Posted: 11/8/2006 11:04 PM
(Edited: 11/8/2006 11:05 PM)
Post subject: Fast Forwarding Doesn't Work
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mr_roberts_z
Former player
Joined: 7/21/2006
Posts: 747
Location: Northern Hemisphere
I've been using Mupen64 Rerecording Edition for a while now to take care of my basic household TAS needs, and it's been working fine... But now, for some reason, the fast-forwarding doesn't work at all. I customized the button for "F", and it doesn't work... When I do hold "F", the frames get all choppy, but the framerate stays the same. You can imagine how annoying this is when recording a long movie. Any help? Thanks in advance.
Super Mario 64 TASes and stuff.
Posted: 11/8/2006 11:05 PM
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meepers
Player (35)
Joined: 12/18/2005
Posts: 250
It just happens. Use savestates to load it faster (read-only) That's my only suggestion/advice to N64 TAS'ers. :(
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Posted: 11/8/2006 11:39 PM
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nitsuja
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Joined: 12/21/2004
Posts: 2687
Computer TASer of 2011 TAS of 2011 First edition TAS of 2011 Computer TAS of 2011 Sega TAS of 2010 Sega TAS of 2008 Sega TAS of 2007 Glitchy TAS of 2007
N64 emulation is very CPU-intensive, and the fast-forward button doesn't skip very much except for the final rendering stage of some frames, so it will only make it go faster if your CPU is already powerful enough to run N64 games at higher than 100% speed. However, it's possible that your sound plugin is preventing it from speeding up. Some sound plugins purposely slow down the gameplay to keep the sound synchronized, which will stop fast forward from working even when it should work.
Posted: 11/9/2006 12:18 AM
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mr_roberts_z
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Joined: 7/21/2006
Posts: 747
Location: Northern Hemisphere
nitsuja wrote:
However, it's possible that your sound plugin is preventing it from speeding up. Some sound plugins purposely slow down the gameplay to keep the sound synchronized, which will stop fast forward from working even when it should work.
Yes, this is what happened. "Synch game to audio" was checked. I found this myself shortly after posting the original message, but thanks anyway.
Super Mario 64 TASes and stuff.