There are literally hundreds of those small, useless, miscellaneous OoT tricks, so I see no need to start posting them here unless they're useful in the TAS.
It was meant to be FUNNY, not uselful. Sheesh...
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Here's a new test using double slide, but apparently box takedown techniques need to be changed to fit the DS because this run is almost a second slower than pirate's sample. What do we need to change here?
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Slight movement change: sliding twice in rapid succession is actually FASTER than slidespinning, if only by a few frames. Consider this side-by-sidecomparison.
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Okay.
I dunno, nitsuja would give him a run for his money:
- Mupen64 rerecording
- VisualBoyAdvance rerecording
- speedometer for Gens and VBA
- speedcam for Gens and VBA
Need I go further?
Also some of Quietust's stuff might have potential too.
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Zurreco, these are for TOOLS or CREATIONS, not players. I'll be happy to make a "Most Influential Author" Award after the current one's winner is finalized.
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A better way to measure different countries' TASness is TASers per million capita (TPMC).
Assuming that theenglishman's numbers are correct (which I made no effort whatsoever of verifying), the numbers would be:
Finland: 6.825
Sweden: 5.932
Canada: 1.839
USA: 0.523
Truncated, let me explain how I did my research for the Oh, [insert country name here]! Award:
1. I pulled up the memberlist from the forum.
2. Sorted each member by location (descending, because of 30-odd locationless members).
3. I pulled up a table and set out to manually sort each member by country (for those who only put a city I never heard of I had to do some extra research).
4. Sorted the table by Column 2 (number of members in each country).
5. Voila! NOTE: These numbers are most likely inaccurate, since I only included people who actually put their location in their profile. But I'm happy with what I have now.
If anyone's interested here's the numbers I came up with: (sorry for the poor formatting)
USA 156
Canada 60
Sweden 54
Finland 36
Germany 23
Brazil 17
UK 14
France 12
Australia 8
Holland 8
Japan 8
Chile 4
China 4
Norway 4
Russia 4
Argentina 3
Denmark 3
Spain 3
Ireland 2
Mexico 2
Singapore 2
Switzlnd. 2
Taiwan 2
Croatia 1
Hong Kong 1
Iceland 1
Israel 1
Italy 1
Lxmbrg. 1
Morocco 1
New Zlnd. 1
Peru 1
Poland 1
Puerto Rico 1
Scotland 1
S. Korea 1
Venezuela 1
I also have a suggestion/warning to give for people on this forum: I intended this topic to have awards handed out to actual runs or authors for their work with TAS's. While the occasional forum award is suggested, I want to stress that TAS's and authors should get the majority of the awards handed out here.
On another note, some more awards need to be handed out (mostly finalized but one still for the taking):
The Stop Right Now! (Thank You Very Much) Award: Cleverest place to end a movieFractalFusion's "4 CPU's" Monopoly
I actually had a really, really hard time deciding this one. It was either going to be this one or two others which are listed in the honourable mentions. FractalFusion somehow manages to luck manipulate the game so that the last required input is over a minute before the last CPU goes bankcrupt. An amazing piece of manipulation. Honourable Mentions: nitsuja's Sonic Advance run, pirate_sephiroth's Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Maxim run.The Fastest Finger Award: craziest frame-perfect input in a TASFODA's Pit Fighter
Well, what can I say about this run? The first time I saw this run I was told that my reaction was like that of a deer staring at a pair of headlights. I had to watch it TWICE to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. I then burst out loud and screamed the longest string of profanity in recent memory (I normally don't swear, OK? So fuck off! XD). It really needs to be seen to be believed. Honourable Mentions: adelikat's Gradius run, JXQ's Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance normal run. (NOTE TO THE SKEPTICAL: I decided not to give this award to the infamous Gradius run because as crazy as the show-offy reflexes are, they add nothing to the actual speed of completing the run, while the winner does.)
The Tools Make the Run Award: most revolutionary tool ever invented for TAS production
This one's still up for grabs, and I'm turning it over to the forum (for once) to decide the winner! My nominations are for BisqBot, frame advance or TASedit.
Please discuss my choices and potential winners of the Tools Make the Run Award. Maybe we'll steer this topic back to how it was intended to be...
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I am completely confused now. I'll try and do a new WIP of the TA portion to show what this game is all about, though I intend to actually TA the Another World difficulty puzzle mode. As a taster, here's a YouTube video of a few unoptimized level from the TA mode.
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Well, while we figure out how to manipulate colours, let's try and see the minimum balls we need to beat each level on Another World.
Let's start with the first level:
I'm thinking red, blue, green, blue, yellow, yellow, green, red, blue x8, green, green, red, red.
This is a very weak strat, and I definitely would appreciate some suggestions improving it. I think optimizing the clear-all bubble would be best, but which colour should I use it with?
EDIT: Using blue for the clear-all might make life a lot easier.
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That song is awesome! (despite the fact I'm not a Newfoundlander) Man, I haven't heard that one since camp last summer when these two awesome Newfoundland singers performed a concert for us. Vatchern's response beats any anti-Yankee retort.
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Good luck. I wonder why there are so many Canadian TAS authors...
Probably because there is nothing to do in the frigid north, aside from tinker with computers or take pictures of yourself wearing aviators (oh snap Vatchern).
Oh, Canada, when won't I take easy shots at you?
Newfoundlanders are just weird that way (no offense Vatchern, just trying to get back at Zurreco for insulting Canucks).
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BoMF and xebra are the funniest guys on the site IMHO.
Anyway, another award must be handed out, this one being the result of PAIN-STAKING RESEARCH:
The Oh, [insert country name here]! Award: country most represented by forum users at TASvideos (and no, it's not Finland)The United States of America
There was no real contest here. The US, led by the likes of nitsuja, adelikat, Bag of Magic Food, JXQ, Zurreco … the list goes on, I won’t type any more … grab the gold with 157 members (!!). Canada was #2 as usually is the case, with exactly 60 members (including an amazing seven from Toronto alone, including yours truly) and tons, including the legendary Phil and Acmlm, residing in Quebec. The Swedish squad, led by Truncated, Highness, AngerFist and Walker Boh, sit in third with 54, and Bisqwit’s Finnish pioneers are fourth with 36. Of course, these numbers are probably highly inaccurate, but I’m going by people who actually put their location in their profile. (EDIT: If you’re a high-profile TASer and I didn’t include you don’t get pissed off. Please. I only have so many users I can put in here).
Honourable Mentions (in order of placement, on here if country has three or more members on the forum): Germany, Brazil, England, France, Australia, Holland, Japan, Chile, China, Norway, Russia, Argentina, Denmark, Spain.
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Well... the awards topic has been reopened... so, i'd like to nominate Pom for the shortest improvement provided for a run (4 frames) with Super Mario Bros...
(Maybe there's another one, but I cannot find it...)
I think one of the SMW runs had an improvement of one frame...
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Video with lowest rerecords-per-frame ratioChrono Trigger by hero of the day
Despite the fact that this movie is almost four hours longs, somehow HOTD manages to use only 4,932 rerecords, a ratio of approximately one rerecord per 1,920 frames of playing time. This either displays a master ninja ability of perfection or a lazy run. I think those who’ve watched the run knows that it’s the former =P
hahaha. Yes, I win! Thank you theenglishman.
Thou art welcome.
A new award must be handed out:
The Fastest Finger Award: heaviest abuse of perfect reflexes in a runadelikat's Gradius run
Another no-brainer. This run is simply pure genius and entertaining, with adelikat guiding his ship around hordes of enemies with the kind of precision only frame advance allows. It's a perfect example of the kind of material TAS's SHOULD be made of.
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This is the topic where everyone here gets a chance to award certain users or TAS's for silly reasons (e.g. Greatest Devotion to a Single Game by One User). Sarcasm is always welcome, but don't be too harsh.
Here are some of mine:
Video with lowest rerecords-per-frame ratioChrono Trigger by hero of the day
Despite the fact that this movie is almost four hours longs, somehow HOTD manages to use only 4,932 rerecords, a ratio of approximately one rerecord per 1,920 frames of playing time. This either displays a master ninja ability of perfection or a lazy run. I think those who’ve watched the run knows that it’s the former =P
Greatest devotion to a single game by one user or a team of usersFinalFighter, Bisqwit, Morimoto and AngerFist for Rockman 1
We should all applaud these guys for the work they've done on breaking the game that started the Mega Man series. Specific kudos go to FinalFighter; because of what he did he’s the only user to have ever gained the “Master Ninja” rank, though nitsuja might have that honour sometime soon =D
Most thorough domination of one series by one user or a team of usersTie: nitsuja with the Sonic series, Bisqwit, AngerFist, Morimoto and FinalFighter with the NES Rockman series
This was quite the toss-up. nitsuja obviously broke many of the most beloved Sonic games to the point of boredom and the foursome at the helm of the Mega Man games are geniuses. Though their work has been limited to the NES and SNES Rockman games – Bag of Magic Food has the Rockman World series covered – they still deserve attention for the glitches they have found. Honourable Mention: spezzafer with 3D and quasi-3D Mario games.Craziest TAS conceptMega Man X and X2 duel run
There was no doubt in my mind about this one; this movie is one of the craziest I’ve ever seen in terms of complexity and replay value. The new Mega Man 3-4-5-6 quad run in production at the moment may surpass this soon, but in the meantime, this is it. Honourable Mentions: “Pacifist” Contra, Mario. Bros Air HackBest juggling act in a TASSuper Demo World 120-exit run
I could have picked any of the SMW runs for this honour, but I chose this run over the others simply because Mario juggles more items, faster with a greater complexity than the other runs. This truly must be seen to be believed. I think many of the rerecords in that movie went towards the juggling acts =P Honourable Mention: Super Mario World 90-exit runThe Never-Give-Up Ultimate Achievement Award: Hardest Effort Towards One RunTie: GuanoBowl's Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time run and FODA's Super Mario 64 100% run
How was I supposed to grade one of these over the other? Both of these runs had their huge share of problems. GuanoBowl, already under pressure to create one of the best TAS's in history, had to tame the Infernal TAS-Killing Beast, Mupen Desynch, while FODA had enough of a bad time with manipulating those ****ing boulders in Hazy Maze Cave. The latter took almost a year to make and was worth the wait, while the former was, while crazier and less optimized, still entertaining. These guys were bad enough dudes to make it through creating two of my favourite runs on the site. Honourable Mention: nitsuja's Sonic 3 & Knuckles runThe WTF-ness Award: craziest and most unexpected glitch in a runThree-Way Tie: Skipping Ice Cap 2 in Sonic 3 & Knuckles
This one completely knocked my socks off when I first saw it. Obviously I knew how glitched this run was, but never, NEVER did I imagine skipping an entire level. In the words of Sir VG, "Sonic Team called. They want their Ice Cap Zone returned." NB: I ranked the WTF-ness award based not on the craziness of the glitch, but how unexpected it is in the context of the rest of the run.Honourable Mentions: Castlevania:COTM summons warping; Super Mario 64 zipping-up-the-stairs-at-ninja-speed glitch; Sonic 1's zipping-through-the-wall glitch in Scrap Brain 1.
I'll be adding more later and I encourage everyone else to come up with their own silly rewards :)
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I'm switching modes yet again! This time I'm going to access the hardest difficulty level, Another World, via a cheat. As always, help would be appreciated on routes, strategies etc.
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I need someone who knows this game well to help me. Or maybe there's some kind of programming error which allows your ball to pass through everything and into the back row?
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