Greetings. I'd like to share some technique of TASing a PC games. You can see the samples here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75TJnFkcqs
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldiwOxwe2r8
Sorry for a bit too enthusiastic descriptions, at that moment I haven't seen any of TAS videos and was quite impressed by the idea. So, here's a deal - I've written a library, similar to Speed Gear, but operated by a Shift key, which is able to slow down almost any game, and I'm looking for someone willing to help me integrate it with a screen capture software. As you can see, I've recorded the videos above at full slowdown and edited them manually. It would be too difficult to find every place where I used slowdown key and restore the original speed. If there were some software that could change the capture framerate when a specific key is being held down, people could use it to make TAS on PC. Also, this software could exploit the quicksave/quickload keys to make segmented videos, able to rewind and continue after a quick load. But it's not essential, cause even a quick save/load is a slow operation for modern games and there is no way we could juggle them just as easy as NES games on the emulator.
Very very really old technics. I used to slowdown my games for amazing gameplay.
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Simple technique: - Download CheatEngine.
- Open it twice.
- Process (window 1) -> YOurGame.exe
- Process (window 2) -> fraps.exe or gamecam.exe or... capture software.
- Enable speed hack -> Set the same speed in window 1 and 2.
( Tips-> your can associate hotkeys for 5 speed, and 2 hotkeys for speedup and slowdown with a customizable delta. )
Result: YourGame.exe and CaptureSoft.exe syncronized at the same speed = video.avi at normal speed.
Enjoy.
N.B
With C.E i'm able to do a fake frame-by-frame gaming (step-by-step?) with a little modification.
MyHotkey : Speed: 0 -> Speed: depend on customized delay-> speed: 0.
Hold MyHotkey: Speed: customized.
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The big problem now is save-state.
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EDIT: I just opened a Youtube account for slowed down gaming.
user: PCAmazinPlay
pass: ************
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Post edited by a moderator: Removed the password for that Youtube account. It's not safe to hand out passwords to your account on a public forum.