part of run away, out side the bar, when the groupC's member come out, you can run into the bar, and the CG will be cut, i think it will save a lot of time.
I haven't tried this one yet, but I think you are correct. Though I don't know why darkwasabi didn't use it...
computerbird wrote:
Your plan to fight with Granaldo + 3 Raldo?
None yet. :P darkwasabi used Renzokuken for Granaldo and Shiva for the 3 Raldo; I'll see if there is a faster way in a TAS. --- I haven't been working on this lately because I've been trying to find a fix for Metal Gear Solid (the game crashes right before the final boss in PCSX-RR), though without any success, by the way.
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mz
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Hah, nice. I had to watch it twice to actually notice you were using the shotgun in the second stage boss. :P Looking really good so far. --- By the way, the person who wrote this should be fired:
Hardcore Gaming 101 (comparing MS2 and X) wrote:
But most importantly, almost all of the slowdown is gone. It's remarkable.
He should watch this TAS. :P
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