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Rewatching 2021 TAS Comp Tasks ft. Jellopuff @Kierio04
![[MKWii TAS] Talicid Falls v1.0 Lap 1 - 42.099 (No Glitch)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/txuELHJuRTA/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Talicid Falls v1.0 Lap 1 - 42.099 (No Glitch)
TAS by @Kierio04 (myself)
Download the ghost here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1066816888379809923/1070916533414526976/rDKM_kiro_pls_1m32s348.rkg
Track info: https://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Talicid_Falls
Original CT Jam showcase: https://youtu.be/ivHwlNzzQQQ
Music: Undertale - Waterfall (https://youtu.be/v712NiVK5uY)
In yet another partnership with Custom Track Jams, I will be making a lap 1 TAS of every winning track of Series 3! The first track, winning Season 1 Jam 1 (Crystal), is Talicid Falls by Shorky.
You may be wondering... why does the title say No Glitch? Well, when going through all the tracks to vote, I decided to look for ultras, and found them on 5 of the tracks, this included. Then why is it not called No Ultra? Well, TASes are only ever labelled as No Ultra if they still use some sort of glitch or shortcut, so that No Glitch ALWAYS refers to the most restrictive category.
I really enjoyed TASing this track. There were a fair few difficult and annoying things to deal with:
- A delayed wheelie at the beginning is required to make the turn at the beginning, but a custom start slide was not necessary
- STA on the first ramp was not faster
- Getting the low trick off the crystal is not possible when holding a wheelie due to the shape of the crystal
- Suboptimal boost distribution must be used on the uphill in order to hold a wheelie and get a stick
- A slip drift is not necessary to get the miniturbo on the boost panel, but in order to take the next turn tighter, a slip drift is used to be able to approach from wider (which requires countering during the drift, which is only doable with longer MT charging time)
- The turn after the double crystal trick requires approaching from wide with a tight angle, and this wide approach is severely limited by a goomba of all things. I can have a better approach angle by riding the edge of the track following the wheelie trigger
- A right trick entering the waterfall is useful as it halts my rotation but lets me keep increased sideways lean, allowing me to eventually turn tighter around the really really annoying crystal
- This section and the slip drift into quick hop following is the worst part of the track to optimise as the terrain is extremely uneven and so QM is very heavy
- As Im aiming for the last turn, I dont actually want to be perfectly in line with the ramp, so the unorthodox diagonal line is necessary
- I lose 0.001 on the last turn in order to have a good line into lap 2. LuigiM, youre welcome
- I realised you can hit OOB above if you get a high enough trick off the first crystals, kinda like what makes the Waluigi Stadium shortcut in MKDD possible lol
I forgot to put in an extra 20 seconds to fit an end screen so please excuse the sloppy elements superimposed on top of the video still playing the last few seconds.
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![[MKWii TAS] Toads Factory Flap - 33.703 (No Glitch) (Invalid, not BKT)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u2f9B4jAMxw/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Toads Factory Flap - 33.703 (No Glitch) (Invalid, not BKT)
TAS by @Kierio04 (myself).
-0.024 from TAS by Rocky (https://youtu.be/08Zp_9Olcv0)
Music: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Mushroom Bridge / Mushroom City (https://youtu.be/_xkF5PZQU2g)
In 2009, Guillaume became the first prominent MKWii TASer. He held at least one TAS WR until 2019. By then, the most prominent TASer was Rocky. Fast-forward to 2023, Rocky only has 6 flap WRs left, well, now 5. Anyway, I have this weird desire to see his name gone from all flap WRs just to make it clear that 2023 is different from the 2018-2022 era. Whether that will happen before the end of the year is uncertain, but Ill certainly see what I can do.
I should have saved more time. This TAS is by no means unoptimised. I actually put in quite a lot of time and effort into making this (Rockys TAS was surprisingly strong). However, I entered the lap with 15 more frames of trick boost, which should have saved 4 or 5 frames. I also had wheel inputs to help make several sections faster, most notably the final ramp trick. I have no idea why I wasnt able to save more time, but my guess is the third shroom, as I struggled a lot with it.
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![[MKWii TAF] Rainbow Road (Infinite Mushrooms)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ugyglcyKJC0/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAF] Rainbow Road (Infinite Mushrooms)
Ive been saying for a while that I could probably make a good TAF if I put my mind to it, and I figured it was finally time to own up to those claims.
Music: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - A Tragic Decision (https://youtu.be/wLXyb_wJPc4)
The difficulty of making a good TAF on a regular track is the lack of new discoveries available, which usually makes for either very short or very uninteresting freeruns. I feel I overcame that challenge, as I not only have made a decent-length freerun, but also found a few things I dont believe have been done before. In researching things that HAVE been done in order to try to keep this as fresh as possible, I put together a playlist of all Rainbow Road TAFs to date, feel free to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnjjnFG8yVSETx_J_Wl-cd0-QHDH50C_
Theres not much else I have to say, as this is really just something for you to enjoy rather than something to analyse, so I hope you enjoyed, and please let me know if youd be interested in more of these!
Alternative encode with debug panel and visible KCPs / OOB planes: https://youtu.be/-n4vx_yfW-w
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![[MKWii TAS] Grassland Mountain (Beta-hotfix) - 1:39.875](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uk-XesGNGw4/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Grassland Mountain (Beta-hotfix) - 1:39.875
TAS by @Kierio04 (myself)
Track info: https://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Grassland_Mountain
Music: Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Obsidian Fieldlands 2 (https://youtu.be/nV-aMRBr4Uc)
There are so many things happening in this TAS. Everything is more precise than it looks. Watch it again, youll probably spot something new. This has been in the works for almost 2 years, so it is a great delight to finally be able to share it with you!
All the way back in April 2022, I had a huge boost in views for my TAS of Hmans Deathrun (https://youtu.be/5BMZmOWrWcU) due to its inclusion in one of @TWD98s Impossible CTs videos (https://youtu.be/b_e_w2Cjj0A). Because of this, I thought TASing another Impossible CT could cater to some of that audience. So, I picked the very first track shown in the 2022 run of episodes (https://youtu.be/3mfLY12CrbM).
After a LOT of strat testing, I made a prelim 1:41.957, before stopping to go and work on the two rSGB 3laps with Zip Zip (https://youtu.be/trmk5u-ssyY) and Shooting Star (https://youtu.be/G_4trkj7ACo). I came back to it shortly after, but then started work on other things and eventually lost interest.
If youve watched Special Task III from TAS Comp 2022 (https://youtu.be/Y1-24gNMmrY), you probably recognise the fact that it was done on the secret area of Grassland Mountain. The reason I came up with the idea for that task is because I had been TASing the track at the time, found the secret area, and thought it would make a great task.
See, I noticed a hole in one of the mountains (which is actually the end point of the task), so used noclip (https://noclip.website) to see what was out there, and discovered several parts of the track outside the skybox. I spent quite a while driving around the track to try to find a cannon that would take you there, but eventually I resorted to using Lorenzis KMP Editor to find it. As it turns out, it was in the starting area and I just hadnt searched hard enough.
After the task, I had interest in the track again, but with TAS comp back, and my time much more limited, I didnt continue and eventually forgot. I would occasionally remember and tell myself I would get around to it but never did. That is, until this past week, when I finally completed lap 2, discovering a few new strategies as well (I didnt redo lap 1 because it had taken me so long to get this far, I didnt want to go through it all again).
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![[MKWii TAS] Maple Treeway - 2:11.142 (No Glitch, No Turnskip)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vsOX89bx95o/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Maple Treeway - 2:11.142 (No Glitch, No Turnskip)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun (TAS). Played on SwareJonges Dolphin 5.0 LUA Core v3.5.2. Tools used: slow-down, savestates, frame advance, TAS input, TAS code, and RAM watch (info display).
TAS BKT Cut: -1.701
Previous BKT (2:12.843 by myself and Lamejoin): https://youtu.be/aA66-ygfMHw
Current RTA BKT (2:15.732 by Victor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVSZf6T78s
Lamejoins (https://www.youtube.com/user/l4m3join01) inputs were used up to 0:35, where I then branched off. The inputs from the 2:12 were used up to the beginning of lap 2, where you can then see the ghost in comparison.
Music: Chrono Trigger - Kingdom Trial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKZfKEpKk0)
Ive been working on this on and off since July. I had 4 main bursts of motivation that I used to complete this TAS. The first one was the end of July, that brought me to the middle of lap 2. The second one was the beginning of September, which brought me near the end of lap 2. The third one was the middle of October, which brought me to the middle of lap 3. The fourth one was the middle of November, which brought me to the end of lap 3.
About the category:
Since theres still no unanimous decision among the TAS community regarding whether the MT turnskip should fall in no ultra or no glitch, Ive named this video no glitch, no turnskip to eliminate any ambiguity.
About the timecut:
The lap 1 of the 2:12 was made in about 6-8 hours, whereas the rest was made in less than an hour combined. The lap 1 time was also significantly faster than lap 2/3, and for MT, you get a huge amount of boost leading into the lap, so lap 2/3 should be significantly faster than lap 1. This TAS corrects the inconsistent laps from the previous TAS and also improves upon the strats further.
Flaws corrected from previous TAS:
Lap 2 - All turns are taken better. The first log and wiggler section use the appropriate strats (not performed as best as they could be though). The U turn is no longer missing the wifi glitch strat (coined from an incorrect assumption that you can only get a boost from the zipper from the base of it in wifi rooms). The last ramp no longer has a drift lowtrick, and now has the proper double trick.
Lap 3 - Same improvements as in lap 2, except... The net and last ramp section is done correctly, as I end on the left side instead of the right. The correct type of walltrick is done as well.
New strats compared to previous lap 1:
Lap 2 - The turn after the wiggler section and second log feature new movement, which is much faster than what is done on lap 1. The wifi glitch now has a full trick boost (100f) rather than a normal zipper boost (50f), and so I no longer charge a miniturbo as its faster to maintain wheelie speed. The net section now features trick spam on the side of the net instead of 3 slow tricks off of the top face. The double trick at the end is better than the one performed on lap 1 (I get the full forward speed boost without sacrificing exit angle - on lap 1 I had to sacrifice speed for approach angle into the SC lap 2).
Lap 3 - Same strats as in lap 2, except... the turn after the wiggler section is done even better, the second log is done slightly worse due to QM for the U turn, and the U turn features yet another new strat, with a way less precise and much faster way of getting a fast low zipper trick, which is combined with a hop and weird zipper boost physics to get extra tight turning for an early wheelie.
Other notes:
- The turn after the cannon lap 2 looks like I lost significant time but thats just because the ghost is offscreened to the side (which looks like offscreening behind, which would mean significant timesave) and then returns back to being right behind.
- The end of lap 3 features a wheelie-jammed up-walltrick. I think this is the first TAS to ever feature a walltrick using an up trick, since up tricks are usually the one type of trick you dont want used (they shoot you up rather than down). This was faster than a jammed RSTA-walltrick (like in the glitch 3lap TAS) or a hop-jammed spin-STA-walltrick (like in the glitch flap TAS) in my testing. Do note, these names have to be this specific because there are so many ways you can approach this last trick that you need to be able to tell the difference.
Special thanks:
Ejay, Zappg, Burger, Canibal, Hibyehello, TASPlasma, Jellopuff, Wade, Vabold, and many others for giving me motivation and feedback over the past 4 months while I was working on this. This is likely one of my last major solo projects on a Nintendo category so Im glad to have this over and done with.
Want to see more TASes and TAS projects? Visit https://mkwtas.com
or the MKWii TAS discord, at https://discord.gg/NCZghgy")
