sdwoodchuck:
registered on 2004-07-15 06:20:46 pm.
Location: Kahului, HI
Okay, I've recently switched to ZSNES for my Super Metroid emulating needs, and I've been working with the recording feature, but having some problems with it. The way it seems to work (to me) is that it records the precise timing that the commands are fed to the game, and then when played, reissues those commands to the emulator in the timed sequence, so that it essentially recreates the player's movements from scratch.
My problem is, the things I record seem to eventually fall out of synch with the game on replays. This does not happen consistantly in the same spots of the game.
For example: A recent 100% run that I recorded. It was nothing terribly special, but once I finished it, I sent it to a friend who isn't really well-exposed to Super Metroid speed-running, and while watching the replay, it fell out of synch right after acquiring the Ice Beam (he says that once I got it, and opened the menu to turn it off, it turned off the Spazer, and then Samus proceded to twitch around in the ice beam room like she was having an epileptic seizure, indicating that the commands were being fed off time from the game).
So I watched through the same run to see if it unsynched in the same place, and on my viewing, it desynched during the Kraid fight.
I'm hoping someone else has encountered similar problems and can give me a heads up on what might be wrong, and ways to fix it. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
My problem is, the things I record seem to eventually fall out of synch with the game on replays. This does not happen consistantly in the same spots of the game.
For example: A recent 100% run that I recorded. It was nothing terribly special, but once I finished it, I sent it to a friend who isn't really well-exposed to Super Metroid speed-running, and while watching the replay, it fell out of synch right after acquiring the Ice Beam (he says that once I got it, and opened the menu to turn it off, it turned off the Spazer, and then Samus proceded to twitch around in the ice beam room like she was having an epileptic seizure, indicating that the commands were being fed off time from the game).
So I watched through the same run to see if it unsynched in the same place, and on my viewing, it desynched during the Kraid fight.
I'm hoping someone else has encountered similar problems and can give me a heads up on what might be wrong, and ways to fix it. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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