Posted: 7/14/2005 11:40 PM
Post subject: frame step and input
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nico
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Joined: 7/14/2005
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i'm beginning work on improving acmlm's nes tetris speed run, yet i have little experience with tool assisted emulation. what is the technique required to input exactly on the frame i want. my procedure is to increment a frame, then immediately press the button i want, but this rarely works as i want it to, and i can't hold down a button, either. any help would be great.
Posted: 7/14/2005 11:41 PM
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Ferret_Warlord
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Hold down the button as you advance.
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Posted: 7/14/2005 11:41 PM
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GWing_02
Joined: 6/6/2005
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You're supposed to hold down the button you want to register for the next frame, THEN press the frame advance button.
Posted: 7/15/2005 2:31 AM
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nico
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the problem was that i pressed the same button for every frame. this was the same as holding the button, which was the reason why it messed up.
Posted: 7/15/2005 2:32 AM
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GWing_02
Joined: 6/6/2005
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Yeah, the fastest you can press buttons would be every other frame.
Posted: 7/16/2005 3:40 AM
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nico
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Joined: 7/14/2005
Posts: 103
i was almost 200 frames ahead of the previous tetris record with less than 10 tetrises to go, and i made the mistake up loading a saved game after the movie had ended, and then saving on accident. it erased my entire movie, great. i give up.
Posted: 7/16/2005 5:38 AM
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1) Make backups. Constantly. 2) From the mistake you made, it doesn't sound like your movie should be deleted. But I could be wrong. 3) Did you try this?