STGT2k7- Week#3 Darius Gaiden
Shocky - Oldschoolers - 4,308,940 - ABDHLQV (ALL) - (PS2 Taito Legends 2)
I kidnapped only 2 captains and wasted all my bombs on Risk Storage so the end game bonus was pathetic. I don't think I'll have time to improve, there's a big movie festival starting tomorrow :/
You know what really sucks? (During an excellent run) To forget the auto-fire on after stage H boss and then end up in M instead of L. Say hello to my little friend, Titanic Lance X_x
I kidnapped only 2 captains and wasted all my bombs on Risk Storage so the end game bonus was pathetic. I don't think I'll have time to improve, there's a big movie festival starting tomorrow :/
You know what really sucks? (During an excellent run) To forget the auto-fire on after stage H boss and then end up in M instead of L. Say hello to my little friend, Titanic Lance X_x
Before Pope John Paul died he decreed that Aliens were also GOD's creatures and we should treat them with respect.
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Luis Redsun
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Redsun - Pelé Shooting Team - 7.396.360 - ABEINSY - ALL - MAME
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Scoring 1000 goals was training to shoot 1000 aliens
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Really? That would explain a lot. I thought there was some system to get them at 50,000 or some shit. Oh well, I just learned Risk Storage's tail is worth a shit load of points. So I am going to try and take care of that first. That and try to save my bombs. Damn Neon Light Illusion always takes at least one from me.sikraiken wrote:Good luck with that, they seem random as far as I could tell. : )Ayanami wrote:collecting the silver medals at the proper time
nZero - Drink and Fly - 7,072,340 - ABDHLQV (All) - MAME
Picked up one extend, but lost a life at Risk Storage
I did take that bastard's tail from him, though
Usually I manage to capture at least 3 guys, dunno what happened this time
Picked up one extend, but lost a life at Risk Storage
I did take that bastard's tail from him, though
Usually I manage to capture at least 3 guys, dunno what happened this time
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Zebra Airforce
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It always changes. Not really sure based on what (yet).Zebra Airforce wrote:Collecting them during a certain part of the spin is what does it. It's somewhere around the top right. I have a timing for the first one in the game, but after that I don't really care.Ayanami wrote:Really? That would explain a lot. I thought there was some system to get them at 50,000 or some shit. Oh well, I just learned Risk Storage's tail is worth a shit load of points. So I am going to try and take care of that first. That and try to save my bombs. Damn Neon Light Illusion always takes at least one from me.sikraiken wrote: Good luck with that, they seem random as far as I could tell. : )
Davey - Great Lakes Avengers - 4,959,850 - ABDHLQV ALL - MAME
Missed the 1up in Q and generally did poorly in Q and V. Playing this game more after having cleared it sounds awfully boring, but that's a pretty crappy score for an ALL.
Missed the 1up in Q and generally did poorly in Q and V. Playing this game more after having cleared it sounds awfully boring, but that's a pretty crappy score for an ALL.
I tried messing with the video settings but it always ran slow and looked fuzzy (command line WolfMAME is easier - I just pass the "-nofilter" argument to remove the blur, although it runs smooth either way). Regardless, my issue is that "Draw Every Frame" is a dumb default, yet it seems to be the default for the various MAME GUIs. If your computer runs the game at, say, 90%, the game might be fast enough that you wouldn't know it's slow (assuming you've never played it before), yet slow enough to give you a minor edge. I'm not losing any sleep over it or anything, but it is something to think about.ED-057 wrote:Press F8 during the game to cycle through frameskip settings. Under mame32/plus one might also try setting 320x240, no hardware stretch, and triple buffering to get better speed.Davey wrote:For example, the i686 command line MAME can run this game at 170-180% on my computer, whereas it runs at only 70-75% with MAME32Plus (and the fact that it defaults to "Draw Every Frame" instead of autoskipping bothers me, especially in a tournament setting, since it actually slows down the game instead of making it choppy).
Any i686 (or P4) optimized build should work well. I don't think any compiler optimizations will exploit multiple cores, though; the MAME code itself would have to be written with that in mind (e.g., multithreading). I could be wrong, though. And if it runs smooth and you already have autofire, just stick with what you have.joystickchris wrote:Which one would be optimized for a core 2 duo? I'm rollin on mame32 0.114u1 and it seems smooth to me. No autofire, but I have my hrap for that..
I really do just love fighting big fish.
I really do.
I like Darius.
*Note to make this post have purpose* I think the gray bonus icons arnt random, its just that if you collect them when its just rotated past the 3o'clock point (which lasts such a short time I doubt its possibly to get it consistently) then it ends up giving you like 100 points.
I could be wrong, but I'd like to think I'm not.
I really do.
I like Darius.
*Note to make this post have purpose* I think the gray bonus icons arnt random, its just that if you collect them when its just rotated past the 3o'clock point (which lasts such a short time I doubt its possibly to get it consistently) then it ends up giving you like 100 points.
I could be wrong, but I'd like to think I'm not.
mad thanks to Herr, Coop, Raiken, and Icarus for the help getting autofire on a mac. If anyone else wants the elusive version of Unofficial Mame+ (seemingly shutdown by MameDev? maybe someone who speaks japanese can look into it) just let me know and I'll hook it up (thanks to Herr for the copy!)
Anywayyyy
my first run with autofire!!
ayuh - Team Lurker - 2,100,580 - ABDHL - MAME
Anywayyyy
my first run with autofire!!
ayuh - Team Lurker - 2,100,580 - ABDHL - MAME
I've gotten 52k picking it up at a lot of different times. That goes for all Darius games.Macaw wrote:*Note to make this post have purpose* I think the gray bonus icons arnt random, its just that if you collect them when its just rotated past the 3o'clock point (which lasts such a short time I doubt its possibly to get it consistently) then it ends up giving you like 100 points.
I could be wrong, but I'd like to think I'm not.
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Maybe each individual bonus item has its own state of when it gives you 52k.zinger wrote:I've gotten 52k picking it up at a lot of different times. That goes for all Darius games.Macaw wrote:*Note to make this post have purpose* I think the gray bonus icons arnt random, its just that if you collect them when its just rotated past the 3o'clock point (which lasts such a short time I doubt its possibly to get it consistently) then it ends up giving you like 100 points.
I could be wrong, but I'd like to think I'm not.
If so.....pure insanity.
Memorizing timing (when to reveal + amount of time to wait before grabbing) for each one is the only possible way to successfully pull it off. The positioning isn't a factor, but can be used as a timing guide.Macaw wrote:Maybe each individual bonus item has its own state of when it gives you 52k.
If so.....pure insanity.
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