I'm genuinely unsure on whether to redo from halfway through the TAS or not. It looks sloppy, and it is sloppy, so I don't really want it in the run, but it might be a lot of effort to get everything lining up like it should. I guess one option is to see whether we can get the gold duplication section to sync again via moving random seeds around (without changing our movement pattern); if we can keep the same movement pattern, everything should start syncing again after a while.
For shop stealing--don't you have at least 433 rocks by now? It would be a lot of typing, but this sounds like a great opportunity to show off that particular exploit.
I think our quest for "which item to generate" has been solved
I'm genuinely unsure on whether to redo from halfway through the TAS or not. It looks sloppy, and it is sloppy, so I don't really want it in the run, but it might be a lot of effort to get everything lining up like it should.
Don't restart. Finish the current version and then start on a v2. It takes basically the same amount of time, but you learn more things from the endgame that you can use in your next version; you might get more feedback from the outside that reveals further improvements by publishing; publication renews interest and might inspire others to try to TAS the game; and this way we reduce the risk of nothing being published at all due to redoing burning you out.
I'm more of the opinion that the goal of a TAS is entertainment, and just because there's a frame rule coming up isn't an excuse for looking sloppy. (And indeed, I think it's unlikely that anyone else will take up TASing this game, although I'd enjoy it if omeone did.) I guess the real question is to do with how much needs to be redone, which is unclear. NetHack's sync-stable enough that bits of existing input sync. If we have to redo the entire Castle, it probably isn't worth it. If that syncs, redoing gold duplication wouldn't be so bad.
TAS cheating Sokoban hype :D
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Has this been worked on at all? I'm still excited!
I also have dreams in my head of trying to do NetHack at a future AGDQ or SGDQ event in a graveyard shift, where we spend two hours or so and walk through explaining all of the complex things going on but fast-forward through the boring parts, explaining in enough detail that people unfamiliar with the game can understand what's happening. So far I've received extremely divided opinions on whether this is a good idea, with the general response to the idea being either one of utter elation or utter repulsion and not much middle ground. I'll have to ensure that whatever we pitch meets the needs of as large an audience as possible.
A dramatic reading of turnbyturn.txt would be a fantasticwasteuse of AGDQ time.
I like how the bot identified unknown items by remembering their prices seen at shops, like a savant.
