Mii Maker Dolphin Download Step 1

The emulator will start recording inputs while you play, even while using frame advance and save states WARNING (Dolphin specific) Do not hit Start Recording while already having started the game.

For this tutorial we will be makeing a TAS of Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube.

I will be using Dolphin, version 4.0.2 on Windows.

Mii Maker Dolphin Download Step 1

Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 1: Set Up Dolphin Download the appropriate version of Dolphin for your system ( I am using v4.0.2 for Windows x64) View this FAQ page on how to set up Dolphin on your machine if you dont have it already.

Notes Do not worry too much about performance settings unless you care about replaying a TAS movie in real-time a lot.

We will be dumping frames to a file in order to view our movie in real-time, so playback speed isnt terribly important.

If we make high quality frame dumps they will run slower regardless.

Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 2: Running the Game and Making Inputs Once Dolphin is installed on your machine you should try to familiarize yourself with whatever game you will be TASing as much as possible so that you are comfortable running it in an emulator.

In this section we will also look at your first TAS tool, the TAS Input Tool.

RUN THE GAME Double click the game icon or click the Run button in the top menu to run your selected game.

Once the game loads up you will want to open the Emulation menu USE THE TAS INPUT TOOL Open up the Emulation dropdown menu in the top menu bar and check TAS Input Tool This tool even has TAS in the name so you know it will be useful.

This tool allows you to enter precise inputs to the game that is near impossible at a human level.

You can click and drag the different analog sticks and lock them to certain positions as well as check certain buttons to be pressed and released.

Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 3: Save States and Frame Advance SAVE STATES Save states are a useful feature to have the emulator remember where you are in a TAS.

If you make an input you want to redo, you can go back to a save state and redo the input.

Dolphin tells you the hotkeys for save states under the Emulation tab.

Save a State The emulator will remember the exact moment you save a state and will go back to this exact moment in the game when you load that state.

Load a State The emulator will go back to a previously saved state.

Play around with save states until you are comfortable using them.

FRAME ADVANCE Frame advance is another useful feature for when you want to make inputs in a game frame by frame.

Once you press it the first time while running a game it will pause the game at that frame, every consecutive press will advance the game 1 frame at a time.

To resume the game at normal playing speed just hit the Play button under the emulation tab.

RECORDING INPUTS In order to record inputs, go to Emulation Start Recording.