Post subject: Making your first TAS tutorial: traditional vs TAS Editor
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Have you ever wanted to make your own TAS but found the process daunting? In this video, I guide Sand_Knight through everything from the basics of creating a Tool-Assisted Speedrun movie file to using frame advance and other tools like TAS Editor within FCEUX. This is also a good overview of various techniques used to route a game and test a game's mechanics. Basics like performing a binary search are included as well as a deep dive of various topics such as a demonstration on how to recover from accidentally advancing more frames than you intended to before making a savestate. At the end the different techniques we used get put to the test in a head-to-head comparison of who had the fastest time. Link to video
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EZGames69
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Not sure where else to put this but a great video by Bismuth explains what a TAS is and how they can be perfected. Link to video
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Post subject: How to use Branches in TAStudio
EZGames69
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I have seen a lot of people confused at what branches are in TAStudio, so I tried to make a tutorial on how they work. Link to video
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This is more advanced stuff, but it's good to know, I guess. Link to video
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