Jellopuff | [MKW TAS] (My First 3 Lap TAS) Grumble Volcano (Rock-Hop) (Spear) 1:34.357 @Jellopuff_TAS | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated 7 hours ago
Yes, I am well aware that this is improvable by a large amount, but for my first 3 lap TAS, I'm 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.
Yes, I am well aware that this is improvable by a large amount, but for my first 3 lap TAS, I'm 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] (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/")
![[MKW] Luigi Circuit No Joystick Allowed](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O_21BcMRIiI/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW] Luigi Circuit No Joystick Allowed
I clear the track Luigi Circuit in Mario Kart Wii without using the Joystick. This is TAS.
Community Playlist for the MKW No Joystick Allowed Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_21BcMRIiI
Kappa")
![[MKW TAS] Maple Treeway Flap (Ultra) - 18.936 by Jellopuff, cf, Malleo, and Thomas](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q-9y0DFt6i0/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Maple Treeway Flap (Ultra) - 18.936 by Jellopuff, cf, Malleo, and Thomas
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, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM).
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: -1.547
Previous BKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTzsIYwlsLs (by Thomas and myself)
cfs channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Caatfish1
Malleos channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShwaMalleoMK
Thomass channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MKWiiTomas
Remember a while back when I said Luigi Circuit Supergrind 3lap was the biggest project I ever finished? Thats not true anymore. The previous MT Flap BKT was finished in December 2018, and I started working on improving the run less than a month after. Therefore, this TAS has been over two years in the making, and good lord this was rough. Im legitimately considering making a separate video detailing the progression of this TAS. For now though, Im just gonna explain what we improved upon
First off, you may notice that the video starts by showing that we charge an SSMT before entering the flap. While the video doesnt show this, theres a good reason why we do this: That. Damn. Net. The dreamcrusher that is this net has a whopping 69 (nice) possible cycles since a single cycle takes 70 frames to repeat itself. In order to test various net cycles, we start the flap by charging and holding an SSMT before starting the lap itself. This way, we can just shift the input file of the run to a different frame to change the net cycle. Theres a bit more to this since the idle animation can actually desync the run, but thats a topic for another day. Just know that the net cycle here is extremely similar to the net cycle on the first lap of the current 3lap TAS, or in other words, its a really good cycle.
Back to the start of the lap, you may notice that we begin the flap completely differently from the previous flap. In fact, we use the same no-stop glitch strat that the current 3lap uses, but slightly faster because we spent two years making this shit. Since were already facing the wall we need to clip from, we simply need to back up a bit to gain enough speed to make the glitch, significantly faster than the 90+ degree turn that the previous BKT uses.
Another big change, as you may have noticed, is that we perform the flap strat under the tree instead of clipping over it, which reduces airtime and is just overall much faster. Our bounce to the cannon is also significantly faster (cf is a wizard. I dont know how else he could have gotten that bounce).
The next noticeable change is our way of performing the NLC shortcut. Rather than ramping off the support beam, we simply use the slope of the ground to cross the gap. This is actually one of the biggest timesaves of the run for two reasons. First, we dont have to drive forward after colliding with the pole. We can simply start turning in an SSMT immediately after landing. Second, theres significantly more room for us to accelerate from our shroom boost, meaning that we have a much higher airspeed and therefore land earlier. Funnily enough, I only found this out when completing a prelim lap with whatever I could get. I couldnt get the right pole collision to do the old strat, so I just did that to have something, and incidentally, it saved a ton.
Our next timesave comes from Malleo strat, and dear god I hate this strat. Thank you Malleo for saving us from it. It took us three revisions of the approach to actually get it. Following that, like I mentioned earlier, we have a much better net cycle than the previous BKT, and since its so similar to the 3lap TASs lap 1 cycle, I used the movement there as my reference and threw a wheelie trigger in there just to save a tad.
Finally, the ending ramp. I was the sole contributor to this trick and yet even I dont totally understand it. The general idea is that were combining a walltrick with side trick abuse. Normally this isnt possible since walltricks usually fling your vehicle in the direction of your trick, causing left and right tricks to normally not work. However, if your bike is naturally facing down and you perform the trick on the same frame that you collide with the wall, you get the same effect as a down-walltrick. I perform this here and also add in a jammed trick to optimize the distance/ground speed ratio, making this a side trick abused jammed walltrick . . . I dont even know man. Just take my word for it, its fast as hecc.
Can this TAS be improved? Of course. Will I be the one to do it? Fuck no lmao. Happy April Fools!
Music: Forest Maze Remix - jatzy
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
