Posted: 11/22/2018 2:51 PM
Post subject: Glad to be here, hope I can help this community!
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Dr_Doppietta
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Hello guys, nice to meet y'all! I'm Dr Doppietta and I'd like to contribute to this site. I'm not so "newbie", I already know what a TAS is, what it uses (savestates, frame-by-frame advance, ect...), what's an emulator and how to use it (I'm currently using PCSX2, VBAM and DeSmuMe). Also, I've seen a lot of TASes: I remember SoulCalUmbreon's TAS of Resident Evil 4 and Mercs with Wesker in the Castle; I've seen Schnee/DANTE's TAS of DMC 3 (both with Dante and Vergil), many Pokémon&Super Mario TASes, a couple of DBZ Budokai 3 TASes (which were WIP), Cod Black Ops TAS and many more. Why am I here? Because I'd like to make some TAS too, of course. I've seen several speedruns, even spoke to great Youtubers (Tizza4fun, Donguri, NateTheGreat, Mourossonero, ect...) to learn from Masters, and I dream to make some TAS for PS2 videogames that aren't online yet. For example, my biggest goal right now is to create a Splinter Cell Chaos Theory TAS, since I'm already a speedrunner of that game and I published some video of my WIP, but there's no TAS on internet (as far as I know). But I'd be interested also in the rest of the series, in God of War series, Budokai 3&Infinite World, ect... Atm I don't have any TAS to submit yet, I'm still learning how to TAS with PCSX2 (maybe I should use Dolphin to TAS PS2 games?), but if I get the opportunity, that's what I'm gonna do! If anyone feels to help me or give me any suggestion, your kindness will be apprecciated. :) I'm reading FAQs, newcomers questions, Helping section, ect... but any other help would be great. See ya! PS: As you may already noticed, I'm not a native english speaker, so if I made any mistake in my post, feel free to tell me where I'm wrong. ;)
Posted: 11/22/2018 2:53 PM
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there is currently no way to TAS a PS2 game that would be acceptable for submission yet. dolphin is also a GameCube and Wii emulator, not a PS2 emulator.
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Posted: 11/22/2018 3:02 PM
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If you want to TAS a PS2 game see if it's on GameCube/Wii then use Dolphin to TAS it.
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Posted: 11/22/2018 3:29 PM
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PCSX2 is a bad choice for learning, as bad as Dolphin is. You ought to pick an easier emulator first: like FCEUX or lsnes. Try to TAS Super Mario Bros, not for submission, but to feel how the TASing process comes over, and to improve your skills, of course. Getting started with a complex game is a bad sign. I was also inspired by the TASes listed above, I showed this: #4267: Dimon12321's N64 Doom 64 in 41:22.45, and guess what? It was rejected due to my pure skills and bad game knowledge. Try something simple first, but, nevertheless, it's up to you! Good luck!
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Posted: 11/22/2018 5:19 PM
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Dimon12321 wrote:
PCSX2 is a bad choice for learning, as bad as Dolphin is. You ought to pick an easier emulator first: like FCEUX or lsnes. Try to TAS Super Mario Bros, not for submission, but to feel how the TASing process comes over, and to improve your skills, of course. Getting started with a complex game is a bad sign. I was also inspired by the TASes listed above, I showed this: #4267: Dimon12321's N64 Doom 64 in 41:22.45, and guess what? It was rejected due to my pure skills and bad game knowledge. Try something simple first, but, nevertheless, it's up to you! Good luck!
I don't necessarily agree with you. Starting with a game that gives you motivation is very important. Doing unoptimized TASes at first is normal, you will improve over time and by sharing them and getting feedback. Also, Super Mario Bros is not a simple game at all.
Posted: 11/22/2018 6:06 PM
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Dr_Doppietta
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Are you sure? I'm seeing there's PCSX2-rr 3.0, updated about a year ago, and it seems quite good. I'm gonna download several versions of it and try to TAS with all of them. Probably, there will be sync problems, but if they aren't too bad, I could try to get something good out of it.
Posted: 11/22/2018 6:33 PM
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If the emulator isn’t listed on here, it isn’t acceptable for submission here. Just because tasing tools exist for emulators doesn’t mean they can be acceptable.
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't 12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!" Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish [Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing
Posted: 11/22/2018 6:51 PM
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Dr_Doppietta
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I know, PCSX2-rr is not deterministic nor sync'd properly, so a TAS made using that wouldn't be accepted. That isn't a problem, tho, one can still use it to see how it works and making practice. Maybe won't be an "accepted" TAS, but sure will be enjoyable and impressive one. One step at time, things can be done. :)