there are multiple known improvements that haven’t been implemented, restarting the run continuously was the Japs’ idea and we’ve seen where that ends up to, Nahoc/David/Jeremia just want to get a 120 run done
I’d imagine the run could be finished somewhere within February next year…
there are multiple known improvements that haven’t been implemented, restarting the run continuously was the Japs’ idea and we’ve seen where that ends up to, Nahoc/David/Jeremia just want to get a 120 run done
I’d imagine the run could be finished somewhere within February next year…
Is there a list of these known improvements somewhere so that future TASer's wouldn't forget/miss them if a v2 of this run were to ever be started?
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jlun2 wrote:
ALAKTORN wrote:
there are multiple known improvements that haven’t been implemented, restarting the run continuously was the Japs’ idea and we’ve seen where that ends up to, Nahoc/David/Jeremia just want to get a 120 run done
I’d imagine the run could be finished somewhere within February next year…
Is there a list of these known improvements somewhere so that future TASer's wouldn't forget/miss them if a v2 of this run were to ever be started?
I'm sure we'll be listing them in the submission text.
That's a really nice trick. It's too bad it won't be in the final run, but it's really good that a 120 star run is getting done (relatively) rapidly.
ALAKTORN wrote:
Stick with the original idea, re-do it. If it saves time, implement it. Don't be lazy! I don't want to see an incomplete run! It's either all or nothing. !!!
Stick with the original idea, re-do it. If it saves time, implement it. Don't be lazy! I don't want to see an incomplete run! It's either all or nothing. !!!
The 120-star SM64 is such a big project that if you would implement every little timesaver that is discovered, you would pretty much never finish it.
Thus, practically one must have some known improvements if one is to submit one at all.
I don't want to see an incomplete run! It's either all or nothing. !!!
That's why we decided to do a 120 star run and not a 119 star run.
Anyway, for people wondering how many improvements have they been found, it's not even that much. There are like 3 major improvements at the moment, and the biggest so far is the one displayed above (HMC 100 coins), the other 2 are not even more than 1 second, one of them is due to high luck manipulation, and the other is because it was an early star.
Anyway, for people wondering how many improvements have they been found, it's not even that much. There are like 3 major improvements at the moment, and the biggest so far is the one displayed above (HMC 100 coins), the other 2 are not even more than 1 second, one of them is due to high luck manipulation, and the other is because it was an early star.
Makes me wonder how much people would work on v2 (if v1 is ever completed).
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jlun2 wrote:
mkdasher wrote:
Anyway, for people wondering how many improvements have they been found, it's not even that much. There are like 3 major improvements at the moment, and the biggest so far is the one displayed above (HMC 100 coins), the other 2 are not even more than 1 second, one of them is due to high luck manipulation, and the other is because it was an early star.
Makes me wonder how much people would work on v2 (if v1 is ever completed).
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Honestly, how many one and a half hour runs on this site have no known improvements anyway? The ones that do have probably never been scrutinised by anyone except the author, let alone a significant community. Known improvements are just a way of life for long runs, especially 3d ones. What's really appalling is that we have a published run on this site that is being rivaled by real time runs. There will always be improvements anyway, you just won't know about them.
What's really appalling is that we have a published run on this site that is being rivaled by real time runs.
Totally agree. The best thing to do is work on and finish this run so we can stay ahead of real-time speedruns. After the new record is established, there will be plenty of time to implement small improvements in a v2 run.
What's really appalling is that we have a published run on this site that is being rivaled by real time runs.
Totally agree. The best thing to do is work on and finish this run so we can stay ahead of real-time speedruns. After the new record is established, there will be plenty of time to implement small improvements in a v2 run.
Let me also second this. Publish early and often: That is the best way to ensure that something gets published, and also may inspire more people to TAS SM64. I also think this is the fastest way to reach a high quality run in the end . And as CoolKirby says, not submitting V1 effectively means that you think the current run should represent TASvideos instead.
