Posted: 8/27/2014 11:20 AM
Post subject: Possible to edit the current frame count of a save state?
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Dyshonest
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Curious to know, trying to abuse the RNG in Pokemon Emerald but the frame I need to hit is in the eight millions so it would take a long time to turbo/frame-skip to.
Posted: 8/27/2014 1:04 PM
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Patashu
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If you just edited the frame count, that wouldn't make the RNG eight million frames in the future, because the game hasn't advanced the RNG eight million times.
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Posted: 8/27/2014 1:55 PM
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ALAKTORN
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8 millions? What the fuck? :D You seem to be having a greater problem than trying to advance 8 million frames.
Posted: 8/27/2014 2:03 PM
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8 million frame is 37 hours, just do it part by part, put max speed and do often savestates.
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Posted: 8/27/2014 3:50 PM
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Cheat the RNG itself?
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Posted: 8/28/2014 6:36 AM
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A savestate contains a backup of the movie so far. It's not possible to have a savestate of a frame in the 8 millions unless you advance that far and create one. Also, if you're going for a submittable run, it would be much, much easier to settle for a less perfect RNG. While the less perfect luck is slower in itself, saving 37 hours would be well worth a comparatively infinitesimal time loss. See the Level 1 comments of my Barnyard Blaster run for a (much) less extreme example.