This game is ridiculously fun. I need to get a (working) stick so I can practice this game the real arcade way and prepare for tournaments. That one in May is looking tempting. Keep playing this game! It’s so so good.
EDIT: Is there a way to get practice mode in this game in Mame through cheats? I have Mame OS X if that helps at all. Thanks in advance. =]
Not a ‘real’ practice mode, but an approximation with infinite health and time, etc. I don’t use Mame OS X (I use sdlmame on Mac OS X, MAME OS X always seemed to have poor performance / is not kept up to date) but here’s what you do on sdlmame, and can probably adapt it:
First grab some cheat files - this can be done more precisely, but it’s just as well for you to go here: Pugsy’s Cheats and download the whole mess o’ cheats. Unzip that file (BUT NOT THE ZIP INSIDE IT) from that page, and put it in the appropriate spot for your version of mame (the instructions claim it should be in your user dir/Library/Application Support/Mame OS X dir). NOTE: for Mame OS X you may need to get an old style cheat.dat file (at the bottom of that cheat webpage) - I’m not sure.
Then you have to turn on cheats in your version of mame (probably in the settings or the .ini file, I dunno where Mame OS X does it - I think preferences->general->enable cheat). Inside the game, the tab menu where you set up controls, etc,should probably should show a ‘cheats’ entry - it does on )
Thanks so much! Mame OS X has been annoying me lately, so I’m just going to go ahead and try and install sdlmame. (Pretty complicated so far, but not too bad) You’ve definitely helped out, I should be able to figure everything out now.
edit: scratch that, sdlmame is the most complicated shit ever. i’ll just stick with the like 5 games i can get on mame os x. jeeeesus what a waste of time
Haha, Griffard, It’s not that bad. I’ll help you out sometime if you want. You just need to have the SDL libraries (used by many pieces of cross-platform software, indie games, etc) installed first, and it doesn’t normally have a front end. Anyways, if you ever want to try just let me know.
NEVERMIND
Here’s how to do it in Mame OS X griffard (it’s stupid) –
Go to the site like I said, download the cheat.zip file (the xml ‘current’ one), then put it in that ~/Library/Application support/etc directory…
**the key is to name the file cheat.dat.zip (WUT)
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See also here for more details: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameosx/forums/forum/608890/topic/3528981
Then if you have cheats on, etc, there should be a ‘cheat’ entry added to the config menu that appears when you hit tab in-game.
thanks man, i’ll do that tonight and i’m sure that will be the ticket. I appreciate all your help =]
I downloaded all the stuff I think I need for sdl last night, but at 4 am I wasn’t clever enough to piece it together.
Heya Folks, Merry Christmas!
Oouchi, the master Jedah player, was kind enough to drop this link off in the Vampire Savior Room on GGPO.
This is some of the footage taken from this year’s DCC 5 on 5 tournament the night before the actual Combination cup. If you want to see high-level japanese play, look no further. I can help with the translations of some of the names if someone wants them.
For those who have the PS2 Darkstalkers Collection, I recently attempted to translate what seems to be the most thorough documentation of the Secret Option dipswitches as seen at Shu’s Darkstalkers Frame Data site. The description refers to the effect when the switch is on (star is filled). They’re numbered by row, then column. Keep in mind that my Japanese isn’t perfect and that I don’t have full understanding of some of the effects, so they might not be 100% accurate; they should be in the right ballpark, though. I’ll continue to update this post as I come across more information and clarifications.
VAMPIRE
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[]1-1: Demitri’s Bat Spin can’t be continued by repeatedly inputting the command.
[]1-2: Aulbath’s crouching hard punch is an overhead.
[]1-3: Startup of Morrigan’s Darkness Illusion is unblockable at point blank range.
[]1-4: Unknown.
[]1-5: Whiffing a Mega Spike causes Victor to become unable to perform specials. (? Haven’t verified this yet.)
[]1-6: Glitch which causes P1 Demitri to remain invisible if he is grabbed during Bat Spin startup by P2 Demitri’s Midnight Pleasure.
[]1-7: Phobos is hittable during his mid-air chopped in half animation (such as caused by Bishmon’s Oni Kubi Hineri).
[]1-8: Anakaris’s jumping light punch glitch: When it hits at a certain range/angle, the opponent behaves oddly (as if they had blocked), and the hit is counted as comboed into whatever attack hits next.
[]1-9: Anakaris Pharaoh Magic glitches: If a successful Pharaoh Magic is interrupted, then the hits that were made up until the interruption will count as being comboed into whatever hits next. Also, if he is interrupted while the opponent is frozen by the ice hit, they will remain frozen until he hits them with something.
[]1-10: If an opponent in a hittable midair knockdown state is hit just as they reach the ground, they’ll transition into a ground hitstun state (similar to SF3 Gill).
[]1-11: Arcade version credit roll.
[]1-12: If Phobos is hit during crouching hitstun, he’ll transition to standing hitstun (same as SF2 Honda and Blanka).
[]1-13: Unknown.
[]1-14: Chain combos become Hunter style (punch-to-kick is possible, and input is more lenient).
[]1-15: Whiffed moves can be canceled.
[]1-16: Player 1 has an advantage on air throws.
[]2-1: Input recognition becomes more lenient (similar to later games in the series).
[]2-2: Auto-guard is selectable.
[]2-3: Chain combos can be performed in midair.
[]2-4: Unknown.
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Phenomena that cannot be changed via options (the same no matter whether all stars are on or off).
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[]Ability to change the hitstun length of a jumping light attack by pressing a medium or hard button the instant that it hits.
[]Demitri, Aulbath and Zabel are able to crossup cornered Victor, Sasquatch and Phobos.
[]Jumping attacks with long active periods (jumping light punches and such) are capable of being blocked in midair then hitting again if the opponent lands while the attack is still active.
[]Once Gallon, Zabel, Morrigan or Aulbath block an attack in midair, they are unable to midair block any subsequent attacks that aren’t part of the same blockstring.
[]If Morrigan is hit during one of her crouching attacks, she goes into standing hitstun.
[]Aulbath can cancel an attack into backdash, then cancel the startup of that backdash into a forward dash.
[]Phobos’s Might Launcher can be unblockable. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]If Phobos is hit during his crouching turn around animation, he goes into standing hitstun.
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VAMPIRE HUNTER
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[]1-1: Arcade version credit roll.
[]1-2: Phobos glitches: 1. If you hit a midair opponent with Confusioner just before losing by time out, the opponent will do their winpose in midair. This works even if you trade an attack with the opponent. 2. If you hit a Conusioner-affected opponent with ES Genocide Vulcan, the whole attack will hit even if the Confusioner effect runs out mid-attack. 3. Similar to the last point, ES Circuit Scrapper can’t be escaped partway through by having Confusioner effect run out.
[]1-3: Gallon’s ES Wild Circular uses up all his remaining gauge stocks.
[]1-4: Felicia’s ES Hell Cat uses up all her remaining gauge stocks.
[]1-5: Bishamon’s ES Kirisute Gomen uses up none of his gauge stocks.
[]1-6: Aulbath’s ES Crystal Lancer uses up all of his remaining gauge stocks.
[]1-7: Aulbath’s ES Sky Neptune uses up all of his remaining gauge stocks.
[]1-8: Pyron’s ES Planet Burning uses up all of his remaining gauge stocks.
[]1-9: Aulbath can perform a pursuit attack while the opponent is getting hit by Sea Rage.
[]1-10: Lei-Lei can dash and perform attacks during spinning fall state (as caused by Aulbath’s Aqua Spread, Phobos’s Circuit Scrapper, and Lei-Lei’s Houtengeki).
[]1-11: Phobo’s jumping medium punch causes knockdown.
[]1-12: Phobos is hittable during his mid-air chopped in half animation (such as caused by Bishmon’s Oni Kubi Hineri).
[]1-13: Lei-Lei can warp by inputting left->right in 2 frames.
[]1-14: Unknown.
[]1-15: If Victor is thrown during Great Gerdeheim’s startup, its effect will persist until the end of the round.
[]1-16: Zabel is hittable during burned animation caused by a multi-hit burn attack if it hits him while he’s in midair.
[]2-1: Felicia is hittable during burned animation caused by a multi-hit burn attack.
[]2-2 Bishamon can perform Tsuji Hayate and Kaeshi Ha even if Hane Ha is blocked.
[]2-3: Unknown.
[]2-4: Felcia’s Please Help Me Glitch: If Felicia is hit before Lucy makes contact with the opponent, then attempts Please Help Me again, the first Lucy will regain the ability to hit the opponent, and if she does the number of hits will increase and the dust clouds won’t disappear.
[]2-5: Gallon has invincibility during the recovery of his far-range standing medium punch.
[]2-6: Anakaris Pharaoh Magic glitches: If a successful Pharaoh Magic is interrupted, then the hits that were made up until the interruption will count as being comboed into whatever hits next. Also, if he is interrupted while the opponent is frozen by the ice hit, they will remain frozen until he hits them with something.
[]2-7: Canceling into Sasquatch’s Big Eisbahn from his standing medium punch causes the ice to appear instantly.
[]2-8: Unknown.
[]2-9: Glitch that causes ES projectiles to temporarily freeze in place. (This is apparently done by having an ES Projectile come into contact with the opponent at the exact instant it should be canceled out by another ES projectile that is pushing against it. The projectile will freeze in place, unable to hit, for a short time then automatically start to move again while regaining its ability to hit.)
[]2-10: Glitch which causes P1 Demitri to remain invisible if he is grabbed during Bat Spin startup by P2 Demitri’s Midnight Pleasure.
[]2-11: The very end of Donovan’s Change Immortal automatically causes the opponent to midair block.
[]2-12: Unknown.
[]2-13: Glitches with Donovan’s dash moves: When he has the sword, during a dash his standing punches behave as if he didn’t have the sword when performed at close range. When he doesn’t have the sword, during a dash his standing punches behave as if he did have the sword if performed at long range. His light kick is also uncancelable during a dash.
[]2-14: Sasquatch’s ES Big Snow can only be performed with LP + MP.
[]2-15: Zabel’s ES Death Hurricane can only be performed with LK + MK or KKK.
[]2-16: Unknown.
[]3-1: If Anakaris tries to use ES Kotodama Kaeshi (Spit) after swallowing Lei-Lei’s Ankihou, it will come out as a regular light Ankihou but still use up a gauge stock. (If this star is turned off, he can’t perform ES Kotodama Kaeshi (Spit) at all after swallowing Lei-Lei’s Ankihou.)
[]3-2: Unknown.
[]3-3: Player 1 has an advantage on air throws.
[]3-4: Dash input becomes more lenient.
[]3-5: Specials/EXs can be cancelled into from chain combos.
[]3-6: Auto-guard becomes Savior-style (No limit on number of times, No auto-chaining, chip damage is received on auto-guard).
[]3-7: Chain combos can be performed in midair.
[]3-8: Chain combos can be performed during air dashes.
[]3-9: Anakaris’s Hitsuji no Mai only comes out on button press or release (can’t be performed by holding buttons down).
[]3-10: Once he has charged back, as long as he holds a forward direction (down-forward and up-forward count) Bishamon can perform ES Iai Giri (similar to SSF2T Honda and Chun-Li).
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Phenomena that cannot be changed via options (the same no matter whether all stars are on or off).
[LIST]
[]Ability to change the hitstun length of a jumping light attack by pressing a medium or hard button the instant that it hits.
[]Auto-guard allows an opponent under the effect of Phobo’s Confusioner to block.
[]Lei-Lei’s Henkyouki can;t be crouch blocked by some characters.
[]Lei-Lei’s ES Ankihou can be performed with a punch and kick button of different strengths.
[]Lei-Lei continues to flash red while performing an attack from a canceled ES Senpuubu, and if that attack defeats the opponent it is counted as an ES KO.
[]From opposite corners of the screen, Pyron is unable to standing block Lei-Lei’s medium Ankihou.
[]If Morrigan is hit during one of her crouching attacks, she goes into standing hitstun.
[]Felicia is able to hit with light kick etc. an opponent that has been hit with Please Help Me before they are knocked down.
[]Aulbath can cancel an attack into backdash, then cancel the startup of that backdash into a forward dash.
[]Aulbath’s Sonic Wave and Poison Breath can hit an opponent under the effect of Water Jail (in the 1995/03/02 arcade veriosn, they can’t).
[]If Sasquatch performs ES Big Towers while a Big Snow projectile is on the screen, the icicles will only come out forward.
[]The startup of Phobos’s Genocide Vulcan can’t be standing blocked by some characters.
[]Phobos’s Might Launcher can be unblockable. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]Glitch that causes Phobos to freeze in his ES pursuit attack pose. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]Phobos’s pursuit attack can hit a knocked down opponent the instant they first touch the ground, preventing them from bouncing.
[]If Phobos is interrupted during a multi-hit attack that causes frozen in ice state, the frozen opponent remains hittable in midair.
[*]If Phobos is hit during his crouching turn around animation, he goes into standing hitstun.
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VAMPIRE SAVIOR
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[]1-1: Some ES Guard Cancels are unblockable during startup. (Lilith, Demitri, Morrigan, Anakaris, Dark Force Zabel, Felicia, Bishamon)
[]1-2: At the end of the match, the third eye of the fetus in the Fetus of God stage won’t appear.
[]1-3: Zabel getting an afro during his MK winpose is random. (If turned off, it can be activated with MK + Select.)
[]1-4: Zabel getting an afro during his Dark Force startup is random. (If turned off, it can be activated by holding down select while activating Dark Force.)
[]1-5: Zabel’s dash attacks can be canceled into dashes.
[]1-6: Anakaris is invincible after landing a midair Pharaoh magic.
[]1-7: Anakaris kicking out a big Khybit along with the opponent after landing an ES Mirra Drop is random. (If turned off, it can be activated by holding down select.)
[]1-8: The big Khybit coming out during Anakaris’s taunt is random. (If turned off, holding down LK while taunting will get a big Khybit.)
[]1-9: Anakaris’s punches are unblockable during Dark Force.
[]1-10: Unknown.
[]1-11: Unknown.
[]1-12: Morrigan’s secret winposes require a random chance in addition to certain conditions being met. (If turned off, they can be selected with LP + LK, MP + MK, and HP + HK.)
[]1-13: Unknown.
[]1-14: The big coin during Anakaris’s LK winpose is random. (If turned off, big coins will come out while select is held down.)
[]1-15: The desynchronization between Lei-Lei and Mei-Ling during their MK winpose is random. (If turned off, it can be activated with MK + Select.)
[]1-16: Unknown.
[]2-1: Certain moves can become unblockable at certain close ranges: Bishamon’s ES Karame Tamashii, Enma Seki, and midair Karame Tamashii, Anakaris’s Pharaoh Magic and jumping kicks.
[]2-2: Bulleta’s Cheer & Fire can be unblockable. (After a certain point during the animation, it becomes unblockable: LP is frame 15, MP is frame 19, HP is frame 24. This is after the active portion of the attack begins, so it has to be a meaty hit to be unblockable.)
[]2-3: Glitches involving afterimage/clone-type Dark Forces: 1. After Lilith starts and ends a LP + LK or MP + MK Dark Force, she can be juggled by the afterimage/clone attacks of Lilith’s HP +HK Dark Force, and Morrigan and Gallon’s Dark Forces. 2. After Felicia starts and ends a Dark Force, she can’t be hit by the afterimages/clones from Morrigan’s Dark Force and Darkness Illusion. Liliths HP + HK Dark force and Luminous Illusion, and Gallon’s Dark Force. (It’s also possible for Gallon’s attacks to miss some hits.) 3. After Lei-Lei’s opponent is hit by the spikeballs from her Tenraiha, she can’t be hit by the afterimages/clones from Morrigan’s Dark Force and Darkness Illusion. Liliths HP + HK Dark force and Luminous Illusion, and Gallon’s Dark Force. (It’s also possible for Gallon’s attacks to miss some hits.) These glitches lose effect once a projectile is thrown.
[]2-4: 1. Glitch that causes certain throws to dizzy when teched out of them (Bishamon, Zabel, Aulbath). (Note: Don’t understand this one…) 2. When trading hits with Bishamon’s ES Hayate, you still go into the seppuku animation (although you don’t take damage from it, you can be hit out of it).
[]2-5: Zabel doesn’t get meter for whiffing his down + kick attacks during an air dash.
[]2-6: Zabel doesn’t get meter for whiffing normals during a dash or air dash.
[]2-7: Unknown.
[]2-8: Anakaris is unable to perform ES Hitsuji no Mai right after the match starts. (?)
[]2-9: Unknown.
[]2-10: After air blocking an attack, Felicia becomes able to block ground based attacks until she reaches the ground.
[]2-11: Unknown.
[]2-12: Zabel is hittable during his standing chopped in half animation.
[]2-13: The very end of Zabel’s jumping light kick is unblockable.
[]2-14: Unknown.
[]2-15: Glitch that causes Lilith’s LP + LK or MP +MK clone to not disappear. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]2-16: Zabel is able to block during the recovery of his jumping light and medium punches.
[]3-1: Unknown.
[]3-2: Arcade version credit roll.
[]3-3: After whiffing an attack during an air dash, Zabel is able to use the same attack again before he lands.
[]3-4: Unknown.
[]3-5: Unknown.
[]3-6: Sometimes Aulbath’s Poison Breath and Sonic Wave won’t hit an opponent under the effect of Water Jail. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]3-7: Gallon’s ES Beast Cannon can be unblockable. (Upon changing direction from a straight down rush, a period of approximately 10 frames during which the opponent is unable to block is activated.)
[]3-8: After Felicia performs Head Ride or Cat Clinch, until the opponent enter a neutral state, they’ll be knocked down by any attack that should cause reset.
[]3-9: Q-Bee has invincibility on missed throws.
[]3-10: Unknown.
[]3-11: Glitch that causes Q-Bee’s attacks to have no pushback against a cornered opponent. (Note: Don’t know how this is done…)
[]3-12: Specials/EXs can be canceled into from chain combos.
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Phenomena that cannot be changed via options (the same no matter whether all stars are on or off).
[LIST]
[]After Anakaris performs a midair special, he can air block ground-based attacks.
[]When performing Zabel’s Hell Gate with multiple simultaneous buttons, he’ll appear slightly to the left of where he would when performed with LK.
[]Zabel’s forward + MK gives him less meter than is usual for a medium attack.
[]After Lei-Lei performs an ES Senpuubu, until she enters a neutral state she won’t flash upon performing an ES or EX move.
[]Lei-Lei can cancel whiffed medium and hard punches into specials during an air dash.
[]Gallon’s Dark Force afterimages can hit opponents during wakeup.
[]Felicia’s Rolling Buckler uppercut causes bizarre blowback on trade.
[]If Sasquatch’s Big Eisbahn is interrupted by Felicia’s Head Ride (right around when the ice appears), the ice will remain.
[*]Bishamon can perform Tamashii Yose and hit the opponent before they go into the air, putting them into standing hitstun.
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Much appreciated, felineki.
Thank you so much for this I’m putting this to good use by making a video series on the glitches that way people can see it. I present the first one. [media=youtube]wImkepqIbHM[/media]
People shouldn’t walk into threads not know wtf there talkin about.
Vampire Savior scene revival? I can get behind this. Love this game, even if I’m absolutely terrible at it.
Nice video, MightyMar. Looking forward to seeing more! I found a message board thread with descriptions for some of the dipswitches listed as unknown at Shu’s site, but the descriptions are pretty brief so I might have to do a bit of experimenting to find out exactly what they mean.
Sweet video, looking forward to more.
Vsav 3-11: [media=youtube]X4mLaOrgR3c[/media] , seems to be rolling related.
Picked up Vampire Savior last night, and so far I LOVE it. Very refreshing game, and a series I always wanted to get into, just voicing my support here as I dig through video after video.
Hey all, I got a bunch of classic footage posted up:
Is counter picking very prevalent in this game? Also, I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for what character I should play. I play Vega in pretty much any capcom game he’s in, so I’m geared toward characters who rely heavily on good footsies and annoying pokes. It’s also worth noting that my execution is ass with anything but charge characters.
A lot of characters kind of use a mix of charge and typical circular motions. The most charge-y I can think of are like Aulbath, Victor, Bulleta, Bish. But all these guys have qcf motions as well. It’s not like street fighter where characters are one or the other.
Well, it’s not as though I’m incapable of doing QCF motions, just that I’m not adept at utilizing them in any sort of combo (other than the most basic) even in SSFIV with it’s lenient inputs. Yes, my execution is ass. Regardless, I’m just wondering which character would fit my playstyle the most (read: most similar to Vega lol).
the wolf…