User Files from dekutony

I finished the second lesson (15.14 in-game time now, managed to save a couple of frames) and after this lesson, the game is going to get a bit harder to TAS, hoping for the best, I have a 12 second time to beat.

This is a WIP for Mickey's Speedway USA for the Game Boy Color. This TAS aims for the fastest in-game times instead of real time. Right now it beats the first of 5 classes in 14.82 seconds. Minnie was chosen due to her great handling and fast acceleration (Daisy has the same stats). Compared to someone like Pete/Goofy who was slower by only a few frames despite the high top speed. Perhaps Mickey/Donald is faster in the first 2 classes, but I know for a fact that the other 3 are going to be a pain in the butt for him. In the regular grand prix mode it's the opposite case, since you're going through an obstacle course here pretty much. The slightly slower top speed is actually a benefit since it gives you more room for much tighter turns, and fast acceleration is important to gain your top speed earlier after stopping and driving in reverse too.

EDIT: On second thought, Mickey might be the slowest after some more testing by like a full second. LOL

34 frames ahead so far. Final level is beating me up right now...

I've been working on an improvement to my old TAS since yesterday, but I'm stuck at the final level because of one specific skip with a damage boost that's unbelievably precise (how did I do that nearly a decade ago?), so I made this quick watch file just to see if it helps me a little.

Slower than RTA. Different route taken and it was slower.

SWF MD5: e7f7252cf06bc1eac652a68fdfd30595 sonic_xs.swf

ruffle version: Ruffle 0.1.0-nightly (3c71ed2aca0769d48492579c3bd919b07ed9a55c 2025-01-18)

Done World 1.

This beats the only level in 29 seconds. Can it be done faster? Probably...

Settings: libTAS 1.4.6

Ruffle 0.1.0-nightly (7638326440a58240ae904c2492fb0c2c2ad81d42 2025-01-04)

b7e74d83d04cc47ed8b30b35bf163012 kirby_egg_catcher.swf

--no-gui command used

I got stuck at a specific egg because a bomb is in the way. This was an attempt to get a max score for the max amount of eggs possible, which is 240 eggs.

I don't grab the powerup in the first level because there's another one in the second one that doesn't take that long to get in comparison. Also 3DS TASing yaaaayyy

This is a TAS of a SpongeBob Flash game based of the TV special of the same name. This movie forgoes the use of an in-game code that unlocks a power up that by grabbing it, performs a fast super jump that breaks through blocks and at a higher altitude. It's potentally faster to use this compared to not using the in-game code.

Because of this detail, I'm not sure if I should submit this.

Settings: libTAS 1.4.6

Ruffle 0.1.0-nightly (7638326440a58240ae904c2492fb0c2c2ad81d42 2025-01-04)

d941331129a74dd3942612c44a575dbb main.swf

--no-gui command used

Settings: same as pmw2

FPS: 12

Game: chili_time.swf (got it through flashpoint once again)

SWF MD5: 020368b742f39a9ff44cda3b12835b5b

I clicked as frame perfectly as I could, but the CPU opponent still beat me. I knew he was a cheater but HOLY FRICK

testing ruffle in libTAS v1.4.6.

Using: Ruffle 0.1.0-nightly (49ee3b329ae02c1253c6198e2b3be971d071ea32 2024-12-11)

swf md5: 6264c7ef5d70e6ed07292b0e0aea50c6

--no-gui is used.

Timing: clock_gettime() monotonic

This was a sync disaster. And it's all the fault of the first fish boss. It just keeps changing it's attacking pattern no matter what. It used to sync the first couple of times, but if I tweak just one setting or try to record video, it just desyncs. It's a big shame.

This is an improvement to the old 2020 TAS. It saves considerable time over the current publication thanks to resetting the game when the sports event begins instead of pausing the game to skip them. Also my positioning when talking to Howdy is shifted to the left so I walk a shorter distance after clearing the textboxes.

All of this was discovered by Japanese runner Hideseek72.

Currently though I'm stuck at resyncing the rest of the TAS from when Bijou starts walking into the room.

white streak, speeds by.... on the first two levels.

testing this hack because of yeth. a published yeth tas would be pretty funny i think. im not doing it tho. someone else can do better, just did this out of boredom.

Oh, yeah. It's finally that time.

This was made to test a weird thing that happens in this game on the Genplus-gx core. The game can crash once you collect a KONG letter. It didn't THIS TIME when I collect it in this movie. But when not recording a movie, when I collect a letter, the game freezes!!! This doesn't happen in any other emulators I've tried, incluing BlastEm, Gens, and even Kega Fusion.

This is a TAStest of the homebrew game Super Mario Bros. Mini. It beats World 9-1 from the B Quest. This was done in the 2.0.3 version of the game.

This is an improvement to my POWA! TAS by nearly 1 second. World 1-3 specifically was improved. 2-2 was improved by 1 frame. The new final in-game time is now 10:33.

Can't continue this on BizHawk due to the mission itself freezing the game after a certain point. Same happens on real hardware, so this is only possible on DeSmuME. ...and, uh... i don't wanna lmao

Finished World 1. Yes I'm actually doing this all the way through the end (hopefully).

This is a test movie testing out the PokeMini libretro core in BizHawk 2.9.1, using TAStudio (yeah, we're doing this again).

Unfortunately, I had a hard time syncing this. You NEED to set up the clock in each and every game you try to TAS first (this is due to the movie reading an already existing save by default each and every time). And even then, there is a chance the movie will desync. It should sync now... at least in the actual game, it desyncs on the "You Win!" screen. I tried TASing Pichu Bros. Mini but that was more unstable for me. Also the RTC detects the time of your PC's time, it seems.

I do want to point out that all the buttons are here and accounted for. Specifically, the reed switch is mapped to the L1 Button on the RetroPad.

Hopefully one day a Pokemon mini core for BizHawk can finally happen... one day... hopefully... surely... a man can dream.

(Also before anyone even thinks about suggesting this: NO, I'm not going to use libTAS just to try TASing these games. At that point I might as well give up.)

Improved this subtly by inserting the 3 reptar coins early, this saves time in the longterm when you have to go back to that room at the final level. Also made a rough start at the beginning of the backyard level.

(also important is that im using a clean rom now, so it's also a resync)

Just trying out TASing this new game. Dunno if I'll do this one, so someone more skilled than me could make this (either 1 player or 2 player co-op).

This is a resync of cstrakm's original MKSC TAS. Resynced to BizHawk 2.9.1.

The original input file was obtained here: http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/MKSC/TAS/

This is iMathII's TAS with cstrakm's improvements applied.