User Files from WarHippy

Red Ribbon Army Base Pt 2 - During a fight in the middle of the level I kick a blue robot onto the top ledge next to a Sergeant Metallic instead of spending time fighting it. I also reflect back two missiles on Metallic and then take out the blue robot to finish the fight.

The boss saw an improvement, too. Due to new rng the boss spit out 5 missiles per barrage for me to reflect back instead of 3. I also used an L+R rush to break the boss's stance before the second barrage of missiles hit him. This let the second set of missiles do full damage instead of half damage. The L+R rushes at the end are for syncing up the rng.

With the new global timer, though, I had to redo the last half of Chow Castle (the last level) due to the properties of the purple turtle shell item. But here we saved time, too. New rng allowed for a faster Piccolo fight.

180 Frames saved overall

See details here

Muscle Tower completed

Check out the game thread for details.

Pilaf's Castle - Changed the end of the boss fight by finishing with a ki blast. 15 frames saved

Find the stone in the Jungle - the 15 frames saved let me get ahead of the cycle of pikes. 9 frames saved. 1 frame saved in krillin fight due to lag reduction

Break the Boulder mini-game - Made better use of being able to attack again right after getting hit. 12 frames saved

1v1 Tutorial (Block 3 attacks) - Better RNG made Krillin attack sooner. 20 Frames saved

1v1 Tutorial (Perform a Combo Finisher) - Broke the Guard Gauge faster using Sweeper instead of 3 punches. 5 Frames saved

First Fight (Giran) - Different RNG allowed for more efficient fight. 10 frames saved

Second Fight (Nam) - Better fight. 16 frames saved

Third Fight (Juckie-Chun) - RNG finally failed me on this fight. 9 frames lost, and it took me about a month just to ge it to that point

Muscle Tower - 7 frames lost in first fight due to bad rng? Multiple gains throughout the rest of the level

In total - 129 frames ahead at this point

Improvement Over Published Run - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704739810191989

Lua for versus levels - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704554120205456

Lua for Platform levels - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704545795492419

Stuck on cutscene - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704424342863285

Minor graphical glitch - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704368804355914

Falling along ground + UpB stall - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704325576839237

Enemy Ending fight 1 - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704213610745218

Enemy Ending fight 2 - http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52704223225137441

These are the first two fights so far (section 1 of the first level), but we're still figuring out some game mechanics before we move on (specifically movement optimization and a little bit of rng).

33 Frame Improvement

Stage

2-2: Better strategy pushing Annabelle after teleporter. 12 Frames Saved

2-3: Better method of retrieving Annabelle and going through teleporter after bubble section. 5 Frames Saved

3-2: Jumping into corner of ledge after mushroom to slow down faster. 1 Frame Saved. It's possible to save 5 more frames in the section before getting to the mushroom, but the time would be lost due to the changes in sub-pixels.

4-3: Can get to policeman 44 frames faster, but they are all lost waiting for the barrel. 0 Frames Saved

5-1: Waited 1 more frame before turning around and pushing gift after depositing second barrel into the spike pit. Changed method of going through the gap. 6 frames ahead at this point, but 4 are lost at the end. 2 Frames Saved

5-2: Got past wrecking ball 4 frames faster which allowed for a slightly better run-up at the end. 1 Frame Saved

5-3: Got past 10-ton weight 1 frame sooner. After kicking gift after 2nd bulldog, I waited a frame before holding Left again so that the sliding animation wouldn't occur. The time saved let the gift get hit by wrecking ball sooner. 6 Frames Saved

5-4: Slight change in the final section to be a little more accurate. 0 Frames Saved

It is possible to jump onto clothesline the same frame as the NPC. This is the fastest way across the ropes, but the time saved is always lost somewhere else in those levels.