User Files from InputEvelution

Redo of the Friend Connection TAS publication, this time on Dolphin 2409 and using the JP r1 version of the game which has faster load times. Unlikely to submit this due to the change in emulator and game version making it difficult to measure improvements. On paper this is equal to 1:22.29 in RTA timing, 0.99 seconds slower than WR, however Dolphin has slightly slower loading times than real hardware so something like 1:20.79 is probably more accurate.

Saves 35 frames over mohoc's feedback WIP. All but 1 frame of improvement comes from a new strategy, where the hammer animations are interrupted by other actions such as crossing out squares so they can be restarted, allowing their cycles to end sooner. 2:51.91 under RTA timing.

Took a lot more rerecords than I anticipated

Uses a 2013 version of the game accessible on Flipline's website via the Wayback Machine.

Saves a surprising 9.17 seconds over the RTA WR despite being a very simple run.

2:52.72 under RTA timing.

Changed my mind and decided to separate the installation into its own movie rather than the main any% TAS I hope to finish one day.

The emulated OS is Windows XP. The disc used for this movie is dated 2002-08-09 16:03:32.

The MD5 hash for the resulting disk image: b9ba9898132efffe9c1b28de34f8ce8a

Finally finished up another one of these. YouTube upload coming soon.

This uses the NTSC-K version of the game, more specifically with a .rvz extension (rather than a .iso extension).

My attempt to recreate the settings used in BizHawk Dolphin Core:

Now faster than the Wipeoutjack7 TAS by about 23 frames when properly adjusted for comparisons.

This TAS is done on the Korean version of Wii Party, more specifically with a .rvz extension (rather than a .iso extension).

Settings that differ from the defaults in BizHawk Dolphin Core:

Completes Papa's Donuteria Rank 5 in just under 11 minutes, optimising for the "ends input early" approach. I discovered new things towards the end of making this that rendered earlier efforts slightly sub-optimal, but I pushed forwards so that I'd have an end product ready for ASM 2024. I may return to this to optimise things further.

Not submittable as it doesn't actually complete the full game's content, but a popular RTA category, and one that won't take me months of work to complete.

Reaches the compatibility score at frame 6416 - an improvement over the Pair Games WIP currently published on YouTube by 8 frames (mainly by changing the date/time, which it turns out is used for seeding the RNG.)

1 of the saved frames comes from pressing A+B on the title screen earlier, the others come from better RNG on the title screen and what not - depending on what the game chooses to generate, the loading times can vary quite a few frames.

It's very possible this can be improved further from a better date/time starting point, and also that this won't appear in the submitted Pair Games TAS since there's still the more RNG-heavy gamemodes after this to worry about. Might as well upload it here nonetheless.