Verification movie: https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638305803053895382
Go to config > gamecube > and set the slot A to "GCI Folder" to prevent doing any memory card shenanigans. Play this movie to completion and it will create a necessary save file for the TAS to play.
1 GC controller connected. Unlike the other spidey 2 TASes, this one is done in the JIT engine because Dolphin devs are legends - they fixed the one bug with savestates (intentionally or not) that resulted in random savestate corruptions when making states for this game specifically in the JIT engine. It's now able to be TASed at any speed you want; none of that 4fps stuff we used to be stuck with.
Deliver the pizzas and do not let the time run out, do not flip the pizzas too many times, and do not return to the parlor until all pizzas are delivered. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars, go directly to jail.
Performing an air trick will flip and damage the pizza, but you can cancel the air trick before the damage occurs by punching in the air. This is why you see me punch seemingly randomly.
I ate like 40 pizzas during the creation of this TAS. Also, I had tried to make a pizza% TAS numerous times back when Dolphin wasn't as good for TASing this game - I never finished, but I saved my best times for each mission every time I tried, and I went out of my way to beat every. Single. One.
Version with snowy textures, written commentary, and speed tracker:
ThunderAxe31: It was brough to my attention that the pizza missions are more side quests than a separate game mode, so I'm changing the intended publication class to Alternative.
I'm having troubles syncing this. I played back the verification movie, then the submission movie, but it desyncs at the beginning. What am I doing wrong?
I'm having troubles syncing this. I played back the verification movie, then the submission movie, but it desyncs at the beginning. What am I doing wrong?
I need some deets. Does the verification movie play as intended, from start to finish? Does it access in-game races, with the timer at the top of the screen, and win them? At the very end, does it pause the game and save?
If not, you might have the wrong save settings active, causing a desync at the start since the verification movie expects a USA formatted memory card to be inserted (and if it isn't, it will prompt you to, which is different than the TAS expects and will cause a desync).
If so, when you tried to play the submission movie, did it load the save data or did it try to start a new game?
If it tried to start a new game, that means dolphin likely put the save data from the verification movie into dolphin's user folder > GC > USA > Movie. If there's save data in that folder, copy it into USA > Card A which should force it to load that data when starting the submission movie file.
If the game DID load the save data (spider-man appeared in the park outside the parlor), then... well, dang, I don't know. It might be like the goblin TAS, where the audio was set to stereo instead of mono and it caused it to desync.
Graphics backend might influence sync? Graphics card/processor might influence sync (like the mario sunshine movie)?
If it tried to start a new game, that means dolphin likely put the save data from the verification movie into dolphin's user folder > GC > USA > Movie. If there's save data in that folder, copy it into USA > Card A which should force it to load that data when starting the submission movie file.
It was this one. Thank you so much for going through all possible scenarios! It made the fix quick and easy.
While I am setting this up, does the author have any screenshot suggestions for the publication page?
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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
[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
