Hey there. With the new TAS up, figured now would be as good a time as any to bump this. I used to speedrun (not TAS) DoS Julius mode quite often, and the latest TAS for the game inspired me to revisit it. The level up in a screen transition seems to work just the same as Soma mode but can only be abused with the Alucard special in Julius mode. You can also get Soma-style zips going, being able to switch characters mid-zip to slide. I have a video demonstrating some of the OoB movement available:
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What I would like to know is if anyone here knows of a way to get back in-bounds without suspending after starting these types of zips since you can't suspend in Julius mode. Even if you can, I'm not sure if the same triggers are being hit while sliding anyway. Perhaps with the new tech, it is worth researching that again even if it was thought not to be possible? Having a memory corruption route for both modes would be crazy. I'd have no idea where to start with TAS researching this stuff, so just thought I'd bring it to the table for people who already like doing that with this game.
Another thing I'd like to bring up is that this new tech could open the gate for a cool-looking Julius all bosses route, both for TAS and unassisted runs. I have a few potential skips for it already, and while I found other places where you can abuse the trick, the time gains weren't significant enough to warrant altering the experience points route, at least on console. I'm sure with TAS capabilities, there might be at least a few more full room skips (piston room in clock tower comes to mind) to abuse. (EDIT: just thought of another easy one that worked, leveling up on Bat Company and being on the far left of the long room after) Just a fun idea that might be worth looking into. I have a couple videos showing the main skips I tried:
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Of course, at the very least, early Mine of Judgment will serve as an easy improvement to the current Julius TAS, and that's just in the same room as the skip to Gergoth but done on the opposite screen transition.
Thanks to everyone who put in the work to make the new Soma TAS, and I hope at least someone here is interested in messing with Julius mode a bit~ Ciao.