#documentation text dump Early Mar - Late Mar

March 7, 2016
Isotarge - 03/07/2016
I made some progress with our understanding of ultralag today.
DK64 has a massive linked list which spans most of the N64 memory, I like to call it the "backbone".
Ordinarily the backbone contains around 1,000-2,000 objects of varying sizes.
During ultralag however it contains over 20,000 objects mostly of size 0x20, 0x10 and 0.
I had a look at the size 0x20 objects and they seemed like another linked list of sorts, eventually leading to an 0x20 sized object pointed to by the boulder object directly.
The pointer is located at boulder + 0x13C. This is the same pointer that locks the kongs controls during enemy knockback, during cutscenes and when entering a tag barrel.
When the player enters the chunk that the boulder was originally stored in, the game frees the memory used by all of these objects, bringing the backbone back down to ~1500 objects.
Interestingly if I freeze boulder + 0x13C to 0x00000000 I can enter the chunk that the boulder was stored in without the objects being freed, thus keeping ultralag effects.
March 8, 2016
Znernicus - 03/08/2016
pretty interesting research there 😛
Isotarge - 03/08/2016
So we're not duping the boulder as such, but we definitely are duping something
Adam Whitmore - 03/08/2016
you can skip the giant kosha cutscene by interrupting another cutscene by hitting lankys switch to the beetle race, after you do that the giant kosha cutscene doesn't come back
March 10, 2016
markusman64ds 🐵 - 03/10/2016
The speed you're moving at while hitting z on a bblast pad affects dk's spinning speed while he shoots up
So if you're walking slowly he spins super slow and if you're running he spins faster
http://youtu.be/4EHAWjkKpp4
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such grace


March 11, 2016
Kiwikiller67 - 03/11/2016
http://www.twitch.tv/kiwikiller67/v/53665212
https://www.twitch.tv/kiwikiller67/v/53652909
Weird things that happened with armydillo 1 + 2
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XavierR221 - 03/11/2016
omg this is gold
Adam Whitmore - 03/11/2016
was it isg thats causing it
March 12, 2016
Connor75 - 03/12/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlPuedshcoM&feature=youtu.be
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Lanky forgot how to climb slopes


Bismuth - 03/12/2016
that's pretty old, I forget exactly how to trigger it but yeah
I have a video of it somewhere
Adam Whitmore - 03/12/2016
i think you hold z when your on the slope and then press b(edited)
Connor75 - 03/12/2016
If you make a dumb and blow up the first keg with Chunky in fungi, you don't need to walk all the way back over for it. Place the other two on the conveyor belt, leave the room and go back in, and you can reuse the 2 kegs in there.
GloriousLiar - 03/12/2016
So would it be faster to reuse them instead of carry the first one over
Connor75 - 03/12/2016
No, its 2 seconds slower
March 15, 2016
theballaam96 - 03/15/2016
K rools active toe (the one you're meant to hit) can turn white (and eventually blue) if you warp in (with Gameshark assistance) with either DK, Diddy or Chunky and use your weapon instead of Oranges. If you use only Ammo with Chunky, you cannot defeat the 4th toe (It eventually doesn't realise you're hitting it, even when you are)

In addition, if you directly warp to a Phase, you will be presented with the start of the phase where you cannot move freely, although K Rool is standing still, and you cannot make any advancement. The only way to exit is to damage kill yourself from hitting the stationary K Rool. From this, if you then warp to a K Rool Phase, you can then play the K Rool phase as that Kong (Aside from Chunky Phase where you are given Chunky no matter what, and Lanky Phase were you are presented with the weird aforementioned start no matter what)
Oh, and K Rool literally has no head during Lanky Phase

March 22, 2016
Connor75 - 03/22/2016
https://www.twitch.tv/connor75/v/55868393
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Adam Whitmore - 03/22/2016
im gonna go try that out
Adam Whitmore - 03/22/2016
ok that clip in that video doesn't make any sense to me
Connor75 - 03/22/2016
it doesnt to me either
XavierR221 - 03/22/2016
that highlight lmao
March 23, 2016
Adam Whitmore - 03/23/2016
you can fall in between the night sign at the big mushroom to go to the battle crown, but its not useful
March 24, 2016
Connor75 - 03/24/2016
It would be useful if you could get back up
Connor75 - 03/24/2016
In Snide's Beaver Bother, I had 3 remaining, got 2 in at once and won.
markusman64ds 🐵 - 03/24/2016
Maybe the score gets messed up when you get multiple at once?
theballaam96 - 03/24/2016
But then again, it still did the double beaver glitch when you chucked in only one
TITO - 03/24/2016
where can I find in depth TBS information, it just sounds interesting to learn?
GloriousLiar - 03/24/2016
I think TJ has a document
Also exchord has a lot of videos
TITO - 03/24/2016
cool thanks
March 25, 2016
Tiffanyjane - 03/25/2016
if you just want TBS look for Exchord's videos
I only have a doc about Telegrabs
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
i found the better way to do kiwiclip, do an aerial attack backwards at the torch at the left side(edited)
YES
Connor75 - 03/25/2016
Should we call it AdamClip now?
markusman64ds 🐵 - 03/25/2016
Kiwadam clip?
theballaam96 - 03/25/2016
I prefer the name KiwiClip because it's the name it's always been really
markusman64ds 🐵 - 03/25/2016
Jungle Escape?
EmoArbiter - 03/25/2016
how consistent is it?
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
I'm having like the same rate of success
it's still quite angle specific and height specific
TITO - 03/25/2016
since I am new but want to learn....what is kiwi clip?
markusman64ds 🐵 - 03/25/2016
you know the kiwi right?
TITO - 03/25/2016
not off the top of my head
theballaam96 - 03/25/2016
Clip of the clip https://www.twitch.tv/kiwikiller67/v/42026524?t=15m21s
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Kiwi is a runner (See above)
TITO - 03/25/2016
okay, thank you
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
oh you can do it on the right side
and you can do it with diddy
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
alright I need to look into japes 1 route then
right side is for diddy or does diddy work on both?
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
i done it on the left side
so diddy does work on both
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
I cant seem to get it with diddy
give me a minute to play around
that's a lot more precise with diddy
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
yea
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
it wouldnt be faster to do with diddy anyways unfortunately for vc
mountain gb is 62 seconds and the fastest replacement we have is 68
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
and you can clip out by going forwards somehow
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
with which kong?(edited)
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
diddy
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
also for documentation purposes, 1 kick towards the torch from the t&s portal puts you in a really good spot for doing it with dk
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
i guess dks aerial attack is way more broken than diddys
Kiwikiller67 - 03/25/2016
got it once on the left side with tiny but I cant get it again
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
oh you can do the same thing at the fairy room at the right side when you go to that room normally
Adam Whitmore - 03/25/2016
am i kiwi?
hipstur - 03/25/2016
@Kiwikiller67 are you @Adam Whitmore ?
DigitalVortex - 03/25/2016
no. Kiwi is Kiwi. I've met kiwi IRL #Keepo
VortexBot - 03/25/2016
http://emote.3v.fi/2.0/1902.png

DigitalVortex - 03/25/2016
maybe it was all a ploy