Epic Random Gaming Channel | My Sheik on a Good Day - SSB4 08 @EpicRandomGamingChannel | Uploaded January 2016 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
The totally-on-purpose-not-an-input-error-MLG-pivot grab tho Kappa
The totally-on-purpose-not-an-input-error-MLG-pivot grab tho Kappa
![[MK Wii] Coconut Mall-Out Of Bounds](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fL_m82pqM-A/hqdefault.jpg "[MK Wii] Coconut Mall-Out Of Bounds
This is an old glitch used to clip out of bounds in this Mariokart stage. There are plenty of ways to do this but I find this method the easiest.")
![[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Space Junk 3 in 1:41.05](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fyapcDPy9yM/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Space Junk 3 in 1:41.05
Mario defeats Tarantox in record time! This is an improvement of 303 frames from PurpleSuns TAS which you should check out here: https://youtu.be/UrlhWBCQ5T8
IL Time: 6063 Frames (1:41.05)
Rerecords: 9393
Any% TAS WIP by Xander. Playlist of ILs Ive completed so far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX-UHl4lUQzuLyU9SC6AolZW4odODr5Wf
I think of this level in 3 distinct sections:
First, the pull star section. At the very beginning, I do a landing cancel into an instant backflip. This backflip is 1 frame slower than a long jump but it sets up a much better angle when using the pull star - it allows me to fall back around the planet and bounce off a spider to conserve momentum.
I tried many, many pull star routes. There are 2 main options at each pull star: grab the next one as soon as possible, or grab it when you’re at maximum speed. What you see here is the best combination of those that still avoids coins. The 2p jump at the start of the pull star path saves 1 frame. At the end, I use P1’s cursor to turn Mario around inside the bubble. That way, when the bubble breaks he can land directly on top of the launch star instead of needing to turn around and walk (he travels farther when facing backwards). To break through the glass, Mario does an un-crouching spin which shifts his hitbox down (spin while letting go of Z). By this point I saved 101f.
The next section is some classic movement. I paid close attention to Mario’s speed throughout this whole part and tried to maximize it. The 3rd long jump lands on the small lip of the platform which lets me do the next long jump 1 frame sooner. The biggest movement change from PurpleSun’s run is the single jump I do which is fast because of the slope-like path and it gives me good positioning, allowing me to land on top of the next sling pod (SP). .
On the rocketship I strain onto the fin more which lets me land and jump sooner. On the L-block I land as close to the corner as I can, and do a 2P jump as soon as I walk over it. The momentum here is a great abuse of the weird gravity. This section saved an additional 121f.
Finally, the bossfight. I tried a handful of routes here. The main things to keep in mind are that you can’t hit any boulders (lose about 10f to hitlag) and you want to land as close to the next SP as possible (on top of boulders after cutscenes)
There are a lot of micro-optimizations here: after launching from any SP, there’s a set amount of time before Mario can use another (if he leaves the ground before this he won’t grab it until he lands). During that recovery time, I use both P1 and P2 to move the SPs to pick up Mario. This consistently saved time by letting me make each shot sooner. In addition to this, pushing the SP back this far will make it already wound up, so you only need to grab the SP for 1 frame to launch from it. This means that I need to line up the angle I want Mario to launch at before I even grab the SP. And on top of that, we want Mario to hit the SP’s hitbox from as far away as possible so that he has less distance to travel forwards. (I hope that makes sense because I struggled to explain it on stream. It’s something that’s best demonstrated)
On the last hit before phase 2 I needed to delay the shot so that the screen would zoom out far enough to put toad on screen.
Throughout the fight there are a few 2P jumps for the times that I can’t move the SPs far enough. On the final shot I use P2 to do a single jump with Mario so I can grab the SP on the next frame. In total, I saved 81f on the bossfight.
I was planning on making an analysis video of this TAS but its probably for the better that I just get to work on TASing Sling Pod Galaxy. Maybe in the future Ill do one. Anyways, a lot of effort went into this level. Nearly hit 10k rerecords, the most I’ve ever done. If you enjoyed, do consider subscribing :D
Also I have an SMG TASing discord (1 & 2) join up: https://discord.gg/nvEGsZF")
![[SMG] Dolphin 5.0 Loading Time Test](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iywd1N_v8_o/hqdefault.jpg "[SMG] Dolphin 5.0 Loading Time Test
This compares Dolphins level loading time in Super Mario Galaxy to the loading time of a Wii NA disc using Neogamma.
Huge thanks to Yoshifan for letting me use his footage. You can see the original video here (and check out the description for his detailed loading time tests) https://youtu.be/Mk2PvmfAnkQ
The use of Neogamma is banned for speedruns because it gives an unfair advantage by reducing loading times. Dolphin quite clearly reduces the loading times even more so unfortunately the ban on emulators for SMG speedruns is here to stay - I really hoped that wouldnt be the case.
I only tested Dolphin 5.0, its possible that later versions have more accurate load times but Ill leave those tests for someone else or a later date (maybe when 6.0 comes out)
Hardware: GTX 1060 (6GB), i7-7700hq, 16GB DDR4 RAM.
Dolphin: 5.0 (HLE audio engine)")
![[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Loopdeeloop in 2:08.43 (IGT 55.03)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k5obPiVauOg/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Loopdeeloop in 2:08.43 (IGT 55.03)
GUYS I FOUND SOMETHING COOL AND USEFUL!
Any% TAS WIP by ERGC Xander
Playlist of ILs Ive completed so far: https://goo.gl/5ffyFL
BIG shoutout to April who originally theorized that a death warp could save time!
Before asking any questions please check out my explanation video:
https://youtu.be/DB_FZVRUugo
For an RTA viable version of this skip checkout my other explanation video here: https://youtu.be/mXU4nWKIVHU
IL Time: 2:08.43
IGT: 55:03
Previous TAS WR 55:31 by HIME
https://youtu.be/cdY8lrTmePw?t=4m30s
RTA WR 55:46 by klar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZNI3GMyEGo
Okay so for the first minute of this video I pull off a double death warp that completely skips the tutorial. The rest of the description here will just be comments on the race itself since I have a whole video dedicated to explaining the skip.
One thing that I have not mentioned anywhere else is that it is impossible to swim out to the loading zone after getting out of bounds. It actually triggers when the mantaray passes through it and will only teleport the mantaray to the start of the race if Mario is not mounted on it.
The first thing to note is that I used the IGT of when certain flags disappeared to compare myself to HIME. At the start of the 2nd turn (just after the yellow rings) I appeared to be slightly behind his pace. However, the jump I did at 26s kept the manta-ray in a state as if it were in the air. I suspect this increased his speed because by the top of the turn I was a few frames ahead.
Next, just before the red rings, I drop off to the water down below and jump back up. This gives Mario a huge vertical boost which adds entertainment value (imo) and it also gives him a horizontal boost which saved 3 frames. (I arrived at the start of the 3rd turn 3f earlier and it helped me avoid coins)
This strat was originally discovered by Flygonman but was never put to use:
https://youtu.be/NGafyLpvCaw?t=2m26s
On the final turn, I jump as soon as I can while being able to have maximum tilt when I land. This is so I can cut the corner as tight as possible. This is where HIME lost most of his time since I was only about 7 frames ahead by the start of the turn.
By the end of the race I am 3 DAMN FRAMES away from sub 55s. Is it possible? Maybe. Like I said, I seemed to be a bit behind by the 2nd turn and theres a chance 1 more frame could be squeezed out of the final turn but, after over 20 hours and 8000+ rerecords on this 1 level I just have to move on at this point :P
All-in-all, TASing with motion controls wasnt actually that bad. Pretty much the whole race was just a matter of tilting the controller for a certain amount of time to get the angles I needed. I think rolling green will be more difficult.
In other news Im super hyped that I finally figured out how to encode properly so now Ive got that crisp HD 1080p 60fps! Shoutouts to Fog, a Dolphin developer, who recommended that I use Avidemux to convert the Xvid frame dumps to mp4s.
A big thanks also goes out to April who pointed out Flygons strat back in January of 2017 lmao and for originally theorizing that a death warp could save time.
And as always thanks to you for making this far (or if you just scrolled to the bottom hi lmao)! Every like and comment is greatly appreciated, thanks for showing your support :)
(Also yes this video was uploaded a while ago but I didnt want to make it public until I had the explanation video out)")
![[SSB4] Team Prisma | Wombo Combo #2 (w/Megaman + Mario)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k603puviSPQ/hqdefault.jpg "[SSB4] Team Prisma | Wombo Combo #2 (w/Megaman + Mario)
Please credit Team Prisma (Hawl + Xander) for this combo.
Megaman (Hawk) + Mario (Xander)
up throw - footstool - up smash - fair
Made it into EMG Plays of the Week 2017 #2 :D")
![[SSB4] WOMBO COMBO ON NABIT!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kRT0vuoF2kE/hqdefault.jpg "[SSB4] WOMBO COMBO ON NABIT!
Playing a match with my bro and this happened xD")
![[SSB4] Team Prisma | Wombo Combos #1 (w/Tink + Megaman)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kS91ey6usGM/hqdefault.jpg "[SSB4] Team Prisma | Wombo Combos #1 (w/Tink + Megaman)
Practicing for EXP, hopefully we can do this or something crazier on stream
Red (Team Prisma): Xander (Me P1) + Hawk (P3)
Blue: DM (P2) + Raze (P4)
Hey we made it into EMG plays of the week #32!! https://youtu.be/yJmx3v27olQ?t=8m10s")
![[SMG] Megaleg IL WR 1:30.94](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lIgdSFV1LdQ/hqdefault.jpg "[SMG] Megaleg IL WR 1:30.94
RTA, Neural_Pathway as player 2
A lot of the ILs are pretty free with 2p, this only took 20 attempts. In this case the 2p jump is just faster than the triple jump.
Timing starts when I select the level (the star, not world) and ends when I touch the star.
RTA = Real Time Attack
IL = Individual Level
WR = World Record :D
So by doing the TAS it has actually got me into speedrunning the game. As for the TAS we had to restart again, this time on dolphin 5.0 which is surprisingly stable and were now doing any% due to strats and routes actually being know. Also Im doing another category which Ill keep a secret but it should be done sometime soon ;)")
