Exchord | Baten Kaitos Origins - Giacomo 1 Skip @Exchord | Uploaded October 2016 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
(skip to 23:53) Just a very sloppy tool-assisted demonstration of a battle skip... that takes much longer to perform than doing the battles. This isn't useful for anything but low level / low battle count playthroughs... unless some way is found to store a travel log after the machina oil quest without all the "open and close camp screen" nonsense.
The boss skip itself only takes one travel log. However, the only place you can store a sufficient number of TLs before Giacomo 1 is the past map, and there are many cutscenes and interactions in between that you can only get through after closing one travel log. Therefore, 7 more travel logs are used to gain the ability to open the camp screen during the cutscenes and advance the dialogue. The number of times you have to open and close the camp screen for one text box is the number of travel logs currently active.
1:02 TL closed for the Rasalas cutscene (it seems like I close 2 TLs but only 1 actually disappears)
[7 TLs left]
3:13 Since I have control during the black screen, I can open the quest magnus selection. I move the cursor a few times so it doesn't time out and close itself. Then, at the end of the cutscene, I press X to bring up a discard prompt, which gives me control during the cutscene to gameplay transition. I use this time window to talk to a person and store the dialogue, so I can open the quest magnus selection again and clear the last text box during a discard prompt. That gives me control and another opportunity for a discard, which finally allows me to open the camp screen in the subsequent cutscene. All that trick finding effort because simply closing a TL would cancel the cutscene.
9:37 TL closed for the Geldoblame cutscene (no need to open the quest magnus selection here, as I realized while I was making the input file)
[6 TLs left]
14:09 TL closed for the wingdash explanation
[5 TLs left]
15:47 TL closed for the Mintaka cutscene (I also gain control using the "enter sewer" text)
[4 TLs left]
17:29 I trigger a text box at the end of the cutscene, thus storing it. This lets me gain control during the text about Guillo joining the party.
18:28 I open a TL as I confirm that Guillo should be part of my deck. The screen transition then gives me control and stores the TL.
[5 TLs left]
18:39 TL closed for the annoying housewife
[4 TLs left]
20:39 TL closed for the stressed out housekeeper
[3 TLs left]
21:48 TL closed for machina oil (I gain control in the process)
[2 TLs left]
21:55 I store another TL after getting the oil.
[3 TLs left]
22:25 TL closed for the airpod guy
[2 TLs left]
22:45 another TL closed for the airpod guy
[1 TL left]
23:53 Finally, the actual boss skip happens.
(skip to 23:53) Just a very sloppy tool-assisted demonstration of a battle skip... that takes much longer to perform than doing the battles. This isn't useful for anything but low level / low battle count playthroughs... unless some way is found to store a travel log after the machina oil quest without all the "open and close camp screen" nonsense.
The boss skip itself only takes one travel log. However, the only place you can store a sufficient number of TLs before Giacomo 1 is the past map, and there are many cutscenes and interactions in between that you can only get through after closing one travel log. Therefore, 7 more travel logs are used to gain the ability to open the camp screen during the cutscenes and advance the dialogue. The number of times you have to open and close the camp screen for one text box is the number of travel logs currently active.
1:02 TL closed for the Rasalas cutscene (it seems like I close 2 TLs but only 1 actually disappears)
[7 TLs left]
3:13 Since I have control during the black screen, I can open the quest magnus selection. I move the cursor a few times so it doesn't time out and close itself. Then, at the end of the cutscene, I press X to bring up a discard prompt, which gives me control during the cutscene to gameplay transition. I use this time window to talk to a person and store the dialogue, so I can open the quest magnus selection again and clear the last text box during a discard prompt. That gives me control and another opportunity for a discard, which finally allows me to open the camp screen in the subsequent cutscene. All that trick finding effort because simply closing a TL would cancel the cutscene.
9:37 TL closed for the Geldoblame cutscene (no need to open the quest magnus selection here, as I realized while I was making the input file)
[6 TLs left]
14:09 TL closed for the wingdash explanation
[5 TLs left]
15:47 TL closed for the Mintaka cutscene (I also gain control using the "enter sewer" text)
[4 TLs left]
17:29 I trigger a text box at the end of the cutscene, thus storing it. This lets me gain control during the text about Guillo joining the party.
18:28 I open a TL as I confirm that Guillo should be part of my deck. The screen transition then gives me control and stores the TL.
[5 TLs left]
18:39 TL closed for the annoying housewife
[4 TLs left]
20:39 TL closed for the stressed out housekeeper
[3 TLs left]
21:48 TL closed for machina oil (I gain control in the process)
[2 TLs left]
21:55 I store another TL after getting the oil.
[3 TLs left]
22:25 TL closed for the airpod guy
[2 TLs left]
22:45 another TL closed for the airpod guy
[1 TL left]
23:53 Finally, the actual boss skip happens.
