Edit: World 3 done.How does the game determine if a glitched exit will appear out of bounds or not? Can it be manipulated somehow? (I've never TASed this game, so I don't know how it works.)
So apparently the Spanish text is the fastest text in this game. https://www.speedrun.com/The_SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie_GBA/thread/dafua I don't know if it's any faster on a TAS since you have to select the language first at the start of a TAS timed run. It seems a cutscene is missing on the non English versions as well.
So, I've managed to make my game look like this by fooling around OoB: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/441010589163323394/534841397455355934/2019-01-15_at_22-08-31.jpg That's memory corruption, right? For a credits warp, the 030025C0 address would have to be manipulated to 3.
Hold R then move around to "Fly". Change x_speed/y_speed to make spongebob move around faster. Use this to explore OoB quickly Using this script, I discovered a end stage trigger at Netpune's Wrath, but I have no idea how to reach it legit. If you can somehow go OoB, there's also an end stage trigger at: * Dennis (Very far from stage, to the left) * Ice Cream Monster (Very close to stage, both sides) * Return of Dennis Can't find any at Thug Fish, Thug Tug Thug, CyclopsLanguage: luamemory.usememorydomain("IWRAM") local Addresses = { display_x = 0x1642, display_y = 0x1702, game_state = 0x25C0, x = 0x3728, y = 0x372C } --function for checking an input with how many frames to delay function inputdelay(inputs, delay) local is = input.get() local start = false if inputs ~= nil and (is[tostring(inputs)] ~=nil) then --console.log(is) --debugging while (delay > 0) do emu.frameadvance() delay = delay -1 end start = true return start end return start end while true do local x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x) local y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y) local display_x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.display_x) local display_y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.display_y) local x_speed = 6 local y_speed = 16 if (joypad.getimmediate().R == true) then if (joypad.getimmediate().Left == true) then x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)-65536*x_speed elseif (joypad.getimmediate().Right == true) then x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)+65536*x_speed else x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x) end if (joypad.getimmediate().Down == true) then y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)+65536*y_speed elseif (joypad.getimmediate().Up == true) then y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)-65536*y_speed else y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y) end memory.write_u32_le(Addresses.x,x) memory.write_u32_le(Addresses.y,y) end gui.text(0,20, "X:"..display_x.." Y:"..display_y) gui.text(0,40, "State: "..memory.read_u8(Addresses.game_state)) emu.frameadvance() end
If you ever encounter that again, can you please post which X/Y location did you encounter that from?
Regarding your coordinates, I'm not sure if 0x372E is good for Y; That's half the address for 0x372C, so when I go up/down hill or jump out of bounds, the number goes crazy and jumps to some large value. Also, using the address, I realize the lowest I managed to go in terms of 0x372E is 11263 in stage 1, yet the values in the document are in the 30 and 40 thousands. How did you manage to do that? There seems to be either a large "kill zone", or a large area of flat land at this Y coordinate. If possible, can you please make an input file on how you managed to get there?
memory.usememorydomain("IWRAM")
local Addresses = {
display_x = 0x3728,
display_y = 0x372E,
game_state = 0x25C0,
x = 0x3728,
y = 0x372C
}
--function for checking an input with how many frames to delay
function inputdelay(inputs, delay)
local is = input.get()
local start = false
if inputs ~= nil and (is[tostring(inputs)] ~=nil) then
--console.log(is) --debugging
while (delay > 0) do
emu.frameadvance()
delay = delay -1
end
start = true
return start
end
return start
end
while true do
local x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)
local y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)
local display_x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.display_x)
local display_y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.display_y)
local x_speed = 6
local y_speed = 16
-- if inputdelay("C",30) then
-- memory.writebyte(Addresses.State,7) --Instant recruit
-- elseif inputdelay("V",30) then
-- memory.writebyte(Addresses.State,8) --Instant win (5 for xp, 8 for item interface)
-- elseif inputdelay("B",10) then
-- memory.writebyte(Addresses.Win,1)
-- memory.writebyte(Addresses.State,5)
-- --toggle = (toggle == 0) and 1 or 0
-- --if toggle == 0 then toggle = 1 else toggle = 0 end
-- end
if (joypad.getimmediate().R == true) then
if (joypad.getimmediate().Left == true) then
x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)-65536*x_speed
elseif (joypad.getimmediate().Right == true) then
x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)+65536*x_speed
else
x = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.x)
end
if (joypad.getimmediate().Down == true) then
y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)+65536*y_speed
elseif (joypad.getimmediate().Up == true) then
y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)-65536*y_speed
else
y = memory.read_u32_le(Addresses.y)
end
memory.write_u32_le(Addresses.x,x)
memory.write_u32_le(Addresses.y,y)
end
gui.text(0,40, "X:"..display_x.." Y:"..display_y)
gui.text(0,60, "State: "..memory.read_u8(Addresses.game_state))
emu.frameadvance()
end
So apparently the Spanish text is the fastest text in this game. https://www.speedrun.com/The_SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie_GBA/thread/dafua I don't know if it's any faster on a TAS since you have to select the language first at the start of a TAS timed run. It seems a cutscene is missing on the non English versions as well.
At a glance, Spanish is fastest. There's 1 giant problem however. In the EU version, the game lags more than U. Which means in reality it's very possible the time difference is extremely close. I have to sync the game twice to truly find out.
I managed to sync the game up to 1-4. I saved 60 frames so far on 1-1, so I need to check the other stages a bit.
The fastest RTA run right now is 33 minutes compared to the TAS 28 minutes, so there's definitely more improvements.
https://www.speedrun.com/tssmgba/run/yo7g380m
On Yoodle a Seadle (3-4), you can clip out of bounds using those bones, but you instantly die.
If you used the moustache, you can avoid instant death since you go through the bones:
There's some addresses in EWRAM that is related to OoB tiles. Testing on 1-3, this spot
At X: 7312, Y: 11775, corresponds to this address in EWRAM 0x02F7F1
values 0xF8-0xFF makes it a goal
0x10-0x17 is damage
0x20-0x27 is that secret passage reveal jingle if you press Up
0x30-0x37 - small 12 unit hill
The addresses starting from 0x02D4A0 to 0x035490 seems to start from 0 on start, then gets slowly filled up with something. I don't understand what it is, but it changes to a different address once everything gets filled up.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/537350250805985301/1058622153475493918/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie_The_USA_2-3_Oob.bk2
There's an OoB exit 17,000 units under the stage. it takes so long to the point by the time I reach there I would've beaten both 2-3, 2-4 normally.
I wasn't able to replicate this using passwords to directly skip to the stage, so I suspect it's likely in the area above (0x02D4A0)
There's an infinite shell spot in 1-1 OoB
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/537350250805985301/1057858832468037662/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie_The_USA_OoB_1-1.bk2
The 5-1 cutscene that gets skipped in EU actually exists translated:
There are scenes in which EU (english) is actually slower than (U). For instance:
