Posted: 8/18/2023 8:57 AM
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Now that LibTAS is an option for TASing Windows games, does anyone know if any of the Abe games work on LibTAS? I think the PC version of Exoddus would be an interesting one to TAS as it has more glitches than the PSX version. For instance, the any% route can be beaten in under 17 minutes due to a glitch known as the Advance Relocation Glitch (ARG). Here's a realtime speedrun of this in action 0 it's also less laggy compared to the PSX version. Also, the 100% route has access to more hidden wells that are impossible to do on the PSX version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssCf2HFjnWg&ab_channel=LegnaX
Enjoys speedrunning, playing and TASing Oddworld games! Has TASed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in 12.06.13 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Adventures II in 20.03.78 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:08:28.4 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:05:01.65 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:18 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:15 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:!5.44.12 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 13:01.3 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 12:59.95 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:16.27 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:01.07 Currently working on: Waiting for Windows TAS Tools to work so I can TAS PC version of Exoddus.
Posted: 8/19/2023 7:17 AM
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Randomno
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If you can get it working in PCem, probably.
Posted: 8/19/2023 7:20 AM
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Randomno wrote:
If you can get it working in PCem, probably.
Yeah, running it on it's native OS Windows 95 may be an option as Abe has audio issues on Windows XP as I used to have so many XP systems back in the day. The secret area chimies would play the wrong notes as demonstrated in this speedrun video here - it sounds like flashgame quality audio https://youtu.be/6NLpaX0TivI?t=515
Enjoys speedrunning, playing and TASing Oddworld games! Has TASed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in 12.06.13 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Adventures II in 20.03.78 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:08:28.4 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:05:01.65 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:18 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:15 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:!5.44.12 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 13:01.3 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 12:59.95 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:16.27 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:01.07 Currently working on: Waiting for Windows TAS Tools to work so I can TAS PC version of Exoddus.
Posted: 8/28/2023 7:17 PM
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So as I know Windows XP has issues playing audio at it's best sample rate and has pitch issues wih some sounds... so here's an alternative, I can run the game at it's highest audio sample rate on a custom Windows 98 SE archive I found... I tested the Italian version and it works fine, no audio issues! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RMMeZsQNYi93NSYHiRSKrhz7XCskC9s_/view?usp=sharing And for proof, here's the game being played on XP - this is demonstrating the sound glitches https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L41m1_C51z5TgJkUimHUzLq2jW3BDzXi/view?usp=sharing
Enjoys speedrunning, playing and TASing Oddworld games! Has TASed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in 12.06.13 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Adventures II in 20.03.78 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:08:28.4 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:05:01.65 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:18 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:15 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:!5.44.12 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 13:01.3 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 12:59.95 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:16.27 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:01.07 Currently working on: Waiting for Windows TAS Tools to work so I can TAS PC version of Exoddus.
Posted: 5/15/2024 3:25 AM
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Tried this out on PCem with a USA Disc version of the game. Seems to work pretty well. Not really interested in TASing this though. (Gave up on concatenating the video files, I'll figure it out some other time...) Link to video Link to video
Posted: 5/15/2024 9:45 AM
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Randomno wrote:
Tried this out on PCem with a USA Disc version of the game. Seems to work pretty well. Not really interested in TASing this though. (Gave up on concatenating the video files, I'll figure it out some other time...) Link to video Link to video
You have to copy the cutscene files to the game folder for it to load.
Enjoys speedrunning, playing and TASing Oddworld games! Has TASed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in 12.06.13 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Adventures II in 20.03.78 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:08:28.4 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:05:01.65 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:18 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:15 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:!5.44.12 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 13:01.3 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 12:59.95 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:16.27 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:01.07 Currently working on: Waiting for Windows TAS Tools to work so I can TAS PC version of Exoddus.
Posted: 5/15/2024 12:26 PM
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Randomno
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I didn't see anything failing to load.
Posted: 5/18/2024 6:16 PM
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Oh there's an open source reimplementation of this, because of course there is https://aliveteam.github.io/
Posted: 5/18/2024 7:08 PM
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Randomno wrote:
Oh there's an open source reimplementation of this, because of course there is https://aliveteam.github.io/
Yes I know about the RELIVE project. They fixed most of the glitches that speedrunners use and they had plans to re-do the audio enigine to match the quality like in the PSX version. It hasn't been worked on yet but it will have more accurate sound to the original PSX version if they add it!
Enjoys speedrunning, playing and TASing Oddworld games! Has TASed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in 12.06.13 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Adventures II in 20.03.78 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:08:28.4 (with Dooty) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:05:01.65 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:18 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus in 37:15 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus 100% in 2:!5.44.12 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 13:01.3 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee any% in 12:59.95 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:16.27 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 100% in 1:04:01.07 Currently working on: Waiting for Windows TAS Tools to work so I can TAS PC version of Exoddus.