Jellopuff | [MKW TAS] Mushroom Gorge (Ultra) (Spear) - 40.376 @Jellopuff_TAS | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 7 hours ago
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings (not that it would set any RTA records anyway). Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and RAM watch.
This is just a random thing I decided to create after looking back at my original Spear Quintuple video from 8 months ago. I am honestly not sure if 3 normal cookie strats with Spear would be faster than this, but without a good way to TAS with the Wii Wheel, I can't reliably test that. There's likely a fair amount of improvement that can be made, from the cave entry, to the glitch entry, to the glitch itself, but it's all so jank that I'm pretty satisfied with what I got.
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings (not that it would set any RTA records anyway). Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and RAM watch.
This is just a random thing I decided to create after looking back at my original Spear Quintuple video from 8 months ago. I am honestly not sure if 3 normal cookie strats with Spear would be faster than this, but without a good way to TAS with the Wii Wheel, I can't reliably test that. There's likely a fair amount of improvement that can be made, from the cave entry, to the glitch entry, to the glitch itself, but it's all so jank that I'm pretty satisfied with what I got.
![[MKW TAS] Mushroom Gorge (Ultra) (Spear) - 40.376](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KMLXui6flKY/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Mushroom Gorge (Ultra) (Spear) - 40.376
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings (not that it would set any RTA records anyway). Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and RAM watch.
This is just a random thing I decided to create after looking back at my original Spear Quintuple video from 8 months ago. I am honestly not sure if 3 normal cookie strats with Spear would be faster than this, but without a good way to TAS with the Wii Wheel, I cant reliably test that. Theres likely a fair amount of improvement that can be made, from the cave entry, to the glitch entry, to the glitch itself, but its all so jank that Im pretty satisfied with what I got.")
![[MKW TAS] Platinum Runner TAS Strats 2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K_FE0P_PyDM/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Platinum Runner TAS Strats 2
Done on Dolphin 5.0 LUA Core with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, and RAM watch (created by Swarejonge).
On Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, my first Platinum Runner TAS Strats video hit 1 million views on Youtube, the tenth time an MKW TAS video by an individual has ever reached such a milestone. I figured that there was only one proper send off to that video, and that is this video. Platinum Runner TAS Strats 2, my largest non-BKT TAS project to date, a compilation that took over five months to finally complete.
If you dont know what the Platinum Runner is, it is a stat modification originally created by Atlas for TWD98. The mod takes the Flame Runner and Spear vehicle bodies and gives them both max stats, filling up every stat bar on the vehicle select menu. These stats provide the vehicle with the capability to perform stunts that no other vanilla vehicle in the game can replicate.
As you might have expected, this video was kind of a nightmare to create. My goal was to make a compilation that is at minimum on-par with the first. The problem was that in making the first video, I already used many of the most obvious strats. For this reason, I had to dig deep to find new interesting strats. At least in my opinion, while this video definitely has a few clips that are underwhelming, the highlights of the montage far surpass those of its predecessors. I do hope that you all enjoy what I have put together. Thank you for all being so patient with me. Much love.
Special thanks to Atlas for creating this mod, LuigiM for helping me with installing the mod, and Wade474 for creating the custom Dolphin Platinum Runner design, and Kierio04 and Ejay B for giving me feedback on the editing process.
Music: Confronting Myself - Celeste
Song by Lena Raine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_oEDGONSc4
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
![[MKW TAS] DKs Jungle Parkway Flap (Supergrind; No Ultra) - 38.214 by Jellopuff, Marth, and Kierio](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L8HOtdFixJc/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DKs Jungle Parkway Flap (Supergrind; No Ultra) - 38.214 by Jellopuff, Marth, and Kierio
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, TAS Input, RAM watch (created by Swarejonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM).
TAS Flap BKT Cut: -0.663
Previous BKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F7yGD1u6Bo (By Kierio)
Kierios Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vKYn2AMivCi27nNZ6tB2Q
Marths Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClkb9VBvCEq3SMxE9HKS2kA
Sorry that this isnt the Strat Compilation I promised in my community section. Since this project was already so close to completion, I decided to just go ahead and finish it. Hopefully Ill get around to working on the compilation soon. But anyway, this TAS. Where did I shave off over half a second? Well, the short answer is everywhere, and the long answer is everywhere because the previous BKT was trash. No offense to Kierio btw (weve already talked about this, dont worry).
The primary improvements in this run come from the basic lines at the beginning of the flap, the spiral skip, the general movement started from after the cannon until the supergrind, the supergrind ejection, and the final shortcut. The first turn of the lap could actually be taken significantly tighter than Kierio thought, which gave us at least a frame of timesave there alone. On the spiral skip, we manage to get a more favorable wall bounce that doesnt push us nearly as far back while still allowing us to hit the key checkpoint needed to count the lap. After the cannon, pretty much every turn received some kind of improvement simply due to using updated versions of the strats. Special thanks to Marth on this section in particular. Theres no way I could have done this without him. Then, theres the supergrind ejection which is one of the largest timesaves in the run. The reason is that rather than charging a mini-turbo after ending the supergrind, we simply take advantage of our momentum to maintain the speed of the supergrind throughout the cave, and by using some lucky bounces and a wheelie, we drop back down to around max wheelie speed. Finally, we improved the final shortcut by hitting the wall significantly closer to the ground, which lets us accelerate faster and even lets us drift on the final straight to face the finish line more directly.
Im pretty happy with how this came out. It just feels way more solid than the previous TAS (again, no offense, Kierio). I highly doubt this could be improved by all that much, but at this point, what do I know? The only thing I could think of to save time would be some ridiculous supergrind ejection to skip the cave entirely, but that seems like a stretch to me. Now that this TAS is finished, look forward to the Jellopuff Strat Compilation and the Coconut Mall No Glitch TAS. Those are gonna be pretty nice.
Music: these days its hard to find the words - Lily (@comfibeats)
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
![[MKW TAS] GCN DK Mountain Backwards 1x Respawn](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LpL2Sbehj1M/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] GCN DK Mountain Backwards 1x Respawn
I complete a lap of the track GCN DK Mountain in the wrong direction using a single respawn. This is TAS. This improvement, alongside Kierios backwards Koopa Cape demonstration, brings the total number of impossible backwards tracks in MKW from 2 to 0. Every track in the game can be driven a full lap backwards.
This run was created on Dolphin Lua Core with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, and Info Display (created by SwareJonge). The video overlays were created by Stebler (bottom right) and Melg (left).
This video is an improvement on the previous strat which doesnt complete the track backwards. Since then, we figured out that we could complete the track backwards. Pretty simple really.
A couple of months ago, xnik demonstrated that it was possible to go over the invisible wall on DK Mountain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLOAtrxIJh8). The way they did this was by getting stuck in the final ramp on the downhill section of the track, somehow causing the vehicle to pick up momentum (but not speed) in the -Y direction. He then performs a hop and a bonk against the ramp collision to perform a External Velocity transfer from the Y vector to the X and Z vectors. Weve coined this specific example of rigid body physics velocity stacking since it sounds cooler and stuff. So, in making this run, I went about the same method with the intent of driving the track backwards.
After getting lodged into the ground, I build up about 5900 -Y external velocity, and with reversing, I was able to get this speed up to about 6400. Then, as I turn to prepare for the speed transfer, my speed drops by around 1000 from turning the vehicle, ultimately leading to the remaining ~5300 -Y external velocity being transferred to the other vectors. This means that, while my actual speed cant exceed 120kmh in any direction, the game will keep pushing me along at 120 XYZ speed as the forces dictating my movement are so much higher than my actual speed. I take advantage of this by driving all the way up the volcano and using the sloped ground to repeatedly rotate the vehicle in midair. This bizarre movement leaves me with enough positive Y external velocity to completely surpass the invisible wall reaching ~64000 units into the air. Simultaneously, this also allows me to hit checkpoint 23, setting my respawn position to region 1, placing me right in front of the cannon.
To summarize, here are the statistics GCN DK Mountain has to offer:
did it :)
Music: Gran Turismo 4 License Music (Remix) - j0hnnys1nz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blvziYuzU0)
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
![[MKW TAS] (My First 3 Lap TAS) Grumble Volcano (Rock-Hop) (Spear) 1:34.357](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M_-n0jZ-xmA/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] (My First 3 Lap TAS) Grumble Volcano (Rock-Hop) (Spear) 1:34.357
Yes, I am well aware that this is improvable by a large amount, but for my first 3 lap TAS, Im happy with the result. It was fun to make :)
And by the way, do not under any circumstances use Spear on this track online. You will lose.")
![[MKW TAS] Grumble Volcano Flap (Ultra) - 1.629](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NKDxrxdmiaY/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Grumble Volcano Flap (Ultra) - 1.629
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, and RAM watch (created by Swarejonge).
TAS Flap BKT Cut: -0.885
Previous BKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmTRMfeBPY (by Marth)
So, I was at school today, and this idea just sorta popped into my head randomly. I was pretty confident that something like this could be done, but I didnt expect this large of a timesave. Regardless, first ever sub 2 second flap hype! :D
I think the strats in the lap are self-explanatory for the most part. However, theres a few things I need to point out about optimizing this thing. First, if there was anyway to get on top of the ? Block without using a shroom, there would absolutely be timesave here, but I doubt that its possible to do anyway. Second, I dont believe you can get a backwards hop thats any faster than this one. If there is, then thats also potential timesave. Third, once I exit the boundaries of the checkpoint after getting the lap count, my lap completion remains at a constant 2.000012. For this reason, theres basically no way to improve the lap count since lowering the lap completion any further would come about by changing my horizontal position by less than a pixel, which obviously isnt very practical or useful at that point. Finally, Im only in the final KCP of the track for 3 frames. I cant bring that down since I actually dont land directly into the KCP. Instead, I land to the side of it and simply get pushed into it due to my momentum to the right. I cant land in the KCP region directly because of the initial hop position and the sheer precision of the lap count manipulation. As a result, I cant enter the KCP for only 1 frame, but hey, 3 frames is still pretty damn fast. Thats all I wanted to point out. Hopefully that will clear up some of the questions regarding this run.")
![[MKW TAS] Grumble Volcano (Rock Hop) (Spear) - 1:33.152](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NbNb5ueE4JM/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Grumble Volcano (Rock Hop) (Spear) - 1:33.152
Note: Not optimized. I made this TAS more for fun than anything else.
Also, I suggest you read the comment I pinned.")
![[MKW TAS] Hitting One of the Unused Item Boxes under DK Summit](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O3ERA6-V430/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Hitting One of the Unused Item Boxes under DK Summit
This is a tool-assisted demonstration. Done on Dolphin 5.0 Lua Core with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and Info Display (created by Swarejonge).
This isnt a typical upload from me. Whenever I post something, its usually to document a new strategy, publish a completed best-known time, or both at once. This, however, is something entirely different. My love of this game roots not only from TASing and optimization but also from the miscellaneous parts of the game which arent often thought about. This video serves to showcase one of those obscure details in a never-before seen way.
DK Summit is one of very few tracks in this game to have item boxes that are inaccessible to the player through direct means. At the second bend of the S-turn, theres a set of three item boxes located far below the track. These items can be seen from a distance by turning around after the cannon and tricking over the invisible wall (this was how the items were discovered in 2012). The reason for these items existence and placement is unknown, but one things for sure: theyre there. For 15 years, these items have gone untouched in regular play, and theyve long been written off as completely inaccessible. However, given the glitch hunting scenes vast knowledge of the game in 2023, I started to get curious if these item boxes really were as inaccessible as weve come to believe.
Lets get a bit more specific about the boxes to illustrate the problem. The items are located roughly 32000 units below the track directly above them (for reference, the Spear is roughly 275 units long), and theyre positioned at Y = -22000. Already we have a pretty major issue since the game has a hardcoded failsafe to count the player out of bounds if they even fall below Y = 0. The teleport caused by a respawn takes 130 frames to occur from the moment the player crosses Y = 0, and if we consider that 120 units per frame is the fastest the game will allow us to move, we have a maximum range of 15600 units below Y = 0, which is still over 6000 units away from the item boxes.
While this alone may seem to immediately confirm the items inaccessibility, we have a trick up our sleeve: the Mega Mushroom Fast Fall. In the past year or so, glitch hunters have discovered that, while in a mega mushroom, the XYZ speed cap is increased substantially. This allows us to move faster in situations where our external velocity surpasses 120, such as with a supergrind. Since gravity in MKW is caused by a decrease in EV in the Y direction, using a mega mushroom while airborne has the same effect, leading to our terminal velocity increasing. This boost to our fall speed allows us to cover the remaining 6000 units needed to reach the item boxes vertically, so that just leaves reaching their lateral position.
The main problem here is that the items are in a REALLY awkward spot. All three are positioned underneath either drivable road or a higher killplane, so we have to get out-of-bounds and somehow get underneath the track at the same time. Thankfully, theres a unique solution we can use. For whatever reason, the Cheep Charger (and apparently other vehicles) can clip through the halfpipes on DKS by performing a trick and landing upside-down. This allows us to clip out-of-bounds while simultaneously facing towards the track rather than away. While this has no uses in time trials, it certainly works for this specific purpose.
To summarize, by using Cheep Charger, we can perform a trick off the zipper to clip through the floor with an angle directed towards the item boxes. We then use the mega mushroom and move in such a way that by the time we reach the universal killplane, weve already reached one of the item boxes laterally. The increased speedcap of the mega mushroom allows us to then fall fast enough to reach and break one of the item boxes just before the game teleports us back onto the track.
Major props to Gaberboo for helping me with the No Respawn Blackout visual, and thanks to Police for bringing the Cheep Charger Zipper Bypass to my attention!
Music: シーモアバトル (Fight With Seymour) - Nobuo Uematsu and Tsutomu Narita (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8UELk E8Q)
Composed for the Final Fantasy X HD Remaster soundtrack.
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
