Topic by moozooh

Posted: 4/5/2008 10:27 PM

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moozooh

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The reason it hasn't happened yet is that no-one's done it yet. The reason is always the same, always.

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Posted: 4/5/2008 10:47 PM

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Saturn

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I see, you have no idea for any improvements, yet believe there are still any. I can understand that. Until you convince yourself in every single room, you just won't be sure about it. I redid that part 3 times myself over more than 2 years, doing it fully optimized in the final attempt except a few missed subpixel optimizations, which Taco and Kriole fixed by now. There is nothing more left after that because you just hit the limit at one point, as unbelieveable as it may sound at first.

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Posted: 4/7/2008 12:32 AM
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Taco

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Saturn, please stop saying that everything to Torizo is perfect. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/184967545/zebes%20improvement.smv Another frame is gained in that smv by not turning around before entering the OTES (the first visit), which allows me to jump one frame earlier. Of course this messes with the elevator, so I shoot in the OMBR to add lag to the door transition (real-time is what affects the elevators, not in-game time). I'm also sure that there are still more frames to be gained. Btw, here's a good timesaver in Red Brinstar: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1956540303/fall.smv (EDIT: don't download this smv, Hero posted a better one)

Posted: 4/7/2008 12:33 AM

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mmbossman

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Saturn, I'm curious how you're so confident about everything being subpixel perfect when you don't use any sort of RAM watcher?

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Posted: 4/7/2008 12:49 AM

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DK64_MASTER

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Taco wrote:

Saturn, please stop saying that everything to Torizo is perfect. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/184967545/zebes%20improvement.smv Another frame is gained in that smv by not turning around before entering the OTES (the first visit), which allows me to jump one frame earlier. Of course this messes with the elevator, so I shoot in the OMBR to add lag to the door transition (real-time is what affects the elevators, not in-game time). I'm also sure that there are still more frames to be gained. Btw, here's a good timesaver in Red Brinstar: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1956540303/fall.smv

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Posted: 4/7/2008 1:03 AM

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hero_of_the_day

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Taco, that red brinstar is about the same speed as this, except this one doesn't lose a missile or take damage. I am pretty sure you knew about this before anyway. What is the benefit of using the other method?

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Posted: 4/7/2008 7:14 AM

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Kriole

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hero of the day wrote:

Taco, that red brinstar is about the same speed as this, except this one doesn't lose a missile or take damage. I am pretty sure you knew about this before anyway. What is the benefit of using the other method?

You shot the wyrm with a super missile, doubt that was planned though. Think you dont have to kill the wyrm to allow the trick to work. IIRC, Taco said both were equally fast.

Posted: 4/7/2008 11:54 AM

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Tonski

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Hahaha this owned Saturn again. Also, made moozooh's chances of finding more improvements even smaller. Whatever, all the smvs powerrangers and Hero posted are nice, although I like the not-damage taking fall better. Nice finds. Good job guys. :)

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Posted: 4/7/2008 12:46 PM

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Oddity

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Yes, 1 frame! Time to go out and get crunk.

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Posted: 4/7/2008 2:21 PM

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evilchen

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1 frame uhh crazy damn restart all runs :> i think that attitude on super metroid tases here is what keeps people away from doing runs(me too) since iam here i never saw a game where people did care so much for every single little itty bitty frame :) .. i mean somehow its cool but somehow it stops the progress or slows it really down :/

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Posted: 4/7/2008 2:25 PM

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Fabian

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In Saturn's defense, he was right. Everything IS perfect (tm) up until Torizo, except for that timesaver he didn't consider, and any other timesavers he didn't consider.

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Posted: 4/7/2008 3:07 PM

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Cpadolf

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evlichen wrote:

1 frame uhh crazy damn restart all runs :> i think that attitude on super metroid tases here is what keeps people away from doing runs(me too) since iam here i never saw a game where people did care so much for every single little itty bitty frame :) .. i mean somehow its cool but somehow it stops the progress or slows it really down :/

Yeah that's why hero and I just try to make progress instead of redoing minutes of work for a frame or two (though admittedly we spent like a week at a series of rooms and remade everything over and over again to save a couple of frames) At this point I know about like 10 or so frames of improvement between the start and the end of kraid. Also weird save taco, very unexpected results from just not turning around. Also get to the diagonal room already!! I wanna see what you can do there :)

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Posted: 4/7/2008 4:48 PM

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Comicalflop

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evilchen wrote:

since iam here i never saw a game where people did care so much for every single little itty bitty frame :)

I'm working on such a run. I've restarted 8 times, and I think one or two restarts ended up in less than 20 frames saved within 10 minutes of gameplay. More examples: SMB SMB3 SMB2 Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr SMW Those are just a few. They are very optimal, potentially frame perfect due to many people working competitively, same like Super Metroid. But I will acknowledge SM as being the most complex out of all of those, with the highest degree so far of frame hunting. Also, Saturn, this is the billionth time where you said something was unimproveable, and someone proved you wrong. Can we maybe use this interesting talent of yours productively for something else? Start claiming things like, "Nitsuja's S+K 3 TAS will never be finished in less than a month with more than 2 minutes saved", or "Megaman 1 will never go sub 14 minutes", etc. You get my drift, we could totally change the way people respect you if you make such claims to other games, and then get proved wrong. Fabian: I kinda see what you're getting at, something is proven perfect until proven otherwise (especially handy when rating published movies), but the way he phrased it it was "this is never going to be improved, ever."

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Posted: 4/7/2008 4:48 PM

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Kriole

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Cpadolf wrote:

Also weird save taco, very unexpected results from just not turning around. Also get to the diagonal room already!! I wanna see what you can do there :)

Already finished with the diagonal room, but due to a recent discovery we may have to redo it once again.

Posted: 4/7/2008 4:52 PM

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Posted: 4/7/2008 4:55 PM

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moozooh

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Kriole wrote:

Already finished with the diagonal room, but due to a recent discovery we may have to redo it once again.

Have you managed to improve upon Cpadolf's version?

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Posted: 4/7/2008 5:15 PM

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evilchen

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comical: i know that more of those exist but i dont know them or i didnt follow them as much as this here

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Posted: 4/7/2008 5:16 PM

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Cpadolf

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moozooh wrote:

Have you managed to improve upon Cpadolf's version?

They most certainly must have since I did so myself in the 100% run :) Only by 2 frames though, and strictly from optimization, no new stuff.

Kriole wrote:

Already finished with the diagonal room, but due to a recent discovery we may have to redo it once again.

What discovery? I'm very interested in this becuase of all the time I have put into this room.

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Posted: 4/7/2008 5:19 PM

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Kriole

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moozooh wrote:

Have you managed to improve upon Cpadolf's version?

We improved it by 3 frames, but the new discovery might save another 2-5 frames.

Cpadolf wrote:

Kriole wrote:
Already finished with the diagonal room, but due to a recent discovery we may have to redo it once again.
What discovery? I'm very interested in this becuase of all the time I have put into this room.

It's no real discovery, just something in the environment which can be abused to shoot the first geemer without skipping so many armpump.

Posted: 4/7/2008 5:34 PM

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Cpadolf

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Kriole wrote:

It's no real discovery, just something in the environment which can be abused to shoot the first geemer without skipping so many armpump.

Yeah I was trying to do that for a long time, for example by slowing down so that the shot would move slower, didn't work though, if it did optimally I think it would save 5 or 6 frames. Also by environmental are you talking about the fact that skipping armpumps at different places will give you different subpixel positions (a.i because of the slope your positions changes differently depending on where you are) or is it something else? Also damn you for saving 1 more frame than me :P

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Posted: 4/8/2008 6:16 AM

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hero_of_the_day

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Has anyone else ever noticed the variable jump heights when combined with speed booster? Seems like a stupid quirk in the game's programming. Anyone have an explanation for this? Run and jump Run for 1 frame longer, then jump Notice how the first jump is considerably higher.

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Posted: 4/8/2008 6:30 AM

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Kriole

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hero of the day wrote:

Seems like a stupid quirk in the game's programming. Anyone have an explanation for this?

I think it's because they want to limit the height of a jump at full speed, so that it doesn't become wtfdood-high when you reach 7.0. Running for 1 frame and jumping without high-jump is so rediculously low =p.

Posted: 4/8/2008 8:17 AM

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Cpadolf

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After you have speedbooster and you are running each step increments your Y speed at a jump by some ammount (8192 subpixels or something like that) though the first time you reach 6.65535+ the first time it resets to 6.0 (dunno if it does this again with with even higher speeds) this should be as kriole say to make the jump at 7.0 px speed not be completely ridiculous.

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Posted: 4/8/2008 8:28 AM

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P.JBoy

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The game gets your horizontal speed, shifts right by 1 and adds it to 4 and makes that your vertical speed, it then gets your horizontal sub-speed and adds E000 and makes that your vertical sub-speed. With hi-jump, the game gets your horizontal speed, shifts right by 1 and adds it to 6 and makes that your vertical speed, it then gets your horizontal sub-speed and makes that your vertical sub-speed. Since the peak horizontal speed is 7.0000, the highest jump speed you can attain is 9.F000 which is 1 frame before maximum horizontal speed. This is a complete list of vertical speeds from horizontal speeds

xspeed		yspeed w/hi	yspeed w/o hi
0.0000		6.0000		4.E000
0.1000		6.1000		4.F000
0.2000		6.2000		4.0000
0.3000		6.3000		4.1000
0.4000		6.4000		4.2000
0.5000		6.5000		4.3000
0.6000		6.6000		4.4000
0.7000		6.7000		4.5000
0.8000		6.8000		4.6000
0.9000		6.9000		4.7000
0.A000		6.A000		4.8000
0.B000		6.B000		4.9000
0.C000		6.C000		4.A000
0.D000		6.D000		4.B000
0.E000		6.E000		4.C000
0.F000		6.F000		4.D000

1.0000		6.0000		4.E000
1.1000		6.1000		4.F000
1.2000		6.2000		4.0000
1.3000		6.3000		4.1000
1.4000		6.4000		4.2000
1.5000		6.5000		4.3000
1.6000		6.6000		4.4000
1.7000		6.7000		4.5000
1.8000		6.8000		4.6000
1.9000		6.9000		4.7000
1.A000		6.A000		4.8000
1.B000		6.B000		4.9000
1.C000		6.C000		4.A000
1.D000		6.D000		4.B000
1.E000		6.E000		4.C000
1.F000		6.F000		4.D000

2.0000		7.0000		5.E000
2.1000		7.1000		5.F000
2.2000		7.2000		5.0000
2.3000		7.3000		5.1000
2.4000		7.4000		5.2000
2.5000		7.5000		5.3000
2.6000		7.6000		5.4000
2.7000		7.7000		5.5000
2.8000		7.8000		5.6000
2.9000		7.9000		5.7000
2.A000		7.A000		5.8000
2.B000		7.B000		5.9000
2.C000		7.C000		5.A000
2.D000		7.D000		5.B000
2.E000		7.E000		5.C000
2.F000		7.F000		5.D000

3.0000		7.0000		5.E000
3.1000		7.1000		5.F000
3.2000		7.2000		5.0000
3.3000		7.3000		5.1000
3.4000		7.4000		5.2000
3.5000		7.5000		5.3000
3.6000		7.6000		5.4000
3.7000		7.7000		5.5000
3.8000		7.8000		5.6000
3.9000		7.9000		5.7000
3.A000		7.A000		5.8000
3.B000		7.B000		5.9000
3.C000		7.C000		5.A000
3.D000		7.D000		5.B000
3.E000		7.E000		5.C000
3.F000		7.F000		5.D000

4.0000		8.0000		6.E000
4.1000		8.1000		6.F000
4.2000		8.2000		6.0000
4.3000		8.3000		6.1000
4.4000		8.4000		6.2000
4.5000		8.5000		6.3000
4.6000		8.6000		6.4000
4.7000		8.7000		6.5000
4.8000		8.8000		6.6000
4.9000		8.9000		6.7000
4.A000		8.A000		6.8000
4.B000		8.B000		6.9000
4.C000		8.C000		6.A000
4.D000		8.D000		6.B000
4.E000		8.E000		6.C000
4.F000		8.F000		6.D000

5.0000		8.0000		6.E000
5.1000		8.1000		6.F000
5.2000		8.2000		6.0000
5.3000		8.3000		6.1000
5.4000		8.4000		6.2000
5.5000		8.5000		6.3000
5.6000		8.6000		6.4000
5.7000		8.7000		6.5000
5.8000		8.8000		6.6000
5.9000		8.9000		6.7000
5.A000		8.A000		6.8000
5.B000		8.B000		6.9000
5.C000		8.C000		6.A000
5.D000		8.D000		6.B000
5.E000		8.E000		6.C000
5.F000		8.F000		6.D000

6.0000		9.0000		7.E000
6.1000		9.1000		7.F000
6.2000		9.2000		7.0000
6.3000		9.3000		7.1000
6.4000		9.4000		7.2000
6.5000		9.5000		7.3000
6.6000		9.6000		7.4000
6.7000		9.7000		7.5000
6.8000		9.8000		7.6000
6.9000		9.9000		7.7000
6.A000		9.A000		7.8000
6.B000		9.B000		7.9000
6.C000		9.C000		7.A000
6.D000		9.D000		7.B000
6.E000		9.E000		7.C000
6.F000		9.F000		7.D000

7.0000		9.0000		7.E000

Posted: 4/8/2008 8:56 AM

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Cpadolf

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Cool, I actually didn't know that you jumped higher at 6.04096-6.61440 speed compared to at 7.0 speed. That might get helpful sometime.

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