Dunnius: I would really appreciate if you would post an SMV--it's much easier to understand your strategy when I can see it in action! On another note, I haven't changed my Fillmore strategy yet, but I realized that I could get to the upper-left lair in Bloodpool earlier without losing much time to moving the construction square or whatever you call it. Thus Bloodpool reaches its highest civilization level earlier. That makes the population grow more quickly enough in Bloodpool that, in combination with managing to get one more house in the first construction phase in Kasandora, I managed to leave Kasandora one turn earlier. I also managed to leave Marahna one turn earlier, for a total of two turns saved over my 1st WIP. So that you guys can see what I'm doing, here's my 2nd WIP: Note that I didn't bother to fine tune some little things like how many roads actually need to be built to get the growth we want without making excess roads. You'll notice some missed arrow shots. The action sequences are played in real time. The point is to figure out the best general strategy for each sim, since what you do in each sim has a "ripple effect" on how things go in the later sims, which makes it a pain. And a spreadsheet of this 2nd WIP.
Quick question - in Filmore you build down, up, left. On the second up road, why not go one right first, then left? If a house were built on the right-side road, it would save a build cycle...
AngelX =0x7E0AEE;
AngelY =0x7E0AF0;
EnX = {};
EnY ={};
EX = {};
EY = {};
EnX[1] = 0x7E0BAC;
EnY[1] = 0x7E0BAE;
EnX[2] = 0x7E0B60;
EnY[2] = 0x7E0B62;
EnX[3] = 0x7E0B86;
EnY[3] = 0x7E0B88;
EnX[4] = 0x7E0B3A;
EnY[4] = 0x7E0B3C;
CameraX = 0x7E0022;
CameraY = 0x7E0024;
TimerAdd = 0x7F91FE;
local s_timer
local soulcounter
local pop
local soultxt
local AX
local AY
local colormat = {"black","red","blue","white"};
gui.transparency(0)
while true do
local soulc1 = memory.readbyte(0x7F9EFA)
local soulc2 = memory.readbyte(0x7F9EFB)
s_timer = memory.readbyte(TimerAdd+1);
AX = memory.readbyte(AngelX) + 256*memory.readbyte(AngelX+1);
AY = memory.readbyte(AngelY) + 256*memory.readbyte(AngelY+1);
CX = memory.readbyte(CameraX) + 256*memory.readbyte(CameraX+1);
CY = memory.readbyte(CameraY) + 256*memory.readbyte(CameraY+1);
for i =1,4,1 do
EX[i] = memory.readbyte(EnX[i]) + 256* memory.readbyte(EnX[i]+1);
EY[i] = memory.readbyte(EnY[i]) + 256* memory.readbyte(EnY[i]+1);
if (EX[i]-CX >= 0) and (EY[i] - CY < 220) then
gui.drawbox(0,EY[i]-CY,12,EY[i]-CY+12,colormat[i]);
gui.text(1,EY[i]-CY,string.format("%d,%d",EX[i]-CX,EY[i]-CY));
elseif (EY[i] - CY > 242) then
if (EY[i] - CY >= 0) and (EY[i] - CY < 210) then
gui.drawbox(245,EY[i]-CY,255,EY[i]-CY+12,colormat[i]);
gui.text(210,EY[i]-CY,string.format("%d,%d",EX[i]-CX-256,EY[i]-CY));
elseif (EY[i] - CY < 0) then
gui.text(205,0,string.format("%d,%d",EX[i]-CX,EY[i]-CY));
else
gui.text(210,212,string.format("%d,%d",EX[i]-CX,EY[i]-CY-212));
end;
elseif (EY[i]-CY > 210) then
gui.drawbox(EX[i]-CX,212,EX[i]-CX+12,222,colormat[i]);
gui.text(EX[i]-CX,212,string.format("%d,%d",EX[i]-CX,EY[i]-CY-210));
end;
end;
soulcounter = soulc1 + soulc2*256
gui.text(AX-CX,AY-CY,soulcounter);
gui.text(AX-CX,AY-CY+10,s_timer);
snes9x.frameadvance()
end
EDIT: Here's Aitos Act 1. I managed to save 514 frames. I actually managed to save frames on the part where birds carry you over. Probably lag reduction because I spent more time on the ground. I also managed a very nice time-saver elsewhere. Perhaps one of you guys have already discovered it, but I was rather pleased, because I'd been wondering if it was possible, and I barely managed it. You'll know what I'm talking about when you see it. :) Aitos Act 1 WIP 1 Also, it turns out that it's possible to zip in ActRaiser: Zipping example. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where I'd be able to use it. Unless you guys can think of another way to jam into walls where it would actually be useful instead, of, um killing the character.
