I kinda understand that tool might be something that automates some things during the speedrun but what I never got is to what extent it is meant that things are automated. Further, if some parts are, but we don’t know which are and which are not, how can we even assess the difficulty on the player’s behalf?
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A TAS uses functions like savestates and frame advance (usually via emulator) in order to create a sequence of inputs that represents the theoretical fastest possible time a game can be completed from start to finish. Creating a TAS can take a very long time and involve many people, like a complicated math problem or programming project.
A run is either TAS or it’s not. A “partial TAS” is just cheating unless some tool is explicitly allowed by the category. I’m not aware of anything like that in modern speedrunning.
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