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At last, I watched your WIP. I must say, I am very proud of being your future partner :) I definitely can tell that you are a very talented taser. There were a lot of things I liked about your WIP. Sometimes I like minor details, for instance, I smiled when you did that holding your finger up animation after touching the gate. Keep up the good work mate!
Even though there's alot of room for improvement in the currently published run, it's mostly optimizing movement, and even though there's probably a myriad of tricks or in-level routes to improve on, as long as no one takes the time to actually try and do something, the only difference would be a more refined run.
A link for reference
I had a couple of hours to spare today, so I thought I'd see what I could do with the first couple of levels of the game. I didn't use any memory watch for this, so it's probably quite a bit slower than it should be at certain points.
I only compared it to the published run at the point where it stops. It's about a second faster, but as you can see if you watch it, there's really nothing noticeable.
Minor edit: Yes, I used Mothrayas' video file, I couldn't be bothered with the intro.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
Haven't watched your latest WIP, but I did watch the 8-Maverick one, and I was very impressed. One thing I'm curious about, from when you collected the Torso upgrade: how did you use firing a level 1 charge shot to reset the air-dash check?
Also, are you going to collect the Gold Chip?
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It was the second shot of a not fully charged cross charge shot. It functions just like the fully charged cross charge shots, which allow another airdash after being used.
Yes.
No, I don't encode these. I want to hold off with YouTubing them until the very end, so I can encode the entire run at once.
Besides, getting a SNES ROM and emulator is significantly easier, faster and less space-consuming than getting a PSX ISO and emulator, and it runs at full speed for most people, unlike DeSMuME.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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WIP 6
Doppler stages 1 and 2 are done.
However, I think the Vile 2 fight may be improvable. I will look at that later.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
i didnt understant why you got hit by the rhino boss, you just lost some frames there
but im amazed by the triple jump technique, and how fast you have been.
will totaly vote YES fos this tas
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If you mean Tunnel Rhino, I had to take damage to manipulate him into doing multiple fake charges in a row. Otherwise he'd ram into the wall and then do a flash charge, which turns him invincible (and lags the game).
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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After trying out several strategies, I finally finished redoing the Vile fights.
I saved 25 frames, by shooting Parasitic Bomb instead of Tornado Fang for the last Vile 1 hit, delaying the first fight but allowing more charge-up time for the second fight. For the second fight, I start with charged Spinning Blade instead of uncharged, so I can finish with one charged Spinning Blade instead of two.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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Noted. Just from quick testing, I found I'd probably have saved a number of seconds on Volt Catfish's stage.
I wonder why I always only get to hear these things after submission and not while I'm actually making the TAS :/
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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No, I don't think hex editing will work. I'm almost sure it would desync in the stages following that.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
I'm currently working on this. I finished the intro, 8 bosses, 2 revisits and I saved 1400frames so far!
I don't release my WIP because my submission will come soon!
Player zewing somehow managed to skip the Volt Kurageil boss explosion in 100% (w/ sabre, RMX3 on SFC) - Video: http://www.twitch.tv/zewing/b/338365221?t=135m05s
I've been trying to replicate it but I've had no success so far since I don't actually TAS the games, I just run 'em in real time. I'm just assuming that it has to do with the small explosion and/or Kurageil just finishing his tentacle move, but what the heck do I know. Finishing him off when he's way off screen doesn't do anything in particular for me.