Posted: 3/15/2010 8:04 PM
(Edited: 3/15/2010 8:21 PM)
Post subject: Introducting + about making the first TAS
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hotsam
Joined: 2/24/2010
Posts: 22
Location: Turku, Finland
Hi. I recently joined this community, so nice to meet you all. After watching TAS videos for over 4 years I feel like I can't just sit back and enjoy the awesomeness - I want to contribute my share to the community as well. So, I've been testing some TASsing elements for a while and made recently a test run with Probotector on NES. I feel ready for a full TAS now and I've chosen Ghostbusters on Genesis as the target. I read about it on the Genesis forum and found out that the previous run(s) were rejected for the boring bits (mainly for one hugely time consuming boss fight). That doesn't matter though since I think the runs I watched weren't all that polished anyway, so I'm willing to try to make Ghostbusters faster (than ever). To the POINT! Here's a link including the first (polished) minute of the run: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/103576850/Ghostbusters%20%28JUE%29%20%28REV%2001%29%20%5B%21%5D%20-%20hotsam%27s%20test.gmv It's played on Ghostbusters (JUE) (REV01) [!] -rom using Gens11a. I'm constantly wondering if there's something I should know in general (apart the basic rules) so I'd like to know before continuing any further. Feedback, ideas and criticism about TASsing this particular game is also more than welcome. I want to know if it can be worth the effort and if there's something wrong with the current movie. --- I do have some questions at the moment too: 1. The final frame of a TAS movie... What stops the movie in practice? Is it compulsory to press a key on the last frame or can the movie be stopped, for example, on the "last hit" regardless of what the inputs are? 2. How do I switch between regular play and frame advance in Gens? I've tried a bunch of stuff but I seem to get trapped in frame advance every time I enter it.
Posted: 3/15/2010 8:06 PM
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Toothache
Active player (279)
Joined: 4/30/2009
Posts: 791
Lucky TAS of 2013
Final frame of input is usually the place where you stop a TAS, as long as it goes to the credits straight after. As for frame advancing, all it does is pause the game, so whatever is set to unpause the game will allow for normal speed again. Hope this helps!
Posted: 3/15/2010 8:06 PM
(Edited: 3/15/2010 8:14 PM)
Post subject: ohOHoHHHHOOHH!!!
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Shinryuu
Experienced player (545)
Joined: 5/12/2005
Posts: 707
NES TAS of 2020 Glitchy TAS of 2020 TAS of 2010 NES TAS of 2010 Glitchy TAS of 2010 NES TAS of 2009
A quick tip, you can upload your movies to microstorage instead of sharing sites ;) This makes your life a lot easier http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php EDIT1: Welcome to this community as well
Posted: 3/15/2010 8:09 PM
(Edited: 3/15/2010 8:22 PM)
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hotsam
Joined: 2/24/2010
Posts: 22
Location: Turku, Finland
Shinryuu wrote:
A quick tip, you can upload your movies to microstorage instead of sharing sites ;) http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php
That's handy. :) EDIT: Moved link to topic... And thanks for welcoming, Shinryuu.
Posted: 3/15/2010 8:10 PM
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hotsam
Joined: 2/24/2010
Posts: 22
Location: Turku, Finland
Toothache wrote:
Final frame of input is usually the place where you stop a TAS, as long as it goes to the credits straight after. As for frame advancing, all it does is pause the game, so whatever is set to unpause the game will allow for normal speed again. Hope this helps!
Thanks. Just what I needed to know.