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WIP: Redid Flying Armor with Axe, and defeated Balore lazily (just a test) DSMAVIMinor mistakes found
Stylus can be used in menu selection. It sometimes saves time :/
Invulnerable-time length
Armor Knight Soul : 24 frames
Axe Armor Soul : 16 frames
Spear : 30 frames
Axe : 40 frames
Knife, Short Sword : 15 frames
WIP: Redid Flying Armor with Axe, and defeated Balore lazily (just a test) DSMAVI
I've always been having trouble with mediafire. This time I cannot even start to download. It displays "Processing download request..." for ever. O_o
EDIT: Alright, I've downloaded and watched your WIP. You are doing very well.
gocha wrote:
Minor mistakes found
Stylus can be used in menu selection. It sometimes saves time :/
I guess many DS TASers have made such mistakes.
BTW: Your private build of DeSmuME-rr is very interesting.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
*can't tell if that's sarcasm or not*
Well I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say even if I may have reworded it incorrectly. Just want to see what the usual TAS time would be if all attacks and souls were activated at the quickest frame possible and take advantage of boss movements as much as possible.
I'm curious to find out if the time can go under 1:20 or not.
*can't tell if that's sarcasm or not*
Well I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say even if I may have reworded it incorrectly. Just want to see what the usual TAS time would be if all attacks and souls were activated at the quickest frame possible and take advantage of boss movements as much as possible.
I'm curious to find out if the time can go under 1:20 or not.
I'm not Sir VG, but I believe his post is in reference to gocha's second dsm that beats balore, after which he spelt out a little something with the destroyed crystals.
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I googled about cheat codes for DoS and I instantly found Action Replay codes.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Castlevania-Dawn-of-Sorrow-Action-Replay-Codes-DS-72805.shtml
but I couldn't understand how to use it (on desmume). Also, I don't know how can I understand the code, but I guessed it and converted some of the codes into memory address + byte sequence form. I paste them here as a reminder for me.
Have All Weapons
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself.
It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the
kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional
functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success."
- Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
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WIP: DSMs, YouTube (used Armor Knight), Niconico (not used Armor Knight)
I battled against Balore about 4 times, due to soul switching and potion use.
Opening/closing menu screen takes time a little. However, Armor Knight soul has an ability to cancel Soma's motion of after a little long fall and a damage motion. Also, it seems to shorten Balore battle very slightly. So, I battled against Balore 2 times with different soul settings.
After all, Flying Armor version was about 5-6 frames faster at the end of Balore room. I think that Armor Knight's advantage will win that of Flying Armor's. If that seems to be right, I'll continue the run from Armor Knight version.
Next I need to go to Garden of Madness, but 4 HP is too low to get there fast. So I used potions during the Balore battle, to restore HP (Both save point and a sphere after boss battle stop Soma, so I didn't use them). I wonder which is more appropriate, 1 potion or 2 potions. I thought 1 potion is not enough, but I'm not sure... I have no detailed plan for future strategy :P
*long but useless description now ends here*
00014 020D26E8 w s 0 Balore HP
00015 020D2553 b u 0 Balore invincibility #1
00016 020D2554 b u 0 Balore invincibility #2
00017 020D2555 b u 0 Balore invincibility #3
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klmz wrote:
BTW: Your private build of DeSmuME-rr is very interesting.
It has faster frameskip mechanism, sound interpolation mode selection, graphics glitch fixes (you can confirm that at some rooms in Lost Village), and Sound View etc. (all of them comes from svn updates) It's updated often until 0.9.3 will be released.
Feel free to use it, but don't curse me if its sync is different from that of 0.9.2 official, please. It's distributed without warranty. After all, it's unofficial.
Nitrodon wrote:
Derakon wrote:
How long does pausing to bring the potions out take in comparison to getting the ball you get after Balore dies?
He paused to use the Mind Up, so using potions at the same time doesn't take long at all.
that would change things a little bit. you wouldn't have to fight Malphas, and you wouldn't have to visit Subterranean Hell or Silenced Ruins at all. after beating Zephyr, you can go directly to the Pinnacle. otherwise, everything else looks to be the same.
i am very intrigued as to how you can get Bat Company that quickly.
BTW: Your private build of DeSmuME-rr is very interesting.
It has faster frameskip mechanism, sound interpolation mode selection, graphics glitch fixes (you can confirm that at some rooms in Lost Village), and Sound View etc. (all of them comes from svn updates) It's updated often until 0.9.3 will be released.
Feel free to use it, but don't curse me if its sync is different from that of 0.9.2 official, please. It's distributed without warranty. After all, it's unofficial.
I see. I'll wait for 0.9.4 (it's said that 0.9.3 will be officially skipped).
Satoryu wrote:
that would change things a little bit. you wouldn't have to fight Malphas, and you wouldn't have to visit Subterranean Hell or Silenced Ruins at all. after beating Zephyr, you can go directly to the Pinnacle. otherwise, everything else looks to be the same.
I don't remember which magic seal is required for Zephyr. Can you get it ready for Zephyr this way?
EDIT: Whoomps. My memory really fails.
Satoryu wrote:
i am very intrigued as to how you can get Bat Company that quickly.
Dito.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
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Satoryu wrote:
i am very intrigued as to how you can get Bat Company that quickly.
Simply, I used the trick below at Dmitrii battle, and it worked well.
Edit: uploaded a demonstration, here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkvRFq3p1Jo
In the demonstration, I don't obtain Black Panther. However, it's possible of course. Also, the map shows the warp room of The Abyss, and it actually worked well. That's totally unexpected and excellent X)
gocha wrote:
Edit: I also observed that Succubus, Erinys, Stolas (and possibly other souls you want?) can be obtained there.
Memo
00014 020F7018 d h 0 X position for Suspend
00015 020F701C d h 0 Y position for Suspend
00016 020F7256 w h 0 Pause/Suspend Lock
gocha wrote:
Edit: What? My movie was actually desynched right before Flying Armor battle!? Damn of sorrow :'(
Well, I'm really confused. The movie desyncs when I played it on a fast computer with fast-forward (almost always), but it has no desync when I play it on my slow computer?? What should I do...EDIT: STUPID CONCLUSION: CHEATS ARE ACTIVATED
IIRC the magic seal for zephyr is located in the clocktower (a.i, the same area he is located in). So after Dimitri wouldn't you just backstab abuse yourself into the cursed tower, from there get to the clocktower, and then to the Pinnacle? Sounds like it would shorten the run down a lot.
oh, you warp around and get glitched souls. yeah, that really breaks the game. wouldn't it be possible, then, to suspend and reappear at the end of the Mine of Judgment?
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Question, if you can obtain every souls and items you like, what will you need to (reach and) defeat Menace fast?
Edit: Idea: Erinys, Black Panther, Stolas, Kaladbolg, Death's Robe, Chaos Ring(, Hippogryph).
Edit: More: Rosary, Doppelganger(, Dracula's Tunic, Death ScytheClaimh Solais, x9 Golem).
Edit: progress, DSMAVI - slowly, but surely.
off the top of my head:
- Black Panther
- Erinys
- x9 Stolas, maybe more
- Mud Demon
- Succubus
- Cutall or Cindequa
- equipment that boosts INT
- Chaos Ring?
- Hippogrpyh?
- Draghignazzo?
i gotta check what groobo did in his run.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
