Superdavo0001 | [TAS] SMSR: The Piano Playing Thwomps 9"33 *WR* @Superdavo0001 | Uploaded 7 years ago | Updated 14 seconds ago
9"50 by Shredwot: http://youtu.be/lwruu2GZpn8?t=17m58s
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9"33 by me
In this (short) video, I collect the star The Piano Playing Thwomps in 9"33, beating the previous record by 5 frames. There isn't much to describe in detail really for this one.
The only thing I really need to explain is the main improvement, which is right at the start. It's faster to jump immediately, hold the jump, and dive/recover at the bottom than to kick+jump+roll (as jumping at a nonzero speed will reduce that speed unnecessarily).
I also use a dust-frame on the final thwomp. This is because when landing optimally on the corner, the geometry is too steep to recover on, until you reach a flatter triangle 1f later.
This isn't perfect, not even close. I'll probably work to improve it a bit in the near-future, but one of the more annoying things about this star is that it requires bouncing on two thwomps, both of which use RNG, which determines where they will be when I reach them. Thankfully, I got fairly lucky with little tedious manipulation here, but I'm probably not going to optimise this part any time soon (especially when it'll have to be re-done with different RNG in a final run anyway). This run was just a proof-of-concept if anything, but I might try to optimise the start a bit more.
Re-records: 1022
9"50 by Shredwot: http://youtu.be/lwruu2GZpn8?t=17m58s
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9"33 by me
In this (short) video, I collect the star The Piano Playing Thwomps in 9"33, beating the previous record by 5 frames. There isn't much to describe in detail really for this one.
The only thing I really need to explain is the main improvement, which is right at the start. It's faster to jump immediately, hold the jump, and dive/recover at the bottom than to kick+jump+roll (as jumping at a nonzero speed will reduce that speed unnecessarily).
I also use a dust-frame on the final thwomp. This is because when landing optimally on the corner, the geometry is too steep to recover on, until you reach a flatter triangle 1f later.
This isn't perfect, not even close. I'll probably work to improve it a bit in the near-future, but one of the more annoying things about this star is that it requires bouncing on two thwomps, both of which use RNG, which determines where they will be when I reach them. Thankfully, I got fairly lucky with little tedious manipulation here, but I'm probably not going to optimise this part any time soon (especially when it'll have to be re-done with different RNG in a final run anyway). This run was just a proof-of-concept if anything, but I might try to optimise the start a bit more.
Re-records: 1022
![[TAS] SMSR: The Piano Playing Thwomps 933 *WR*](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jIY2nMf1DbY/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMSR: The Piano Playing Thwomps 933 *WR*
950 by Shredwot: http://youtu.be/lwruu2GZpn8?t=17m58s
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933 by me
In this (short) video, I collect the star The Piano Playing Thwomps in 933, beating the previous record by 5 frames. There isnt much to describe in detail really for this one.
The only thing I really need to explain is the main improvement, which is right at the start. Its faster to jump immediately, hold the jump, and dive/recover at the bottom than to kick+jump+roll (as jumping at a nonzero speed will reduce that speed unnecessarily).
I also use a dust-frame on the final thwomp. This is because when landing optimally on the corner, the geometry is too steep to recover on, until you reach a flatter triangle 1f later.
This isnt perfect, not even close. Ill probably work to improve it a bit in the near-future, but one of the more annoying things about this star is that it requires bouncing on two thwomps, both of which use RNG, which determines where they will be when I reach them. Thankfully, I got fairly lucky with little tedious manipulation here, but Im probably not going to optimise this part any time soon (especially when itll have to be re-done with different RNG in a final run anyway). This run was just a proof-of-concept if anything, but I might try to optimise the start a bit more.
Re-records: 1022")
![[TAS] SM64: Ztar Attack Rebooted - A Crezzie Fight+100-coins In 4540](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jQqwGuWE9dI/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64: Ztar Attack Rebooted - A Crezzie Fight+100-coins In 4540
Hack created by Aglab2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77uQeQh3PVdbI4usjFg1rA
This TAS collects the star A Crezzie Fight (typo is in-game), as well as the 100-coin star in Creezie Mountain.
I came up with the route for this while messing about with a couple of singlestars for real-time speedrunning. I quickly realised that the placement of a couple of coins near the bully were ideally set up for a star-collection cancel via the springs. As this would likely make a pretty cool TAS, I decided to route it fully, and this is the result!
Although I aimed to make a smooth run, this TAS is likely far from as optimised as most of my other uploads. This is just because fully testing all options takes up a lot of my time, and for such a long run which will have to be redone for any full-game TAS anyway (because of RNG), it didnt seem worth it.
Star-cancel is a glitch which can be caused by interacting with certain objects in ROMHacks after collecting a star. In many cases, these objects change Marios action without checking which action hes in first. This cancels the action (in this case, freefalling after star-collection), allowing Mario to resume normal movement. The objects known to be able to cause this glitch are springs (as in this run), noteblocks, and Fire Freezies (enemies in SM64: Last Impact which can set Mario on fire regardless of state).
One interesting thing about this TAS is that after collecting the star, I have to be pretty careful with the camera (and Marios own position), as moving Mario and/or the camera to the edge of the bully area can make the game very unstable & prone to crashing. I think this is because the music is supposed to change when you leave this area, but this is somehow interrupted by the star-spawn music. In some cases I could trigger a crash after collecting the star, and just before the level faded out!
Total re-records: 2,989")
![[TAS] SM64 Last Impact: Cut-Out Content, 0x A Presses In 4807 [Outdated]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jdaidK7lZkA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64 Last Impact: Cut-Out Content, 0x A Presses In 4807 [Outdated]
1x A Press by Timestoppa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v yN8FgvkFVw
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0x [untimed] by Craftyawesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YddgQl2e49A
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0x [untimed, faster] by Ethan White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jO0NcKekw
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0x 5705 by SM64Vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2uFA6Fe0sQ
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0x 5503 by SM64Vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6-nVCR0Tw
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0x 5315 by SM64Vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S394EB4J8lo
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0x 4807 by me
A few days ago I saw that there was a bit of a TAS-race thing happening, with a few people trying to set good times on this level, so I thought Id join in, and optimise it as much as I could manage...
Detailed Description Of The Run
• First, I head to the door, and trigger the cutscene. Not much to say about this part - I tried to optimise it as much as possible, but no special tricks were used. The goal was to hit the trigger ASAP, as that would trigger the rising lava (something I will need to wait for later in the run) as fast as possible, rather than to get fully through the door optimally.
• Next, I climb up to the top of the next part of the path. This wasnt optimised fully, as I had a lot of time to waste. I then do exactly that by front-flipping (can we call it that?), and messing around. I need to wait for the lava to rise to a sufficient height for the next part of the run. You may be thinking I wait longer than necessary for this, but theres a good reason for that...
• Once the lavas sufficiently high, I front-flip and perform a lava-bounce. I then collect the coins on the box, and do another lava-bounce, reaching the next platform, before frame-walking to the top (this method could be faster than the lava-bounce if done properly, but Id only have to wait for the lava again). The coins collected were particularly important, as they did more than just restore the 3 HP from the first bounce - because of the way HP works in SM64, it gives me a delayed health boost just after the second, just barely giving me 4HP, and allowing for one more lava bounce. This trick required me to be moving sufficiently fast after collecting the coins to hit the lava very quickly, so the bounce had to be higher - hence, I had to start it later, when the lava was higher. I do this frame-perfectly.
• Next, I frame-walk up, and activate the next door. It may be possible to clip through the wall to the left, then lava-bounce up, but I think that would be slower.
• After that, I ride the elevator. I mess around a bit to pass time, mainly doing front-flips and quick-turns. The elevator cycle is a huge bottleneck to the run, and would require perhaps 15-30 frames to be saved before the next cycle could be reached (I dont think its possible).
• The next part is crucial to the run. I quick-turn to face the correct direction, front-flip, instantly land, storing 26 vertical speed, punch, pop off the platform, restoring my VS, rise upward, and grab onto the ledge. Nice VSC at the end of the elevator :-)
• Finally, I cross the final part of the level, and collect the star. I couldve waited slightly, and done a DSG glitch to exit the level quicker, but I decided not to, as its technically slower in a single-star context. Maybe Ill do another version of it that way sometime - itd add 2-ish seconds to the run I think, but itd still be a WR.
To finish, I also showed a slow-motion version of the VSC trick - to make it clearer whats happening in those few frames.
Rerecords: 2316
I might take a short break from TASing for a few days or so, just to give me time to work on other hobbies and uni-stuff. I may post non-SM64 videos in the near-future as well.
If youre interested in photography, it may also be worth checking out my Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/overyourhead_photography/?hl=en
Thanks for watching, and dont forge to subscribe!")
![[TAS] SM64 1.5 Ztar Attack - Behind The Grills In 1253 (PU strat)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jgWwm-84aq4/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64 1.5 Ztar Attack - Behind The Grills In 1253 (PU strat)
In this video, I collect the star Behind The Grills -VC- in 12.53 seconds, beating the previous record of 36.63 seconds by ALX167 by 24.1 seconds, or 723 frames. That run can be found here: https://youtu.be/_WTbDHrn0mM?t=1m40s
This huge improvement is due entirely to the use of the Parallel Universes glitch, which allows me to bypass the entire level and reach the star extremely quickly.
Heres a step-by-step description of what is going on:
• First, I navigate to the elevator. Unfortunately, I have to wait for it to rotate around a bit before I can use it to BLJ & gain speed, so I mess around for a while to keep the run entertaining.
• When the elevator reaches the correct position, I begin long-jumping, before landing on the very edge (to give myself more distance to gain speed later). I then begin to BLJ to gain speed. I pause-buffer all except the first BLJ to gain enough speed to become stuck before reaching the end of the elevator & falling off. I gain as much speed as possible here, and land right at the end of the platform. Being stuck in the corner means Im standing on a special kind of misalignment, which is not above any wall hitboxes. This will be important for keeping my speed later.
• Once Im stuck, I no longer need to pause-buffer BLJs. I manipulate my speed at this stage to never be between -31,000 and -38,700 during this stage, as that will cause me to break free prematurely & lose my speed. Specifically, I aim for a speed of -39,102, as that exact speed will allow me to gain the correct final speed. This speed is only reachable thanks to the optimisation I did during the pause-buffered BLJs.
• I then BLJ up to a final speed of -1,879,790. I turn to angle 7424 and Overflow Jump. This puts me in PU (-1, -1), on the slope near the star.
• I then turn to angle 40960, and return to the main-map, within the stars hitbox, causing me to collect it.
If you dont understand what these glitches are, Ive posted a description of the important ones in a pinned comment (The description is too long to post it unfortunately).
For convenience, I show a relative view, which shows where Mario is within the PU at any given time. This was achieved by hacking Marios position & speed, as well as giving him the metal-cap (so he can walk in the water). Many of these changes were automated using script-locking.
This TAS would not work on console, as it would crash at the start of the PU movement, as I have not locked the camera. The route itself should work (Overflow Jumps do not crash, and ground-to-air transition used to return in 1 qframe does not crash either) however. Although this is considered to be an issue for TASes of the original game, it is generally accepted in Romhacks, as they are intended to play on an emulator rather than the original console anyway.
This is probably one of the most difficult TASes I have ever made, and Im amazed that it actually turned out to be possible... It took me hours to make a working & accurate bruteforcer to find the PU route, only to realise I couldnt even keep my speed... A few days later, I realised a misalignment would solve this problem, but the misalignment was on the wrong corner. I tested the other corner anyway (out of desperation I guess), and was surprised to find that it was also a misalignment (caused by a completely new glitch Id just discovered exactly where & when I needed it). Putting the run together was very hard too, as I needed to start the BLJ in exactly the right place to ultimately end up in a 3x3-unit area with enough speed to not fall off the back of the elevator, while making sure I gained enough speed to reach a specific value that would let me avoid a range of other values which would cause me to break free early... Still - it was an interesting & enjoyable learning curve, and Im really happy with the result!
This probably isnt the end for Ztar Attack PU strats - in fact I think most of the stars in this level can be improved using this glitch... Hopefully they should be easier to do now Ive solved many of the difficult issues involved...
This run is part of a 170-star TAS, currently being made by ALX167 and several others. His channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGO_S0xzN4AnE612PgCeEA
SM64 1.5: Ztar Attack is a hack made by TheGael95. Download links to the hack can be found at Gaels channel: https://youtu.be/_I8VscZ3-q4
Total re-records: 3,897 (though most of the effort spent on this run was not in physically TASing it)
.m64 download: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/416082560393805824/487373533152804866/Behind_The_Grills_1253_V2.zip")
![[TAS] Dargos Releasio TAS Competition, Task 1: My Entry (2nd Place)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oSVHvcyN_t4/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Dargos Releasio TAS Competition, Task 1: My Entry (2nd Place)
• Task: Enter bob and fire with 1 cannon, collect 2 red coins then collect any star (order of collectables does not matter)
• Run time: 1020
• Rerecords: 632
This route was very odd - visiting the red-coin area twice at different points, rather than just collecting them at the same time. This really shows how strange routing in this hack can be, as distance isnt always a significant factor - often, its more important for the distance from A to B to sync up as a multiple of 4,000, than it is for it to be short. This makes routing for complex stars REALLY hard.
Anyway, I was lucky in this case, as the red coin area synced up very well with both the star and the cannon, allowing me to quickly navigate to both. Its a shame it takes so long to use the cannon, but I couldnt seem to find a better route.
This run was put together pretty quickly, so its probably not optimal.")
![Testing LiveStream: Super Hexagon [EPIC RUN!!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/or-gZulNEys/hqdefault.jpg "Testing LiveStream: Super Hexagon [EPIC RUN!!]
Just experimenting with YouTubes Livestreaming... Maybe Ill do more of this in future?
[Post-Stream Update] This was amazing... Watch the miracle unfold from 3:27!")
![[TAS] SM64 Ztar Attack 2: World 1-2 (2 stars) in 4708](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qY3KCE3fNxA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64 Ztar Attack 2: World 1-2 (2 stars) in 4708
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: SM64 Ztar Attack 2 - A Blast To The Past
Creator: TheGael95 (channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheGael95)
Previous record: 10343 by RSw https://youtu.be/ykCKV_DNzIM
In this video, I complete world 1-2 (Mushroom Cavern) of Super Mario 64 Ztar Attack 2: A Blast To The Past, as quickly as possible, while collecting both available stars.
The strategy for the first star mostly involves simple forward movement, aside from a BLJ at the end, while the second star is... quite the opposite.
The core glitch behind the hyperspeed route to the second star is known as forward speed conversion, and is performed by holding neutral while on a specific type of slippery floor with backwards hyperspeed. This causes Mario to reflect off the wall, and face forwards. With this forward hyperspeed, Mario can jump extremely high (since his vertical speed increases with horizontal speed) and can wallkick, allowing him to ascend very quickly. The downside of using forward hyperspeed is that it is much more difficult to maintain and allows much less control over Marios angle, since his speed will be capped if he walks on the ground (since its only conserved in sliding movements or while airborne). The only viable way to changing Marios angle is wallkicking, and there are only so many walls available, so finding a route which navigates through the level can be very difficult. Fortunately, after a lot of testing, I was able to find a workable route which gets almost all the way to the end, and terminates right next to a BLJ spot which could take me to the star!
Because of these routing challenges, this proved to be one of the most difficult & time-consuming TASes Ive made for its length. However, I was determined to push through since I knew the strat would be something pretty special!
This hack more than most seems to make for some really cool TASes, so Ill definitely have to do more in the future! I might turn this into a regular series at some point, working on new levels when I get the chance.
I actually made a small mistake in this run, in that my movement at the start is slightly slower than RSws old TAS. I had assumed based on intuition that my movement should certainly be faster since it more quickly gets Mario to full speed, but I failed to take into account the advantage of getting a better angle at the cost of speed, and the fact that RSws movement allows him to maintain the fast slidekick chain for longer rather than having to break it to turn, and I only realised this error after Id progressed pretty far into the TAS. This TAS was mainly made for entertainment & not for being 100% maxed, and there are other areas where it can be improved slightly anyway, so it didnt seem worth going back for a few frames.
Shoutouts to RSw for coming up with the BLJ before the first star - a strat I hadnt thought of before I saw it in his run!
Total re-records: 9,670 (bringing the full Ztar Attack 2 file to 20213 & making it my largest single-file TAS project ever!)")
![[TAS] Another Mario Adventure 120 Star in 59:42.93](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rK_4rlFiibg/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Another Mario Adventure 120 Star in 59:42.93
Another Mario Adventure is a ROM hack made by aglab2 and guest ROM hackers from the community, who created the guests levels. The hack has 120 stars, with 14 main stages in total.
Time: 59:42.93 (TAS timing)
Total Re-records: 1,405,113
Authors: FeijoadaMolhada, ChouxZi3, RSw and brqm
This TAS was also made possible with the help of multiple other TASers:
• ShadoXFM: C1 reds, C5 reds, G1-2 alternative movement after blue coins, G4-4, G4-5, Wing Cap, Jungle Falls: old GWK chain route in Slide and Jump, Cosmic Wall: Fly to the top and both stars in Cosmic Cart Joy Ride
• L3dry: C1 faster entrance to Frozen Flux Slide, C1 blue coins, C8 reds route testing and fence wall kick, G1-1, G5 blue coins, OW2 night reds and pre-1.11 routes for both stars in Airship Force
• tjk: C4-4 skeeter bounce to reach the pole, C6-1 fast penguin drop, C8 reds route testing, Cosmic Cart Joy Ride freeruns and OW2 night reds
• Crackhex: G1-2 and 4 warp entry optimization, C6-5 old route and G4-4 optimization
• galoomba: C1-4 faster ending (obsoleted by DSG), original strat for C2-3 and G1-5 BLJless route
Frame: G1-1 King Bob-omb quick release optimization, G3 reds route testing and helping optimize G5 beginning
• Madghostek: G2-4 route testing and OW2 night Metal Cap skip attempts
• PurpleJuiceBox: Original strat for C2-1, 2 and 5
• Superdavo0001: C4-2 strat and routing, C5 Metal Cap entry BLJ optimization and original idea for OW2 night Metal Cap skip
• slither: C4-4 timesave and helping with video encoding
In this run we collect all 120 stars of the game as fast as possible, using glitches and various tricks to lower the time as much as we can.
The TAS was started in 2020/08/22 and finished in 2022/01/03.
For more information about the TAS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QORp7_lCtTCyi6TycXA8ZAsgBpzeJ9ULR9h1gigaw5Q/edit?usp=sharing
YouTube channels of everyone who contributed:
FeijoadaMolhada: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeijoadaMolhada
ChouxZi3: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BRYSlctEGCRT6iKdk9kEA
RSw: https://www.youtube.com/c/RSw_Why
brqm: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzULS5sXbp04fuGMpGlOpg
ShadoXFM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfHeXD8sGb3rRYIM6NNueQg
L3dry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwwwbw6PqCKFUzk4wiD8iCQ
tjk: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperMario142MC
Crackhex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_9O61Cu6DpvjDVMLWdUGCQ
galoomba: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChh6RNVE2N7Ibob0wsCe_VQ
Frame: https://www.youtube.com/c/Themastercube
Madghostek: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGw9_iYSGFYpXiy_lDhCpw
PurpleJuiceBox: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKNrx_AxmaZ7dSHd8jnIZA
Superdavo0001: https://www.youtube.com/user/Superdavo0001
slither: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-IqrO42f61i8Af1VEtyZ3A
Superdavo0001 comment: What an honour it is to be able to host such an insane project! Thank you to everyone for letting me upload it! Im sorry I took as long as I did. Excellent work and huge congrats to everyone involved, I wonder which hack is gonna be next!")
![SM64: Collecting A Star During Death-By-Lava [Glitch Demo]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/szh637BuDdw/hqdefault.jpg "SM64: Collecting A Star During Death-By-Lava [Glitch Demo]
This particular glitch came up as a topic of discussion on a SM64 conversation, so I thought Id make this video to clear things up, and demonstrate some cool glitches in the process.
[UPDATE: Ive been told that its possible to collect the star if you do it before you reach 0hp - LLL red coins can be done this way]
[UPDATE 2: Kaze has said that he added this on purpose, as he didnt like that vanilla did not allow it]
Basically, its been found that if you collect a star while dying, the star-dance is cut short, and Mario dies. However, he keeps the star. Since the death animation is far shorter than star-collection, this has saved time in TASes on two levels (Behind Chain Chomps Gate, Mystery Of The Monkey Cage).
This glitch is often known as the Death-Star glitch, or DSG.
In these levels, the star is collected after dying by either going out-of-bounds, or falling to the death barrier, which are quite difficult to achieve, and require rather specific terrain.
A more obvious idea would be to use lava - after all, you bounce up after hitting it, so reaching nearby stars shouldnt be hard!
Unfortunately, however, the SM64 devs spotted this, and made the stars intangible while Marios in the lava-bounce animation, making this strategy impossible in regular SM64.
However, for some reason, in the ROMHack SM64: Last Impact, it was discovered a while ago (by me :-)) that the star does not become intangible, for some reason. It is therefore possible to collect the star while dying from a lava-bounce, which saves a fair few frames wherever its used.
I used this glitch in my TAS of the Hexagon Heat minigame (which features in this video).
Enjoy!")
