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zhangsongcui wrote:
How's the BR run going, Samsara?
It's going to be quite a while before I even start it. The verification file required for the most optimal run is going to take at least a couple of months by itself unless I can get the script to cooperate (it's still a bit iffy, as Hetfield pointed out), and then after that I need to do some proper testing to see if there are alternative, faster routes than the examples in the thread.
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Now infrequently posting on BlueskywarmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
The verification file required for the most optimal run is going to take at least a couple of months by itself unless I can get the script to cooperate.
Thanks for your reply.
Well, As a movie for verification, I think it's ok to use inputs from the submitted run ( the first 100% souls run I think, which gets Claimh Solais and uses no glitches ). The remaining necessory items to get are not too many.
Hello Gamers! I was wondering if anyone would explain how both the normal and 0hp warp glitch work to me. I looked around, but couldn't find anything.
I understand how to initiate both glitches, but can't find info on how to figure out where maps will send you to other than testing each one myself. I checked the game resources page, but that section just has it listed as "TODO".
I would like to be able to understand the glitches enough that I could figure out where a warp will lead without having to test it by hand. (This is especially the case with the 0hp warp, because of how much would need to be tested.)
Alternatively if a database of warp locations exist I would love to have access to it.
Hi there!
I'm the one who made the vid ZX497 had been posted here. The previous vid died because my youtube account suffered from some issue so I re-uploaded one
Link to video
The debug menu can also extend to some fancy warp glitch that only showed case on a Chinese forum several years ago. The enemy mode warp is so broken that we called it "The Forbidden Art".
Link to video
While not related to TAS projects, I REALLY want to see if someone make the debug menu intact on a real GBA/GBASP/NDSL and show the result of VRAM overflow crash to us (1.I tried several times but it doesn't work; My GBA flash cart won't accept modified ROM and 2.I'm just the developer of a better "route" and I, myself, don't have THAT horned skills to access the debug mode in a row)
(The VRAM overflow crash actually blew my PSP memory stick up about 3 years ago. A horrifying but real story. That's also the reason why I'm so curious about VRAM overflow result on real hardware cauz' it's my long-life nightmare)
Why I delayed months before I came here is because the register problems and I've been busy with testing issues of my GBA flash cart and working on other projects
If nobody here knows the result of real hardware test then I'm sorry
I am trying rhebus' drop script. Predicting an item or a soul is of good use. But for both big and small hearts it doesn't work that well. I wonder how to use it to predict hearts.
BTW, fz-last and I are updating the new 100% run and the route now is decided.
Don't you need to be below a certain amount of mana for hearts to drop? Or does that only apply to candles and not enemies?
Good luck on the new TAS. I can't wait to see what the route looks like.
I was wondering if there are other factors that play into heart drop rates for enemies(besides the Heart Pendant). Like for candles, ones that normally drop hearts will always drop money if you have full mana.
Sometimes hearts are dropping from enemies for me when the script says they should, but the overwhelming majority of the time not.
Yes, majority of the time.
I don't know other factors affecting heart drop either. But I have to say if we can get a heart from each enemy, it will take much less time to restore MP used for Giant Bat glitch.
Yes, I think this is a bug in the general drop script. Kriole reported a similar problem to me in a PM once upon a time:
Kriole wrote:
Not quite sure what's wrong, but it shows me too many heart drops, most of which are bogus.
I'm afraid I've lost the original source code and all my notes when switching laptops a few years ago, so I'm not in a position to fix the bug.
Hetfield90 wrote:
Don't you need to be below a certain amount of mana for hearts to drop? Or does that only apply to candles and not enemies?
I believe this is just candles, so far as I can remember.
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Oh wow that's a lot of frames. Excellent job so far and very much looking forward to it. Also I don't mind if you take your time to save those frames. Good luck!!!
This game has embedded DEBUG mode hidden in the ROM. I am wondering if a run that activates it with a glitch and abuses it could be acceptable here.
EDIT: More specifically, this may glitch the full asset of souls (aka. "100% souls").
<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
If it's an any% run, it should be accepted for sure.
It's "100% souls" and "100% items (including all equipments)" at Lv45, all in the memory-corrupting glitch and DEBUG process.
My concern is about whether using the DEBUG menu would be considered "cheating" like using a PASSWORD.
EDIT: Speed-wise, I don't know how fast this could be to be. The glitching part takes more than 1 minute, while the the time spent on the way to the final room could be "a few rooms" less than that in the current "any%". Weapon firepower would be stronger than ever, but the glitching process would change the game mode to "NO SOUL", which means neither Red Minotaur nor Skyfish can be abused. My estimation is such a run could be a few minutes faster than "100% souls" but somehow slower than "any%".
<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
[2749] GB Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 "game end glitch" by McHazard in 01:31.15
Glitching into a normally unreachable debug menu is not cheating.
Using it in a "all souls" run will make the category meaningless so its only place is in any% runs. If "such a run could be a few minutes faster than '100% souls'", it probably will be much slower than your any% run since the difference in time between these two runs is a little more than 10 minutes.
BTW, have you tried this memory corruption glitch in Double Pack? HoD received lots of bug fixes in that release so it seems impossible to do memory corruption from HoD, but as far as I know, 0 HP suspend glitch still works in AoS.
Edit:https://tcrf.net/Castlevania:_Aria_of_Sorrow#4531
So you can just activate the ending directly?
Since the debug menu is glitched out, some features don't work at all, including "4531" options, which will freeze the game or just have no effects. "Staff Roll" works but it is just like the "Credits" feature in other games, which can be played but the games will not be considered "beaten" (in AoS nothing can be unlocked by viewing it).
I haven't tried the glitch with the "2 in 1" versions.
<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
Since nobody here replied my post after these days I may have second thought about my very own project
I got the real console+cartridge; The success rate of 0HP glitch on real console is lower than 1/1000 and I was sucked when they gave me a crash when I was about to leave menu screen after a free travel of a round. Sucks.
Since nobody here replied my post after these days I may have second thought about my very own project
I got the real console+cartridge; The success rate of 0HP glitch on real console is lower than 1/1000 and I was sucked when they gave me a crash when I was about to leave menu screen after a free travel of a round. Sucks.
Sorry I didn't see your previous post.
It's said that such glitching is dangerous to real hardware. It seems to me that you will always get crashed when exiting the menu screen if you have corrupted the info of the current room.
<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
DEBUG VRAM crash Test on real console finished. It just crashed... the same as an ordinary black screen crash...
All the crazy stuff on PSP, Glitched numbers, PSP system crashed, memory stick broken, was caused by GPSP emulator (No obvious connection to the setting of VRAM HIT TEST itself)
I tested DEBUG menu on a different GBA flash cart with ROM patched with a special IPS patch which I got it years ago on an abandoned land. And then all the miracle appears...
Anyway, the nightmare troubled my mind these years was cured. My life is complete!
Though no obvious connection about your TAS project, I'm here to thank you all with respect.
Link to video
Hey all.
This glitch was found recently by RTA runner/glitch hunter 404error. It's been dubbed "double control" and more details can be found in the description of the video I linked. This glitch has many advantages and many setbacks but I feel as if it should be considered for use in future all souls TASes due to one gigantic advantage. This glitch allows you to move during soul drop animations. This would save a massive amount of time in an all souls tas.
When moving during a soul or level up animation you can bypass loading zones (similar to the 0HP glitch). This allows you to get stuck in walls, providing a new and easier way to zip. Here's an example of that which I personally found:
Link to video
The biggest downside of this glitch is it prevents you from bat zipping off of walls in the traditional manner, however due to the massive timesave from essentially skipping all the soul animations I believe this glitch should at least be considered for future all souls TASes.
Thanks,
VB[/video]
DEBUG VRAM crash Test on real console finished. It just crashed... the same as an ordinary black screen crash...
All the crazy stuff on PSP, Glitched numbers, PSP system crashed, memory stick broken, was caused by GPSP emulator (No obvious connection to the setting of VRAM HIT TEST itself)
I tested DEBUG menu on a different GBA flash cart with ROM patched with a special IPS patch which I got it years ago on an abandoned land. And then all the miracle appears...
Anyway, the nightmare troubled my mind these years was cured. My life is complete!
Though no obvious connection about your TAS project, I'm here to thank you all with respect.
