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lapogne36 wrote:
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Could any of those possible improvements lapogne mentioned be implemented without redoing massive sections of the tas?
I'm willing to take a day to go back on the final level at the request of the judge and see if I can't scrape a few seconds off with the reload/grenade hotswap but aside from that it's basically throwing away whatever work has been done after said trick is recorded.
Use this clear as a reference for the boss battle https://youtu.be/1yi267UzRMg?si=94uuSc34PDswiwg1
You may also consider redoing the end of The Hooded Man, but yeah anything more would not be realistic as a "small" update
I will take some time Friday and see if I can't shave off a few seconds then resubmit a new movie file for whoever decides to claim for judging. Just curious, do you have a playlist or any resources for actually finding the WR times easily? I could never find the video you linked until you posted it here.
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CoolHandMike wrote:
Could any of those possible improvements lapogne mentioned be implemented without redoing massive sections of the tas?
I'm willing to take a day to go back on the final level at the request of the judge and see if I can't scrape a few seconds off with the reload/grenade hotswap but aside from that it's basically throwing away whatever work has been done after said trick is recorded.
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lapogne36 wrote:
Don't worry I read the messages on the TS Discord, I just don't post much on it. I have no complaint about the entertainment, but I find the technical aspect to be borderline, hence why I made my post.
All good, I understand where you're coming from as the current WR holder.
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I'm sorry the TAS was a disappointment to you Lapogne. Yes, it's true, I am not an RTA runner of this game nor am I the most knowledgeable of tricks, just a fan of the game and studio, but in my defense the game's tricks are hardly documented outside a single YT video, various VODs of different runs and years of text messages to comb through in the TS Discord. Some of the tricks you mentioned I've never even heard of nor can find documentation for. The other runners in the Timesplitters Discord who have watched it all really enjoy it though. I aimed for viewer entertainment above all else with some time loss as a given, but obviously with some of the bits you mentioned, this can be improved upon by someone willing to take the task. I appreciate your detailed feedback, and no, it's not to harsh. I do hope your comments don't predispose the judge for this movie to give it an X out of hand though, there's a lot of entertainment to be had and still keeps up an intense pace beyond that of complete RTA runs. Thank you for taking the time to watch it and write out where there's possible improvements to be had.
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Absolutely incredible. Quite possibly one of the greatest technical achievements I've held the pleasure to behold in the TAS scene. Everything from start to finish is the peak of entertainment. There's too much to comment on individually, but my favorite parts are probably RAID SHADOW LEGENDS, RAID SHADOW LEGENDS and of course who can forget RAID SHADOW LEGENDS. This one imo is a serious contender for TAS of the Year overall and maybe even in TAS of the Decade. 10 stars.
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GJTASer2018 wrote:
I was surprised that I couldn't find a human playing this game. I figured it was more popular for someone to post a video.
I think in this case it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume one of a number of companies with rights to the Star Trek franchise hit any videos that were uploaded with copyright strikes because of the obvious rip-off nature of the game. Also, the ship name of Pegasus (as seen on the victory screen) was eventually used for a fairly important ship seen in Next Generation, which would add to the legal problems any uploads of the game may face.
Would Paramount really go through the trouble to manually strike down videos of a 40 year old C64 game of this nature? There's dozens of games like this from this era of computing (including other Star Trek knockoffs/fan games) that have footage available on YT. This game could just be SO old and obscure this TAS is some of the only footage that can be found of it.
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Yeah no problem I'll do it here in a couple hours and post it up on the site. As mentioned in the post I went to stats screen because it has a unqiue feature showing every bullet that hit on the paper doll, mostly for my personal channel.
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eien86 wrote:
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I think the game choice is good but have some questions.
1) Where is the hard difficulty option in the menu? Could not find it in game or videos for a Hard mode.
2) Why are the axis inverted and auto Leveling settings changed?
3) Is there significance to have 89% sensitivity instead of 100%?
4) Looks like a lot was played with a controller. How much of the game uses tas inputs?
Noticed that part with the van in the first level, how you go up pretty close to the enemies to shoot them, then slowly back up towards the door while shooting them. I tested sniping headshots all the way near the door that opens after you kill all of them and that works. I would expect activating the trigger that causes the van, then running towards the door, quickly getting the headshots from right next to it would be best. Already being where you need to be for the next trigger can help a lot.
A lot of movement also seems to be not quite taking the shortest path from point to point, but instead using curving arcs. What might help is to immediately after taking a turn is to then find the right angle immediately towards the next goal and use that. Try not to adjust the angle on the way.
Hi Lars_Hendrick, could you please address the points made by CoolHandMike here?
I had replied to this thread on mobile about a week ago but I guess it did not go through on my device given spotty coverage while I was out. My apologies for the holdup.
1) This is a dumb mistake on my end I blame on lack of coffee. I am working on another GC TAS rn that is on hard and when I submitted this I made the mistake during an edit. I will change this to just plain "any%".
2) Axis is inverted by default, I just changed it to avoid worrying about changing input directions (tho really I should have just kept it there as default and not worried about the couple of frames to change it). Auto leveling is turned off for obvious reasons, it will constantly make your aim drift towards the center and mess with the camera, which is counterintuitive.
3) 89% provides the best speed for moving your aim while still not outpacing your shots *too* much. found it to be a sweet zone I could work with. On 100% its just that much faster that you have to wait 2-3 more frames for your arms to turn sometimes and catch up with where the camera is aiming, otherwise when you fire your character just shoots way off point.
4) I have actually never used virtual input ever for my whole TAS career. (including my 2 player published Mortal Kombat TAS, where I played P1 on a pad and P2 on a keyboard. Yes this is really how I TAS lol) I actually physically hold a controller and play frame by frame and use Dolphin's value display to manually adjust my pad. I know this is unorthodox but for 8 years it's just how I've done TAS vids.
The van, like all the other segments in the game that involve killing off waves or "cinematically" spawned enemies, is that you have to wait for their animations to complete before you can kill them, even if you unload 30 rounds directly into their heads. So I maneuver myself at the van just to get slightly better angles for headshots, then as soon as the door is opening, I'm already touching it and ready to move in. You'll see the same thing later with waiting for some doors to be kicked down or unlocked by the AI.
Also to answer why I use arcs more than just B lining, you lose 70%~ of your speed as soon as you strafe. You have a very limited angle you can run without your character deciding to jog suddenly instead of run, so it's generally I try to keep moving forward rather than strafing unless it's just through a doorway or something.
I hope that clears anything up for would-be judges and viewers. Again, apologies I'm replying late. Hope you guys enjoyed the movie! :)
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scrimpeh wrote:
What a game. Been a while since I've seen a game with such amazingly atrocious writing.
On the bright side, the TAS was quite entertaining. Yes vote.
You don't think quips about "You don't mess with a man's financial institutions!" and "Flat suits and cheap aftershave, I'd deport you anyway!" isn't top tier comedic writing? I got a giggle out of a single joke, when shooting seagulls, your partner says "Hey man, not cool, what did they ever do to you?". One friggin' joke in a comedy action game.
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