This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2084: Aqfaq's Genesis Prince of Persia in 19:03.48

The first Prince of Persia is still one of the best games of all times, imo. I just watched this TAS, awesome stuff. When you walked through the gate was epic. Also, I'm sorry for DeHackEd but I lol'd when I saw that there is a "DEFUKD" password. Aqfaq, you're the first guy to get a YES vote from me :D

Thank you nineko, I'm glad you like the movie.

When you walked through the gate was epic.

It is indeed my favorite part of the movie. It reminds me about the scene from Terminator 2, where the T-1000 walks through the metal bars. It is exactly what player characters are supposed to do in TAS movies.

For some reason I feel that the run can be faster. The best part of the run is going thru the gate. YES vote from me!

For some reason I feel that the run can be faster.

I have the same feeling, but I don't know how to do any part faster and I lack the motivation to find out. If anyone wants to try improving it, please go ahead. You should look for screen exits that take 5 frames and try to make them 4 frames. Also, I did not find a way to manipulate the sword fights, so the final fight is actually slower than in SprintGod's movie. Maybe by delaying frames in the previous enemy screen will make the next enemy's behavior change, because all enemies share the same memory addresses for their behavior? It might be worth testing. Good luck! By the way, here is a hint for testing precise positioning: Make 1 running step and then 6 upwards jumps to the opposite direction. This should move your initial position by 1 pixel.

Preliminary encode Again, any publisher may feel free to use anything from this to save encoding time or whatever.

Preliminary encode Again, any publisher may feel free to use anything from this to save encoding time or whatever.

Is this DIVX? If so why did you use it? If not, why did your encoding tool use a very ambiguous FOURCC?

Nice! Gate was awesome, and I was reasonably entertained. Yes vote, and as a bonus... stats!

Preliminary encode Again, any publisher may feel free to use anything from this to save encoding time or whatever.

Is this DIVX? If so why did you use it? If not, why did your encoding tool use a very ambiguous FOURCC?

It's supposed to be XviD. I created it with KOODAUS-LS from LinuxAVIScripts using mencoder (yes, 2pass "only"). I also tried x264, but it looked worse to me.[/url] Edit: after looking at the script again, I don't know where I got the idea of it being xvid. According to the mencoder documentation it is DivX indeed. -.- I'll recode it with the same settings using x264 and 3pass.

Great to hear that people enjoy the gate trick. As you all can see from bkDJ's stats, it is a very simple game to play. My movie even includes some excessive button presses, because I didn't bother to make the input look clean. But despite being easy, I feel that the game is not very fun or rewarding to TAS. Maybe it's due to the slow-paced animation and monotonous gameplay.

Enjoyable movie, even though I prefer the other platforms. I specially liked the Terminator 2 trick and cartoony physics.

Edit: after looking at the script again, I don't know where I got the idea of it being xvid. According to the mencoder documentation it is DivX indeed. -.- I'll recode it with the same settings using x264 and 3pass.

Remember: If you use bitrate, x264 compresses better so less bitrate should be used. If you use quantizer, DivX and x264 use different scales for quantizer so be careful (though you really shouldn't be using this anyway...) I estimate this game could get around about 2.25MB/minute with little noticeable quality loss.

I am trying to make a "serious" encode of this with TAS logo and all. I will edit this post later with a link, I just wanted to let you know. edit: http://rapidshare.com/files/143186137/princeofpersia-tas-aqfaq.avi (129530 KB) As I said, this is a "serious" encoding, with the TAS logo and the on-screen stats, and I candidate it for publication, so if the movie gets published, and if I was allowed to take the liberty to encode it, feel free to use this as is. Otherwise I'll take it down, no worries :)

What's "serious" about your encoding when mine also had an intro and subtitles? Hooray for a "fast" download... whatever. After encoding a x264 and a xvid movie using lavc that both neither mplayer nor vlc could play... I'll have another try, 3pass x264 it is this time.

What's "serious" about your encoding when mine also had an intro and subtitles?

I couldn't download yours because of the place where you uploaded it, and I was misled by the fact that you said "preliminary" so I thought you still were working on it. My fault, and I apologise.

Apology accepted :) I said "preliminary" because I'm still experimenting with encoding in general and stuff. /edit: Just watched your video - sound's out of sync for me. :( /edit3: third encode. Logo, mkv, dropped dupe frames, sound in sync, 209 kbps and crystal clear picture.

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Thanks to Raiscan for encoding! The AVI looked mostly ok, but there were some unexpected rectangular artifacts at the ending, beginning at 19:20. Maybe it's just my media player, though.

Kinda hot cubism, actually.

What's your media player? Also, try forcing a recheck on your torrent.