[TAS] Dismantling the Devout

[@Saxophonin]

Can’t wait for the full run. Would love to see you showing us the process of making them more.

[@non-pe8xn]

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[@rotem6033]

One singular ground touch Sick

[@nothankyou6840]

I'm so excited for the run, I'm impressed by how far you are into it already 😁

[@VyhrYglik]

The full run is gonna be amazing!!!! Cant wait

[@j.k.-p3168]

Ok we've made it this far. Surely the run will be done soon.

[@jarlyk]

Probably within the next month, yeah.

[@lokiTAShk]

Amazing job :) Rip Isma's bubbles

[@melonpop_5303]

VAPORIZED

[@NekoEchoflower]

0:35 Feel kinda stupid for asking, but what are those green particles around the knight when they enter the dream? Kinda looks like the effect you get after collecting Isma's tear

[@jarlyk]

Those are, in fact, the Ismas particles. We picked up Ismas with an early control, which causes those particles to stick around until the S+Q we do at Herrah. We carried them here all the way from the Ismas pickup.

[@NekoEchoflower]

@@jarlyk Ooh dang, the abilities of TAS amazes me once again Thank you for answering! Looking forward to the full run ^^

[@TimsGamesDoneHard]

This is awesome, can't wait for the full run! Will you have a way to measure the total time you spend on the ground? I'd be interested to know how many frames end up being spent on the ground over the course of the whole run

[@jarlyk]

Yeah, I have a real-time log of grounded time over the course of the run, which I plan to convert into a nice display for the video. Still need to write the software for that part of it, but the logging is all working.

[@TimsGamesDoneHard]

@@jarlyk excellent! I'm hyped :)

[@EvilCherry3]

Wow that was beautiful I insist that there should be a floor timer even in this short videos, and if possible a timer that starts from 0:000 at the beginning of each short video (but that could be annoying to implement). Also you should add approx 3seconds of nothing at the end of each video, either a black screen of a self-promotion screen, so that we have time to click pause before it jumps to a random other yt video.

[@EvilCherry3]

these*

[@jarlyk]

Actually, yeah, an end screen is a good idea. I've noticed those in other videos before, but hadn't ever thought about why they exist.

[@erenspace9628]

@@jarlyk an end screen would be awesome, I’d be down to help u put one together if u ever want

[@TheVoid287]

Cool

[@TheVoid287]

And First

[@jhearom]

So I feel like I remember being able to start focusing the dreamer while visually in the air - did you look at that, and do you have any idea if that gives the grounded flag or causes any weird state? Doesn't necessarily save a ton of grounded time even if it works but just thought about it and wondered.

[@kingmaple9252]

Would getting dream wielder help with dreamnailing dreamers? Or does it take too long getting the essence to be viable? Just asking since the time you spent on the ground just getting ready to dreamnail Herrah took some time

[@jarlyk]

The problem with dream wielder is that you need to dreamnail things to get the essence, plus you need to talk to the Seer, so it ends up taking way more grounded time than it would save. We do save a bit of time on the dreamnail animation by doing a reverse dreamnail drop, but sadly there's no way to get an early control here (we looked into trying to lure a spider, but didn't really work out.)

[@adamgriptape2083]

When's the full run gonna be out?

[@jarlyk]

Probably in about a month, if everything goes well.

[@andrewlees3946]

What're those green particles around the knight?

[@thepro4805]

I think you get these by exiting while aquiring isma's tear

[@Sans_2.1]

Why this guy has respawn? I thought he should disappear after Herras death.

[@jarlyk]

On patch 1221, the Devout respawns. This is why runs on this patch usually go around the right side to exit, but that involves a drop floor, which would require an extra frame of grounded time.

[@Strike2-9245]

@@jarlyk does sitting on a bench count as grounded time in your run?

[@jarlyk]

Sitting on a bench is...complicated. We use an internal flag in the game for checking grounded status and not all benches are at the same height. Benches that are very close to the ground will be grounded the entire time, including sitting, waking and standing. Some benches are high enough up that it's possible to sit on them without being grounded, but it requires a special frame perfect trick of turning around while landing/sitting while falling from a full height jump to avoid getting the grounded flag. Of these, only some of them are high enough that loading into the game doesn't set you as grounded. Only a handful of benches fulfill all these criteria, which thankfully includes Dirtmouth bench, but also Oro bench and Waterways tilty bench. This is why the only benches we use in the entire run are Dirtmouth and Oro.

[@Sardine_Slayer]

Low% tas plz