I feel like someone could do their thesis on Mario 64
I watched the entire thing and I have absolutely no idea what to do with this information, but it's cool that somebody figured this out, I guess?
This is the point where Mario fans have gone too far.
Although not as cool sounding as parallel universes and building speed for twelve hours, its still very informative.
-oh alright dammit, if that's what you want-
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[QUOTE=BLOB Fish Dude;50332142]I feel like someone could do their thesis on Mario 64[/QUOTE]
Dr. Mario
[QUOTE=Makzu;50332241]Although not as cool sounding as parallel universes and building speed for twelve hours, its still very informative.[/QUOTE]
It's extremely informative, but not that surprising.
The Parallel Universe angle and building speed so Mario could approach the speed of light and break dimensional boundaries was just this long video of stacking "what even in the fuck"s
I don't really get the title of this. This is just a video on how the RNG works, using the term "solved" feels really sensationalist.
[QUOTE=SashaWolf;50332348]I don't really get the title of this. This is just a video on how the RNG works, using the term "solved" feels really sensationalist.[/QUOTE]
If it wasn't known before then that's what solved means.
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[QUOTE=SashaWolf;50332348]I don't really get the title of this. This is just a video on how the RNG works, using the term "solved" feels really sensationalist.[/QUOTE]
Right, but it's rather interesting. It's pretty much impossible to do "true random" with a computer so it's cool to see how some people fake it.
[QUOTE=SashaWolf;50332348]I don't really get the title of this. This is just a video on how the RNG works, using the term "solved" feels really sensationalist.[/QUOTE]
It's "solved" in the sense that not only is the the working principle explained, but the entire set of definition values actually used in practice in this particular game's RNG is mapped up as well as how it related to the other game functions that make use of it.
[QUOTE=pentium;50332244]There is no line when you have autism.[/QUOTE]
Don't even start Pentium
[QUOTE=pentium;50332244]There is no line when you have autism.[/QUOTE]
Because only autistic people could investigate something they enjoy to heavy depths right?
Wrong.
it's a pretty good lesson on rng in general
[QUOTE=pentium;50332244]There is no line when you have autism.[/QUOTE]
'Having a hobby makes you autistic HEHEEHEHEHEEHEH'
[QUOTE=kill3r;50333533]'Having a hobby makes you autistic HEHEEHEHEHEEHEH'[/QUOTE]
I'd call this more of an obsession than a hobby.
[QUOTE=pentium;50332244]There is no line when you have autism.
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i found interesting that a guy that only plays with old computers freaks out at the first sight of real computer science.
on topic: loved the video, interesting to see a complex function based on randomic values that is not a metaheuristic
[QUOTE=oskramorir;50333577]i found interesting that a guy that only plays with old computers freaks out at the first sight of real computer science.[/QUOTE]
Assuming he meant it as an insult, which may not even have been the case.
This guy does some wild shit in M64
[video=youtube;vaJOVyfPaBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaJOVyfPaBE[/video]
I like to think if magic was real, it'd be just like this. Just a matter of glitching the fuck out of hidden properties so we can walk through walls.
[QUOTE=Pythagoras64;50334329]I like to think if magic was real, it'd be just like this. Just a matter of glitching the fuck out of hidden properties so we can walk through walls.[/QUOTE]
Monks who become truly enlightened just figure out RNG patterns and glitches.
[QUOTE=Pythagoras64;50334329]I like to think if magic was real, it'd be just like this. Just a matter of glitching the fuck out of hidden properties so we can walk through walls.[/QUOTE]
In a sense, isn't that kind of what applied science is? I mean you systematically learn about the properties of the universe are, then abuse the fuck out of them in a way that can be appear super counter-intuitive and maybe impossible to people who don't understand the properties.
[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;50334436]In a sense, isn't that kind of what applied science is? I mean you systematically learn about the properties of the universe are, then abuse the fuck out of them in a way that can be appear super counter-intuitive and maybe impossible to people who don't understand the properties.[/QUOTE]
I guess the takeaway from this is that science is basically sorcery, and it's only a matter of time till we figure out how to jam ourselves into a corner and build up enough speed to reach other solar systems.
[QUOTE=J!NX;50333940]This guy does some wild shit in M64
[video=youtube;vaJOVyfPaBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaJOVyfPaBE[/video][/QUOTE]
Holy shit, this guy's videos are amazing.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A[/media]
[QUOTE=BLOB Fish Dude;50332142]I feel like someone could do their thesis on Mario 64[/QUOTE]
i'd be surprised if someone hasn't unofficially already
Honestly this kind of stuff isnt even super over the top, its pretty much reverse engineering how a computer system works.
I hate to use the word hacker because most people misunderstand the term all the time, but this kind of stuff is something hackers do.
For example he reverse-engineered the RNG system for mario, and a while ago a group of software and hardware engineers got their hands on a few common slot machines and reverse engineered their RNG systems. As a result they were able to predict the RNG using certain conditions like the current hand shown and the time, and then they were able to predict exactly when to roll to win.
I was hoping he was going to pull some zany trick to control the RNG and thereby mind control the goombas or something crazy like that. This was still nice but I'm itching for another crazy video like the half A press.
Wonder what the game would look like if the function always returned 1 or something.
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