Thanks man ;) Ah well ;) Hope you got something out of it.
Well, once you are done finding small improvements, I say submit. I'd rather have the 40 frames faster version represented on the site. And we have certainly published smaller improvements (*cough* circus charlie). And it is not like it is going to clog up the submission queue, we only have 4-5 submissions right now.
EDIT: I have awesome news: I found that it's faster to get to the casino through the sewers rather than taking the elevator the normal way. This doesn't change the item order in any way, so no worries there. This movie is 116 frames, 1.93 seconds, faster than the published run: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1590677746/deja_vu_randil_new.fm2
Considering that this game seems to use the same engine as Shadowgate, is there a chance some item might be as glitched up as the glasses in that game?
I found some bugs, but their usefulness is doubtful.
- There are some items that can be picked up even if your inventory is full. This can be used to move to another location: Coin: Men's room Newspaper: Diary room Bul1-1: Under the manhole under the fire escape Bul1-2: Woman Bul1-3: Elevator, by office Bul1-4: Elevator, by dentist's room Bul1-5: Elevator, penthouse Bul1-6: Cab, by apartment Bul2-1: Mugger
- If you buy a Bul1 or Bul2, you can leave it back on the counter. Leave it enough times and the number of inventory pages will underflow. This can be used to write FF to any location between 4C0 and 5BF (or another value by taking one of the above items). With this method you can also place an item in the address page or the container page. The following variables reside in this area: 4C0-4C6 - Addresses 4C7-4CD - Items in container 4CE-513 - Inventory 514 - Current room 515 - Current display 516 - Current page 517 - Maximum page number 518 - Number of things on current page 519 - Number of things on last page 51A - Number of addresses 51B - Number of coins 51C - Number of bul1's 51D - Number of bul2's 51E - Number of opened things 51F-52C - List of opened things (2 bytes each) 52D-52E - Current opened thing 52F - Previous display (when displaying closeup) 530 - Transition type 531 - Current palette 532 - Page scrolling related 533 - Keep text open
That is awesome. I feel like this could probably be used for a similar "teleport to last room" trick as in Shadowgate.
If you can't find any such trick, the thing that comes to my mind would be to simply set the necessary flags for beating the game through this trick (by picking up items that set specific bits a la Shadowgate style) instead of actually doing anything, and then maybe even teleport to the police station (if that is faster than actually going there, I'm not sure).
Keep me updated and let me know if you need something from me! I still keep my old Excel sheet with notes and some RAM address info.
It seems to only work if you click on certain frames. In the video, I first open a mysterious door, then end up at the West End which is still in a glitch state. Then I move through that phantom door to go to the mansion where the glitch has been resolved and the game can be continued normally. Doing this does seem to overwrite your last collected item though.
This glitch also works in the torture room too. There is probably more to uncover with this, but it definitely opens up new routes to try out!
EDIT: I need to give proper credit to Emptyeye for initially pointing out that using capsules on an untaken medicine bottle starts the glitch state. I then found that using MOVE or OPEN will cause warps.
