Superdavo0001 | [TAS] Casino Bingo Slide 64 In 1'34"63 @Superdavo0001 | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated 14 hours ago
In this video, I complete "Casino Slide 64" - a hack created by Aglab2 and the winner of the second 'task' of Simpleflips' ROMHacking competition - in 1'34"63, timed from the first frame to the frame Mario turns to face the camera after collecting the star. I chose to use this timing system rather than the TASVideos system as this system more accurately reflects the time taken to reach the end-credits, and ensures that the fastest run gets the fastest time (see this joke SMW TAS which has a TASVideos time of around 93 seconds, yet takes so long to complete that all structure in the known universe will have decayed long before the run is over for an extreme example: youtu.be/n_PylKovg5k).
This hack is designed to be completed in 4 stages, which are:
1. Navigate from the start to the warp at the bottom
2. Go down the first slide, collecting numbered casino chips. You must get enough to get a complete row, column or diagonal, but collecting more will make step 3 easier.
3. Navigate back to the top & enter the final slide. The chips you collected earlier are now platforms, which you can use to climb up. Trying to do this without a bingo will trigger an anti-cheat mechanism, placing you in an area that's almost impossible for a human to escape. It's possible for a TAS to get out (and might be faster), but I opted against using it in this run, as it would be less interesting.
4. Complete the final slide in under 35 seconds & collect the star.
My movement during steps 1 & 3 was somewhat unusual, and used techniques that don't look optimal at first glance, such as sliding and quickturning, stopping & punch-starting again rather than just walking forward. This is because the level is set to have the 'slide' floor type (used for Princess's Secret Slide in the original game). This has a few notable properties:
• Standing on any non-flat surface will cause Mario to slide
• Mario doesn't accelerate from rest as quickly as usual, gaining only 1.1 speed rather than over 8. I overcome this by quickturning to face the correct direction, and using the punch-trick, which immediately gives Mario 10 speed.
• Sliding doesn't reduce Mario's speed nearly as much as usual. Since sliding is not bound by the 48 speed cap, this means turning while sliding is a convenient way of maintaining more than 48 speed while changing angle. Mario's speed can then be recovered/increased by being airborne, allowing for significant speed accumulation, and saving a fair amount of time.
During the slide sections (steps 2 & 4), it is optimal to be airborne wherever possible, as sliding has a speed cap of around 105, whereas speed increases without bounds in the air. Furthermore, Mario moves slower on slopes due to the de-facto multiplier. Ideally you would want to be airborne & building speed all the way, but sooner or later you have to land otherwise you'll just fall to your death. This turns out to not be a problem, because if you land for a single frame before becoming airborne the frame after, the speed cap is not applied. Furthermore, the slope still applies its acceleration, causing Mario to gain up to around 5 speed each time. I abuse this glitch very extensively in both slides, allowing me to gain as much as 150 speed, and saving many seconds.
During step 3, it is fastest to intentionally die at the wallkick area rather than manually crossing it, as Mario will respawn on the other side.
Step 4 has a weird start, where the whole stage appears to move relative to Mario, causing him to seemingly fall through the floor, before returning to normal. This glitch is entirely visual, and does not affect the gameplay. I've seen it in a couple of places in Last Impact as well, and I'm not sure why it happens, but I'd guess it has something to do with how hacks handle cameras.
This run is the single largest TAS project I've ever completed alone, with a total rerecord count of 10,586 (my first TAS to go over 10k!). I was inspired to create this after seeing TomatoBird8's playthrough (bit.ly/2E10tiJ) of the hack. I completed step 4 first (because if I lost motivation at this stage, I could just upload this part), before slowly working on the other parts occasionally over the following 3 months or so. Unfortunately, when I came to hex it together a few days ago, I found that I couldn't make step 2 sync with step 1, so I ended up remaking it. This was a blessing in disguise, however, as I found a way to continue conserving speed right to the very end, saving 29f & making what was the worst part of the run an awful lot cooler.
This run is definitely improvable, but hopefully not by too much...
Shoutouts to:
• Aglab2 for making the hack itself: bit.ly/2Qvo4cC
• Simpleflips for running the hacking competition: bit.ly/2y7AJxt
• TomatoBird8 for making the playthrough that inspired me to make this TAS: bit.ly/2CtxjY3
Don't forget to check out the rest of my channel & subscribe before going to theirs though ;-)
In this video, I complete "Casino Slide 64" - a hack created by Aglab2 and the winner of the second 'task' of Simpleflips' ROMHacking competition - in 1'34"63, timed from the first frame to the frame Mario turns to face the camera after collecting the star. I chose to use this timing system rather than the TASVideos system as this system more accurately reflects the time taken to reach the end-credits, and ensures that the fastest run gets the fastest time (see this joke SMW TAS which has a TASVideos time of around 93 seconds, yet takes so long to complete that all structure in the known universe will have decayed long before the run is over for an extreme example: youtu.be/n_PylKovg5k).
This hack is designed to be completed in 4 stages, which are:
1. Navigate from the start to the warp at the bottom
2. Go down the first slide, collecting numbered casino chips. You must get enough to get a complete row, column or diagonal, but collecting more will make step 3 easier.
3. Navigate back to the top & enter the final slide. The chips you collected earlier are now platforms, which you can use to climb up. Trying to do this without a bingo will trigger an anti-cheat mechanism, placing you in an area that's almost impossible for a human to escape. It's possible for a TAS to get out (and might be faster), but I opted against using it in this run, as it would be less interesting.
4. Complete the final slide in under 35 seconds & collect the star.
My movement during steps 1 & 3 was somewhat unusual, and used techniques that don't look optimal at first glance, such as sliding and quickturning, stopping & punch-starting again rather than just walking forward. This is because the level is set to have the 'slide' floor type (used for Princess's Secret Slide in the original game). This has a few notable properties:
• Standing on any non-flat surface will cause Mario to slide
• Mario doesn't accelerate from rest as quickly as usual, gaining only 1.1 speed rather than over 8. I overcome this by quickturning to face the correct direction, and using the punch-trick, which immediately gives Mario 10 speed.
• Sliding doesn't reduce Mario's speed nearly as much as usual. Since sliding is not bound by the 48 speed cap, this means turning while sliding is a convenient way of maintaining more than 48 speed while changing angle. Mario's speed can then be recovered/increased by being airborne, allowing for significant speed accumulation, and saving a fair amount of time.
During the slide sections (steps 2 & 4), it is optimal to be airborne wherever possible, as sliding has a speed cap of around 105, whereas speed increases without bounds in the air. Furthermore, Mario moves slower on slopes due to the de-facto multiplier. Ideally you would want to be airborne & building speed all the way, but sooner or later you have to land otherwise you'll just fall to your death. This turns out to not be a problem, because if you land for a single frame before becoming airborne the frame after, the speed cap is not applied. Furthermore, the slope still applies its acceleration, causing Mario to gain up to around 5 speed each time. I abuse this glitch very extensively in both slides, allowing me to gain as much as 150 speed, and saving many seconds.
During step 3, it is fastest to intentionally die at the wallkick area rather than manually crossing it, as Mario will respawn on the other side.
Step 4 has a weird start, where the whole stage appears to move relative to Mario, causing him to seemingly fall through the floor, before returning to normal. This glitch is entirely visual, and does not affect the gameplay. I've seen it in a couple of places in Last Impact as well, and I'm not sure why it happens, but I'd guess it has something to do with how hacks handle cameras.
This run is the single largest TAS project I've ever completed alone, with a total rerecord count of 10,586 (my first TAS to go over 10k!). I was inspired to create this after seeing TomatoBird8's playthrough (bit.ly/2E10tiJ) of the hack. I completed step 4 first (because if I lost motivation at this stage, I could just upload this part), before slowly working on the other parts occasionally over the following 3 months or so. Unfortunately, when I came to hex it together a few days ago, I found that I couldn't make step 2 sync with step 1, so I ended up remaking it. This was a blessing in disguise, however, as I found a way to continue conserving speed right to the very end, saving 29f & making what was the worst part of the run an awful lot cooler.
This run is definitely improvable, but hopefully not by too much...
Shoutouts to:
• Aglab2 for making the hack itself: bit.ly/2Qvo4cC
• Simpleflips for running the hacking competition: bit.ly/2y7AJxt
• TomatoBird8 for making the playthrough that inspired me to make this TAS: bit.ly/2CtxjY3
Don't forget to check out the rest of my channel & subscribe before going to theirs though ;-)
![[TAS] Casino Bingo Slide 64 In 13463](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aTcInmZHY98/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Casino Bingo Slide 64 In 13463
In this video, I complete Casino Slide 64 - a hack created by Aglab2 and the winner of the second task of Simpleflips ROMHacking competition - in 13463, timed from the first frame to the frame Mario turns to face the camera after collecting the star. I chose to use this timing system rather than the TASVideos system as this system more accurately reflects the time taken to reach the end-credits, and ensures that the fastest run gets the fastest time (see this joke SMW TAS which has a TASVideos time of around 93 seconds, yet takes so long to complete that all structure in the known universe will have decayed long before the run is over for an extreme example: https://youtu.be/n_PylKovg5k).
This hack is designed to be completed in 4 stages, which are:
1. Navigate from the start to the warp at the bottom
2. Go down the first slide, collecting numbered casino chips. You must get enough to get a complete row, column or diagonal, but collecting more will make step 3 easier.
3. Navigate back to the top & enter the final slide. The chips you collected earlier are now platforms, which you can use to climb up. Trying to do this without a bingo will trigger an anti-cheat mechanism, placing you in an area thats almost impossible for a human to escape. Its possible for a TAS to get out (and might be faster), but I opted against using it in this run, as it would be less interesting.
4. Complete the final slide in under 35 seconds & collect the star.
My movement during steps 1 & 3 was somewhat unusual, and used techniques that dont look optimal at first glance, such as sliding and quickturning, stopping & punch-starting again rather than just walking forward. This is because the level is set to have the slide floor type (used for Princesss Secret Slide in the original game). This has a few notable properties:
• Standing on any non-flat surface will cause Mario to slide
• Mario doesnt accelerate from rest as quickly as usual, gaining only 1.1 speed rather than over 8. I overcome this by quickturning to face the correct direction, and using the punch-trick, which immediately gives Mario 10 speed.
• Sliding doesnt reduce Marios speed nearly as much as usual. Since sliding is not bound by the 48 speed cap, this means turning while sliding is a convenient way of maintaining more than 48 speed while changing angle. Marios speed can then be recovered/increased by being airborne, allowing for significant speed accumulation, and saving a fair amount of time.
During the slide sections (steps 2 & 4), it is optimal to be airborne wherever possible, as sliding has a speed cap of around 105, whereas speed increases without bounds in the air. Furthermore, Mario moves slower on slopes due to the de-facto multiplier. Ideally you would want to be airborne & building speed all the way, but sooner or later you have to land otherwise youll just fall to your death. This turns out to not be a problem, because if you land for a single frame before becoming airborne the frame after, the speed cap is not applied. Furthermore, the slope still applies its acceleration, causing Mario to gain up to around 5 speed each time. I abuse this glitch very extensively in both slides, allowing me to gain as much as 150 speed, and saving many seconds.
During step 3, it is fastest to intentionally die at the wallkick area rather than manually crossing it, as Mario will respawn on the other side.
Step 4 has a weird start, where the whole stage appears to move relative to Mario, causing him to seemingly fall through the floor, before returning to normal. This glitch is entirely visual, and does not affect the gameplay. Ive seen it in a couple of places in Last Impact as well, and Im not sure why it happens, but Id guess it has something to do with how hacks handle cameras.
This run is the single largest TAS project Ive ever completed alone, with a total rerecord count of 10,586 (my first TAS to go over 10k!). I was inspired to create this after seeing TomatoBird8s playthrough (https://bit.ly/2E10tiJ) of the hack. I completed step 4 first (because if I lost motivation at this stage, I could just upload this part), before slowly working on the other parts occasionally over the following 3 months or so. Unfortunately, when I came to hex it together a few days ago, I found that I couldnt make step 2 sync with step 1, so I ended up remaking it. This was a blessing in disguise, however, as I found a way to continue conserving speed right to the very end, saving 29f & making what was the worst part of the run an awful lot cooler.
This run is definitely improvable, but hopefully not by too much...
Shoutouts to:
• Aglab2 for making the hack itself: https://bit.ly/2Qvo4cC
• Simpleflips for running the hacking competition: https://bit.ly/2y7AJxt
• TomatoBird8 for making the playthrough that inspired me to make this TAS: https://bit.ly/2CtxjY3
Dont forget to check out the rest of my channel & subscribe before going to theirs though ;-)")
![[TAS] SM64: Treasure Of The Ocean Cave 1833 [Outdated]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bAFwAKyhkLw/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64: Treasure Of The Ocean Cave 1833 [Outdated]
1843 by Mickey/VIS: https://youtu.be/xL6VE_5PddM?t=41m38s
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1833 by me
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[UPDATE] 1830 by me: https://youtu.be/9lbPa07tyJc
In this run, I collect the star Treasure Of The Ocean Cave 3 frames (0.1 seconds) faster than the previous world record. The saves were as follows:
• Saved 2f by staying out of the water (and so not losing 3/4 of my speed) for an extra frame
• Saved 1f at the end by activating the final chest a frame earlier (mainly because I was able to dive 2f earlier than the previous best)
I actually did it... I beat a star in the 120-star TAS! And by 3 frames!
I actually started work on this way back in June. I quickly spotted the potential of the first save, and worked to try to complete the star. Unfortunately, without realising, I immediately lost one of the frames to bad movement in the water, so I only thought there was potential to save 1 frame. I then struggled to keep hold of that frame, and got frustrated & gave up.
However, quite recently, with the new 120-star TAS in full-swing and Kazes Ghost Data hack now available (and my skills much-improved), I became motivated to try again. I re-did everything after the BLJ, and realised there was a second frame up for grabs (the theoretical max this technique could give is 3 frames, but practical limits reduce it to ~2.5). With the ghost data as reference, and a 2 frame lead, I continued to progress through the TAS. At the end, presumably due to improved optimisation around the third chest, I realised I could dive much earlier, and activate the last chest a frame earlier, taking my total to 3 frames as I finished the run.
I would explain everything about this TAS, but itd take too much space. If you have any questions, ask in the comments!
One thing that is worth explaining is the ending - due to my choice of angle, I couldnt replicate the previous WRs ending (I cant kick off the wall). However, that ending route doesnt actually save time, rather, it just looks cool, so I went for an alternative. Interestingly, this actually brings me rather close to saving another frame! The backflip I did allowed me to gain more height before the ground-pound, meaning I have more VS when I collect the star. This causes me to fall quicker, but it just isnt enough to save an extra frame. Backflips also have fixed vertical speed, which means I cant manipulate speed to allow me to hit the star lower, unlike an ordinary jump (which doesnt go high enough to get max VS anyway).
A couple of important things to note:
• I didnt actually branch off the 120 star TAS until the start of the BLJ, so the inputs before then are still those done by Mickey/VIS.
• This video was run on the SM64 Ghost Race V1.1 ROMHack, by Kaze Emanuar. It actually incurs a lag frame shortly after entering the water, so the timing based on this video would actually be 1835. However, Ive also run the TAS on regular SM64, and this lag frame didnt occur. I guess it must be because of the extra object on-screen...
If you want the .m64 for whatever reason, just ask me :-)
SM64 Ghost Race V1.1 (note that there are updated versions available): https://youtu.be/kwlSfQ_7vrk
Rerecords: 5,417 (estimate)")
![[TAS] SM64: BBH Eye-To-Eye In The Secret Room CCCLess 9626 (Raw TAS) [PU Route]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bYbzoxgSZBM/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64: BBH Eye-To-Eye In The Secret Room CCCLess 9626 (Raw TAS) [PU Route]
This is the raw version - unabridged, and lacking overlay, for the purists out there. The other versions can be found at:
Unabridged version (with overlay): https://youtu.be/Do3TwRzLFzI
Abridged version version: https://youtu.be/_0vkAUp8If8
In this TAS, I collect the star Eye To Eye In The Secret Room in Big Boos Haunt, without collecting any coins, or using caps or cannons, in what is known as the CCCless Challenge. The main challenge of this particular level is the fact that theres a painting which youre supposed to use a vanish-cap to collect, but of course we cant do that!
Initially, this problem was solved by using Hyper-Speed Wall-Kicks (HSWK) to gain enough speed to clip through the painting, but this is very slow, and takes a long time to build up the required speed.
Since HSWK was discovered, and CCCLess was forgotten about in this level, the Parallel Universes glitch was discovered in SM64. In short, due to integer overflow in Marios position used for floor detection, there are a (near) infinite number of infinite duplicate versions of the course (without objects & stuff), which can be reached by gaining a large amount of speed. I wont explain the full technical details of navigating PUs here, but Ill link to a video that does. Needless to say, by moving from point-to-point across PUs, you can travel to any arbitrary point in the map laterally quite quickly.
However, because the painting is quite high, we need vertical motion as well, and conveniently, a side-effect of the PU glitch - the Overflow Jump (OJ) can help us. Basically, when Mario jumps, while moving at high-speed, he incurs a vertical displacement related to his speed. When hes moving backwards at QPU speed, he can reach speeds fast enough to fall into PUs *below* his current location. When this happens, he immediately snaps up onto the nearest floor relatively below him in the QPU grid, which can be anywhere, with correct planning.
The PU route used here was found by Timestoppa - I just executed it optimally.
Anyway, heres a detailed look at what happened in the TAS:
• First, I navigate to the elevator, and activate it as quick as possible. Since I made this, I found out that 2 frames can be saved between the start and reaching the door, by long-jumping once, then diving (shoutouts to Luigihaxd for spotting that).
• While the elevators falling, I kill the Mr I. I didnt need to do this, but I had time to kill, so I decided to kill with my time. He never stood a chance.
• Once the elevator hits the ground, I activate it again on the first frame possible, so it starts to rise. Once Im on it, I mess around a bit, and move to the correct position for the start of the PU movement.
• I then BLJ, gaining ~4,147,200 speed. To do this optimally, I needed to very precisely get the correct speed immediately (so I dont have to lose any, and waste frames). This was very a tedious process, but it allowed me to start the PU movement immediately.
• Once I have the required speed, I perform an OJ. This takes me to PU (-9, 9), and to the top of the balcony relatively.
• Next, I drop my speed, first by jumping, then punching. Unfortunately, due to the route, this takes a long time.
• I then perform two more PU movements, in quick succession, taking me first to PU (-1, 1), and relatively on the balcony, then back to the main map inside the secret room.
• I then kill the big Mr I. Unfortunately, the camera became stuck in the elevator room, so I had to TAS this bit blind. Fortunately, its possible to hack the camera during TASing, so I could - to some extent - see what I was doing. This was still very tedious, and probably not quite optimal.
• I then collect the star.
An explanation of PU movements more subtle details can be found in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A
Rerecords: 1896
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![[SM64 Hack TAS] Another Mario Adventure: Mess In The House in 2387](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cRztFb6lXck/hqdefault.jpg "[SM64 Hack TAS] Another Mario Adventure: Mess In The House in 2387
My playlist of TAS runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYjr0fKUh3qCSR9CMqyJGhMcaObah7wU
My Twitter (where I often post minor TAS stuff): https://twitter.com/superdavo0001
Super Mario 64 TASing/ABC Discord server: https://discord.gg/ECskvyF
ROMHack Info:
Name: Another Mario Adventure
Creator: Aglab2 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77uQeQh3PVdbI4usjFg1rA)
Im back!
Apologies for the lack of videos recently, a lot of other projects have been taking up much of my time. Hopefully I should have a bit more time for a while now!
Ive been wanting to return to doing singlestars for a while, but my inspiration in Ztar Attack Rebooted was beginning to run low and I fancied working on something else. Fortunately, aglab2 (the creator of Ztar Attack Rebooted) recently released this new hack, and after playing it through, I was not only impressed, but also ready to TAS some stars :)
The hack itself is very well made, with a variety of level designs & many custom-coded features, all polished to near-perfection. The variety is further increased by the 10 guest-levels made by prominent members of the ROMHacking community (BroDute, Tomatobird8, UsernamesAreSpiders, scuttlebug_raiser, sm64pie, Cheezepin, Crash, MrComit, ToasterKetchup & Kaze Emanuar to be exact). With so much variety & so many new things to try out, I was spoilt for choice, with plenty of stars to TAS!
I decided to start with this star, mainly because it was one of the first interesting gimmick stars I came across. The idea here is that you are restricted to moving in 2d (within the section of the room with green tiles), but if you press L you can traverse the level in 3d, but your health quickly depletes, so if you spend too long doing this you die, like in Super Paper Mario). This level is fairly easy to beat in casual play, but still manages to make you think differently to a standard SM64 level. Unfortunately the camera always changes to very specific angles when switching between 2d & 3d, which can be pretty annoying since you might want a different angle, so youd have to change it back.
Unsurprisingly, this sort of feature in the hands of a TASer can lead to some fun stuff! :D The route for collecting the secrets seems pretty intuitive, and I couldnt think of any other viable options. The BLJ was pretty awkward since I had to kick near the end of the high platform to reach the secret & spend a long time falling, but I couldnt find any way around it. Being able to dive+recover in the gap would solve this but the speed required to do this doesnt allow enough time to turn to the correct angle to hit the secret (since Marios speed affects his 3d position even in 2d mode).
This TAS is probably improvable, perhaps even by a significant amount. Im still happy with the result though! Ive found a fair few more stars I want to TAS as well, so make sure you subscribe so you dont miss them :)
Total re-records: 2,260")
