New WIP up to Mushroom Hill 2.
Wew, this level is annoying; the differences in subpixel position and luck (at least, I think are luck) made me 4 frames slower at the outset. I recover them all with a bonus around the time I get the speed shoes and use that handle thingy to get a large boost to speed. Reproducing the ascent at the machine was tricky due to Tails' differences in location, and ended up being slower; hence, I did away with the machine ascension and managed a way to reproduce Hyper Sonic's ascent method. This required the assistance of Tails, which was conveniently nearby; the time I spend getting Tails and having him follow me is extremely well spent. The result is a time of 0:34::40, for improvements of just 2 seconds 59 frames. It would be possible to shave some time if I could manipulate Tails to appear earlier; sadly, the only place this is possible is the end of the earlier act, where I can't control him do move away because I need him to regain control. Grr.
Anyway: if I were to simply paste the previous run's input as the remainder of this movie, it would end with a time of
30:25.03; but I already know of an improvement of about 19 seconds in Sandopolis 2, bringing the total to about
30:06.03. This means that Sonic + Tails is, for now, faster than Hyper Sonic + Tails, at least in real time (in in-game time, Hyper Sonic + Tails are still faster, despite having to play Doomsday zone). It also means that I am
almost sub-30 min in real time.
Edit: fixed botched up English.
