Red Ball 4 Tool-Assisted Speedrun WR Explained - Part 1

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This video explains the magic behind the tool-assisted speedrun world record for Red Ball 4 Vol.1.
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0:00 - Introduction
2:19 - Background
4:55 - Level 1 (Part 1)
7:07 - Double Jump Explanation
9:39 - Level 1 (Part 2)
12:58 - Level 2
14:22 - Level 3
16:04 - Level 4
16:56 - Level 5
17:46 - Level 6
18:55 - Level 7
20:03 - Level 8
20:32 - Level 9
21:35 - Level 10
22:30 - Level 11
23:22 - Level 12
25:49 - Level 13
26:36 - Level 14
27:28 - Level 15
32:00 - Conclusion
33:51 - Full TAS
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#maximum #speedrun #tas

[@Maximum]

Part 2 is now finished; go give it a watch! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmKagJKXgLCpgpo

[@TopRob1]

Already did

[@Anarchodemsyak]

I'm back here before watching part 2 because in the three month wait I've forgotten everything from this video lol.

[@b1uup]

Okay 👍

[@jordantfryman6184]

4:23 Heck the NES was the same way with its Y coordinates & velocities

[@user-ql2pz6wl3z]

​@@jordantfryman6184in the language I learned to code with positive y was down

[@attackehh]

All for a game about a red ball.

[@Vib3YT.]

True😂

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

yup

[@bobthedeadguy7400]

Tbh BALLS ARE COOL

[@wify0241]

OH MY GOD AND ITS CALLED RED BALL, DO YOU THINK THEY KNEW THEY WERE DOING THAT?!?!?! ARE THEY EVEN ALLOWED TO THATS CRAZY

[@purp.squared]

@@bobthedeadguy7400🤨📸

[@seanrrr]

I love this stuff. Anyone outside looking in would say "Why are a bunch of adults spending hundreds of hours in a kids flash game?" While the actual game is silly, the pursuit of the fastest speedrun/TAS is all about problem solving, optimization, and dedication. So fun.

[@weryut154]

agreed

[@spimbles]

not many people are ignorant about games these days lol

[@dmclsl03]

​@@spimblesyou'd be surprised

[@wafity]

​@@kurocon6235thanks, now I can't un-see soccer man😢😂😅

[@orang9134]

@@kurocon6235 Thats sad if thats what you think football is, and plus, you actually get exercize from sports instead of sitting in front of a screen for hours

[@notverygood6817]

as one of the few people with a good bit of rb4 tas experience I cannot overstate how good both this run and subsequent explanation is! to put something this technical into such a concise video takes some real talent, big props to starline and max for their hard work on this! stay tuned for more :)

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Red Ball 4 Tool-Assisted Speedrun WR Explained

[@logestt]

hi

[@Rubienlily]

hello person with the word "good" in the name

[@poopsmithjones1]

@@LavaCreeperPeople is that not what this video is about? I'm confused

[@Oscwal]

@@poopsmithjones1I honestly have no idea what some people on the internet are saying

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

33:00 I like how the splits are named based on what the speedrunner thinks while going through them.

[@RichConnerGMN]

why are you swi

[@BirboBirby]

why are you swi

[@sonetagu1337]

why are you swi

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

why am I swi

[@Oscwal]

why is this swi

[@Corrupted]

7th grade math test: "This red ball wants to go to this location, what is the fastest route?" The quiet kid:

[@Some1BetterThanYou]

Real

[@ShadowBulb]

As a robot myself I can confirm this is how we do this. (Using my robot skills I have seen this video in the past so I already know what happens.)

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

lol

[@ShadowBulb]

Im glad I at least made someone laugh with this, that wasnt myself

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

O' robot in the comments what is your wisdom?

[@Pal_EX]

Peak robo-comedy

[@calebverdu3091]

This is truly one of the robot comments of all time

[@facemcdude4161]

I am honered to have been a part of this community. You guys really got me through the height of quarantine. I learned so much from you guys, especially sage. Love yall

[@Maximum]

Thank you so much for everything that you have given to the community!

[@stormy_does_stuff]

​​@@Maximumone question though What about red ball 4 volume 4 (in the intro)

[@DavidMuri-lm5vy]

​@@Maximum Can you make TAS Red Ball speed run explained part 3?

[@alexmills3167]

17:47 bready steady go

[@hypnivaria]

I'm so happy to hear the Corporate Clash soundtrack getting recognition, thank you so much for using it!

[@Maximum]

its holding up my channel right now fr (18/28 of the songs used in this video were from corporate clash lol)

[@FRD-vr1hw]

Also I just have to say, I really appreciate the accurate closed captions on this video!

[@grimAuxillatrix]

0:00 BONUS ROUND Jumpscare, the Clash music earned my sub

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

3:18 spaceuk reference

[@Maximum]

congrats, you were the first to catch it!

[@BeastnodeG]

Toontown Corporate Clash Music List (its kinda hard to hear some of the tracks but i did my best) 0:00 - High Roller - Bonus Round(Phase 3 Battle Theme) 2:25 - Cashbot Courtyard Theme 4:55 - Pacesetter - Lobby Theme 6:02 - Sellbot VP - Battle 1 Theme 9:40 - Chinsaw Consultant - Lobby Theme 11:20 - Travis's Troubles 15:23 - Lawbot CLO Battle 1 Theme 16:03 - High Roller - The Price is Fight 17:46 - High Roller - Ffiscofect(Phase 1 Battle Theme) 18:55 - Lawbot Lawfice B221 Virtual Skelecog Battle Theme 20:05 - (Old)Bossbot Front Three Battle Theme 21:36 - Cashbot CFO Battle 1 Theme 22:30 - Plutocrat Battle Theme (personal favorite) 23:30 - Lawbot Overclocked CLO Litigation Team (Litigator/Case Manager?) 25:04 - Lawbot Overclocked CLO Litigation Team (Litigator/Scapegoat) 27:29 - Bossbot CEO Feeding Round Theme 29:40 - Bossbot CEO Seltzer Round Theme 32:00 - Main Theme (April Toons 2023) 33:49 - Pacesetter Phase 2 Battle Theme

[@Maximum]

there is a music list in the description :^)

[@BeastnodeG]

@@Maximum this was a challenge

[@Pal_EX]

Red Ball 4 is my favourite game with red balls in it, so it's amazing to see it being beaten so fast!

[@randomisfoda]

i love balls, thats why it was my favorite game back then

[@Nore2554]

​@@randomisfoda Sus

[@SPAMTON249]

​​@@Nore2554Why does it translate to their

[@murderwill320]

@@SPAMTON249YT must think it's Spanish

[@0python]

Already know this is going to be sick! Great job Maximum!

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

fr

[@detroityeet7048]

The TAS for the first level being generated by a brute force script is absolutely bananas. It makes sense that it would work but man

[@satibel]

Brute force isn't that intensive on this game specifically, as you can ignore most of the inputs most of the time (you can't jump in the air), and you can save a list of the best times/speeds and stop early any tas that is slower by more than the amount of time it takes to lose that speed (which would cull most of the ones that don't hold right or hold left too much), so the amount of variations of the level is manageable. Note that I haven't seen the brute force tool, but those are "easy" checks to make/things that are intrinsic to the game (e.g. having only 3 buttons) that make brute force manageable.

[@warpspeedscp]

​​@@satibelthats very likely how it was done. Invalid state exclusion is such an important step .

[@bennyball8023]

If this game wasn’t your childhood, we cant be friends.

[@Leozao_21]

Then we can be friends :D

[@anonopossum]

love the use of the clash music as always

[@anonopossum]

always make me wanna go play the game even more than i already do, Pace Place sweep

[@abraxas2658]

This is incredibly well explained! Adding the jump sounds during the explainers really helped with understanding what you're saying without us having to focus on the keys pressed

[@richarddooley3655]

Red ball looks so happy juggling the boss! It is hilarious.

[@Vertic03]

"This game was my childhood" mfs when you jump over literally every puzzle:

[@NickAndriadze]

I adore Red Ball 4 so this is a very welcome video for you. Your videos about the *original* Red Ball were very interesting and all, but I simply haven't had any experience with that game nor its sequels and spinoffs, except for Red Ball 4, which I hold very dearly in my heart as one of the most frequently played Flashgames by me.

[@NorXor]

if you uploaded the entire red ball 4 tas to tiktok it’d probably get as many views as those videos where people roll glass bottles down staircases until they break

[@Maximum]

don't give me ideas

[@kviys]

@@Maximum do it...

[@ripfrickingben]

​@@Maximum do it...

[@BrandonCourtney-oh3tu]

​@@Maximumdo it...

[@clicktuck]

​@@Maximumdo it...

[@Aladite]

I saw the old tas recently and I can say i am freaking floored on the improvements,,, I never thought this game could be as broken as the previous ones!!

[@ezmna57]

wow. I've been in the tassing community for a while, and i have never seen a tas so intricately and perfectly explained before. Amazing work!

[@goodbye.3547]

I see you have a ton of corporate clash music in your list, do you play it yourself? Im personally maxed. I was so surprised to hear high roller theme at the beginning haha.

[@Maximum]

Yeah I’m 148 Laff 😎

[@goodbye.3547]

@@Maximum Awesome, what's your toon if I may ask?

[@MChatlakk]

The year is 2012 red ball's creater evgeniy fedoseev made a game as quality as possible but evgeniy himself dont think in this series have a forbidden fruit in the games Box2d engine and the dedicated man Max and TAS crew... thats why I love speedrunning so much keeping coming up Max

[@Michael_00006]

Honestly that poor boss getting violated made my day. Great video as always Max!

[@Incredi2k]

Amazing stuff as always, looking forward to part 2!

[@Rubienlily]

hello mysterious man

[@BrilliantBouncingBall]

the strategies here were incredible. the information was shown in a clear way which made this a good watch.

[@a-zadri]

Damn, the editing in this is top notch, and the tas is wild. All these minute velocity tricks and calculations...

[@socksygen]

Love TAS explanations, amazing vid as always!

[@SurmenianSoldier]

i'm actually shitting myself i clicked on the video then got jumpscared by toontown corporate clash music

[@SurmenianSoldier]

seems like someone has been playing ttcc, most of the music in the song list is from it

[@Maximum]

yeah I’m 148 Laff 😎

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@@Maximum holy shit what are the 2 remaining laff boosts?

[@Maximum]

@@SurmenianSoldierCEO. I don’t really care about maxing atm.

[@alexterra2626]

I guess Red Ball wanted to save the world so much, he went to travelling faster than light to do it

[@moneyman4555]

Been waiting for this. Thank you!

[@legoonyx27]

bro imagine being the boss and setting all of those puzzles up for red ball to simply bypass all of them and his minions while traveling at mach 8. then getting absolutely bamboozled and destroyed because he CARRIES YOU, TWICE, across the ENTIRE ARENA.

[@rogoni9894]

This game's TAS looks like the TAS in Celeste Farewell's level on the fast few screens, keeping the speed throughout scren transitions and zooming all the way to the end

[@JoeM-]

editing is insane in this vid amazing talent man

[@CYXNIGHT]

Karl Jobst, Summoning Salt, and now Maximum all in a day?! Is it my birthday?

[@Raidn__]

This video feels like I’m at a professors physics class lmfao

[@larsthememelord3383]

okay it caught me off guard that as soon as the video started toontown corporate clash music played

[@romaromasalad112]

Perfect, I love your speedrun explanations

[@konstick66-pepeland60]

Another impressive TAS, and another perfect explanation by Maximum. What can be better?

[@Nicentoastytoast]

New maximum AND summoning salt? Great holiday.

[@natebot08]

Summoning salt video then a msushi video then it’s maximum video. Speed running heaven for me today

[@StrikerALX8]

MY BOY IS BACK WITH A BANGER VIDEO!!!

[@VinnyHaw]

First summoning salt and now you. This week has been great for speed running videos

[@jaxvr]

Amazing video man. I'd love to see TAS explanations of Vol. 2 & 3

[@Vertic03]

Can you make a video explaining the red ball 4 lore

[@Maximum]

I already did that, it’s called “Red Ball Iceberg Explained” 🔴

[@macmadness5932]

okay, i know the gameplay is insane, but can we talk about the song selection for the video? dude straight up dove into my younger self’s brain and pulled out every banger he could find. especially at level 5- who even remembers mario sports mix???

[@thromyr]

I appreciate you using the terms velocity and momentum correctly. A rare sight these days

[@J_-_]

max the goat, thanks for another banger

[@jeagle9493]

I'm sure this has to be super flattering to the developers. That any community would put this much time and effort into clearing a game they developed. Though I guess that's not always true. Since the communities are often completely abusing exploits. Some developers, I'm sure, can only see their game not being played at all as intended.

[@Maximum]

It is! The developer has seen most of the TASses and he loves them!

[@YellowSkarmory]

great work again, max!

[@ChrisBrett2]

I did this once without a TAS, forgot to record though.

[@SanMaster17]

What a channel. Love it all

[@BeingSarcastic69420]

You know it's gonna be a good day when maximum uploads a new video on youtube

[@steezereds]

the clash music is making me so happy, i need people to use it more

[@sorayaya3080]

God I love how in-depth these videos are My small brain loves hearing about the logic behind the physics engine for those glitches to happen

[@teoguy5739]

Wow this video is good! This video and all your other videos are kind of getting me into speedrunning flash games. Also, can you make a video about BFDIA 5B speedrunning?

[@atlasflatt5638]

I love these types of videos so much

[@wesbartl]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

[@Waspeil]

Despite the long waits these videos are almost always amazing and well edited.

[@CaTastrophy427]

half an hour of explanation for a 1.5 minute speedrun. Perfection.

[@jakey0996]

Lets go new maximum video dropped

[@ptyw.]

3:18 LOL I GOT THAT GD REFRENCE THATS SO GOOD

[@NoahTheGuyy]

Yes its so fast thanks for explaining another excellent video! Keep it up!

[@Infiland]

Good content as always!

[@janniksam1504]

Great explanation!

[@dsc5957]

Great video, many numbers 😵‍💫

[@cadaeib65]

I was in lack of red ball content, thank you

[@nomstermonster6548]

Imagine being the boss and seeing a pepperoni looking thing superman your way, hit you, then carry you across the place and hit you again

[@Gekoloudios]

you are approaching bismuth levels of explanation dude

[@lilboy216]

this game changed a lot when i first saw the first TAS for red ball 1

[@buba8094]

Great Work!

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

TAS are always fun to watch

[@Geitungur]

It's a good day when Msushi and maximum upload

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Back when I was messing with Unity, I solved the problem of permitting double jumps as exploited by this TAS by disabling the ability to jump immediately after jumping, and then re-enabling it when the character is no longer airborne. To do this I implemented a mostly rectangular foot hitbox (the character was for all intents and purposes a circle) that was less wide than the character's circumference, which would be the main indicator of the character's state of motion. Since I never got very far, I'm sure there would be circumstances where the character would exit airborne state without actually ceasing to be airborne, like making contact with a wall in a certain way or something. It seems that Red Ball, instead of tying being able to jump to the grounded state, tied not being able to jump to the airborne state.

[@taiyo-alt1360]

I love how this guy made an entire channel showcasing exactly how he dunked on the competition

[@Timetravelingpancake-uj7rw]

imagine being a strong and powerful enemy that takes many hits and then quite literally getting dribbled by a small red ball

[@itzopt]

Love your content bro

[@aceae4210]

5:31 that ratio converted to 1:x exactly is equal to 1:1.985028125 which is ~99.25% of the full 1:2 ratio

[@DarkXypher]

YES NEW MAXIMUM VIDEO

[@dishbug]

ooo new video! i always love watching these while i draw lol

[@taqwiplays302]

We have fitMC for minecraft 2t2b server lore, we have Max for RedBall Lore, I love it here

[@danmanproking2179]

3:18 That number reminds me of a certain hacker…

[@user-dz9ew8pf9m]

Who

[@danmanproking2179]

@@user-dz9ew8pf9m SpaceUK, hacked a ton of very difficult levels in Geometry Dash and stayed popular and kept the communities trust until people found that at the end of a level, a bot (tas) watermark was found that made the ‘level complete screen’ 940 pixels instead of ~1020. This made many people mad, and now 940 is the Geometry Dash funny number.

[@CasuallyShadow]

Always a channel I immediately click on the videos on, no matter whether I've played the game or not

[@legoonyx27]

one of my childhood favorite games. still love it, especially pushing it to its limit :)

[@Baddie_Blue]

I just looked and thought I hadn’t watched this one yet but then realized it was posted 12 minutes ago

[@ARockRaider]

at 29:17, "this is a boss fight! but not for me!" ~red ball

[@0m7_]

I wonder how fast this would be starless

[@Maximum]

The current Low% TAS is 1 minute 47.6 seconds. It was also authored by starline.

[@HuslWusl]

34:16 and now, for a brief moment, he has become a sun God!

[@pakhos]

The legend is back

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

You inspired me to play all of the Red Ball games

[@RetroGamingMusic]

IM SO EXCITED FOR (PART 2)

[@SyntheticCinnamon]

time to rewatch because i don't remember any of the tricks going on in part 2

[@dilean6mk2]

what progam do yuo use for editing? also good video! glad you're back!

[@Maximum]

I use Vegas Pro 20. I don't recommend it because of the instability, but I've learned to live with it.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

been watching for a while

[@user-hi3im1et5w]

what a coincidence I saw this right after finishing all 80 achievements. anyway awesome video man