Posted: 12/7/2013 3:56 AM
(Edited: 12/7/2013 4:27 AM)
Post subject: using test frameworks to TAS Android games?
Quote
ixfd64
Joined: 5/25/2010
Posts: 30
Location: California
Part of my current job involves running automated test cases on Android applications. We use a program (similar to Robotium) that gets information about the active UI elements on the screen via instrumentation and sends commands accordingly. This got me thinking: would it be possible to use these tools to TAS Android games? Has anyone here ever looked into this? On a similar note, would it be possible to use a program like Selenium to TAS HTML5 games?
Posted: 12/7/2013 4:13 AM
Quote
Patashu
He/Him
Joined: 10/2/2005
Posts: 4045
The #1 question: Is it deterministic? (Beware multithreading and other asynchronous elements)
My Chiptune music, made in Famitracker: http://soundcloud.com/patashu My twitch. I stream mostly shmups & rhythm games http://twitch.tv/patashu My youtube, again shmups and rhythm games and misc stuff: http://youtube.com/user/patashu
Posted: 12/7/2013 5:35 AM
Quote
jlun2
Skilled player (1743)
Joined: 9/17/2009
Posts: 4986
Location: ̶C̶a̶n̶a̶d̶a̶ "Kanatah"
GBA TASer of 2010
Also, is it open source so that rerecording and savestate features + other TAS tools can be implemented?
LLCoolDave wrote:
This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 12/7/2013 3:59 PM
Quote
BadPotato
Joined: 1/26/2009
Posts: 558
Location: Canada - Québec
How many game there is for android that use HTML5? So far, I think many developers try to avoid using the android emulator because it isn't accurate enough for game with high graphics. At some point, maybe you can just connect your android device(rooted) with a USB cable and run the test if there no luck involved in the game, this should sync like the TAS verfication videos.