Some notes about judging and syncing.
Judging
- Check for blank inputs at end of movie file.
- Check that movie file ends on the final input unless the author(s) did not do that by design.
- Check for movie files to replace current submission. Could be in the submission notes or in discussion.
- Before replacing a movie file make sure to have the original backed up somewhere.
- Check that there are no userfiles for the same game with improvements.
- Check that emulation is correct for submissions that use older emulators.
- Check that the roms used are not bad dumps.
- Do not bother checking older submissions if user is banned.
- For submissions only judge them using information and tricks known before the movie was submitted.
Syncing
- DeSmuME versions 0.9.10 and 0.9.11 to sync a movie needs a state to be saved then reloaded on the first frame. Otherwise it errors with "The data could not be accessed. Power off the DS and reinsert the game Card."
- DeSmuME movies might need the Enable Advanced Bus-Level Timing to be one to sync.
- Dolphin 5.0 link https://dolphin-emu.org/download/release/5.0/