Hey folks, I'm here and curious, has anyone considered a Chaos Engine 2 Run? I'd love to see what exploits etc can be used for this.
I myself would love to do a TAS for this, I can remember where to go etc etc however I'm no good at searching for maximum damage and exploiting the game at all, so less somebody could guide me on how to do this effectively my TAS would be very poor.
Played for 10 minutes and I still don't know what the hell I'm doing. I can't stop pushing the suicide button! ;p
It's very promising though, especially as a 2-player run... I'm familiar with the prequel on the SNES (Soldiers of Fortune) but from what little I've seen this looks like an equally good choice for TASing... except for the split-screen. I think there might be some objections to that.
Anyway...
DDRKhat wrote:
I myself would love to do a TAS for this, I can remember where to go etc etc however I'm no good at searching for maximum damage and exploiting the game at all, so less somebody could guide me on how to do this effectively my TAS would be very poor.
It definitely looks like there could be some substantial programming oversights to be found, considering the relative complexity of the engine (ie, the 2-player interactions.) It's hard to predict whether or not there's anything useful to exploit, however.
My advice is, since you already seem to know quite a bit about the game, begin a test run, or the actual TAS. You know which characters are the best, which routes are the fastest, etc. So, just play through using frame advance and keep an eye open for things that could be broken.
As an aside, it's easier to spot potential glitches if you've spent a lot of time watching severely glitched-up movies.
I can help you with memory addresses and getting maximum damage in the next couple of days, if my humble assistance is required. :)
I'm not too sure about the fastest routes but I know what way I typically go, as for the strongest characters, its difficult, the stronger ones are slower then the weaker ones so at first it'd be slow until you get their speed going. Potential glitches I've never seen all the years I've played the game.
As for maximum damage etc you're welcome to take a look but I can't say I see myself doing the TAS for the pure reason If It was to be a two-player one (which would be wisest) it would be ni-impossible for me to do, I have no experience manipulating two players, Especially to the point where their doing seperate things at seperate times (Prime Example, Nitsuja on his Sonic 2)
