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Covert_MadnessCovert_Madness
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It has come to my attention that there is a significant discrepancy in some emulators (at least one emulator). The discrepancy is a timing difference that gives a significant time advantage. I noticed it on a run that was recently submitted and so looked into it a little deeper. This difference is measurable on the screen below the castle screen. In each run every runner moves non-stop, right to left, without any delays or variation. This means that I could use this to time the screen and work out how many frames to get from one end to the other. Most emulators + Original Versions take 79 or 80 frames (@30fps) to get across the screen. What does this mean: A 35 second run (20th) would become a 31.89 second run (=1st). Upon inspection I have noticed this has affected at least 1 leaderboard time. I will not provide any details of which run(s) at this time as I do not want it to influence anyone's opinion. To be clear, I do not believe anything intentional has occurred. This seems to be a previously unknown error in emulation. I ask this community to please weigh in on this topic. Please provide feedback on each of these items: 1) For timing to be fair, any run that is using the wrong emulation should be removed. Please agree/disagree with this. Hopefully a large number of people provide feedback to this. I would prefer to make any changes with group-consent. (If no feedback is forthcoming, I will talk to PresJPolk and decide upon the best course of action.) Thanks. |
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Covert_MadnessCovert_Madness
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TLDR: Some emulators time too quickly. Please respond to these questions: 1) For timing to be fair, any run that is using the wrong emulation should be removed. Please agree/disagree with this. |
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1) I concur with removing runs that have an emulation advantage. My $0.02 |
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1) I do think any runs with the emulation advantage should be removed |
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I agree 100%. Full disclosure: I always use original hardware. Apples to apples, I would say. |
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Covert_MadnessCovert_Madness
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I will wait until next Monday for any more replies before pushing forward with any the next step. My current plan will be a top-10 check and removal of runs with non-accurate emulation. More feedback before then is very welcome. |
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Rom in resources should be categorized for me |
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