EDIT: I'm wondering if you could possibly skip elevators in between sectors by taking those sector shortcuts (you'd still have to stop at the nav rooms though...). I can't think of any that could possibly be useful after getting ice missiles though, and i don't think there are any enemies you can freeze to get out of those in-between tunnels to get through those SA blocks...
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
At some point, it may be fun to create a collection of "navigation rooms entered at times you aren't supposed to be able to enter them", partly to show off how the game reacts, partly to show off how breakable the game would be if it didn't have such a tendency to softlock. (I'm also secretly hoping that one of the combinations will have nonterminated text or something exploitable like that.)
Also, the 3->5 shortcut is usable in debug. But only debug, cause the room change makes it impossible to spark against a rising pillar in other versions.
I forgot the sector 5 end doesn't have screw attack blocks. That's a shame though, since that's the only way to get to Nightmare's area early.
I did this several years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQgkXjNGaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1C-1f2F7Fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5oGtR1yzQ The other cases are not interesting. It almost always says "Target eradicated". There's text associated with every single event, so there aren't any text glitches. Also, none of these actually softlock. That would only happen if you clip through blocks you can't break yet and you have no other ways to get back. Edit: Also, there's a ton of early power bombs now. I might make a video in the future that has all of them, but I'd have to find all the new ones first.
What happens if the game expects you to enter a navigation room next, but you go to the wrong one? Or to kill a boss next, and you kill the wrong boss? (I think the existing tests have been on leaving a sector when the game expects you to kill a boss?)
Yeah it's blocked by red doors, but from what I checked, it should be possible to clip through each and every one of them until you're out of there.
What happens if the game expects you to enter a navigation room next, but you go to the wrong one? Or to kill a boss next, and you kill the wrong boss? (I think the existing tests have been on leaving a sector when the game expects you to kill a boss?)
Eyedoors can be manipulated to open as early as 60 frames after entering the room. That's plenty of time for this clip
I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but there isn't any issue with manipulating the eyedoor. Eyedoors have a timer that starts with 60 to 120 frames. If you're not in range when the timer hits 0, the timer resets to another value between 60-120. The goal is to get in range of the eyedoor right before the timer runs out. Manipulating eyedoors involves waiting before entering the room to get a favorable set of timer values. Here's a script for eyedoors, if anyone's interested: http://pastebin.com/DAGnjAdJ
