Hello,
I have been interested in debugging stuffs in games. But I have no clue how the Bsnes + debugger works. The documentation isn't helping me at all...
So I need some help on how to analyse a game to extract some infos... Is Bsnes the best for this? If not, which emulator would you recommend? And most importantly : how to do that?
I also heard of lsnes. But I'm not sure on how to approach that. I honestly expected something like : ask the emulator to locate sonme stuffs in the code (like : it used some stuffs in that range of the code). But seeing the debug stuffs of bsnes, I'm more than clueless.
So, with the increased time I have, I have been listening to musics of videogames I grew up with (read retro music). But I am running out of games to listen and would like to discover some new retro games that has good musics or songs.
So... Music wise, what are popular retro games? What video games songs were a hit? (Or that you liked...) Any good remixes out there?
China did cover up the news... in December. They've been working with the WHO since then, and I haven't found any confirmation so far that their current numbers are false. That's not to say they are definitely true, but between mildly suspicious official data and outright speculation, I'm going to err on the side of the official data. If there is a solid evidence of recent cover-ups, with real numbers and all, by all means, post it.
I did, however, mention that China is not like other countries. They have way more power to limit or even infringe on people's rights to stop the spread compared to the Western democracies. And at the same time they have a lot more money, technology, and managerial sense compared to, say Iran. China can build two hospitals in 10 days in a locked-down city. What other country does this? The answer is none. Nobody else has done this! And despite the exponential increase of confirmed cases, it doesn't look like anyone is trying to. Which doesn't exactly reflect well on the critics when they find themselves in an emergency and unable to replicate what China does right under the same conditions.
That was an interesting read. Thank you!
They seem to not disclose everything (I honestly think there are new cases these days as opposed to what they are saying). But I do think that they are doing whatever they can to stop the thing. If I am wrong, then I'll be glad!
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What's bothersome about the US management is that they depend so much on foreign stuffs... And have such an bizarre management (no public health insurance, gun control to say a few) that can't really be dismantled swiftly... It must have been hard to just do *something*. Maybe trump has been under so much pressure that he had to take a chance and hope for the best?
Pokota wrote:
I agree that Trump's language is usually not wisely chosen, his paranoia leaks out when it benefits him least [...]. I think it's safe to say in hindsight that the budget cuts were unwise at best.
Perhaps the pressure got the best of him?
And lastly... Where did he cut stuffs? Except for health and food, I can't imagine cuts being a bad things, unless I misunderstood you.
I may be wrong though, since I don't live in the US, but north of them, which is why I am honestly concerned about the management from the US. They don't seems to do enough...
* China still holds the largest number of confirmed cases at over 80,000 but the death toll has plateaued at around 3250: the spread has slowed down dramatically thanks to strict and efficient containment measures. The death toll took 34 days to double and its rate is currently on the decline. South Korea followed suit by beating all records on per-capita testing and isolating the confirmed cases on early stages of infection.
Without wanting to be mean against China... But I am honestly sceptikal about these facts. Apparently, China has covered some of the news...? Did you find such informations on your research?
I found this randomly on twitter : https://twitter.com/muyixiao/status/1240414823600586752?s=20 which is bothersome if we want accurate info about China's action or even numbers. For instance I find that bizarre that they did not have cases yesterday.
The same can be said for the US if I were to believe what I'm seeing recently.
I did not investigate both China and US's informations or something. So I may very be wrong. Just posting for thoughts.
As a side note, I am currently fine, I live in a place where the cases aren't as many as it is right now. Currenty, the governement encourages everybody to stay at home. We still have some people walking outside or something, but the markets are closed. Only food and pharmacy are open. School are even transitionning to online classes. I sincerly hope we never get to the point of Italy or China. I also hope to not get the virus...
Stay safe everybody.
Improvements aside, I'm perfectly fine with it being cancelled and instead submitting a 100% run, since most people in the thread agree that that would be better, and I don't have to do a whole lot of extra routing work (probably just another few days of planning or so.)
I personally think you don't need to cancel it. The judge seems to be open to accept it even if it's not the 100%. :)
I enjoyed the run, thank you!
You did the right way. It's the moderators who have the options of replacing a movie.
PS: Speedy award material right there. I'm also seeing this being a contender for GBA tas of the year.
I'm hoping to see some more TY in the future. :)
I didn't mean it exactly like this. I mean removing the rerecord field from the site so it can't be seen by everyone, but the admins (and judges if needed).
Not sure if this has been discussed, but I was wondering if hiding the rerecord count (from everyone or just from the members) could be a viable way to avoid any bias in rerecord count before watching a movie? A lot of submissions gets called out for the low rerecord count and high rerecord count movies get praised.
Normally, I accept the 2nd chance idea.
However we are talking about someone who gont a "last chance" 5 years ago. (Perhaps more since, but...).
I'd be more comfortable if such a staff gets "fired". But then allowed back if he does show proofs. I can think of one example where someone was removed of their duty by a superior. Later in the year he got those powers back.
I'd like to remind some people about this post that was made 5 years ago.
http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=377193#377193
EDIT : By the way, I've not read the claims, nor analysed them. So I don't have a position about this harassement thing specifically.
I'm disappointed to notr see my suggestion from last year in the award list.
http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=464196#464196
Still a very good year with a lot of good movies. I didn't watch as much as I wanted. But I still have the next years :D
I agree with this. If it's entertaining. Then it should be published. No matter what.
I also agree with arandomgametaser's point of view that cheats shouldn't be seen as an absolute no to publication. If the cheats made the movie very entertaining, it should be published.
However, in this case, I felt it skipped too much of the game for it to be published. It's a too short movie. I'd be more inclined to like the movie with cheats if it featured more of the game (like 100%) and that it was longer.
If you properly read the section in the rules, it states that the rules on codes are not strict and exceptions may be granted.
I will go into more detail into the nature of the rule and why it exists, but I can summarize the point of the rule for now. The point of the rule is to discourage things that may trivialize the amount of work that needs to be put into a TAS. This is also why we discourage easy modes except when they are more entertaining.
My bad, I was under the impression that it was outright not eligible for publication with the recent posts on this submission. Even one of those posts was from you. So I'm not very sure to understand the situation or your stance on the matter.
http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=476000#476000
I am however relieved by the fact that exceptions can be made.