During my work on pacifist tas, I discovered an possible improvement for dracula phase 1 that works on any% run too. Probably I'll spend some days testing the entire dracula battle again, but once finishing it, I'll send a new movie file ;)
Since 5.0-5700, a hardware bug of the GameCube was emulated revolving the sample rate. This resulted in the sample rate being changed to 32029/48043Hz. This however was inaccurate, as the GC actually outputs at a non-integer sample rate. Rounding to an integer backfired here, as these sampe rates do not have an even CPU cycles per sample rate. So the code ends up actually outputting different sample rates, which were several hertz off (32024.2488139/48040.3301537Hz). Since 5.0-16788, this has been corrected, so the correct sample rates are output and this discrepancy no longer exists (32028.4697509/48042.7046263Hz). However, wav files can only store an integer sample rate in their header, so while the code outputs an accurate sample rate, it is rounded off in the wav header (or more so it's now less than a hertz off from reality). This program resolves the issue by simply taking wav files and resampling them back to 48000Hz. It will be able to correctly identify the true sample rate from any Dolphin wav file, including pre-5.0-5700 builds. Usage is simple, if you only have a single file you can just drag and drop the file in. If you have multiple files (i.e. split due to changing sample rates) you can give all of them at once, and it will concat them together. The order used is the order given, so you probably want to make a simple batch script to give all the files, e.g.Of course, anything before 5.0-5700 along with Wii games on any Dolphin version do not have this issue, so this program isnt super useful. It can be used just for concatting multiple audio files together, but that's already possible with AviSynth anyways. https://github.com/CasualPokePlayer/fix-gc-audio/releases/tag/v1.0Language: batchfix_gc_audio.exe "path1.wav" "path2.wav" "path3.wav"
A lot of games lock things like modes, difficulties, and characters behind sram. It'd be far-fetched saying that using sram is a non-standard way of playing the game. Preventing movies that require sram from reaching standard means locking such goals behind an entertainment requirement that many cannot reach. Some only reach it barely.
IMO, a SRAM verification movie should be provided if it is convenient enough to do so. If there is a good reason for not providing an sram verification file, we can accept it on a case by case basis.
For Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (GBC), there's a glitch where if you use a card combo out of battle, you can death warp anywhere any time. The previous run, due to lack of cards, the combo chosen causes the screen to flicker a lot. Like, from using the bug, to the rest of the game: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/698993369321308240/1003722532307881984/SPOILER_HP1_Flicker.gif Warning: Flashing lights, do not click if sensitive. How long is this sequence? I'm ~15 minutes in to an hour long run, so 45 minutes of flicker. Choosing a different combo loses ~5 frames per use (so around 45-60 frames lost since I will death warp multiple times) , but does not cause the game to look like that. The current run has 4.8/10, clearly Vault material. Is this tradeoff fine?
* The final input frame is 149777, I included lots of blank space to roll credits during the movie, so the final time is a good bit less than 46:33.
* I was reading the submission guidelines and it said you could put your real name to protect your work, is that still relevant? I couldn't find a field to enter it.
Hi I'm facing a problem with TAS Studio : https://youtu.be/KGVbQKznf4U
I believed this has entertainment value to it, unlike the other submission, so I'm submitting this run based on entertainment.
I just want to mention that Neko Project 2 isn't in the "Preferred Emulators" list on the Wiki: EmulatorResources page on the site, despite the site now accepting PC-98 TASes. It's only present in the Sub-pages section at the very bottom of the page.
Sorry about not having much written on the submission page right now, I intend to fill it out later but I just wanted to get it submitted so it doesn't have to wait any longer. I should honestly probably just translate the TeX document to whatever formatting the site uses so that it's visible right here. But it's 23 pages, is it too much?
I can still see any chances of optimization in ACT 3-3, 6-1 & 6-2. I may delay it for 3 days or more.
I've just updated the new one in my userfile
Which leads to https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/637940787633340433 in your case.
I promise not to do any more changes before the completion of judgement
And watching this makes me curious if Pacifist No Damage run even possible...
You are not allowed to run a console game in an unintended environment, including modifying emulator settings for unintended speed advantages.For PC games, environment settings explicitly supported by the game or its documentation are allowed.
- Backwards compatibility modes, such as running Game Boy games in Game Boy Advance mode, are allowed if a physical console (or the game) supports it, unless there are noticeable audio, video, and/or gameplay-affecting glitches.
- If a setting is not mentioned in any way, it's allowed if it doesn't cause noticeable audio, video, and/or gameplay-affecting glitches.
i would implement all of this myself, but the problem is for some reason, fceux wont register any inputs in tas editor.
