[TAS] Secrets in the Shallows & Sky 0xA -

Compared to my previous TAS ( • [TAS] Secrets in the S... ), I save +3 seconds by going with the no-swimming route and cutting both heave-ho cycles (through deliberate heave-ho manipulation), and swapping the 4th and 5th secrets (thanks Iwer Sonsch for the suggestion). Thus the no-swimming route is faster than swimming. Except I haven't tried swimming with extra speed by sliding from the curvy slope, so IDK whether that will end up being faster.
.m64+.st: drive.google.com/file/d/1y0N2...

[@fifdspence]

That ending from the slide kick to the star grab is a thing of beauty! Nice work with the heave ho too while on the plank; I never would have realized it if you hadn't explained it on discord.

[@jongyon7192p]

this video is UWAAAH!!
UWAA-UWAAAH UWAAAH!!
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UWAAAH!!! \*star grab*

[@lemon9bug]

Mario makes that "WAAAOOOW" sound 10 times in the entire run!

[@ThatCowGuy]

amazing work :D

[@lemon9bug]

Thanks!

[@TylerKehne]

Amazing work! That bonk on the long fall was really neat. Does it seem like WDW100 will be too slow after all?

[@lemon9bug]

Thanks!
Right now, WDW100 still beats TTM100. TTM100 has time saves such as dive grinding up the steep slope instead of framewalking, but I think WDW100 has more potential for time save, thought it's unclear how much due to heave-ho cycles.

[@RSw_Why]

How do you manipulate the direction Chuckya will throw you? Is it it's facing angle or smth?

[@lemon9bug]

Chuckya uses RNG to determine when to throw you; he can spend from 12 to 41 frames turning, and once this timer ends, he throws you. So I just bruteforced an starting RNG seed that would get the throw I needed (only one of the possible angles worked), which I could do since nothing else depends on RNG until that point (without that, I would have spent ~10 frames or so manipulating RNG with dust to get that throw).
For the second Chuckya throw, he doesn't actually throw me, I use the mechanic to escape Chuckya's grasp so he drops me where I want, for that I only need him to turn for enough frames so he doesn't throw Mario early and cut me short, so I didn't need a very specific RNG for that.

[@jongyon7192p]

@@lemon9bug i guess even the 1st throw could be escaped if u lured chuckya to plank?

[@lemon9bug]

@@jongyon7192p I tried that too, but it took very long for chuckya to finish his animation, turn around, and move towards the plank

[@RSw_Why]

@@lemon9bug Wow youtube is cringe and didn't give me a notification :/ Never thought that chuckya would be RNG

[@rubaousa]

In english

[@goldenwarrior1186]

Why don’t you use the lowest heave ho to get up onto the second level instead of running to the warp and dropping there? Is it slower or impossible?

[@lemon9bug]

Well, the first problem is that the heave-ho cycles don't work out: you can see in the video that when I get the 3rd secret the heave-ho is coming to a stop. But even then there's the issue that when he throws you onto the second level, the other heave-ho starts chasing you, but he can't actually heave you while you are in the knockback-get-up animation, so he will just push you around until the animation is finished and then instantly heave you, and by that point you'll be too far from the ledge (of the 3rd level) to get thrown up there. So you would have to be thrown by the 1st one with a bad angle to not enter the 2nd one's radius, which I think would be slower even if the cycles worked out. But they don't, so it's way slower.

[@goldenwarrior1186]

@@lemon9bug Oh that makes sense

[@Kaztalek]

haha YUH

[@lemon9bug]

Hey kaztalek, big fan 😃

[@Kaztalek]

@@lemon9bug oh, nice lol. i love the vids on your channel. keep it up

[@jongyon7192p]

mario: UUWAAAH! UUWAAAH!

[@lemon9bug]

@@Kaztalek Thank you very much😄! And good luck with this year's Feb 21st LOTAD, I'm sure it will be great!