Epic Random Gaming Channel | [SMG] Dolphin 5.0 Loading Time Test @EpicRandomGamingChannel | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This compares Dolphin's 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) 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 wouldn't be the case.
I only tested Dolphin 5.0, it's possible that later versions have more accurate load times but I'll 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)
This compares Dolphin's 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) 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 wouldn't be the case.
I only tested Dolphin 5.0, it's possible that later versions have more accurate load times but I'll 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)
![[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 ;)")
![[WIP][TAS] 3v1 TAS Teaser with Breakdown](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mXccr9CktGU/hqdefault.jpg "[WIP][TAS] 3v1 TAS Teaser with Breakdown
This will probably take me a while since Im controlling 3 people from 1 keyboard one frame at a time. Such jank controls...
TAS by DanceMan360
WIP - Work In Progress
TAS - Tool Assisted Speedrun
Brawl Minus 4.0b
Song: Keep On Rocking
Artist Name: F.O.O.L
Video Link: https://youtu.be/XM7lb5wiQkE
iTunes Download Link: http://monster.cat/1q5rNci
Label Channel: http://www.YouTube.com/Monstercat
Artist Social links:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/foolmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/foolmusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fuckourordinar...
Youtube: http://youtube.com/fuckourordinarylives")
![[SMM] Ghost of a Chance 4 - 50s Kaizo by Me!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nBYEoM0CqkM/hqdefault.jpg "[SMM] Ghost of a Chance 4 - 50s Kaizo by Me!
This is the fourth level in my series of fast paced ghost themed kaizo speedruns! So theres a story that comes with this...
This was actually the 2nd level in the series that I started back in October 2016 but it took me over a year (until November 2017) to beat it. Unfortunately, I recently found out that it got removed by Nintendo for not gaining enough popularity within a certain time period. To prevent this from happening again please help me out by playing the level :)
So thats why theres an original version and a nerfed version. I Thankfully had a backup so I quickly remade the level then spent 4 and a half hours trying to reupload it but I gave in and nerfed it and then beat it within half an hour.
The changes include:
No more super tight spin jump into a bomb slide
Because of this I needed to add the piranha and muncher so that the bomb would consistently explode
the final jump in the over world was reduced by 1 block
Only 2 spins instead of 3 after the pipe walljump
Try the level out yourself: 10AC-0000-038B-4D1B
https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/courses/10AC-0000-038B-4D1B
Clickbait thumbnail lol")
