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I feel weird, as I don't think I understand: does this run actually use that cheat code? Does it use SRAM for anything?
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You've probably missed the part where I HATE OPENMSX. So I wanted you, as a person who's interested, to help me with getting the dump done without me actually touching this emu, because I HATE IT.
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feos wrote:
MSX, ouch! Can you make a lossless dump?
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So you can't, right?
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Uncheck "Disable BBCode in this post". Also, I simply reported which variables in the script you need to change to what. So the latter.
PS: the unmodified line is "hdframerate = 30", not 60.
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Samsara wrote:
Um, an 80% success rate is actually pretty bad, especially for a site that's supposed to strive for perfection.
We not only love perfection in runs here, but also perfection in how they are organized. This is why there are threads about something that looks "silly" and "autistic" to a layperson, where those "silly" points are argued about to death by those "autistic" nerds. But my personal opinion is that every issue has a solution, and it may be of different quality, hence you can always improve it, until you can't anymore. This is what perfection means: it's subjectively perfect if one can't improve it. Ignoring the problem (even a tiny one) is in no way solving it. 1 frame is also an improvement.
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Let me explain your way. It looks like this:
We can't do A because we can't define it well. So
if we add "more actual gameplay" -> There will always be people that want "a bit more" gameplay included, and that want "a bit less".
In other words.
If we make A -> There will always be people who disagree.
It's redicilous, because it's true for any A. In other words, you don't need A in this sentence. So it's true anyways: "There will always be people who disagree".
So, if there always disagreeing people, if you use it like test of applicability, then you can't do anything, because "There will always be people who disagree".
Guidelines and organizing in the kind of art TASing is don't work as robotic as that. Who wants to come up with some solution here needs to know as much as possible about the problem, then think it over as hard as he can, and then bring it on public, to look for last fixes. This is what the system we're suggesting is based on. Abstract sophisms don't help.
I'm basing my words on these, for example:
Input time vs avi time"glitched" label vs. "no x glitch" label
Both of these problems got the audience exactly halve in opinions, and the crowds supporting each of them was quite huge. Both were solved. I don't remember anyone disagreeing with the solutions and bringing up any new serious problems. Even if there are some that are still not satisfied, there's so few of them (or they care so little) that they produce no stress. Why is that? Because the solutions were good.
There is also
Site policy regarding Alternative RAM stats on Power-up
that was part of this submission's discussion.
Ridiculously long convo, but the problem was also solved!
So these are the cases when the final decisions generate little to no stress. Because they match the criteria I provided in the beginning. And there are cases that aren't still solved, and there are ones that can not be solved with certain decisions at all. Adding another category to Vault (exactly what I was addressing in my response to goldenband) can not happen without stress. Because "fastest possible" is somewhat clear. "Contains more of something" is not. Deal with it.
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Why are you going forward and back to the door again during the second minute of day 4?
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blend = false
hdframerate = 60
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The guideline is about Moon cases I believe. Inversion's judgment note is exactly what I'm saying. Bugs bunny is pre-Vault, looking at the rating, it should have been rejected. There is also Bushido Blade 2, that uses an unlockable mode, but was still vaulted, but it happened before such a situation was actually thought over.
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Passwords or cheat codes that aren't supposed to be known from running the game for the first time aren't vaultable. So you guys have to actually like it if you want it accepted :) Otherwise it'd have to be 2 runs - all normal stages (vaultable) and all extra stages (only Moons).
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My point is, it's is a clear Vault run, and it was not submitted back then because there was no Vault to accept it to. When the latter appeared, unrejecting of runs that could potentially be vaulted happened. In other words, if this run was submitted and rejected, it would already be published in Vault. Also, I don't understand what is wrong about asking for submitting an old completed movie.
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I'd say don't spoil and wait until it's finally done.
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feos looks at publication rates.
Welp, people don't think it is suboptimal at all! And the entertainment rating is hilariously high. It'd be in top 5 of the most entertaining Stars! Since suggested a bunch of times, I'm now in favor of finally starring it. Anyone disagrees? Also, what do we do to other Genesis Sonics that have stars (2)? Removing the S3K any% star isn't possible, it's one of the most mind-blowing runs on the site (hence newcomer rec). Is the S2 run by Aglar as different from both S3K any% and this one as they are different from each other?
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Oh! Thank god Archive was unblocked again! HYPE NEW PUBS
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Hm. Aren't you going to improve it anytime soon then?
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I'm a little confused how you missed a mass unrejection of movies rejected for boring game and acceptance of them to Vault.
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I mean, say you have some spawn in your run that isn't there in MaTo's. What frame is it at in your movie, and in his? So that I could simply do a breakpoint and find out the reason.
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Randil wrote:
I made a TAS of this game, just for fun. It turned out 2 min 3 sec faster than max's run. It is also faster than Apo123's WIP. I decided to not waste ammo, for the sake of the run looking less sloppy, even though it does waste some time at the end level count down. Much faster boss fights, some new strategies, killing aliens faster and optimized movements make up for the time saved.
Here's the movie file if anyone is interested. The Genesis version of this game looks/sounds a lot better, so that's probably the version that should be TASed, which means I don't think I'll be submitting this.
What do you think about submitting it? I'll accept it to Vault or even Moons :)
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What are the exact frames where the spawn does and does not occur, in those 2 movies? Also, do you have any RAM addresses?
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Bump!
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Re: inaccurate poll.
Indeed, people love to use it the old way, so they vote on "Should it be published?" no matter what, in many cases.
We developed a suggestion that solves this problem. If Vault stops existing as a tier, and instead there are Coins (or Records), Moons and Stars, where all any%/100% runs simply go straight to Coins/Records, and all side branches go to Moons, there is no longer any room for borderline cases and depending on subjectivity in the area of "vaultable" runs. Right now, the poll gives a hint on what tier to move the run to, and if it's "unvaultable" and poorly received, reject it. The judging system would remain exactly the same, but there would no longer be need to determine what tier to put an any%/100% run to.
So returning to the poll question, "Should this be published?" would start making sense again, because the viewer would be supposed to be able to figure out 1) whether it's an optimal run, and 2) if it's a side goal, is it entertaining enough for Moons.
If you feel interested, please join this thread:
http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15928
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Wait, is it what I think it is? A famous JPN-only survival horror?
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I'm thinking of making Kurabupengin a Vested Editor, so that he could add those screenshots to actual publications. But it is a good practice to post them here for a check first.
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