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Anoobis is pleased. The river looks right. Anoobis, God of Death, used his power to die in the first river level two times, then dying once in the second mine level, then using the continue screen to skip part of the level, but the result is 330 frames slower: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/713883208/taz-deathtest-330frames-slower.gmv It would have been a surprising approach to the problem of obsoleting everything, but there seems to be no way to die any faster. This trick could be used for one of the upcoming temple levels too, but Anoobis, God of Failure, is pretty confident that the approach would fail there too. Soon, Anoobis may be busy for a while. He hopes the project will thrive even without him.
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Hey Sonikkustar and Aqfaq/Anoobis, I improved the river level a couple of frames by changing the ending to get less lag. I will make an attempt at the plant boss and upload something after that. My guess is that my attempt will look very similar to the current run, since none of the new tricks seem to apply here.
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Here is the improved river ending and new plant boss. 6 frames saved from using the first no-weed bag. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1812750787/TAZ-JULY%2013.gmv
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Temple level by sonikkustar added on: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/933307905/TAZ-JULY%2014.gmv I'll try to improve it and then record the next level. Same procedure as always.
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Ok, So Ive finished the second temple level & have set up the third tmple level already for the Evil Taz boss fight. I'll let Truncated take over for now when he gets to putting in any improvements. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1936180470/TAZ-JULY%2015.gmv
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For anyone listening, I found a verrry small timesaver early in the level, and Sonikkustar said he would follow it through the level. I have been out traveling but will come back this monday and I hope we can get this rolling again then. It's only two levels left after all...
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I finished up the second temple level, 6 frames gained. I also did the clone boss. The last hit has to be remade though because I hugged the wrong wall for the next level. Will update this post tomorrow with GMV. Updated with GMV! http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1969123899/spliced-TAZ-AUG08.gmv For redoing the last hit: Taz clone boss HP can be monitored at 00FF3690, the hits should come 90 frames apart. Come on guys, let's finish this! :)
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Oh goodie! I'm willing to help out on the Last Boss Truncated. :) EDIT: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1246554614/TAZ.gmv Saved 4 frames and did 2 hits on the boss.
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http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1205683210/TAZ.gmv Here it is! You might want to do a double check on this boss though.
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XTREMAL93
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maybe someone can optimize and use this zip