Prototype game versions are only accepted if there is no stable release version available.
Because, I mean, let's be real, I seriously doubt anyone is ever actually going to TAS Ottifanten anyway. Holy hell, it's so much slower and worse to play. You can't even walk diagonally! They regressed in gameplay from the prototype! Who even does that?
What I'm still struggling with though is why the output from Dolphin has so many issues with playback in all of the playback software I have. Avisynth, VirtualDub, MPC-HD, and even Windows' built-in players all play the FFV1 encode incorrectly.
I would appreciate a judge's input about the issue brought up in this post of the Dream Team Contest 9 thread. The question is whether or not a level skip button combination is allowed for a run aiming for Arbitrary Code Execution/Memory Corruption/SRAM Glitch/Game End Glitch/Wrong Warp Glitch. The game's developer considers the button combination cheating in 1-player mode but not 2-player mode (sources here under controls and here). DTC9 uses one of the game's 2-player modes. My thought is that the button combination is allowed for those categories in 2-player runs because of the explicit mention from the developer. If I'm wrong, however, I'll change the DTC9 rule. Thanks!
Note that, if the feature accessible in that way is suggested explicitly by the game itself or mentioned in the manual as a normal means of playing, such as level restart shortcuts in the Legend of Zelda or Metroid, it is usually allowed. These rules are not strict, but are motivated by the same concept as the guideline that says you should play on the hardest difficulty.
The movie rules contain a rule against cheat codes, so if the rules are to be followed, this run would be rejected. However, we need to look at the spirit of the rule here. Normally, cheat codes are used to make gameplay easier - make it simpler to finish the game. However, in this case, the run is not ordinarily "finishing the game". It does not actually make "gameplay" easier, because what it actually affects here can barely be called "gameplay". In odd instances such as these, where the game is not being conventionally played or finished, we can make an exception to this rule.
And in the end improving these things might not even matter, unless the frame-rule is also improved. And the frame-rule is a thing on its own. It's not just a case of being faster. It would be much effort to redo the run. I'd say it's something for someone to improve in the future, but I'm no judge.
Doing stuff with the frame-rule aren't quick to fix, and 2 players make a difference in lag too. But it should save some time. I would reject only based on that, maybe he didn't understood what my submission meant.
Hi baby. If you have such questions, it means you don't know the game very well.
