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Hello.
I've been wondering about how the Any% glitchless run by Laplacier (26:37) was timed.
Background: in the game's community we start the timer on the pipe selection screen when pressing down or start to choose a pipe. Timing ends exactly on the third hit on Wario's third phase. Using that timing, Laplacier's run has a length of 26:38.2 - as can be found on the game's official leaderboards. However, there is the official SDA timing rule as can be found in the SDA FAQ:
In this game's context I interpret it as following: between the pipe selection and the first step in the intro level there's a gap of 179 frames (~2.987 seconds) during which there is the animation of Mario sliding down the pipe, a fade to the overworld map, the level entering animation and a another fade to the actual intro level. You visibly gain control of Mario 179 frames after selecting a pipe. That is where I assume SDA timing would start(?) Or would the timing even start as early as you can move ON the pipe selection screen? The latter would be unreasonable because it would favor pipe A and everybody knows that pipe C is the best. Joke aside, it would complicate things (reset -> start -> clear pipe -> reset -> start -> enter pipe) in a very unreasonable way since the game is rather reset-heavy.
Let's move on to the end part: after the community timing ends on the third hit on Wario 3 there's a period of 470 frames (~7.841 seconds) during which you can still control Mario. You finally lose control of Mario once Wario's sprite stops flashing and starts crying. That is where I would assume the SDA timing should end(?)
Conveniently, the difference between official and SDA timing should be a constant 291 frames or ~4.854 seconds (official leaderboards time + 4.854 seconds = SDA time).
However, if you've been following along you'll have noticed that this doesn't seem to work out for the time of the submitted run (official leaderboards time: 26:38.2; SDA time: 26:37 -- where are the milliseconds, anyway?)
Why am I asking all this? I have the current world record and want some clarity about the timing before I consider submitting a run to SDA. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting something.
I hope someone can clear things up for me.
Thanks in advance!
I've been wondering about how the Any% glitchless run by Laplacier (26:37) was timed.
Background: in the game's community we start the timer on the pipe selection screen when pressing down or start to choose a pipe. Timing ends exactly on the third hit on Wario's third phase. Using that timing, Laplacier's run has a length of 26:38.2 - as can be found on the game's official leaderboards. However, there is the official SDA timing rule as can be found in the SDA FAQ:
Quote:
When the player first gains control of the game's character, timing begins. At the end when control is lost, even if that's long after the final battle, the timing stops.
In this game's context I interpret it as following: between the pipe selection and the first step in the intro level there's a gap of 179 frames (~2.987 seconds) during which there is the animation of Mario sliding down the pipe, a fade to the overworld map, the level entering animation and a another fade to the actual intro level. You visibly gain control of Mario 179 frames after selecting a pipe. That is where I assume SDA timing would start(?) Or would the timing even start as early as you can move ON the pipe selection screen? The latter would be unreasonable because it would favor pipe A and everybody knows that pipe C is the best. Joke aside, it would complicate things (reset -> start -> clear pipe -> reset -> start -> enter pipe) in a very unreasonable way since the game is rather reset-heavy.
Let's move on to the end part: after the community timing ends on the third hit on Wario 3 there's a period of 470 frames (~7.841 seconds) during which you can still control Mario. You finally lose control of Mario once Wario's sprite stops flashing and starts crying. That is where I would assume the SDA timing should end(?)
Conveniently, the difference between official and SDA timing should be a constant 291 frames or ~4.854 seconds (official leaderboards time + 4.854 seconds = SDA time).
However, if you've been following along you'll have noticed that this doesn't seem to work out for the time of the submitted run (official leaderboards time: 26:38.2; SDA time: 26:37 -- where are the milliseconds, anyway?)
Why am I asking all this? I have the current world record and want some clarity about the timing before I consider submitting a run to SDA. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting something.
I hope someone can clear things up for me.
Thanks in advance!
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