An example of something similar to a TAS is a Piano Roll, look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5395Y0hwJGU
With a Piano Roll you can get a piano to play any notes, even faster or more complex than what a human would be able to play. You can take all the time in the world to prepare your Piano Roll in the way you want it to be, and if there is a mistake, you can re-record it to play in the correct way.
Likewise, a TAS is a list of button presses, ideally (or really, see Nesbot and Droid64) fed to a joypad, to play a game as perfectly as possible, even doing things a human can't do. There are several ways to create a TAS, with many tools you can use (hence the name). You can slow down the game and play a single frame (to make it simple, 1/60th of second in America, and 1/50th of second in Europe), you can go back and fix your mistakes, you can find out that the "random" ites are not really random and manage to get the best items all the times, and so on. Nobody prevents you from using all the techniques in the world while you create that list of button presses. Once it is ready, that input should always replay in the same way (still like the Piano Roll); if it desyncs, then something went wrong.
Many TAS-related concepts can find examples in simple words in the real world. For example, you might read of a "frame rule" sometimes, e.g. "I can beat that level 10 frames faster but there is a 20 frames rule so it's pointless". Imagine you're on the street, running towards the station because you have to catch a train. Of course you try to run as fast as you can, but... there is a traffic light right next to the station. If you arrive there while the traffic light is red, all your running was wasted because you have to wait for the green. This is a frame rule. If this happens in a TAS, the "runner" can either slow down (but it would look unprofessional and not entertaining) or do something unexpected to keep the viewer's interest, such as collect all the coins, kill all the enemies, run backwards, dance, whatever. As long as you arrive at the traffic light in time for the green.
My English is bad but I hope this is clear.
Either way, welcome to the forum!
Unassisted speedrun = done in realtime on the console with no "cheat" devices
Tool-assisten speedrun = as long as the result is a sequence of button presses, anything is allowed - emulators (with savestates, slowdown, frame-by-frame progress, ROM & RAM viewing, ...), debuggers, ...
An example of something similar to a TAS is a Piano Roll, look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5395Y0hwJGU
With a Piano Roll you can get a piano to play any notes, even faster or more complex than what a human would be able to play. You can take all the time in the world to prepare your Piano Roll in the way you want it to be, and if there is a mistake, you can re-record it to play in the correct way.
Likewise, a TAS is a list of button presses, ideally (or really, see Nesbot and Droid64) fed to a joypad, to play a game as perfectly as possible, even doing things a human can't do. There are several ways to create a TAS, with many tools you can use (hence the name). You can slow down the game and play a single frame (to make it simple, 1/60th of second in America, and 1/50th of second in Europe), you can go back and fix your mistakes, you can find out that the "random" ites are not really random and manage to get the best items all the times, and so on. Nobody prevents you from using all the techniques in the world while you create that list of button presses. Once it is ready, that input should always replay in the same way (still like the Piano Roll); if it desyncs, then something went wrong.
Many TAS-related concepts can find examples in simple words in the real world. For example, you might read of a "frame rule" sometimes, e.g. "I can beat that level 10 frames faster but there is a 20 frames rule so it's pointless". Imagine you're on the street, running towards the station because you have to catch a train. Of course you try to run as fast as you can, but... there is a traffic light right next to the station. If you arrive there while the traffic light is red, all your running was wasted because you have to wait for the green. This is a frame rule. If this happens in a TAS, the "runner" can either slow down (but it would look unprofessional and not entertaining) or do something unexpected to keep the viewer's interest, such as collect all the coins, kill all the enemies, run backwards, dance, whatever. As long as you arrive at the traffic light in time for the green.
My English is bad but I hope this is clear.
Either way, welcome to the forum!
oh thnks is vba 21 a god tas emulator for tasing? yo can slow down game and maek it go bak is dat good? suk at grammar sry
Raku
hey guys lok wat i can do :D
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An example of something similar to a TAS is a Piano Roll, look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5395Y0hwJGU
With a Piano Roll you can get a piano to play any notes, even faster or more complex than what a human would be able to play. You can take all the time in the world to prepare your Piano Roll in the way you want it to be, and if there is a mistake, you can re-record it to play in the correct way.
Likewise, a TAS is a list of button presses, ideally (or really, see Nesbot and Droid64) fed to a joypad, to play a game as perfectly as possible, even doing things a human can't do. There are several ways to create a TAS, with many tools you can use (hence the name). You can slow down the game and play a single frame (to make it simple, 1/60th of second in America, and 1/50th of second in Europe), you can go back and fix your mistakes, you can find out that the "random" ites are not really random and manage to get the best items all the times, and so on. Nobody prevents you from using all the techniques in the world while you create that list of button presses. Once it is ready, that input should always replay in the same way (still like the Piano Roll); if it desyncs, then something went wrong.
Many TAS-related concepts can find examples in simple words in the real world. For example, you might read of a "frame rule" sometimes, e.g. "I can beat that level 10 frames faster but there is a 20 frames rule so it's pointless". Imagine you're on the street, running towards the station because you have to catch a train. Of course you try to run as fast as you can, but... there is a traffic light right next to the station. If you arrive there while the traffic light is red, all your running was wasted because you have to wait for the green. This is a frame rule. If this happens in a TAS, the "runner" can either slow down (but it would look unprofessional and not entertaining) or do something unexpected to keep the viewer's interest, such as collect all the coins, kill all the enemies, run backwards, dance, whatever. As long as you arrive at the traffic light in time for the green.
My English is bad but I hope this is clear.
Either way, welcome to the forum!
oh thnks is vba 21 a god tas emulator for tasing? yo can slow down game and maek it go bak is dat good? suk at grammar sry
Oh, thanks.Is VBA 21 a good emulator for TASing? You can use slowdown and savestates-- is that good? I suck at spelling, grammar, and punctuation, sorry.
You'll never improve if you don't try.
Look around you. Look at how others here formulate their thoughts into coherent sentences. I'd venture to guess that English is no one's favorite subject on this site, but we are still very mindful of how we present ourselves. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, Raku-- plenty of other people will do that. In fact, I keep an open mind to any new member. First and foremost, however, newcomers have to demonstrate that they want to be taken seriously; in your case, that means being careful with how you write things.
Your homework is to begin every sentence with a capital letter and end it with a period. Also, check your spelling before you submit anything. Chances are, your browser has a built-in spell-checker. When you type something in, if anything has a red underline underneath it, you need to go back and fix its spelling. Saying you don't like English and failing to use basic spelling and grammar is like saying you don't like P.E. and failing to stand upright.
Anyway, I hate to be the first person to criticize you so... uh... welcome to TASVideos!
He means a program like this that can take words and sentences and translate them into English (or any other language).
If you want to submit a GB/GBC/GBA movie, you should make it on VBA 24-M, the newest version of VBA. It's mostly the same as VBA 21 but it crashes and desyncs less and has minor design (GUI) changes.
Welcome to TASVideos, by the way. Do you have an idea which game you want to start working on?
I'm going to politely request this one more time: Begin your sentences with capital letters, end them with periods, and fix any spelling errors along the way. Show your sincerity.
You are quickly approaching the event horizon, beyond which no one will take you seriously.
Am I being too cynical because I have this nagging feeling that makes me doubt the veracity of the OP?
No, I think you're not being cynical enough -- it's totally reasonable for internet trolls to go overboard with this kind of thing, but it's /really/ a sign of how bad things are when this is how the average 10 year old learns to interact online.
RakuRocRex wrote:
i liek simpel words
Raku: Simple words are fine, but it's still important to use them with care. You'll find it much easier to get what you want both here at TASVideos and in the wider world.
Since you hate your English class, I was going to suggest you check out Khan Academy, but I was sad to learn that they don't yet provide videos about English grammar (though they're working on it.) Still, if you hate math class too, take a look.
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By the way, "I'm" is spelled with an apostrophe.
Edit:RakuRocRex wrote:
hey but i came to tsa not to grammar
teech me tas
See, this is where the rubber meets the road. People here will not be inclined to teach you about TASing because you haven't demonstrated a willingness to learn how to type coherent sentences. When you type everything with care, I will personally teach you how to TAS a game.
