Building a RAM Editor in Ocarina of Time SeedBorn 2021-03-23 | I mentioned that this specific application may not stay exclusive to Wii U, though that currently looks unlikely. Both the Gamecube and Wii VC versions of the game map the dpad to the N64 L button in their emulators, so without external modification it's not possible to use the event editor on those versions. N64 of course has a functioning dpad but its inability to write to misaligned memory addresses makes it unlikely that this functionality can be achieved on that console without ACE.Below I'll outline the full method for doing this trick, but if you're just interested in messing around with the custom RAM editor (missing textures and all), you can simply write the following values (addresses for version 1.2) to replicate the result of the rta setup without the hassle:Set 800F9238 to 8001EC00Set 800E8720 to 800E8730Set 800E8728 to 800E8732Doing this glitch requires 4 applications of lightnode srm (some technical information about which is available here docs.google.com/document/d/1Xf0mTcGwxbuBBFX1TYhKuRdfdH34wW9492RN-1YmIUM/edit).Each srm has the same heap setup, shown here youtube.com/watch?v=Udk4ckbeucY.The first srm uses the file 1 name, 800FC550 803F0F0A(file names can be converted from hex to characters with lemon32767.github.io/ootfname). The angle for dropping the rock is ACA0, and a setup is shown here youtube.com/watch?v=vZA7u2XCsoE.Each time you do lightnode srm it breaks the actor heap, so you'll need to transition areas (to deku tree) before doing anything.After the first srm, die and quit back to title (you can save) and enter 016C0080 800F9235 as file 3. You'll know your srm was successful if Saria greets you when you start file 1 again.Now file name 3 should be copied to the inf_table flags (at 8011BB8E specfically). Performing another lightnode srm with angle BB8A (setup youtube.com/watch?v=plY441oAe7M) should open the event editor (at the cost of textures).Now we can do the same srm with the same angle, except beforehand we'll use the event editor to write 800E8718 800E8730 to 8011BB8E. In binary this looks likeinf_table[11] inf_table[12]8 0 0 E 8 7 1 81000 0000 0000 1110 1000 0111 0001 1000inf_table[13] inf_table[14]8 0 0 E 8 7 3 01000 0000 0000 1110 1000 0111 0011 0000Repeating the srm with these values should cause inf_table[0] to read 1000 0000 0001 0001 and the label of inf_table[2] to become a huge mess of English and katakana.Now do the same thing again, except this time we write 800E8720 800E8732 to 8011BB8E. In binary,inf_table[11] inf_table[12]8 0 0 E 8 7 2 01000 0000 0000 1110 1000 0111 0010 0000inf_table[13] inf_table[14]8 0 0 E 8 7 3 21000 0000 0000 1110 1000 0111 0011 0010If this final srm is done correctly, inf_table[1] should read 1011 1011 0111 1100 and the label for inf_table[2] should have disappeared.At this point, scrolling down past inf_table[2] will crash the game. So don't do it. Note that while this can be taken between areas, the function that we hijack to run the event editor does not run everywhere, so it won't be available in some places.Huge thanks to the OoT discord for finding this. As far as I'm aware, the people who participated in discussing/testing areMrCheezeSavestateNatalyahasdiedBliniYanisMephistoMutantAuraEvilasIyce
Majoras Mask — Debug Menu with ACE (Observatory Setup) SeedBorn 2020-12-30 | This video shows how the ACE setup currently used in any% (for which an in depth tutorial is available here youtube.com/watch?v=_k__jk7yuEs) can be modified to open the debug menu. This uses the following file names:Primary file 8くマズCヂツァ (hex 08117898AD9C6B88)Secondary file 87Sはッヂツt ( hex 0807BD238D9C6BD8)The heap manipulation steps are identical to any%, except that any time between entering the observatory and pressing ocarina you'll need to open the pause menu, place the mask screen cursor over the Blast Mask or All-Night Mask slot, and place the quest status screen cursor over New Wave Bossa Nova. This forms the requisite 4 byte value which the ACE copies to menu status, opening the debug menu.A translated version of the menu is available at tcrf.net/Proto:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask/Debug_Version/Inventory_Editor
Majoras Mask — 100% Speedrun with Arbitrary Code Execution SeedBorn 2020-12-11 | Stream premiere version with commentary and chat: youtube.com/watch?v=o7wGpmP6YH8This is a tool-assisted demonstration of a Majora's Mask 100% speedrun performed with Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). Briefly, ACE allows players to modify the game's code while playing it, which allows for an unprecedented level of control over the speedrun.The run begins, as all Majora's Mask runs do, with first cycle. For those interested in skipping past the cutscene-heavy introduction, here are some timestamps:22:42 Start of Meaningful Gameplay24:05 Setup for SRM/ACE24:49 All Hell Breaks LooseAt 37 minutes in there are some rapidly flashing colors for ~10 seconds. Viewers who are photosensitive may wish to skip this part.Additionally, I've prepared a Q&A to cover the questions I anticipate will be most common:Q: Is this a modified version of the game?A: No! Everything that's happening here is occurring on an unmodified copy of Majora's Mask, and the video is of a continuous playthrough. It was recorded on an emulator (Bizhawk) which allows me to select the inputs I require each frame. In principle the entire run could be recreated on a real N64 console (though the inputs would be unrealistic for a human).Q: What are you doing to this poor game?A: During the ~12 seconds that Link plays the ocarina in the graveyard, controllers 2, 3 and 4 write a chunk of assembly code into RAM that essentially serves as the 'cheat codes' for the rest of the run. Those codes are activated by controllers 2-4 during the course of the run, and basically control everything that happens.If you're interested in an in-depth technical explanation of how this is possible, see youtube.com/watch?v=RoEmGCNsbno.Also, youtube.com/watch?v=AUVfgZnQLRk provides an introductory explanation of total control ACE in MM.Q: Is this a real speedrun category?A: Sort of. The ruleset I'm using here is that of the 100% speedrun (the full rules for which are available at speedrun.com/mm#100). That speedrun bans ACE, however (this video should be enough of a justification as to why).Q: How does source requirement interact with ACEA: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...but seriously. The 100% speedrun has a stipulation that requires items be obtained from their original source in the game (to ensure that some amount of gameplay is preserved in the presence of glitches that can place items directly into one's inventory). What exactly satisfies this requirement when we have full control over the game is up for interpretation and (since this glitch isn't legal for leaderboard submissions) has no conclusive answer. I've done my best to respect this requirement while creating this run, erring on the conservative side.Q: Is this run as fast as possible?A: Not even close! This relates a bit to the previous question, as a notion of 'fastest' or 'optimal' only exists when there is a rigorous set of rules governing things you can and can't do. However, even with the way I decided to interpret the rules for this run, the goal was never to create something that's optimal. While any speedrun that makes full use of ACE is naturally going to outpace non-ACE runs, in creating this video I opted for viewability over speed. At the end of the day this is meant to be an entertaining 'what if' sort of video. If I were cutthroat about optimizing it, I could easily see the post-ACE gameplay being 90+% load screens, with only a few frames spent in each scene. Not only would that have been unfun to watch, I wouldn't have enjoyed making it.Q: Why make this video?A: A few reasons. First, ACE is an incredibly cool glitch, but it's a little too broken for RTA runs. It also is infeasible for human runners to showcase its full potential due to the incredibly precise nature of the inputs required; it's much more at home in a tool-assisted environment. Even though ACE has existed for the better part of a year in the Zelda64 games, no one had used it for any sort of large-scale project. The idea of doing a longer speedrun with it -- something that wouldn't end immediately after performing ACE -- was lucrative.Additionally, the existence of the source requirement rule is what made this project so interesting. That rule (at least in my interpretation of it) prevents using ACE to completely break the game apart, and relegates it to an insane speedup tool. It was a fun challenge to essentially have access to a RAM editor and have to come up with quick ways to obtain everything from its intended source.
Walking While Talking with Laundry Pool Fairy SeedBorn 2020-02-26 | It's possible to collect the laundry pool fairy just as a night transition is happening, such that it unloads with its textbox still up. This causes walking while talking. It seems to work on both versions.
MM ACE Angle Setups (1.0, No Cardinals) SeedBorn 2020-02-23 | This shows how to set up the final two angles required for this ACE implementation youtube.com/watch?v=FO7xezyKoS0. This would replace the setups shown here youtube.com/watch?v=EMQzCaEVEjo. The advantage to the version in this video is that it never snaps to the camera to adjust angle, which means that at no point does it require a perfect cardinal input, which can be difficult on N64. (This was recorded on N64, and you can see from the input display that having a non-zero y input does not mess things up.)The goal here is to get the word at 80400A74 (this is the watch I have on screen) to read 08141B57. The steps used are1. Target the wall in front of the rock circle for angle 1078.2. (Optional) Move into the center of the rock circle. This costs some time, but I find the visual cues from the center to be much better than standing up against the wall.3. Go into C-up and hold a full left input for 2 frames4. Exit C-up and press B to aim the deku shooter. Hold a full left input for 13 frames, then a full right input for 12 frames. This will put you at angle 1B57.5. Cancel out of first-person mode and target. Even though you're already at that angle, the target is required to set the target memory address correctly.6. Press A to deku spin7. Press B to go back into aiming mode. Hold a full right input for 8 frames and then switch to a full left input for 3 frames.I show this setup both with kz's frame advance and with pause buffering. Note that any visual cues will depend at least somewhat on exactly where you stand, so you may be well off finding some cue for a consistent position. Also note that you can practice this setup on kz on VC just as well as N64 if you don't have an everdrive. The equivalent addresses on the other versions are 80400D34 (JP 1.1) and 80400884 (Eng).
Majoras Mask — Debug Menu with ACE SeedBorn 2020-02-19 | This is a way to access the inventory editor which was used for debugging the game, colloquially known as the debug menu. The steps leading up to this are identical to those for credits warp in any%, which I describe here youtube.com/watch?v=EMQzCaEVEjo. To get debug menu, however, your file names must beActive file 8さもベッィテて (hex 08142CA3 8D896C1C)Secondary file 8くマゾCィツh (hex 0811789A AD896BCC).As before I recommend using this lemon-sherbet.github.io/ootfname to help ensure your file names are correct.A translated screen along with some description of what is available from the debug menu is available at tcrf.net/Proto:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask/Debug_Version/Inventory_Editor. I also have a video which describes some of the interesting results one can get from this menu youtube.com/watch?v=oQqOHQBL3Ts.
Majoras Mask Any% Speedrun in 27:42 SeedBorn 2020-02-16 | This run uses Arbitrary Code Execution to warp to the credits, the concept of which is explained here youtu.be/xb9yijgukak. I've also got a video explaining the setups used in this run youtu.be/EMQzCaEVEjo.
Setups for MM Any% (Fin Skip) SeedBorn 2020-02-16 | See youtube.com/watch?v=FO7xezyKoS0 for the full trick. This video will explain the setups used there. These setups are for the Japanese 1.0 version of the game, and needs to be on N64 since ACE will crash on any other officially released version. The setups used in this video require you to be able to input a perfect cardinal direction to snap to the camera, which can be inconsistent on N64. For an adjustment that does not have this issue see youtube.com/watch?v=rQroYQZKnH0.Don't forget that file name is important. Your active file needs to be named 8さもベひてぼ0 (hex 08142CA3 241C5400), and after resetting post-SoT you need to create a file named 8きんYピウ0f (hex 081037C3 A65C00CA). kz is great for practicing this trick (I would say ram watch is basically necessary), but even on N64 the trick will not work on kz because of the way it modifies the heap. If you don't have access to an Everdrive, I would still recommend using kz on vc to practice the angle setups. I also recommend using this tool lemon-sherbet.github.io/ootfname to help make sure you're typing in your file names correctly. The watch used in this video is 80400A74, x32.
Majoras Mask — Credits Warp (No Fins) Demonstration SeedBorn 2020-02-16 | This is a tool-assisted demonstration of an any% rta route that does credits warp without zora fins. Instead of the fins' rotations, we manipulate a pair of angles at Link + AD4 (on 1.0 this is located at 80400A74, which is the watch I have up during this video). One of these is simply Link's movement angle (which will just be his facing angle when stationary), and the other is the last angle at which you z targeted.This run also takes advantage of MM's ability to have two file names in memory at once. The file name for the file I'm actually playing on is 8さもベひてぼ0 (hex 08142CA3 241C5400), but during the reset after obtaining Song of Time I created a file with the name 8きんYピウ0f (hex 081037C3 A65C00CA). Having both files opens up enough leniency in what sort of heap manipulations are allowed, which in turn lets us use the above-mentioned angles instead of zora fins.I've put together another video explaining how one would perform these setups rta youtu.be/EMQzCaEVEjo.
Majoras Mask — Total Control SeedBorn 2020-02-13 | Well that escalated quickly.Here are some other videos on ACE and related topics in Zelda64 that you might want to check out:Original SRM discovery videoyoutube.com/watch?v=6Q2Goj6DYOEOriginal OoT ACE videoyoutube.com/watch?v=RoEmGCNsbnoExplanation of SRM and ACEyoutube.com/watch?v=SPi_d0zhNFcReplacing draw functions with SRMyoutube.com/watch?v=TXnPDeG2dWQACE in MMyoutube.com/watch?v=xb9yijgukakUsing two file names in MMyoutube.com/watch?v=tG0-HlmW2QIThanks to MrCheeze for helping me find where to enable the other controllers.The file names used in this video are 8さもベぉてラせ and 8きぢぽEラさず.
Majoras Mask — Have Two File Names in Memory SeedBorn 2020-02-12 | When a file is created or copied, its file name is copied onto the heap, to 8050B28C (JP 1.0). This part of memory is not cleared when actually selecting a file, so that copy will remain available for access. By creating or copying a file other than the one you're about to load, you'll be able to put two different file names in RAM, which of course doubles the number of available for file name ACE. (Using the characters available, it is possible to jump from either file name to the other.) There is another copy of file name at 80506D5C, which should always match the current file.
Majoras Mask — Astral Observatory Credits Warp SeedBorn 2020-02-08 | This is a tool-assisted demonstration of using Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) to wrong warp from Astral Observatory/Bomber's Hideout to the credits. For a somewhat brief but hopefully accessible explanation of the ACE used here, see youtube.com/watch?v=xb9yijgukak.Setting up memory to allow this trick to work in Astral Observatory (including obtaining zora mask for the prerequisite fins) required searching through millions of permutations, which was possible entirely due to FullGrownGaming's Project Oceanside heap simulator github.com/fullgrowngaming/Project-Oceanside. We were even fortunate enough to get heap manipulations which are, in my estimation, quite simple.In terms of any%, this should be faster than the current route which does moonwarp from Deku Palace. All of the strats shown in this video are rta viable (though of course some may benefit in consistency from pause buffers). I've written up a text document describing all of the steps (aimed at rta), available here pastebin.com/Z0BB87gB.Due to using ACE, the only official version this is possible on is N64. The file name used here is 8きぽヌピば0f.
Majoras Mask — Credits Warp from Graveyard SeedBorn 2020-02-05 | This is a tool-assisted demonstration of warping to the credits from Ikana Graveyard at the beginning of cycle 2. The only item you'll need to acquire is bombs -- I bought chus for this file but they aren't necessary for any of the tricks. The trick that gets us to the credits is Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). For an explanation of how that works, see youtube.com/watch?v=xb9yijgukak. The filename used in this run is 8きんYピば0f. This is performed on the Japanese 1.0 version and the setups here will only work on that version.This video isn't meant for learning to do this trick rta, as we don't have setups for all of the steps yet. However, for people who want to attempt to reproduce it or work on setups, I'll try to give an overview of the steps, especially the parts that might not be obvious from watching.The chest srm setup (by FullGrownGaming) is(Begin from a void or entrance after the bad bats have been defeated and the chest spawned)Load room 0Load room 1Allocate bombLoad room 0Deallocate all three potsAllocate bombAllocate bombLoad room 1Deallocate the pot on the left as you enter and the pot by Flat's doorLoad room 0Allocate bombLoad room 1The rupee cluster needs to be handled carefully during this setup. Any time room 0 is entered from room 1, it is assumed that the rupees will load after room 1 has unloaded. This is why I keep my camera facing away from the rupees any time I enter room 0, and make sure that I load them before going back into room 1.If this setup is done correctly, the pot farthest from the load plane will allocate at 80415C00, and upon reentering the room after SRM the chest will load at 80415AA0. To get zora mask without opening the chest, Link needs an angle of FF86 after SRM.The heap setup for the credits warp in the graveyard isLoad room 0Load room 1Break all of the bushes, collect all their dropsSoDT (night 1)Reload room 1 twiceThere should now be a rock loaded at 80415280 -- this is the one we want to use for SRM (see video for which rock it is). Break the rock loaded at 80414970 (again see video) before doing the superslide. Once the SRM is set up, load room 1. One of the flame gates (Bg_Botihasira, id 01F0) should now be loaded at 801F5200, and you should be writing to its draw function with your angle. Get an angle of BC24 and drop the unloaded rock.Now the draw function is set correctly, but we have yet to manipulate the data where it's pointing. If you uncull the gate at this point, the game will crash. Certain parts in the northeast corner will uncull the gate, depending on your camera angle. The movement I use in the video is designed to avoid that. Before a fin can load where the draw function is pointing, some space needs to be made on the heap. This is why I hit the lantern, to deallocate the hidden rupee spawner (En_Hit_Tag, id 0265), and then collect the rupees it spawns. After this is done there is space for a fin to load at 8040BC10, so its initial rotation values will be at 8040BC24 (which is exactly where the draw function is pointing).Next I throw zora fins, making sure that the left fin spawns with an initial rotation of 08141B57 (this jumps to the copy of the file name stored at 80506D5C, not the one in save context). The fins' initial rotations are copied from Link's rotation (Link + 48), except 190 is subtracted from the left fin's horizontal rotation and added to the right fin's. This means Link has to have a rotation of 08141CE7 before throwing fins.With everything set up, SoT has to be played while the gate is attempting to draw. This actually has to be accomplished while the left fin is still allocated -- if the fin is gone, the SoT effect will load over that fin and destroy the command that we manipulated. I've found that a consistent way to make sure the gate is drawing is to take off zora (so that you have freedom of camera movement), target the wall to the left of the sign and turn left (as usual, see vid). Pulling ocarina from this position/angle seems to put the camera in a good place to keep the gate active.
Majoras Mask — Wrong Warp to Credits with ACE SeedBorn 2020-02-01 | The file name used here is 8きをタピば0f, which in hex is 08103669 A65000CA.Watching this back I realized that I was talking about cutscene 7 when the 'current cutscene' address I had up shows 8. Conventionally alternate scene setups are numbered starting from 0, so what I should have said is that scene setup is 7 but cutscene value is 8.Related videos, in roughly chronological order:Original SRM video (youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2Goj6DYOE)ACE in OoT (youtube.com/watch?v=RoEmGCNsbno)Replacing draw functions with SRM (youtube.com/watch?v=TXnPDeG2dWQ)ACE credits warp in OoT (youtube.com/watch?v=YlADOm4G6pM)OoT any% explanation (youtube.com/watch?v=wdRJWDKb5Bo)Explanation of SRM and related glitches (youtube.com/watch?v=SPi_d0zhNFc)Here are the steps used in this video in text form (pastebin.com/55dN8i9S)Here are the entrance values that would work for this warp (pastebin.com/wXGde96M)Thanks to FullGrownGaming and Imbued for looking into setups for this. We should have something suitable for speedruns soon.
Pot Chest Setup (MQ/Gamecube) SeedBorn 2020-01-05 | This is an allocation setup for pot chest (youtube.com/watch?v=lyfQ8XF_ML0) on the Gamecube versions of the game, which includes Master Quest. For details on what's happening in each step, see my tutorial for the non-Gamecube version allocation (youtube.com/watch?v=4KwOhXSLb6o). The steps in this video are slightly different but the same general principles apply.The angle required on both the JP Collector's Edition and MQ disc versions is 0x862C, for which I show a setup in the video. After performing the setup, get item value will be determined by the byte at 801EC9B7.The steps, in text form, are-- Drop a fish-- Drop a bomb-- Catch the fish-- Drop a chu-- Drop the fish again-- Let the bomb explode-- Enter Darunia's room with the chu and fish still loaded-- Allow the chu to explode and leave Darunia's room-- Re-enter the main room-- Destroy the 3 pots on the middle level-- Superslide off the bottom left pot (the bottom right pot can either be loaded or destroyed, but its dropped item must not be loaded)-- With the unloaded pot in hand, get the required angle-- For angle 0x862C, target the wall where shown (0x3FD7), do 2 ess turns right (0x31C7), release target and flick up to snap Link to the camera angle (0x31CC), 12 ess turns left (0x862C).-- Leave Darunia's room at that angle, drop the unloaded pot when in between the two rooms-- In order to manipulate get item value, you can drop a chu, drop a fish and then pull hookshot. Item value will be determined by the least significant byte of a z coordinate in the hookshot (not truncated -- this is different than the address used in the non-GCN setup).-- If you have bow, you can instead drop a chu, fire an arrow then pull hookshot to manipulate get item value.
Pot Chest Tutorial SeedBorn 2020-01-03 | Here are the instructions in a text form, which include adjustments that are faster for All Dungeons and 100% pastebin.com/8CPeYCYpTimestamps for easy navigation(0:00) Introduction(1:07) Identifying where the loading planes are(2:45) Allocation setup(4:54) Superslide(5:26) 1.2 angle setup(6:36) Note about gz savestates(7:44) What goes wrong with the actor list(9:32) Fixing the actor list(10:15) Finishing the SRM(11:33) Manipulating get item value(12:01) Warning about positive get item values(12:41) Example item setup(14:08) Manipulating with bomb instead of hookshot(14:37) Some more warningsHere's a shorter video focused on explaining how/why the this trick works, if you're curious (youtube.com/watch?v=lyfQ8XF_ML0).Watches used in the video, along with display type for gz:Link's facing angle 801DB3A6, x16 (1.2) / 801DAAE6, x16 (1.0)Pointer to next actor after pot chest 801EBF08, x32 (1.2) / 801EB648, x32 (1.0)Get item value of pot chest 801EC2F7, x8 (1.2) / 801EBA37, x8 (1.0)(Get item value is at pot chest + 0x584, and when manipulated will be hookshot/bomb + 0x1B7)The angle at which you need to drop the unloaded pot is 0x7E70 (1.2) / 0x75B4 (1.0) / 0x7774 (1.1)Some more points of caution that didn't make it into the video -- Entering from Lost Woods is the same as entering from DMT or shop for allocation purposes, I just forgot to mention it.-- While manipulating get item value, be sure that your bombchus don't hit things (walls and bomb flowers in particular) or your allocation may get messed up.-- Once you're doing item setups, if you're going to use sword for setting up position, drop chus and pull hook after you've used sword.-- When opening the chest, the game will write some data just beyond the pot's instance (that would be meant for a normal treasure chest). This is where the second bombchu used for manipulating item value loads, and if the chu is still loaded this will corrupt that chu's x coordinate. On N64 this will crash the game, but can be prevented by letting that chu explode before opening the chest.Useful links related to the trick:Whole trick performed more optimally, front to end youtube.com/watch?v=rISna9mV16wHookshot setups for obtaining items docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gTyeY8ko0QEspd3wqL6czZVlpYjQ7Sr9KA9LIhbeIXwChu superslide setup youtube.com/watch?v=dD1aa4IXINg1.0 angle setup youtube.com/watch?v=ob_xGEvUgdsItems obtainable from the chest pastebin.com/APHKs6cv
Ocarina of Time — Pot Chest SeedBorn 2019-12-29 | Welcome to Build-A-Chest Workshop.This video is an overview/summary of using draw function replacement (youtube.com/watch?v=TXnPDeG2dWQ) to get items in Goron City. For details on how to set the trick up, here is a tutorial for setting up the trick with a fish replacing the slingshot seed shown here (youtube.com/watch?v=4KwOhXSLb6o).Big thanks to GlitchesAndStuff for the Project Zelda's Letter heap simulator (github.com/AdamKiddle/Project-Zeldas-Letter) which allowed me to find the heap manipulation used here, and also for discovering SRM in general. Thanks to Imbued for pestering me to actually use a script to find a setup, Tharo for helping look for setups, and Potato and DannyB for the idea to use Silver Gauntlets as a warp.Here's a list of items we can receive with this (pastebin.com/APHKs6cv)
Replacing Draw Functions with SRM SeedBorn 2019-12-23 | Actors that are displayed have a pointer in their instance to a draw function in their overlay, at offset 134 in OoT and 13C in MM. This function runs every frame and handles writing the actor's display lists. The offset it has (in each game) happens to be such that when we do held item SRM, we can write to its two least significant bytes with our angle. This means we can change what code gets run each frame that the actor is meant to be displayed.I show an example here in which I use SRM to change a bush's draw function to the function that runs when skull kid gives you the Saria's Song heart piece (which will be present wherever a skull kid overlay is loaded). The bush, after causing us to receive a heart piece, breaks (most actors, if we overwrote their draw function instead, would just give us infinite heart pieces...). This isn't a particularly useful example but it should be a good proof of concept.This can be put into action in Goron City to create a manipulable chest (youtube.com/watch?v=lyfQ8XF_ML0). Another possibility for using this profitably includes skipping the frog HP in MM (twitter.com/TVand/status/1208624737599008773) by changing the frog's draw function to the HP reward one (pastebin.com/BBKi8qB4).
Majoras Mask — Any Item with Chest SRM SeedBorn 2019-12-13 | Chest SRM is originally from OoT due to GlitchesAndStuff (youtube.com/watch?v=_7E4dFD8Bmw)The setup (not shown) that I used to get the SRM comes from Discoverino/FGG (youtube.com/watch?v=HcpZOdjVN-E)Exodus compiled an excellent spreadsheet with all things related to manipulation of get item values (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KwuvEWxijcRxigwJZVL3JnB9760FJIIH8tjTKcjck1k)At (4:20) I said to put the chest down, of course I meant the 'unloaded pot.'The address of the collision angle used in this video is 8077FFB6 (2 bytes) on NTSC-U. The first byte gives item value, the second determines flags.To recap, two get item values that give easily manipulable item values are 112E and 1134. This video focuses on 1134 because I found it more convenient to work with. The item value given by 112E (located at 8077FF92 on NTSC-U) will, if you get a 'large chest' opening animation (which will happen if the game considers the associated item slot to be empty, as can happen for bottled items), change as Link opens the chest. It also does not change in a consistent way (i.e. standing in different places when you open the chest will give different results). The value given by 1134 is entirely consistent. Since it's a positive relative angle we can only get item values up to 80 with it, but that should cover all of the useful things on the item list.As for the flag (second byte in the get item table entry) that determines when something turns into a rupee, it does so based on a determination of what's occupying the 'item slot' in which the item goes. If the slot is non-empty (value other than FF), a flag which includes the 0x20 bit will cause the item to be replaced with a rupee. Empty slots will be replaced with a blue rupee if the flag includes the 0x40 bit. For the purposes of this determination, most items past the normal inventory screen (this includes songs) check the Ocarina slot (each item's associated slot table entry is displayed in the spreadsheet linked above). When the inventory has empty bottle space, bottled items are regarded as having an empty slot; when there is no space they are regarded as full. More details on these item slot calculations are available at (pastebin.com/FMdekVwT).The summarized version of the above is that for songs, the flag byte needs to not include 0x20. When aiming for a bottled item (e.g. Deku Princess), if you have full bottles the flag byte must not include 0x20, and if you have empty bottle space it must not include 0x40 instead.
Majoras Mask — Wrong Warp to Test Map SeedBorn 2019-12-04 | While this wrong warp isn't hard to perform (it only has a few frame perfect inputs which can all be buffered; I show the frames for all of these with pauses in the video), it is incredibly precise in the sense that if your position at all differs from mine by the end, you will either crash or end up somewhere else. If the steps preceding the positioning are performed incorrectly, it simply will not work, as it depends on actors being loaded into memory in a specific way.Setup for the glitch:0. Be playing on the Japanese version.1. Enter Deku Palace *either* from the swamp or from getting caught.2. Enter the room that's on the right side (relative to the Palace entrance), leave and reload it once.3. Collect the rupee shown in the video.4. Hover onto the barrier and boomerang the rupee shown into roughly the same position. The rupee's location is not precise; all that matters is that it's on the left fin's path.5. Go the the door frame as shown, target it to get a straight angle, and make sure you are firmly in the corner. For those of you with access to ram watch, Link's angle should be 0x8000 and his X and Z coordinate should be an even 334 and 1752, respectively.6. Holding target, press B to slash three times, then jumpslash.7. Turn straight left, put away sword.8. Dry roll, release target and press B to do a horizontal slash.9. Target again to straighten the camera.10. Put on Zora Mask and hold B to go info first-person mode.11. Hold straight down (in my commentary I forgot about inverted controls and said to hold up) on the control stick for one frame.12. Release fins. On the first frame that they are detached from Link's arms, take off Zora Mask and hold straight down on the control stick.13. As Link runs, look for the frame shown in the video. On that frame, pause, switch to straight up on the control stick, and buffer a target out of unpause.14. Link should stutter and then run straight into the next room. Once you've caught the fins the precise part is complete and you can wait for an opportunity to get caught by the guard on the left.If you'd like to know more about the glitch used here, its discoverer GlitchesAndStuff has an in-depth video on using it to manipulate chest contents (youtube.com/watch?v=_7E4dFD8Bmw).
Moonwarp (JP Version) SeedBorn 2019-11-30 | This uses the Stale Reference Manipulation (SRM) glitch (youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2Goj6DYOE) to edit a deku guard's instance (as is done in the English version of this trick youtube.com/watch?v=k0xJ02sbkcI), modifying where they send you after you're caught. The setup that's used on English does not work on the Japanese version because actors will occupy memory differently in the Deku Palace, so we have to use a different method. The rupees that are in the room that's on the right as you enter are conveniently placed by the loading trigger, and are also conveniently close in memory to where guards on the other side load. This video is not meant to be an RTA setup.This savestate began by getting caught by a guard. From there, the steps to set up the heap correctly are1. Enter the right side room, then leave and re-enter once.2. Collect the single rupee that I collected in the video3. Boomerang the other rupee as shown up onto the barrier (I did this so that the fins traveled farther, so that I had more time to change rooms)4. Changing the camera so that the rupee culls, move into the opposite room.The resulting entrance value after you get thrown out is based on the two least significant bytes of the last x position that the boomerang writes as it returns to you (a table of all the possibilities is here docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UabGnFx4WY8AjRrkXre_uQnv3ufSG57hJMhCih3NJQ0/edit#gid=659446526). The part of this trick that's currently not RTA-viable is catching the boomerang in a consistent position.
Quiver Dupe Tutorial SeedBorn 2019-10-06 | The quiver collection flag is located in the byte at8011B4C0 on 1.0 and8011BB70 on 1.2.Ignore what I said about the fish causing collection delay. While technically true, it doesn't matter in a 100% setting because at that point you haven't done the RBA yet so the game isn't trying to give you the quiver at that time.
Majoras Mask All Masks Speedrun in 1:55:48 SeedBorn 2019-09-07 | This run is played on Wii U, and uses a glitch to access the debug menu to fill its inventory with items/songs before collecting all of the game's masks from their original locations. This is the first time this run has been completable in under 2 hours (and the run is still very, very far from optimized).Unfortunately the audio from my capture card descyned from the video over the course of the run, so by the end there's a noticeable separation between the two.
Hookshot Jump Setup for Longshot Early SeedBorn 2019-08-21 | This setup allows the hookshot jump to dark Link's room (youtube.com/watch?v=EM6ami11Fbk) to be done in a minimum of two pauses, if you get both frames you're aiming for immediately. For those who don't know how timers interact with pausing, whenever you pause the timer will advance (even if no frames pass), which is why you can mash pause if you're early on either cue.It's also perfectly reasonable to skip using the deku stick to line up and instead get in position manually. Just make sure you know where a good place to stand is that gives you a consistent visual cue.
Majoras Mask Debug Menu Oddities SeedBorn 2019-08-14 | The initial discovery of this glitch is due to Faschz and Exodus. Here are some of their videos on the topic:Conceptual explanation for opening the debug menu with glitches youtube.com/watch?v=_bEhd55rteIDebug menu on Wii U twitch.tv/videos/422796023Documentation of the basic features of the debug menu is available at tcrf.net/Proto:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask/Debug_Version/Inventory_EditorAs I said at the start of the video, research is still quite active in making the debug menu viable for main speedrun categories, but whether or not that happens the fact that it's accessible at all without cheats means there's a bevy of new things we can finally access!
Drop Bombs Through Walls with Weirdslide SeedBorn 2019-07-13 | It's possible to pull out/shield drop bombs during an analog (weird) slide. A dropped bomb will appear where Link's hands are visually, meaning that even though Link does not actually move through walls during the slide, you can drop bombs through walls/out of bounds. This video is just a short demonstration of the concept -- I wasn't able to think of anywhere it would be particularly useful, but this will at least serve as documentation.This works in OoT as child, using the glitchy animation that happens at the end of the slide when you release the stick. Adult's animations don't quite get 'weird' enough for this. In MM, Link has similar animations to child in OoT, but due to that game's proclivity towards crashing out of weirdslides I wasn't able to get a solid example.Edit: Dropping bombs out of weirdshots is something that's known, see youtube.com/watch?v=keLCh7cWik4 and youtube.com/watch?v=fB1dwVEBTks
Ice Cavern Second Silver Rupee Movement SeedBorn 2019-05-17 | This video shows consistent movement for obtaining the second silver rupee in ice cavern after the standard glitchless jump up to it. Hold target through the jump. You can quickdraw sword when grabbing the ledge for even more speed.
Lost Woods Skulltula Duping Clip Setup SeedBorn 2019-05-09 | This is a setup for clipping out of bounds to dupe skulltulas in Lost Woods (youtube.com/watch?v=WD3i3gFTE18). Neko has a strat for doing this with Master Sword (youtube.com/watch?v=FL2Q0xDHQmg), but it doesn't work with Deku Stick. The setup in this video is for stick, and uses inverted camera to make the visual cues easier to see. This does make it slower.Procedure:-- Get isg-- Target the wall, 1 ess turn right-- Get inverted camera-- Backflip 4x into the corner (required for a consistent starting position)-- Sidehop (screen) left, instant drop a bomb-- Sidehop (screen) right, pull a bomb-- With the bomb fully above Link's head, shield drop and backflip-- Sidehop (screen) left (note: don't hold shield during this sidehop, or the way Link interacts with the bomb's collision will give you a different position)-- Backflip for a hover on big blue from the first bomb and first explosion from the second (both frame perfect)-- Place a bomb and draw stick-- On big red or any of the first three explosion frames, press stick-- On the first frame that Link is completely off screen (the second frame of damage from the bomb), equip hover boots and hold up
Lost Woods Skulltula Token Delay Setup SeedBorn 2019-05-08 | This is a setup for delaying the collection textbox from the adult Lost Woods skulltula, which allows for duping the token multiple times (youtube.com/watch?v=YZfAm...). The flag for collecting the skulltula is set when you close the text box from the token while the Skulltula actor is updating, so closing the text while the Skulltula is inactive will avoid setting this flag.Note: Additionally, if you do this without shield turning, you can preserve isg for subsequent duping.Steps:-- Get in the corner (isg is helpful)-- Face the skull, dry roll-- Turn around, 1 ess left-- Backflip, hold target-- During the backflip, equip hovers and hold right-- On the first frame that Link is standing up from the backflip, input an A press to sidehop-- On the next frame, equip Kokiri Boots and press Ocarina to delay the token-- When you land, go over to the wall and target it. This ensures a camera angle that keeps the skulltula inactive.-- Stay targeted and hold left. Once you are unfrozen and able to move, you can accept the textbox and sidehop out.
Ground Clip for Skulltula Duping SeedBorn 2019-05-01 | This is a proof of concept aimed at removing the large hover normally used to dupe skulltulas in Lost Woods (e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=53sZP75c__o). Ideally we would produce a good setup for clipping out and landing in the walkway to the Goron City loading zone, as I do here, either with a low height hover or bomb push.
GIM (Revive + Grab Vines) SeedBorn 2019-04-02 | Another method of GID/GIM. This one is quite similar to existing methods in that it grabs vines out of a swim, but uses the fairy revival camera instead of a superswim (youtube.com/watch?v=F-VWlUd1FPk) or the out of bounds camera (like any%). A similar method can be done more easily with a ladder (youtube.com/watch?v=n_0DlvzTttY), but vines require a dive cancel which is more precise.
DC Boss Door Switch with Bomb OI SeedBorn 2019-03-16 | This is an alternative to the usual Keese strat (youtube.com/watch?v=816RB17is_o) for this switch. You have one frame to input a cs item (this includes trade items, bottled items, Ocarina, magic spells) which I show both with and without a pause.Steps:-- Enter the door where shown-- Target and turn left, sidehop right-- Pull a bomb and begin to sidewalk on the same frame-- On the frame shown, input your cutscene item. Don't mash it; if you hit the item a second time after this frame before hitting the ground, it will cancel the OI.-- Once the camera starts to pan (which is shortly after the 'stop' text comes up on B) you can cancel the OI.
Deku Princess Clip (Noninitial Setup) SeedBorn 2019-03-07 | This is a setup for ground clipping into Deku Princess' cell, and does not use any initial positions. For which frames to look for when buffering the goron clip, see my setup that uses Great Fairy's Sword (youtube.com/watch?v=VcJk1oDlCKg).Steps:-- Target the wall to get its angle.-- Roll into the corner of the vines, as shown. Rolling into the corner repeatedly gives you a consistent position. I would recommend at least two rolls, as I did in the video.-- Shield turn right. I draw my sword here to save a few frames.-- Target and do a short roll (flick the control stick forward and press A).-- Shield turn left. It's important that you are targeting as you crouch for your shield turn to keep a consistent camera angle. I recommend holding target through the first short roll, then beginning to hold shield before you release target. If you don't hold target your camera will begin to pan and this will mess up your angle after the shield turn.-- Target and short roll again.-- Remaining targeted, perform two vertical slashes (just press B twice).-- Now you are in position to shield turn right, drop a bomb and turn goron for the clip.
Heart Piece Text Glitch in MM SeedBorn 2019-02-28 | This is a glitch that has been known about for a while in OoT (youtube.com/watch?v=tMeOt1X4CmI), and it turns out to be not too difficult to perform in MM. Heart pieces are stored as the first digit of a byte (0x801EF51C on JP 1.0), so one heart piece would be 0x10, two would be 0x20, etc. Upon picking up your fourth heart piece this value is set to 0x40. Then, the next time you complete a text box, that digit will be zeroed and you will receive a new heart. Normally closing the heart piece's own text box does this for you.One way to avoid closing a heart piece's text box is to change or reload areas while the collection text is up. Particularly convenient is the Blast Mask event, which does this for you. Unfortunately the bomb shop lady's text, which follows right after, will cause you to gain the heart. We can avoid that by using a stored SoDT to day reset as the event ends. This allows us to get away with having our heart piece counter set at 0x40.From here, collecting more heart pieces increments the counter. The corresponding text boxes also increment, so we get some unintended text boxes when receiving hearts. The text boxes that come up are:0x50 Receiving magic for the first time0x60 Getting deku nuts for the first time as deku0x70 Learning great spin0x80 Double defense0x90 Double magic0xA0 Filling your bottle with milk0xB0 through 0x00 BlankIf you collect heart pieces past this, the value will be back at 0x10 and function normally.This glitch does not work on the English version because of a change to the way hearts are added. If you pick up a heart piece with heart count 0x30, it is immediately zeroed out and you receive a new heart. The counter never reaches 0x40.(Note that the lowest bit of the heart piece byte is the flag for lullaby intro, so sometimes that byte will be 0x_1.)
Deku Stick Action Swap (In Depth Glitch Explanation) SeedBorn 2019-02-25 | Big thanks to Krimtonz for helping me find the table of sound commands, which was obviously quite important to this video.youtube.com/watch?v=uVT21aOA_kI -- original action swap videoyoutube.com/watch?v=Gxfxr-CcTIc -- Türkenheimer's no sound glitch videowiki.cloudmodding.com/oot/Sound_Effect_Ids -- Sound effects in OoTHere are some of the addresses I used, in case other people would like to mess with this:Deku stick timer 0x803DB280 (OoT 1.0) / 0x80400AC8 (MM JP 1.0)/ 0x804008D8 (MM Eng)Ranged weapon draw sound table 0x803AABF6 (OoT 1.0)/ 0x8077A3BA (MM JP 1.0) / 0x8077A43E (MM Eng)I should note that at (10:14) I stipulate that we need to find something of the form 2X26 with X even and greater than or equal to 4. X does not have to be even, but regardless the working command I find in the video is the first working one.Some more details that I didn't quite get to in the video:-- As far as I've experienced, trying to play sound effects that are outside the designated banks (first digit greater than 6, at least in OoT) will just crash automatically.-- Commands that would be in valid banks but don't correspond to actual sounds are generally unpredictable. The most regular case is that of the no sound glitch on English/PAL. Other than that, weird things can happen. The same command may or may not play the same sound if repeated. Sometimes commands will work fine but crash after multiple plays, sometimes they'll just crash anyways at a delay.-- I did get the no sound glitch to happen once on JP 1.0 on Bizhawk, but the game crashed shortly thereafter.-- In OoT it's fairly easy to get sounds such as the indicator for going in/out of first person or the textbox sounds to stop playing. Once I got Link to not make any vocal sounds until I reloaded the area. I haven't gotten the sound to completely cut out in OoT though.-- I mentioned that this glitch crashes on VC and GCN. More specifically, the frame that was working on N64 crashes VC and GCN. It may be that there's a different sound instruction which wouldn't crash those consoles and would cause the no sound glitch, but they're difficult to test on as is so I'm going to leave that alone for now.
Wallet Dupe with Deku Ledge Grab SeedBorn 2019-02-24 | This is a fast way to do wallet dupe (youtube.com/watch?v=waJXIX08TDQ) as Deku Link. It uses the collection delay that comes from holding target while climbing a ledge out of a sidehop or backflip.Steps: -- Target the flower bed as shown. Do not release target until you are ready to receive the wallet.-- Line up so that Link is on the right edge of the step, again as shown (the position isn't precise). --Input a sidehop and immediately hold up. If done correctly, Link will grab and climb the ledge out of his sidehop.-- Hold straight forward to walk off the flower bed onto the street, and talk to the banker.-- After depositing rupees, move into the corner and release target. The sign will prevent you from getting the banker's followup text, which in turn stops the wallet's collection flag from being set.-- Talk will be on A while you're near the banker; do not talk, or the flag will become set. If you want to use the bank you will need to reload the area.
Wallet Dupe (Faster, Easier Method) SeedBorn 2019-02-12 | This is a less restrictive and faster alternative to the current wallet dupe method (youtube.com/watch?v=DXoXtKTld7s). When you receive the wallet upgrade from the banker, the flag that marks it as collected is not set until the followup text that triggers immediately after collection. If we delay triggering this text, we can get away with never setting that flag.To do that, I collect the wallet with Return A set, so that the game treats me as being in first person mode and unable to collect items. With the wallet collection delayed, I walk over to a sign. Deactivating the collection delay, I obtain the wallet in such a way that I will be facing towards the sign afterwards. Since the ability to check the sign takes priority over the banker speaking to me, the banker's text is delayed. (At this point if I move away from the sign towards the banker, I will have Speak on A. Pressing A would then trigger the banker's text and set the collection flag.) This can be done at any sign within the banker's collection radius, though consistency of camera angles may vary. It can also be done without a sign, but I found it far easier to use one.Now the game has no record of me having collected the wallet. In depositing 200 rupees, however, I did set the temporary flag that says I got the 200 rupee reward for this cycle. Therefore I have to come back any time after a Song of Time to claim my second wallet. I do this immediately with storage in the video, but in a run one could just as well wait until a later cycle. The next time I withdraw and deposit back up to 200 rupees, I receive the Giant Wallet.Similar tricks also work in OoT to dupe a bullet bag (youtube.com/watch?v=iQfZdjp-B3E) and quiver (youtu.be/M6gtWPyLPMw). This trick can easily be done as deku in first cycle (youtube.com/watch?v=lH5vKOxxMa0).
Quiver Dupe SeedBorn 2019-02-12 | This video shows how one can collect the quiver upgrade from the Gerudo archery range twice. Conceptually, this method is similar to the bullet bag dupe (youtube.com/watch?v=iQfZdjp-B3E) in that we prevent the flag marking the quiver as collected from being set. We can't fully unload the archery Gerudo, since the loading trigger for the main part of the fortress is well out of her collection radius, but we can instead use clever camera positioning to keep her from updating the flag when we collect the quiver.In order to set this up, I've used Cojiro rba to set my quiver slot to an unintended value. As is well-known, this causes the Ass Chest glitch (youtube.com/watch?v=mjlyi-Ie3Us), which most importantly gives us a sort of collection delay (the item from the chest is irrelevant here, I just open it for fun). After repositioning myself, I rba Cojiro with a fish to give myself the normal quiver 30. This will cause the Gerudo to properly award me my upgrade. I'm now standing in a place where, depending on my camera, the Gerudo may or may not be active. I arrange it so that the collection triggers as the camera swings around in such a way that, as I collect the item, the Gerudo is off camera/inactive (I use a bomb which I drop as the camera pans to make it easier, but it's not required). As promised, this prevents the collection flag from updating. At this point, I can't allow the Gerudo back on camera, as she will immediately set the collection flag. I go down to the main fortress to properly reload the area so I can replay the game. I can then win again for my second upgrade.This method should work for anything you can collect whose flag is set upon collection (a counterexample is the bomb bag upgrade in Goron City, the flag for which is set upon closing the text box to trigger collection, rather than at the start of collection). It works, for example, on the heart piece from the roof guy in Kakariko. It does not seem to work in more confined spaces like grottos.Here's an example of it being used in MM: (youtube.com/watch?v=waJXIX08TDQ).Edit: Some neat things have come out of this. Slask thought of a way to use this glitch to do ass chest without any RBA (youtube.com/watch?v=eWkM7j4JBJc). Tob has created setups for duping the Kak roof guy HP (youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_l1UTC9dM), and I made one as well using longshot (youtube.com/watch?v=QoaKsjUoAIw).
Texture Swapping with 0th Day SeedBorn 2019-01-22 | Using 0th day's state restoring effect, we can load Link's form while he's undergoing a mask transition. There is a 3 frame window in which the game will not change Link's model but will load the new textures. On emulator (and presumably N64, although I haven't tested it) this will crash, but some combinations survive on VC. These are, as far as I know, purely graphical glitches. Anything that would load textures normally, such as a loading zone or a mask transition, makes everything normal again.(0:00) -- Human with goron's textures.(0:31) -- Human with deku's textures. Easily the wildest.(0:59) -- Human with zora's textures. There's probably a way to get a better look at this, but you can catch a few glances when I go into and out of first person.(1:36) -- Goron with zora's textures.(2:23) -- Zora with deku's textures. This one might be my favorite, because it's crazy but not *too* crazy. Note that zora's fins are unaffected, presumably since they're loaded separately from the rest.Edit: SampleName_ ran into this accidentally a few years ago youtube.com/watch?v=6MpSFWR4_b8
Deku Princess Ground Clip Setup (GFS) SeedBorn 2019-01-02 | This trick initially resisted finding a good setup, until Imbued ran a script that was able to test a large number of positions to find which places are more likely to work (youtube.com/watch?v=iZmfAlYi_m4). The setup in this video is intended for 100%, where you already have Great Fairy's Sword. I show what fast RTA execution might look like, one-pausing the critical inputs.Explanation/notes:-- Get in the corner and target the wall as shown. Make sure to retarget once in the corner for a consistent camera angle.-- Untargeted slash, crouch stab twice, hold straight left and crouch stab, untargeted slash. Make sure you don't rush these inputs (in particular the untargeted slashes) or you may mess up your position. The speed at which I do these slashes in the video is a rough upper limit.-- C-up a good angle. The range for this is rather large; you can see the full range here (imgur.com/a/cwf3tVt), where I've indicated in red some brick lines that run along the wall. You can see that the range of working angles extends well to either side of those lines, so if you aim to center on those you should have no issue. Another option is 5 ess turns right.-- Place a bomb and immediately turn goron.-- Target immediately.-- On the first bright red frame of the third flash, curl. I pause on this frame for clarity.-- On the first frame that Link's hat is no longer visible, pound. I pause on this frame as well.-- Release the curl on the frame shown (the first frame where you see multiple images of Link) or the frame after.
Bullet Bag Dupe SeedBorn 2018-11-11 | This is a method for obtaining multiple bullet bags from the Lost Woods, bypassing the need for the town shooting gallery as child. This trick relies on the fact that, for some items, the flag that marks them as collected is not set until you close the text box after receiving the item (side note: this is why some items can be obtained multiple times from area duping e.g. the business scrub Deku Stick upgrade, and why others e.g. Goron City bomb bag upgrade cannot). There are a number of ways this behavior is potentially exploitable, including leaving/reloading the area with the text box up or having another text box override it.The method I use takes advantage of the fact that, if the deku scrub who gives us the upgrade is not loaded when we accept the text box, the corresponding flag won't be set. We can easily enough unload the room by moving into another one, but if we simply delayed collection and changed rooms the collection trigger would also unload. My solution to this is to stand just in front of the unload trigger holding a bomb (which naturally delays collection), and have the exploding bomb scoot you across the trigger just as collection begins. This means that the scrub is unloaded by the time we close the text box, so the flag for having collected the upgrade is never set, allowing us to grab a second at will.The way I achieve all of this in the video is as follows:- After the third shot I get on the ladder as the cutscene starts. Being on the ladder prevents item collection.- Just before the cutscene ends, I climb up off the ladder, giving me Down A (this is 2 frames).- Since, without a dim B button, Down A prevents me from using items, I quickly get on and off the ladder to cancel it.- I have 1 frame after climbing off the ladder to pull a bomb, further preventing collection.- I walk to the nearby loading plane. The bomb boosts me just across the unload trigger for the scrub's room as it explodes.The version I've shown here isn't the most RTA-friendly; I wanted to show off the fastest version I could think of. It wouldn't be tough to create a setup for doing this RTA -- you just need a reliable method for the collection delay and some position cue for where to stand when the bomb hits you. Another option that I didn't show here is to catch something in a bottle immediately as you shoot the 3rd seed, which gives you control during the first part of the scrub's cs. One could then set up collection delay from there.
GCN OoT Reset Comparison SeedBorn 2018-08-16 | On a GameCube system, Colletor's Edition resets roughly 4s faster than the Master Quest edition. Note that for some reason the MQ version has slightly sped up loads on Wii (here's a comparison for that case youtube.com/watch?v=4v-GVlhIGVc), so while CE is still faster on a Wii it's by a smaller margin.
Goron Pound Clip to Deku Princess SeedBorn 2018-08-15 | Clip method by Blini (youtube.com/watch?v=51PRfl-3Azg), idea for using it here by Imbued and Gigopler. This is a proof of concept, not a setup -- I don't know how to do this consistently. For me it took a lot of trial and error.
[OoT] Grotto Alt Exit (Commentated) SeedBorn 2018-08-06 | The addresses for stored grotto information are (1.0/1.2):X Coordinate 8011B954/8011C004Y Coordinate 8011B958/8011C008Z Coordinate 8011B95C/8011C00CStored Scene 8011B964/8011C014In OoT3D: youtube.com/watch?v=bwYgef1pBnI
Farores Wind Wrong Warp/CS Skip Frames SeedBorn 2018-08-01 | Meant to help people learn these tricks for runs. As you can see the windows are fairly large, but it really helps to know what you're aiming for.Another cue for the child warps that works great is Link beginning to leave the ground.
Goron Collection Delay SeedBorn 2018-07-16 | Targeting while curled and in the air as goron can cause collection delay. This is usually most convenient to do out of a pound, but works with anything that gets our airborne (including bonking). Specifically, landing while curled and targeted causes the state flag for being off the ground not to become unset. (For a pound, you can target before pounding as long as you remain curled as you hit the ground. For the other methods you need to actually be in the air when you target.)For those who are interested there are actually two such flags, 0x04 and 0x08 at 80400A0D on JP1.0 (these are in the same byte as first person mode/Return A). This is the same collection delay that targeting while climbing a ledge causes.The first clip shows an application of the pound method. We can do the business scrub cs skip that was previously done by turning human and using a bomb for Return A entirely as goron. In the second clip I show that the delay works just by targeting after rolling off a ledge. In the third clip I show that it works out of a bonk, and that one can delay collection of the powder keg, spend all their rupees elsewhere, and still collect the keg, saving 50 rupees.
Real Bottle Dupe with Equip Dupe SeedBorn 2018-07-02 | This is the latest in a long series of ways to use Takkuri to dupe a real bottle, but it's the first to involve almost no setup/sidetracking. By equipping the fish in my first bottle twice and dropping one of them, I set it up so that the bottle is empty and can be stolen, but I still have a full bottle on my C buttons which doesn't get removed. Using the bottle puts it back in the inventory, and you can get your stolen bottle back either through SoT or purchasing it from the curiosity shop. If you're taking the latter route, you can use this classic GnS strat (youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2mc0glq9Y) to dupe a second bottle while you're at it.
Equip Dupe (Commentated) SeedBorn 2018-06-30 | N3rdsWithGame's video: youtube.com/watch?v=87UU4swAP2cHere's dannyb doing the first duplication of an equip: youtube.com/watch?v=73IJwOiJlqUI tried to cover the basics of setting up this trick and explaining why it works, but this video is far from exhaustive. The only application I've really presented is the one that seems most relevant to runs at the moment, but as I briefly mention there are others. For instance, you can equip up to 3 items over the same slot if it's a slot you can equip swap over. In OoT this means being able to equip swap multiple child items as adult or vice versa. You could also equip a bottled item to dupe over your Bow, even when equip swap would normally not allow this.Here's a step by step on how to dupe bottle contents without overwriting any items:-- Equip the bottled item you want onto C-Left (This is important, it needs to be this button)-- Equip an elemental arrow and an item that's in a slot you can use for equip swap onto your other two buttons-- Equip swap bow over the bottled item-- Use one of the bottles-- Equip the item that's on the equip swappable spot such that the remaining bottled item goes back over C-Left-- Equip another elemental arrow and repeat
Dodongrotto From Chest SeedBorn 2018-06-15 | This is 5 chu setup to alt exit to Deku Palace from the dodongo grotto. As shown, the steps are:-- Lining up with the chest, bomb hover backwards off of it-- Backflip on the 2nd blue frame of the 3rd fast flash (this is the frame before a setup from the entrance hovers)-- Do 5 first frame chu hovers (thanks Fig), untargeting on the last one-- Turn straight right, megaflip-- Hold right briefly as you land (this is required for all megaflip frames to prevent popping out of the wall), you may need to hold slightly longer than with a setup from the entrance-- A long jump in the same direction as your megaflip will put you into the grotto-- Four sidehops to your right and a roll forward should put you into the loadzone
